355: I should be under the car, not here.

After a flurry of activity, Shen Jiaxuan finally got dressed and emerged from the hotel with Li Qinghe.

“Is your throat feeling better now?”

“Much better, it’s not as dry as before. There was some phlegm stuck in my throat earlier, but it felt a lot better after I spat it out in the restroom.”

With the shared experience of reciting ancient poems, Shen Jiaxuan could now naturally hold Li Qinghe’s hand.

“Big Brother, the imagery in ancient poems is truly beautiful. I was completely enchanted by it.”

“Was it a bit nerve-wracking when you first started reciting, but then it got smoother and smoother, until you could just say them effortlessly?”

After Li Qinghe finished reciting the ancient poems with Shen Jiaxuan, the restlessness in his heart disappeared, and his mood became peaceful.

He and Shen Jiaxuan walked hand in hand on the street, just like a couple, very naturally.

It was just that Shen Jiaxuan’s walk was still a bit unnatural, but like reciting ancient poems, the more she walked, the more natural it would become.

“Jiaxuan, have you prepared your university tuition fees?”

Li Qinghe thought about Shen Jiaxuan being able to choose a university after the New Year, so he asked out of concern.

“It’s been ready for a long time. Mom and Dad prepared an education fund for my sister and me very early on. After my sister graduated, she also used her salary to cover more than half of her university expenses, so I have enough even if I study until postgraduate level.”

“Alright then, once you’ve decided on your university, I’ll give you a gift.”

“Ah, thank you, Big Brother. I’ll like whatever Big Brother gives me.”

Shen Jiaxuan happily swung Li Qinghe’s hand as they walked on the sidewalk. If she wasn’t currently having trouble walking, she would definitely be skipping.

Although she didn’t know what gift Li Qinghe would give her, just as she said, she would like any gift.

Today felt like her coming-of-age ceremony, as she understood many philosophies of the world through ancient poetry.

Many things she didn’t understand before suddenly became clear.

Reciting ancient poems indeed enlightens human wisdom and enhances one’s temperament.

Now, Shen Jiaxuan felt that she was mature in both mind and body; she was completely an adult.

The two walked hand in hand all the way to the HDB flat where Shen Jiaxuan lived.

“Jiaxuan, you go up. Come out tomorrow, and I’ll take you to drink bird’s nest.”

“Big Brother, I’ll walk you to your car.”

“Be good, you’re already downstairs, hurry up and go inside.”

“No, Big Brother, let me walk you to your car.” Shen Jiaxuan seemed quite reluctant. She knew that her destiny was now tightly intertwined with the man in front of her.

This girl, Shen Jiaxuan, looked gentle and weak, but her personality was quite stubborn.

Under her coaxing and playful demands, Li Qinghe finally agreed to let her walk him to his car.

So, the two walked hand in hand towards the public swimming pool.

Even after seeing Li Qinghe into his car, Shen Jiaxuan was still reluctant to leave, wanting to watch him drive away before going home.

Li Qinghe simply let Shen Jiaxuan get in the car and drove her to the HDB block downstairs.

As soon as Shen Jiaxuan got out of the car, she walked around to the driver’s side, asking for a kiss from Li Qinghe through the car door.

This back and forth continued until Shen Jiayi returned home.

She had just finished a day’s work and was coming home.

Shen Jiayi

Although Singapore claims not to promote an overtime culture, in reality, due to economic pressure and environmental influences, the overtime culture is deeply ingrained in companies in Singapore.

Some companies even have longer working hours than the 996 model in Dragon Country.

Many young people are initially unwilling to work overtime, but are forced to compromise due to the workplace environment and promotion pressure.

Many people are also forced to work overtime to make ends meet due to rising rents and prices year after year.

The freedom of capitalism is not as beautiful as imagined.

Shen Jiayi, working hard, had also developed the thought of not wanting to strive anymore.

She even met someone she thought was a very good person to rely on.

However, the target she thought was particularly suitable a while ago had not made any progress in their conversations.

Especially last time, she actually saw her sister and him looking very familiar with each other.

When she got home, she subtly questioned Shen Jiaxuan and only then found out that they had met at the zoo.

The other person was very good at taking photos and took many beautiful pictures of Shen Jiaxuan.

Seeing her sister’s beaming face, Shen Jiayi didn’t know how she felt inside, but there was no way she could tell Shen Jiaxuan.

“You back off, Big Sister has her eyes on this person.”

Moreover, she was also one year older than Li Qinghe, and it’s said that most men prefer to find someone younger than themselves.

Just thinking about such things made her feel heartbroken.

After several more days with no progress, Shen Jiayi gradually extinguished those thoughts and focused wholeheartedly on her work.

However, she never expected that when she came home from work, she would see Shen Jiaxuan’s familiar figure downstairs next to that familiar car, playing a kissing game with that already familiar man.

Looking at their interaction, it felt like their relationship was already very intimate.

If those two weren’t her sister and a client, Shen Jiayi would have called the police.

Shen Jiayi instantly felt a pang in her nose. She recalled an old song sung by a Singaporean singer who used to be a foreman:

“I should be under the car, I shouldn’t be here, seeing how sweet you two are…”

That feeling was the disappointment of being heartbroken before even falling in love.

She stopped in her tracks, hiding her body in the shadow of a big tree, watching Shen Jiaxuan and Li Qinghe show affection for a while.

Shen Jiaxuan then reluctantly went upstairs.

It wasn’t until Li Qinghe drove away that Shen Jiayi suddenly realized that she was already in tears.

She sniffled, pouting her lips in grievance, but didn’t know how to console herself.

Finally, after standing downstairs for a long time, she saw her mother’s figure appear in the distance. She quickly took a wet wipe from her bag to clean the tear stains from her face, and then jogged to meet her… After Li Qinghe drove away from Yishun District, there was a momentary thought that he was truly a scoundrel.

Then he thought, if you don’t want it, and I don’t want it, won’t it just benefit someone else in the end?

Even regret is better than having lingering regrets; at least with him, she could receive long-term treatment.

Moreover, Shen Jiaxuan was also very willing, just look at how nervous she was when she first started reciting ancient poems, and then she would actively recite them.

After thinking this through, he felt much more at ease inside.

Li Qinghe noticed that his psychology was a bit off; he no longer felt as carefree as before.

He decided to spend some time alone tonight to figure out the reason.

So, he didn’t return to the V on Shenton apartment where Chen Daisy and Emily were.

Instead, he drove back to the detached villa in Bukit Timah.

Here, the space was spacious and quiet, and crucially, it was also down-to-earth, allowing Li Qinghe enough space to ponder his problems.

He first parked the car in the garage.

Li Qinghe directly took off his clothes in the car and, unencumbered, plunged into the swimming pool.