Chapter 62: She Cares About Her
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This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com
“Marital bedroom?” Lin Qingyi’s smile, which was just hidden before, returned, though it didn’t reach her eyes. Her tone was gentle, with no trace of displeasure, as if asking something normal.
Lin Qingyi was still smiling, her tone normal, but Qin Shiyue knew that in her usual state, Lin Qingyi’s smile was never like this.
“Yes… and no…” Qin Shiyue didn’t know whether to admit it or not. This apartment was originally given by her sister as a marital home, but it never served that purpose. Kong Huizhi rarely stayed here, and even when she did, she slept in the guest room.
“Why do I feel like I’m a sparrow taking over another’s nest?” Lin Qingyi asked, seemingly self-mocking.
“We’re divorced. How could it be taking over? Don’t be mad, okay? I don’t like her anymore. I was filming with you in the studio before, then a bunch of work, I didn’t stay here much, and the photo just became part of the room, like other little decorations. I easily ignored it and forgot to put it away…” Qin Shiyue hurriedly explained.
Lin Qingyi didn’t want to figure out if Qin Shiyue really forgot or just didn’t want to put it away. She only knew the photo made her feel strongly unhappy. Even staying in this apartment felt uncomfortable. Someone obviously needed to take responsibility for her current mood, and she didn’t want to force herself to stay.
“I accept your explanation, but it doesn’t fix the mood already ruined. It’s late, I should go home.” Lin Qingyi said, surprisingly calm and indifferent.
Qin Shiyue never expected such a small photo could destroy the beautiful, lingering feelings from before. She didn’t want to lose that atmosphere, and she didn’t want Lin Qingyi to leave. She had a premonition that if the angry Lin Qingyi left now, she might not see her for several days.
“Don’t be angry, okay? As long as you don’t leave, I can agree to anything.” Qin Shiyue said in a soft voice, half coaxing, half pleading, looking at Lin Qingyi with a pitiful expression. Like a child, she held Lin Qingyi’s wrist and wouldn’t let go, afraid if she did, Lin Qingyi would just leave.
“Let go.” Lin Qingyi looked at Qin Shiyue. Her tone was still gentle, but the words were a command. Her gaze was firm.
Under Lin Qingyi’s stare, Qin Shiyue had to let go. Her heart hurt, as if falling from a great height, her fragile heart almost shattered.
She wanted to be mad at herself.
Lin Qingyi left Qin Shiyue’s bedroom, and Qin Shiyue quickly followed.
“Really leaving?” Qin Shiyue looked at Lin Qingyi changing shoes, about to leave, asking stubbornly. Seeing she couldn’t keep her, she almost cried, but seemed to have no way to stop her.
“I feel uncomfortable staying in this apartment.” Lin Qingyi said, seeing Qin Shiyue almost in tears, she felt a little comforted knowing the Vase cared for her. But she couldn’t stay here, and she didn’t want Qin Shiyue to stay either. Should she let the Vase linger on memories of someone else?
“How about changing the apartment?” Qin Shiyue wasn’t stupid. Hearing a chance, her voice rose a little, full of hope.
Lin Qingyi reluctantly nodded slightly.
“Wait a moment, I’ll change clothes and go with you.” Qin Shiyue was used to living here, so she was used to resting in this apartment. Lin Qingyi didn’t like it, so they could change later. While Qin Shiyue changed, she quickly messaged her sister to ask if there were any other nearby apartments from their family.
Maybe her sister was busy and hadn’t replied yet. Afraid Lin Qingyi would leave, she hurriedly put on pants, threw on a top, and came out. Seeing Lin Qingyi waiting for her made her happy. She quickly picked a random pair of shoes from the shoe cabinet.
Lin Qingyi had been unhappy, but seeing Qin Shiyue put her clothes on backward in her rush, and realizing she might be so anxious because Qin Shiyue was afraid she would leave, her mood suddenly improved a lot.
“You really plan to go out like this?” Lin Qingyi asked softly.
“What?” Qin Shiyue didn’t understand, but she saw warmth returning to Lin Qingyi’s eyes. Having experienced Lin Qingyi’s sudden mood swings twice, Qin Shiyue knew her smile and her coldness were both intense.
“If people know a popular young actress went out wearing her clothes backward, would they laugh? It could even hit hot searches and be mocked online.” Lin Qingyi reminded her. Now Qin Shiyue belonged to her, and her image reflected on Lin Qingyi.
Hearing this, Qin Shiyue looked down and saw… she really had her clothes on backward.
“I was in a hurry… afraid you would leave…” Qin Shiyue’s face instantly turned bright red. She weakly explained. So embarrassing, so shameful, and in front of the woman she liked! Wuwu, Qin Shiyue felt like the sunlight that had just returned to her world disappeared again, and everything felt so bleak.
Why did she always do stupid things? Right now Qin Shiyue felt like smashing herself with tofu*. She didn’t dare look at Lin Qingyi. Would Lin Qingyi think she was too dumb and too shameful and want to return her? If she wanted to return her, Qin Shiyue felt she could understand.
*From 买块豆腐撞死算了 (mǎikuài dòufǔ zhuàng sǐsuàn le) (literally “go buy a block of tofu and smash yourself to death”) is a Shanghai slang used to mock someone’s stupidity or express hopelessness. Like they are so stupid they might even die by hitting their head on tofu.
She was too shy to see Lin Qingyi’s reaction, yet she still peeked. She didn’t expect to see the familiar real smile return to Lin Qingyi’s face. It was faint, but it melted a lot of the cold air around her.
Maybe it wasn’t that bad. At least she made her smile and she didn’t seem so angry anymore. Qin Shiyue tried to comfort herself.
“You… wait for me again…” Qin Shiyue said in embarrassment. She went back to the room to change clothes again, at least not wear this one that made her lose face and reminded her of her own stupidity.
“One more minute.” Lin Qingyi seemed to have no patience to wait long. But after this silly Vase messed up, she was not as upset as before. This silly and cute look really made it hard to stay firm.
But Lin Qingyi still felt her mood improved too quickly. She thought her temper needed to sit straight, and she must let the dumb Vase know that keeping a photo of the ex-wife was an unforgivable thing, especially a wedding photo. When she remembered that wedding photo, she did not need to force it, her temper rose again.
Qin Shiyue changed into another set of clothes, still in a rush, and this time she made sure she did not wear it backwards.
At this moment Qin Shilan replied to her message and gave her several houses as backup choices. Qin Shiyue did have many houses under her name, but they were empty, and they must be full of dust. Qin Shilan suggested she hire a housekeeping company to clean them before moving in. There were also a few that she could move into right away, but they were far from here.
“My other houses are a bit far from here…” Qin Shiyue said as she came out after changing and putting on her shoes.
“Go to my place.” Lin Qingyi said in a light tone.
“Okay.” Qin Shiyue felt like misfortune brought blessing. She could actually go to Lin Qingyi’s home. She had forgotten her shameful moment and started to feel happy again. She sneaked a look at a certain person in the elevator who still seemed unwilling to talk to her. At this moment Qin Shiyue could be sure that Lin Qingyi was not as angry as before. When she felt the crisis was gone, Qin Shiyue could not help thinking, since Lin Qingyi cared so much about her and her ex-wife’s wedding photo, and did not even want to stay in the house she and her ex-wife used before, could this mean she cared about her a lot, so she was jealous? She must be jealous.
When she thought of Lin Qingyi getting jealous because of her, Qin Shiyue could not help feeling pleased. This was the feeling of being cared for, and it felt nice.
Lin Qingyi gave a cold glance at Qin Shiyue, who kept sneaking looks and whose eyebrows and eyes were full of hidden joy. She could guess what this dumb Vase was happy about. She thought this dumb Vase really could sense her real mood changes. Look at her bold and fearless look. She really needed to be taught a lesson.
“Where did you park?” Qin Shiyue followed Lin Qingyi out and found that Lin Qingyi was not walking toward the parking area.
Lin Qingyi brought Qin Shiyue to her own Building 10. She took a card from her bag and swiped it.
“You live here too?” Qin Shiyue asked in shock. She knew many people from the industry lived here, but she was still very surprised that Lin Qingyi lived here too. She had never seen her before, but it made sense. She was always busy with work and living in hotels was normal. She did not come back to this place many times in a year, so not meeting Lin Qingyi was very possible.
What Qin Shiyue didn’t know was that she had never met Lin Qingyi, but Lin Qingyi had seen her more than a year ago. And Qin Shiyue should feel lucky she didn't know, or she might think of smashing her head on tofu again, since every shameful thing could be seen by Lin Qingyi.
Source: https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=5821232
This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com
“Sometimes I stay here overnight.” She did not live here often, but last year she stayed here more times than in the past few years. And of course Lin Qingyi would never admit that the increased visits last year were because she wanted to maybe meet a certain Vase. She would never try to approach or get close on purpose, but she would still unconsciously raise the chance of meeting her.
“We really have fate. We can even buy houses in the same place and shoot in the same film studio.” Qin Shiyue sighed. When she thought that she and Lin Qingyi had lived so close before, she felt happy. She had a strange feeling that she and Lin Qingyi were meant to be together.
Lin Qingyi thought for a moment. If the time she bumped into Qin Shiyue last year by accident, when Qin Shiyue could not keep her ex-wife and cried like a poor little thing, could be called fate, then fine, that counted.
Author's Note:
Qin Shiyue: It seems like my Narcissus is not hard to coax.
Lin Qingyi: This Vase is getting more bold.
Red envelope dropped at random.
