A Promise in a Thought 114

Chapter 114

Jiang Chenyin was pacing incessantly in her room. She had just taken Bo Muyu to the airport and had waited until the flight took off before returning to the hotel. Now, she had finally managed to calm her nerves a little.

Thinking back, had the kiss just now been too fast?

Their relationship was a bit special. She was not Bo Muyu’s blood relative, but her understanding of her was no less than that of Bo Mingliang and his wife, and their friendship was even stronger. But they had now developed into their current relationship. This was a new emotion, a completely different emotion from before.

She was very worried that she would scare Bo Muyu. They had only just confirmed this new emotion for a day.

She reflected for a long time, and after receiving the message that Bo Muyu had returned home, she still kept it to herself, constantly emphasizing in her heart to slow down the pace when she got back.

Otherwise, it would be really lewd…

Jiang Chenyin held the pillow that Bo Muyu had used last night in her arms and chatted with her on WeChat while lying under the covers. Looking at the long string of text and voice messages on the screen, she couldn’t help but click on Bo Muyu’s social media feed and found that she had updated it half an hour ago.

There was no text, only a picture of the night sky, which should have been taken after she had gotten off the plane. The last post was from before she had joined the crew last year. That was the starting point of their separation.

So what was the meaning of this one now?

Jiang Chenyin felt that she could probably guess. She pressed her lips together and smiled, unable to resist liking it with a small peach heart and commenting, “The stars are very beautiful tonight.”

After she had sent it, she secretly looked forward to the answer. She could roughly guess, but she still wanted to see the reply. They were chatting, and Bo Muyu’s reply was also very fast. After Jiang Chenyin had repeatedly exited and re-entered the chat interface a few times, she saw the reply that only she would understand, “The stars tonight are the most beautiful I’ve ever seen.”

She couldn’t help but smile. She saw that several people had already been drawn out under this post.

Ye Xialan’s was: “Baby, why didn’t you ask your mom to go and see the stars with you!”

Sun Ruowei’s was: “[Angry] What stars are you looking at! Have you read the novel I recommended to you? I’m going to find you to discuss the plot next time.”

What surprised her was when Lan Yuxin had added Bo Muyu as a WeChat friend. Her comment was quite meaningful: “[Lust][Lust][Lust] Oh ho ho ho, I also think the stars are very beautiful tonight. Last night’s were even more beautiful, weren’t they, little block of wood!”

Lan Yuxin was undoubtedly teasing. Jiang Chenyin let out a long sigh, and seeing Bo Muyu’s message that she was going to take a shower first, she tossed her phone aside. She suddenly closed her eyes and let out a soft, sighing laugh. At her age, it was really quite embarrassing…

The next day on the set, during a break in filming, Lan Yuxin left the crowd, put her arm around Jiang Chenyin’s shoulder, and the two of them took some snacks to a corner to chat.

Lan Yuxin had an excited and gossipy look on her face. “How was it, how was it? Did you eat? I’ve been holding it in for a day and haven’t bothered you.”

“What do you mean by ‘eat’?” Jiang Chenyin’s upturned lips twitched. She knew she couldn’t escape Lan Yuxin.

“Mmm, just…” Lan Yuxin flicked her hair and organized some less direct words. “Just, have you confirmed it? You’ve been together for a day. Your relationship should have… you know?”

“Relationship…” Jiang Chenyin lowered her head slightly, her hand unconsciously reaching for the bag of snacks they had brought, her expression gentle. “It’s confirmed. I’ve told her.”

Lan Yuxin’s expression was one of pleasant surprise as she let out a “wow,” leaned closer to Jiang Chenyin, and lowered her voice mysteriously, “Are you the top, Teacher Jiang?”

“Huh?” Jiang Chenyin’s face was full of confusion. “What?”

Seeing this expression, Lan Yuxin almost couldn’t help but exclaim, and she quickly covered her mouth. “My god! You’re the bottom? Are you kidding me? You’ve been working on your abs for more than ten years for nothing?”

“What are you talking about?” Jiang Chenyin frowned, her gut telling her that Lan Yuxin was not being serious.

“You really don’t understand what I mean, Teacher Jiang?” Lan Yuxin cleared her throat, laughed, and then lowered her voice, which had accidentally been raised a little. “You don’t know that women and women can do that, do you? Although our physiological structures are the same, it can also be pleasurable…”

As she spoke, she raised an eyebrow, held out her hands, which were as seductive as her face, and then rubbed her index and middle fingers together. “You can use this.”

Lan Yuxin had been interested in women for a while now. Of course she knew these things very well. But Jiang Chenyin was different. At this moment, hearing her say these things, her face was already red as she averted her gaze. Just as she was about to bury her face in her hands, she thought of Lan Yuxin’s rubbing fingers, and she quickly looked up again.

“Hahaha, oh my god!” Seeing her reaction, Lan Yuxin’s voice was trembling with laughter. After barely holding it in, she asked her in a small voice, “You really don’t know? Then what’s the progress between you two?”

“I haven’t researched this yet…” Jiang Chenyin’s fine fingers touched her warming earlobe, her gaze wandering everywhere but at Lan Yuxin, and she replied in a small voice, “Just the very beginning. I think it’s too fast…”

“The very beginning… kissing?” Lan Yuxin asked faintly.

Jiang Chenyin’s face grew hotter. Why on earth was she discussing these things with Lan Yuxin? But… it seemed she really needed to know a little.

“Mmm,” she replied in a low voice.

Who knew that Lan Yuxin would have a look of disdain on her face. “Who was it that just said a couple of days ago that they wanted to take it slow? Does your face hurt, Teacher Jiang? You slag!”

“I…” Jiang Chenyin looked up at her and sighed. “I just think it’s too early, but at that time…”

Jiang Chenyin had to pat her own hot face. She found that since she had won Bo Muyu back, there were many areas where she couldn’t control herself. For example, she wanted Bo Muyu to slowly come back to her, but the situation didn’t allow her to wait any longer. For example, after they had talked it out, she had wanted to develop their relationship step by step. After all, they had not become lovers in the usual way, but they had kissed on the first day of confirming their relationship.

Lan Yuxin found it amusing and played the role of a caring older sister again. “Forget it, forget it. After all, you’re in love. Just listen to what you say and forget it.” She happily studied the rarely shy Jiang Chenyin, and suddenly remembered something, patting her arm and reminding her, “Oh right, although you two are good now, you still have to be on guard against the little block of wood’s boss.”

Jiang Chenyin paused. “Su Man? What’s wrong with her?”

The corners of Lan Yuxin’s lips curved up. “She likes the little block of wood. You didn’t know, did you?”

Jiang Chenyin’s brow furrowed. “I didn’t know. How did you know?”

Just then, Lan Yuxin cleared her throat, her expression a little unnatural. “Before the Spring Festival, didn’t I go to the little block of wood’s company to see how she was doing on your behalf? I just happened to see Su Man staring at her. She had already walked so far that she was almost out of sight. I was a little suspicious, and then I took her out for a drink…”

“So?”

Lan Yuxin became excited as she spoke. “Guess what? I tested her and asked her if she was interested in the little block of wood. As soon as she heard it, she started chugging her drink, and then tears started streaming down her face. I just listened to her talk a whole bunch, and she was crying so pitifully. Your big sister’s heart ached. After that, I kindly put her in the car…”

Jiang Chenyin couldn’t listen anymore. “What did you do to her?”

Lan Yuxin was taken aback and retorted, “What could I have done to her? The way you ask… I’d have to have her consent to do that.”

“Continue,” Jiang Chenyin said, relieved. She was really afraid that Lan Yuxin had been reckless.

Lan Yuxin shrugged innocently. “That’s it. I took her home and then went back to your place to report the little block of wood’s news to you. If you hadn’t been so sick, I would have told you about this that day. How could I have only remembered it today?”

Jiang Chenyin sighed. “I know.”

Lan Yuxin waved her hand. “Forget it, forget it. Let’s continue our topic from just now.”

“I don’t want to continue that topic,” Jiang Chenyin said, feeling that the temperature on her face had not yet subsided, and she quickly stood up to leave.

Lan Yuxin chased after her and took her arm. “Hey, don’t. You touch your conscience. The little block of wood is with you for a lifetime. Can you bear to let her have no happiness? This kind of mutual happiness… and you’re at the age of thirty like a wolf and forty like a tiger… hey, do you understand?”

“…You can send me a message on WeChat.”

Anyway, it was better not to talk about this topic face to face. She really couldn’t stand Lan Yuxin’s scale. She deeply understood the four words “old face turning red.”

In the evening, when she was on a video call with Bo Muyu, Jiang Chenyin’s eyes were helpless when she heard the message notification on her phone. After three or four times, Bo Muyu saw her reach out and turn off the sound on the screen.

“Is something the matter tonight?” Bo Muyu couldn’t help but ask.

“No, it’s just a small thing,” Jiang Chenyin said, her fine fingers on her temples, and in her peripheral vision, she saw another message come in.

Bo Muyu saw her expression, and afraid that she had business to attend to, she said to her seriously, “If you have something to deal with, you should go and deal with it first. I’ll wait for you.”

“Really not…” Jiang Chenyin let out a soft, sighing laugh and said vaguely, “It’s just Yuxin sending me a lot of things. It’s nothing important.”

This time, Bo Muyu felt strange. From Jiang Chenyin’s performance, Lan Yuxin should be sending messages very persistently. And she hadn’t looked at the messages carefully since the video call had started, which meant that Lan Yuxin might not have started sending messages when they were on the video call.

As her curiosity and doubt arose, another matter was brought up. When she had gone to Jinghe to see Jiang Chenyin, she had forgotten to ask why she had put away her textbooks and such in her room.

“I suddenly remembered that I forgot to ask you something…” Bo Muyu frowned and murmured, “Last time at the old residence, you asked me to put away the old textbooks I used in your room. I forgot to ask you the reason.”

After being reminded, Jiang Chenyin’s lips curved up. “Then we’ll talk about it when we meet again. If you still remember to ask.”

“Can’t you tell me now? I’m afraid I’ll forget again,” Bo Muyu said, simply stopping her typing and resting her chin on her hands on the desk.

“Mmm…” Jiang Chenyin flicked her hair and pretended to be in thought, then smiled. “No. We agreed that if you remember when we meet, I’ll tell you.”

Bo Muyu lowered her eyes in dejection. Jiang Chenyin touched her cheek through the screen and comforted her, “Alright, I didn’t say I wouldn’t tell you. I’ll be back in a few days. It’s time to test your memory. Keep it up.”

Bo Muyu looked up. “Then I’ll go to Grandpa and Grandma’s place on the weekend to review this question. I definitely can’t forget this time.”

Jiang Chenyin asked with a smile, “You’re going over often now. My parents must be very happy, right?”

Speaking of this, Bo Muyu couldn’t help but lift her lips, and her small canine teeth peeked out. She felt a little shy about her own thoughts, because she always felt that going to see the Jiang family’s elders now was no longer as simple as before.

She bit her lip, but the corners of her lips still wouldn’t come down. She said to Jiang Chenyin softly, “Mmm, because your parents are also my… so… I should go and see them more. It’s what I should do.”

Her voice was soft and light, and these words were not fluent, but Jiang Chenyin could tell that it was not hesitation, but shyness.

Jiang Chenyin couldn’t help but gaze at her on the screen, her eyes curving up, and she let out a soft laugh.