Secretly, Secretly; But Unable to Hide it (偷偷藏不住) by Zhu Yi (竹已)~ Chapter 56

Qian Fei turns silent once more. After few seconds, he finally speaks up. He couldn’t believe this. He tries to control his anger. “Are you a human?”

Duan Jia Xu says kindly: “You are a great person who has rendered outstanding service.”

“……..”

“I couldn’t ignore your contribution.” Duan Jia Xu says slowly and honestly: “I’m not a thankless wretch.”

“D*mm*t!” Qian Fei feels that Duan Jia Xu is confused between the right and the wrong. “If you told me since the beginning that she is Sang Zhi, I wouldn’t help you!”

“Em.”Duan Jia Xu laughs, “If there’s no you, I really couldn’t get her.”

“………”

“In the future, in front the Da Jiu Zi (wife’s elder brother/ brother-in-law), I’ll thank you even more.”

“………….”

—–

On the other side.

Qian Fei hangs up.

He immediately notices Sang Yan’s message to him.

Sang Yan: [ Duan Jia Xu is okay right? He looked for you to help him to chase after a woman?]

Sang Yan: [Awesome.]

Qian Fei: “………”

Qian Fei: [Go away.]

Sang Yan: [Why didn’t he find me for help?]

Sang Yan: [Ao.]

Sang Yan: [I also couldn’t chase after a woman.]

Sang Yan: [I’m sorry, I am the one that is being pursued.]

Qian Fei: [If you were sick, then drink your medicine please.]

Sang Yan: [Tell me, how do you help him?]

Qian Fei is struggling, he types few words agitatedly: [I don’t help him, I don’t know anything. Don’t listen to his nonsense, how could I help him? I even chased after my wife for half year. How could I have ability to help him?]

Sang Yan: [Why are you so emotional?]

Qian Fei: [I really don’t know anything.]

Sang Yan: [Boss Qian, you are quite strange. For this matter, you could be cocky for three years, how could you deny it?]

“………”

Qian Fei wants to cry. [I really don’t know anything, really.]

Sang Yan immediately sends a voice note, he laughs coldly: “You guys are really something, you guys are pushing me aside? Okay.”

Qian Fei: “……..”

He really wants to go to Yi He right now and kills that Duan Jia Xu.

—–

The time the car passes the supermarket, Duan Jia Xu gets off the card and gets inside to buy the dry squids and orange juice from brands that Sang Zhi ate before. He returns back home and places the snack and drinks on its place. Then he goes to sit down on the sofa, he tidies up the trash.

The apartment returns to its normal.

Yet Sang Zhi’s remaining scent could still be sensed by him.

Duan Jia Xu stays at the living room for a moment, then he takes out something out of his pocket. It’s the lighter that is given by Sang Zhi for his birthday. Then he takes out a cigarette and just bites it.

He doesn’t light it on, after two seconds he puts it down and laughs.

Duan Jia Xu leans back on his seat and uses his fingers to touch his lips. He smiles happily and sexily.

After a while, he stands up and returns to his bedroom.

On his bedside cupboard, there is a photo of him and Sang Zhi years ago. Next to it there’s 3D sleeping light in moon-shaped from Sang Zhi too.

He turns off bedroom light and turns on that 3D sleeping light.

The room is peaceful and quiet, the light is dim.

He still has a message from Sang Yan on his phone.

Looking at how emotional Qian Fei is when he hears about his relationship with Sang Zhi, Duan Jia Xu could guess how Sang Yan would respond. He thinks about it and replies: [In a while, I’ll go back to Nan Wu.]

Duan Jia Xu: [I’ll explain everything face to face.]

Then he sends a message to Sang Zhi: [ Are you asleep?]

She might be asleep or she doesn’t look at her phone, Sang Zhi doesn’t reply to his message immediately. This time, Duan Jia Xu also couldn’t fall asleep. He stands up and goes to switch on the computer. He wants to finish all his remaining works.

At this time, his phone suddenly rings up.

Duan Jia Xu looks at the screen, which is showing an unknown number. The time he wants to reject it, he suddenly remembers what Sang Zhi said to him today. His smile slowly disappears.

Jiang Ying also had done the same thing in the past.

There were few times, Jiang Si Yun, his boss, frequently introduced someone to him. He didn’t mind too much about it. Especially that time he just graduated from university, he just put more of his energy in his work.

Yet that time he also didn’t want to whisk Jiang Si Yun’s good intention, he also thought that he seems to have no reason to reject.

For several blind dates, most of the women like him and wanted to ask him out for a date. Duan Jia Xu kept an appointment to meet them. But afterwards, they just cut off from his life without any reason.

He used to communicate with them through the WeChat, he heard from one of the woman.

That a woman looked for her and said something.

Duan Jia Xu could guess directly that that woman is Jiang Ying. So afterwards after Jiang Si Yun wanted to introduce him again, he just keeps on making excuses to not coming. He rejected Jiang Si Yun’s good intention indirectly.

Actually it’s a reality.

After all, marriage is not a small matter, is not only about two people being together

Duan Jia Xu could understand it.

Because Jiang Ying didn’t do anything severely and didn’t create great bad effect. She just spilled out the fact about his family so Duan Jia Xu didn’t really mind about it.

After a long time, he also forgets about Jiang Ying’s action.

He never expects that she would take initiative to find Sang Zhi.

Duan Jia Xu is calm but there’s a hint of impatience in him.

He answers the call.

Indeed.

The caller is Jiang Ying.

He doesn’t know how could she get his new phone number.

She seems to be startled as she doesn’t expect that he would answer her call. She hesitates and speaks up: “Duan Jia Xu?”

Duan Jia Xu just directly asks: “Today you went to Yi He University?”

“Why?” Jiang Ying responds and mocks him: “Your little girlfriend reported to you about it? I see that you keep on running toward there, I see that you are giving a lot of care to her.”

Duan Jia Xu takes out his lighter and plays with it. He says nothing.

Jiang Ying: “If you know that college student is easily deceived, you should find her earlier right? Now you should be happy right? That college student is like someone that has been brainwashed? Have you been sleeping with her?”

Duan Jia Xu is still quiet.

Jiang Ying raises up her voice: “Are you mute?”

Duan Jia Xu: “Are you done?”

“…..”

“Actually I feel your words are superficial.” Duan Jia Xu says calmly, he smiles coldly: “Compare to what happened in the past, your voice makes me feel you are unbearable.”

Jiang Ying turns silent for few seconds, her voice turns even sharply: “Okay, then I’ll make you even be disgusted.”

“If you are happy, then do it.” Duan Jia Xu doesn’t really mind, “I ah, I thought that this is a small matter so I was lazy to mind you. But now I feel you are really annoying, I think it’s not good to solve this by myself. so I might ask the help of the our policeman.”

“What should you report me to the police, what do I do? Ah?!”

“Though I don’t know whether it is useful or not,” Duan Jia Xu laughs, “But it’s better to try right?”

“Duan Jia Xu!” Jiang Ying’s breath turns heavy, her voice turns to a sobbing voice. She reminds him in her hysteria manner. ” Think about it yourself! If it’s not because of your Pa! My Papa will not die!”

Duan Jia Xu: “Finally you say it, my Pa!!”

Jiang Ying: “You are his son.”

“Listen to your words, my Pa drove the car and knocked down your Pa so your Pa is dead. So I as his son, is also the murderer?” Duan Jia Xu says gently “So for your Pa’s matter, you as his daughter, why don’t you also die with him?”

Jiang Ying is startled, she doesn’t expect that he would say those words. “What are you saying?”

Duan Jia Xu realizes that his words are unpleasant but he doesn’t think it’s wrong. He says: “What do you think, is it meaningful?”

Then he just hangs up.

Jiang Ying doesn’t call him again.

Duan Jia Xu also blocks the number.

—–

After the shower, Sang Zhi comes out of the bathroom. She notices Duan Jia Xu’s message on her phone. She smiles sweetly and replies: [Not yet, I’ll sleep soon.]

She thinks about it and adds another sentence: [But if you want to chat, I could force myself to not sleep.]

The Pursuer: [Wouldn’t you fall asleep when you are chatting with me?]

Sang Zhi replies honestly: [Maybe.]

Looking at Duan Jia Xu’s remark, Sang Zhi opens up his contact ID and thinks of few ways to call him. At last she changes his ID from “The Pursuer” to “Duan Jia Xu”.

Duan Jia Xu: [Do I call you to help you sleep?]

Sang Zhi frowns: [Then you could sleep early too, why are you staying up till late night, you also have nothing good to do.]

Sang Zhi: [You would get old quickly if you keep on doing that.]

NIng Wei sits down on her bed and applying body lotion for her skin. She asks casually: “Sang Zhi, tonight what did you do? Why are you back so late? Before I saw your classmates but I didn’t see you.”

Sang Zhi lifts up her head: “I went to find Duan Jia Xu.”

Ning Wei: “You guys went for a date?”

Sang Zhi blinks: “I decide to date him now.”

Hearing this Yu Xin turns her head toward Sang Zhi: “It’s so quick.”

“Not really.” Sang Zhi thinks that she has been dragging this for so long.” In the past he didn’t know that I like him, but now he knows. Why should I let him pursue me, it’s quite odd.”

Yu Xin: “That’s reasonable.”

Sang Zhi lowers her head and continues to chat with Duan Jia Xu.

Duan Jia Xu: [It’s okay to be old, anyway I have a girlfriend now.]

Sang Zhi: [?]

Sang Zhi: [I mind it.]

Duan Jia Xu: [Okay.]

Duan Jia Xu: [Then I’ll sleep early.]

Sang Zhi looks at the time and says: [We could still chat for half an hour.]

After half an hour.

Perhaps because what happened today, till now Sang Zhi isn’t sleepy. She is full of energy. She holds her phone and curls up inside her blanket. Yet she has no intention to sleep.

But Duan Jia Xu takes initiative to remind her: [It’s been thirty minutes, are you going to sleep?]

Sang Zhi isn’t willing to sleep. [I think that we could chat for another thirty minutes.]

This time Duan Jia Xu just replies after several ten seconds, he repeats her words. [Then I will get old quickly.]

Sang Zhi smiles widely and repeats his words: [It’s okay to be old, anyway you also have a girlfriend now.]

“…………”

—–

In a flash, June is coming.

Sang Zhi’s group has finished the short animation film for the competition. There’s only minor revision that should be done. They would pass it on soon.

The examination week will arrive soon. Sang Zhi finishes up all the competition’s matter and starts to be busy for the examination. She also takes advantage of time to make her CV for applying for the internship like Ning Wei.

After a long consideration, Sang Zhi gives a call to Li Ping. She is nervous to mention that she wouldn’t come home for the summer holiday.

Hearing her words, Li Ping unexpectedly doesn’t oppose. She just asks Sang Zhi to take a good care of herself. But she reminds her that she should go home on the National Day (October 1).

Sang Zhi agrees.

Her courses end one after another, Sang Zhi wants to get the scholarship so she really takes her grade and achievements seriously. Most of the time she would go to the library and controls herself to meet Duan Jia Xu.

Duan Jia Xu suggests to accompany her for few times but Sang Zhi refuses. She feels that Duan Jia Xu is beside her, she definitely couldn’t concentrate. Moreover, he would be bored to be in library.

Today after taking a shower and coming out of the bathroom, she climbs on her bed. Before sleeping, she hears Wang Ruo Lan said: “I heard that tomorrow there will be no electricity in school area.”

Ning Wei: “Ah?”

Wang Ruo Lan: “There would be a maintenance work, then only several dorms area would have.”

Ning Wei: “What about our dorm?”

Wang Ruo Lan: “No.”

Yu Xin: “How long would it last?”

Wang Ruo Lan: “From 07:00 a.m. in the morning till 09:00 p.m in the evening. It will happen for a day.”

Yu Xin: “Even for a day, I think I’ll will suffer heatstroke.”

Sang Zhi feels a bit annoyed about it. After all she needs her computer to revise. Yet she thinks there should not be big trouble. She could go to one of the quiet coffee shops and stay there for a whole day.

But what she doesn’t think about, now it is examination week and the event of blackout happen at the same time. The quiet coffee shops are full too with students. She goes out early but she couldn’t find any empty seats.

She looks at the time and enters the subway, she plans to take the subway to go to the city public library

This time Duan Jia Xu calls her.

His voice is electrifying, his voice is pleasant to the ear. He says: “Girlfriend, today do you have time to go out and have a meal?”

Sang Zhi thinks about it: “Now I’m on my way to City library.”

“City library?”

“Em.” Sang Zhi says, “Our university has black out today, I go there to revise.”

Duan Jia Xu reminds: “That library isn’t big, now there should be no space.”

Sang Zhi has been looking for a seat for quite sometime, she thought that she could find a seat to revise. But hearing his words, she turns depressed and wants to vent her anger: “Why is it so hard to just find a seat to revise…..”

Luckily it’s the weekend. Duan Jia Xu is at home. This time he has nothing to do. He just laughs in a low voice and suggests: “Come to my house.”

“……..” Sang Zhi is moved but she hesitates too: “Would you disturb me?”

“No.”

Sang Zhi also doesn’t want to waste anymore time so she doesn’t think too much about it. “Now I’ll take the subway to go over.”

—–

She gets off the subway and exits the sluiceway.

Sang Zhi looks at her phone and this time she notices Duan Jia Xu’s new message. He said that he would be waiting for her in the subway station. She lifts up her eyes and looks around. In a while, she could see him, standing not far away from her.

He is wearing a black t-shirt and long trainers. He is placing one of his hand inside his pocket, while his other hand is holding his phone. He looks at his phone. He is tall and skinny. He is so handsome yet cool. He is attractive.

Sang Zhi plans to go over.

This time a woman approaches him, her face is blushing red. She seems to be embarrassed.

With a glance, Sang Zhi could guess that the woman wants to have his number.

Sang Zhi’s expression turns sour.

She comes forward silently and just stands beside two of them. She doesn’t take initiative to speak up. She hears the woman says shyly: “Ni Hao (Hi), could I add you via WeChat?”

Hearing a voice, Duan Jia Xu raises his head and just in time notices the silent Sang Zhi. He looks at her with full interests. Then he looks at the woman. “No.”

“……..”

After few seconds.

Duan Jia Xu looks at Sang Zhi again and laughs lightly: “If my girlfriend know about it……”

“………”

“I will lose my life.”