The Jilted Second Young Master (9)

Song Jia was already accustomed to Lin Yitian's curtness.

The two of them quickly finished eating dinner and just as Song Jia had told him, Lin Shenglan came to visit them shortly after they finished their daily walk around the garden.

"Xiao Tian." Lin Shenglan glanced at Song Jia that was sitting beside him and quickly looked away.

"Ge [1]." Lin Yitian nodded.

"Can we go and talk inside your study? It's a business matter."

Lin Yitian nodded, and the two of them went up the stairs. Before he left though, Lin Yitian looked at Song Jia.

Song Jia looked back at him, not understanding what he wanted from her.

Lin Yitian paused and said, "I look forward to seeing your beautiful face in the morning. Have a good night sleep, baby."

These words were said without any inflection, simply as if he was memorizing a script.

Song Jia, "!!!"

Lin Shenglan looked at his younger brother and didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Xiao Tian, where did you read that?"

There was not a single trace of embarrassment on Lin Yitian's face.

"I searched it on Baidu [2], lovers say that to each other before sleeping."

He looked completely earnest. His expectant eyes stared at Song Jia again, waiting for her to say the same thing.

Song Jia was completely embarrassed. She said in a mosquito-like voice, "Good night."

Lin Yitian was still not satisfied. "You forgot to say 'baby.'"

Couples call each other nicknames, Lin Yitian was displeased when he finally learned about it. Apparently, he and his future lifelong partner lacked many things.

Pet names, a couple love song, a favorite bed position...Lin Yitian didn't know what the last one meant, but it sounded important. He had to admit that he was still lacking information and needed further research into this topic.

Song Jia looked at Lin Yitian's expectant face and couldn't bear to disappoint him. She quickly muttered in a low voice.

"...baby."

You're a 'baby'! Your whole family is a 'baby!

Finally satisfied, Lin Yitian went up the stairs with Lin Shenglan. Before he closed the door to the study, Lin Shenglan glanced down at Song Jia who was sitting in the living room.

Her whole face was red, just like a cooked shrimp.

He couldn't help but find her a bit cute before finally closing the door.

...

After that one time of visit, Lin Shenglan came many times over. It was to the point that when Song Jia's gaze accidentally met Lin Shenglan's, she would simply give him a nod, not surprised at seeing him inside the mansion at all.

Lin Shenglan even brought over his own fiancée for a visit. Don't mind how the two of them were both women about to marry the two sons of the Lins...their status and importance were completely different. Rong Jingfei was a woman that was carefully picked by Lin Qingge, chosen for her looks, ability, and background.

Meanwhile, Su Qi was only chosen because she was the daughter of her close friend. The difference in time and effort spent by Lin Qingge between her two sons, Song Jia clearly knew and distinguished.

Rong Jingfei also had long since wanted to meet Su Qi. She was feeling happy that she was going to marry Lin Shenglan, but could the daughter of the Su family say the same thing? After all, with Lin Yitian's condition...even a blind person would know that the role of his wife would be less of a lover and more like a caretaker.

Rong Jingfei was really curious what Su Qi thought about all of this.

While the two men went to the second floor to talk about business, the two women sat on the dining room drinking tea.

"So you're brother-in-law's future fiancée," said Rong Jingfei, looking over at Song Jia. "Your name is Su Qi, right?"

Song Jia nodded. "Yes, sister-in-law."

While Rong Jingfei was checking out Song Jia, Song Jia was also doing the same thing to her. Rong Jingfei was a beautiful woman. Like any daughter of a rich and powerful family, she was both elegant and polite.

"Sister Rong, I heard that you and Lin Shenglan were childhood sweethearts."

Rong Jingfei slightly flushed. "Ah yes, we were."

Aside from marrying a top-notch husband, Rong Jingfei had also liked Lin Shenglan since a long time ago. That's why she was so happy that Madam Lin had picked her as his fiancée. She didn't know what she would have done otherwise.

After Song Jia had opened up the topic, Rong Jingfei couldn't help but gush about Lin Shenglan.

"Sometimes, I still couldn't believe it. He's so sweet and doting that I feel like I've saved the world in my past life to get him to be my husband. You think that since we've gotten together for so long, he would stop pampering me, but ever since I became his fiancée, Shenglan had been nothing but nice to me. Su Qi, I know Yitian can be a handful, but please bear with him. Shenglan and I will be always there to help you."

Song Jia smiled at her, "Thank you, Sister Rong."

For the next few hours, Song Jia nodded and smiled as Rong Jingfei told her the little things Lin Shenglan did for her. Like how Lin Shenglan would never forget to take her out to dates even though he was swamped at work, and sometimes, when he knew that she was in a bad mood, he would come pick her up bearing flowers and chocolates.

Song Jia nodded at appropriate times and sometimes interjected, "I'm so envious, Sister Rong!" or "You're really lucky!" while making sure her eyes didn't glaze over.

It was nearing seven forty-five when the two of them finally went home. After a long time of talking, Rong Jingfei was brimming over with good feelings for Song Jia.

"Su Qi, I'll come over sometime. Add me on WeChat, okay?"

"Alright, Sister Rong."

Lin Shenglan also looked at her.

"Please take care of Xiao Tian for me, Miss Su."

Song Jia nodded at him, "I will."

After a moment of hesitation, he patted her shoulder.

Song Jia and Lin Yitian waved goodbye to their retreating car from the porch. Lin Yitian rested his chin on Song Jia's shoulder after they were gone.

"Baby," he suddenly said, startling her.

Three black lines appeared on Song Jia's forehead. He was still calling her that?

Song Jia looked at him. "What is it?"

Lin Yitian kept nuzzling her neck and shoulder. His warm breath penetrated the cold air that was quickly cooling the girl in his arms.

After waiting for a long time without hearing his response, Song Jia gave up and simply leaned against him. Lin Yitian also kept quiet.

He didn't know why, but when he saw his brother patting her shoulder, his heart uncontrollably gave a violent contraction. Without realizing what all these feelings meant, it made Lin Yitian feel very uncomfortable. Very uncomfortable, to the point of wanting to break his brother's arm just to vent out this feeling that couldn't be suppressed.

Was he...sick?

Perhaps he was sick.

Lin Yitian nodded to himself and tightly wrapped his arms around Song Jia's waist.

[1] Older brother

[2] Ch. version of Google