Troublesome – Chapter 71

Double Standard

As expected of you, Jin Double Standard.

Ji Zibo sat in the car and said: “I don’t know if it’s serious or not, the call hung up before it was finished.”

Lu Zhenqiu’s face was pale, her fingers kept picking at the edge of her bag, her eyes couldn’t stop looking out the car window, her worried expression was very obvious, and couldn’t be concealed, Ji Zibo sighed lightly: “It’s easy to have an accident in this weather.”

“If she’s injured somewhere, like a leg or an arm, it will be difficult.”

Lu Zhenqiu chimed in: “She won’t be, Teacher Jin drives very steadily, she should be fine.”

It was unclear whether she was answering Ji Zibo, or convincing herself, there was a stirred-up panic in her heart, she had just heard this news at the entrance of the bar, when she heard Ji Zibo was coming to take a look, she couldn’t help but follow along, Ji Zibo said: “It’s hard to say, I don’t know what’s wrong with her recently, she’s not quite right, I heard her confession to the person she likes failed.”

Lu Zhenqiu’s fingers were about to pick a hole in her bag, she bit her lip, her expression changed slightly when she heard this sentence, Ji Zibo shook her head: “If something really happened, how tragic, she’s never even been in a relationship.”

“Hey, let me tell you, this person, she’s especially stubborn, you’d think she would take a break after a failed confession, but she just won’t, she said…” Ji Zibo deliberately said only half while turning a corner, glancing at Lu Zhenqiu’s expression out of the corner of her eye, Lu Zhenqiu was listening in a daze, and subconsciously asked: “Said what?”

“She said, as long as the person she likes isn’t in a relationship, she still has a chance to pursue them, don’t you think that’s especially stubborn?” Ji Zibo said: “But I guess she must like them too much, that’s why she’s so stubborn, after all, knowing her for so many years, this is the first time I’ve heard her say she likes someone.”

Lu Zhenqiu bit her lip, didn’t make a sound, her fingers had already touched the edge of the phone in her bag, she wanted to send a message to Jin Shuilan to ask if she was okay.

After Ji Zibo said a whole lot, she suddenly said: “We’re here.”

Lu Zhenqiu raised her eyes, and saw Jin Shuilan’s car parked by the curb, a black sedan was parked opposite, a traffic policeman was taking notes and photos, Jin Shuilan was standing under a nearby tree, a warm breeze blew, and sunlight fell on her shoulder through the gaps in the leaves.

Lu Zhenqiu’s entire heart settled down.

She was fine.

After getting out of the car, Ji Zibo walked over and said: “Are you okay?”

Jin Shuilan turned her head, saw her and frowned: “Why did you come?”

“Didn’t you say you were in a car accident?” Ji Zibo winked at her, asking: “What’s the situation now?”

Jin Shuilan was helpless: “It was just a bump.”

The ground was icy, so it was very slippery, while she was waiting for a traffic light, the car behind couldn’t brake, and directly hit the rear of her car, she herself was fine, it’s just that when she got out of the car, the road was slippery and she didn’t stand firm, she used force when steadying herself with her hand on the car, and twisted her wrist, that’s why she called Ji Zibo, preparing to go over a bit later.

Ji Zibo said: “It’s good that you’re okay, weren’t we worried about you?”

As she spoke, she glanced sideways behind her: “Qiuqiu’s face turned pale when she heard you had an accident, just now in the car I said a couple of things about you possibly being hurt, she was scared silly, and you still say the confession failed?”

Fooling her? Even an outsider like her could see that Lu Zhenqiu was nervous about Jin Shuilan.

Jin Shuilan glared at her: “Don’t scare her.”

“I didn’t scare her.” Ji Zibo had an innocent look on her face: “I was just telling the truth.”

Their muttering whispers, Lu Zhenqiu was standing right behind Jin Shuilan, the panic from just hearing the news was instantly soothed, seeing that Jin Shuilan was fine, her suspended heart was also put back, and she lightly let out a breath of relief.

Jin Shuilan called out: “Qiuqiu.”

She raised her eyes, Jin Shuilan said: “Sorry, you were worried, weren’t you?”

“Mm…” Lu Zhenqiu opened her mouth, and finally said: “As long as you’re okay.”

“I’m fine.” Jin Shuilan rubbed her hand: “But my wrist is twisted, Zibo will drive in a bit, can you drive my car?”

Lu Zhenqiu had no objection.

The processing speed was very fast, the other party was fully responsible, and also caused Jin Shuilan to twist her hand, he was both apologizing and making amends, his eyes were fixed on Jin Shuilan, and finally he asked: “Let’s add each other on WeChat? It will be convenient for us to communicate then.”

Hearing these words was still quite normal, but the look in his eyes at Jin Shuilan had other intentions, Lu Zhenqiu shot him several glances after hearing the other car owner’s words, Jin Shuilan said: “No need, someone will contact the repair shop about the payment.”

Only then did the other car owner give up, looking at Jin Shuilan with regret.

Jin Shuilan said goodbye to the traffic police and returned to the car, in the passenger seat, Lu Zhenqiu was driving, after getting in the car her gaze went to Jin Shuilan’s wrist, and she asked worriedly: “Do you need to go to the hospital?”

“It’s not a big problem.” Jin Shuilan tried to twist it left and right, pulled a nerve, her delicate eyebrows knitted together, Lu Zhenqiu said: “Don’t move it.”

It was the first time Jin Shuilan had seen such a nervous expression on her, she hissed, her brows furrowed together in pain, Lu Zhenqiu turned her head: “Does it hurt a lot?”

“A little.” Jin Shuilan extended her hand: “Take a look and see if it’s swollen?”

Lu Zhenqiu lowered her head to look seriously, Jin Shuilan’s wrist was slender, her skin fair, it was indeed a little red, but it was impossible to tell if it was swollen, she bit her lip, her finger tapped on the red spot, she looked up and asked: “Does it hurt?”

The two were very close, Jin Shuilan could see her long, curled eyelashes, each one distinct, and that she was wearing light makeup, a slender eyeliner at the corner of her eye, when Lu Zhenqiu raised her eyes, her gaze was clear and bright, Jin Shuilan looked at her own reflection in the bottom of her eyes and said: “It hurts.”

It seemed that it hurt a lot then.

Lu Zhenqiu said: “Let’s go to the hospital?”

“No need.” Jin Shuilan said: “Let’s go to the pharmacy to get some medicine, applying a little will be fine, you didn’t go to the hospital last time you sprained your leg either.”

Lu Zhenqiu frowned: “But…”

“It’s okay.” Jin Shuilan said: “Applying a little medicine will be fine.”

Lu Zhenqiu had no choice, and could only drive the car near a pharmacy, when she got out to buy medicine, Jin Shuilan sat in the car, Lu Zhenqiu jogged over, her expression a little worried, she was really not good at hiding her feelings, so straightforward it made one’s heart flutter.

Jin Shuilan’s heart felt warm.

When Lu Zhenqiu came out of the pharmacy, she saw it was snowing, just a moment ago it was a clear sky of ten thousand li¹, but now heavy snow was flying everywhere, the sun was still hanging there, but it had no deterrent power, it no longer felt warm, coming out of the pharmacy she choked on a mouthful of cold wind, coughing all the way to the car, her face was coughed red, her eyes sparkling, adorned with a glistening watery light.

Jin Shuilan watched her hand over the medicine, and said: “They didn’t have the medicine you had last time, the one I bought is just a pure patch.”

“Oh.” Jin Shuilan very proactively extended her hand: “Then you help me apply it.”

Lu Zhenqiu hesitated for two seconds before tearing open the packaging, it was probably because of the snow, the weather suddenly turned gloomy, it wasn’t very bright inside the car, Lu Zhenqiu turned on the overhead light, lowered her head to look seriously at Jin Shuilan’s wrist, then tore open the medicinal patch and applied it.

The ice-cold sensation, and the warmth of Lu Zhenqiu’s fingertips that touched her unintentionally, Jin Shuilan’s body trembled, she slowly curled her hand, her peripheral vision glancing at Lu Zhenqiu’s pursed thin lips.

Today she wasn’t biting her lip, the lip color was very bright, deep red.

Paired with Lu Zhenqiu’s porcelain-white skin, there was a kind of seductive beauty, sweat seeped from Jin Shuilan’s back, she waited for Lu Zhenqiu to finish applying it then retracted her hand, placed a single hand on the corner of her lips, biting the back of her fingers, her voice slightly hoarse: “Let’s drive.”

Lu Zhenqiu tidied up the medicinal patch and placed it in the back seat, stepped on the accelerator and drove all the way to the bar, just as they got out of the car, they saw Ji Zibo standing at the entrance with Bai Mao and the others, asking about her well-being²: “Teacher Jin, are you okay?”

This posture, Jin Shuilan really thought she had been in some major accident, she shook her head: “I’m fine.”

After speaking, she didn’t forget to glare at Ji Zibo.

Ji Zibo shrugged, winked at her, the suggestive meaning was palpable, Jin Shuilan ignored her, the group of them returned to the bar in a grand procession³, table number thirteen, no one on either side, the atmosphere of the quiet bar in the afternoon was very serene, playing a soft tune, exceptionally comfortable.

Bai Mao said: “What’s wrong with your hand?”

“Twisted it.” Jin Shuilan said: “Don’t listen to Zibo’s nonsense, there was no major car accident.”

Bai Mao nodded: “As long as you’re okay.”

Hua Luo looked at her wrist: “Then can you still type?”

The people present: …

As expected of Jin Shuilan’s reader, the angle of concern was very different, Hua Luo noticed everyone’s speechless gazes, held it in for a moment: “It’s okay if you can’t either.”

“I need to rest for a few days.” Jin Shuilan moved her twisted left hand, and then said: “But my right hand is fine.”

Lu Zhenqiu glanced at her wrist with the medicinal patch on it, no matter how she looked at it, it was an eyesore, she averted her gaze, Hua Luo said with a grin: “Then Teacher Jin can rest for now, you’ve been busy for a year, it’s a good time to rest.”

“That’s right.” Xiao Yu chimed in: “You should relax at the end of the year.”

Hua Luo turned her head: “You guys are still the lucky ones, the streamer annual meeting, you all can have fun for half a month.”

It’s all reimbursed by the company, the head office isn’t far either, just in the next city, but they rarely get out of the city, let alone leave the province, Hua Luo smiled: “Want to go? Come and do a live stream.”

“Me?” Hua Luo shook her head: “Let’s just forget it, what would I talk about if I streamed? I can’t sing, can’t dance, and can’t play games, it would be better to have Teacher Jin do a live stream.”

Ji Zibo glanced at the group, then looked at Jin Shuilan, tutted and sent her a message: 【They don’t know Sanshui is you?】

Jin Shuilan replied with one hand: 【They don’t know.】

Ji Zibo: 【You’ve hidden it deep enough, I advise you to tell Qiuqiu sooner rather than later.】

Jin Shuilan pinched her phone and lowered her eyes, a few seconds later she put her phone away, a waiter brought over a few glasses of alcohol on a tray, sweet wine with low alcohol content, and also fruit wine, it smelled very fragrant, the waiter was standing next to Lu Zhenqiu, Jin Shuilan gave Lu Zhenqiu a pull, telling her to move a little closer to her side.

Lu Zhenqiu lowered her head to look at her fingers pulling her own, slender and long, perhaps from typing a lot, Lu Zhenqiu felt that even her knuckles exuded strength, a gentle pull was enough to bring her over, her nose was filled with Jin Shuilan’s fragrance, crisp, faint, the same as the scent left behind at home yesterday.

“Alright, you can call me if you need anything.” The waiter smiled very sweetly, and took half a step back, Lu Zhenqiu came back to her senses, and saw Xiao Yu and Hua Luo pick up the glasses in front of them and take a sip, then said: “It tastes pretty good.”

“Right?” Ji Zibo said: “I recommended it, it can’t be bad.”

Hua Luo took another small sip, tasted it and gave a thumbs up: “Really great.”

Hearing this, Bai Mao glanced at her, picked up the glass in front of her and drank a small half of it in one go, didn’t taste anything special, Jin Shuilan also went to pick up her glass, Lu Zhenqiu called out: “Teacher Jin.”

Jin Shuilan turned her head, Lu Zhenqiu said: “Your hand is injured, you’d better not drink alcohol, let me order a glass of milk for you.”

Ordering milk in a bar?

What a novel idea, if people knew, wouldn’t they laugh to death? Ji Zibo remembered a crew dinner once, Jin Shuilan had also been in a car accident, and had even bruised her calf, after coming to the bar someone advised her not to drink, she retorted: “If you don’t drink alcohol when you come to a bar, are you supposed to drink milk?”

Now Lu Zhenqiu was telling her to drink milk…

Ji Zibo held her breath and looked at Jin Shuilan, only to see her put down the glass in front of her, push it forward, turn her head to look at Lu Zhenqiu, and say with a smile: “Okay, then I won’t drink alcohol, I’ll drink milk.”

Ji Zibo couldn’t hold it in, and burst out laughing with a pu sound.

As expected of you, Jin Double Standard.

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The author has something to say:

Thirty red envelopes, memeda.

Jin Shuilan: What do you understand, first drink milk to warm up.

Ji Zibo: …

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