The Beautiful Time With You - Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Let’s Cancel Our Engagement (2)
Translator: StarveCleric Editor: StarveCleric

Liang Mumu and Lin Jiage were rather familiar with one another. As soon as Lin Jiage stepped into the elevator, Liang Mumu greeted him, “Brother Jia, what a coincidence meeting you here!”
Lin Jiage glanced at Liang Mumu and replied with an “Mm” before falling silent.
The elevator was quiet for a moment. Noticing that Lin Jiage and Shi Yao hadn’t spoken to each other, Liang Mumu spoke once more, her voice innocently tinged with bewilderment, “Brother Jia, Yaoyao—aren’t you going to say hello to each other?”
Liang Mumu’s words caused Lin Jiage to frown as he turned to look at Shi Yao.
His eyes were indifferent, devoid of any particular emotion.
Under his gaze, Shi Yao felt a little uncomfortable. Wishing to alleviate the awkward situation, she parted her lips in an attempt to greet the other party.
But before she could find her voice, Lin Jiage had already turned to Liang Mumu and asked, “And she is?”
His voice was crisp and soothing as if to mirror his appearance, reminiscent of the voice of an angel. However, his words caused Shi Yao to subconsciously clench her hands into tight fists.
Liang Mumu also looked like she hadn’t expected Lin Jiage to say such a thing. Feeling startled, she took a moment to respond, “Brother Jia, are you joking? How can you not know her? She’s Yaoyao!”
There was still no reaction from Lin Jiage.
Anxious, Liang Mumu pressed on with an agitated tone, “Yaoyao! Shi Yao! Your fiancée!”
Your fiancée. These two words were like a sudden bolt of lightning, drawing the gazes of everyone from Lin Jiage’s group onto Shi Yao.
In contrast to the others’ shock, Lin Jiage was visibly much calmer. He was silent for a moment before he replied with a leisurely “Oh”. After which, he turned his gaze back to the doors of the elevator as if nothing had happened at all.
Liang Mumu had already introduced Shi Yao as Lin Jiage’s fiancée, but Lin Jiage still didn’t bother to greet her. The inevitable result—the atmosphere in the elevator turned slightly heavy. 1
Liang Mumu hadn’t expected things to turn out this way. Standing beside her, Shi Yao had a completely dazed look on her face.
Not a single person in the elevator spoke, causing silence to hang heavily in the air. However, everyone’s eyes were still fixated on Shi Yao.
Shi Yao knew that everyone was just watching the drama, and she also understood that Lin Jiage’s reaction had left her in an embarrassing position. However, she still tried her best to maintain the composure on her face.
Soon, the elevator reached the first floor.
As soon as the doors slid open, Shi Yao swiftly turned to Liang Mumu and said, “Mumu, I’ll head off first.”
Leaving those words behind, she hurriedly left without the slightest hesitation.
After getting into the taxi, Shi Yao gazed out the window at the vibrant night scenery, her mind replaying the earlier incident in the elevator once again.
So, Lin Jiage had never remembered her in the first place.
This was to be expected. After all, their engagement was a result of a child betrothal between their families. She was in junior high when the two of them first learned about the existence of this betrothal, and it had been six years since then. But within these six years, the number of times they’d met could easily be counted on her fingers, and on those occasions, any interaction between could only be considered as minimal.
If she recalled correctly, it had been a whole year since they last met.
Rather than saying that Lin Jiage didn’t remember her, it might be more accurate to say that aside from knowing that he had a fiancée named Shi Yao, he knew nothing else about her in the first place.
Last night’s guess had been correct. He’d never wanted this engagement from the start.
However, it didn’t matter anymore. Due to several reasons, she had already proposed to cancel their engagement, and he had agreed to it. Soon, they would become strangers to one another.
With such thoughts in mind, Shi Yao took out her phone and sent a message to Lin Jiage: [When do you plan on telling your family that our engagement is canceled?]