NOVEL NEXT Chapter 818-824
Chapter 818: A Confession For The Whole World To Hear (18)
For a second, Ji Yi didn’t quite get what He Jichen meant by what he said. In his embrace, she lifted her head and looked at him.
He sensed her shifting and lowered his head to look at her. After he caught the look in her eyes, he added, “Aren’t you losing out?”
Upon hearing those four words, Ji Yi knew what He Jichen meant by his two questions.
He was asking her if everything they did today was stupid and if she was losing out.
Without thinking it over, Ji Yi shook her head. “Hell no! It’d be stupid if I let you leave.”
He Jichen seemed to be in a great mood as he chuckled twice. “If a stupid person knew they were stupid, they wouldn’t be called stupid.”
Is he switching sides and calling me stupid?
A fake hint of anger surfaced in Ji Yi’s eyes. She lifted her head and bit He Jichen’s chin.
It looked pretty brutal, but she held back her strength the instant her teeth touched his chin.
She stared at his complexion for a while. Then with a softer, more delicate voice, she said, “And we’re not losing out. How could I, if I have you back by my side…”
This time, He Jichen couldn’t laugh.
He stared at her with his deep, pitch black eyes, now with a burning flame.
At the sight of the searing expression in his eyes, Ji Yi’s whole body started to heat up.
Just when she couldn’t take the expression in his eyes any longer, he said, “So stupid…”
Ji Yi pouted in discontent and wanted to retaliate when all of a sudden, he dipped his head and kissed her.
Ji Yi’s eyelashes started to flutter.
He Jichen’s lips were glued to hers. It went silent for a moment then slowly and gently, he started to kiss her.
This made Ji Yi forget to breathe and she shut her eyes. Her heart forgot to beat. As his tongue pried her teeth open and entered her mouth, her eyelashes gradually stuck onto the base of her eyes and softly trembled every now and then.
He Jichen’s kiss grew fiercer.
The silent room erupted with infrequently loud and quietly sensual moans.
As the moaning grew frequent, He Jichen’s big hands started fumbling inside Ji Yi’s clothes.
Ji Yi was disoriented by He Jichen’s kiss. Before she could snap back to reality, her clothes had already fallen to the floor.
When she came to her senses, she was already lying on the huge bed in the bedroom. He was on top of her, blocking all the light. Their body heat was the same, frighteningly boiling hot, and even their breaths were a little unstable.
His lips were stuck onto her skin as they traveled everywhere. When his lips fell by her ear, he bit her earlobe and suddenly asked in a low and seductive voice, “Did you miss me?”
She trembled violently at the question.
He seemed to be a little unsatisfied because he still hadn’t received an answer from her, so he urged her. “Hm?”
“Yeah,” whispered Ji Yi.
That was when he kissed her neck in satisfaction. When the corners of his lips reached her collarbone, she said with an unstable breath, “How about you?”
He stopped.
She asked again, “Did you miss me?”
Again, he didn’t reply, so she instinctively wanted to open her eyes to look at him. However, before she could do so, he suddenly forcefully barged into her world. Then she heard his voice over her face: “I missed you to death.”
Chapter 819: A Confession For The Whole World To Hear (19)
At the blink of an eye, he completely filled her up. Her heart and her body trembled unusually violently and both her arms started to gently shiver as he held her down.
With every move, his range grew wider and he was more forceful.
Soon enough, they were drenched. Their soaking wet bodies were entwined till you didn’t know who was who.
The feeling of reuniting after such a long time and regaining what they lost made them feel more engrossed in the sex.
Their first time was when she was eighteen years old. They were really drunk and besides the pain, she didn’t have any other memory of it.
The second time happened at the production party for “Three Thousand Lunatics.” She was a drunken mess, and after she woke up, aside from feeling helpless and confused, she didn’t feel anything else.
The day before they finished filming “Jiuchong Palace,” there was no way for them to enjoy their sex with the thought of parting ways.
Come to think of it, this was the first time they were really having sex.
With that thought, Ji Yi wrapped her arms around He Jichen’s neck and kissed his lips.
Her forwardness made He Jichen thrust harder.
The internet was still raving on about #antijiyiandhejichen. The hashtag skyrocketed to the top trending topics.
The reporters at the hotel entrance didn’t have the slightest intention of leaving. Some reporters were hungry, so they ate hot dogs as they waited.
Zhang Yi and Tang Huahua’s phones still rang non-stop.
No matter how chaotic the world was outside, in the hotel, it seemed like Ji Yi and He Jichen were living in a different world. They only had eyes for each other.
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At the same time, in Beijing.
Cheng Weiwan’s heart had been feeling completely unsettled after bumping into Chen Bai yesterday at Muqing Publishing.
Tonight, she felt unprecedentedly flustered.
After dinner, Cheng Han sat alone on the living room rug, playing with his toys. Cheng Weiwan turned on the TV to watch the annual Television Awards.
Halfway into the Television Awards, she didn’t know what was broadcasting. Cheng Han wanted to drink water, so he called her a few times “mummy” but she didn’t hear his cries. Eventually, Cheng Han had to wobble over to her and tug on her clothes for her to snap out of her daze and pour Cheng Han some water.
At nine in the evening, Cheng Weiwan carried Cheng Han to bed on time. While she told Cheng Han a bedtime story, she made many mistakes.
Having talked Cheng Han to sleep, Cheng Weiwan softly got out of the bed and walked out the door. She wanted to secretly go and complete today’s unfinished script, but when she closed the bedroom door, the doorbell rang.
Who could be looking for her in the middle of the night?
Cheng Weiwan’s heart suddenly raced unusually violently.
She was afraid Cheng Han would wake up from the doorbell, so she hurriedly walked over to the door and opened the door.
It was a middle-aged man in a black suit. Cheng Weiwan recognized him to be Xiao Zhang, Han Zhifan’s driver.
Xiao Zhang saw Cheng Weiwan. He immediately smiled and bowed. “Miss Cheng, long time no see.”
A few simple words instantly and completely drained the blood from Cheng Weiwan’s face.
She didn’t say anything but Xiao Zhang didn’t mind as he continued to politely say, “Miss Cheng, may I trouble you to please come with me? Mr. Han wants to see you.”
She guessed long ago that Chen Bai was going to tell Han Zhifan and he was going to eventually come knocking at her door. She just never imagined he would move so quickly…
Chapter 820: A Confession For The Whole World To Hear (20)
Cheng Weiwan couldn’t figure out why Han Zhifan was looking for her. Her heart was really rattled, but she tried really hard to look composed. “Could you please wait a moment. I’ll get changed.”
Xiao Zhang didn’t give Cheng Weiwan any trouble. “Alright, Miss Cheng.”
Cheng Weiwan moved aside to let Xiao Zhang into the apartment. Without even pouring him a glass of water, she made her way into her bedroom.
She wasn’t in a hurry to get changed; she first picked up her phone and called Lin Muqing.
Lin Muqing lived downstairs, so before Cheng Weiwan could get changed, Lin Muqing had already arrived.
On the other side of the bedroom door, Cheng Weiwan heard the hurried footsteps of Lin Muqing. As the bedroom door opened, Lin Muqing came bustling in. “Wanwan, are you sure you want to see him?”
Cheng Weiwan paused as she changed and softly nodded at Lin Muqing. “Since it happened, I thought I’d have to face it eventually. I can’t take Hanhan and hide everywhere.”
“Then, I’ll go with you!”
“No, you have to stay at home and watch Hanhan. I’m worried about him being home alone.” Cheng Weiwan shook her head and picked up her jacket. When she saw Lin Muqing’s worried face, she added, “Don’t worry, nothing will happen. What’s more, I’ve already been through the hardest days. What could be more frightening than what happened back then?”
Lin Muqing hesitated for a moment and glanced at Hanhan sleeping safe and sound. “Alright. If anything happens, you can call me anytime. I’ll be guarding the apartment,” she said.
Cheng Weiwan gently nodded and Lin Muqing gave her a comforting smile. Cheng Weiwan bent down and picked up her phone and purse by her bed then walked out the door.
Lin Muqing reached out toward Cheng Weiwan. When she was about to pull open the door, she cried, “Wanwan.”
Cheng Weiwan, holding onto the door handles, turned her head.
“Don’t be afraid of him. No matter what happens, you still have me and I’ll help you think of a plan.”
Cheng Weiwan smiled again then let out an “mhm” to Lin Muqing. Then she pulled the door open and walked out.
Xiao Zhang saw Cheng Weiwan coming over and immediately got up.
Cheng Weiwan didn’t say anything to Xiao Zhang as she strode out the door.
She took the elevator down to the first floor then walked out of the apartment block. Cheng Weiwan immediately saw the new and expensive car parked in front of the building.
Xiao Zhang walked over to the car and started up the car for Cheng Weiwan. “Please get in, Miss Ji.”
Cheng Weiwan didn’t hesitate in the slightest as she slowly bent over and climbed into the car.
Xiao Zhang shut the car door then opened the door to the driver’s seat.
The car quickly started up.
Over ten minutes later through smooth traffic, the car drove into the luxurious neighborhood of villas that were newly built just last year.
The car parked outside the courtyard of a villa. He opened the door for Cheng Weiwan then escorted her into the villa.
The villa was furnished to look really glamorous, but Cheng Weiwan wasn’t in the mood to admire it. She followed Xiao Zhang upstairs, walked through the elegant hallway, and took two right turns before stopping in front of some double doors.
Xiao Zhang knocked on the door and politely said, “Mr. Han.”
Soon enough, a familiar voice cried out, “Come in,” causing Cheng Weiwan’s face to instantly turn white.
Only then did Xiao Zhang push the door open. He didn’t go in but gestured towards Cheng Weiwan as if to welcome her in. “Please step inside, Miss Cheng.”
Chapter 821: You Are The Light. You Are Also The Rest Of My Life. (1)
Cheng Weiwan stared at the open door for a while, raised her feet, and stepped in.
After Cheng Weiwan stepped the room, she paused for a moment. Xiao Zhang reached out and shut the door.
When the doors closed and locked with a “kacha,” Cheng Weiwan’s body softly swayed for a moment.
The house was really big so Cheng Weiwan took a few more steps inside before she saw Han Zhifan on the sofa in front of the tall windows.
He was wearing a complete set of white loungewear and was slouched casually on the sofa. His legs were crossed and he looked completely elegant and content.
His eyes were shut and he appeared to be resting.
The room was very quiet and Cheng Weiwan was wearing a pair of high heels, so the loud, crisp sound of her steps could be heard clearly.
The sound of her heels made his eyelids sluggishly flutter open.
It wasn’t until the high heels stopped that Han Zhifan raised his hand and pointed over at the sofa opposite him as a signal for Cheng Weiwan to take a seat.
Cheng Weiwan didn’t move from where she was standing still.
Han Zhifan didn’t hear the sound of her high heels again. He slowly opened his eyes and glanced over at where Cheng Weiwan was standing.
His gaze lingered on her body for less than a minute before withdrawing.
He already asked her to sit but she didn’t, so he didn’t force it. He picked up an envelope from the table, pulled out a stack of photos, and slammed them hard in front of Cheng Weiwan.
The photos scattered to the ground as Cheng Weiwan lowered her head to see that they were all of Cheng Han.
There were photos of Cheng Han at home playing with toys and photos of her hugging Cheng Han while shopping at the supermarket. There were photos of Cheng Han playing in the children’s playground at the supermarket and photos of him eating yogurt… What was most important was that these photos were all taken today.
So he didn’t only just find out where she lived tonight, but he sent someone to follow her for a day before knocking at her door.
Han Zhifan gave Cheng Weiwan a few seconds to look at the photos then said, “What’s the surname of the child in these photos?”
Cheng Weiwan pursed her lips and didn’t make a sound.
“It’s not Cheng, right?…” Han Zhifan spoke again. As his voice settled, he quickly spoke in a significantly colder tone than before. “Alright! Cheng Weiwan, you’ve done well by hiding this from the world. You even paid off my secretary?! This child’s surname should be Han, am I right?”
Cheng Weiwan’s gaze was lowered. She didn’t look at Han Zhifan but calmly replied, “You got it wrong. The kid is Lin…”
“Quit messing with me!” Before Cheng Weiwan could finish speaking, Han Zhifan’s cold tone of voice interrupted her. “Do you take me for an idiot?! I was confused why my secretary suddenly quit a year ago when she was working for me just fine! I dare say you actually played this trick behind my back! Let me tell you… I sent someone to contact her ages ago and she spilled the truth on everything that happened back then. Don’t worry. I even got a strand of the child’s hair and did a DNA check. It doesn’t matter if you don’t admit it. Besides, I didn’t call you here today to hear you tell me who he belongs to!”
After Han Zhifan’s furious rant, it seemed like he had gotten things off his chest. When he spoke again, he was significantly calmer. “Today, I called you over for one thing. Tell me, how much?”
How much?
Cheng Weiwan vaguely knew what Han Zhifan meant, but she didn’t dare assume. She furrowed her brows lightly and remained silent.
“From giving birth till now, you’ve worked hard to raise the child. Go on, tell me how much it will take for you to give me the child?!”
Chapter 822: You Are The Light. You Are Also The Rest Of My Life. (2)
So, it was just as I imagined; he called me over just to steal Hanhan…
Cheng Weiwan didn’t even think about it. The second Han Zhifan finished speaking, she exclaimed, “I don’t want a cent, because I’ll never give you my child.”
“Ten million?” It seemed like Han Zhifan hadn’t heard Cheng Weiwan’s protests and set his own price.
“I told you. I won’t give you the child!”
“Twenty million?”
“Quit dreaming! Even if I died, I’d never give you Hanhan!”
“Thirty million?” Han Zhifan gave his third price. Compared to before, he had more to say. “I suggest you consider it. Don’t refuse me when I’m showing you face!”
“Han Zhifan, you’re the one who didn’t want the child in the first place. You have no right now to steal him away!”
“No, right? Don’t forget I’m the child’s father!”
“But I’m the child’s mother!”
“Mother?” Han Zhifan looked like he just heard the funniest joke. The corners of his lips were slightly curled, revealing a mocking smile. However, that smile didn’t reach the depths of his eyes. His voice was ice cold and merciless. “My child will have a mother but it won’t be you!”
That one sentence felt like a sharp dagger brutally stabbed Cheng Weiwan in the heart…
My child will have a mother but it won’t be you…
The meaning behind his words was clear. He wanted the child, but he didn’t want her…
Yeah, why would he want her? From the moment he first got close to her, he never wanted her…
To prevent herself from losing her composure, Cheng Weiwan’s fingers stabbed her palms. With the piercing pain, Cheng Weiwan forced herself to stay calm as she said, “No matter what, I’ll never let you take my child from me!”
“Fifty million. That’s my limit!” exclaimed Han Zhifan as he pulled out a cheque. He scribbled on it for a moment then tossed it at Cheng Weiwan.
Cheng Weiwan didn’t hesitate at all to bend over and pick up the cheque. Right in front of Han Zhifan, she tore it to pieces. “Let me say this again. The child is mine alone. Nobody can take him away from me!”
It looked like Cheng Weiwan had pissed off Han Zhifan as he suddenly raised his foot and violently kicked the coffee table in front of him.
The force of his kick was so strong that the coffee table slid one meter away before it stopped.
The vase on the coffee table crashed and shattered on the floor.
After it quieted down, Han Zhifan pointed at the door and coldly cried, “Since you’re refusing me even when I’m showing you face, get the hell out!”
Cheng Weiwan didn’t say a word. She turned around and left.
When she reached out to open the door, Han Zhifan’s sinister voice cried out, “Three days. I’ll definitely make the child want to return to my side in three days. If you don’t believe me, just watch!”
Cheng Weiwan’s body gently swayed a little but she didn’t look back at Han Zhifan. She pulled the door open and left.
As the doors closed shut, Han Zhifan raised his foot again and violently kicked the coffee table.
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That night, Han Zhifan wasn’t the only furious person. There was also Qian Ge, far away in C City.
When Qian Ge returned to her hotel from the Television Awards, she stepped into her room, shut the door, and started smashing things.
The more she smashed, the higher the ball of flames in her heart burned.
She racked her brain to ruin the reputation of the man she loved most just so he would quit dreaming of ever getting the kind of love she could never obtain!
Chapter 823: You Are The Light. You Are Also The Rest Of My Life. (3)
Never in a million years did Qian Ge actually think Ji Yi would sacrifice so much for He Jichen!
Even in her dreams, she hoped to see Ji Yi fall, despised by others. Now that the image in her dreams had come true, not only was she not as happy as she imagined she would be, but she felt worse off. So as it turned out, Qian Ge actually couldn’t stand Ji Yi and He Jichen being together.
Qian Ge just couldn’t handle the very thought of Ji Yi and He Jichen hugging on stage, so she grabbed something she could throw and violently smashed it to the floor.
She smashed things until the entire hotel room was a mess and there was nothing else for her to throw. Only then did Qian Ge slump weakly to the floor.
No… I can’t let them be together… He Jichen is the person I like. If I can’t have him, then everyone else can quit dreaming about having him!
Yeah! Quit dreaming about having him! So I have to think of a plan… yeah, a plan…
Qian Ge muttered to herself non-stop as she furrowed her brows, deep in thought.
A couple seconds later, a glint suddenly surfaced in her eyes.
She remembered how she and Ji Yi went to a small town by Sucheng in the summer of their third year of high school and walked into a very unique bookshop. The most memorable thing in the book shop was the wall full of letters.
Those letters were written by visitors of that book shop. They weren’t written for anyone but their future selves.
You could leave your address with the shop and pay them a sending fee and postal fee. After the number of years written in the letter, the shop could mail the letter to you.
That day, she and Ji Yi wrote a letter to their future selves.
She was the first to finish writing. After her pen dropped, Ji Yi was still happily writing in front of her, so she incidentally glanced over at her letter and saw several lines with the words “Yuguang Ge.”
At the time, she and Ji Yi were still on good terms; a rift hadn’t yet happened in their relationship. They used to do everything in the same way. Since Ji Yi’s letter was written to her future self ten years from then, so was Qian Ge’s.
Come to think of it, it’d been almost over seven years since then, more than two years shy of ten years. If that bookshop hadn’t shut down by now, that letter should still be there.
He Jichen knew Ji Yi liked He Yuguang. Back then, on the night before graduation, Ji Yi cried his name during their one-night stand.
The more you deeply loved someone, the more you couldn’t withstand anything else. When he didn’t have Ji Yi, He Jichen might not have minded, but now that he had her, he would want even more. That was human nature. If she brought out that letter and gave it to He Jichen…
A rift had to happen between him and Ji Yi.
With that thought, the corners of Qian Ge’s lips curved slightly, revealing a cold smile.
With practically no hesitation, she bolted up and found her phone in the messy room then called her assistant in the next room.
The call quickly went through. Then, without waiting for her assistant to speak, Qian Ge blurted out, “Book me a ticket on the next flight to Sucheng.”
“Now?” Since Qian Ge’s request came so suddenly, the assistant was a little unsure.
“Yeah, now,” said Qian Ge impatiently, thinking that the assistant was dawdling.
“But Qian Jie! It’s really late, and you have to rush to Beijing tomorrow for an interview at a station…”
Chapter 824: You Are The Light. You Are Also The Rest Of My Life. (4)
Before the assistant could finish, Qian Ge completely lost her patience and furiously exclaimed, “I’m telling you to book the ticket, so book the ticket. Why so much bullsh*t?”
The assistant fell silent for a few seconds from Qian Ge’s roar before she timidly replied, “Qian Jie, I got it. I’ll book that ticket for you right now.”
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Ji Yi had already forgotten how long it’d been since she let herself sleep so soundly.
In her dreams, she was vaguely aware she was sleeping for a really, really long time; it was so long that her whole body felt weak. It was so long that she had no sense of the time.
Eventually, the weight of Mt. Tai upon her body was what woke her up. It might have felt heavy, but for some reason, she liked it.
At first, she didn’t know what that weight was until she heard the sound of hurried breathing by her ears. Bit by bit, she woke up from her dreams when she felt a numb and excited feeling in her chest rushing in, wave after wave. She opened her groggy eyes.
A breathtakingly handsome face filled her line of sight. Before she could carefully admire the face, it came pressing down on her and covered her lips.
Last night, they were so out of control as they didn’t stop until the two of them were so exhausted that they hugged each other to sleep. They weren’t wearing any clothes, so when he kissed her, his hand traveled from her calf and trailed up her straight legs.
He moved too smoothly that Ji Yi got excited little by little from his teasing as she still hadn’t completely woken up.
While his slender fingers brushed across her soft skin, she instinctively tightened up both her legs, but she couldn’t fight his strength. Soon enough, he charged into her world like someone driving on familiar roads.
After another round ended, Ji Yi finally woke up from her dreams completely.
She laid on He Jichen’s body, trying to catch her breath for a while. That was when her racing heart finally calmed down and she noticed the glow of the sunset through the windows as it covered half the room in red.
Ji Yi thought she was seeing things as she blinked twice and looked at the shockingly beautiful glow of the sunset. All of a sudden, she rolled off from He Jichen’s body as though she was electrocuted. She reached out to look for her phone as she made a fuss about nothing and asked, “What time is it?”
He Jichen was still savoring their love-making when he sluggishly said in a seductive voice, “It’s almost 6.”
“But I booked my flight for 11 am! I was supposed to go back to my hotel long ago!”
“I already ordered Zhuang Yi to cancel it for you and book a flight for half-past eight in the evening…” said He Jichen as he reached his arm out and pulled Ji Yi back into his embrace. “Lay with me for a while.”
“Half past eight in the evening? It’s already six o’clock, so we have to rush to the airport…”
Before Ji Yi could finish chattering, her lips were covered by He Jichen. He didn’t kiss her but hushed her with his lips then softly made a “shhhh” noise. “Let me hug you for a moment then we’ll go…”
“But…” Ji Yi protested as she was afraid of missing her flight
She only managed to say one word when He Jichen softly blurted out, “Be good.”
His tone of voice had a rare affection in it that instantly calmed Ji Yi.