CH 117

Chapter 117 Returning it to you

Jian Chi almost thought that Shen Shuting was listening in the corner outside the door, waiting for this moment to happen.

The invitation letter laid on the table, eliminating the process of asking and handing, and he did not give Jian Chi a chance to refuse at all. Shen Shuting’s tone was more like a unilateral decision than an invitation. Jian Chi was stunned for a while, and Ji Huaisi next to him answered before him.

“What a coincidence, we were discussing this matter just now.”

After saying that, he paced up to Shen Shuting and just half blocked Jian Chi’s figure behind him. Ji Huaisi’s hand on the table lightly picked up the invitation letter and glanced at it. He handed it back to Shen Shuting’s direction, “But Jian Chi had promised me, you are a little late.”

Ji Huaisi’s smile remained unchanged, and he could not see any regret from Shen Shuting, but with his back, Jian Chi could only discern Ji Huaisi’s mood from his voice, and he didn’t notice anything unusual. Shen Shuting didn’t come too late, in fact, it could be said that it was just right, Jian Chi nodded silently without exposing Ji Huaisi’s ‘already promised’.

When he heard Ji Huaisi’s question, Jian Chi thought of rejecting it. He really didn’t want to see Wen Chuan being either hypocritically flattered by all the guests, or paraded like a monkey on the spot. After tea and dinner, this dinner was just used as a talking point.

Jian Chi understood better than anyone the patience he had to have of not being able to provoke disputes when being discussed, which was also a test that Wen Chuan had to go through. He subconsciously wanted to refuse this cruel invitation, but he also knew that this was an extremely important day for Wen Chuan.

Rather than finally learning about what happened from someone else’s mouth, Jian Chi would rather see it with his own eyes.

Shen Shuting looked down at the invitation that Ji Huaisi handed back, but did not accept it, nor was he ready to accept it, “I will not take back what had been given.”

This was surprisingly similar to Shao Hang. Ji Huaisi frowned invisibly.

Shen Shuting stood in front of Ji Huaisi, but his clear and steady voice was obviously not facing Ji Huaisi, “The right to choose is in your hands, and I will come and pick you up when the time comes.”

What kind of option was this? Jian Chi slandered. Shen Shuting walked to the door and turned around a second before opening the door. Emerald pupils stared at Jian Chi, and a dim light flashed, “Your clothes are still with me, don’t forget to come and fetch them.”

Jian Chi almost didn’t catch his breath, he just wanted to ask what Shen Shuting was talking about, but the culprit had left the rest of the space for him and Ji Huaisi, deliberately trying to ruin the atmosphere. Ji Huaisi’s silence made Jian Chi feel all over the place, and he tugged at his sleeve, “Don’t listen to Shen Shuting’s nonsense, I don’t have any clothes left at all…”

Suddenly.

If he thought about it seriously, it seems that he really had a piece of clothing that had been left at Shen Shuting’s place and had not been taken back.

The down jacket draped over Shen Shuting on the day the elevator broke down.

Jian Chi clearly remembered sending a message to Shen Shuting at that time, and the reply he received was two blunt words: thrown away. How could something that had been thrown out suddenly appear at this time? It could only be that Shen Shuting lied deliberately, either when he asked, or just now.

As soon as he thought of this, Jian Chi forgot to finish the rest of his words, leaving a space for imagination. Ji Huaisi moved slightly, supported the back of Jian Chi’s chair with his hand on the table, bent his back, looked into his eyes and said the second half of the sentence for him in a warm voice: “Are there no clothes left with him at all?”

Jian Chi was going to say this, but when he remembered it, he cleared his throat with a guilty conscience, “Last time there was an elevator accident, I forgot to get my coat back. Shen Shuting may be talking about this.”

“The elevator accident,” Ji Huaisi spoke slowly, as if thinking deeply, “Why did he keep your coat for so long?”

“…Maybe he forgot to throw it away.”

After Jian Chi finished speaking, he hurriedly added: “But it’s been so long, I have no plans to get it back.”

In fact, he really wanted to get it back, he had only worn that new down jacket a few times.

Ji Huaisi pulled him out of his memory, raised his lips slightly, he couldn’t see anger or him minding it, “Since Shen Shuting is still here, I will get it back for you in a few days. Of course, your things must be kept with you.”

At first glance, there was no problem, but after thinking about it, it seems to mean something. Jian Chi couldn’t help thinking under Ji Huaisi’s gaze, “Alright, then… what are you doing?”

His body suddenly was in the air. When he was picked up, Jian Chi instinctively wrapped his arms around Ji Huaisi’s neck. He was not short at 1.8 meters, but every time Ji Huaisi carried him without any difficulty. Jian Chi was depressed and embarrassed, then alarm bells rung in his head, this posture was too dangerous, “Ji Huaisi, you first put me down, I haven’t finished my homework yet, and the deadline is next week.”

Ji Huaisi put Jian Chi on the table, loosened his strength a little, still having his arms wrapped around Jian Chi’s waist, “Enough study. You need to rest for a while, combine work and rest.”

Before Jian Chi could think about what kind of work and rest this is, Ji Huaisi’s lips were covering his. The tenderness of the first two seconds was like a fleeting hallucination, and the entanglement of lips and tongues revealed more than before. The strong and clear desire and toughness were so strong that Jian Chi couldn’t say a word.

Like the previous two times, at the end of learning that there was always an excuse for intimacy in the end.

Jian Chi wasn’t rejecting him. Every time he faced Ji Huaisi’ strong reaction, he felt a little helpless. Such close behavior made him always afraid of it accidentally developing to the edge of being uncontrollable. When he touched the cold tabletop, his skin aroused a layer of goose bumps. Jian Chi pushed Ji Huaisi and lowered his voice to express resistance: “I don’t want it to be here.”

This reminded him of being in Bai Yinian’s Company, some unpleasant things happened there. Shen Shuting, who just left, still had a strong aura, and Jian Chi only felt deeply awkward.

Ji Huaisi made an ‘en’, leaned over and kissed the tip of his nose, “I didn’t think much about it, and the ping pong table next to me hasn’t been used.” 

“What…? Wait a minute.”

He clearly didn’t mean that!

The second resistance gradually diminished in Ji Huaisi’ gentle offensive. Ji Huaisi was too familiar with his weaknesses and sensitive points. When Jian Chi was held down again, this time it was because of his weak legs. He could no longer look directly at the ping pong table, and looking away, he found the invitation letter that Shen Shuting had just sent lying on the ground. He wanted to pick it up, but was stopped by Ji Huaisi from behind.

“I’ll pick it up and throw it away later,” Ji Huaisi’s voice was more hoarse than usual, his ears were numb from his breath, “Don’t pay attention to what he said just now, he’s just joking with you, when I take the coat, I will explain it for you and then reject it.”

“But…”

Ji Huaisi brought Jian Chi’s face to him, and heard him ask gently, “Isn’t that okay?”

Anyone can see Shen Shuting’s appearance was not a joke at all, how could Ji Huaisi not notice? He clearly knew something, but he hid everything in his heart, and all the words that Jian Chi wanted to say under his eyes were cut off. Without waiting for Jian Chi’s reaction, Ji Huaisi kissed him again.

Jian Chi lowered his eyes. Out of the corner of his eye, he placed the lonely invitation on the ground.

He didn’t know when it was stepped on to the front, with half a gray shoe print.

Jian Chi sent a message to Shen Shuting and asked him why he said that at that time. Out of the deep shadow that the former president had left on him, before sending it out, Jian Chi deleted some extreme words, which should have been a question, but finally turned into a temptation without any power.

Shen Shuting: You originally had a coat with me.

It was really what he thought. Jian Chi couldn’t help but ask: Didn’t you say you had thrown it away at that time?

Shen Shuting: Thrown it away,

It was unusually quiet for a while: Picked it up.

Jian Chi had the urge to have a heart attack, and wanted to ask Shen Shuting how his cleanliness addiction was cured. After a while, he continued to type: whether to throw it or not is up to you, Ji Huaisi said that he would go to you and ask for it back.

There was no hesitation in Shen Shuting’s reply this time: If he comes over, I will tell him what happened between us.

Some things were never mentioned. It seems that during the calm, it had been forgotten, but what happened was what happened, always lingering in the subconscious and waiting for a few words to wake up. Jian Chi looked back and forth between these two sentences, and the air in his brain seemed to be drained: what do you want?

Shen Shuting: Come here.

This was the simplest request, but the hardest choice for Jian Chi.

When the door in front of him opened, his original anger was weakened when he saw Shen Shuting. It’s not that Jian Chi forgave Shen Shuting’s rogue behavior. Whenever he saw Shen Shuting’s face, he had a suppressed instinctive tension, and he coldly said the opening words of his mental drill all the way: “Where’s the coat?”

Hearing that, it looked like he was here to ask for a debt, and Jian Chi was very satisfied with the effect. It’s a pity that the party who was asked for the debt didn’t seem to be deterred at all. The pale emerald pupils glanced at Jian Chi, “In the room.”

“Can’t you take it out in advance?”

Shen Shuting walked into the room, unable to see the expression on his face, his voice was particularly serious, and the reason was justifiable: “Didn’t want to take it.”

Jian Chi was like a wooden pestle at the door for a few minutes, then finally walked in resignedly, of course, he did not forget to bend over and put on the shoe covers.

The layout of the BC dormitories were all the same, except that the furniture and decoration had obvious personal touches. For example, Wen Chuan used the initial configuration, and Shao Hang put a lot of valuables and entertainment facilities. Shen Shuting’s style was the same as what Jian Chi thought – white, it was dazzling white when you looked at it. The positions of the two pillows on the sofa were placed exactly like a model house, and Jian Chi couldn’t see the slightest trace of it being inhabited.

“Where’s the coat?” he restrained his gaze, Jian Chi didn’t forget his most important and only purpose this time.

“In the bedroom.” 

What was he doing with his clothes in the bedroom? Jian Chi didn’t want to think about it any longer, so he stood in place and refused to move, “Take it out, I made an appointment with Zhang Yang to go to the library to catch up with homework, and I’ll be leaving soon.”

Shen Shuting seemed to hear Jian Chi’s voice but there was no movement after entering the bedroom. Jian Chi didn’t want to touch the dirty white world of Shen Shuting’s, which could lead to some unprovoked blackmail. He leaned on the back of the sofa, and after waiting for a long time, his legs began to surge up with acid. He called Shen Shuting’s name a few times, but there was no response. Jian Chi immediately thought it was a new conspiracy, then if whether something did happen to Shen Shuting.

The possibility of the latter was slim, but Jian Chi really didn’t want to wait any longer, so he moved slowly past the wall, clinging to the door frame just to get in a little bit. He was grabbed by his wrist and led into the room, followed by a crisp lock. 

Jian Chi, who had expected it for a long time, couldn’t help but grit his teeth and look at Shen Shuting, “Didn’t you say you were taking the clothes? What about the clothes?”

Shen Shuting said, “On the bed.”

Jian Chi looked over his shoulder and caught sight of a familiar down jacket folded on the big bed in the bedroom. He broke away and prepared to take it, but as soon as he touched it, Shen Shuting picked it up first.

“What are you doing?”

“I didn’t say I wanted to give it back to you.” he said

He spoke without any guilt, as calm as he should be, Jian Chi almost laughed angrily, suspecting that Shen Shuting was playing tricks on him, “Then what do you want to do? It’s my clothes, since you didn’t throw them away, why didn’t you return them to me?”

Shen Shuting hugged the jacket, the fluffy texture of the down jacket showed a strange contrast in his arms, and the corners of his lips lifted up indistinctly, weakening the cold sense of distance, “I just let you confirm it wasn’t thrown away.”

“…” 

Why did he need to confirm this?

Jian Chi looked at Shen Shuting silently, feeling that since he left from Bai Yinian’s company last time, he had no other side effects except shame and guilt, but as the initiator Shen Shuting started to do something he couldn’t understand. He followed Shen Shuting’s words: “It’s been confirmed, can I go?”

The word ‘go’ made Shen Shuting’s slightly loosened estrangement immediately return to the low-temperature chill that was exuding at first, and he put down his down jacket, “You want to go so much?”

“I also made an appointment with Zhang Yang.” 

“Are you in such a hurry to rid the relationship with me?”

Originally, Shen Shuting was already difficult enough to communicate, but now it was even more difficult. He can distort the meaning of one sentence. Jian Chi didn’t want to argue with Shen Shuting, anyway, in the end, he knew he couldn’t win through speech. He turned around and tried to unlock the lock. After a few fiddling, a cold touch suddenly was felt on the back of his neck, causing a jolt.

“Shen Shuting, what are you doing?”

“You should look at yourself before asking this sentence,” Shen Shuting rubbed the skin of Jian Chi’s neck with his fingertips, as if irritably eager to wipe away any traces, he heard a sneer of unknown meaning, “Are you afraid that others won’t see what you have done with your Ji Huaisi?”

Jian Chi was stunned, and subconsciously wanted to cover the back of his neck, but Shen Shuting pinched his wrist against the back of the door, and the fingers rubbing the back of his neck moved fowards, sliding in front. Jian Chi felt that this hand could grab his neck in a second, so stiffly he didn’t dare to move. He watched Shen Shuting pick up a string under his collar, lift it up, and a jade pendant appeared in front of him.

“Don’t…” Jian Chi wanted to take back the jade pendant, but Shen Shuting had already held it tightly in his palm. Shen Shuting lowered his eyes and looked at the gardenia pattern carved on it, with a dark green light shining under his eyes.

“You like it very much?”

Jian Chi felt that if he said ‘he liked it’, he might be at risk of being silenced, but he still said, “This is… my birthday present.”

Since the day Ji Huaisi gave him, this jade pendant had been worn by him. Compared to liking it, it was more appropriate to say he cherished it.

Jian Chi’s undisguised cherishing stabbed Shen Shuting. He squeezed the jade pendant tightly, and when he pulled it up, Jian Chi’s neck couldn’t restrain himself from leaning forward. His whole body was tense when Shen Shuting seemed to kiss his shoulders and then as it seemed to touch his collarbone repeatedly. Before he could push him away, Shen Shuting raised his head, with a string that was hanging half of the jade pendant in his lips, breath slightly unstable.

“The jade pendant belongs to me.” 

When Jian Chi touched his empty neck, he realized what Shen Shuting had just done, and he just uttered a word in rebuttal. Shen Shuting squeezed his other hand, spread it out, and put a black pearl inlaid on a brooch embellished with fine diamonds, laying it flat in his hand.

“The brooch is yours.”