A Promise in a Thought 128

Chapter 128

On the night she returned to her parents’ house, Ye Xialan was no longer glued to her computer, chasing web dramas. She pestered Bo Muyu to recount the entire matter of Mrs. Shao from beginning to end.

So Bo Muyu started from when Mrs. Shao had approached Jiang Chenyin last year, interspersing the story with the sponsorship agreement Jiang Chenyin had made with her a few years ago. Ye Xialan was so agitated that she kept slamming the table and scolding, and the pile of melon seed shells she had been cracking was sent flying from the table.

When she got to the part where Bo Muyu had pretended to be a university student sponsored by Jiang Chenyin to get close to Mrs. Shao, Ye Xialan even threw a handful of melon seeds onto the table, and the next second, she was twisting Bo Muyu’s ear and scolding her. Further on, when Bo Muyu talked about her and Jiang Chenyin’s confrontation with Mrs. Shao in the coffee shop, and how Jiang Chenyin had twisted her wrist and pushed her so hard that she couldn’t even stand properly.

Until the whole matter had completely come to an end a few days ago, the scenes flashed through Ye Xialan’s mind one after another, and she was stunned as she listened.

She had demanded that Bo Muyu tell the story in detail, and the whole process had taken two nights to finish. After she had finished listening, Ye Xialan was in a daze for a long while before she came back to her senses, gave Bo Muyu a scolding, and then sent her back to her room.

Finally able to escape Ye Xialan’s clutches a little earlier, Bo Muyu quickly took a shower, and after turning off the lights, she grabbed her phone and got under the covers to call Jiang Chenyin.

They hadn’t seen each other for two days, and the thought of it made her heart itch.

She missed Jiang Chenyin so much. For the past two days, they could only contact each other by WeChat, phone, and video, which was like scratching an itch through a boot, and it couldn’t stop the longing in her heart at all. She was able to go back to her room a little earlier today. Ye Xialan had not been well-behaved at all when she was listening to her story, constantly expressing her opinions and complaining, which had caused her to go back to her room almost at dawn yesterday.

Just as she was thinking this with a resentful heart, Jiang Chenyin answered the call, her voice warm. “Are you back in your room?”

“Mmm, I’ve showered,” her voice was also muffled because she was under the covers.

Jiang Chenyin smiled knowingly. “Don’t cover your head with the blanket. You won’t be able to breathe properly. Pull it down.”

Bo Muyu took a couple of deep breaths. She really loved this feeling of being tightly wrapped up, so she only pulled it down a little, revealing half of her head, and replied in a small voice, “Alright, I’ve pulled it down.”

“Good girl,” Jiang Chenyin said softly.

“Auntie Yin, have you showered?” Bo Muyu asked, squinting her eyes, wondering what she was doing at this time, and what she was wearing.

“Mmm, I’ve finished my workout and showered,” Jiang Chenyin seemed to be in her room. There was the sound of someone sitting down and then lifting the blanket, and then a soft laugh. “I was waiting for you to be liberated before you called me.”

Bo Muyu couldn’t help but curve her lips, and in the dim light of the nightlight, she asked softly, “Auntie Yin, do you miss me?”

Jiang Chenyin paused, her tone melodious and light. “Mmm…” she followed up with a sighing laugh, her tone tinged with a hint of a joking helplessness but more of a sweetness. “I was originally saying that no one would be fighting with me for meat, but when I was eating, I always wanted you to come back and eat. I’d rather give it all to you…”

Bo Muyu really liked it when Jiang Chenyin was being tender with her. Every time, her already gentle actions or tone would become even softer, as if it had a magical power that fascinated her.

She was both happy and dissatisfied and pressed, “Is that all? Is there nothing else?”

“What else do you want?” Jiang Chenyin said with a smile.

Bo Muyu buried her face in the covers, her face hot, and she bit her lip and said in a small voice, “Just… other things… aren’t there?”

It was quiet on Jiang Chenyin’s end for a moment, and then she chided her gently, “Have you gone from a little glutton to a little lecher?”

“No,” Bo Muyu quickly retorted, her voice low. “I just want to hug you. I miss you.”

She really wanted to see Jiang Chenyin. As long as the two of them could be together, it would be very satisfying even if they did nothing. They could each do their own work, or snuggle on the sofa and watch TV, chatting on and off. That would also be very happy.

But her parents still didn’t know about their relationship. Such a strong longing was already different from before, and it was very easy to expose their feelings. So she couldn’t just go and see Jiang Chenyin without a care in the world like before. She had to endure her current longing for the sake of their future.

Hearing the hidden grievance in her voice, Jiang Chenyin’s heart was both sweet and sour, and she couldn’t help but soften her tone a little. “Be good. Then let’s talk a little more. I’ll hang up after you’ve fallen asleep. Is that okay?”

“Mmm…” Bo Muyu laughed softly. “Then you can say you miss me again.”

Jiang Chenyin let out a soft laugh, her gentle and rich voice filled with affection as she said, “I miss you.”

Bo Muyu’s ears were burning from being teased, and she was also tightly wrapped in the blanket. The feeling was as if Jiang Chenyin were holding her and whispering affectionately in her ear. She had thought before that their feelings were placid, but now she felt more and more that they were not. She couldn’t resist the unintentional temptation from Jiang Chenyin at all.

She tried her best to suppress the restlessness in her heart and said, “Auntie Yin, send me a picture, a current one.”

Jiang Chenyin smiled and said, “Okay. You can pull the blanket down from your head first.”

Only then did Bo Muyu realize that she had unconsciously shrunk her head back into the covers just now, because of Jiang Chenyin’s short three words. Just that one sentence was enough to make her lose her rationality. If it were really said in her ear, she would probably explode with heat.

She pressed her lips together and took a deep breath, and then she received the picture from Jiang Chenyin.

In the light, the woman’s eyes were flowing, her long, curly hair was swept to one shoulder, her skin was fair and moist, and she was gentle and captivating. The slip dress with thin straps better highlighted her collarbone, and the neckline just happened to reveal the edge of her soft lines, not too revealing, but so sexy that it made one’s heart flutter.

Bo Muyu had to burrow back under the covers again. She looked at the picture with fascination, her heart already by Jiang Chenyin’s side.

At dinner the next day, Bo Muyu was brewing the idea of telling Ye Xialan about going back to Jiang Chenyin’s. On this rare day, Ye Xialan was eating while she had her tablet propped up on the side, watching a TV series, her gaze slanted as she ate.

Just as Bo Muyu was about to speak, Ye Xialan touched her foot under the table and looked up. “Let’s go for a walk with your mom on the weekend in a couple of days. It’s been a long time since we’ve relaxed.”

After she had confirmed her relationship with Jiang Chenyin, she had even less time to go home. Thinking of this, she felt a little guilty, and the words that were on the tip of her tongue were swallowed back.

“Mmm, where does Mom want to go?”

“Just for a walk,” Ye Xialan said, and seeing her agree, her spirits rose. “Anyway, it’s good to have you anywhere. We won’t bring your dad. I’m not going on a big shopping spree, so I don’t need him to carry things. We two, mother and daughter, can eat, drink, and have fun. We can also ask Zijun and Ruowei and your Auntie Yin to come along. After we’ve finished, we can have a gathering in the evening.”

Bo Mingliang smiled. “That’s good. You guys can have your fun. I’ll go fishing with my big brother.”

Bo Muyu was suddenly choked. She lowered her head, covered her mouth, and coughed a couple of times before looking up. “Huh?”

“What ‘huh’?” Ye Xialan frowned. “You’re not a child anymore. Your mom, your eldest and little aunties, and Teacher Jiang are not old either. We can talk about women’s things. You should listen too.”

Bo Muyu was not surprised that these women in their thirties and forties were going to take her along for a gathering, but that Xu Zijun and Sun Ruowei would be coming. They knew about her relationship with Jiang Chenyin. Xu Zijun was relatively good at keeping a secret, and her ability to adapt was also not bad, but Sun Ruowei was not. It would be easy for her to let something slip.

She was taken aback by this gathering lineup. Sun Ruowei really made her unable to feel at ease. And to avoid being exposed, Jiang Chenyin probably wouldn’t come, so that would only leave Xu Zijun to watch Sun Ruowei.

She thought for a moment and replied, “No, I thought it was just me and Mom. I don’t not want to go.”

“That’s good,” Ye Xialan said, happily putting some food in her bowl, and then continued to watch TV.

Bo Muyu lowered her head to eat, her brow slightly furrowed.

Ye Xialan suddenly said, “Hey, this female lead and this supporting female lead are a little ambiguous…”

Bo Muyu’s heart trembled, and she heard Bo Mingliang chime in, “Wasn’t it you who insisted on watching? Even if they’re lesbians, this ancient court setting probably won’t have a good ending.”

Ye Xialan shot him a look. “What are you talking about?” and then she continued to look at the screen with relish. “As long as it’s good-looking. But speaking of which, there have been quite a lot of dramas that push the boundaries of homosexuality recently…”

As long as it’s good-looking? Does that mean the people are good-looking?

Bo Muyu touched her own face. She should be okay, right?

In the evening, Bo Muyu was on a video call with Jiang Chenyin and gave her a heads-up about Ye Xialan’s weekend gathering.

Jiang Chenyin said as expected, “I’d rather not go for now, just in case. It wouldn’t be good if something unexpected happened at this time.”

Bo Muyu was lying on her stomach on the bed, her hands folded under her chin, gazing at her. “Mmm, I think so too.” After she finished, she lowered her eyes and added, “Although I miss you very much…”

Jiang Chenyin tapped the screen with her finger and coaxed her softly, “I miss you too.”

She would take the initiative to say these flirtatious words now, because Bo Muyu liked to hear them, so she would say them at times when she was prone to feeling down, at least to give her a little bit of sweetness. By the time they met, this little bit of sweetness would have spread in her heart, so she was not stingy.

Having gotten a taste of sweetness, Bo Muyu became greedy, her eyes filled with anticipation. “Then will you take another picture for me tonight? Yesterday’s was very good. I want to see more, after your shower.”

“Are you asking me to take a picture for you every day?” Jiang Chenyin’s gaze was gentle with a hint of slyness. “Didn’t you just say that you haven’t spent much time with your parents since we got together, so you’re planning to stay for a few more days? What if you’re found out when you’re looking at my pictures?”

Bo Muyu blurted out without thinking, “I won’t. I’ll hold it in… I just want to look at you when I’m going to sleep at night.”

“Is that so…” Jiang Chenyin’s tone was long and drawn out with a smile, and she looked at her with great interest.

Bo Muyu’s face immediately turned red, and she pressed her lips together and lowered her head. Jiang Chenyin would never take pictures in a nightdress, let alone the affectionate gaze and alluring upper body in yesterday’s picture. That was for Bo Muyu’s eyes only.

Thinking of this, Bo Muyu couldn’t help but feel annoyed, feeling as if she were becoming more and more lewd.

Jiang Chenyin, on the other hand, was amused and let out a soft laugh. “Alright, I’ll take one for you in a bit.”

Bo Muyu was taken aback for a moment, and only then did she cover her face and smile, her small canine teeth showing, her eyes even curving up a little. Jiang Chenyin’s doting eased some of the intensified longing in her heart.

Just then, she suddenly remembered what Ye Xialan had said while watching TV during dinner, and she became serious and said to Jiang Chenyin, “By the way, Auntie Yin, my mom was watching a historical web drama tonight. I just checked, and the female lead and the supporting female lead have an ambiguous plot. I didn’t see her show any signs of rejection when she was watching it tonight, and from what my dad said, my mom should have known about these ambiguous plots from the internet before she watched it.”

“You mean, you think she might not be too against it?” Jiang Chenyin’s eyes deepened.

“Mmm, she was watching it very happily,” Bo Muyu narrowed her eyes, recalling Ye Xialan’s expression at that time. “I’m very sure. She didn’t show any signs of opposition or disgust.”

“Okay, I know,” Jiang Chenyin said with a gentle smile, quickly hiding the worry in her eyes.

The fact that Ye Xialan was not against plots related to homosexuality did not mean that she would not be against her own daughter’s relationship with her best friend.

When it came to other people, we always think that if we encounter it, we will definitely handle it rationally. But in reality, if it hasn’t really happened to you, then you can never predict your emotions and considerations when you face it.

All of this was unknown.