20demayo Chapter 69 The Overturned Pear
Chapter 69 The Overturned Pear
The gift-giving took place in the restaurant without any attempt to conceal it.
Everyone in the restaurant became a witness to this scene.
The servants each performed their duties, their eyes occasionally glancing around, their expressions calm as still water, before they immediately buried themselves in their work again.
Sanmao saw it, but it was too busy licking its fur to understand;
At first, Jingye didn't have any particular feelings and remained indifferent.
It wasn't until Shi Shui mentioned that he had signed an agreement with Bai Li, an agreement that would last a lifetime, that he turned his gaze over and slowly focused on the bank card that Bai Li had taken away.
What is a "lifetime" agreement? What kind of agreement requires a lifetime commitment? Why would a prostitute sign such an agreement? What are the contents of the agreement?
Perhaps it was the alcohol, but Jingye felt his thoughts were becoming sluggish and he couldn't come up with a definite answer.
Is it a deep-seated business partnership? Or a solemn emotional commitment? Or perhaps some other more complex and mysterious agreement?
Regardless of the situation, it caused him a slight pain in his heart, a jolt of electricity through his chest, and made his hands and feet feel numb.
Sitting alone in the quiet night, time slipped by silently around him, and all sorts of speculations rose and fell in his mind.
He thought about it alone for a long time, so long that everyone in the restaurant had left and the space became empty and quiet, before he seemed to wake up from a long and deep dream.
I want to get up and take action, but I don't know what to do.
I simply followed my heart and slowly strolled to the courtyard.
The wind howled through the courtyard, carrying raindrops into the space.
On a midsummer night, it started to rain.
One, two... countless raindrops fell.
The sky seemed about to collapse.
The wind blew his clothes wildly, and Jingye thought that it would make his thoughts a little clearer, but it seemed that this did not happen.
All my thoughts remained chaotic and disorganized.
—A lifelong agreement.
It sounds like a very solid relationship.
Shi Shui's face appeared in his mind. He had to admit that Shi Shui was a person with a pure mind, as clear as a blank sheet of paper. His joys and sorrows were all written on his face, making him easy to understand at a glance.
Shirari probably likes someone like Shisui.
Bai Li's profound and reserved nature seems to easily instill fear in others. Has she ever felt uneasy about it?
More and more memories are surfacing.
Bai Li seems to be going out alone lately. First, she brought Shi Shui with her, and then she brought San Mao back by herself...
Bai Li is still in the prime of her life and will meet many more people from all walks of life.
He might meet someone younger and more outstanding than him. At that time, will Bai Li still need him? Will she still choose him? And will he still be someone she trusts?
He dared not think any further, yet he could not control his thoughts, as if he were trapped in an endless dark vortex, sinking deeper and deeper.
The crisp, shattering sound of the bell pulled Jingye back from her dark thoughts.
Rainwater continuously flows down the water collection bell.
"It's raining," Jingye murmured softly, a bitter smile playing on her lips. "What a coincidence."
Miss Bai had promised to stay by his side and watch the rain together forever, but this time it seemed as if he was all alone.
Jingye never considered herself a weak person. Even though she had been abandoned, betrayed by others, and suffered countless setbacks, she always thought that nothing could shake her.
If she hadn't been drinking, Jingye might once again carefully conceal all her dark emotions.
But something was off about Jingye at this moment; he couldn't hide himself anymore.
Rain splashed out, wetting a corner of my clothes.
Tonight, for the first time in the quiet night, she let her emotions run wild, pondering questions she wouldn't normally dare to touch.
It's like I'm fighting against myself; it's a self-destructive kind of thinking.
Every thought is his enemy, yet also an inseparable part of him.
The magnificent rain is something we should understand, yet we can never truly comprehend.
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Shi Shui took Xiao Hua back to sleep.
Bai Li said goodnight to them and turned back from the front courtyard. Just as she reached the middle courtyard, she unexpectedly ran into Jing Ye. For a moment, Bai Li thought she was seeing things.
Bai Li called out hesitantly, "Jing Ye?"
When Jingye slowly turned her face towards her, without saying a word, just looking at her, Bai Li had a bad feeling.
Although Jingye didn't say anything and her face remained expressionless.
But Bai Li felt like he was about to shatter.
She strode over and asked directly, "Jingye, what's wrong?"
The still night remained silent.
But a single tear, under such circumstances, slowly slid down that face.
It dripped down his chin and eventually fell down.
Bai Li felt that the tear must have landed on her heart, and in that instant, her heart clenched tightly.
A quiet night...
Cried?
She had never seen Jingye so vulnerable.
In her memory, Jingye had always been calm and reserved, like an unyielding mountain, silently protecting her.
But now, the mountain seems to be quietly collapsing before her eyes.
"Jingye, don't scare me."
Bai Li's voice trembled slightly as she reached out her hand, wanting to touch it.
But Jingye realized something and immediately turned his back to her. Her voice was muffled as she said, "I'm sorry, I should have controlled myself... I've been studying for so long, but I still haven't learned it well. I'm sorry..."
If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't be able to guess what Jingye was apologizing for incoherently.
But Bai Li knew.
In the fragments of memory from the quiet night, there seems to be a special course in the butler's training: the control of the tear glands.
The "control" that Jingye mentioned refers to controlling one's tear ducts and preventing tears from flowing out uncontrollably.
But the tear glands are human emotional organs, so how can they be easily controlled?
Bai Li was heartbroken.
What kind of devilish training?
Even shedding tears is considered wrong.
"Jingye, don't say sorry. You did nothing wrong. Nobody is perfect." Bai Li walked around to face Jingye, reached out and wiped away her tears before asking, "Tell me what you're thinking, okay?"
Jingye's body stiffened slightly; he hadn't expected Bai Li to be so direct.
"If you don't tell me, I'll get angry." Bai Li deliberately pretended to be angry.
The drunken Jingye was easily fooled and immediately said, "I..."
In the still of the night, she laid bare all her anxieties.
This was the first time Bai Li had ever heard Jing Ye speak so much and ask so many questions at once.
So Bai Li answered as many questions as Jing Ye asked.
In the end, Bai Li had no idea how long she had been coaxing Jing Ye.
It lasted so long that the rain stopped.
Bai Li really wanted to complain: How could Jing Ye be even harder to coax than Xiao Hao!
No more drinking next time.
Finally, Bai Li sincerely said to Jing Ye, "Jing Ye, you are unique, and I will always need you. No one else can change that. I trust you, no reason or agreement is needed, okay?"
Hearing this, Jingye stopped the tears welling up in her eyes, nodded slightly, her eyes still fixed on Bai Li, and softly replied, "Okay."
[Quiet Night's Affection Level: +14]
[Quiet Night's Affection Level: 79]
To seize the young?
With a favorability rating of 79, isn't that just a little bit away from becoming intimate lovers?
Wait a minute, wasn't Jingye only in the sixties before? How did it suddenly become so popular?
It's all over, Bai Li realized with a start that she had messed up.