But Jiang Mingzhu had no intention of getting out of the car and looked directly at Zhou Li.
Zhou Li: "Get off the car."
Jiang Mingzhu: "I can't walk anymore."
She licked her lips and said, "You can carry me up, Zhou Li."
Zhou Li moved his lips, and when he was about to refuse, Jiang Mingzhu suddenly covered her stomach.
Zhou Li looked sharply: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "I don't know, it suddenly hurts... Can you carry me up and have a look?"
Zhou Li: "..."
Of course he knew Jiang Mingzhu might have lied to him.
But you can’t bet on the outcome of this matter.
Zhou Li got out of the car, walked around to the passenger door, and squatted down with his knees bent.
Jiang Mingzhu successfully lay on Zhou Li's back, wrapped her arms around his neck, and buried her chin on his shoulder.
Smelling the familiar scent of Zhou Li, Jiang Mingzhu smiled.
It's a little uncomfortable to be rejected all the time. Even if you know that Zhou Li is just being awkward, you still feel uncomfortable.
She is no saint.
But during this period when Zhou Li was carrying her, she suddenly felt that the gloom had been swept away and her mood was very clear.
Zhou Li carried Jiang Mingzhu to the hotel room.
There were many people in the hotel elevator and corridor at six or seven o'clock. The appearance of the two of them attracted a lot of people's attention.
On the way, I also met one of Zhou Li’s partners.
The other party looked at him with extremely ambiguous eyes.
After entering the room, Zhou Li put Jiang Mingzhu on the sofa and turned his eyes to her lower abdomen: "Where does it hurt?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "It's much better now."
Zhou Li: "...Isn't it fun to lie to me?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "How can I let you go upstairs with me if I don't lie to you?"
She didn't mind admitting that she was lying at all. As she spoke, she stood up from the sofa, walked up to him, entangled his arm and dangled it, "You can finish dinner with me and then leave, okay?"
She shook his arm and winked at him, with a childish expression on her face, but with a fatal and dangerous attraction.
Zhou Li: "Why."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Because I'm chasing you."
Zhou Li: "I haven't agreed yet."
Jiang Mingzhu: "So I'm trying to get you to eat with me."
No matter what she said, she always sounded innocent.
Zhou Li sneered, "You always use deception to chase people."
"What do you mean, you are the only one I have chased!" Jiang Mingzhu glared at him angrily, "It's not because you are too difficult to chase. If I didn't lie to you, you wouldn't follow me."
After Zhou Li heard her say, "I've only chased you," his expression finally softened.
He lowered his head and glanced at Jiang Mingzhu's hand wrapped around his arm, "Let's have a meal and then leave."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Okay, then you wait for me."
She let go of him and ran to get her phone happily.
Zhou Li: "I don't eat junk food."
Jiang Mingzhu: "I know, I know."
——
While Jiang Mingzhu ordered takeout and waited, Zhou Li received a call from Xu Yingfei.
Seeing Jiang Mingzhu's high spirits, Zhou Li walked to the balcony of the room to answer the phone.
As soon as the call was connected, Xu Yingfei got straight to the point and said, "I'm flying to California tonight."
Zhou Li: "Has the Xu family contacted you?"
Xu Yingfei: "I contacted you at three o'clock in the afternoon."
Zhou Li: "Well, contact me if you have any questions."
Xu Yingfei: "Just stop Jiang Jin."
Hearing what Xu Yingfei said, Zhou Li's eyelids jumped, "What do you mean?"
Xu Yingfei: "I drugged him. I should already be in California when he wakes up."
She didn't explain in detail what happened, but Zhou
Li understood immediately: "He originally wanted to go back with you?"
Xu Yingfei: "He is going to work undercover with Xu Langqing to look for evidence. I can't let him take this risk. You must help me stop him."
Zhou Li: "Are you sure this is what he wants?"
Xu Yingfei: "I'm just sure that he will never end well if he returns to the United States with me."
Her voice was very reasonable, "Jiang Jin is different from you. He has no backer. It would be easy for Xu Langqing to kill him. I can't-"
"In this case, why do you need to provoke him." Zhou Li interrupted Xu Yingfei's words with sharp words, "Don't think you are making decisions for others."
Xu Yingfei was rendered speechless by Zhou Li and fell into silence.
Her silence also made Zhou Li realize his gaffe.
He calmed down his emotions and said, "Just think about the consequences clearly."
Xu Yingfei: "Thank you, that's it for now."
After talking to Xu Yingfei on the phone, Zhou Li stood on the terrace and did not go back.
The fact that Xu Yingfei made decisions for Jiang Jin without authorization easily reminded him of the time when Jiang Mingzhu hid his illness from him.
The ups and downs of his mind that were like heaven and hell had tortured him for so many years.
The shadow of the past still hangs over my heart.
Even though Jiang Mingzhu is now "stalking" him, he still has no confidence.
If he encounters a similar situation in the future, he may still be given up by her.
——
Zhou Li stayed alone on the terrace for more than ten minutes.
Later, a gust of cold wind blew by, and he realized what he was doing.
It's almost time, and the takeout Jiang Mingzhu ordered should be arriving soon.
Thinking of the image of Jiang Mingzhu holding his arm and looking at him expectantly, Zhou Li's restlessness was relieved a lot.
He gathered his emotions and returned from the terrace to the hotel living room.
When he walked out, Zhou Li found that the light in the living room had gone out.
Zhou Li was not familiar with the layout of the hotel, so he could only use the light source of his mobile phone to guide his way forward.
"Jiang Mingzhu." Zhou Li called her name.
no response.
The surroundings were eerily quiet.
Zhou Li could only hear his own footsteps.
Zhou Li frowned, a strong uneasiness welling up in his heart, "Jiang Mingzhu, are you there?"
Still no response.
Zhou Li's expression became even colder.
He held his cell phone and walked quickly towards the door.
Zhou Li walked to the door of the room with a sullen face. Just as he was about to raise his hand to touch the doorknob, the door of the closet next to him suddenly opened.
The sudden movement startled Zhou Li, and he immediately turned around and looked over——
The first thing you see is the light of the candle.
Through the light, he saw Jiang Mingzhu's face.
At that moment, Zhou Li felt his hanging heart return to his stomach.
But when he saw the cake in her hand clearly, his heart started beating crazily again.
I couldn't control it, and it felt like it was going to burst through my throat every minute.
Jiang Mingzhu held the cake and walked towards him step by step.
Finally, it stopped less than one meter away from him.
She started singing.
A very familiar melody.
"Happy Birthday Song".
Zhou Li clenched his fists and watched her finish singing the entire song.
Several complex emotions were so intertwined that he was unable to react for a long time.
Until Jiang Mingzhu smiled and urged him: "Hurry up and make a wish and blow out the candles!"
Zhou Li came back to his senses and approached Jiang Mingzhu step by step.
Soon, the distance between the two was only one piece of cake.
Zhou Li was urged by Jiang Mingzhu to make wishes and blow out candles.
As soon as the candle goes out, the light in the room comes on.
