A Billion Stars Can’t Amount to You

Chapter 617: The Marriage Certificate Discovered (20)

Before she reached the door of his office, Cheng Weiwan heard the sound of a fist hitting flesh and blood.

She wasn’t sure who hit whom, but the sound of it alarmed her. She instinctively walked faster towards the door and without even knocking, she reached out to push open the door.

The door was only open by a crack when she heard a voice from inside that Cheng Weiwan could never mistake.

“I give, I give! Yes, I’m one of Lin Sheng’s people…”

Isn’t this the voice of the man who almost raped me in the alley next to the courtyard of the south city last year when I was with Ji Yi?

Even though it happened almost a year ago, she still had nightmares about it every now and then. This voice was drilled into Cheng Weiwan’s brain, scaring her so much that her entire body would be drenched in a cold sweat upon hearing it. After the nightmares, she woke up shivering for a long time, hugging her covers, unable to fall back asleep.

It’s just… why am I hearing his voice in Han Zhifan’s office?

Unless he’s here?

Afraid, Cheng Weiwan suddenly stopped pushing the door. Then she heard the same voice that frightened her terribly.

“…I was asked by Mr. Han to go. It was Mr. Han who wanted to play hero to a damsel in distress because he was trying to get with Cheng Weiwan…”

Mr. He? Han Zhifan? He set up that incident when something awful almost happened to me?

As that thought crossed Cheng Weiwan’s mind, she instinctively thought she must’ve heard wrong.

How can that be… That night, Han Zhifan got seriously injured for me and it even left a scar on his head… So I must’ve heard wrong. I absolutely heard wrong…

Just when Cheng Weiwan was trying hard to comfort herself, she heard Han Zhifan’s voice. “…I knew a long time ago that one day, you would find out…”

Find out… what does that mean?

A terrible feeling washed over Cheng Weiwan and she wanted to run, but her feet were glued to the floor. No matter how she tried, her feet wouldn’t move. Then she heard Han Zhifan apologizing repeatedly about Xiao Yi. Following that, she heard the unbelievable truth from Han Zhifan’s mouth…

“…I want Cheng Weiguo to feel the pain he inflicted on Lili by giving his daughter a taste of that pain, so I went after Cheng Weiwan. That’s why I gave her flowers every day and pretended to be a hero saving the damsel in distress that night…”

What he said afterward Cheng Weiwan didn’t listen to, nor did she have the heart to listen.

Her ears, her mind, and her heart were orbiting around everything that was just said.

They were simple, easy-to-understand words, yet she spent so much effort trying to understand the meaning behind the words.

She always hoped to be with someone for the rest of her life and she thought she met the right person. In the taxi, she fantasized about the future… But in reality, she had just been starring in a one-woman show this whole time.

The man who repeatedly said he loved her was the director of this movie, and she thought the show had been about their story. In fact, it was just her story alone.

The man she so dearly loved didn’t actually love her. He only played with her feelings and when she was completely immersed in the show and couldn’t remove herself from it, he mercilessly had to discard her…

Cheng Weiwan stared in shock at the office door.

She wasn’t sure how long she was in a daze before her shoulders were softly touched.

In a daze, she turned her head and stared at the person in front of her for a long time before she recognized her as Han Zhifan’s secretary.

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Han Zhifan’s secretary’s lips had been moving all along, so she must be talking to her. Cheng Weiwan tried hard to listen, but for some reason, she couldn’t hear anything around her. Her ears were still echoing with everything Han Zhifan said.

A bitterness crept into Cheng Weiwan’s eyes. She was afraid to cry in front of Han Zhifan’s secretary, so she hurriedly withdrew her gaze, turned around and sped into the elevator like a robot.

Cheng Weiwan stood in the elevator for a long time before she realized she actually hadn’t pressed a floor button. After reaching the first floor with much difficulty, she forgot to step outside, so she followed the elevator back up to the top floor. Cheng Weiwan stood in the elevator like that for who knew how long before she finally walked out of Han Zhifan’s office building.

She wasn’t sure where she wanted to go as she walked aimlessly down the street. When she got tired from walking and couldn’t go any further, Cheng Weiwan found a spot on the sidewalk to sit down.

She stared at the road with pitch-black eyes in complete silence without any signs of crying.

She remembered that when she was young, her mum passed away and her dad was busy with work so he didn’t have time to take care of her. She was home alone most of the time, writing essays, drawing, reading medical books, playing the piano… She was already very, very talented. Because her mum passed away, her busy dad told her that as long as she was good, he would take her out to play on weekends.

After she grew up, she realized those were lies to make her happy.

Perhaps it was because she was used to being alone that later on, she rarely trusted people until she met Han Zhifan…

But the truth behind the story was regrettable and the person who once brought her up to heaven had now pushed her down to hell.

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After He Jichen left, steaming with anger, Han Zhifan laid on the floor without moving an inch. It was not until a knock came at the office door that he got off the floor.

The secretary came in and saw how rough Han Zhifan looked then looked down. “Mr. Han, do you need me to call an ambulance?”

“No thanks,” Han Zhifan replied with a soft voice then tip-toed over the desk and picked up the pack of cigarettes.

He pulled out a cigarette, ready to put it in his mouth, when he heard the secretary speak with some hesitation: “Mr. Han, not long after Mr. He stepped into the office, Miss Cheng came by.”

Han Zhifan’s hands trembled as the cigarette suddenly fell from his fingers to the ground.

The room was silent for some time before the secretary explained everything. “Miss Cheng stood at the door for a really long time. When she left, she looked pale…”

Pale… does that mean she heard what I said?

In actuality, even if she hadn’t heard it, he was going to tell her. From the very beginning, their story together was never really set in motion. Now that she overheard it all, it would save him the trouble, but what was with him? He actually felt a little flustered deep down…

“Mr. He?” Seeing as Han Zhifan didn’t react, the secretary didn’t make another sound.

Han Zhifan returned to his senses and turned his back to the secretary. With a voice as faint as the smoke, he said, “Step outside first.”

“Yes,” replied the secretary softly then she walked out of the office.

As the door closed, only Han Zhifan was left in the room. His mind went blank for a while. For some reason, his mind pondered over what the secretary just said: “She looked pale”…

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After dinner at China World Hotel, Beijing, Zhuang Yi took Ji Yi home just like He Jichen asked. She obediently sent him a text to tell him she was safely home.

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After dinner at China World Hotel, Beijing, Zhuang Yi took Ji Yi home just like He Jichen asked and obediently sent him a text to tell him that she was safely home.

After the text went through, Ji Yi waited ten minutes but didn’t get a reply from He Jichen. She figured he must’ve been busy handling the urgent situation from earlier, so she went to the bathroom.

After she freshened up and changed into pajamas, she laid in bed and glanced over at her phone again, only to see that He Jichen still hadn’t replied to her message.

A tinge of disappointment came over Ji Yi’s heart as she instinctively wanted to ask He Jichen to send her another message. However, as soon as she tapped the screen, she remembered that He Jichen had urgent business to attend to, so she didn’t disturb him. Deep down, she was torn for a little while then suddenly she remembered that ever since the incident at the Television Awards, she hadn’t had time to check Weibo. She exited He Jichen’s message window and opened Weibo.

The top trending topic was about her: #SorryJiYi#.

The second and third were about Qian Ge.

Netizens who had been recently cursing her out wee now doing the same to Qian Ge. Oh, wait… As Ji Yi browsed through the comments, she shook her head on the inside… Actually now, they were cursing Qian Ge out ten times harsher than they did to her.

In contrast to the label they gave her, “plagiarizing b*tch,” people online were now calling Qian Ge all kinds of names like “plagiarizing b*tch,” “scheming b*tch,” “green tea b*tch”… there wasn’t a name you could think of that the netizens hadn’t used.

The incident at last night’s Television Awards pushed the whole her “plagiarizing” Qian Ge scandal to the top.

Everyone in the country knew they wrongly blamed Ji Yi and ran to her Weibo to apologize and followed her in support of her performance in “The Tempestuous Grand Tang.”

No matter if it was following her Weibo or commenting or liking her posts, she had broken a new record; even the ratings for “The Tempestuous Grand Tang” last night almost broke the record from last year’s hottest drama, “Three Thousand Lunatics.”

In contrast to the “glory” she felt now, Qian Ge’s Weibo was evidently more negative. Perhaps she received far too many hate comments because she eventually disabled the comments section.

Four years ago, Ji Yi secretly hid her anger from Qian Ge since that car accident, but it wasn’t until now that she was able to release half of that anger. Ji Yi had to admit she wasn’t exactly innocent; she was so happy about Qian Ge’s poor reputation and misfortunes that she even relished and admired the haters’ mean comments about her.

Ji Yi didn’t get enough sleep last night. Even though she made up for her lost sleep on the plane, she had a dream about He Jichen, so she didn’t manage to sleep well. She stared and stared at Weibo until sleepiness hit her. She slipped into sleep without even noticing.

It was already nine in the evening when she woke.

Ji Yi’s phone was by her ear, so she glanced over to see that He Jichen had sent her a reply about an hour ago. “My phone ran out of battery in the afternoon.”

So He Jichen didn’t reply to her for some time because his phone was switched off…

Ji Yi’s mood was particularly good perhaps because she finally got He Jichen’s message, so her fingers seemed evidently more energetic typing on the screen: “I just woke up.”

“Still haven’t had dinner?” replied He Jichen swiftly.

Ji Yi stepped out of the room and opened the thermal lunch box. She took out the dinner her mum prepared for her, took a photo, sent it to He Jichen, then replied, “Just about to go eat.”

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After clicking send, Ji Yi thought about it and added a few words: “What about you? Have you had dinner?”

“Mhm, I ate.” He Jichen probably wasn’t busy as he replied as fast as before.

As Ji Yi was about to start eating, she saw He Jichen’s reply. She shoved the spoon into her mouth then started to type on the keyboard again. “I was on Weibo today and saw the reactions of people online. With the scandal cleared up a few days ago, loads of people ran to my Weibo to apologize. I also went onto Qian Ge’s Weibo and saw that everyone was hating on her so badly…”

Out of habit, Ji Yi unloaded to He Jichen everything she had on her mind when she was browsing Weibo before she fell asleep.

She sent a really long message, so He Jichen was probably reading every single word carefully. After some time, she received his message. “She deserved it.”

Ji Yi knew He Jichen’s reply was meant for Qian Ge, so she couldn’t help but smile a little with food still in her mouth.

She put down her spoon and chewed on her food as she continued to message He Jichen.

She didn’t linger on what was happening on Weibo for too long and changed the topic right away. “What are you doing right now?”

“Looking at the night sky.”

“Does it look nice?”

After clicking “send,” the words “message read” appeared on the screen. Then an incoming video call from He Jichen came through.

Ji Yi instinctively looked into the mirror in front of the dining table. She fixed her messy bedhead then took the call.

Ji Yi knew He Jichen couldn’t have known she had to fix herself up in the mirror before the call. However, after He Jichen’s handsome good looks appeared on the screen, she still felt self-conscious and tried to cover up for herself by saying, “I went to heat up some soup just now.”

Oh god! I wasn’t like this before. Could it be that women in love have all kinds of weird thoughts?

In contrast to Ji Yi’s racing mind, He Jichen was a little sluggish to take the call. He didn’t mind at all and let out a gentle “Mhm” then turned the phone camera.

All of a sudden, his view of the night sky with a million lights appeared on Ji Yi’s phone screen.

She’d stayed in his house before. When she couldn’t sleep before, she walked to his balcony to get some air, so she knew He Jichen was on the bedroom balcony of his apartment.

The night sky really was beautiful.

Multicolored neon lights brightly illuminated the night.

Opposite He Jichen’s apartment was an office building. Apart from the lights from the company’s advertisements, a lot of windows were dark.

The floor of the office building at the same level as He Jichen’s apartment was a wedding events company. The slogan on the ad sounded particularly touching: “A billion stars can’t amount to you.”

Ji Yi stared at those words for a while and couldn’t help but let out a light chuckle.

“What’s up?” asked He Jichen when he caught her laughing.

“I’m laughing at the slogan on the ad opposite your balcony: ‘A billion stars can’t amount to you’ (Yi Wan Xing Chen Bu Ji Ni). Don’t you think our names are in this phrase?” Ji Yi further explained to He Jichen, “The ‘Yi’ in ‘Yi Wan’ sounds the same as the ‘Yi’ in ‘Ji Yi,’ and the ‘Chen’ in ‘Xing Chen’ sounds like Ji Chen. Don’t you think it’s a coincidence?”

On the other side, He Jichen didn’t say anything for a long time.

Ji Yi couldn’t help but speak up again. “He Jichen? Are you listening to what I’m saying?”

“Mhm, yeah.” He Jichen’s voice came clearly out of the phone. “It’s a coincidence.”

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When he chose the apartment, he stood in front of the bedroom window and thought that seeing those words was a coincidence.

A billion stars can’t amount to you… Don’t they mean Yi and Chen?

At the time, there were better apartments he could’ve chosen, but because of those words, he didn’t consider the other options and settled on this one. He paid up front and signed the contract right there and then.

He thought the slogan opposite his balcony window was his secret. Who knew that tonight, she would actually make the same connection?

The phone was still facing the night view, so she couldn’t see his face. After he replied to her, he thought about all this and his lips couldn’t help but curve up.

“You realized this coincidence before, right?” said Ji Yi, sounding a little proud.

He Jichen absent-mindedly responded with an “Mhm” but didn’t tell her he realized this many years ago.

“Oh right, tomorrow you…” Ji Yi changed the subject again.

But as she started to speak, a voice came from He Jichen’s side of the phone. “Mr. He, please sign these documents.”

It was Chen Bai’s voice.

Ji Yi was quick to stop the words: “First go to work.”

“Mm, please wait a moment,” replied He Jichen softly. Ji Yi noticed that the image on her phone screen had changed. He Jichen must’ve put the phone on the table as she was now looking at the ceiling of the balcony.

Then she heard the sound of paper rustling and she knew that He Jichen was reading through documents.

The picture of a serious-looking He Jichen in a suit, sitting behind a desk couldn’t help but pop up in her mind… It was truly quite a sight, yet it was an image she tried to repress…

Just as Ji Yi’s mind was deep in thought, she heard Chen Bai say, “Mr. He, why’s your hand bleeding?”

She suddenly snapped back to reality and perked her ears up, carefully listening to the conversation through the phone.

“Was it this afternoon…” It was a shame that Chen Bai only managed to say four words before he stopped. Was he stopped by He Jichen? But Chen Bai said He Jichen’s hand is bleeding. Is it serious?

Deep down, Ji Yi suddenly felt worried. Just as she was about to ask He Jichen, Chen Bai spoke again. “… Mr. He, I’ll go find you some band-aids. Though it might not be serious, what if it gets infected?”

He Jichen didn’t say anything, but Chen Bai’s footsteps sounded further and further away.

Soon enough, Ji Yi went back to listening to a wall of silence. Aside from the sounds of He Jichen flipping through papers and signing documents, nothing else was heard.

Bandaids… then it can’t be serious… Ji Yi relaxed slightly and didn’t bother He Jichen. She waited until she couldn’t hear anything on his side before asking, “Finished with work?”

“Mhm,” responded He Jichen as the image on the phone screen changed to the night’s view outside his window.

“You injured your hand? Is it serious?” asked Ji Yi, who was still actually worried about it.

“Not serious. It was just two scrapes.”

“Oh.” Ji Yi let out a sigh of relief then heard He Jichen’s bedroom door being pushed open. Chen Bai’s voice was heard. “Mr. He, there are no more band-aids in the first aid kit. Shall I go down and buy you two boxes?”

“No, it’s okay. The documents have been signed. If there’s nothing else, you can head home early,” said He Jichen immediately afterward in a flat voice.

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“But your hand…”

Chen Bai was probably still worried as he spoke again. However, before he could finish, he was interrupted by He Jichen’s impatient voice, “… I told you. It’s not serious.”

Chen Bai was probably afraid of He Jichen getting angry, so he didn’t say anything more.

Ji Yi heard rustling from the other side and figured Chen Bai was tidying up the files.

After some time, she heard Chen Bai’s voice again. “Mr. He, I’ll take my leave now. Goodbye.”

“Mm,” responded He Jichen softly, who sounded a little half-hearted. Then she heard Chen Bai’s footsteps leaving. Thereafter, He Jichen fell into silence.

After about two minutes had passed, He Jichen said, “Finished eating?”

“Yeah,” replied Ji Yi, who finally remembered she was still holding her chopsticks. She put them down and was about to ask about the wound on He Jichen’s hand, but she suddenly remembered something and paused.

A few seconds later, Ji Yi said, “I suddenly remembered I still have some business to attend to, so I’ll give you a call later.”

With that reply, Ji Yi hung up the video chat, kicked the chair from behind her and ran back up to the bedroom.

She stepped into the bathroom and washed her face at lightning speed then ran over to the dressing table. In front of the mirror, she did her makeup real quick, put on lipstick, then ran over to the wardrobe. She chose a few pieces of clothing in a split-second then draped a couple outfits in front of her body in the mirror for a while before picking out a big red cardigan. After putting on a beige jacket, she hurriedly ran out of the bedroom. She grabbed her phone and purse then walked over to the entrance, put on her shoes and walked out the door.

After leaving her residential area, Ji Yi first took a turn into the 24-hour pharmacy. She bought two packs of band-aids then walked over to the sidewalk to catch a taxi.

Upon reaching He Jichen’s apartment building, Ji Yi paid the taxi fare then walked in.

She stepped into the elevator and waited for it to go up before pulling out her phone and calling He Jichen.

When the elevator stopped on He Jichen’s floor, her call happened to go through.

The elevator door opened and Ji Yi stepped out as she said into the phone, “Open the door.”

“Mm?” asked He Jichen in return, not quite registering what was happening.

“I said, open the door,” repeated Ji Yi as she reached her hand out to press the doorbell.

Soon enough, Ji Yi heard footsteps coming from the other side of the door.

As the footsteps drew closer to the door, Ji Yi’s heart felt a tinge of anxiety for some reason.

The door opened and Ji Yi saw He Jichen in a complete loungewear set.

Unbelievably nervous, Ji Yi tightly clutched the bag of band-aids as she handed it to He Jichen and explained, “I was a little bloated after dinner, so I thought I should take a walk. When I passed the pharmacy, I turned into it and bought two packs of band-aids and figured I might as well come over and give them to you.”

Ji Yi’s house is over ten kilometers away. It would’ve taken about twenty minutes by car to get here.

Her walk was quite a long one…

He Jichen didn’t expose Ji Yi’s lie. He reached his hand out and took the bag in Ji Yi’s hands. “Thank you.”

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I gave him the band-aids, but he’s not asking me to come in and sit. It’s the middle of the night and I’m a woman, so it’s probably not okay for me to take the initiative and go in. Should I suggest to He Jichen that I leave early?

I just arrived and only just exchanged a few words with him though…

Ji Yi looked down to mask the disappointment in her eyes.

After her reluctance to leave and sadness cleared up, she looked up again and smiled at He Jichen.

But before she could apologize, she noticed He Jichen’s whole demeanor softening under the hallway lights and heard his gentle voice saying, “Do you want to come in for a drink?”

“Alright.” Ji Yi nodded with her reply with practically no hesitation.

After her voice fell, she realized she replied a little quickly and wasn’t the least bit reserved. “I’m a little thirsty,” she added hastily.

He Jichen moved aside to let her in.

After Ji Yi stepped into the apartment, he bent over and placed a pair of slippers in front of Ji Yi.

While Ji Yi put on the slippers, He Jichen asked, “What would you like? Juice, milk, or water?”

“Water,” said Ji Yi.

“Mm,” responded He Jichen. After Ji Yi changed into the slippers, He Jichen pointed at the living room sofa as a signal for her to take a seat. Then he walked over to the dining room.

Soon enough, He Jichen carried two glasses of water back to the sofa. He bent down and handed one to Ji Yi. She glanced at the scraped skin on his fingers and noticed there were trickles of blood.

Without even thinking about it, Ji Yi blurted out, “You’d better take care of the scrapes on your hand. The weather is getting cold and it’ll be easy for your cuts to sting from the cold…”

After she said this, Ji Yi took the glass of water and put it down on the coffee table. Then she grabbed the band-aids she bought, ripped open the packaging and pulled a couple out.

She didn’t give He Jichen a chance to react at all and grabbed his hand.

He Jichen’s back suddenly stiffened up, but he didn’t try to avoid her.

Ji Yi’s full concentration was on the scrapes on his fingers, so she didn’t sense anything strange with him.

She first put some alcohol pads from the first aid kit on the table, cleansed He Jichen’s scrapes, and ripped open the band-aids. She carefully stuck some onto the injured area.

He Jichen looked like his pressure points had been hit as he kept his head down from beginning to end. His gaze was dead set on Ji Yi busily moving back and forth.

The band-aids on his hands felt like they were stuck to his heart, making him feel unbelievably warm inside.

After applying the band-aids, Ji Yi looked up and shot He Jichen a smile. “Alright.”

He Jichen hurriedly came back from the overflowing warmth in his chest and said “thanks” to Ji Yi as she sat beside him.

In the evening, it was just the two of them in the large room.

He Jichen was afraid the atmosphere was going to turn awkward, so after he sat down, he reached for the remote control and turned the TV on.

There happened to be a music video playing. The soothing melody from the violin moved like clouds and flowed like water, traveling around the room.

Ji Yi stared at the famous violinist on the TV and suddenly remembered that at Louwailou, Fatty once mentioned He Jichen could play the violin. He even got the first prize for the nation’s best junior violinist.

With that thought, Ji Yi looked over at He Jichen, “Fatty told me you can play the violin very well!”

“I haven’t touched a violin in many years. I think I’m a bit rusty now.” He Jichen lowered his eyes and blew at the steaming hot water then took a sip.

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“That’s a shame… I still haven’t seen you play the violin.”

“If I get a chance in the future, I’ll play it for you.”

The future… This was the first time those words sounded so good to Ji Yi. The corners of her lips couldn’t help but curve into a smile. “Alright.”

Seeing Ji Yi smile, He Jichen’s eyes also became even more relaxed. After some time, he looked like he just remembered something then said, “Oh yeah, the metal tree with the lipsticks and the lights… I asked Chen Bai to ship them. They should be at your house in two days.”

“Mm, good.” Ji Yi smiled again. She picked up the glass of water in front of her and took a sip then said, “We have to go back to school tomorrow. Are you going to school?”

“I’m still not sure. There’s an office meeting I can’t miss tomorrow.” He Jichen paused then asked, “What about you? What time will you go?”

“I’ll probably get up early for school. Huahua and I said we’ll meet up for lunch then go for a walk in the afternoon,” answered Ji Yi, describing her whole schedule for school in an odd level of detail.

…

Ji Yi and He Jichen continued to chat like that casually.

Time flew by and in the blink of an eye, the living room clock rang. Ji Yi glanced over and realized it was already twelve at night.

It’s so late, I really should leave… With that thought, Ji Yi put her glass of water down then turned to look at He Jichen with a little reluctance.

She didn’t even get a chance to speak when He Jichen suddenly got up. “Come with me for a sec.”

“What’s wrong?” asked Ji Yi in confusion, but she got up and followed He Jichen.

He Jichen brought Ji Yi into the study room. He walked over to the desk, bent over, and turned on the computer.

While he entered the password, He Jichen stared at the screen, typed quickly and asked, “Are you sleepy?”

“Not sleepy.” Ji Yi shook her head.

“That’s good. Come here and look at the script for the first three episodes of ‘Jiuchong Palace’ and tell me if anything looks off.”

Ji Yi rushed over.

He Jichen clicked into several folders then moved aside to give Ji Yi the seat, hinting for her to sit and slowly read through it.

While Ji Yi was reading through the script, He Jichen stood to the side for a while then walked out of the study room.

When he came back, he had another glass of water in his hand.

He didn’t say anything to disturb Ji Yi, but he placed the glass of water in her hand. Then he sat on a sofa nearby and casually pulled out a financial newspaper from beside him.

The room was very quiet. Aside from He Jichen flipping through the newspaper and the sound of Ji Yi’s mouse clicking every now and then, nothing else could be heard.

Though the two of them didn’t speak, the atmosphere wasn’t awkward because they were each doing their own thing. Instead, there was an indescribable feeling of warmth in the room.

He Jichen quickly scanned through the financial papers.

He glanced over at Ji Yi in front of the computer table, earnestly reading the script. He didn’t say anything, but he gently put the paper down on a shelf beside him, turned his head and looked out the window.

The lights in the study were on and the windows were like mirrors, reflecting the woman unbelievably clearly.

He Jichen couldn’t help but be entranced.

Ji Yi finished reading the script then instinctively looked up at He Jichen.

He caught her gaze through the window and quickly composed himself. He turned his head and looked over at Ji Yi. “Finished reading?”

After asking, He Jichen got up and walked over to Ji Yi.