After We Broke Up, She Started Pursuing Me [Entertainment Industry] 42

Chapter 42

The woman had medium-length black hair and a cool expression. Perhaps due to the alcohol, her cheeks were slightly flushed. Her eyes were downcast, looking at the two stunned people with an indifferent gaze.

Lin Qi was the first to come back to her senses. She glanced to the side and saw Zhou Jinsi frowning slightly, not moving. She then looked up at the woman, who was also silent.

Since no one was speaking, she had no choice but to break the awkward silence.

Lin Qi pressed her lips together. The cold aura emanating from the woman was a little intimidating. She asked tentatively, “…Jiang Mo?”

Jiang Mo blinked, pulling her gaze away from Zhou Jinsi. She nodded at Lin Qi and then silently took a seat opposite them.

During the gap between songs, the music in the quiet bar stopped. Aside from some chatter from the surrounding area, the corner where the three of them were was silent.

Everyone tacitly lowered their heads without speaking, each lost in their own thoughts, a hint of awkwardness mixed in with the silence.

Zhou Jinsi stared at the wine glass in her hand. The glass was tinged with color under the dim yellow light. Her gaze lingered for a long time before she couldn’t help but look up at Jiang Mo opposite her.

Her eyes were dazed and hazy, clearly a little drunk.

Although the three of them were classmates in college, Zhou Jinsi was a loner and had even less contact with Jiang Mo than Lin Qi did. Naturally, she didn’t know her well.

Her attention to her had only started from the year she and Shi Qin had confirmed their relationship.

Excellent grades, a wealthy family, a high and unattainable flower—there seemed to be no area where she wasn’t outstanding.

What could have happened to such a person that she would need to come to a quiet bar alone to get drunk?

Could it be because of…

Unsure of what she was thinking, Zhou Jinsi’s gaze darkened. Lin Qi, beside her, finally spoke up again to make small talk with Jiang Mo.

“What are you doing here too?”

Jiang Mo slowly lifted her eyelids and said faintly, “Came for a few drinks. Didn’t expect you guys to be here too.”

“Perfect. Let’s drink together then.”

Hearing this, Zhou Jinsi and Lin Qi looked at each other, exchanged a glance, and then looked at Jiang Mo.

It wasn’t so obvious when she wasn’t talking, but the moment she spoke, it was clear.

Aside from necessary interactions in college, the three of them had no private contact at all. In the past, Jiang Mo would probably have just pretended not to see them and walked past. Why would she take the initiative to have a drink with them now?

She was definitely not sober.

Lin Qi forced a smile. Although she said they would drink together, Jiang Mo just held the bottle and drank one glass after another on her own, as if the two of them were air.

She wasn’t stupid. Between the two of them, if there was one person who had any connection to Jiang Mo, it could only be Zhou Jinsi.

Jiang Mo’s purpose for coming over was clear with a little thought.

Lin Qi didn’t want to just sit here and listen to these two talk about their love stories, so she found an excuse and left first.

Coincidentally, a nearby table of customers also left, leaving only Zhou Jinsi and Jiang Mo in that corner.

The person in front of her downed another glass of wine. Zhou Jinsi really couldn’t bear to watch anymore. “You’re drinking too much.”

Jiang Mo paused, then put down her wine glass, her delicate fingertips tightening slightly on the glass. A faint smile appeared on her lips.

“Zhou Jinsi.”

Jiang Mo looked up at her.

“I saw your show.”

Zhou Jinsi lowered her eyes, her gaze fixed on the wine in her glass. She swirled her hand, and the liquid swayed gently. She didn’t speak, waiting for Jiang Mo to finish.

Jiang Mo: “You and her have been in contact all this time, right?”

Zhou Jinsi didn’t plan to lie to her. “We only recently got back in touch.”

Hearing this, a bitter smile curved on Jiang Mo’s lips, with a hint of self-deprecation.

Zhou Jinsi couldn’t read her, so she also silently drank a glass of wine. The alcohol went down, and the root of her tongue went numb. She had drunk quite a bit tonight, and her head was now a little dizzy.

After a long moment, Jiang Mo said, as if to herself, “Actually, I’m very envious of you.”

Zhou Jinsi was confused. “Why?”

She didn’t think there was anything about her that Jiang Mo should be envious of.

“Heh, actually, I’m very similar to her. Stubborn as hell…”

A drunk person’s words were often nonsensical, but Zhou Jinsi could still hear a hint of sadness and unwillingness in her words.

“Two years ago, did you and she break up because of me?”

Jiang Mo’s sudden question made Zhou Jinsi freeze. She took a breath, and only after suppressing the turmoil in her heart did she say, “What are you trying to say?”

“You saw the two of us still together… so…”

Zhou Jinsi frowned at her, her hand unconsciously tightening.

She knew all along?

Jiang Mo lowered her head. After a few breaths, she looked up again, her long, narrow eyes filled with drunkenness. She said, “Actually… I let you see it on purpose…”

“But in your heart, you never believed her, did you? Otherwise, how could you have broken up after just a few glances…”

Jiang Mo sneered, her eyes fixed on the person before her. She said in a deep voice, “You don’t deserve her at all.”

Faced with Jiang Mo’s contemptuous words, Zhou Jinsi was a little stunned. Her thoughts were still stuck on Jiang Mo’s “on purpose”…

On purpose? What on purpose?

“What did you mean just now? Let me see what on purpose?”

Jiang Mo’s expression returned to indifference. She shot her a look. “It means what it means. You thought she and I were still together, but actually, we never were.”

With that, she added self-deprecatingly, “I was never in her heart.”

“And you, you didn’t even give her a chance to explain. You even pulled that sudden disappearance act, making yourself look like a victim. What right do you have to say you like her?”

“Zhou Jinsi, you don’t deserve her.”

Zhou Jinsi suppressed her emotions, her gaze heavy as she looked at Jiang Mo. But Jiang Mo was still muttering to herself, “What did she see in you? I really don’t understand…”

“I was clearly the one who liked her first…”

After murmuring this, Jiang Mo couldn’t fight off the drowsiness and slumped onto the table. Zhou Jinsi looked at her, still processing what she had just said.

On purpose… then the time at the hospital was also…

Zhou Jinsi’s brow remained furrowed. Connecting this with what Shi Qin had been repeating before, a mix of emotions churned inside her, an indescribable taste.

After a long moment, her gaze returned to Jiang Mo. In her heart, she responded to her earlier words.

Thank you.

But… I was actually the one who liked her first.

Zhou Jinsi took a few sobering pills from her pocket and placed them on the table. After getting up and giving a few instructions to the owner, she left.

She bought a bottle of ice water from a nearby convenience store and drank it with the sobering pills. The cold water instantly sobered her up quite a bit.

She had driven here today. After getting into her seat, she called Shi Qin.

The call went through. The person on the other end was a little confused.

“What’s wrong? Why the sudden call?”

Zhou Jinsi gripped the steering wheel, her eyes on a streetlight not far away. “Where are you now?”

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It was late at night. Shi Qin had just made some instant noodles in her apartment when she heard a knock on the door.

She opened the door and saw Zhou Jinsi standing there straight. When she saw her, her gaze was a little dazed.

Shi Qin was very confused. “Come in. What are you standing there for?”

After Zhou Jinsi came in, she sized her up a few more times. She always felt that this person was a little strange today.

A person who usually rarely even sent messages had suddenly called her today and rushed right over.

Shi Qin walked to the fridge, intending to get her a drink. “What were you doing today? Why were you in such a hurry to come over?”

“By the way, what do you want to drink? There’s…”

Just as Shi Qin was about to turn around and ask, she was suddenly embraced from behind.

Shi Qin’s hand paused. Feeling Zhou Jinsi bury her head in the crook of her neck, a wave of warmth spread through her heart. The hand that had been hovering in mid-air now rested on the hand that was wrapped around her waist.

Surrounded by a warm embrace, Zhou Jinsi’s sudden initiative made Shi Qin a little embarrassed.

She turned her face slightly, her cheek brushing against Zhou Jinsi’s. She asked softly, “What’s wrong?”

The moment she spoke, she felt the person behind her hold her even tighter.

Zhou Jinsi inhaled Shi Qin’s scent and nuzzled in closer. The soft warmth in her arms made her heart feel grounded.

She murmured in a low voice, “It’s nothing… I just suddenly missed you a little.”