Lin Zhiyi spent the night at home and knew that Xiao Ci usually slept late, so she deliberately waited until 11 o'clock to send him a message.
Xiao Ci waited for an hour before replying, and he didn't say much, which probably meant he was still busy.
Lin Zhiyi knew that he was still working overtime, but there was nothing he could do about it, so he only warned him a few words and stopped disturbing him.
I went to work as usual the next day and sent another message in the afternoon just to confirm if he had gone home to catch up on his sleep.
An intern would never stay awake for 48 hours. Since the other party never responded to her message, she guessed that he must have fallen asleep.
Something suddenly happened to Lu Xining, so he temporarily moved to Lin Zhiyi's place.
In addition, several people who had socialized and had dinner together before, except for one of them that she particularly hated, all of them suddenly came to her to sign contracts.
Lin Zhiyi thought it would be good to get one deal, and he had to work harder, but it was a surprise.
But she didn't think much about it, since she was doing business anyway, and if someone gave her money, she would naturally follow up, which made her busy all of a sudden.
When Lin Zhiyi came to his senses again, he realized that he and Xiao Ci hadn't seen each other for another two or three days.
Suddenly she was a little angry. As her boyfriend, even if she forgot for a moment, wouldn't Xiao Ci take the initiative to contact her?
Forget it, maybe he is busy too.
After get off work, Lin Zhiyi went directly to Xiao Ci's rental house, but found that he was not there.
Still at get off work?
Lin Zhiyi took a closer look inside the house. Although it was spotless, she always felt as if no one had been there these days.
She went downstairs a little disappointed, and saw his car coming down, and the person who opened the door looked familiar, as if he was an agent from some entertainment company.
In fact, it was Li Shuhuai, and everyone was suddenly a little nervous.
"Why are you here?" Xiao Ci asked calmly.
Although Lin Zhiyi was a little strange, he didn't think much about it. Instead, he was angry that he had time to deal with these people and didn't even remember to contact him.
"You shouldn't have come." Lin Zhiyi said and walked quickly to the entrance of the community.
"Zhiyi." Xiao Ci chased her.
In fact, Lin Zhiyi didn't really intend to leave. A cold war between lovers is not the way to solve the problem, but she wanted him to know her attitude.
But he didn't coax her, he just followed her step by step. Finally, Lin Zhiyi walked to the old house between Xiao Ci and S University. Feeling tired, he simply sat on the steps in front of the house.
In fact, at this time, her anger was almost gone, so she took a lollipop out of her pocket and stuffed it into her mouth. Lu Xining coaxed Jin Muxi to buy this and stuffed it into her pocket. She felt that she needed something sweet now.
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"Is it delicious?" Xiao Ci sat down next to her.
Lin Zhiyi ignored him.
"Give me some roots too," Xiao Ci said.
"No -" Lin Zhiyi had candy in her mouth and her voice was muffled.
But he had already snatched the candy from her mouth and stuffed it directly into his own mouth.
"You..." It's too unhygienic.
But then she thought about accepting the kiss, which seemed a bit pretentious, but she saw him looking not far away, looking a little lost.
"Did you see that ginkgo tree?" he asked suddenly.
"Yeah." Lin Zhi agreed, but didn't know what he was going to say.
"When I was a kid, there was a tree like this in our yard. My dad planted it for my mom." At the end of his sentence, there was a crunching sound from his mouth.
"Do you... miss them?" Lin Zhiyi asked.
Xiao Ci didn't say anything, just looked at her and smiled, but his expression was a bit sarcastic.
I just don’t know if it’s a mockery of her innocence, or a mockery of herself for actually pleading with her enemy.
Although Lin Zhiyi thought he was acting strange today, she still felt the suppressed sadness in his heart.
Xiao Ci seemed lonely at this moment, and loneliness made people want warmth.
She ignored her anger for the moment and took the initiative to hold his arm and said, "Xiao Ci, I will always be with you."
"What if I don't need you to accompany me?" Xiao Ci asked.
Lin Zhiyi felt his sharpness and felt uneasy. Just as she was about to say something, a few slovenly men surrounded them with iron rods.
"Boy, let me catch you." The leading man was smoking a cigarette and looked like the kind of idle bastard.
Xiao Ci recognized him as the person who bullied Su Ruotong that day and looked at him coldly: "What do you want to do?"
"Of course it's revenge. Have you forgotten how you beat me that day?" He couldn't swallow this breath. He was worried about not finding the opportunity, but he didn't expect the opportunity to come now.
Xiao Ci saw them getting closer and closer, and finally stood up and took two steps forward to meet them.
This distance would not be too far away from Lin Zhiyi, nor would he hurt her by using his hands.
The men also noticed his behavior, glanced at Lin Zhiyi in particular, and began to say obscene words: "Hey, I changed her again today. She looks good and is very handsome."
"Shut up!" Xiao Ci warned.
"Let's do this, you agree to let her serve us, and we will let you go today -"
Before the man finished speaking, Xiao Ci suddenly jumped up and kicked him directly in the face.
The man's jaw was dislocated, the contents of his stomach were vomited out, and he fell directly to the ground.
When those men saw Xiao Ci's cold face, they finally became frightened.
But after saying that he is a grown man in his thirties and forties, how can he intimidate such a young man?
"Bah! I don't believe it when you guys come together." The leader spat on the ground and gave orders.
Several people held sticks and rushed towards Xiao Ci together.
Lin Zhiyi had been hiding quietly by the dilapidated door. She was still worried at first, especially every time a stick was swung at Xiao Ci, her heart tightened.
And when he easily dodged or subdued him, he breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously.
She never knew that Xiao Ci could fight so well. He could fight several men who looked stronger than him by himself, and even if they were armed, they were no match for him.
Seeing that the last one was about to be solved, Lin Zhiyi's face was about to light up when she saw a man who had been knocked down suddenly stood up again holding a stick.
"Be careful!" Seeing him sneak up on Xiao Ci, who was unprepared, Lin Zhiyi shouted subconsciously.
In the flash of lightning, she didn't have time to think too much. When she reacted, she hugged Xiao Ci from behind.
The sound of wooden sticks falling on her body was heard in her ears, a muffled groan came from her mouth, and her body tensed.
Xiao Ci couldn't describe his inner feelings at that moment. He calmed down for a moment before gathering the strength to turn around and face her.
"It hurts." Lin Zhiyi said coquettishly to him, with cold sweat already oozing out from her forehead due to the pain.
Xiao Ci felt as if someone had punched him hard in the heart, and asked angrily: "Who asked you to block it for me?"
Is she stupid?
"Didn't I say I wanted to protect you?" She didn't say it casually.
Xiao Ci looked at her with a complicated expression and was about to say something when he saw the man attacking them for the second time out of the corner of his eye.
Xiao Ci quickly pushed Lin Zhiyi away and kicked the man several meters away.
When he took time to care about Lin Zhiyi, he caught her fallen body and finally saw the wounds on her back clearly.
A long bloodstain on the clothes made Xiao Ci's heart tighten...