Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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With a sullen face, Qiu Li took Jiang Yu’s hand and dragged her to the crystal shop, trying to redeem Jiang Yu’s Midsummer Night Trophy with the same price.
Naturally, the crystal shop was unwilling. After all, that crystal was rare and pure, without any impurities, and exquisite in workmanship. It was definitely a high-quality product.
But looking at Qiu Li’s aggressive posture, if he didn’t return the goods in return for money, he probably won’t leave easily.
The clerk had no choice but to fetch the Midsummer Night Trophy, charge the same amount of money, and return the crystal trophy to Jiang Yu.
Qiu Li was about to swipe his card to pay the bill, but Jiang Yu firmly disagreed. The gift she gave him was originally to offset the crystal music box, so how could she make him pay for it.
So she quickly withdrew the cash from the [Knowledge] account and settled the account with the crystal store.
Walking out of the crystal shop, Qiu Li carried a computer bag on his back and said coldly, “Even if you want to give a gift, you can’t sell the crystal trophy. It’s a symbol of glory that you have prepared for such a long time to get.”
Jiang Yu shrugged, expressing that she didn’t care: “I don’t need the so-called glory, all I want is to be the best and worthy of my own efforts.”
Qiu Li looked at the palm-sized clear white crystal trophy and said, “Since you don’t want it, give it to me.”
“Didn’t you just say that this thing is useless to you?”
“It works, I heard that crystal exorcises evil spirits.”
Jiang Yu shrugged, gave him the crystal trophy, and said generously: “Take it! Take it! Go home and take care of the house.”
Qiu Li carefully put the crystal trophy back into his schoolbag.
He would treasure and keep every glory of hers. Maybe Jiang Yu didn’t care, but it was very important to him.
Jiang Yu saw him put the crystal trophy in the bag, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.
He took the computer and the crystal, and she paid more for the crystal in vain.
After taking double servings… unexpectedly relentless.
Soft food was really hard to eat!
In the afternoon, Jiang Manyi came to the sauna club, and the front desk informed her that a guest had been waiting for her all afternoon and had called her for physical therapy.
“Yeah, why didn’t you call me if you have a guest.”
Jiang Manyi hurriedly put away her bag and went to the changing room to change into her work clothes: “Next time if there is another guest coming, please be sure to notify me as soon as possible. How about that? Don’t tell the customer to wait for a long time.”
The lady at the front desk said helplessly: “No, we were going to call, but it was the customer who said to not disturb your lunch break, he can wait for you to come back to work.”
“Why is the customer so reasonable, then I will give him more time later.”
“It’s a strange guest.”
The lady at the front desk gossiped, “In bright daytime, he was wearing sunglasses, mask and peaked cap, I couldn’t see his face at all, I don’t know, I even thought he was a star.”
“Really.”
Jiang Manyi didn’t have time to think about it, and after asking the room number, she hurried over.
When she came to the Champs Hall where the guests were attended, the door was ajar, and a familiar voice was humming softly.
A melodious melody floated out, it was… “Lover”.
Hearing this voice, Jiang Manyi’s heart was suffocated suddenly, and she turned her back quickly.
Her mind went blank for a few seconds and she leaned against the wall to calm down.
Although she knew that since Jiang Yu went to Haicheng, this day would come sooner or later.
But when this moment really came, Jiang Manyi still had a hard time facing it.
She hurried to the dressing room, took out the cosmetic bag from the locker, retouched her makeup, chose a slightly more radiant rotten tomato lipstick, and painted her pale lips.
In recent years, Jiang Manyi had not paid special attention to maintaining her skin, but compared to women of the same age, she still looked very young and had even improved.
Probably because her mentality was relatively young, and she was happy every day.
More importantly, she had never given birth, so she still maintained a very good figure.
But looking at herself in the mirror, Jiang Manyi still felt old.
Yes, how could she not be old? When she fell in love with him, she was only an eighteen-year-old girl. In the blink of an eye, almost nineteen years had passed.
Looking at the face in the mirror, it was difficult to return to the appearance of the past. There were so many lines at the end of her eyes, and the skin was not as firm as when she was a girl.
She had really gotten old, and she was no longer the little girl she used to be.
She must be too old for him to recognize.
Cheng Ye was now a big star surrounded by thousands of people, and he was the brother god that so many little girls liked…so elusive.
But what about her, a single middle-aged woman with a child.
The more Jiang Manyi thought about it, the more she felt that she couldn’t do it. There was no way for her to meet him.
She graduated from high school and came out to make a living, while Cheng Ye was the most popular amongst the school girls in the Art Academy.
At that time, her only confidence was her youth and beauty.
But now, this only support also no longer existed.
Jiang Manyi was at a loss, and was just in time to see her colleague Liu Xiaochen walking in, so she hurriedly asked: “Chenchen, can you entertain a guest for me?”
“Is there anything urgent?”
Jiang Manyi sighed, and said, “Forget it, it’s fine, I’ll go by myself.”
Cheng Ye came to her on purpose and waited all afternoon.
If she wanted to hide, she definitely couldn’t. Not today, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow…he would surely come back.
Jiang Manyi understood Cheng Ye’s temperament of not turning back without bumping into the south wall.
She was an adult, an adult with a child, and she knew that running away wouldn’t solve anything.
She had to face it, she had to make it clear to him.
Jiang Manyi stood by the door, took a deep breath, and pushed the door open.
The man in the room, because he just got off the concert tour, so his hair had not yet been dyed back, and he was dressed in sportswear, which made him look very young.
Seeing Jiang Manyi coming in, Cheng Ye took off his mask and peaked cap, revealing the handsome face that still remained the same as her youthful memory.
Of his facial features, the most beautiful pair of peach blossom eyes were the inner hooks and outer curls. The curves were full, and with a slight hook at the end of the eyes, he could easily capture the hearts of countless girls.
Even if he was in his middle age, but because of the exquisite care and maintenance, he still looked like he was in his early thirties, very energetic.
If he wore makeup on weekdays, no one would doubt him even if he said that he was twenty years old.
He gave her a small smile.
His lips, which were originally bright red, looked even more rippling and coquettish when he hooked them at this moment.
There were so many talented and handsome guys in the Art Academy back then, but only Cheng Ye… could be called the unique school grass.
Even now, with a slight smile, he could fascinate Jiang Manyi.
Jiang Manyi’s heart was pounding, and she looked sideways, not daring to meet his gaze.
She had no courage, let alone confidence.
Cheng Ye seemed to understand what was on her mind, and raised his tone with a little laziness: “Whose little girl is this, did she go to the wrong door, our child’s mother is not so young.”
Jiang Manyi knew that he said this on purpose to ease the atmosphere.
If it were someone else, she would still be able to squeeze out a smile and say something…
But at this moment, she just couldn’t utter a single word, and her throat seemed to be filled with lead.
Seeing that Jiang Manyi refused to talk to him, Cheng Ye shrugged and began to undress.
In the summer, he only wore a sports jacket, and it disappeared as soon as he took it off.
Jiang Manyi was taken aback, and turned around quickly: “What are you doing!”
Cheng Ye asked, “Your shop does physiotherapy, so don’t I need to change clothes?”
“If you want to change, then change quickly.”
After finishing speaking, she took out a bag of unopened loose short-sleeved shorts from the cabinet, found the right size for him, and handed it to him.
“Thank you.”
Cheng Ye smiled meekly: “Turn around, please.”
Jiang Yu turned around, facing the wall, and heard the voice of OO@ @taking off his pants behind her.
Her cheeks blushed inexplicably, and she turned around to walk out of the room, but she heard Cheng Ye say, “I’m changing clothes, please don’t open the door for now, if this is photographed, then we will have to make an official announcement.”
“…”
Jiang Manyi stood facing the wall, while she scratched her fingernails anxiously.
“Okay.”
The man obediently lay on the bed, and it seemed that he really wanted her to help him with physical therapy.
“What kind of therapy does Mr. Cheng want?”
He raised his head, showing a childlike smile: “Do you still remember who I am?”
“…”
Seeing her frowning and not saying a word, Cheng Ye stopped joking and asked solemnly: “What services do you offer here?”
“Foot bath, full body massage, shoulder and neck physiotherapy, and cupping…”
“Body massage, do you want to massage my whole body?”
“Yes.”
“With your hands?”
“Otherwise?”
With your feet.
Cheng Ye still had a smile on his face: “Then I want you to massage my whole body. You have to keep your word. Every part of my body…you have to massage.”
“Add two hundred more per hour.”
“I’ll add two million to you, buy you for a lifetime, okay.”
“…”
Still looking like a little rascal from back then, after so many years, there was no progress, just a bit of a successful star airs otherwise nothing was different.
However, this attitude made Jiang Manyi relax a lot.
“I don’t have a lifetime, Mr. Cheng.”
He looked at her and said seriously: “It doesn’t matter, I want as much as you have left.”
Jiang Manyi suppressed a smile, but there was a soreness in her heart: “Then Mr. Cheng will be losing a lot.”
“No, I made a profit.”
Jiang Manyi stopped talking about this topic, squatted down, and took off his sneakers.
Cheng Ye sat up abruptly, pulled his foot back, untied the laces in a hurry, and said, “You don’t have to do this, I will do it myself.”
After all, it was the person he liked, how could he…show her his big feet, anyway he hadn’t seen her for so many years.
Jiang Manyi saw his helplessness and said, “I still have to bathe Mr. Cheng’s feet. There’s no need for that. I’ll wear gloves.”
“Just press my back.”
Jiang Manyi was silent for a moment, and finally said: “It’s better…to help you press your feet, I heard from Xiaoyu that you have travelled to many places during the two-week concert.”
Even though she tried her best to pretend to be calm and peaceful, but her heart was not at peace.
Not only was it not calm, but from the moment she stepped into the room, it was already in chaos.
After so many years, it was not that there was no chance to remarry, nor was it that there was no suitor, and it was not because of Xiaoyu.
She’s just… after tasting the sea, going to the lake was too difficult.
Having been in love with such an amazing young man in her youth, how could she accept a vulgar and ordinary marriage with another partner.
She couldn’t let herself go.
Cheng Ye was silent for a moment, took off his shoes, and put his feet into the barrel, his voice trembling slightly: “I’ll have to trouble you, Manman.”
As soon as this name came out, Jiang Manyi squatted down and lowered her head, her tears almost falling out.
No one… had ever called her so tenderly.
No one had ever made her fall in love with her so deeply. Every night, she secretly missed him, turned on her phone and scanned all his Weibo posts… then she read every comment on his Weibo.
Cheng Ye looked down at her: “I will guess, which comment may be from you.”
“If you follow me, maybe you will leave me a message, it feels like yours… I will click on Weibo, trying to find clues about you…”
Clues about how you may still love me.
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