C56.2

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Translator: Cheese

He Qingwan brushed away the damp hair on her face, giving a small smile. “Why is Chief Ji here? Aren’t you busy shooting?”

Ji Shaoheng: “Today’s work is finished. I haven’t been here before, so I came out to walk around. I remembered Tiantian talking about your dessert shop, so I stopped by. I didn’t expect to bump into you on the road.”

When He Qingwan heard Ji Shaoheng had come to see her in the shop, she felt a bit guilty. “Sorry, that’s such bad timing that it just happened to rain today. Tiantian will be done with classes soon, and she didn’t bring an umbrella. I wanted to go pick her up, so I closed the shop. …if Chief Ji has time, I can close up tomorrow and make whatever you3 want to eat.”

Ji Shaoheng smiled. “Don’t, you can’t hold up your business because of me. I’ll come over when I’m free.”

He Qingwan: “Alright then, let me know in advance when you come.”

Brother Wang finally returned with the umbrella. Upon picking it up he saw that several of the ribs had snapped. Even if he brought it back, it was useless.

He turned around regretfully, just about to inform He Qingwan, when he saw that at some point a tall man had appeared standing next to her, holding an umbrella.

Most of the umbrella was positioned above He Qingwan; the man’s clothes were already soaked by the rain. He stood right where the wind blew, protecting her from the wind and rain.

Brother Wang looked at the umbrella that was already drenched in dirty water and quietly sighed. For a moment, he felt a bit disappointed, yet also a bit relieved.

He stood there for a while before walking over, and the other two looked over simultaneously. He lifted the umbrella up, commenting with a smile, “It doesn’t seem usable anymore. If I’d known I wouldn’t have picked it up.”

He Qingwan reached out, about to express her thanks, when Ji Shaoheng intercepted and took the umbrella handed over by the man. “Thank you. Are you also going to school to pick up a student?”

Brother Wang: “That’s right, my daughter and Tiantian are good friends.”

Ji Shaoheng grinned. “What good timing, let’s go together.”

Brother Wang: “Oh, o-okay.”

He Qingwan blinked, a bit confused. How did it become them picking up the children together?

Something seemed a bit strange here.

But she was soft-tempered, so even if she felt it was a bit strange, she didn’t refute Ji Shaoheng. She silently opened up another umbrella, and the three of them headed to school together.

At Luocheng Hotel, the youth was feeding the other fish. Nemo kept swimming around the feeder, domineeringly occupying this territory.

Tp tp tp. His finger tapping against the glass, the youth remarked, “Nemo, you’ve eaten a lot already.”

Nemo didn’t care and continued chasing away other fish.

The youth no longer paid it any mind. He turned away to feed his darling octopus.

In order to let the creatures in the tank adapt to the long-distance travel, the youth had held off on feeding them for a while. After resting for a day, they had finally recovered, and he could start feeding.

Halfway through the feeding, he suddenly noticed raindrops clinging to the glass on the window. He opened the window and stared for a while, then suddenly flew out of the room and asked the front desk if they had an umbrella.

No one dared to slight the noble guests who came from Didu, so the staff quickly found him some umbrellas. The youth picked up two and rushed out.

He ran very quickly, arriving at the school gates before school had even ended, then stood there waiting while holding an umbrella.

Soon, the school gates became packed with people, all of them parents who had come to pick up their children.

The umbrellas were like mushrooms, quietly blooming in the rainy night, growing in number and growing in density.

The boy stared at the school gates, his gaze focused, his thoughts unknown.

Finally, the school bell rang. He lifted his spirits, tightly gripping the other umbrella in his hand.

The students emerged like a flood. As they found the people who came to pick them up, the crowd began to disperse. Those who weren’t picked up could only squeeze under other students’ umbrellas and leave together.

The youth carefully surveyed the crowd, afraid of missing his chance. Su Tian then walked out amidst the endless calls and shouts with Wang Haoxue and Liu Kaiyan.

Pelted by the rain, the three of them were using their books as covers, looking pitiful. The youth tightly clenched his umbrella. Just as he was about to walk up, he saw Su Tian suddenly break out into a smile. Then she pulled over the other two and ran in the other direction.

The youth: “…!”

He turned his head to look, and there stood two men and one woman. One was a man he didn’t know, one was Su Tian’s mom, and one was unexpectedly Ji Shaoheng.

“…”

He hurriedly tried to walk over, but with all the people and umbrellas around him, he was unable to squeeze through. He could only watch as the group walked away with umbrellas held high, talking and laughing.

After a pause, he used all his strength to break free from the crowd, but they were already far away.

The youth quickly gave chase.

What Ji Shaoheng was originally imagining was that He Qingwan’s two umbrellas were small and could only fit one person. These two umbrellas could be given to Su Tian and Liu Kaiyan. Then his big, black umbrella, which would fit two people, would be used by him and He Qingwan. Wouldn’t that be perfect?

What a pity that Su Tian gave him a smiling gaze. He silently tucked away his cunning plot and wisely offered his umbrella to Su Tian.

“Tiantian, you and your mom should take this. It’s a big umbrella, enough to fit two people.”

Su Tian smiled. “Okay, thank you, Uncle Ji.”

Ji Shaoheng smiled, tears flowing in his heart. “No need for thanks, no need for thanks, he he.”

In the end, the reality became Su Tian and He Qingwan sharing one umbrella, while he and Liu Kaiyan each held one small umbrella.

Wang Haoxue was picked up by her father, and the two of them conscientiously slowed down and followed behind them.

Su Tian: “Uncle Ji, how long will you be in Luocheng?”

Ji Shaoheng: “For now, the plan is half a month.”

Su Tian: “You’re the chief of police, aren’t you busy? Can you stay out here for that long?”

Ji Shaoheng, earnestly: “There haven’t been any major events in the bureau recently. I just so happened to be busy for a year, so I took it as an opportunity to go on vacation.”

Su Tian smiled. “Uncle Ji can enjoy life like this.”

Ji Shaoheng gave He Qingwan a glance, then covertly communicated his single status. “I want to take my family out to enjoy with me, but unfortunately I don’t have that opportunity.”

He Qingwan looked at him in surprise and asked, “Chief Ji hasn’t married yet?”

Su Tian saw that the topic finally got on the right track. She exited the stage in satisfaction, handing over the performance to Ji Shaoheng, and discussed tomorrow’s class schedule with Liu Kaiyan.

A man with ulterior motives and a naive and unaware woman began to converse in depth under their umbrellas.

Ji Shaoheng laughed self-deprecatingly. “I was busy with work early on, and you know the nature of my work. I didn’t want to hold up another family’s daughter, so I never considered it. Somehow without me knowing, things got dragged out until now.”

He Qingwan: “It doesn’t matter, what’s destined will always come. Sometimes it’s not good to get married early. What if you met the right person after you got married?”

These words were naturally about her and Su Yuhe, but now that she spoke, there were no longer any waves in her heart. There was only a faint weariness and melancholy.

Ji Shaoheng gave her a profound look and agreed, “You’re right. The biggest advantage of dragging it out until now is that I finally have the ability to tell whether the other party is the right person or whether they’re… a compromise made from issues like obligation, loneliness, or reality.”

He Qingwan looked up and smiled. “Chief Ji is truly a responsible person.”

Ji Shaoheng glanced at her and said, “I’ve made you laugh. They’re just beautiful words, they can’t be taken seriously.”

…

Wang Haoxue was talking with her father when a familiar figure flashed past her peripheral vision. She lifted her gaze and saw that it was the boy from the skewer shop that day.

The youth was holding up an umbrella while gripping another one in his other hand. He walked speedily, and it looked like he was heading straight for Su Tian and the others.

Wang Haoxue uncontrollably let out a “ya.”

Ji Shaoheng heard the movement behind him and instinctively turned his head back. Then he immediately blocked He Qingwan’s sight as she turned around.

This little brat, what was he doing not feeding the fish in the guest house and running out here?

He’d just gotten a bit closer to He Qingwan when this brat suddenly showed up. Wasn’t this tearing down his stage?

Although the existence of this little brat couldn’t be hidden in the future, he at least wanted to wait until he had brushed up some more favorability in He Qingwan’s heart before bringing him out. Otherwise things would go bust on the spot.

He had been a bachelor for thirty years, and his heart had finally moved for a woman; he absolutely couldn’t tolerate any mistakes.

He could only wrong this little brat for the time being.

Later, when he was feeding the fish, he’d also help feed the anemone and clownfish, as well as that poisonous octopus as compensation.

He Qingwan didn’t notice anything wrong. She turned back and saw Ji Shaoheng take out his phone and start texting.

She didn’t speak.

Ji Shaoheng quickly put away his phone after sending the message.

Unfortunately, the topic from just now was already interrupted, and it’d inevitably be a bit forced to pick up from where they left off. He could only give up.

At the same time, the youth’s cell phone rang. He opened it to see that it was Ji Shaoheng’s message:

【Don’t come over, just pretend you don’t know me.】

The youth: “…”

Very good. Sever relations with him once he went back.

In the end, the young man didn’t step forward. He knew why Ji Shaoheng didn’t let him come over. He didn’t approach Su Tian through Ji Shaoheng in the beginning precisely because of this reason.

–He was still listed on Ji Shaoheng’s household registration, and Su Tian and He Qingwan were mother and daughter; with their identities, it was a bit awkward.

Pursing his lips, the youth followed behind the group of people.

He told himself, wait a little longer. Wait until he grew up and could transfer out his household registration. Then, he would have no connection to Ji Shaoheng. He could do whatever he wanted.

Without Ji Shaoheng, he could find his own opportunity to talk to Su Tian.

If it weren’t for the fact that Ji Shaoheng had brought him takeout so many times…

When they reached the stairs of their apartment building, Ji Shaoheng handed the umbrella he was holding to He Qingwan and made to leave. When he turned around, his drenched back was exposed.

“Chief Ji. Wait a moment…” He Qingwan spotted his back and offered, “If you’d like, come up for a cup of tea.”

It was so cold today, what should they do if he caught a cold on his way back? After all, he had sent them to their doorstep.

The youth, who was waiting to head back with Ji Shaoheng, watched as Ji Shaoheng headed upstairs.

The youth: “…”

[3] Polite you

Cheese: a monster of a chapter with 11 pages ;u; i hope you can understand why i split this into two parts

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