Chapter 30

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In the cafe, two women sat face to face without saying a word. The two cups of coffee on the table were steaming upwards with a strong aroma. 

“Why don’t you talk? You’re nervous?”  Jiang Yao looked at the woman who didn’t say a word and stirred the coffee with a spoon. She expected that the other woman would not take the initiative to speak, so she took the lead in breaking the silence. “Gu Ningyou, I haven’t seen you for a few months, why have you become less bold? You didn’t have this attitude when we met last time.”  

Gu Ningyou knew what the “last meeting” in Jiang Yao’s words meant. It was the last time they met before she sent Jiang Yao away. At that time, she thought she had won. She asked Jiang Yao out to meet her. Like all the malicious supporting women in the romance novels, she put on a high attitude and asked Jiang Yao to take the initiative to leave.   

Now her state of mind is completely different from before, and naturally it is impossible for her to look at people with her chin held high like before – but in fact, when she used that attitude to talk to Jiang Yao, it was just pretending, she pretended to be invincible on the surface, but in fact her hands were shaking under the table.  

As for the “nervousness” Jiang Yao said, it was also true. This meeting with Jiang Yao was beyond her expectations. She hadn’t figured out how to face her, but what really made her nervous was the feeling that the person in front of her gave her when she was talking –  

The Jiang Yao she knew was a simple and sunny girl. As the heroine, almost all beautiful words could be used to describe her – kindness , cute, innocent, gentle and generous, sincere, patient and polite…  

But the person in front of her was completely different from the Jiang Yao in her memory. Her face was still as innocent and harmless as before, but her eyes have completely changed, cold and detached, even the smile did not reach the bottom of the eyes …… For a moment, she seemed to see Pei Siyuan’s shadow in Jiang Yao.  

The feeling Jiang Yao gave her was that of a familiar body with a strange soul inside.   

Jiang Yao’s change was different from Pei Siyuan’s. Although Pei Siyuan also behaved differently from what she remembered, she could still conclude that he was still essentially the person she knew; but Jiang Yao has undergone earth shaking changes. Even though she was not familiar with Jiang Yao, the person in front of her could be said to have nothing to do with Jiang Yao except her appearance.  

“People change.” Gu Ningyou lowered her head and took a sip of coffee, trying her best to look like she didn’t care, “It’s not that I’m nervous, I just feel sorry for you, and a little embarrassed to see you. “   

Jiang Yao burst out laughing, and then looked at Gu Ningyou with great interest: “What are you sorry for, how come I don’t know?”  

“Er…”  

Gu Ningyou didn’t know what to say, saying that she shouldn’t have been sent to France? But this was obviously Jiang Yao’s initiative; or she should not have broken up her and Pei Siyuan? But in fact, Jiang Yao and Pei Siyuan were not even together, and besides ……  

Just now she witnessed the scene of Jiang Yao and a man kissing passionately in the mall.  

Seeing that Gu Ningyou could not say anything, Jiang Yao added with a smile, “I’m doing well in France, my studies are going well, my life is going well, and I’m in love – my boyfriend is the one in the shopping mall, you should have seen him just now.”  

“Ah?” Hearing Jiang Yao’s words, Gu Ningyou’s hand shook, almost dropping the cup in her hand to the floor, “That guy is your boyfriend?”  

As far as she knew , Jiang Yao had never been in love abroad in her previous life. Just like Pei Siyuan who loved her wholeheartedly, she also had only Pei Siyuan in her heart from the beginning …… How did it all change in this life?  

“Is it your boyfriend?” 

Jiang Yao looked calm, as if she didn’t know what shocking words she had just dumped, “By the way, next time you see your man, help me say thank you to him. Thanks to him I’m really happy these days.”  

Her man… means Pei Siyuan?  

Gu Ningyou only felt that she was listening amidst the clouds and mist, and she didn’t understand what Jiang Yao meant: “No…why do you want to thank him?”  

“Why—” Jiang Yao’s smile was withdrawn, and her eyes showed a bit of surprise, “Didn’t he tell you?”  

Gu Ningyou was even more confused: “What did you say?”  

“I thought…. unexpectedly, unexpectedly.” Jiang Yao was amazed and sighed sincerely, “I really admire him.”  

Gu Ningyou: ???  

Why can’t she understand a word Jiang Yao said?  

Seeing Gu Ningyou’s behaviour, Jiang Yao roughly guessed what kind of situation this was, and sighed, “Gu Ningyou, why are you not enlightened at all? To be honest, I’m really worried for you.”  

“What kind of enlightenment?” Gu Ningyou felt that Jiang Yao’s words were not much different from calling her an idiot, but she really didn’t understand what kind of riddle Jiang Yao was saying, “Jiang Yao, can you be more direct? I really don’t understand what you’re talking about… 

“So you’re not enlightened! I want to tell you, but some things can’t be said too straightforwardly, let me think about it…” Jiang Yao pondered for a while, and then looked at Gu Ningyou meaningfully, “Well… let’s put it this way, do you know why I’m in love?”  

How could she know? This was exactly what she was baffled about.

 Gu Ningyou shook her head: “I don’t know.”   

“When people are not free, no matter what they do, they will be tied up. Once they find a chance to get out of this cage, they will try their best to escape by all means, making all kinds of attempts – just like the canary that is trapped in the cage, even if it bumps its head, it still wants to have a chance to live.” Jiang Yao said euphemistically, “If it were you, would you be willing to be the bird trapped in the cage? Definitely not willing, right? People have to live for themselves for once.”  

If she were in her previous life, she would definitely not be able to understand what Jiang Yao meant at this time, but she was already a person who had lived again and was well aware of the plot, so she understood the subtext of Jiang Yao’s words almost immediately –  

Was it what she understood?  

Gu Ningyou’s heart and soul stirred: “You also know? When did you find out?”  

Very good.  

Not too stupid.  

“Gu Ningyou, you’ve finally become smart for once.” Jiang Yao cast an approving glance at her, “A long time ago, there were too many things that were not right, and it was easy to find out if you observed carefully – but at that time, I had very little time, it was always fleeting, and it was only recently that it got better.”  

Her time?!  

Hearing Jiang Yao say these words again, Gu Ningyou immediately recalled the phone calls Jiang Yao made to her in her previous life. At that time, Jiang Yao also repeatedly emphasized that she “had no time” –  

Later, didn’t Jiang Yao say that these calls were just her pranks? Is what she said on the phone true?


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