When Jian Si arrived at Bophia Western Restaurant, it was already half an hour late.
I thought Ji Mingche had left, but I didn't expect that he was still sitting inside waiting, but his face was cold and his eyes were somewhat dark.
"I said I would give you half an hour, not half an hour late."
Jian Si kept bowing and apologizing: "I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it. I was with Lu Youting just now, and when we were about to come over, he injured his hand. I sent him to the hospital before coming over, so it was delayed."
Ji Mingche still looked at her expressionlessly, unmoved.
Jian Si handed over the menu: "To express my apology, feel free to order and eat as much as you want. Don't be polite to me."
Ji Mingche looked at her quietly, with a deep coldness hidden in his eyes.
She had never seen Ji Mingche like this before. Jian Si was so frightened at the sight of him that her skin crawled all over her body. She suddenly felt that the Ji Mingche in front of her was very strange. He seemed different from the Ache brother in her memory. It made people feel creepy.
Feel.
Is it an illusion, or...
Before Jian Si had time to clear up his thoughts, Ji Mingche suddenly laughed. As usual, he felt like the sun after the rain, like the spring breeze, very comfortable.
"...??"
A smile gradually appeared on Ji Mingche's face, and his gloomy facial expression immediately melted into a warm smile.
"Are you scared by what I looked like just now? I did it on purpose. If you don't get angry, you won't have a long memory and you will definitely let me go."
The weird feeling in Jian Si's heart immediately disappeared and was replaced by guilt.
"I'm really sorry, because I just returned to China, so I have a lot of things to do. I should be a lot better once I finish the things at hand!" After saying that, he changed the subject and asked: "How is your company? Last time I said I would come here for an inspection.
Branch, what’s the result?”
Ji Mingche nodded: "Not bad. Jiangcheng is the capital of country Z and its economy is developing rapidly. If you want to enter country Z, Jiangcheng is the best choice. However, Jiangcheng has been divided up by four major families. If you want to get in, you can succeed.
It’s a little hard to get a foothold.”
Jian Si thoughtfully said: "Indeed! The big companies here have been working here since their ancestors. It is a bit difficult for new companies to get ahead."
Ji Mingche stared at her caring little face, his eyes sparkling: "What? Do you care about me?"
Jian Si said: "Of course I care about you. You and Xiaowan are my only friends."
Ji Mingche took the opportunity to hold her hand on the table.
Jian Si felt that his behavior was too intimate and subconsciously wanted to withdraw.
Ji Mingche increased his strength and held her tightly to prevent her from flinching.
"But, I don't want to just be friends with you."
Jian Si felt as if he had been struck by lightning, as if he had heard such incredible words, his mind was pounding, and his whole body was stunned.
Ji Mingche smiled and said: "What? Are you scared by my words?"
Jian Si was completely confused and stammered: "Are you... are you kidding me? Today is not April Fool's Day, this joke is not funny at all."
Ji Mingche said with a serious face: "I'm not joking with you, I'm serious! If I don't like you, why do I persist in making appointments with you even if you fail to make appointments again and again? If I don't like you, why am I here?
I have been waiting for you for hours. Sisi, I have liked you since I was a child, and my biggest dream is to marry you as my wife."
Jian Si stared at him for a moment, trying to find traces of a joke on his face.
Unfortunately, Ji Mingche's eyes were focused, and her clear pupils reflected two little girls.
There is only her, she is unique.
Jian Si's chest seemed to have been hit hard by a heavy object, and she jerked away the hand that was tightly held in his palm.
Ji Mingche's eyes darkened and he said hoarsely: "I know that things happened too suddenly, and you may not be able to accept it for a while! But, please give me a chance? Promise me, think about it carefully when you go back, and give me a
Chance."
Jian Si couldn't calm down for a long time: "You, you know, I am divorced and have two children. You have a prominent family and a successful career. With your conditions, you should find a better man who is more suitable for you.
woman."
Ji Mingche laughed at himself: "In your mind, am I such a superficial person?"
Jian Si was shocked and made a mistake, and said quickly: "I didn't mean that, I meant that I'm not worthy of you..."
Ji Mingche interrupted her: "In my mind, there is no question of whether you are worthy or not, only whether you like it or not! I like you, so I think you are the only woman worthy of me."
Jian Si was speechless, her lips opened, but she didn't know what to say.
Ji Mingche asked: "Do you know why I want to come to Jiangcheng for development?"
"...??" Jian Si asked without following his words. She seemed to have guessed his answer, but she instinctively wanted to escape and didn't want to hear it.
Seeing that she didn't ask, Ji Mingche didn't force her, and said to himself: "I know you guessed the answer." After a pause, he said truthfully: "When we first met, I was very disappointed when you told me that you had a child.
But I know that you were really happy after the divorce, happier than I was at any big deal. Can you... understand how I felt at that time?"
Jian Si shook his head in confusion.
She doesn't understand and doesn't want to understand.
Ji Mingche looked at her affectionately and begged: "For more than four years, you have worked hard to raise two children by yourself. I know you have had a hard time. Can you let me take care of you and your children?
Let me give you a complete family. I swear, I will love them as if they were my own."
"I have always regarded you as my brother, and I have never had any other thoughts..." Jian Si refused.
If she doesn't like him, she can't give him hope.
Ji Mingche knew her intention and interrupted her again: "Don't reject me in a hurry. Go back and think about it carefully, okay?"
There was pleading in his voice.
Jian Si's heart twitched hard, and under his pleading and sincere eyes, the words of rejection were stuck in her throat.
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting heavier and heavier, Ji Mingche broke the deadlock with a smile: "Okay, no matter what the final result is, it can't affect our relationship. I've been hungry to wait for you, so let's order something to eat first!"
The topic finally ended.
Jian Si breathed a sigh of relief and forced a smile: "Okay, you can eat whatever you want, I'll treat you."
"Then I'm not polite." Ji Mingche kept his word and was not polite at all. He ordered a lot of them in one go.
The atmosphere of the subsequent meal was quite pleasant.
The two of them were eating and chatting about work.
Jian Si talks about patients, and Ji Mingche talks about opening a branch.
After dinner, Ji Mingche suggested, "Can you accompany me to buy clothes? I've been traveling so much lately that I've been too busy to buy new clothes. Winter is about to come, and if I don't buy some, I'll freeze to death."
As soon as I confessed my love, I immediately went shopping alone.
Jian Si was repulsed in her heart and subconsciously wanted to refuse.
Ji Mingche saw her intention and immediately blocked her escape: "I can't refuse, you promised me last time."
"...??" Jian Si swallowed back her rejection, smiled coquettishly, and nodded in agreement.
Little did he know that because of her words, Lu Youting sat in the Imperial Mansion and waited for her all night——