Chapter 100: Our Secret Base
Unrequited love is like bitter coffee, yet every sip is taken willingly.
Whether it was because of the shock that night or not, An Yiyi developed a high fever after returning home.
She suffered from the fever for three days before she was out of danger.
However, after Chen Cheng learned the news, she didn’t go to visit immediately.
In her office, Chen Cheng was watching the playback of the mobile surveillance footage. The image froze at the moment the young girl leaned over to plant a kiss…
With a deep sigh, Chen Cheng turned to look out the window, her expression extremely complex. It turned out it hadn’t been a dream that night; someone truly had kissed her.
She had thought it was a dream, but she never expected it to be An Yiyi.
No wonder she always felt An Yiyiās behavior was very strange. Clearly, she had been introduced to Chen Jiamu, yet she didn’t pester him and instead kept sticking to her.
At first, she thought the girl was too shy to approach Chen Jiamu directly, so she had proactively brought her before him several times, thinking An Yiyi would be more relaxed with her there.
But after several times, An Yiyi remained lukewarm toward Chen Jiamu, while she was incredibly attentive to Chen Cheng.
Over time, Chen Cheng felt something was wrong. Gradually, she sensed that An Yiyi might have different feelings for her.
Initially, she hadn’t dared to think in that direction, only wanting An Yiyi to be a bit more independent and not rely on her excessively. She never expected that upon a whim to check the surveillance today…
She would witness a scene that left her mood incredibly complicated.
An Yiyi actually liked her!
This result was too intense. Chen Cheng covered her chest, feeling as though she couldn’t catch her breath.
She was straight!
No wonder An Yiyi was lukewarm toward Chen Jiamu; her target was actually herself…
“How did everything get so messy…”
Pinching the bridge of her nose, Chen Cheng looked utterly helpless. In her frustration, she dialed Chen Jiamuās number. She wanted to tell him about An Yiyiās situation, but after it started dialing, she regretted it.
No matter how you looked at it, this matter was scandalous. Telling Chen Jiamu would likely just turn it into a joke.
But Chen Jiamu answered the phone very quickly. Looking at the screen, Chen Cheng saw unfamiliar buildings. Wasn’t Chen Jiamu supposed to be in a hospital ward?
Why had he run off to… the airport?
The directional signs hanging above Chen Jiamuās head made Chen Cheng successfully forget what she wanted to say. Frowning, she pointed at the sign above him and said, “Why are you at the airport instead of your ward?”
“Going to be a special forces soldier?”
Facing Chen Chengās teasing, Chen Jiamu gave a “hehe” laugh. “Hehe, didn’t I already ask for leave?”
“I want to go to another city for a few days to play and visit a friend.”
Chen Chengās brows knit. Where did Chen Jiamu get a friend in another province?
Bai Jing?
Li Xi?
Zhao Hu?
Or one of those disreputable underlings from before?
“Your arm is in that state and youāre still going. What, do you two have a life-and-death bond?”
Propping her chin up, Chen Cheng felt her heart was as cold as the temperature outside…
“Pretty much.”
“Alright, Iām about to board, so letās not talk.”
“See you, Big Sis!”
Chen Jiamu hung up quickly, not giving Chen Cheng a chance to react at all.
Looking at the black screen, Chen Cheng sighed helplessly. She stood up and walked to the window, looking at the white mist gradually drifting outside. She couldn’t help but murmur, “Winter is here, the New Year is almost upon us…”
After late autumn came the Start of Winter…
In the airport, Chen Jiamu fell into a deep sleep after boarding. By the time he woke up, the plane had just landed.
He stood up to stretch his limbs and followed the staff members slowly out of the plane.
Since Chen Jiamuās arm was injured, his luggage was pushed by the staff the whole way.
But once out of the airport, his luggage became a bit of a burden.
Pushing the luggage with one hand, Chen Jiamu gritted his teeth and hailed a taxi to the place where Li Xi lived.
An hour later, he was standing in the residential complex where he used to live.
He didn’t know if Li Xi still lived there after he had moved out in a huff.
He hadn’t told Li Xi he was coming, so finding where he lived was entirely up to luck.
When he hitched a ride up the elevator using an old ladyās key card, Chen Jiamu inevitably drew the attention of a group of elderly women.
“Eh, young man, you look a bit familiar.”
“Aren’t you that handsome young man! I haven’t seen you in a long time.”
“Did you go off to play?”
“It really is him! I wouldn’t have remembered if you hadn’t mentioned it!”
“Young man, youāve become even more handsome.”
Facing the chatter of the old ladies, Chen Jiamu could only smile and nod.
With great difficulty, he endured the elevator ride until his floor. Only then did he heave a sigh of relief.
Looking at the familiar hallway, he actually had a fleeting feeling of unreality. He walked to the familiar door. Chen Jiamu subconsciously turned the handle, only realizing after the door wouldn’t budge that he didn’t have a key.
Looking at the time, there was still an hour before Li Xi finished work. After some thought, Chen Jiamu decided to sit there and wait for him.
But then he felt it was a bit too plain. Leaving his luggage at the door, he headed back downstairs.
Meanwhile, at the company, Li Xi looked at the darkening sky and frowned. Was it going to rain again?
It had been raining in Su Shi for the past few days. He saw a bit of sun today, but by the afternoon, there were signs of rain again.
Rubbing the bridge of his nose, Li Xi grabbed his coat and left the office.
On the way back, he sent Chen Jiamu a message, but he didn’t receive a reply for a long time.
With a knot of frustration in his chest, Li Xi put down his phone and hurried home.
He had made several calls to Chen Jiamu during that time, but they were all hung up.
Li Xi parked the car and went upstairs with a grim expression, his phone clenched in his hand.
But just as he reached the hallway, a black suitcase caught his attention. He approached for a closer look, and a joyful smile instantly bloomed in his eyes.
This suitcase belonged to no one elseāit was Chen Jiamuās!
Chen Jiamu had come to find him?
But the luggage was hereāwhere was the person?
Li Xi immediately took out his phone and dialed his number. Suddenly, a ringtone sounded from behind him. It was accompanied by Chen Jiamuās laughter. “Why don’t you turn around and look?”
Li Xi spun around abruptly to see Chen Jiamu standing behind him, holding a bouquet of flowers and smiling brightly.
“How did you get here?”
“Your arm!”
Li Xi took a large stride forward, cautiously inspecting Chen Jiamuās arm. Chen Jiamu thrust the flowers into his arms and feigned anger. “Iāve been holding them for so long, and you won’t even take them!”
“Iāll take them!”
Li Xi gripped the bouquet firmly. Seeing that his arm was largely fine, he let out a heavy sigh of relief.
“Letās go inside first! Itās too cold out here.”
His palm brushed against the back of Chen Jiamuās hand. The cold sensation made Li Xiās heart ache.
He quickly pulled the man into the apartment.
Once they were inside, Chen Jiamu discovered that Li Xi had actually knocked down the wall between the two units.
The room where he used to live had become the master bedroom, and the whole place had been renovated.
“I couldn’t bear to let anyone else live in your unit, so I just bought it and merged them into one.”
“This is our secret base.”
“Just like Pearl Garden.”
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