Ji Nan picked up the coat on the back of the chair and said very gentlemanly, "I'll take you home."
Qiao Nian's phone was vibrating at a low frequency. She wanted to go back and talk later, but she was annoyed by the vibrating phone. A thick layer of resentment appeared under her eyelids. She picked up the phone with one hand and started editing again.
Ji Nan saw that she edited the text message very quickly.
Seeing that Qiao Nian was busy replying to messages, he considerately did not rush her. He stood there with his coat draped over his arm, waiting patiently for her to finish replying.
Five minutes later, the girl finally finished replying to the message, picked up the baseball cap next to her, pulled away her chair, stood up and said to him, "I'll pay the bill."
Seeing that she had finished her work, Ji Nan stopped her and said, "SN, the security in Independent Continent is not better than that in Beijing. It's not safe for you to go back alone. I'll take you back later."
“No need.” Qiao Nian put on his baseball cap and refused.
Ji Nan was particularly persistent, and even his smile was restrained. He spoke in a serious manner: "I'm telling you the truth, the Independent Continent is not safe. I'm worried about you going back alone, so I'll take you back."
Qiao Nian was twirling her cap on her wrist, but she hadn't put it on yet. When she heard him say that, she was silent for a moment, raised her eyelids, and finally gave in: "Okay."
She went to pay the bill.
Ji Nan just watched her walk away.
Just at this moment, his cell phone on the table rang.
Ji Nan walked over and picked up the phone. He lowered his eyes to take a look, put away the smile on his face, and answered the call: "Hello, Mom."
He looked up in the direction of Qiao Nian, only to see the tall and arrogant figure of the girl. Ji Nan retracted his gaze and said, "I'm eating outside with friends."
"Her?" Ji Nan rubbed his temple and said incoherently, "No, you don't know her. She's an online friend of mine. I've known her for several years. We've never met before, but we have a very good relationship, just like real friends."
I don't know what was said on the other end of the phone, he quickly denied it: "No, we are not in the kind of relationship you think. She went to the bar to pay the bill, she was not next to me, forget about the photo."
How can we describe his relationship with Qiao Nian? To be honest, they have only met twice in real life, and they communicated online before that.
But Ji Nan had an indescribable feeling, always feeling that he had a natural liking for Qiao Nian.
But he made the distinction very clear.
He knew very well that his liking for Qiao Nian was not the kind of liking a man has for a woman, but rather the feeling of looking at a younger sister.
Every time he saw Qiao Nian, he always wanted to protect her.
But in a way, Ji Nan still couldn't figure out why he felt this way.
Because based on what he knows now, SN is unfathomable.
SN himself doesn’t seem to be the type of person who is soft and coquettish like a little sister at home.
Anyway, none of the little sisters from the Ji family's side branches would rush to pay the bill when eating with him.
"…Hmm? A party? I wonder if she's free."
"She came here with her teacher. She has some personal matters to attend to. She should be leaving in a few days."
While talking, Ji Nan saw the girl walking back after paying the bill. He lowered his voice again and said to the person on the other end of the phone in a helpless tone: "Mom, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm hanging up first."
Qiao Nian happened to come over and saw him put down his phone.
Ji Nan picked up the coat he had just put down and said to the girl in a gentle manner, "Let's go, we're going back."
"Hmm." Qiao Nian didn't care much and followed his footsteps.
(End of this chapter)