Love is something you can't force yourself to do, and those who have experienced it know best.
Ji Jingxi said "hmm" and then asked her, "How is Ashen doing now?"
Ji Nan: "You don't know what kind of temper he has. He is alone and bored. I'm afraid that he will be beaten to the point where he won't be able to get out. After all, it's been so many years..."
Ji Jingxi: "I'll go talk to him later. Is he on vacation these days?"
Ji Nan: "That's why I called you. He usually talks to you a lot, and he can listen to what you say."
Ji Jingxi: "Don't worry."
Zheng Linxu sat across from him and listened to Ji Jingxi's phone call. Although he couldn't hear what the person on the other side said specifically, Ji Jingxi's "break up" just now had already said the most important thing.
Ji Jingxi put down her phone and saw Zheng Linxu staring at her.
Ji Jingxi: "I'll go out later."
She didn't tell Zheng Lin what the reason was.
Zheng Linxu usually didn't care much about Ji Jingxi's arrangements, but today she asked for the first time: "Did they break up?"
Ji Jingxi smiled after hearing this question: "I thought you wouldn't ask me."
Zheng Linxu: "What's the reason?"
Ji Jingxi: "What do you think?"
Zheng Linxu fell into silence this time.
They both knew the reason. Thinking of the impulse that night, Zheng Linxu's fists tightened slightly.
Didn't he still know Fu Xiaozhi's temperament? She was such an upright person at heart and she would definitely not be able to bear this. How could she be engaged to Jin Yangshen with peace of mind after what happened that day?
But if we break up like this, the Fu family——
Zheng Linshu remembered the last time Fu Xiaozhi had a high fever with pneumonia. Her pale face when she was hospitalized was still vivid in his mind, and his eyebrows and his heart beat a few times.
Zheng Lin said: "Do you know how the Fu family is doing?"
Ji Jingxi: "What, are you worried?"
Zheng Lin said: "This incident happened because of me."
Ji Jingxi: "It's not like you don't have her contact information. Ask yourself."
Ji Jingxi glanced at Zheng Linxu's cell phone, "Since it happened because of you, you should think about how to take responsibility. Now that they have broken up, you should also consider where your relationship will go after handling these things."
Zheng Linxu stared at the phone and fell into deep thought.
He still remembered the angry and disgusted look in Fu Xiaozhi's eyes that night. If he contacted her at this time, she would probably ignore him.
Ji Jingxi saw hesitation from Zheng Linxu's silence: "Are you not planning to tell her your concerns?"
Zheng Linxu came back to her senses and looked serious: "She shouldn't have to pay for these things."
Ji Jingxi: "Then have you thought about the problem from another angle - do you think Ying Ji and his accomplices dare to touch her?"
With Fu Xiaozhi's identity and background, others would have to think carefully when looking for trouble.
Wen Qi succeeded last time simply because she was looking for the Fu family and hit seven inches.
But no matter how angry the Fu family is with Fu Xiaozhi, it is all an internal conflict and cannot change her identity.
What happened back then would never happen again to Fu Xiaozhi.
Zheng Lin said: "I can't afford to bet that those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes."
Concern leads to chaos, and Ji Jingxi can understand: "Okay, let's wait until you finish solving it. Think about it for yourself. The loss of control that night was just the beginning."
Zheng Linxu was silent.
Ji Jingxi stared at Zheng Linxu for a long time, his eyes becoming serious: "In the past ten years, have you ever lived for yourself for even one second? I am tired for you."
She knew there would be no response to her words, and she didn't expect Zheng Linxu to respond.
"I'm going out to look for Ashen first. I'll come back when I'm done."
After Ji Jingxi left, Zheng Linxu was the only one left in the Prime Minister's Villa.
He was sitting at the dining table, staring at his phone in trance, and the question Ji Jingxi just asked kept echoing in his ears——
In the past ten years, have you ever lived for yourself for even one second?
No.
Not even a second.
He doesn't even know what he wants.
——
At early ten o'clock, Ji Jingxi arrived at Jin Yangshen's apartment.
After ringing the doorbell for almost a minute, Jin Yangshen came over to open the door.
He was wearing a gray sports suit, and his face didn't look very good.
Seeing Ji Jingxi coming, Jin Yangshen forced a smile and said, "Did my mother ask you to come?"
Ji Jingxi didn't answer. After walking in, he looked him up and down and asked, "Are you okay?"
Jin Yangshen brought a bottle of water to Ji Jingxi, "If it's not good, what can we do?"
There was helplessness and self-deprecation in his voice. After he finished speaking, he twitched his lips and said, "Actually, it's not a surprise. I have expected this before."
Ji Jingxi: "Huh?"
Jin Yangshen: "Whether she likes me or not, my feeling is the most intuitive."
Thinking of Fu Xiaozhi's stiff physical reaction when they were intimate, Jin Yangshen laughed again. In fact, he should have thought of it at that time.
He could feel that Fu Xiaozhi was trying her best to act more natural in front of him. Maybe she thought her acting skills were good, but he saw everything.
Jin Yangshen didn't think he was a saint. There were several times when he was overcome by desire, but in the end he was extinguished by her harshness and coldness.
One-sided investment in this kind of thing will not bring any pleasure at all.
Of course, Ji Jingxi knew this better as someone who had been there. Although Jin Yangshen didn't go into details, she could immediately understand what he meant.
Ji Jingxi: "It's not sweet if you force yourself to do it. If you adjust your emotions, you will still have a long life."
Jin Yangshen: "Yes, it's still long."
"I understand all these truths, but I'm just not willing to do so." He said, "I've been thinking lately, if I had told her earlier, would the outcome have been different."
It was obviously him who met Fu Xiaozhi first.
Ji Jingxi: "I always thought the same way before I was divorced."
Thinking of his past self, Ji Jingxi found it ridiculous, "When I first married him, I always thought that if I had known him earlier, he would definitely not like his ex-wife. But then I discovered that it had nothing to do with meeting him earlier and later. Even if he met me first and then his ex-wife, he would still like his ex-wife.”
Jin Yangshen: "Maybe."
"We haven't talked about this topic much, but I know she hasn't let it go." Jin Yangshen looked ahead, "I should have recognized the reality when I saw the takeout order on her phone."
Ji Jingxi: "Takeout order?"
Jin Yangshen and Ji Jingxi talked about the two takeout orders.
Later, Ji Jingxi also remembered that when she flew over on New Year's Eve, she did receive takeout.
At that time, I was still confused as to why Zheng Linxu ordered this.
It turned out to be Fu Xiaozhi’s order.
When Ji Jingxi was thinking, Jin Yangshen suddenly asked her: "Sister, you and him are not really together, right?"
Ji Jingxi came back to his senses and smiled faintly after meeting Jin Yangshen's expression.
She readily admitted: "It's not really, we just cooperate."
Jin Yangshen rubbed his forehead, "To make Liang Liang give up?"
"He had this idea at first, but he couldn't give up." Ji Jingxi wanted to laugh when he thought of Zheng Linxu's inconsistent behavior.
