Ye Bonan leaned forward slightly and approached the lighter. The cigarette butt was an inch away from his lips. "Pull the golden button with your index finger."
Cheng Xi did as he was told.
"Slide your thumb on the pulley."
The flames jumped up several centimeters, catching Cheng Xi off guard and burning the skin around the edges of his fingernails.
The cigarette lit up in an instant. Ye Bonan held the cigarette in his right hand, put it behind his back, and stood up hastily, "Are you burned?"
Cheng Xi calmed down for a while, mainly out of shock.
"fine."
She turned pale and walked to Zhou Jingchen.
The man didn't move.
Cheng Xi didn't know why and also didn't move.
Ye Bonan went to the door to smoke, but the box door was ajar.
After a stalemate for several seconds, she asked, "Do you smoke?"
Zhou Jingchen held a cigarette in his mouth and tilted his head to touch it.
His breath was heavy and brushed against Cheng Xi's mouth. It was itchy and hot. She lowered the flame, shivering a little, and lit a cigarette for him.
The flame was trembling, and the longer it failed to light, the more anxious she became. However, Zhou Jingchen was not anxious, he raised his eyes and stared at her for a long time, and held her wrist.
His lips were thin and soft, and he brushed the back of her hand solemnly, meeting the flames.
"Zhou Jingchen..." She retracted her hand, but he held it tightly, but failed.
"Xi'er, please step in and help us. Aunt Wenzhi is going home."
Wen Zhi smiled and tied her scarf, "When will Xi'er and the eldest son of the Ye family have a wedding? I'm flying back to China and I have to attend."
"Bo Nan!" Mrs. Ye called him.
The door opened inward, and Zhou Jingchen and Cheng Xi were behind it, just blocking Ye Bonan's view.
"how?"
Mrs. Ye's face was full of joy, "Your marriage is attracting much attention. You should hurry up and try to get it done by the end of the year."
Ye Bonan said nothing and put out the cigarette butt.
When he entered, Zhou Jingchen also let Cheng Xi go.
Thrilling miss.
"Xi'er, is the eldest son of the Ye family a talented person?"
Her breathing was disordered, she turned around, her eyes wandering, "Yes..."
"Xi'er is so shy that she doesn't even dare to look at him." Wen Zhi teased Cheng Xi while saying goodbye to everyone.
After Wen Zhi was sent away, Cheng Xi took her place and became Mrs. Ye's superior.
Zhou Jingchen had enough time to watch from behind.
The wife of the district leader looked at him, thinking he wanted to play, "Does Mr. Zhou know how to play cards?"
"He went back to Suzhou to play with his grandpa during the Spring Festival a few years ago. Grandpa was very addicted to cards." Mrs. Zhou rolled the dice. "He usually doesn't play. Nowadays, businessmen have endless bribery tricks, stuffing banknotes in cigarette cases and gold bars in wine bottles. , playing mahjong on purpose to feed the tiles, asking you to do anything for as much money as possible, Huaikang almost fell into the trap, and never touched the tiles again."
"Hey, Mrs. Zhou, don't worry too much. We don't ask the Zhou family to do anything, we just want to play for a hundred yuan." The wife of the securities boss made Mrs. Zhou laugh.
Cheng Xi knew nothing about mahjong. He just played any card he didn't like. After one round, he lost more than 800 yuan in his bag and his forehead was covered with sweat.
She asked the waiter if they had milk iced taro balls.
The waiter said that Huiyuan doesn’t have one. There is a cold drink shop across the road. Do you need a glass of ice juice?
Cheng Xi doesn't drink squeezed juice and only eats fresh fruits.
So I didn’t order anything.
"I'm going to buy it." Ye Bonan picked up his windbreaker, "I'm taking a work call by the way."
Mrs. Zhou smiled, "Bonan is considerate and is afraid that Xi'er won't bother him, so he makes an excuse to answer the phone."
"My youngest son Bowen has a fierce personality. He is a criminal policeman and deals with criminals every day. Although my eldest son Bonan talks little, he is the gentlest." Mrs. Ye was very proud when she mentioned her eldest son. "When a woman marries Bonan, she has no worries about her husband and wife. There is no harmony, Bonan——"
Mrs. Ye whispered.
Mrs. Zhou glanced at Cheng Xi out of the corner of her eye and said, "Xi'er is simple and knows little about bed matters."
Cheng Xi swallowed with a guilty conscience.
Zhou Jingchen stood aside with a calm expression, "Come out of Jiu Tiao."
She listened to him and threw the Kujo.
The ladies at the table were stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Xi'er, that's the Hun'er card, you keep the useful ones!"
Mrs. Zhou pretended to be angry and kicked Zhou Jingchen, "How old are you? Bullying her."
He smiled sullenly, leaned down, clasped the back of Cheng Xi's chair with one hand, and supported the card table with the other. After looking at it for a moment, he helped her code four sets of cards and said, "Take back the nine pieces."
Cheng Xi reached for it in a daze, but Mrs. Ye stopped her, "You have no regrets about playing cards, how can you be a scoundrel?"
"You can't do it just once, can't you?" Zhou Jingchen's smile continued.
"No!" Mrs. Ye was determined, "Unless Bonan comes back, he agrees to Xi'er's default."
Talk about Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives.
Ye Bonan pushed the door into the room carrying a bowl of iced taro balls. He was a very gentleman and opened the lid and placed it in Cheng Xi's hand. "There is a milk base and a coconut milk base. I don't know your taste, so I chose the coconut milk base."
Cheng Xi happens to like to eat coconut milk, but milk makes her sick to her stomach.
"Thank you." She took the spoon.
The fingertips accidentally touched each other, Cheng Xi quickly retracted, and Ye Bonan seemed not to feel anything, calmly sitting back on the chair and reviewing the drawings in the mailbox on his mobile phone.
Cheng Xi knew full well that Ye Bonan did not like her.
His answer to Zhou Jingchen, "It's appropriate at the moment," was indeed an official courtesy, just to save her face in public.
Although the purpose of the blind date is clear, it doesn't matter whether you are emotional or not. If the conditions are matched and the eyes are not disliked, then we can get along with each other, but he is Ye Bonan, not an ordinary man.
On the basis of being a good match, there should be at least a little bit of excitement.
A stagnant marriage is not his pursuit.
Cheng Xi felt relieved.
If the Ye family rejects the Zhou family, Mrs. Zhou's arrogance will mean that she won't be in the mood to make a match for a year and a half.
It is not ruled out that Mrs. Zhou is shameless and insists on marrying her into a wealthy family, and is constantly looking for the next young talent.
Mrs. Ye called Ye Bonan over, as if watching a good show, "Xi'er played the wrong card. She wants to regret it. Will you obey her?"
Ye Bonan looked at Cheng Xi. She was sitting upright, leaning stiffly against the back of the chair.
"Follow the rules."
Mrs. Ye knew that her son didn't understand the style, but she didn't expect him to be so ignorant of the style. She glared at him, "What are you talking about? Did you bring any money? Xi'er lost a lot."
Ye Bonan was quite graceful. He took out all the cash in his wallet and placed it under Cheng Xi's tablecloth.
She declined, "No, Mr. Ye!"
"It doesn't matter."
He stood beside Mrs. Ye and said, "There is a meeting in my company."
"There's another meeting?" Mrs. Ye frowned, "You and Xi'er can have a meal alone tonight and talk more."
"Let's do it another day." Between business and private affairs, Ye Bonan chose business affairs without any room for negotiation.
Mrs. Zhou turned the whiteboard in her hand. There were many people today, and they were all elders. It was true that they couldn't get close to each other, so she didn't embarrass him. "Xi'er, please give Bonan a ride."
"No need." Ye Bonan gently pressed Cheng Xi's arm through his sleeve, "I'll go by myself."
"Xi'er is happy to give it to you." Mrs. Ye added.
Cheng Xi followed Ye Bonan around the mahjong table and walked out the door.
The moment he passed by Zhou Jingchen, his face was gloomy and unpredictable, either cloudy or sunny.
There was a thump in her chest.
Ye Bonan turned back and stared at her, "Cheng Xi?"
She came to her senses and quickened her pace.
Taking the elevator to the first floor, Ye Bonan did not leave immediately, but stopped and said solemnly, "It's my turn to see you off."
Cheng Xi was startled.
"There are a few male guests in Huiyuan who do not respect women and misbehave when you sing. To prevent you from bumping into them, I will send you back. You have completed the task and I feel relieved."
