CH 6

Ye Kehuan’s brain seemed to be buzzing when she heard Jiang Laien yell that sentence.

After a long period of confusion, Ye Kehuan slowly said, “Jealous?”

“Yes, jealous.” When Jiang Laien said this, her nose suddenly became a bit blocked, and she looked quite embarrassed now.

When Ye Kehuan heard this, a lot of things--various possibilities--flashed through her mind. Then, after a while, she said a little dazedly: “What do you mean…”

“What else could I mean?” Jiang Laien looked at her sideways, trying to control her emotions.

“Is it because you liked him? So, watching me fall in love with him, you just…” Ye Kehuan tilted her head slightly.

“Forget it, I’m too lazy to tell you.” When Jiang Laien heard this, she shook her head, grimaced again, and continued to tidy up the things at hand.

“So, just because of this, you tore all face with me?” Ye Kehuan grabbed her arm again, her eyes a little red. “Was it just for him?”

“What was it for him, am I such a person in your heart?” At this moment, Jiang Laien suddenly threw Ye Kehuan’s hand away.

“That…”

“To tell you clearly, I have no interest in him for half a penny!” Jiang Laien looked at Ye Kehuan sternly, torn between crying and laughing. “Ye Kehuan, I am not that kind of person.”

“I’m sorry.” Ye Kehuan lowered her head. “Then, what was it…”

At this time, Jiang Laien sniffled and licked her lower lip. “It was because of you.”

Ye Kehuan was stunned, staring at her with eyes wide open in disbelief.

“My heart is small; I am too possessive of you. I think you should be mine alone, so I thought he snatched you, snatched my friend…” Jiang Laien squeezed her arm with a slightly trembling hand. What she said was only half-truths, to see how Ye Kehuan understood it. Would she think of it as the jealousy of a friend or something else…

She liked everything about Ye Kehuan. Whatever Ye Kehuan likes to eat, she pretends to like to eat. Ye Kehuan likes to play video games, and though she doesn’t actually like playing them, she can pretend in order to stay with Ye Kehuan for longer. After a while, she also started to accompany Ye Kehuan to and from the arcade non-stop. Ye Kehuan liked acting, so she also began to wonder how to act.

“What?” Ye Kehuan was stunned. For a moment, she was a bit speechless.

“Believe it or not, in short, that was the reason.” Jiang Laien continued.

“So…” Ye Kehuan rubbed her temples for a while. “Are you stupid?”

Jiang Laien looked up at her, shook her head slowly, and then a fear fell from the corner of her eye.

“Even if I’m in love, so what?” Ye Kehuan still stared at her firmly. “Don’t you know that I care more about you than love?”

Jiang Laien looked into her eyes for a while, but didn’t know how to answer. No, it’s different. The problem was that she didn’t treat Ye Kehuan as a normal friend. Therefore, even if Ye Kehuan cared about her more, Ye Kehuan will still be someone else’s.

“Don’t say any more, I have work tomorrow. I have to rest.” Jiang Laien wiped her tears again.

So, Ye Kehuan let out a sigh of relief and looked down at the time: “It’s quite late now. Let’s go to my room. It’s time to take a shower and lie down to sleep.”

Jiang Laien clutched a piece of clothing in her hands, and finally nodded.

“Then, let’s go.” Ye Kehuan turned and walked towards the door as she spoke.

“Wait, I’m looking for my pajamas.” Jiang Laien said, pulling out a set of pajamas from a large mess of clothes, then stood up and walked towards Ye Kehuan.

Probably because Ye Kehuan walked too fast, Jiang Laien was following quite quickly. Therefore, when she stopped at the door, Jiang Laien suddenly stumbled.

At that moment, she leaned forward and saw that she was about to hit Ye Kehuan, so she grabbed the door frame tightly to stabilize herself. Opening her eyes wide, Jiang Laien watched Ye Kehuan’s black hair flowing down her back, and curled up her fingers unconsciously.

When Ye Kehuan heard the movement, she turned around and looked at Jiang Laien, whose eyes were full of mist for a while, and finally let out a sigh of relief: “You… Be careful.”

“Yeah.” Jiang Laien nodded, then hugged her clothes and walked into the room next to her with her head hanging down.

Ye Kehuan’s room was quite big, with a bed and a sofa inside. The decoration is more Nordic, minimalist, not too exaggerated, and the color tones were mostly white and blue.

Whether it was the bed or sofa, they all looked very fluffy and soft. They were the type where you could predict how comfortable they would be when lying on them at a glance.

After Jiang Laien entered, Ye Kehuan set the air conditioner, and pointed to the bathroom: “You should take a shower first. Move faster, so you can sleep longer.”

“Yeah.” Jiang Laien nodded.

Jiang Laien at this time was completely different from the lonely and beautiful person in front of the audience. She looked really embarrassed.

“By the way, I forgot to remove my makeup.” Jiang Laien eventually spoke again.

“I have makeup remover wipes,” Ye Kehuan said, and opened her dressing table. She took out a pack of makeup remover wipes from inside and handed it to her. “Here.”

“Thank you.” Jiang Laien took the pack and walked towards the bathroom.

Ye Kehuan looked at the bathroom door being closed, listened to the sound of washing water coming from inside, tilted her head, and then opened a drawer under the TV cabinet to take out a few boxes of medicine from it, and squatted there to look over again.

After a while, the sound of the shower rang from the bathroom, so Ye Kehuan took the pill box and glanced over before walking to the side sofa and sitting down.

Thinking back to Jiang Laien crying just then, Ye Kehuan raised her hand and rubbed her nose, then put down the medicine box, and suddenly said to herself: “I wouldn’t give a single fart for that sand sculpture love. It didn’t mean anything, but turned Laien into…”

Thinking of this, Ye Kehuan shook her head and got up, poured a glass of water, and tested the water temperature.

After more than ten minutes, Jiang Laien finally walked out of the bathroom wearing a long t-shirt. Her nose was still red, and she was coughing from time to time.

Ye Kehuan looked up at her, then stood up and walked towards her: “Do you feel uncomfortable in any way?”

“No…” However, as soon as Jiang Laien finished speaking, she couldn’t help but sneeze quietly.

When Ye Kehuan saw this, she tilted her head and looked at her: “Are you sure?”

“Not sure…” Jiang Laien pursed her lips and pointed at her nose: “My nose is itchy.”

“Hey… Let me see if you have a fever.” After Ye Kehuan let out a sigh, she slowly stroked her hand across her forehead. After a moment of probing, her eyebrows gradually furrowed.

Feeling the head from the palm of her hand, Jiang Laien couldn’t help but raise her eyes and look at her again. Under such close observation, she found that Ye Kehuan’s face was really perfect.

Her skin was smooth and clean, her eyelashes were thick and upturned, and the edges and corners of her eyes were sharp but not too serious. She really was cool, just like Jiang Laien remembered. It was just that Ye Kehuan now had a more free and easy temperament about her.

“Your forehead is a little hot, is your throat sore?” Ye Kehuan asked.

Perhaps because of being too close, Ye Kehuan’s words resonated in her chest cavity. In addition, her voice was low and sounded somewhat hypnotic, which made Jiang Laien not dare to talk directly to her.

Jiang Laien nodded: “Somewhat.”

“Then, what about your head? Are you dizzy?” Ye Kehuan asked again.

Jiang Laien nodded again. “A bit of that too.”

“Well,” Ye Kehuan looked up at her, “just like I thought.”

Then, Ye Kehuan took back her hands, opened the two boxes of medicine, took out a pair of pills, and looked at Jiang Laien: “Why do you keep looking at me?”

Jiang Laien lowered her head: “I only look at you to feel better.”

After Ye Kehuan heard that, her ears became a little hot, so she changed the topic: “I… Hurry up and take the medicine.”

Listening, Jiang Laien immediately spread the palm of her right hand.

“The white one might be a bit bitter. Don’t chew it. Just put water in your mouth.” After Ye Kehuan finished speaking, she passed her a glass of water.

“Yeah.” Jiang Laien nodded, then put the medicine into her mouth, and her brow tightened instantly.

“Okay, go to bed, otherwise you will be in trouble if you miss work tomorrow.” After Ye Kehuan finished speaking, she tore the blankets off the bed.

“Yeah.” Jiang Laien nodded, and then lay down on the bed.

When Ye Kehuan pulled the blankets up, when the fresh smell was covered up, when Ye Kehuan’s arm swayed above her head, Jiang Laien suddenly had an illusion that she had gone back to the past.

They used to read comic books, novels, and other things together in bed. Or else it was a TV series, and then when they were sleepy, they would hug each other to sleep.

She didn’t know when it happened. Once, when Jiang Laien woke up in a daze, she saw Ye Kehuan lying next to her, and her heart throbbed, and then… She made a very bold decision and touched her lips.

The girl’s lips were like cotton candy and felt incredible. After that, whenever she saw Ye Kehuan again, something would suddenly confuse her heart. She had no way to suppress it at all.

“Then I will turn off the lights.” At this moment, Ye Kehuan spoke again.

“Yeah.” Jiang Laien nodded gently.

So Ye Kehuan turned off the light, and the whole room sank into a thick silence, so quiet that she could only hear the other people’s breathing. They used to lie down close together like this; lying down and chatting about everything in the world, and they were so happy until the sleepiness struck.

But later, such days were long gone.

Closing her eyes, Ye Kehuan didn’t know how long it took before she fell asleep. But at three or four o’clock in the morning, she woke up again. After going to the bathroom and returning, Ye Kehuan just sat on the bed when her wrist was grabbed by a hand.

Ye Kehuan turned her head and saw Jiang Laien pulling her with furrowed eyebrows: “Don’t go, don’t hate me…”

Hearing those words, Ye Kehuan felt a little lost for a moment. Did Jiang Laien dream of something? Or else… Why would she say such a sentence?

Under the night light beside the bed, Jiang Laien’s sleep looked very beautiful. Ye Kehuan stared at it and fell into a daze. Lowering her eyes, she said, “What are you talking about…”

Thinking of what Jiang Laien said earlier, Ye Kehuan lowered her head again.

After a long while, Ye Kehuan lay on her side and tucked the quilt in for her, then stretched out her hand and gently fiddled with the hair around Jiang Laien’s ears. She arranged it for her and put it behind her ears, and then gently moved her fingers from her cheeks. After removing them, she lay down next to her again.

At three or four in the morning, unknowingly, there was a pattering sound from outside the window from a bit of rain. Because of it, the air in the house seemed to have become a little humid.

Inadvertently, there was a chill in Jiang Laien’s feet, and she couldn’t help but flex her toes and curl her feet up into the bed.

Ye Kehuan, who hadn’t been asleep at all, noticed it and was about to change the air-conditioning mode and put the quilt on Jiang Laien, but Jiang Laien suddenly stretched out her arm and wrapped it around her waist, making her unable to move.

“You…” Ye Kehuan was suddenly speechless, her whole body stiff, afraid to make any movements.

After a while, Ye Kehuan turned her head slightly again: “Asleep?”

“Huh?” Jiang Laien replied in a daze, then rubbed her head against her back like a kitten.

On this supposedly cold night, Ye Kehuan felt that it was getting hotter and hotter.

The author has something to say: continue at 8 o’clock tomorrow night~