Jiang Mingzhu had guessed this would be the result before she said this.
She tugged on Zhou Li's sleeve: "Do you want to listen anymore?"
Zhou Li: "...you say."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Then make sure you won't get jealous first."
Zhou Li: "I'm never jealous."
Jiang Mingzhu laughed angrily at his harsh words: "You'd better be."
Zhou Li: "Say or not."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Then I said it, remember what you said."
Before going to Berlin for surgery, Jiang Mingzhu and Qin Mingli were not close friends.
Qin Mingli was four years older than Jiang Mingzhu. When Jiang Mingzhu was adopted by He Chuyan and Jiang Guming, Qin Mingli was studying abroad.
The two of them had had several opportunities to meet each other.
At that time, Jiang Mingzhu was also quite repulsive towards strangers and had no intention of becoming friends with Qin Mingli.
Later, Qin Mingli learned from his parents that Jiang Mingzhu was undergoing surgery in Berlin, and came to visit on his behalf.
Gradually, I became familiar with Jiang Mingzhu.
Knowing that Qin Mingli was going on a long business trip in Berlin, He Chuyan asked him to help take care of Jiang Mingzhu.
Qin Mingli agreed and did it. Jiang Mingzhu often went out with him for outdoor activities after surgery.
Qin Mingli took her climbing mountains, hiking, and camping outdoors.
During the holidays, they flew over Sicily to see the sea together, and took a train to Denmark.
Jiang Mingzhu has never been in contact with nature for such a long time.
It was during this process that she experienced firsthand why so many people said that close contact with nature can make them feel better.
During this process, she could clearly feel that her state was becoming more and more positive.
Even if Qin Mingli is not the "number one hero", he is still a key role.
So Jiang Mingzhu naturally added him to his circle of friends. Qin Mingli recruited her to make peace with him, and she agreed.
Although Jiang Mingzhu was describing the relationship between her and Qin Mingli as objectively as possible, Zhou Li could not listen to these words objectively.
Seeing his increasingly ugly expression, Jiang Mingzhu immediately imitated his cold tone and said, "I'm never jealous."
Zhou Li: "..."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Okay, I've told you everything."
"For me, Qin Mingli is almost as good a friend as Qinyang and Zhizhi. I don't mean that to him, otherwise I wouldn't come back to you." She explained to Zhou Li sincerely.
Zhou Li knew Jiang Mingzhu was not lying.
As she said, if she really fell in love with Qin Mingli, he would have nothing to do with her.
Just thinking that Qin Mingli accompanied her through the entire recovery process made Zhou Li unable to help but feel jealous.
When Zhou Li was silent, the mobile phone on the table suddenly buzzed and vibrated.
Jiang Mingzhu patted him and said, "Your phone is ringing. Answer it quickly."
Zhou Li walked to the table and picked up the phone. Jin Rou's name was on it.
Jiang Mingzhu happened to see it when she came over.
Zhou Li did not avoid it this time and answered the phone directly in front of Jiang Mingzhu: "Mom."
Jin Rou: "I saw the company's statement. How are you and Mingzhu doing?"
The room was very quiet, and Jiang Mingzhu and Zhou Li were not far apart, so she heard clearly what Jin Rou said there.
Zhou Li raised his eyes and glanced at Jiang Mingzhu opposite, "It's nothing."
Jin Rou: "Have you explained to her that you are recruiting people to act? What did she say?"
Zhou Li: "..."
Jin Rou: "Fourth, I know you feel uncomfortable because of what happened back then, but you must seize the opportunity as soon as possible. You will be in trouble if the Pearl is chased away by others."
Jiang Mingzhu heard every word clearly. She was amused by Jin Rou's words and raised her eyebrows at Zhou Li.
That means: Did you hear that, I will be tricked into running away by you.
The Zhou family has a very good family tradition.
Zhou Li would never contradict his elders. Even if Jin Rou said this, Zhou Li would only reply to her: "I understand."
Jin Rou: "Then I'll wait for you to bring Mingzhu back for dinner."
Zhou Li: "...probably not for the time being."
Jin Rou: "Doesn't she agree? Then why don't you give her some coaxing?"
She didn't give Zhou Li a chance to answer, "I heard from your second brother that Mingzhu has a very good childhood sweetheart, and her parents have a very good relationship with her parents. If you don't hurry up, you're going to cry!"
Zhou Li: "Whatever she wants."
Jin Rou: "...Are you going to piss me off to death?"
Zhou Li: "Mom, I will seriously consider your words. You should go to bed early."
Jiang Mingzhu folded her arms and listened to the phone call between Zhou Li and Jin Rou.
When he hung up the phone, Jiang Mingzhu approached with a smile and asked, "How about you, do you want to seize this opportunity to be my boyfriend, or you will cry~"
——
Early the next morning, Zhou Li drove to Xu Yingfei's duplex apartment.
Although Zhou Li did not agree with Xu Yingfei's various behaviors, the cooperative relationship was still there, and he had to do what he promised Xu Yingfei.
Zhou Li arrived very early. When he entered the password, Jiang Jin happened to come down from upstairs.
He was wearing yesterday's suit, which looked wrinkled, and his hair was messy.
Seeing Zhou Li appear downstairs, Jiang Jin understood everything.
"She asked you to come." Jiang Jin twitched his lips, "She left last night?"
Zhou Li: "Xu Yingfei wants you to work with me during this period."
Jiang Jin: "Mr. Zhou should be able to see that I don't want to do this."
Zhou Li: "Yes, but she and I are in a cooperative relationship, and this is part of the agreement."
He followed and added, "I promised her not to let you go back to the United States."
Jiang Jin: "I understand what Mr. Zhou means."
He owed his body, "I won't embarrass Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Li: "I will keep Xu Yingfei safe. She will be fine."
Jiang Jin smiled lightly. He believed that Zhou Li had the ability to do this, but that was all.
By "save", he meant to save her life.
After a period of silence, Jiang Jin said to Zhou Li, "I will not go to Wanhua."
——
Jiang Mingzhu has a lot of work today.
After getting up in the morning, she and her colleagues went to the restaurant downstairs to have breakfast, and then went to the warehouse to do data excerpts.
After a busy day, Jiang Mingzhu didn't have time to contact Zhou Li.
In the afternoon, Jiang Mingzhu and her colleagues came out of the warehouse and prepared to take a taxi back.
Unexpectedly, I ran into Ming Yue near the warehouse.
Mingyue drove here alone and was surprised when she saw Jiang Mingzhu: "Mingzhu? Do you work here?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "Yeah."
Ming Yue: "I'm going back to the city too, so get in the car and I'll see you off on the way."
Ming Yue's attitude was very warm and her hospitality was hard to resist. Jiang Mingzhu and her colleagues got into Ming Yue's car together.
At half past four, the car stopped in front of the Intercontinental Hotel.
When Jiang Mingzhu was about to get out of the car with her colleagues, Mingyue suddenly stopped her: "Mingzhu, are you free tonight? Let's have a meal together?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "..."
She must be free now that she's back at the hotel. Ming Yue obviously came prepared and didn't give her any chance to refuse.
Finally, my colleague went back alone.
Jiang Mingzhu originally thought that Ming Yue would take her to a restaurant to eat.
After driving for a while, Jiang Mingzhu realized something was wrong——
This seems... to be the way back to the Zhou family's old home.
