At five o'clock in the afternoon, a white Porsche was parked outside a classic-style restaurant on Xihe Road in Chengxi District.
Ji Nuan got out of the car, answered another phone call, turned around and went directly into the restaurant.
The bodyguard watched Ji Nuan disappear, picked up his cell phone and called Mo Jingshen.
"Mr. Mo."
"What's up?"
"Someone invited Miss Ji to dinner. She drove here by herself. She looked very serious. She must be worried. I don't know if there is anything going on. Do you want to call her and ask her?"
The man was silent for a few seconds and then asked calmly: "Where is the appointment?"
“An ancient restaurant on Xihe Road.”
"I see."
…
The most luxurious private room in the restaurant was reserved. The waiter opened the door and Ji Nuan saw Mr. Xiao with the aura of a powerful person at the door.
The middle-aged man was wearing a very elegant three-piece suit. Although he was over fifty years old, he still had an extraordinary aura. He looked at Ji Nuan, and Ji Nuan also looked at him. What did they say to each other? Neither of them said anything, but they seemed to be quietly looking at each other in unison.
The waiter stood outside the door and felt that this man and woman, one old and one young, looked inexplicably similar to each other. I couldn't tell where it was, maybe it was temperament, maybe it was feeling.
Ji Nuan faced Xiao Zhenjun's direction and saw that there was no one else in the box, not even Xiao Luye. There were surveillance cameras all around the box. There shouldn't be any problem for her to come in, but when the waiter was about to close the door, Sometimes, it is better to ask the waiter to leave a gap in the door instead of closing it completely.
Seeing Ji Nuan's defensiveness, Mr. Xiao smiled very kindly and didn't mind. He just said, "What are you doing standing at the door? Sit down quickly."
Ji Nuan walked in and sat down.
She put the bag aside without looking at the luxurious menu on the table. After all, she had eaten lunch and she wasn't very hungry at this time. She just asked the waiter to pour her a glass of hot water.
"It's rare for Miss Ji to agree to meet me like this. I saw you and Quanzi getting very close before, but it seems like you haven't had much contact with each other recently. Did Quanzi do something to make you unhappy?" Mr. Xiao The gentleman spoke first.
Ji Nuan looked at the famous chairman of Lingxiao Group in front of her and slightly curled her lips: "No, Mr. Xiao and I are just acquaintances. Last time on your birthday, Mr. Xiao, I was just an acquaintance." I'm just temporarily going as his female companion, and we don't have many private interactions."
Xiao Zhenjun smiled, and compared with the unapproachable Mr. Xiao who was described by others as being particularly kind and amiable: "You must be hungry, please order some food first."
"I'm not hungry, but Mr. Xiao invited me, so I took advantage of my lack of time this afternoon to come over and make an appointment. I just don't know what happened to you, so you asked me to come here specifically to see you?"
At this time, the waiter came in with a water glass and put it in Ji Nuan's hand, and then handed the menu to Ji Nuan.
Ji Nuan took it casually and flipped through it twice. Before he could order, he heard him say: "It's nothing. I used to be close friends with your father, Ji Hongwen, but later there were some misunderstandings that led to so many years of separation." We haven’t contacted each other again. It’s rare to see his daughter achieve such great achievements in the business world. I lamented the changes of the years for a while. I didn’t expect that Lao Ji’s children are already so old and already so capable.”
Ji Nuan paused while flipping through the menu, raised her eyes to look at him, raised her lips, and said with a half-smile, "Does Mr. Xiao just want to treat me to a meal because of my father?"
Xiao Zhenjun always paid attention to the changes in Ji Nuan's expression. However, Ji Nuan was very polite and had a thin smile that was hard to recognize. However, her words clearly seemed like she had guessed something, but because it was just a guess, and There was no rush to ask questions or to find out.
"Of course, there is your mother." When Xiao Zhenjun mentioned her mother, her tone paused, and her eyes fell on her face, as if looking at another through her face, but Ji Nuan's seemingly calm There was a different kind of indifference and sharpness in his eyes, and he smiled again: "Your parents and I are about the same age, and we studied together in the United States decades ago. If it weren't for the fact that we had no contact in the following years, we would have lost touch. It’s time to forget the friendship.”
"Oh, really?" Ji Nuan still had a smile on her face, but she was obviously careless.
It seems that the thing she suspected at the beginning has another confirmation.
But she didn't dare to think about it.
The Xiao family... and her
Is it possible
…
Mr. Xiao didn't talk much to her. Most of them focused on asking about Ji Nuan's experience in the UK over the years, and occasionally asked her about some things in Ji's family when she was a child, as if she was interested in her because of her parents. She paid attention, but avoided talking about many things about Ji Hongwen and her mother.
After chatting for more than an hour, Ji Nuan had a stomachache and physical discomfort due to her menstrual period. She didn’t want to sit here anymore, but before ending the topic, she asked: "Mr. Xiao, when my mother was my age She passed away when she was very young. Since you and my parents knew each other a long time ago, why don't you tell me what kind of woman my mother was?"
Xiao Zhenjun looked at her deeply because of her sudden but yet prepared question.
Ji Nuan didn't avoid his gaze, she just met his gaze and smiled slightly.
Xiao Zhenjun put his hand on the table, holding a water glass. He squeezed the wall of the glass for a long time and whispered: "Your mother is a... very, very good woman."
"Is it good? Since she is so good, she should have a happy and perfect marriage and family, and she should live happily for the rest of her life. But why did she die so early in depression? Although I was young at the time, I have loved her so much for so many years. I didn't do much research on the matter, but I also knew that she was getting depressed due to severe depression. When she died in the hospital, she was already emaciated. How could a good woman finish her life in such a miserable way? What’s so good about it?”
Xiao Zhenjun stopped talking and just looked at her. Although he was hesitant to speak, he had been in a high position in the company for many years and had a good sense of what to say and what not to say.
Obviously, there were some things that he didn't intend to reveal.
Then why bother asking her to come see this
Ji Nuan curled her lips, but her smile did not reach her eyes. Her tone was slightly cold: "I'm not feeling well. I'm going back now. Say goodbye."
After speaking, she turned around without hesitation.
After opening the door, she stepped on her high heels and walked out. She ran into a wall of people, and a familiar crisp breath suddenly filled her nose.
She didn't react for a moment, but the high heels under her feet also slipped on the water stains on the ground. She fell solidly into the arms of the man in front of her, and her waist suddenly tightened. He was very cooperative. He hugged her directly.