Jin Yuanyuan's Top-Tier Life

Chapter 68 What you see may not be true

After the argument, Jin Yuanyuan was exhausted. She switched between Chinese and English, but her junior sister was too dense and inflexible, so she had to use all her words to finally reach a satisfactory conclusion.

The junior sister said her boyfriend was still waiting for her, and then she left. Jin Yuanyuan and Zhang Dali were left staring at each other, unsure what to say.

Finally, the two found a place nearby to sit for five minutes, and then Zhang Dali hurriedly went back to work.

After that commotion, Jin Yuanyuan lost all interest in shopping and went back to find Ye Huanxi, carrying her bags. The upscale hair salon was still quite crowded; women really go to great lengths for beauty. Especially the fashionable women of Shanghai—who isn't meticulously groomed down to the last strand of hair?

This is also why Jin Yuanyuan and Jin Feiyan longed to come here.

Ye Huanxi was still getting her hair permed, saying it might take until 2 a.m. There were five hairdressers surrounding her: one was mixing colors, one was curling hair, and one was watching the heat lamp... It really was VIP service.

"You can have dinner with Zhang Dali. I have some food here." Ye Huanxi pointed to the various snacks, white fungus porridge, and fruit salad prepared by the hair salon. "He said he has to work overtime to finish some documents."

"Didn't you ask about that loan?" Ye Huanxi was really impolite. Her hair was being baked under the bright lights, and she had the shampoo girl feed her a chocolate. Jin Yuanyuan frowned at this and picked up a bowl of fruit salad, feeding her bite by bite.

"I've noticed, haven't you? You've really changed a lot lately. You used to be so polite, treating so-and-so exceptionally well. Now, how come you've turned into a pampered rich girl, making people wait on you like this?"

"I'm alright, aren't I? I'm living my own life now. That humble version of myself is gone!" Ye Huanxi said with particular confidence. "I want to live for myself, not for others."

"Okay, I'll live for you." Jin Yuanyuan picked up another bowl of white fungus porridge and fed it to her spoonful by spoonful. "I didn't even have a chance to say anything more to him before he left."

"Yuanyuan." After finishing her tremella porridge, Ye Huanxi looked at Jin Yuanyuan in the mirror and suddenly became very serious. "Actually, I think Zhang Dali is... how should I put it, it's that kind of emotional tug-of-war with you, you should know what I mean. He gets close, but doesn't say anything, yet he's extremely ambiguous. The more you contact him, the less he responds. The less you contact him, the more he responds... I just feel that something's not right."

"What do you want to say?" Jin Yuanyuan was completely taken aback by Ye Huanxi's response.

"Why do I feel like Zhang Dali is a master? Was he like this before?" Ye Huanxi tried to choose gentle words.

"Actually, I don't remember anything." Jin Yuanyuan sighed softly. "You know, everything about him is very vague. I can only remember the feeling. Like the secret joy of us looking at each other in class, chatting happily on the way home from school, and sometimes holding hands on the way to the convenience store. It was a kind of secret happiness. Now it might be considered puppy love, but that's all."

"So? Don't you feel uncomfortable watching this back-and-forth between you and Zhang Dali? As an outsider, I just feel like something's not quite right."

"Isn't that how it is between men and women? Isn't that how it always is?" Jin Yuanyuan laughed. "The initial push and pull, the final argument that ends it all..."

"Yuanyuan, that's not what I meant. I just wanted to remind you that you haven't seen this person for over ten years. We don't know what happened in between, or what he went through, not even whether he got married or divorced..."

"Actually, so what? I haven't thought it through yet. Aren't I also going through the push and pull?" Jin Yuanyuan picked up a piece of chocolate and put it in her mouth. "I think about it more because I'm Jin Yaya's agent now, and I'm very scared."

"That's true, I understand." Ye Huanxi wanted to nod, but her hair was being pulled, so she had to reach out and grab Jin Yuanyuan. "Anyway, slow down and let's see."

"Okay." Jin Yuanyuan also grabbed her hand and pulled it tighter.

By the time Ye Huanxi finished getting her hair done, it was almost 2 a.m. The spring nights in Shanghai were still quite chilly, but luckily she had her bright pink down jacket, which had been with her all winter, in her bag. Wearing it warmed her heart.

But Ye Huanxi was different; she had already changed into spring clothes and was now shivering in the chilly spring air.

"I'll give you two choices: one, find an izakaya to eat something before going back; two, buy some things at a convenience store before going back." Jin Yuanyuan was staying at Ye Huanxi's place that night; the house was actually lent to Ye Huanxi by her.

"Let's go to an izakaya." Ye Huanxi used to live a simple life between home and company, never wandering around outside. But since breaking up with that devoted man, has she started to enjoy life now?

"Should I call Jin Feiyan and the others? I just saw her post on WeChat Moments; her location should be nearby. Cao Xiaoyu must be with her..."

"Do they have any plans to remarry?" Ye Huanxi was also very concerned about this.

"I can't tell, but it's definitely a struggle." Jin Yuanyuan wrapped her cotton-padded coat tighter around herself. "Things between men and women probably aren't for me; I'm better suited for making money. I also wanted to check out those high-end clothing stores and tailor shops this time..."

"Hey, don't talk to me about this, I'm not listening." Ye Huanxi stammered as she called for a taxi, her fingers trembling from the cold.

"Let's wait for the bus in the convenience store, it'll be warmer." Jin Yuanyuan wasn't cold, and she pulled Ye Huanxi into the convenience store next door. Just then, Cao Xiaoyu called, asking where Jin Yuanyuan was and if she wanted to grab a late-night snack. But his tone seemed hesitant, which was rather strange.

"Is there a problem?" Jin Yuanyuan asked.

"Well... Fei Yan and I just saw Zhang Dali walk past with his arm around a girl, and they looked quite intimate..."

"Oh, it's alright." Jin Yuanyuan sighed. "Cao Xiaoyu, what you saw might not be the truth, or there might be something going on. What if it was just a pure friendship, like a hug?"

"Do you think there is such a thing as pure friendship involving hugs and kisses?" Cao Xiaoyu asked rhetorically.

"Probably." Jin Yuanyuan didn't want to discuss this topic at all. "Your thinking is too old-fashioned. He can hug whoever he wants; it's his freedom."

"That won't do. Isn't he pursuing you again?" Cao Xiaoyu retorted. "Isn't he? Or am I just imagining things?"

(End of this chapter)