Pampered by My Ex's Cousin-Chapter 87 - 88 Reluctant Cohabitation (Part 32)

After finishing her sentence, she immediately added another, "Remember to get a receipt!"

Then she turned around, lifted her foot, and walked towards the bus stop sign.

Anyway, even if she took a taxi to school now, she reckoned the class was already halfway through; might as well skip the class, there was no need to waste money on a taxi.

Ji Chicheng: "..."

Watching Ji Anning’s retreating figure, his profound black eyes gradually... gradually turned cold, filled with confusion and desolation.

It was like staring into a future without end... an unknown future.

With her attitude, with this step, how was he supposed to cross over.

...

There were only a few songs stored on the phone, which she played over and over on loop.

Ji Anning gazed blankly through the window, her eyes hollow and sorrowful, misted over with a thin layer of moisture, making them exceptionally clear and bright, her thoughts evident.

She didn’t know which stop it was when the bus driver braked abruptly, bringing her far-flung thoughts back to the present.

She instinctively looked at the station sign outside, saw she hadn’t missed her stop, and exhaled in relief.

Ah!

With a soft sigh, Ji Anning prepared to withdraw her gaze when she accidentally caught sight of a glossy black car.

The window was half-open, the man in the car wore a white shirt, the sunlight streamed in, illuminating him, but it couldn’t dispel the faint coldness about him.

Her heart felt as if lightly touched by the tip of a needle, aching and itching at the same time, close to a bittersweet kind of joy, a sweetness tinged with pain.

The bus moved steadily forward, the black Maserati keeping pace alongside, its driver wearing a Bluetooth headset and talking on the phone. Regardless of how impatient the honking from the cars behind him became, he maintained his speed.

Always the same domineering and selfishness he was known for, yet leaving others helpless.

Ji Anning’s hand involuntarily lifted, extended out, but stopped by the glass.

So close, yet so far away.

It had always felt like this.

Suddenly, the car in front stepped on the gas, speeding out of Ji Anning’s line of sight, heading towards the next intersection, turning the corner, and disappearing.

Ji Anning’s gaze followed it.

’Even if we never meet again, I’ll grow more and more haggard as I sleep, your laugh in my dreams is like drought-breaking thunder. Give me ten thousand years, ten million lifetimes; I will comprehend what’s right and wrong, yet when you come, I still can’t spread my wings... Give me ten thousand years, a year or two, it doesn’t matter, some love cannot escape the inescapable net...’

When you come, I still can’t spread my wings.

Some love cannot escape the inescapable net.

...

The route she always walked every day seemed particularly long today. After getting off the bus, Ji Anning crossed the street with her hands in her jacket pockets, her head down, strolling absentmindedly towards the school gate.

Upon reaching the school entrance, she gathered her thoughts, took off her earphones, and her gaze inadvertently swept across the opposite side; she paused slightly.

Ji Chicheng had parked his car on the other side of the gate, his tall figure lazily leaning against the car door, hands tucked into his trouser pockets, looking over in her direction.

Startled for a moment, Ji Anning tucked the earphones she had removed into her pocket.

Then she lifted her foot and walked over to Ji Chicheng, stopping before him, she glanced at his car’s windshield. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

After that, she slid her backpack off, rummaged inside, and found a bank card, which she handed to Ji Chicheng, "There’s fifty thousand yuan in here. It should be enough to fix this windshield. If it’s not enough..."

She lowered her head, not finishing her sentence, when Ji Chicheng, annoyed, interrupted her, "I don’t recall ever being harsh to you, have I?"