The Matter of Bai-jie Getting Jealous [Bonus Extra]
The snow on New Year’s Eve was truly intense. Looking out the car window, seeing that Beicheng was about to be submerged by the heavy snow, for some reason, it made one’s heart palpitate.
A white Bentley parked in front of a flower shop. Inside the glass window, the fresh flowers and the snowy night were such a perfect match that even the coldest day didn’t seem to feel cold anymore.
Cheng Jiqing walked into the flower shop wearing a mask.
“Please feel free to look around. If there’s anything you need, you can tell me. I can also help you create an arrangement.”
A woman in a floral apron was wrapping fresh flowers one by one. She said enthusiastically, “Is it for your lover?”
Cheng Jiqing’s gaze swept past the vibrant red roses. Giving roses seemed too conventional. Finally, her eyes landed on some flowers next to them whose names she didn’t know. She nodded, “My wife.”
After saying that, she paused for a moment, then added, “She’s a little unhappy. I want to give her some special flowers.”
The woman patted the leaves off her apron and said with a smile, “There are plenty of special flowers, but with a sentiment like yours, no flower, no matter how special, can compare.”
After speaking, she walked over and pointed out a few types to Cheng Jiqing. After explaining the flower types, she asked Cheng Jiqing what she thought. Cheng Jiqing looked at them, saying that while they were beautiful, it felt like something was missing.
The woman said, “Then what do you think of this bouquet of red roses?”
It was the bouquet Cheng Jiqing had looked at initially. The woman had probably seen the hesitation in her heart. She picked up the bouquet of roses and said in a gentle voice, “Loving someone is like raising a flower. Sometimes, as long as she can directly and clearly feel that you love her, she can grow very well. What could be more special than a special love? Don’t you think?”
She handed the bouquet to Cheng Jiqing. The wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were traces of the passing years. When she smiled, they became deeper, yet extremely sincere.
Cheng Jiqing suddenly had a moment of enlightenment.
When was the last time I told Bai Xin I loved her? When was the last time I quietly held Bai Xin in an embrace? The last time…
After paying, Cheng Jiqing walked out. At the doorway, she turned back and said to the woman again, “Happy New Year.”
After the person left, the woman retracted her gaze, took out her phone, and skillfully dialed a number. She quickly said, “Honey, guess who I saw today? I saw your idol! It’s that Cheng-zi1 of yours, Cheng Jiqing. Yes, Cheng Jiqing. Huh? An autograph? Oh, I didn’t ask for one…”
She hurriedly looked outside, but there was no longer any sign of anyone outside the door.
Cheng Jiqing soon arrived at a private light-music club in the city district.
In the years since they got married, Bai Xin had also made new friends through her work. Fortunately, she had met these few people before. Someone had greeted her and told her that Bai Xin was gathering with them at the club; otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to rush over so quickly.
Cheng Jiqing entered wearing a mask and hat, a black overcoat, her figure tall and slender yet well-endowed. She was also holding a bouquet of brilliant roses, making her the focus of turning heads all along the way.
She didn’t have a single trace of awkwardness or hesitation, her eyes fixed forward as she arrived at the door of the private room.
Holding the flowers, she knocked on the door and then walked straight in. With one glance, she saw Bai Xin sitting on the side, in a silver haute couture dress, her hair simply tied up, her features picturesque, though her enchanting eyes still held a hint of innate coldness.
There were people in the room who were somewhat familiar with Cheng Jiqing. One teased, “Yo, Little CEO Cheng has arrived?”
“How can you say that? It’s clearly Movie Queen Cheng gracing us with her presence.”
Cheng Jiqing didn’t respond to the teasing. She walked up to the expressionless Bai Xin. The background music tactfully lowered. She looked down at the silent Bai Xin, then suddenly bent down, and in front of everyone, cupped Bai Xin’s face and kissed her.
Gasps arose in the private room. She really doesn’t see us as outsiders!
Similarly, Bai Xin’s surprised gaze met hers. Seeing that the person finally saw her, Cheng Jiqing pulled back slightly. She grabbed Bai Xin’s wrist and pulled her up. “Sorry everyone, I have to take my wife away first tonight.”
Bai Xin was momentarily stunned but reacted quickly, pulling her hand free and saying in a low voice, “What’s gotten into you?”
Cheng Jiqing rarely did this kind of thing with her in public, let alone in front of these friends with whom she had business collaborations… She steadied her slightly racing heart and also suppressed the uncontrollable flutter.
Cheng Jiqing grabbed Bai Xin’s hand again, holding it in her palm, and said in an equally low voice, “I was wrong.”
Seeing the friction between the two, someone suddenly said, “Little CEO Cheng, that won’t do.”
Cheng Jiqing looked up and asked, “How won’t it do?”
The woman said, “We were playing a game just now. President Bai lost and still owes us a glass of wine.” After speaking, she tapped her fingernail on the nearly full glass of wine in front of Bai Xin.
Cheng Jiqing glanced down, and without much thought, picked up the glass and drank it all in one go. Bai Xin’s hand was in mid-air, not even having time to stop her. Doesn’t she know her own alcohol tolerance? How can she just pour any kind of alcohol into her mouth?!
“Are you an idiot?” she said irritably.
Cheng Jiqing didn’t get angry either. “If you say I’m an idiot, then I’m an idiot.”
She just felt that to take the person away, she should give Bai Xin’s friends some face. Drinking a glass of wine was no big deal; her alcohol tolerance couldn’t be that bad.
She gave a nod to the others in the room and pulled Bai Xin towards the exit.
After they left, the people in the room conversed, “I can’t drink anymore. This dog food mixed with wine is truly toxic. Every cell in my body is filled with a sour taste right now!”
“But, I heard that Little CEO Cheng can’t really drink.”
“Ah? I actually didn’t know that.”
“You don’t know? She’s quite famous in the circle for not touching a drop of alcohol… Otherwise, why do you think I brought up the wine? I was originally going to let President Bai stop her to give them both a way to step down gracefully. Who knew Little CEO Cheng’s hand would be so fast.”
Cheng Jiqing led Bai Xin out of the club. Before they even reached the entrance, the alcohol had already shown on Cheng Jiqing’s face. Her originally fair skin was now flushed with a peach color.
“My hand really slipped by accident,” Cheng Jiqing explained. “I haven’t seen her since the fire incident. There was just that one time when there were malicious rumors online, and that little girl helped by posting a video to clarify. You know all about this… It was my fault that my hand slipped. I’ll definitely be more careful next time, okay?”
She stopped and turned her head to look at Bai Xin. “Can you stop being angry, please? Hmm?”
As she spoke, she handed the roses in her hand to Bai Xin. Bai Xin glanced at them. She believed that Cheng Jiqing’s hand had truly slipped, but the thought of Cheng Jiqing and some other young girl’s names hanging high up on the trending searches, endlessly, and seeing that Cheng Jiqing had liked content of her and the girl as a CP, filled her with a bellyful of fire.
She was not happy. No matter what, she was just not happy!
She didn’t take the roses, determined to keep a sour face.
Cheng Jiqing was about to say more when she suddenly heard someone shout, “Are you Cheng Jiqing?”
She looked up reflexively. The two women’s eyes instantly lit up upon seeing her. They covered their mouths in surprise, looking like they were about to run over. Others around heard the sound and also looked in her direction.
Cheng Jiqing believed that if she were recognized now and surrounded, Bai Xin would definitely turn around and leave.
She gripped Bai Xin’s hand tightly. “Do you still remember that time we escaped from the hospital?”
Bai Xin’s eyes trembled slightly. How could she not remember? That night, the darkness was heavy, and a violent storm raged. Cheng Jiqing had led her in a run out of the hospital… The car was parked in the rain. That was their true first time.
“Want to escape with me again?”
After Cheng Jiqing finished speaking, she squeezed Bai Xin’s hand, her eyes full of love and laughter.
Bai Xin gazed into those eyes, and the anger in her heart suddenly dissipated a lot. She looked at Cheng Jiqing’s pink lips, opening and closing, and heard that voice, as comfortable as flowing water, say softly, “3, 2, 1.”
Run.
Cheng Jiqing pulled Bai Xin’s hand. Bai Xin lifted her skirt with one hand, revealing a slender, fair ankle. Her high heels clacked on the tiles, the light and shadows of the corridor falling upon them… The luxurious deep red walls, the background music was the piano piece 《A Maiden’s Prayer》.
It was snowing outside. The two of them only stopped after running for some distance.
Cheng Jiqing took off her overcoat and draped it over Bai Xin, slightly calming her breathing. This was a corner of the street where there were relatively fewer people. She looked down at Bai Xin, brushed away a snowflake that had unintentionally fallen on her head, and then touched that soft cheek. “Look at your expression…”
Hearing this, Bai Xin slapped her hand away. “What’s wrong with my expression?”
Cheng Jiqing: “It’s great, very great. It doesn’t look like you’re targeting me at all.”
Bai Xin shot her a white-eyed glare2.
Cheng Jiqing chuckled and offered the roses to Bai Xin’s hand again, saying, “I really didn’t do it on purpose. I know you definitely believe me, it’s just that you’re not happy in your heart, right?”
“Who believes you?” Bai Xin said. “Out of ten celebrities, nine of them use the excuse that their hand slipped. Who knows if you’re telling the truth or not? What? Are the bones in Little CEO Cheng’s hand that soft? You’ve learned to have your hand slip too.”
Cheng Jiqing: “……”
Her verbal skills are getting more and more formidable.
She wasn’t annoyed either. “Whether my fingers are soft or not, don’t you know?”
Bai Xin: “……”
Seeing that the person was still unwilling to stop being angry, Cheng Jiqing paused for a moment, then bent down and directly picked her up. Bai Xin let out a cry of surprise and instinctively hugged Cheng Jiqing’s neck. “What are you doing?!”
Cheng Jiqing’s cheeks were already completely rosy from the alcohol. She just felt that it wasn’t cold at all tonight; even without her overcoat, it wasn’t cold.
She couldn’t drive. She waited by the roadside to hail a car.
While waiting, she said, “I’ve already made it clear to that young girl. She also knows she caused us some trouble and has apologized. She won’t mention this matter on the show in the future. I didn’t remove the news online because the more you try to remove it, the less clear it becomes. But I did post on Weibo… I said that I’m a married woman after all, so I asked everyone that if they want to ship a CP, they should ship Cheng Xin Cheng Yi. Otherwise, I can’t explain it when I get home. My wife is going to get jealous.”
Bai Xin: “…Who’s jealous of you?”
Cheng Jiqing’s lips curved up. “I wasn’t talking about you. I was talking about my wife.”
Bai Xin hummed lightly. Cheng Jiqing said, “Don’t worry, I didn’t say that last part. After all, only I can see how my wife looks when she’s jealous.”
Bai Xin hooked her arm around Cheng Jiqing’s neck. Hearing this string of explanations, she lifted her eyelids slightly, her gaze fixing on Cheng Jiqing’s pink earlobe. She asked slowly, “Cheng Jiqing, have you had too much to drink?”
Cheng Jiqing: “How is that possible? My alcohol tolerance is amazing now.”
It was absolutely impossible to get drunk from one glass.
…
Ten minutes later.
Bai Xin looked at Cheng Jiqing, who was leaning on her shoulder, fast asleep: “…”
Who exactly is picking up whom?
Before long, the car stopped at the entrance of the villa. This was a new house they had recently purchased because Cheng Jiqing wanted a swimming pool and had also taken a liking to the fountain in the front yard.
Bai Xin woke the person up. Only after getting out of the car did Cheng Jiqing feel the unsteadiness in her feet. She took the opportunity to wrap her arm around Bai Xin’s waist, resting her chin on her. “Is the alcohol you all drink that strong? Do you usually drink this kind?”
It was clearly still snowing, yet Cheng Jiqing’s breath seemed to burn. Bai Xin couldn’t bear to push her away. She said, “You guess.”
“Don’t drink something so strong in the future. Next time you have dinner with them, I won’t be at ease,” Cheng Jiqing breathed out a puff of alcoholic air. Actually, she wasn’t that drunk, just a little dizzy.
Bai Xin said, “Look at yourself. You dare to drink randomly without even knowing what kind of alcohol it is.”
Cheng Jiqing replied, “Yes, yes, everything you say is right. Does that mean you’re not angry anymore?”
“Don’t even try. I’m not over it yet.”
“Fine.” Cheng Jiqing dragged out the syllable. Having had a little to drink, her eyes looked at people even more gently. She leaned in and kissed Bai Xin’s cheek. “How about now?”
Bai Xin said, “No.”
Cheng Jiqing kissed her again. “How about now?”
“No.”
Smack! Cheng Jiqing made a sound with her kiss. “How about now?”
Bai Xin: “Aiya.”
She pushed Cheng Jiqing to the side—but without any force at all.
The two pushed and hugged their way into the house. Cheng Jiqing held on to the person and wouldn’t let go. Fortunately, Duoduo had a camping activity recently, and the Auntie had been given the day off as well. There were only the two of them in the villa.
“I love you.”
The pushing and shoving motions suddenly stopped. All that was left around them were the sounds of some fireworks, the falling snow, and the sound of the water from the fountain behind them.
Bai Xin looked at Cheng Jiqing. The other’s gaze was warm and certain. It had been a while since she had heard those three words. Actually, it wasn’t that long—it’s just that when you’ve been together for a long time, even a few days of calm can’t help but make one think, “Has the passion faded?”
Of course, it wasn’t that the calm was bad.
Rather, she was just too dependent on Cheng Jiqing’s love.
Cheng Jiqing said, “If you’re still angry, then I can only chop off my hands.”
This made Bai Xin laugh. She managed to hold it in and said, “Then go ahead and chop them.”
Cheng Jiqing actually extended both her hands in front of her. “You do it.”
Bai Xin looked down, then suddenly took Cheng Jiqing’s right hand, opened her mouth, and bit down. Cheng Jiqing cried out, “Ouch, ouch, ouch.”
The teeth loosened. The pain turned into the gnawing of an ant. As her fingers were pulled out, the cold wind blew, making them feel cool and tight, and also a little itchy.
Their eyes met, deep and lingering for a few seconds. Cheng Jiqing took a step forward, wrapped both hands around Bai Xin’s waist, and pressed the person against her front, kissing her deeply…
Until Bai Xin couldn’t breathe, Cheng Jiqing gave her a sliver of space. Bai Xin murmured, “I’m still not over my anger.”
Cheng Jiqing smiled, “I know. Aren’t I helping you get over it right now?”
“What does this count as?”
“What do you say it counts as?”
Cheng Jiqing let the person go, her hand sliding down her waistline. Her cool wrist soon rested on the long dress. When it went inside, it was like jade bones caressing, sending a cold shiver through Bai Xin.
However, in this world of ice and snow, there was another kind of stimulation. Her heart was fiercely hot.
She asked Cheng Jiqing, “Aren’t you cold?”
Cheng Jiqing asked back, “Are you cold?”
After speaking, she gave a gentle smile. She had been drinking and was tipsy; she was hot all over. She kissed Bai Xin’s dry lips, then her neck, and through the dress, she kissed her collarbone, and the full curve of her chest.
She bent down, and finally, she knelt.
The hem of the skirt fell onto Cheng Jiqing’s shoulders, her long hair completely enveloped…
…
“Bai Xin, you have to know, no one in this world can compare to you. Besides you, who else could make me willingly kneel?”
“You must know, I love you.”
I only love you.
Bai Xin could only respond with a chaotic sob in the wind and snow.
Of course, she knew Cheng Jiqing loved her. She just hoped that Cheng Jiqing would love her forever, just as she would also love Cheng Jiqing forever.
The author has something to say:
Bai-jiejie is here. See you again when fate allows~
The new novel next door, 《Transmigrated as the Disabled Alpha of a Crazy and Delicate Movie Queen》, is also finished, ready to be devoured.
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Upcoming novel《Sinking into Greed》
Lazy and grudge-holding beauty flower vs. pseudo-abstinent, cold, and paranoid CEO (older woman/younger man, 8-year age gap)
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