Translator: StarveCleric Editor: Milkbiscuit
Time slowly ticked by, but as the sun set in the west, dyeing the entire city orange, Lin Jiage still wasn’t able to contact Shi Yao. Parking the electric scooter by the side of the road, he called Lin Jiayi.
The phone rang for a moment before cutting off. Then his phone vibrated, and a notification popped up on the screen.
Lin Jiayi: [Out with Mom. Client.]
Lin Jiage thought for a moment before typing: [Do you have any friends that you’re very close to?]
While Lin Jiayi couldn’t exactly be called a girl, she should still know a female’s mind far better than him.
Lin Jiayi immediately replied: [I do.]
A second later, another message came in from Lin Jiayi: [My very close friend is money.]
Lin Jiage: “…”
A moment later, Lin Jiage typed on the keyboard and sent: [Can you give me something that can breathe?]
Lin Jiayi: [Something that can breathe…]
Lin Jiayi: [Then, the panda, our national treasure. It looks so expensive that it might even be worth more than money.]
I knew that I shouldn’t have asked her.. . Lin Jiage: [Another restriction. It should be a human.]
Lin Jiayi: [Then you should’ve just asked who I was closest with from the start! What do you mean ‘something that can breathe’, who in the world taught you this language?]
Lin Jiage felt the urge to smash his phone.
Lin Jiayi: [The person I’m closest with is, of course, my little cutie Yaoyao.]
Soft Bun?
Lin Jiage was unwilling to use Soft Bun even for a hypothetical situation, so he asked again: [Other than that?]
Lin Jiayi: [Since you’re asking me who I’m closest with, it’s a given that there would only be one person. If there are two people, can they still be considered to be a close friend? Or do you have two people who you love the most in your heart? You might be able to love multiple people at once, but I can’t. I’m walking down the faithful route, the faithful route!]
Alright, I’ll acknowledge the first part, but what’s with the second part? Faithful… Is this a term you should be using to refer to Soft Bun?
Lin Jiage felt deeply displeased. Nevertheless, he still got to the main point:[Fine. Take for example, if Yaoyao were to betray you, how would you feel?]
In the WeChat messages, it showed Lin Jiayi was typing for some time before a message finally came in.
Filled with expectations, Lin Jiage tapped in to take a look: [Yaoyao will never betray me.]
Lin Jiage: [Hypothetically.]
Lin Jiayi: [Such a hypothetical situation doesn’t exist.]
Lin Jiayi: [I believe in Yaoyao.]
Lin Jiayi: [Do you not believe in Yaoyao?]
Lin Jiage: [This has nothing to do with whether I believe in her or not. Like I said, hypothetically! Do you know what hypothetically means? It means an example, a pseudo situation!]
Lin Jiayi: [The recipient rejects participating in your hypothetical situation.]
Lin Jiage gritted his teeth: [You forced me to marry you, the emperor, as your queen when we were kids. Isn’t that a hypothetical situation too?]
Lin Jiayi: [Can you be compared to Yaoyao? You can be casually used in a hypothetical situation, but not Yaoyao. No means no!]
Lin Jiage immediately whipped out his trump card: [Offer a price. How much will it cost to make you willing to do this hypothetical situation?]
Lin Jiayi: [No price will do.]
Damn it, she’s not taking the carrot or the stick?
Giving up, Lin Jiage backed out of his WeChat and continued calling Shi Yao.
He tried three times, but all three were in vain.
After hanging up the phone, he saw that Lin Jiayi had messaged him: [Don’t think that I don’t know that this is another one of your little schemes. If I did this hypothetical situation with you, you would definitely threaten to give this chat record to Yaoyao and blackmail me into giving back your money. I’m telling you right now, I won’t fall for your trap!]
