Dai Ning was sleeping soundly when Qingtuan rushed around in her sea of consciousness and woke her up.
"Daining, wake up! Wake up! Chen Jing is here!"
Dai Ning said vaguely: "Come here if you want."
If Qingtuan had arms, he would have pushed her: "Don't sleep, he's waiting outside. He laid hands on Ji Tian, but you ignored him. It would be terrible if he thinks you're a liar again."
Dai Ning covered herself with the quilt and turned a deaf ear to it. As a person who had lost part of her soul power, she only felt that Qingtuan was noisy and wanted to smash its little head.
It started to rain in the middle of the night. Dai Ning was thirsty and got up to drink some water. Qing Tuan was like a worried old father who hadn't gone to bed yet. He urged her, "Check your text messages."
Dai Ning picked up the cup and took a look at it.
Sure enough, at seven o'clock in the evening, Chen Jing sent her a text message saying that he was waiting for her in the coffee shop across the street. It was already three o'clock in the morning.
She didn't know why Chen Jing came here on his own initiative. She thought that because of his double-talking character, he would wait until the last day of Grandpa's birthday before coming.
"It's raining heavily outside. He might still be waiting. Go check on him."
"You said it was going to rain heavily, so I won't force myself to go out." Besides, Chen Jing wasn't stupid. If he couldn't wait for someone, wouldn't he just leave? Dai Ning turned off her phone and went back to sleep. The world is big, I'll talk about it when I wake up tomorrow.
Qingtuan hugged himself in despair.
It looked at the light on its phone, which was off.
On the other side of the street, the cafe was closed. It was raining heavily outside. At one in the morning, Li Ming called and asked, "Brother Jing, aren't you going back to the hotel?"
"Something happened," he said.
Li Ming was so tired that he fell asleep when he saw that he couldn't persuade him to come back.
Chen Jing looked at the drizzling rain outside. They all came to Beijing today in a dusty state. Although they didn't say it, he knew that they were all feeling a bit nervous and expectant.
He didn't even drink a sip of water when he arrived, and hurried to the vicinity of Ji's house.
He glanced at the villa area from a distance, frowned, and didn't go over, waiting nearby.
He originally wanted to ask Dai Ning what he should prepare for Mr. Ji's birthday. He had never been to such a party before, so what should he pay attention to
He didn't have much time to begin with, and his conditions... weren't good enough for Dai Ning, so he was afraid that Dai Ning would lose face.
Dai Ning hadn't come for a long time, and his heart grew colder.
Chen Jing had really believed her words before. Perhaps he knew that this was his only chance. If he took her words seriously, he would have a reason to continue with her.
However, Chen Jing probably knew in his heart that the current cold reception was not surprising.
She was... a liar.
After the coffee shop closed, Chen Jing went to another 24-hour bookstore. The waitress was a young girl. Seeing that he was tall and handsome, she blushed secretly and led him to the sofa in the bookstore: "Do you need a cup of hot tea?"
Chen Jing nodded. Although he felt cold in his heart, he still wanted to wait a little longer.
He had prepared for the worst from the beginning, and took on the job of the boss of an underground arena, bringing Li Ming and others to Beijing. Even if Dai Ning's previous words were just a joke, he could still treat this trip as just an ordinary job, at least he had the last bit of dignity.
Chen Jing tasted the blood in his mouth, and his eyes dimmed. No, in fact, he no longer had any dignity.
The girl working in the bookstore was far away, and the sound of rain filled the night.
He put his hands to his lips, and his lips moved, making a low, clear sound.
"My name is Chen Jing, I'm from Fengming City, I'm... twenty-twenty-five years old this year. I wish you a long life and good health." He paused in the middle and bit the root of his tongue hard, the pain made him alert.
Next time when I speak till twenty-five, I won’t stutter anymore.
The sound of rain made the bookstore quiet and no one could hear the pronunciation he was practicing.
Chen Jing's mouth was filled with the smell of blood, and he suddenly felt very uncomfortable. When he was in high school, he heard from his classmates that if stuttering is not innate, biting the tongue hard when stuttering will remember the pain and prevent the brain from making mistakes again.
Someone on the spot started a commotion and asked Chen Jing to bite his tongue to try it out.
"Try it, stutterer. What's the matter? Are you afraid of accidentally biting your tongue and committing suicide?"
"His tongue is so useless, it's better to bite it off."
"Come on, try it."
Chen Jing clenched his fists and beat them up severely.
But many years later, when Daning said she would take him to meet her family, he remembered this incident for some reason.
I remembered that method which was close to self-harm.
Will it really work? A few nights before he came, he pursed his lips and tried it.
"My name is..."
The smell of blood spread in his mouth, and Chen Jing covered his eyes weakly. He didn't want to be a stutterer, didn't want to be born lowly, and didn't want to grow up in a wolf pack.
Don’t want to… like Ji Daining.
But there was no way, he had absolutely no way.
It was not until he arrived in Beijing that the vicious and almost cruel method actually made him stop stuttering when he said this sentence.
He came to look for her in surprise, but she didn't come.
The heavy rain was beating against the glass window. He wiped the blood from his mouth with a tissue and suddenly felt a little self-deprecating.
Is he still Chen Jing
After eating and drinking, Daning got up lazily. It was already the next afternoon.
Qingtuan stared at the two reddish black smoke rings, looking up at the sky in his sea of consciousness. Daining found it interesting and deliberately controlled the wind in his sea of consciousness to poke it for fun.
Qingtuan was so angry after being poked that he felt extremely aggrieved.
"You bad woman!"
Dai Ning chuckled: "Didn't you know it a long time ago?"
Qingtuan was sulking.
She still looked lazy and had no intention of coaxing the idiot in the sea of consciousness, so she asked Qiu Gu Nan to bring a makeup artist to dress her up.
The eldest lady calmly instructed: "A lighter makeup that looks more innocent and bitchy."
The corners of the mouths of several makeup artists twitched, and Qiu Gu Nan laughed. Who would say that about themselves
When applying lip makeup to her, Daning raised her hand to stop her: "No need for this."
She picked and chose, picked up a peach-flavored lipstick, applied it on her lips and took a sip, and thought it tasted pretty good.
Dai Ning didn't like to move. After the makeup artist left, she said, "Guzi, take out the white daisy dress from my closet. Yes, that one. Help me put it on."
Qiu Gunan doted on her and went over to help her put on her skirt.
Daning only needs to raise her hand lazily occasionally.
After everything was done, seeing Dai Ning was about to go out, Qiu Gunan asked, "Where are you going, Miss?"
Dai Ning turned around and smiled lively and cutely. She winked at Qiu Gu Nan and said, "It's a date."
Qiu Gunan covered his lips and widened his eyes.
How come she didn’t know when the eldest lady got a boyfriend
Dai Ning got in the car and asked the driver to drive to the coffee shop. Unfortunately, there was no one inside. She didn't panic and called him: "Brother, where are you? I didn't see you yesterday, so I came here now!"
There was some noise on the other end. Li Ming, who was holding the phone, was touched by her coquettish voice. It turned out that Dai Ning and Brother Jing talked so emotionally in private? Shit, if he hadn't dared to think about it, he would have been hard. Li Ming smiled dryly and said, "Daidai, oh no, Miss Ji, it's me. Brother Jing is busy now. The phone is here."
"You're here too, Brother Li Ming?"
"Yes... Hey Brother Jing!" Li Ming saw a figure in the distance and almost jumped up and waved, "There's a call for you, it's the eldest lady!"
Chen Jing raised his head.
He was wearing a black windbreaker and his hands were covered in blood. He took the phone without saying a word.
The girl on the other end said with a smile: "I didn't see it yesterday, you won't be angry, will you?"
Chen Jing remained silent.
"Where are you? Can I come find you?"
With just this excuse of "I didn't see it", Chen Jing's depressed mood improved a lot. It turned out that she didn't mean it. Since she was willing to find him, she didn't lie to him.
Li Ming saw that Brother Jing, who had been gloomy all day, now had a relaxed look on his face.
He responded with a low "hmm", raised his hand to hang up the phone, and entered an address for Daning on his phone.
Chen Jing took off his coat and gave it to Li Ming, who quickly hugged it.
Chen Jing went to the faucet to wash his hands. He washed them very carefully, cleaning away all the blood stains under his nails.
Li Ming hugged his clothes and felt like a tool without emotions.
Alas, Brother Jing was so serious when he went out, but now after a phone call, he seems like a normal person again. If Dai Ning had called half an hour earlier, their mission target would not have been so miserable.
When Dai Ning arrived at the location, Chen Jing had already arrived.
The address he gave was of a dessert shop. Knowing Dai Ning's taste, Chen Jing had already placed the order before she arrived.
As soon as Daning came in, the cookies were baked.
Chen Jinglue looked at her coldly. She skipped and sat down in front of him, picked up the biscuit and took a bite. Then, as if she remembered something, she naturally handed the biscuit with a chip to his lips.
A pair of big eyes, watery and bright.
Chen Jing turned his head away and coughed softly.
Seeing that he didn't want it, Daning ate happily.
"Brother, how long did you wait last night?"
Chen Jing took out a notebook and wrote on the paper: "Soon."
Dai Ning tilted her head to look at him: "Why are you using a pen again?"
There was a time when he was willing to stutter and now he is using pen and paper again.
Chen Jing lowered his eyes: "I'm used to it."
"Okay," she leaned closer, "I like my brother no matter what he is like."
A song is playing across the shop - "Loving a soulless person, the world is black... You said all the words of love to me, but you didn't do anything to love me. But I took your sweet words as the shell of your love for me..."
The green ball made a puff sound, but Daning pretended not to hear it.
Chen Jing looked at Dai Ning and didn't think there was anything wrong.
Listening to her sweet words, the light in his eyes gradually faded away. Chen Jing raised his hand and wiped the biscuit crumbs from her lips.
Daning pouted with a smile in her eyes.
"It tastes like peach. Would you like to try it? Ah Jing."
She called him "A Jing" softly and tenderly, no longer calling him brother. It was the first time Chen Jing heard this name, and he felt like someone poked his heart, and he pursed the corners of his lips.
Chen Jing was not used to the change of identity, but... This was really good. He didn't have to maintain his brother's identity, nor did he have to suppress his entanglement. The anger and pain from last night were almost gone in an instant.
He tensed his body and wiped the biscuit crumbs from the corner of her mouth without looking at her.
Seeing that Chen Jing had no intention of giving her some luck in broad daylight, Dai Ning sat back in boredom.
Chen Jing wrote: "It's your grandfather's birthday later. What would he like?"
Dai Ning thought about it, then pointed at herself confidently: "Me."
Chen Jing: "...Don't be naughty."
Dai Ning also knew what he meant, and smiled and gave him some advice: "Buy some tea, Grandpa will drink tea."
Chen Jing nodded.
"Is there anything I need to be aware of?"
Dai Ning raised her little face and said smugly, "My boyfriend, they can't even please him, you can do whatever you want!"
Chen Jing couldn't help but curl his lips slightly.
He seldom smiles, and most of the time he's like an iceberg. But when he smiles at this moment, he looks particularly handsome.
Qingtuan looked disappointed and couldn't help but sympathize with him. When a person's emotions are controlled by others, he is already quite pitiful.
It hugged itself and simply covered its eyes, refusing to look at the little liar Daning who was trying to deceive people's emotions.
This is Brother Chen’s first love, so tragic.
After serving Dai Ning food, Chen Jing went out to pick tea leaves. He didn't know much about it, so he asked Dai Ning to go with him.
Dai Ning did not refuse. The bastard thought to himself that the good luck was not in his hands yet. The peach was just eaten by him.
Walking out of the store, the sun was shining brightly.
Dai Ning looked at the cold and taciturn man beside her, and an idea came to her mind. She held his hand and interlocked their fingers.
Chen Jing was stunned for a moment. He had already noticed her approaching. Chen Jing subconsciously tensed up, but did not move, wanting to see what she was going to do.
He didn't turn around to look at her, but silently tightened his fingers, his eyes becoming gentle.
This is the only person he has ever fallen in love with.
He accepted whatever she wanted to do.
His heart softened. He had never thought in his life that being in love could be so sweet, so sweet that it could make people forget the pain that was so close.