When Zhou Xiaojing heard that Ji Yanli denied it directly, his eyes were red with anger, and he looked at this man with a frosty face in disbelief.
"Brother Yanli! I just like you!"
Zhou Xiaojing opened his mouth, and swallowed the words that came to his lips with a cold and questioning look from the last season's banquet.
"Brother Yanli, don't you believe me?"
The look on Ji Yanli's face told her the answer, and she only heard him say in a deep voice.
"Xiao Jing, your feelings for me are only because of how I usually take care of you. It's the same for another person. This is not liking."
With red eyes, Zhou Xiaojing pushed him away, pressed the elevator button quickly, and rushed out in an instant.
All this happened in an instant. Ji Yanli was unprepared for a moment. Seeing the girl's figure fading away, he quickly stepped forward to catch up.
Zhou Xiaojing suddenly stopped, pointed to Ji Yanli behind him and shouted loudly.
"I, Zhou Xiaojing, just like your Ji Yanli!"
Everyone seemed to be in an explosion, and they were talking about it.
"Miss Zhou is really brave."
"But... do you think the president can agree?"
"I think it's interesting, otherwise the president would have reprimanded Miss Zhou just now. Now..."
The person who said this quickly glanced at Ji Yanli and saw that the other party's face was ugly. He suppressed his anger and pulled Zhou Xiaojing, threatening him in a low voice.
"Zhou Xiaojing! Follow me!"
Zhou Xiaojing expected that the Ji Banquet would be soft on him and would not refute it in public.
After achieving her goal, she let the banquet ceremony pull her away.
The people behind them craned their necks to look in the direction the two were leaving.
Ji Banli dragged Zhou Xiaojing out of the company, casually threw her a car key, and gave her orders without question.
"Zhou Xiaojing, don't come to me in the past few days."
"Now, drive this car home!"
Zhou Xiaoqing curled his lips, an angry look flashed in his eyes, but when he saw the veins on his forehead bulging, he nodded knowingly.
"Oh well."
She took a few steps towards the car, then suddenly turned back, staring at the banquet without blinking.
"Brother Yanli, just consider me, right?"
Ji Yanli didn't say anything, just looked at her with his cold eyes.
Zhou Xiaojing shivered when he saw him, put away all his thoughts, and got into the car obediently.
"Brother Yanli, you should pay more attention to your health these days when I'm not here."
The banquet ceremony gave a perfunctory hum and finally sent Zhou Xiaojing away.
The moment he turned to leave, Zhou Xiaojing looked back at him and sneered.
After all, brother Yanli still has feelings for her.
Now that Brother Yanli is unwilling to let go, she can go to Brother Yanli's mother.
After all, they were a perfect match at that time.
She didn't believe that Shen Nian, an outsider, could compare to her family, who had grown up under the eyes of brother Yanli.
…
"Aunt! I'm here to see you!"
Zhou Xiaojing said happily to Ji's mother, rubbing her hand affectionately and looking at her with a face as big as a palm.
A strange feeling flashed in Ji's mother's heart, and she calmly took her arm out of Zhou Xiaojing's arms.
Xiao Jing is not usually so close to her. What happened today?
Zhou Xiaojing bit his lip, displeasure flashed across his face.
Ji's mother had a panoramic view of this scene, the smile on her face faded by three points, and she asked casually.
"Where is your brother Yanli? Why didn't he come back with you?"
Usually Zhou Xiaojing is picked up from the Ji Banquet, but today he came without saying hello, which seemed fishy at first sight.
Zhou Xiaojing was determined to test Ji's mother's attitude towards him, so he rubbed her face against her and gently shook her arm.
"Brother Yanli is busy with work, so I came back by myself."
Ji's mother smiled weakly.
I don't usually see Zhou Xiaojing being so considerate about the seasonal banquet ceremony.
Ji's mother was getting older and she didn't want to make excuses with her juniors anymore, so she just made it clear.
There was no one around, and Zhou Xiaojing was the child she had seen since childhood.
"Then why did you come back today to see your aunt?"
Zhou Xiaojing's eyes flashed, and she avoided Ji's mother's loving gaze with a guilty conscience.
But now that the matter was over, she had already said all her words. Zhou Xiaojing could only bite the bullet and continue.
"Auntie, I confessed my love to brother Yanli today."
Seeing Zhou Xiaojing's disgraced look, Ji's mother guessed the result.
If Yan Li dared to promise Zhou Xiaojing, she would be the first to skin him.
"Xiao Jing, you and your brother Yanli are not suitable."
Zhou Xiaojing didn't expect to hear negative words from her, and became anxious on the spot.
"Auntie, brother Yanli and I have grown up together, how could it be inappropriate?"
"Besides, Shen Nian is just an outsider. How can she compare with our own family?"
The word "outsider" hurt Ji's mother's heart, and her expression instantly turned cold.
"Xiao Jing, Shen Nian said she was giving a banquet to your brother's wife. How could she be an outsider!"
Zhou Xiaojing wanted to say more, but Ji's mother became impatient and made a decisive conclusion, ending this meaningless dispute.
"Xiao Jing, your surname is Zhou after all. And Shen Nian is my daughter-in-law."
Zhou Xiaojing looked at her in disbelief.
Ji's mother could not bear it, but when she thought of Zhou Xiaojing's attitude, she had to say something.
"My daughter-in-law, the wife of the banquet, can only be Shen Nian. Xiao Jing, you'd better not think about anything else."
A deathly silence fell in the room.
"Click——"
Shen Nian slowly walked in from behind the door, and Ji's mother's words were sonorous and powerful, falling into her ears every word.
Shen Nian's eyes instantly became moist.
She whispered softly to the figure sitting on the sofa, whose chest was rising and falling violently.
"mom."
Zhou Xiaojing's expression froze, and he turned to glare at her fiercely.
Ji's mother frowned and waved to Shen Nian who was standing at the door.
"Xiao Nian is here, come here quickly."
Shen Nian responded, quickly put down the bag in his hand, and walked towards the sofa, ignoring Zhou Xiaojing's hostile gaze.
After hearing Ji's mother's defense of Shen Nian, Zhou Xiaojing's unhappiness reached its peak at the moment when she saw Shen Nian.
She spoke with sarcasm.
"Shen Nian, why do you have the nerve to come to your aunt? Your cousin embezzled so much money from the company, have you paid it back now?"
Shen Nian lowered his head, unable to see the expression on his face.
Instead, Ji's mother clapped her hands fiercely and hugged Shen Nian's shoulders reassuringly.
"It's okay, Xiao Nian."
"Isn't it just one million? It's not a big deal."
As she spoke, Ji's mother's eyes gently fell on Zhou Xiaojing.
"I'll ask Yanli to write a letter of understanding later and let your cousin out tomorrow."
Zhou Xiaojing's eyes widened, and just when he was about to refute, he heard Shen Nian's voice, as cold as ice.
"No, Mom."
"I will get the money back myself."
