My Favorite Ship Became My Sister-in-Law - Chapter 30

Shi Yue ran to the end of the corridor and anxiously looked toward the roadside, just in time to see Ji Chenchuan’s car driving away.

Shi Yue hurriedly fumbled for his phone, wanting to call Ji Chenchuan to tell him that he had seen his car. But as he felt his pockets, he remembered that his phone was charging in the teacher’s office. He slapped the guardrail in annoyance. Why did he have to charge it at that exact moment instead of earlier or later?

Suddenly, Shi Yue thought of something even more terrifying. When Tang Yao put the items on the desk just now, besides the lunchbox, there felt like there was a shopping bag from the supermarket where he and Ji Chenchuan had gone shopping last night. Did Ji Chenchuan take that item with him? What if he forgot it?

“Damn it.”

Shi Yue immediately turned around and ran back to the classroom to check the shopping bag. Sure enough, the three boxes of condoms that had driven him nearly insane last night were lying peacefully at the very bottom of the bag.

Seeing them, Shi Yue almost relapsed into his frantic state from the previous night, but fortunately, Tang Yao’s perpetually calm and steady gaze helped him settle down a lot.

“Is there something in this bag? You look so nervous holding it so tightly,” Tang Yao asked with a smile.

“Nothing,” Shi Yue replied with a forced smile, hugging the shopping bag even closer to his body.

If Tang Yao saw that thing, he would definitely not have a good impression of Ji Chenchuan.

“Here, have some potato chips.”

Shi Yue handed a bag of potato chips to Tang Yao, hoping to distract his attention so he could secretly hide those three highly inappropriate boxes of condoms. Otherwise, if any classmate saw them, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Shi Yue could tolerate being misunderstood himself, but he would never allow Ji Chenchuan’s image to be tarnished.

As fate would have it, just after he dealt with Tang Yao, five or six male and female classmates returned from lunch. As soon as they walked in and saw Shi Yue holding a large shopping bag of potato chips, they immediately started clamoring for him to share them.

A few male classmates even lunged forward, savagely trying to grab them.

Shi Yue was just about to stuff the items into the pockets of his school trousers when he was shoved back and forth by this crowd of aggressive students. He simply threw the bag into the air, letting the potato chips fly everywhere for his classmates to scramble for. However, he did not expect that one box of condoms would also be flung out cleanly, landing right on the ground.

A sharp-eyed girl nearby noticed it and quickly bent down to pick it up.

Shi Yue swiftly stepped on it with his foot.

“Wow.”

The girl looked at Shi Yue in surprise and said, “No way, Shi Yue. You are too stingy. You would rather stomp on a box of chewing gum than share it with everyone.”

Shi Yue pressed a hand to his forehead, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

If only it really were chewing gum.

Shi Yue quietly stuffed the other two time bombs into his trouser pockets to hide them. Once the classmates had taken their potato chips and left, he squatted down. Acting with extreme caution as if he were defusing a landmine, he pried the box of condoms out from under his sole and quickly shoved it into his pocket. His heart was filled with intense complexity and conflict.

Should he return these condoms to Ji Chenchuan, or should he throw them away?

“Hurry up and eat first, it will get cold in a while.” Tang Yao placed the insulated lunchbox on Shi Yue’s desk and gave a deeply meaningful smile. “Your brother specially delivered this to you.”

Shi Yue was in no mood to eat right now, but the moment he remembered that Ji Chenchuan had specially brought it over, he instantly wanted to eat it.

The moment he opened the lunchbox and saw the freshly stewed, still steaming pork rib and taro soup at the bottom, Shi Yue’s heart trembled violently.

Ji Chenchuan clearly already had a girlfriend, so why did he still treat him so well?

“Wow, it smells so good. Shi Yue, did your brother make this? Is your brother that handsome guy who dropped you off this morning? He actually knows how to cook.”

Hearing Tang Yao’s words, several girls gathered around and eagerly questioned Shi Yue.

Shi Yue did not want to answer them at all because he did not want to be Ji Chenchuan’s younger brother, so he simply gave a vague nod.

Seeing this, the girls all let out cries of envy. Handsome guys were everywhere, but handsome guys who knew how to cook were few and far far between. Several girls then begged Shi Yue to introduce Ji Chenchuan to them.

Shi Yue felt so annoyed that he wanted to punch Ji Chenchuan. This man was truly too good at attracting attention.

“You can all give up on that idea. He already has a partner,” Shi Yue said unhappily.

Hearing that Ji Chenchuan had a partner, the girls wailed with disappointment and returned to their seats. Shi Yue was finally able to finish his lunch in peace.

After finishing his afternoon cram classes, Shi Yue remembered that Ji Chenchuan had said he would pick him up this morning, so he did not take a taxi home. Instead, he stood at the usual spot where Ji Chenchuan always dropped him off and picked him up, waiting for him.

Shi Yue planned in his heart that since their flight tickets had been changed to nine o’clock tonight, and nothing had been confirmed at noon, he would definitely get a definitive answer from Ji Chenchuan while they were on the plane tonight. In short, no matter what, he had to ask clearly today about whether Ji Chenchuan had a girlfriend.

Just as Shi Yue finished his thoughts, he saw Ji Chenchuan’s car arriving.

The black Audi was covered in a layer of dust, and Ji Chenchuan was driving somewhat fast, appearing as though he had rushed over.

The car stopped smoothly in front of Shi Yue, and the window rolled down. Shi Yue was met with Ji Chenchuan’s smile, which still looked exhausted despite his efforts to conceal it.

“Did you go to the construction site again, Brother Chenchuan?” Shi Yue asked out of heartache, but he did not show any trace of it on the surface, disguising himself to act just like usual.

“Yeah,” Ji Chenchuan nodded.

Seeing that Shi Yue did not look abnormal like he did this morning, Ji Chenchuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and most of his fatigue instantly dissipated. “Get in, let us go. We have to catch a flight in a while.”

Shi Yue gave an approving sound, skillfully opened the front passenger door, sat inside, and closed the door with moderate force.

“Which construction site did you run to today? Is it far?”

“Not far, it is a new client.”

“Oh, did the deal go through?”

“It went through.”

Hearing that Ji Chenchuan’s hard work had not been in vain, Shi Yue felt a bit better. He smiled and said in a relaxed tone, “Since Brother Chenchuan closed a big deal, shouldn’t you reward the first person who shared your success?”

This was the Shi Yue that Ji Chenchuan knew, smiling sweetly and always so happy.

The corners of Ji Chenchuan’s mouth curved into a handsome arc as he asked Shi Yue, “What do you want?”

“Let me think.” Shi Yue’s bright, dark eyes spun around. In fact, he had thought of it long ago, but he just pretended to consider it. “Aren’t we going to Zhejiang this time? I want you to take me to the university you attended.”

“Just that?”

“Yes, just that.”

“Alright, I will take you there when the time comes.”

Although he could not attend the same school as Ji Chenchuan at the same time, Shi Yue had chosen to attend the same primary, junior high, and high schools that Ji Chenchuan had once attended. He could not choose his university, so he wanted Ji Chenchuan to accompany him to take a look and walk around. In this way, it could be considered as having attended the same school.

They arrived at the neighborhood parking lot at exactly six o’clock.

When getting out of the car, Shi Yue simply opened the door and got out first to wait for Ji Chenchuan just like usual, completely failing to notice that one of the condom boxes stuffed in his trouser pocket had slipped out onto the car seat.

Ji Chenchuan did not notice it either. He got out of the car, locked the door, and left.

It was not until he reached his front door and fumbled for his keys to open it that Ji Chenchuan remembered he had left his keys in the storage compartment of the car door.

“Do you want me to go with you to get them?”

Shi Yue had already opened his own front door, but hearing that Ji Chenchuan had left his keys in the car, he closed his door again.

“No need, go take a shower and change your clothes.”

“Alright, it is just in the parking lot anyway, so it is not far.” Shi Yue then went into his house first, closed the door, and went to take a shower.

Ji Chenchuan pressed the elevator button and returned to the car to get his keys.

Ji Chenchuan retrieved his house keys from the car door storage compartment. Just as he was about to close the car door, he inadvertently noticed a box of something sitting on the front passenger seat.

Ji Chenchuan sat back in the car and picked it up to look. When he saw that it was a box of condoms, his face instantly darkened fiercely.

During this recent period, no one else had sat in his car except for Shi Yue, so this thing could not belong to anyone else but Shi Yue.

Thinking of Shi Yue’s innocent face and his tender age, Ji Chenchuan truly had no way to associate Shi Yue with such a promiscuous object.

Shi Yue was still young, only seventeen years old, and not yet an adult. Yet he actually carried this thing around with him.

Had he misjudged Shi Yue? Or had he never truly understood Shi Yue from the very beginning?

Ji Chenchuan leaned back heavily against the car seat, his mood complicated beyond words, and a sharp pain pierced his heart. He had originally been waiting for Shi Yue to grow up a little more before telling him certain things, but now it seemed there was no longer any need for that.

Ji Chenchuan sat in the car for nearly twenty minutes before he managed to adjust his state.

To be precise, he did not adjust it, he merely hid it well. Ji Chenchuan got out of the car, locked it up, and threw that box of condoms ruthlessly into the nearby trash can. Then he entered the hallway, pressed the elevator button, and went home.

Shi Yue hummed a song as he finished his shower and picked out a set of clothes he thought looked best to change into. He had to look handsome when confirming the answer. Even if the result turned out to be extremely painful, he could not look miserable.

After packing himself and his luggage, Shi Yue suddenly remembered that he had not washed the clothes he had just changed out of.

Shi Yue rushed to the sink to wash the clothes. Before putting them into the water, he habitually searched the pockets. When he only found two boxes of condoms in his trouser pocket, he turned pale with fright.

Where did the other box go?

It did not matter where it went, as long as it did not drop in Ji Chenchuan’s car. Otherwise, the misunderstanding would be massive. Even though these things belonged to Ji Chenchuan, there were so many identical ones available at any convenience store. If Ji Chenchuan misunderstood that he carried this item around with him, how would he view him?

This matter had to be explained clearly immediately.

Shi Yue threw his trousers back into the basin and bolted out the door.

The door to Ji Chenchuan’s house was still left unlocked and slightly ajar just like usual.

Shi Yue rushed inside frantically. Guessing that Ji Chenchuan must be taking a shower, he went straight toward the bathroom.

The bathroom door was indeed closed, and the sound of rushing water came from inside.

“Brother Chenchuan, how much longer until you are done washing?” Shi Yue’s voice trembled with urgency.

From inside the tightly closed bathroom door, there was no answer from Ji Chenchuan.