"I won't join in the fun." Jing Yu stretched lazily, "I'm a little sleepy. I want to go back and take a shower and have a good sleep."
"You can sleep in my car later. At worst, you can sleep underneath when the Vice President is giving a speech. Yu'er, you really need to pay attention to politics. You still don't know who our incoming Vice President is, right?"
Jing Yu said indifferently: "It is enough for me to know Mr. President."
"I don't care. Go, go, go, I must take you to experience my manly god in person."
Jing Yu couldn't persuade Qi Jinnian. Seeing that she was quite interested, he finally agreed.
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Jing Yuzhen slept for quite a while in Qi Jinnian's car. When the car arrived at Baiyu Square, it was already crowded with people. Qi Jinnian spent more than half an hour looking for a parking space in the square.
"Niannian, I think we should not go down! There are so many people here!"
Jing Yu looked out the window and discussed with Qi Jinnian.
In front of the White Feather Palace, the guards stood straight and solemnly. Outside, the enthusiastic people had formed three circles inside and three circles outside.
"We're already here, there's no reason not to go down." Qi Jinnian couldn't give up so easily. He wasn't scared off by the crowd at all.
"So many people are here for the vice president's speech?" Jing Yu frowned. She never liked to join in the fun.
"These are the people who support the Vice President." Qi Jinnian said, "He is the biggest competitor of our current President Bai. I think he will be the next president. Anyway, I will definitely vote for him."
Jing Yu unbuckled his seat belt. "Didn't you say he had a bad reputation and was cruel and ruthless? Are you willing to let such a person govern our country?"
"You reminded me last time that those rumors cannot be fully believed."
"But after all, there is no smoke without fire."
Qi Jinnian looked at her and asked, "Are you on President Bai's side? Or do you actually support Vice President Song Guoyao more?"
Jing Yu said as he took his bag and pushed open the car door. "I don't support any party. I will support whoever is suitable for our country."
"Ha, I'm a fan of appearance. Anyway, if I don't support President Yu, I will support President Bai. As for Vice President Song, let others support him!" Qi Jinnian grinned, got out of the car and locked the door.
"You thought you were choosing an idol!"
At this moment, the square was bustling with people. In addition to the people, the streets not far from the square were also bustling. There were people selling ice cream, hot dogs, balloons, and so on.
Because there was still some time before the speech, Qi Jinnian was craving for ice cream. Jing Yu tried to stop her again and again, fearing that she would catch a cold in such a cold weather, but he couldn't stop her. The two of them walked through the center of the square to buy ice cream. As a result, as soon as Jing Yu stepped into the center of the square, the central fountain suddenly turned on.
The water column rushed out and splashed all over Jingyu. Fortunately, he escaped quickly, otherwise he would have been soaked like a drowned chicken.
“It’s true…” Qi Jinnian didn’t know what to say, and quickly took out tissues from her bag for her.
Jing Yu wiped the water off her hair and face, but she had no other way to keep her wet body clean. The cold wind blew over her, and the wet clothes stuck to her body, like a knife cutting her skin.
"I think I should just take a taxi and go back first. This isn't a solution."
"It will take an hour or so to get back to our house from here due to the traffic jam. I'm afraid you'll be frozen to death before you get home."
"no solution anymore."
"Then I'll take you home." Qi Jinnian took the car keys from his pocket.
Jing Yu stopped her. This was work after all. She couldn't just leave. Qi Jinnian weighed the pros and cons and finally accompanied her to the street to stop a car. But there were too many people in Baiyu Square today. The empty cars that came here were quickly stopped and the passengers were picked up and left.
Jing Yu was wearing the blanket Qi Jinnian had given her and standing on the roadside waiting until the tenth minute, when a black car slowly stopped beside her.
While she was wondering, the car window was slowly lowered and a familiar face appeared in front of her.
"Ms. Jing."
It was actually solemn.
Jing Yu was also surprised to meet him here. He was driving the car himself today. Through the lowered car window, she subconsciously glanced at the back seat. The back seat was empty.
Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "The gentleman is not in the car today."
Jing Yu nodded, it was better that he was not here.
"Miss Jing, are you here to listen to the speech?"
She nodded and shook her head: "Just about to leave."
"The speech hasn't even started yet, why are you leaving?"
Jing Yu didn't say anything. After the last unpleasant parting, she subconsciously didn't want to get too close to that person or the people around him. She still remembered those words that day.
Qi Jinnian on the side spoke up: "She was soaked by the fountain just now."
"You'll catch a cold in this weather." Zhuang Yan had actually noticed that her look was indeed unique. He pondered for a moment and opened the passenger door, "Ms. Jing, get in the car. I know a very convenient place that can help you dry your clothes."
"Thank you, but no thanks. I'll go back and sort it out myself." She said as she was about to close the car door again.
Qi Jinnian pressed the door shut. "Yu'er, go with him. Don't worry about the fact that we haven't been able to stop a car for so long. Even if we did, I'm afraid you'd catch a cold on the way. Come over when you're done. I'll wait for you here."
Jing Yu wanted to say something but Qi Jinnian pushed him into the car. He spoke a few words to Zhuang Yan before closing the door.
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Jingyu got into the car and Zhuangyan turned the heater to the maximum.
"Thank you." Jing Yu took down the blanket, folded it and put it aside, then asked, "Where are we going?"
"Don't worry, we'll be there soon." The solemn car passed through the crowd, turned a corner, and drove towards the Baiyu Palace.
Jing Yu was stunned.
She stared in amazement as the car slowly stopped in front of the solemn black iron gate. The guard trotted over and saluted respectfully. He lowered the window and nodded slightly at them, and the door was opened from the inside.
Under the curious and inquiring gazes of the onlookers, the car drove straight in.
The majestic and solemn Baiyu Palace grew larger and larger in front of her.
Jing Yu asked: "The place you are talking about is inside the palace?"
"Yes. I will arrange for someone to help Miss Jing deal with it."
Jing Yu nodded, thought for a moment, and asked, "What exactly does Mr. Yu do?"
Zhuang Yan laughed, "I thought Miss Jing had no interest in our husband's affairs."
Jing Yu was so confused by Zhuang Yan's meaningful smile that he didn't know what to say. If he asked more, there would be more misunderstandings. So, in the end, he just said, "It's inconvenient, forget it, I just asked casually."
"It's not inconvenient. Miss Jing will know about it."
Since he said so, Jing Yu didn't ask any more questions.