Chapter 388: Chapter 311 Going Crazy for Him

Chen Jieyu stood by the bedroom window, watching the black Land Rover in the car park below, its headlights bright against the night. Glancing at the WeChat message on her phone, she only felt…

–I’m really going to be driven insane by him!

At this moment, she even had the urge to put her coat back on, slip into her shoes, and dash downstairs to find him.

She was educated, past her youthful years, and had a fair share of societal experiences, but at this moment, she was still over the top!

Chen Jieyu could feel her heart beating noticeably faster.

Chen Jieyu could feel her grip on the phone tightening slightly.

Chen Jieyu could feel her gaze toward the car park below filled with longing.

“I never said he couldn’t!” she thought to herself. “That’s not what I mean!”

Little did she know, he understood her meaning better than she did.

It’s like that saying: The person who wrongs you knows better than you how innocent you are.

Now she was a little unsure of how to respond to that WeChat message.

However, did you think it was over?

While she was in a dilemma about how to reply, that man sitting in the car guessed she must still be standing by the window looking down.

So, Cheng Zhu quickly turned off the engine.

He opened the car door and got out.

At times like these, he wouldn’t choose to send another WeChat message.

Because, in his opinion, the impact of written words was more significant a moment ago.

But now it’s different.

Cheng Zhu directly called Chen Jieyu, opting to phone her.

The counselor stood by the window, watching the man by the car, phone in hand as he lifted his head to look towards her window.

“Should I come up?” his slightly deep voice came through the phone.

He said only those five words.

“Hmm,” she responded softly, yet for some reason, even though this was enough of an answer, she added one more word, “Yes.”

…

Cheng Zhu was a man of experience and was quite familiar with Chen Jieyu’s character.

So, when he left Dean Zhang’s house, he immediately sensed her mood and said those words; that was why there was the stairway kiss under the flickering sensor lights.

It was also why he knew she didn’t want him to go, that she wanted to spend more time with him.

That’s why he did it.

If he sensed she truly didn’t want him to come up, he wouldn’t have acted this way. The WeChat message he had sent would have seemed clingy and tiresome, making a completely different impact and appearing somewhat annoying.

“I’m certainly not the type to whine for a sister to keep me company,” he thought to himself.

He also knew that Chen Jieyu didn’t fall for that.

Although she indeed had an elder sister vibe, constantly wearing professional OL attire, in the background, her life was a mess, and she did not need a puppy of a younger brother.

Despite Cheng Zhu hanging up the phone and walking away with a swagger under her watchful gaze, looking cool as could be in the night,

by the time he neared the staff housing building entrance, he was all ears and eyes, a seasoned thief who didn’t make a sound.

It was akin to being a professional adulterer.

“Joking aside, although entering the staff housing building might speed things up and add a thrill, if anything were to happen… tsk tsk, the thought itself is stimulating,” thought Cheng Zhu.

In fact, he had already mostly “unlocked” the “maps” of her home.

The dorm was only so big, and there weren’t many areas left to unlock.

Once everything was unlocked, he would visit less often, opting for safer locations.

All in good fun, of course, but without recklessly joking around.

After entering the staff housing building, Cheng Zhu looked up at the staircase.

It was pitch black and silent; it looked like no one was around.

So, what was he waiting for? Time to run!

He quickly arrived at Chen Jieyu’s door and knocked gently.

Sure enough, Mr. Chen was already standing by the door, perhaps peering through the peephole with her glasses, bending slightly forward, her rounded rear sticking out suggestively in her posture as she looked outside.

The door was promptly opened, and Cheng Zhu quickly entered while the counselor closed the door with matching speed.

She closed it quietly, not wanting to make too much noise.

–It really did feel like sneaking around.

Cheng Zhu glanced down and saw that his pair of men’s slippers had already been taken out of the shoe cabinet and placed beside the doormat.

Those slippers wouldn’t normally be so boldly on display, they would definitely be stored in the shoe cabinet.

This clearly indicated she was expecting him tonight, and more than willing to have him come.

That’s men for you, always observant of details, using them to analyze what’s on a woman’s mind to the fullest extent.

Because while mouths can lie, if you observe closely enough, you might just penetrate her heart–this is what they call being attentive.

Cheng Zhu looked at the slippers but said nothing, silently changing shoes.

Chen Jieyu stood by, watching him switch footwear.

After changing, Cheng Zhu turned around and naturally took her hand.

They sat down on the couch, and he didn’t let go of her hand even then.

“Did you think I had gone?” Cheng Zhu asked with a smile, initiating the conversation.

“Hmm.”

He chuckled and said, “I did sit in the car for a while. If you hadn’t reached out, I might have actually left.”

As it turned out, he had downloaded a mobile game while sitting in the car and had gotten quite into it; time simply flew by.

On hearing this, Chen Jieyu pursed her lips slightly.

She suddenly felt somewhat relieved that she had taken the initiative to message him on WeChat amidst her fears of loss.

Once the discussion opened, the two sat on the couch, chatting casually.

As those who had shared intimate moments and frequently texted each other, chatting together felt natural.

As they talked, she found herself being pulled into his embrace.

Later, Chen Jieyu even deliberately steered the conversation towards the stairway kiss, asking, “Did you know I was upset when I left the teacher’s house?”

“Of course, how could I not notice?” he replied.

“It’s just that when you said those things, my mind went back to some childhood memories, and then to some things from when I was studying.”

Chen Jieyu reclined in Cheng Zhu’s arms, her gaze unfocused as she looked ahead.

“Was it very tough and exhausting back then?”

“A little bit,” she replied.

Strangely enough, it was precisely those three words, “a little bit,” that made Cheng Zhu feel a small jab in his heart, a surge of emotion, and a touch of compassion.

He couldn’t help but remember that in his past life, this unmarried and childfree counselor had met with a very bad end.

He never understood why this well-known counselor at Technology University had tried to end her own life in his previous life.

Reborn, he still wasn’t sure what exactly had been the final straw.

Was lending Chen Jieyu 50,000 yuan part of the turning point in her life?

Or in his past life, was this incident part of what pushed her over the edge?

Cheng Zhu didn’t know.

He just knew he wouldn’t let such a thing happen again, not on this timeline.

“Joking aside, a wrist that could be described as ‘pale as frosty snow’ shouldn’t have scars; wearing a beautiful bracelet or watch would be more appropriate,” Cheng Zhu firmly thought.

The hardships of the past would surely not be repeated.

He leaned in slightly closer, teasing her with a light brush of his lips, then asked with a smile, “Does it still hurt?”

In the past, she certainly would not have dared to meet Cheng Zhu’s gaze.

Usually, in a school setting, it’s supposed to be the students who can’t look teachers in the eye.

Once eye contact is made, it either meant answering questions, doing tasks, or being criticized…

But her dynamic with Cheng Zhu was different.

However, today she didn’t avert her gaze.

Also, if it had been any other time, she might have said it didn’t hurt, or more likely, she would just ignore him.

But now, she softly said, “It hurts.”

Her subtext was clear!

Her behavior was totally unlike her usual self, and this difference, this change at this moment also struck Cheng Zhu with great force.

The urban mature woman exuded a hint of sisterly flavor and even more allure now.

In the next moment, their lips touched again.

The counselor showed a side distinct from her usual demeanor, being proactive now more than ever, as she was during the stairway kiss.

Speaking of which, humans are naturally rebellious.

The more they are told not to do something, the more they want to do it.

It leads some women to crave ice during their periods and have other more ardent desires…

As they broke away from the kiss, Cheng Zhu looked at her slightly parted lips and the alluring eyes behind her glasses, feelings of insatiable longing stirring within him.

Inside the house, the air conditioner blew steadily, and the living room grew warmer.

Chen Jieyu was wearing the black turtleneck sweater Cheng Zhu gave her.

Cheng Zhu wasn’t idle; it was okay if he was skipping the main dish, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t enjoy the appetizers.

Yet as he indulged, he still felt unsatisfied.

She could tell he wasn’t content.

As an urban mature woman, there was a lot she had never done, but she wasn’t naive.

She knew that rice could be a main dish and so could noodles; there was always a way to satisfy hunger.

It just depended on whether you were willing to take the step.

In the end, Cheng Zhu whispered two words in her ear.

Those two words made her involuntarily swallow hard.

He had actually thought that after making his request, he might be at the receiving end of a reprimand from the counselor. However, today she was truly different, and in the end, she only responded in a weak and helpless voice, “Turn off, turn off the lights.”

She did not want to be watched while doing her business.

And so, the living room lights went out.

If last time it was a bribe, then this time, it might have been hush money.

…

The night wore on, and Cheng Zhu left quite late.

After he had gone, Chen Jieyu went to the bathroom to wash up.

Her gaze inadvertently fell upon the neckline of her turtleneck.

There were marks on the high collar of the black fitted sweater where something had recently dripped.

Chen Jieyu was somewhat dazed, unable to imagine how she had been this way today.

The same thought she had earlier when standing by the window resurfaced watching his car remain parked below and receiving his WeChat message:

–I’m really going to be driven insane by him!

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