The moment she saw Jiang Laien’s face clearly, Ye Kehuan only felt that her hand holding her had become stiff, and at the same time, she felt that thousands of stars had lost their color in that moment.

Jiang Laien was also stunned, then she retracted her hand and stood firmly: “Thank you, if it weren’t for you, I would have fallen.”

Ye Kehuan was stunned. For a moment, like letting go of a hot potato, she hurriedly let go of her: “Why are you here?”

After listening, Jiang Laien turned sideways and pointed at the small villa where Ye Kehuan lived: “I moved here.”

“What?” Ye Kehuan looked at her incredulously.

“The landlord is my friend. He heard that I was looking for a house, so he asked me to come here.” Jiang Laien’s words were half-true. She was indeed looking for a house, but she only came here because she had found out that Ye Kehuan lived here.

Ye Kehuan’s back stiffened after listening. After a while, she turned her head and said, “Then, you can come in.”

After speaking, Ye Kehuan took her things and walked quickly, bowing her head beside her, and opened the door first.

Jiang Laien looked at Ye Kehuan’s back and didn’t say much, just letting out a sigh of relief.

“This house is pretty good.” After a moment, Jiang Laien spoke and asked someone to move her things in.

After listening, Ye Kehuan poured a glass of water and held it in her hand and nodded, but did not answer.

“Yingying, let’s clean up first, and then go out for a meal.” After that, Jiang Laien spoke to her assistant again.

“Okay, where should we eat? Do you want to make an appointment to see Sister Qi Li? She seems to also be in Morikawa; she will be very happy! After all, you are best friends!” the assistant replied.

After listening to her, Jiang Laien smiled: “Then I will wait for an appointment.”

Qi Li? Best friends? Ye Kehuan listened to their chat, held the cup and looked at the sofa for a while, and suddenly felt like a superfluous person—a superfluous character who had long been outside of Jiang Laien’s world.

So many years had passed, they had grown up, their circles became different from one another, and the so-called best friend was no longer her. These changes were confusing.

However, when Jiang Laien picked up her phone, she looked at her address book for a long time, but did not call Qi Li, instead taking a step backwards towards Ye Kehuan, wanting to ask her if she would like to go to dinner together.

But at this time, Ye Kehuan suddenly put down the water cup and turned around: “You guys take your time. I have an appointment, so I will go out first.”

Then Ye Kehuan walked out.

Jiang Laien looked at Ye Kehuan’s back, and had to swallow the words that were forming on her lips.

At this time, Jiang Laien’s assistant also looked at her, then looked at Jiang Laien, and whispered softly: “I feel that Ye Kehuan is too difficult to get along with. She doesn’t have any expressions.”

After listening to this, Jiang Laien’s eyes were dark, and she took a deep breath: “It’s okay.”

“Sister Laien, have you made an appointment with Sister Qi Li?” At this time, the assistant asked again.

After listening, Jiang Laien came to her senses and shook her head: “No, she’s too busy today. She still has work in the evening, so let’s go another day.”

“Assistant understands1.” The assistant scratched her head.

On the other side, after Ye Kehuan left home and got into the car, she pulled off her collar and looked sideways at the small villa. After that, she stepped on it without much hesitation, banging the accelerator of the car and zoomed off towards Xingxing mutton kebab barbecue restaurant.

This lamb skewer shop was opened by her friend Chen Lulu, who was a rich second-generation2, and did not rely on it for livelihood; it was purely a hobby.

After Ye Kehuan entered her private box, she ordered a set of skewers.

“Who upset you? Ordering so many things madly.” Chen Lulu held a pen and said while writing on a small notebook.

“Do I look very upset?” Ye Kehuan asked.

“Yes, you look like you’re going to kill someone.” Chen Lulu swept her gaze up and down.

“I’m fine.” Ye Kehuan continued to be expressionless.

“Hey, are you really okay?!” Chen Lulu pushed her arm down again.

Finally, Ye Kehuan raised her head, her face a little frightening: “I don’t know how to say it.”

“What the ****3 is this?” Chen Lulu handed the menu back to the chef, sat down beside her, and poured herself a cup of tea.

Ye Kehuan mentioned the name Jiang Laien, then continued to speak: “Jiang Laien suddenly came to participate in the same variety show with me and moved into the place I’m renting. Is it really a coincidence? What’s with her? What does she want?”

Hearing this, Chen Lulu’s face instantly became solemn. Finally, she reached out her hand and pointed at Ye Kehuan’s forehead. “I see, she wants to hurt you!”

Ye Kehuan was dumbfounded and frowned.

“No more jokes, then. What about you, what are you thinking?” Chen Lulu asked again.

Ye Kehuan’s frown deepened: “Me?”

Chen Lulu suddenly smiled: “Yeah. Do you hate her? Do you want to move out? If she doesn’t move, you can move out. If you really don’t want to see her, just move out. I can find you a good house in minutes.”

However, Ye Kehuan suddenly stopped talking.

“What do you think? Move?” Chen Lulu asked again.

Ye Kehuan shook her head: “Let’s talk about this later, I’ve been busy recently.”

Chen Lulu nodded when she heard those words, and said nothing.

After eating the barbecue, Ye Kehuan didn’t wander around much, and just returned home.

There was no one in the villa, so it was pitch black at the moment.

It seemed that Jiang Laien was not in now. Then Ye Kehuan entered the door, turned on the light, looked around, and threw the key aside. She changed her shoes, sat down on the sofa, and remembered the previous conversation with Chen Lulu for no reason.

After thinking for a while, Ye Kehuan stood up again, went upstairs in slippers, and went to her room.

After washing and standing in the room for a while, Ye Kehuan thought for a while, turned around, opened her door, and looked out.

It was quiet outside, and that proved that Jiang Laien had not returned yet.

So Ye Kehuan walked into her room again, closed the door quietly, and just returned to the bed to lie down when the WeChat group of the program group rang.

So Ye Kehuan picked up the phone and opened it, and looked at it.

Member 1: “I’m so happy when I think of seeing everyone in the middle of the month!”

Member 2: “Yes, so am I, I hope we can be a hit this season!”

At this time, Jiang Laien also came out: “Come on everyone, I haven’t participated in such a variety show before, I hope everyone can give me pointers at that time.”

However, as soon as Jiang Laien appeared, the men in the group immediately became lively, and the expressive ones even started to flatter her.

After a while, once Jiang Laien stopped posting, the chirping men regained their silence and went to sleep one by one.

However, Ye Kehuan couldn’t sleep a bit, and clicked on Jiang Laien’s WeChat portrait.

Because she was not a friend, she couldn’t see Jiang Laien’s circle of friends, she could only see worthless account information.

Suddenly thinking of what Chen Lulu said, Ye Kehuan turned around again.

Did she really want to see Jiang Laien? If she didn’t want to see her, it was actually very easy to solve: just change the place she’s living. She’s not short on money.

Also, was she really so angry when she went to the barbecue stall today because she didn’t want to see Jiang Laien, or because she didn’t know what Jiang Laien was doing when she suddenly appeared in her world again?

Wasn’t it because of those words from Jiang Laien’s assistant? Wasn’t it because she felt that she had been expelled from Jiang Laien’s world, and you can’t even be considered for dinner together?

Inexplicably she felt a little irritable.

Then, Ye Kehuan clicked on the group again, and clicked on Jiang Laien’s portrait.

Jiang Laien’s avatar is a kitten with a little blush on his cheeks and round eyes, appearing harmless to humans and animals. It was very cute.

Inexplicably, Ye Kehuan wanted to add her, but she didn’t know what reason to look for, so she felt a little upset.

Throwing the phone aside, Ye Kehuan then turned over and reached out to play with her phone again.

As a result, when she wasn’t paying attention, she immediately pressed the button for a friend invitation. Almost at the same time, before she could think, the invitation was accepted.

Ye Kehuan looked at Jiang Laien’s profile picture on the list, and couldn’t help but start to be confused.

So, after thinking for a while, Ye Kehuan still clicked on Jiang Laien’s circle of friends.

It can be said that Jiang Laien’s circle of friends is a typical business circle of friends. Basically, there is not much about personal daily life, it was all about work.

For example, which movie is going to be launched, finished, and released, and she’s looking forward to it. For example, she would post some endorsements when they are on the market.

However, when she flipped through it, Ye Kehuan suddenly saw that Jiang Laien posted a status last year: Ah Huang4 back home is too old to walk, and I really want to go back and see you.”

In that status, there was also a picture of an old cat squatting in the corner with squinting eyes. After Ye Kehuan saw it, she fell silent.

Ah Huang was the stray kitten they rescued together back then. Because their families did not allow pets, they had their neighbors keep him.

After exiting the circle of friends, Ye Kehuan looked a bit dejected while holding her phone.

At this time, WeChat shook with a message from someone, so Ye Kehuan raised her head again.

She saw on the list, it was Jiang Laien who sent the message: “Are you still asleep?”

For a moment, Ye Kehuan was too stunned to reply. “Yes.”

Jiang Laien: “Adding me so late, is there something wrong?”

After Ye Kehuan saw her question, she felt a little hot and faint. After thinking about it for a long time, she made up a reason: “No, it’s just that, after all, we’re going to do the show together, so I added everyone on WeChat.”

In the dialog box, Jiang Laien’s “Is typing” was displayed and disappeared, and then displayed again. Finally, Jiang Laien asked: “That’s it?”

Ye Kehuan sat on the bed and ran her hand through her hair while pondering for a moment: “Yeah.”

In the next second, Jiang Laien replied: “Okay, got it. Well, it’s not early anymore. You should rest early. Good night.”

Ye Kehuan stared at the phone screen calmly, thinking over the good night emoji for a long while.

In the end, after Ye Kehuan sent out the “Goodnight” emoji, she sorted out her soft pillow, lay down on her back, and closed her eyes. At that moment, she didn’t want to think about anything.

After a while, the phone made another “dingdong”, and Ye Kehuan lazily grabbed it, only to see the other party reply: “Sleep with you?”

Sleep? Ye Kehuan was stunned for a second, and hurriedly flipped through the chat history.

It turned out that she just sent the wrong emoji. She originally wanted to send “good night”, but it turned out to be wrong.

On the emoticon that she sent to Jiang Laien by mistake, a large line of words was written: “Frankly explain, you are still chatting with me so late, do you want to sleep with me?”

Moreover, the characters on this emoji were flashing and discolored, enough to dazzle people’s eyes.

After a second, Ye Kehuan wiped her eyes, then wiped her eyes again, finally determining that she had sent the wrong emoji.

Ye Kehuan stared at the phone, and instantly bounced off the bed like a frightened bird, hurriedly typing a remedy: “No, that was a mistake just now, I actually wanted to send this—”

While typing, Ye Kehuan hurriedly opened the emoji favorites again, flipped to the good night emoji with trembling fingers, and reposted it.

However, the moment she did, Ye Kehuan really wanted to hack herself to death.

That’s right, she got it wrong again. In the emoticon picture she sent this time was a panda with a wretched smile. The panda held a Durex in his hand, with two large lines beside it, which read: “Big Sister, can you buy a set? I only have a dozen here!”

 

The author has something to say: In order to write smoothly, I changed the setting~

 

TL’N

1 - There are no pronouns in Chinese as far as I know, so people refer to themselves and others by name and title. Ye Kehuan might say “this one” or “this Ye” when talking about herself. The character Wo (我) can also be used for "I", but I believe it can also mean "we".

2 - Second-generation rich refers to the children of wealthy parents. They often spend excessively and have few accolades to themselves, living off of their parents. It’s sometimes a reference to status and sometimes used as an insult.

3 - This is censored by the author. The MTL I’m using sometimes puts these censored words in odd places, but this one was pretty clear.

4 - Ah (Name) is a term of endearment. Other terms of endearment are doubling a name, like calling Kehuan Huanhuan, or using the suffix Er, as in Huan’er. Parents will often use one of these when speaking to their children. Chen Lulu’s name really is Lulu though.