"Zhou Jingchen." Cheng Xi called him from the distance.
The man didn't look back.
"The Zhou family..." She hesitated, "What's going on?"
He looked at the rolling pine and bamboo forest and had no reaction.
What little luck Cheng Xi had left was drained to his core.
"Are Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou angry?"
"What do you think?" Zhou Jingchen finally spoke, "If you don't get angry, how can you be happy to celebrate?"
She clenched her fists and said, "Can I find another blind date..."
Zhou Jingchen fell silent.
After a long while, "Who should I change?"
Cheng Xi tightened his fists, then tightened them again, struggling for a long time, "Ye Bonan... can you do that?"
Ye Bonan admitted that he had fallen in love with her. Although the Ye family was not as powerful as the Geng family, their wealth could not be matched by the Geng family. The Ye family and his wife had businesses all over the country, especially in the north. They had a wide range of contacts. Mrs. Zhou's natal family was expanding into the northern market. , the Ye family’s resources are very helpful.
These days, power and money, no matter which one reaches the top, are of real use.
The young master of the Ye family, Ye Bowen, is a policeman and is not allowed to do business. Ye Bonan is the only heir. If he had wanted to, Cheng Xi would still be extremely wealthy, and the Zhou family would not be at odds with the Geng family.
And I heard from Mrs. Zhou that he didn't want to go on a blind date, but he couldn't escape the marriage arrangement.
It is simply a ready-made "love match" and "partner".
After getting rid of Geng Shiqing, will Bao Buqi one day turn around and get back together with Yu Weifeng?
Or if someone new appears that he likes, she will naturally quit.
In short, a year's delay is a year.
It's better than rushing into marriage now.
The sightseeing car turned a corner and swooped down the slope.
Cheng Xi grabbed the armrest tightly, "Ye Bonan fell in love with me. I agree with him. The Ye family is not inferior to the Geng family."
He couldn't tell whether it was the haze of the night or the haze of Zhou Jingchen.
In the mountain mist, his silhouette is deep, dark, and somewhat sinister.
"Have you discussed it with him?"
"There was no time to discuss..."
Cheng Xi thought that Ye Bonan would agree.
She saves worry, trouble, money, protects each other, and tides over difficulties together.
No reason to refuse.
The car stopped at the exit of the scenic spot, and Zhou Jingchen got off first.
His strides were long and Cheng Xi jogged to catch up.
"Zhou Jingchen..."
He paused suddenly.
Turn your back to her.
The moment Cheng Xi caught up with him, he turned sideways.
She couldn't hold her feet back and bumped into his arms.
The bridge of my nose hurt from the collision.
Cheng Xi raised his head.
"The Geng family has longed for their daughter-in-law. Do you think they will give up?" Zhou Jingchen said in a condescending tone, "The Ye family has no guts to compete with the Geng family."
He stretched out his hand to tidy up the hair at her temples.
Halfway up the mountain, the wind was strong and messy, covering her face. Zhou Jingchen admired her expression of hope and disillusionment.
"Have you really fallen in love with Ye Bonan?"
Cheng Xi pursed his lips.
"Tell me what attracted you to him." The more helpless she became, the more satisfied Zhou Jingchen became.
That sense of brokenness.
"Go worship the Bodhisattva and feed the pigeons. Did he take the initiative to invite you?"
The button of Zhou Jingchen's coat brushed against her brow, causing it to itch.
"The elevator bumped into me along the way."
Cheng Xi stared at the tangled shadows on the ground.
"Ye Bonan also stays at the Fuli Hotel, right?"
She hummed.
"Same floor?"
Cheng Xi continued.
"look up."
She lifted up obediently.
The sky was a thick ink color, and the last ray of sunlight disappeared into the horizon. The yellowed street lamp swayed above Cheng Xi's head and also passed over Zhou Jingchen's face.
Zhou Jingchen tapped her cheek with his finger, "Aren't you going to repay me?"
She lowered her eyelids.
"Go to where you live."
His car was parked on the side of the road, a brown SUV that seemed to be new and had never been driven before.
It takes seven minutes to walk from the scenic spot to the hotel. He was not familiar with the road and probably drove a long way around. He returned and became familiar with the route, abandoned the car and walked.
The long commercial street is lit up with lights.
At the end of the neon lights, among all the men of all kinds, Zhou Jingchen is still the most outstanding one.
It's so easy to find him in the vast crowd.
He walked fast and Cheng Xi walked slowly.
Step on his shadow all the way to the hotel.
When the elevator went up to the 10th floor, she swiped her card and opened the door.
Zhou Jingchen stood behind her, with the skirt of his coat slightly bulging against her.
It was cold outside but warm in the corridor. The moisture in his clothes melted and there was a sense of dampness.
Mixed with his scent.
"I live with an intern." Cheng Xi, trembling with nervousness, inserted the room card.
Zhou Jingchen did not go inside, but moved the chair blocking the door and sat in the entrance hall without saying a word.
His eyes were full of desire, and he was looking at her with extreme desire, and he was looking at her with desire.
Cheng Xi took out the velvet box under the pillow and handed it to him.
Zhou Jingchen didn't answer. After one glance, his eyes moved to her face.
Wait for her to explain.
"I gave it to you."
The man squinted his eyes and understood.
He took it, weighed the box in his palm, and seemed to be in danger of smiling, "Is this your reward?"
"I only have more than 10,000 yuan." Cheng Xi felt guilty.
"More than ten thousand yuan to repay my favor?" He suddenly laughed.
Zhou Jingchen's smile was beautiful, but it was also cold.
The air pressure is very low.
Cheng Xi was frightened and did not dare to look at him.
"Who taught you this."
She was startled.
Zhou Jingchen repeated, "Who taught you the tricks to deal with me."
Cheng Xi remained silent.
"So you are self-taught?" he joked.
Then he took out his watch and slowly put it on.
Zhou Jingchen knew Cheng Xi well, not because he deliberately manipulated him or to seduce his appetite, but because he was afraid of him.
He is usually too serious, smiles rarely, and has a glacier look. He has had more contact with her in this month than in eight years combined.
"I accepted it." He put it in his coat pocket.
The lust in his eyes has not faded away, but has become slightly lighter, still staring at her.
"The others."
