After Marrying the Cold Omega in Secret - Chapter 60

After saying this, Chu Jin took hold of Chi Ye’s hand and closed the door, leaving amidst a barrage of curses behind them.

Her movements were swift and decisive, without any hesitation.

She didn’t stop walking, almost in one breath, went downstairs, out the building entrance, until she walked out of the community gate before finally stopping.

She took a deep breath, like a drowning person finally seeing daylight again, obtaining free air.

Sunlight penetrated through the shade, casting spots of light that fell on Chu Jin’s shoulders. A cool breeze blew past, rustling the branches and leaves, making the light dance on her body.

Chi Ye stopped beside Chu Jin, not speaking, just silently standing with her.

After an unknown amount of time, Chu Jin finally turned to look at Chi Ye, her eyes dim, the corner of her mouth lifting helplessly.

“I’ve made a fool of myself in front of you.”

Her tone carried deep exhaustion, like a heavy sigh.

Seeing her like this, Chi Ye felt an indescribable pain in her heart, her voice becoming muffled: “Are you alright?”

“Of course I’m fine.” Although Chu Jin’s eyes were misted with a layer of tears, a carefree smile soon appeared, transforming into a careless nonchalance.

“I’ve never felt better than I do now.”

The more she acted this way, the more worried Chi Ye became.

“Do you have time later?” Chu Jin suddenly asked.

Chi Ye replied without hesitation: “Yes.”

Chu Jin’s smile gradually faded as she said softly:

“Accompany me for a drink at Extreme.”

When she and Chi Ye arrived at Extreme, they just caught the opening time. Chu Jin chose the spot where she usually sat and ordered two Negronis as usual.

Chu Jin looked at Chi Ye sitting beside her, feeling a bit dazed. She remembered the last time she came to Extreme was the day she found out about Yan Sisi’s affair.

It was also that night when Chi Ye came to her and signed the contract.

Who would have thought that in less than two months, so many changes would occur.

Chu Jin raised her glass to Chi Ye, “I often drink this one, try it.”

They clinked glasses, the sound crisp to the ear.

As the alcohol entered her mouth, for some reason, it seemed more bitter than before.

“Let’s move your grandmother out. I’ll arrange for someone to take care of her.”

Chi Ye put down her glass, her eyes fixed on Chu Jin, her tone carrying an undeniable firmness.

Chu Jin raised her eyes slightly but didn’t respond.

She took another sip of her drink, the burning sensation rolling down her throat, followed by a scorching feeling in her heart.

Chu Jin put down her glass, holding the stem and lightly rubbing the bottom against the table. She didn’t respond to Chi Ye’s words, her thoughts turning to memories from many years ago.

“My mom never loved my dad from the beginning, but because they were engaged since childhood, she was forced to marry him when she reached marriageable age.”

Chu Jin lowered her eyes, staring at the glass in her hand, watching the light reflect off it like dazzling diamonds, feeling somewhat blinding.

“Then my dad died in a car accident when I was three years old.” Chu Jin put down her glass and slowly raised her eyes, “From that time on, my mom lived with me and my grandmother.”

Hearing this, Chi Ye’s expression showed slight confusion.

Chu Jin’s eyes moved, and she nodded slightly, “Yes, my grandmother is my father’s mother.”

“She could have ignored us, could have just left.”

Chu Jin’s tone was calm, as if recounting experiences that had nothing to do with her.

“At that time, my grandmother’s health wasn’t good, and I was too young, so she had to rely on my mom to earn money to support the family. Those years, she suffered a lot of bullying and ostracism from neighbors. In today’s world, as an omega, one must rely on an alpha to stand on their own feet. She had no other choice but to marry Hu Chengqiang.”

Chu Jin paused, her eyes narrowing slightly, trying hard to hold back the warmth in them. Only her slightly choked voice revealed her unsettled emotions:

“After that, she became even more disgusted with me. At the slightest mistake, I would receive a beating and scolding. She always blamed all her misfortunes on me, saying I was a jinx, a money-losing commodity…”

“At that time, I could only tell myself that perhaps my mother was really having a hard time, that she didn’t know how to be a mother… Until Hu Junhui was born, I realized that it wasn’t that she didn’t know how to love her child, she just didn’t love me.”

“For the next twelve years, every day I was like a mouse, cowering in the corner, living cautiously. Whenever I felt really bad, I would desperately search my mind for evidence that she loved me…” Chu Jin’s knuckles turned white as she gripped the glass, and finally, she couldn’t hold back, a tear sliding down the corner of her eye.

Like a pearl rolling down, she quickly raised her hand to wipe away the tear.

“…But I really couldn’t find any.”

Chi Ye’s heart ached in response. She took out a tissue from her bag and handed it to Chu Jin.

“I hate her,” Chu Jin took a deep breath, trying hard to calm her emotions. “I hate her for not abandoning me when I was three years old, for torturing me like that.”

Despite trying to control her nearly collapsing thoughts, various emotions kept surging from the deepest corner of her heart, emotions that had been suppressed for so long they were untouchable.

Chu Jin felt like she was having difficulty breathing, her mind in chaos, and the words on the tip of her tongue lost their logic.

“But I often think… if I don’t consider her as my mother… from an objective point of view, she’s just a pitiful woman. Forced by her family to marry someone she didn’t love, and then that person died, and she had to raise that person’s daughter and support that person’s mother.”

Chu Jin’s eyes were slightly red, glistening with tears, her expression extremely painful. She looked at Chi Ye as if grasping at a lifeline, “Tell me, should I hate her or not?”

Seeing Chu Jin like this, Chi Ye felt a pain in her heart like a knife twisting. She couldn’t bear it anymore and leaned forward to embrace Chu Jin.

One hand stroking her back, the other cradling the back of her head, gently comforting her.

“Humans are complex creatures, there’s no absolute good or bad.” Chi Ye’s voice was low and gentle, also carrying a hint of choked emotion. “But I can be certain that she was definitely not a qualified mother.”

“You have every reason to hate her.”

Chi Ye could feel the person in her arms trembling slightly, and a warm wetness spreading on her shoulder.

She gently stroked Chu Jin’s back, and after a long while, she softly murmured:

“Qin Qin, people should look forward, don’t dwell too much on the past. Growing up in such an environment and still being able to become a pure and kind person shows that you’re already amazing.”

“You now have your own friends, your own career, and you’re also a very excellent actress…”

At this point, she was suddenly interrupted by Chu Jin, whose voice was a bit hoarse:

“I’m not…”

“How are you not? You’re the female lead in Director Su’s new drama. Once it airs, you’ll definitely become famous overnight. Then I’d like to see who dares say you’re not an excellent actress. If anyone dares to say otherwise, I’ll deal with them.”

“How will you deal with them?”

Chu Jin rested on Chi Ye’s shoulder, her hoarse voice carrying a hint of amusement.

Hearing her tone soften, Chi Ye finally felt relieved.

She replied: “I’ll blacklist them.”

Chu Jin straightened up, her eyes still teary. She sniffled her slightly red nose, “That powerful?”

Her voice still carried a thick nasal tone, and her tear-stained appearance at this moment looked pitifully endearing.

“Of course,” Chi Ye immediately nodded, her tone serious. “All these years of hard work were for the purpose of supporting you.”

Hearing this, Chu Jin’s eyes narrowed slightly, “CEO Chi, I didn’t know you were so smooth-tongued.”

Hearing this, Chi Ye realized that her words were a bit ambiguous. She averted her gaze from Chu Jin’s eyes and finally lowered her gaze to look at her own shoulder.

Although she was wearing black, she could still see the damp marks on it.

Chi Ye touched the wet spot with her finger and looked up at Chu Jin.

“Did you get snot on it too?”

The corners of Chu Jin’s mouth curved into a smile, and she nodded nonchalantly, “Mm, it’s all smeared on there.”

“Wash it clean for me when we get back.”

“No,” Chu Jin picked up her glass, her eyes curving into a smile. Just as Chi Ye’s brow furrowed, she added:

“I’ll buy you a new one.”

They had been married for so long, and Chi Ye had given her many gifts, each of considerable value, but she hadn’t given Chi Ye anything.

Now that she thought about it, giving her a dress would be a good option.

It would show that she had put thought into it, and thinking about Chi Ye wearing a dress she had carefully selected filled Chu Jin with a sense of pleasure.

Chi Ye’s eyes flickered slightly, “Okay.”

Her brow smoothed out, even hiding a trace of secret joy, then she also picked up her glass and clinked it with Chu Jin’s.

After putting down their glasses, the two fell into silence again.

Chi Ye hesitated for a long time, but finally expressed her thoughts:

“No matter what you’ve experienced in the past, I will always be with you in the days to come.”

Her tone was gentle, her expression serious.

It was as solemn as making a vow.

These words might seem ordinary, but Chu Jin knew that for Chi Ye, this was already a remarkable promise.

The lights in the bar shifted at this moment, and soothing music began to play. The rhythm of the music was like a heartbeat, beating out an irregular drum in Chu Jin’s chest.

Chu Jin nodded, “Okay.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Jin quickly broke into a smile and asked in an ambiguous tone: “In that case, can you accompany me tonight?”

Chi Ye naturally understood her implication. This “accompany” meant accompanying her in bed.

Given the special circumstances today, Chi Ye didn’t want to disappoint Chu Jin whose mood had just improved. Although she felt the punishment for her wasn’t enough yet, she still nodded.

Chi Ye added: “Just for tonight.”

One night means one night.

The corner of Chu Jin’s lips curled up, “That’s enough.”

–

After they finished drinking, it was already dark.

He Xian received a message and was on his way to drive for them.

Chu Jin didn’t know why, but she felt her alcohol tolerance had decreased significantly. In the past, when drinking with Song Xunyu, one glass of wine would at most make her slightly tipsy.

Today, she had only drunk one Negroni, but when she stood up, she felt her legs were a bit weak, her feet felt like they were stepping on cotton, light and heavy alternately, and her head was dizzy.

Chi Ye noticed her drunkenness and smirked as she held Chu Jin’s arm, “Can’t handle it again?”

The words “can’t handle it” were like two thorns, instantly sobering Chu Jin up. She shook off Chi Ye’s support, “Who says! I’m not drunk.”

Chi Ye crossed her arms, her eyes filled with amusement, “Drunk people always say they’re not drunk.”

Chu Jin tried hard to stand steady, looking at Chi Ye’s composed appearance, she couldn’t help but suspect, “Did you secretly drug me?”

Hearing her absurd excuse, Chi Ye couldn’t help but laugh, then leaned close to Chu Jin’s ear, “If I were to drug you, it wouldn’t just be this.”

Even in her drunken state, Chu Jin’s sensitivity to such ambiguous and teasing words was still strong. She directly wrapped her arms around Chi Ye’s waist, trapping her.

Then her lips moved to Chi Ye’s ear tip.

The warm breath mixed with the scent of alcohol spread across Chi Ye’s ear, like an electric current passing through her body, stirring up waves of numbness in her heart.

Her voice clear and husky, she said word by word: “I allow you to drug me.”

Chi Ye’s back immediately tensed, and she swallowed.

Chu Jin’s palm continued to caress Chi Ye’s waist, feeling the familiar curves and sensations. Her voice was hazy and dreamy, carrying a thin layer of moisture, “I want to go to the bathroom, are you coming?”

Chi Ye looked into her eyes, momentarily intoxicated, and immediately gave her answer: “Okay.”

Having received a response, Chu Jin took Chi Ye’s hand and quickly navigated through the dim lights, accompanied by slow dance music, passing through the intoxicated crowd.

Until they entered the bathroom, the noise behind them suddenly ceased. In the narrow space, there were only the two of them left.

Chu Jin hooked one arm around Chi Ye’s waist, pulling her close, while her other hand held the back of Chi Ye’s head. Her gaze lowered, focusing on Chi Ye’s slightly reddened lips, then she directly kissed her.

As their lips touched, it was gentle at first, then pressed tightly together. The restraint of these days poured out at this moment. Chu Jin’s soft tongue pried open Chi Ye’s teeth, invading and exploring her mouth at will.

Their lips and teeth intertwined, fitting together perfectly, both greedily capturing each other’s breath.

The intense kiss easily ignited the fire of desire in their hearts.

Chu Jin’s breathing became rapid, on the edge of losing all reason. She let go of Chi Ye, seemingly trying hard to restrain herself. Finally, in a husky voice, she said two words:

“Let’s go home.”

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