CHAPTER 46: 046: SPEAK YOUR MIND

His ambiguous answer left Cen Jin somewhat confused, and just as her thoughts were starting to drift away, Jiang Baizhou stood up beside her, looking down at her with a sidelong glance: "Let’s go, go home."

Cen Jin gathered her thoughts, looked up to meet his indifferent yet hopeful gaze, nodded in response, grabbed the bag beside her, and stood up to follow him downstairs. She glanced around, murmuring, "Where did Feici chase Shi Shu off to? Jiang Baizhou, shall we say goodbye to Uncle Yu before leaving?"

"Okay." Jiang Baizhou replied indifferently.

Cen Jin then went to the front desk to say goodbye to Uncle Yu, who was talking with the store’s staff, and sent Yu Feici a WeChat message before leaving the restaurant with Jiang Baizhou.

After getting in the car, Yu Feici replied to her, complaining about them not waiting for her to come back and suggesting to meet up for a meal next time. Cen Jin smiled and agreed, and while browsing through her Moments, she saw the nine-picture collage Yu Feici posted from their gathering, gently touched the screen with her fingertip, and gave a like.

When she saw the final group photo, Cen Jin noticed Jiang Baizhou standing beside her with an expression that clearly said ’unwilling’, tilted her head to look at him, then at the photo, before shaking her head and pouting.

Perhaps noticing her series of actions, Jiang Baizhou glanced at her coldly with the corner of his eye, pulling his lips into a detached smile: "If you have something to say, say it."

"It’s nothing." Cen Jin looked away from him, exited her Moments: "Just thought that you always have the same expression in pictures, whether it’s the kindergarten graduation certificate, elementary school graduation certificate, middle school graduation certificate, high school group photo, it’s all the same."

On hearing this, Jiang Baizhou glanced deeply at her, then turned his gaze forward, a dark current flickering in his eyes, as if he was seriously contemplating before speaking: "There will be times it’s different in the future."

"What do you mean?" It’s not that she’s not smart, but sometimes Jiang Baizhou speaks in such a mysterious way that she can’t understand his train of thought at all.

They say people who study psychology like to speculate and are also deep and mysterious. Even though she has known Jiang Baizhou for over twenty years and understands some of his personality and hobbies, she could never guess what he was thinking. That feeling of being close yet distant always gave her a sense of insecurity.

"Just how it sounds."

"..."

Cen Jin glanced at him speechlessly, she still didn’t understand the meaning behind his words, it was truly perplexing.

Jiang Baizhou pressed his lips tightly together, his eyes swept over her again, no longer speaking.

When they returned to the villa, Cen Jin stepped out of the car, and ran into Miss Yu, who was coming out to take out the trash, smiling as she greeted her: "Aunt Hui Zi."

"You’re back, did you have fun at the gathering?" Yu Hui asked smilingly as she walked up to Cen Jin, carrying a trash bag in one hand: "You didn’t drink, did you?"

"I had fun, Aunt Hui Zi, don’t worry, I didn’t drink."

"That’s good." Yu Hui nodded with a smile, watching Jiang Baizhou, who parked the car and walked over, handing him the trash bag: "Bai Zhou, you came at the right time, help me throw out the trash!"

"You do it yourself." Jiang Baizhou said indifferently, not showing any intention of taking the trash bag, he dropped that sentence and directly walked past Yu Hui, naturally setting his gaze on Cen Jin: "Get some rest early."

"Oh, okay, good night." Cen Jin nodded in response, watching his handsome figure walk into the house.

"This brat, it’s becoming impossible to ask him for anything, it’s infuriating." Being refused by her own son, Yu Hui was so angry that she puffed her beard and glared.

"Aunt Hui Zi, I’ll help you throw it out!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Hui’s angry face immediately turned into a smiling one, waving her hand: "You just got back from a gathering, you must be exhausted, it’s just a few steps, I’ll do it myself, you go back and rest!"

Jiang Baizhou, who was changing shoes at the entrance, heard this and turned to look over: "..."

His gaze was caught by Cen Jin, who couldn’t help but lower her eyes and cover her mouth to laugh: "Then... Aunt Hui Zi, I’ll head back first."

"Alright, go ahead!" Yu Hui smiled happily and nodded, watching her walk towards the adjacent villa before turning to throw out the trash.