The meeting lasted much longer than Ji Qige said.
Gu Ning waited in the lounge for three full hours. After hearing the news, people who came to visit the "living monster" came wave after wave. It is already 1:30 in the afternoon. Gu Ning got up early and didn't eat anything. He left the airport at noon I went straight to the headquarters and didn't have time to eat, I was already hungry. I wanted to go to the 18th floor to eat something, but thinking that Ji Jiuze probably didn't eat, and was still in a meeting inside, it felt a little bad to go and eat by myself.
After waiting for another ten minutes, only the sound of dragging the stool and the sound of footsteps was heard. Gu Ning knew that the meeting was over, so he quickly stood up.
A middle-aged man said to the others: "When I came here, I reserved a table at the restaurant not far ahead, let's stop by and have some food."
Others responded one after another. Ji Jiuze said: "I won't go, I already have an appointment." As he spoke, he looked at Gu Ning who had just come out of the lounge.
The others also looked at Gu Ning in surprise.
Brother Ji Qi laughed, pulled the stiff-faced Gu Ning over and pushed him to Ji Jiuze's side, and then said to Ji Jiuze, "Why don't you just ask her out, we can take her with you."
Except for Ji Jiuze and Ji Qige, all the people present were uncles who looked about 40 or 50 years old. Although they were all dressed in casual clothes, they could tell by their temperament that it was not simple, and they were probably some important leaders. Gu Ning didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he asked Ji Jiuze what he meant with his eyes.
Ji Jiuze asked, "Have you eaten yet?"
Gu Ning said: "Not yet."
The tall, middle-aged man who walked in the front said very kindly: "Then take it with you, it's already past the meal time, if everyone is too hungry, don't waste time." He was also kind to Gu Ning Gu Ning smiled, and Gu Ning quickly pulled out a little smile.
Brother Ji Qi said to Gu Ning: "Don't be nervous, it's just a family banquet, and it's all my family." He said with a smile and glanced at Ji Jiuze.
Ji Jiuze is like a Buddha, his face is calm.
After being seated, the middle-aged man who spoke very kindly was sitting at the main seat. On the lower right was Ji Qige, and then Ji Jiuze. Gu Ning was sitting next to Ji Jiuze.
Because it was reserved in advance, the food was served quickly.
This dinner was not as serious as Gu Ning imagined. Everyone here asked each other about the current situation of each other's family like ordinary people, and when they planned to travel abroad.
Gu Ning didn't feel too restrained. After eating a bowl of rice, he looked at the waiter standing in the corner. The waiter had a good look, and immediately stepped forward to take Gu Ning's bowl and gave her a bowl. .
Gu Ning continued to lower her head to pick up the rice. Throughout the meal, she and Ji Jiuze were eating seriously, and she didn't see the middle-aged man sitting in the main seat looking at her with a satisfied smile.
Gu Ning was very hungry. After the third meal, the waiter looked at her in the wrong way. There were two handsome young men sitting next to her. This girl was not restrained. Who is the nearest girl? I can still eat four dinners at a time. Even men don't have this appetite, and they still eat a lot of food.
As soon as the rice bowl was placed on the table, the only fish fillet on the table was left with the last piece. Gu Ning has a habit, except at home, she never picks up the last bite of food on the plate, lest other people Want to eat but can't. It was Gu Ning's hesitation, and Ji Jiuze quietly put the last fish fillet on the table into Gu Ning's bowl.
Gu Ning looked up at Ji Jiuze, Ji Jiuze also looked at her as if she was looking at something, Gu Ning returned a look that was nothing, then continued to bow his head to eat. There is always a weird feeling in my heart. I feel that my relationship with Ji Jiuze has really improved by leaps and bounds this time.
"What's your name, girl?" the leader asked kindly before leaving.
Gu Ning said: "My name is Gu Ning. Take care of Gu, quiet Ning."
The leader smiled and said, "Okay, Gu Ning. See you next time."
Gu Ning nodded: "Okay. You go slowly."
The leader nodded at her with a smile, then glanced at Ji Jiuze with a smile, and said, "Let's go."
After seeing off the group of uncles, Gu Ning also relaxed.
Brother Ji Qi threw the car keys to Ji Jiuze, and said, "Then I won't send you off."
Ji Jiuze drove the car over, Gu Ning sat in the driver's seat, and the car slowly drove away from the headquarters building.
"My side may be delayed for a few days. Do you want to go back to Jin Yong, or stay here and wait for me to go back together?" Ji Jiuze asked casually after driving for a while.
Gu Ning said almost without hesitation: "I'll go to Jin Yong first." When I was with Ji Jiuze, I always felt a little scared when I entered the space, for fear of being discovered by him, so it would be more convenient to go back to Jin Yong.
Ji Jiuze seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and then said, "Okay."
The car suddenly fell silent.
Gu Ning keenly felt that the atmosphere in the car was inexplicably cold after Ji Jiuze said that good word.
Gu Ning took a peek at Ji Jiuze, although he was still expressionless as usual, but Gu Ning always felt that he seemed a little unhappy? Do you think you should stay and wait for him? Gu Ning has always been more careful in handling the relationship between himself and Ji Jiuze, and subconsciously regarded Ji Jiuze as his boss, so at this time, he felt that after he figured out the intention of the leader, he tentatively asked: "Then... I will stay and wait for you ?”
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Ji Jiuze said: "If you want to go back, I will help you arrange a return flight ticket."
Gu Ning immediately understood, and said, "No need, I think I'd better go back with you, Captain." It just so happened that she could also take this opportunity to take a look at the prosperity of the capital, which is not yet the end of the world.
The atmosphere in the car was obviously relaxed.
Gu Ning secretly let out a sigh.
Ji Jiuze looked relaxed at this moment, and asked, "What do you want to eat tonight?"
It's just finished lunch, isn't it too early to discuss dinner so soon
Gu Ning silently slandered, and said: "You can eat whatever you want."
The car stopped at the entrance of Century Department Store.
Ji Jiuze got out of the car first, and then opened the door for Gu Ning: "Get out of the car."
"What's wrong?" Gu Ning asked strangely after getting out of the car.
Ji Jiuze said concisely: "Buy clothes."
Only then did Gu Ning realize that apart from himself, most of the passers-by here were wearing heavy coats, and some even wore various scarves, and the breath coming out of their mouths was all white. But she was still wearing the thin sportswear brought from home.
Ji Jiuze very naturally touched the back of Gu Ning's hand with the back of his hand, only briefly, and then said in Gu Ning's astonished eyes: "Hands are so cold, don't you feel cold?"
Gu Ning really wanted to say that ever since she was bitten by a zombie, even on hotter days, her body was still cold and she couldn't feel the warmth. If it wasn't for the beating heart in her chest, Gu Ning would have thought that she had already died. It's a dead man. If it wasn't for the purpose of covering her skin as much as possible to avoid being caught by zombies, she could even wear short sleeves.
I don't know if it's because Gu Ning is still wearing such thin clothes on such a cold day, it's because Ji Jiuze is too conspicuous, or maybe their combination is too strange, many passers-by are looking here curiously , a few fashionable girls who didn't know who said something were giggling here, mainly at Ji Jiuze.
Gu Ning obediently followed Ji Jiuze to the Century Department Store. She always felt that her current situation was a bit like the plot in her favorite Korean drama before. Gu Ning couldn't help imagining that she was walking from the fitting room wearing a piece of clothing. After coming out, Ji Jiuze either shook her head or waved her hands, until finally, she came out wearing a very nice dress, Ji Jiuze's eyes lit up, showing a stunning expression - Gu Ning was amused by the picture he had imagined, and actually laughed out loud Come. Ji Jiuze looked sideways in surprise.
However, the reality is that half an hour later, Gu Ning was wearing a down jacket with a very tender beige color that reached his knees, and Ji Jiuze, who was carrying two other bags, came out of Century Department Store. The... can be said to be embarrassing. She didn't even dare to try the rice-colored clothes that were so tender and tender, and she didn't even dare to try them when she was full of girlish hearts, and didn't Ji Jiuze think this down jacket was too thick? She is really not that cold. Like a beige penguin. Ji Jiuze actually made such an evaluation as being cute. cute? ! Gu Ning never thought that one day he would be praised as cute by others, and he still spit out the word cute from Ji Jiuze's mouth——
But in order not to disappoint Ji Jiuze's good intentions, Gu Ning could only wear this "obstructive" beige-colored down jacket.
Zhuang Chen said that Ji Jiuze is very keen on buying houses, and he has properties almost all over the country. According to her gossip, Ji Jiuze has more than six properties in the capital alone.
The three-story single-family villa next to the Forbidden City occupies a large area, with a total of only three floors. It is even extravagantly equipped with a transparent viewing elevator. From the window of the room, you can see a large stretch of palaces. .
The layout of the bedroom is bigger than her living room.
Thinking of this, Gu Ning suddenly felt that he should change a house for his parents. There are only two rooms and one living room in the house. The living room is about the same size as the bedroom. There is a kitchen and a bathroom. The total area is less than sixty square meters. The sofa is placed in the living room. With a table and a TV cabinet, it looks very narrow. Even with my current salary, I can buy a nice house in Jinyong. The key is how to explain the source of my money to Gu's father and Gu's mother
Otherwise, just tell another lie, and use Ji Jiuze's rhetoric, that he was poached by a rich boss, paid a high salary, and even allocated a flat? ! This is a bit too exaggerated, probably thinking that he was being taken care of by the big boss. To be honest, it doesn't work, Mama Gu has a lot of thoughts, and she will worry about her safety all day long in the future, which is not good.
After thinking about it, Gu Ning didn't know any good way to buy a house openly. I used to have no money, but now I have money and can’t use it, so sad!
After Ji Jiuze settled himself here, he received a call and left in a hurry.
Gu Ning hesitated for a while but still didn't change the down jacket he was wearing, holding Ji Jiuze's wallet and decided to go shopping first.
He hailed a taxi and asked where he was going, but Gu Ning was not familiar with the way, so he said that he could go to a bustling place here, and he could go anywhere.
The master was amused when he heard it: "You are really interesting. You are not a local, nor do you look like a tourist. Are you here to visit relatives in the capital?"
Gu Ning just smiled.
The master saw that Gu Ning didn't argue with each other, although he felt that the girl was a bit cold, but she was sensible, so he kept his mouth shut and drove.
Today happened to be the weekend, and the streets were bustling with people everywhere. Gu Ning bought a candied haws and walked slowly among the crowd while eating. They looked sad, but maybe they were just troubled by some small things in life. If they had a look at the scene of the end of the world, they would never feel that these small things were worth frowning. Holding the child's hand, the child happily plays with the little toy bought on the road. The hustle and bustle of the crowd, this is a scene that may never be seen in another world, Gu Ning watched it with relish.
"Gu Ning?!" Suddenly a familiar voice came from the crowd behind Gu Ning.
Gu Ning stopped and looked back.
Facing a pair of eyes that were brightened by surprise, Cheng Ming squeezed through the crowd and waved at Gu Ning excitedly: "Senior Sister Gu Ning!"
It was very difficult for him to squeeze over from there, wearing a blue down jacket, with bright eyes, excitedly said: "Senior Sister Gu Ning, it's really you! I thought I recognized the wrong person!"
Gu Ning looked at him in surprise: "Cheng Ming? Why are you here?"
Gu Ning's tone was very natural and friendly, and most importantly, she still remembered his name.
Cheng Ming's eyes lit up a little more happily: "I just arrived in the capital last month, and I was doing an internship in a company. I'm here today because I'm on vacation."
"Cheng Ming! Why are you running around!" An equally familiar face came out of the crowd, and the girl complained to Cheng Ming with some dissatisfaction.
Cheng Mingsheng was afraid that Gu Ning would misunderstand, so he quickly introduced: "Senior sister, this is my classmate, and now I am doing an internship in the same company as me. Huang Mengyao, this is a senior sister from our school."
Seeing Huang Mengyao's messy short hair at the end of the world, and looking at Huang Mengyao with exquisite makeup and long black wavy hair, Gu Ning was still not used to it, but she showed a friendly smile to her: "You Okay, Mengyao."
Huang Mengyao froze for a moment, her impatient expression gradually eased, because she somehow felt that Senior Sister Gu Ning looked... very close, maybe it was the way she looked at her? Huang Mengyao didn't know, but she couldn't help showing a little smile: "Hello, senior sister."
"Senior Sister, how are you recently?" Cheng Ming asked. He didn't say that after knowing the news of Gu Ning's return, he secretly went to squat near Gu Ning's house. When he saw Gu Ning going out from the house, he still couldn't muster up the courage to say hello to Gu Ning, but he saw Gu Ning's face His hair turned into short blond hair, so when he saw Gu Ning with blond hair in the crowd just now, he just called out tentatively, but he didn't expect it was really her. She looks... seems fine.
Gu Ning smiled and said, "I'm fine."
Cheng Ming asked, "Sister, are you working in Beijing now?"
"No, I just came here with my friends for business, and I will go back to Jinyong in a few days." Gu Ning said with a smile: "When I go back to Jinyong, I will treat you to dinner."
Cheng Ming was a little disappointed when he heard the first sentence, but suddenly came back to life when he heard the second sentence: "Really?" Then he said a little embarrassedly: "Then senior sister, please leave me a phone number. After I finish my internship, I will Look for you."
Huang Mengyao also silently took out her mobile phone, ready to write down.
Gu Ning reported a set of numbers.
Cheng Ming dialed it immediately, and the phone in Gu Ning's pocket rang.
Huang Mengyao couldn't help but said: "Senior Sister Gu Ning, are you a Nokia that was discontinued hundreds of years ago?" She paused, and added embarrassingly: "Uh... so cool."
Gu Ning just smiled and didn't care at all.
Because Huang Mengyao still had something to do with Cheng Ming, so Cheng Ming reluctantly said goodbye to Gu Ning, and then disappeared into the crowd with Huang Mengyao.
Gu Ning looked at the two people who slowly disappeared into the crowd, feeling filled with emotion.
While eating, he walked slowly on the road, from the street to the end of the street, Gu Ning walked for two full hours, threw the rubbish in the trash can, and walked into a supermarket.
It was already 5:30 in the afternoon when I went back with the vegetables.
Gu Ning was handling the fish that had been killed, and suddenly felt palpitations. Gu Ning couldn't help reaching out and holding her chest. She suddenly remembered that she also felt this feeling when she suffered heavy losses in the attack of mutated plants in the last apocalypse—
Gu Ning didn't hesitate at all, and didn't even have time to wash his hands. He moved to the space in an instant, and then from the space to the end of the world.
It is three o'clock in the morning at the end of the world. Gu Ning appeared in the room in an instant. The room was silent. Gu Ning immediately turned his head to look at the bed, and saw that Gu's father and mother were sleeping peacefully on the bed. Gu Ning couldn't help but let out a long breath, and kept stroking his chest to calm down the throbbing heart. However, the next second, the gunshot from the direction of the management office instantly made Gu Ning's heart twitch again. Lift it up!