89: Spoken To Each Other (1)

Spoken To Each Other (1)

Lin Jiage didn't bother looking at the subsequent replies Shi Yao sent over.2

Looking out of the window, he watched the streets pass him by. A while later, a glint flickered across his eyes, and he said, "Let's stop by the old residence first."

His abrupt words had broken the silence in the car, drawing the surprised gazes of both the driver and Shi Yao upon him. 

Swiftly recovering from his state of daze, the driver replied with an "Alright" before changing the course which the car was moving on.

If he's going home, what about me?

Shi Yao stared at Lin Jiage for five seconds, and coincidentally, the car happened to pass by a subway station at that moment. So, she quickly spoke up, "Uh... You can let me down here. I'll just take a train back to school…"

"What about the cake then?" Lin Jiage glanced at Shi Yao and asked with a nonchalant voice.

So, he wanted to head back to the old residence to pass me the cake?

Before Shi Yao could say a word, Lin Jiage had already continued speaking, "You're not thinking of having me deliver the cake to your dorm room, right?"

Without any hesitation, Shi Yao hurriedly shook her head, "N-no, of course not!"

Six years ago, when his objections were overthrown and he was forced to accept her as his fiancée, he had personally gone to find her to confront her on their engagement.

That was the only time he had spoken to her in the first three years ever since she was introduced to him.

She might have been very young back then, but she still remembered every single word he had said. Six years did nothing to muddle her memory of those words, and she didn't dare to allow it to be muddled either.

He had said, 'My grandfather is the only one who acknowledges you as my fiancée. As for me, you'd better not dream about it. There's no way I'll ever accept you as my fiancée in this lifetime.'

'The only fiancée I'll recognize will be someone that I like. She'll definitely be more beautiful than you, more graceful than you, more adorable than you, more innocent than you, more high-born than you, more…'

He'd listed many more 'mores' in a single breath, and every word that he spoke were dripping with scorn and disdain.

'So, don't try to get close to me just because Grandpa made you my fiancée. You and I will only be strangers. Even if Grandpa transfers you to my school, you'd better not try to talk to me or spread any rumors. If I hear from anyone that there's something between us, I definitely won't let you get away with it!'

Without giving her an opportunity to speak up at all, he turned around and left right after making his words clear.

But after barely taking two steps, he suddenly turned around and added in a commanding tone, 'Did you hear me loud and clear?'

It was only when she nodded that he finally walked away with a satisfied look.

Only thirteen, she was really young back then. His ferocious attitude had left her deeply frightened, to the point that she could barely swallow a bowl of rice that night.

Recalling that experience, she silently rubbed her belly.

Even to this day, she could still vaguely remember how her hunger pangs had prevented her from going to sleep, and the tremendous discomfort she felt left her on the verge of tears...

...

I am just saying those words as an excuse to prevent her from going back to school right now, does she have to get so serious about it?

On the other hand, Lin Jiage didn't want to dwell too much on this matter, so after a perfunctory nod, he fell silent, wanting to let the matter pass just like that. 

But to Shi Yao's eyes, his perfunctory nod seemed to be an expression of doubt to her intentions.

She straightened her posture and adopted a solemn air before saying. "I still remember the words you said to me back then."

"So, over the years, I've never said your name in front of anyone else, and I didn't spread any rumors either. Even none of my friends at school knows that…"

Shi Yao was intending to use the word 'related', but she felt that their relationship didn't justify the usage of the word, so she switched to another one instead, "... we've spoken to each other."

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Author's Note: This is otherwise known as "you reap what you sow".

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