Half an hour later, Jian Yan stood at the gate of Weiyinghuayuan Community. She had lived in this place for three years and was so familiar with it that she could go home with her eyes closed. She squinted her eyes and pulled her scarf up to cover half of her face. She happened to meet a few girls going home on the elevator. She stood behind them and heard a few girls ask, "When will Yi Meng start airing? Will it be this fall?"
Another girl replied: "How can it be that fast? Didn't we just take the photo?"
“I really want to see it!”
"I want to watch it too. Oh, I hope it's released sooner. I can't wait to watch it!"
"I think you want to see Yuanzi and Xinxin, haha."
"You're talking as if you don't like CP. Do you dare to say that your screensaver is not Luo Shen and Jian Yan?"
Jian Yan was stunned for a few seconds when she heard her name, and she lowered her eyelids helplessly. The elevator arrived with a ding, and the girls in front walked out one after another. She stood at the back and let out a sigh of relief.
Soon we arrived at the apartment door.
Jian Yan unlocked the door, grasped the door handle, and opened the door with force. The light inside the door was on, and everything was the same as before. She had imagined countless times that when she opened this door, she would see Ji Yunxin sitting on the sofa. Now, she actually opened this door and saw Ji Yunxin sitting on the sofa, but her heart was not stirred at all.
Those long-awaited scenes seemed to turn to ashes and disappear with the wind.
Ji Yunxin turned around when she heard the door open and saw Jian Yan standing at the door. She put down her notebook, stood up and said, "Come in."
Jian Yan habitually put on slippers and walked in. Standing in the living room, she belatedly began to stare at the tip of her shoes.
Ji Yunxin said: "Sit down."
Jian Yan lowered her head and took the bag: "No need, I just came here to give you the necklace."
As she spoke, she took out a small transparent bag from her bag. The bag contained a silver necklace. Ji Yunxin took it and said, "Thank you."
Jian Yan stood in front of the sofa and shook her head: "No need."
Seeing that she was about to leave after she finished speaking, Ji Yunxin asked, "Did Xiaohan contact you?"
She rarely spoke on her own initiative, and her expression was very unnatural. Her sharp eyes did not look at Jian Yan, but instead looked elsewhere. Jian Yan turned her head when she heard her question: "Xiao Han?"
Then she responded: "Is it about the New Year's Eve dinner?"
Ji Yunxin nodded: "Yes."
Jian Yan smiled: "I said it."
She was wearing a black down jacket, a thick scarf covering the lower half of her face, long hair draped over her shoulders, bangs covering her eyebrows, and her expression was almost invisible when she lowered her head, but there was a hint of smile in her voice. Seeing that she didn't leave immediately, Ji Yunxin wanted to find other topics, but she was not a talkative person, and she usually didn't take the initiative to chat, so the two stood there awkwardly for a few seconds, and Jian Yan said, "That's nothing, I'll go back first."
"Wait a minute." Ji Yunxin said, "I'll take you there."
After she finished speaking, she remembered that her car had been driven away by Fu Qiang. Jian Yan had no intention of letting her send her off, so she waved her hand and refused, "No need, I'll call a taxi."
Ji Yunxin saw from the corner of her eye that there was a car key in the box next to the clothes hanger. It was the car that Jian Yan often drove. She walked over, picked up the key and said, "Let me give it to you."
Before Jian Yan could reply, her stomach growled loudly. In such a quiet atmosphere, it was particularly clear. Jian Yan bit her lips hidden under her scarf. Hot air suddenly rose from her face, making her cheeks slightly red. She said embarrassedly, "No, I'll go first. Goodbye, President Ji."
Just like a quick battle, she didn't expect that her wrist was grabbed as soon as she took a step. She turned around and asked in confusion: "Boss Ji?"
Ji Yunxin held his breath and said, "Let's eat something before we go."
Jian Yan originally wanted to refuse, but she felt that it was too deliberate. Although she didn't need to consider Ji Yunxin's face now and could leave if she wanted, she would still go to the Ji family in the future, and it was impossible for her to never see each other again, so she sighed and nodded: "Okay."
Ji Yunxin breathed a sigh of relief when she heard her agree. She said, "Sit down."
After saying that, she thought of Jian Yan's accusation in the notebook that she was too taciturn, and she said, "What do you want to eat?"
Jian Yan ignored the strange feeling spreading over her body, and replied uncomfortably, "Whatever."
Ji Yunxin nodded and walked towards the kitchen. She didn’t come here often, so she didn’t even know where to put things. Besides, she only knew how to cook a few home-cooked dishes, so she didn’t know if there was any—
She opened the refrigerator; it was empty except for a few cans of drinks.
Jian Yan heard no movement in the kitchen and turned to look. Ji Yunxin's tall figure stood in front of the refrigerator. She closed it and then lowered her head to walk around. She took off her coat and wore a beige sweater. The sleeves of the sweater were rolled up to her elbows, revealing her white and clean arms. Her hands were well-maintained, slender and long. You could tell at a glance that they were not hands that would do housework. Jian Yan stood up and walked over, took off her down jacket and said, "Let me do it."
She is more familiar with this place.
Ji Yunxin took a step back. Jian Yan brushed past her, and a faint scent of perfume hit her. She lowered her eyes and saw Jian Yan's slender neck. Her skin was as delicate and shiny as jade. She said, "Can I help?"
Jian Yan looked around and didn't see any fresh ingredients. Before she came, she was curious about why Ji Yunxin suddenly came to this apartment. Now that everything was normal, she thought that it was probably a spur of the moment decision. Anyway, she didn't live here anymore, so Ji Yunxin wouldn't feel uncomfortable coming here.
She opened the freezer and asked, "Want some dumplings or rice balls? And some noodles."
They were all frozen. No one had lived here for almost a month. If there were other ingredients, they would have been inedible. Ji Yunxin heard her looking down at the freezer and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
Jian Yan casually picked up a bag of glutinous rice balls: "I don't mind."
"President Ji, please go out and wait. It will be ready soon."
Ji Yunxin stood behind her and said with a breath, "Let me help you."
Jian Yan turned her head and glanced at her. What was there to help with? It was just boiling water and rolling the dumplings. It didn't require any technical skills. But seeing Ji Yunxin standing there doing nothing, she really wanted to help. She said, "Then Mr. Ji, please wash two bowls."
Ji Yunxin bent down, and Jian Yan said, "The cupboard is up there."
Ji Yunxin coughed lightly to open the upper cabinet, reached out and took out two bowls. The only sound in the kitchen was the roar of the range hood. Jian Yan inadvertently looked at the glass next to her and then was stunned. She was wearing home clothes and holding a spoon in her hand. White smoke and hot steam were curling out of the pot. Beside her, Ji Yunxin was wearing work clothes and was washing dishes seriously. When she first entered the room and saw Ji Yunxin sitting on the sofa, she didn't feel anything, but now seeing this scene, she felt complicated.
"It's done." Ji Yunxin put it on the table after washing it. Jian Yan came back to her senses: "Mr. Ji, go wait outside. It will be done soon."
"Um."
After responding indifferently, Ji Yunxin walked out of the kitchen. She did not sit in the living room but stood at the door of the dining room. From her angle, she could clearly see Jian Yan's actions. She stirred the pot with a spoon, adjusted the heat, covered the pot, and after simmering for a few minutes, she opened the lid, stirred it twice more, then turned off the heat and took out the glutinous rice balls.
The movements are very skillful.
Ji Yunxin thought about the many bags of dumplings, glutinous rice balls and noodles in the freezer just now. This was different from what she imagined. She thought Jian Yan had been living well here for three years, but she forgot how good it could be to live alone. When she thought about how she had held a bowl of noodles or a bowl of dumplings and sent her a message asking if she would come back, that kind of excitement and expectation was ruthlessly rejected by her.
This feeling is terrible.
Ji Yunxin's eyes were suddenly filled with mist for no reason. She frowned and turned her head away, her hands hanging at her sides. She suddenly found that there were no words to describe her current mood.
Uncomfortable, depressed, and uncomfortable, it was even more suffocating than seeing Jian Yan’s scandal and hearing her chatting and laughing with Luo Jing.
Jian Yan returned to the dining room with two bowls of glutinous rice balls and saw Ji Yunxin standing there. She called out, "Boss Ji?"
Ji Yunxin raised her eyes, and Jian Yan noticed that her eyes were slightly red. She asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's okay." Ji Yunxin's voice was slightly lower.
Jian Yan sat at the dining table, put a pair of chopsticks on her bowl and said, "Okay, come and eat."
Her tone was gentle and her attitude was very natural. Ji Yunxin sat opposite her. Jian Yan was really hungry. The glutinous rice balls were still very hot. She stirred them with a small spoon and finally scooped a spoonful of soup to her lips. The heat spread to her body along the tip of her tongue, warming her body in an instant.
Ji Yunxin watched her eat two before picking up the chopsticks. They were filled with sesame filling and contained a lot of saccharin, making them very sweet. She swallowed them with the hot soup, feeling warm. Ji Yunxin suddenly felt very satisfied.
The two of them ate a bowl of glutinous rice balls in silence. At the end, Jian Yan wanted to clean up the dishes, and Ji Yunxin said, "I'll do it."
Jian Yan did not refuse. She said, "Okay, thank you Mr. Ji for hosting me. I should go now."
Are you leaving now
Ji Yunxin saw her figure walking out of the dining room, took the coat and scarf from the sofa, and said, "I'll take you there."
Jian Yan smiled and shook her head: "No need."
Although the short time together had not yet eliminated the gap between her and Ji Yunxin, after all, they had eaten together, so it was not so awkward. Besides, Jian Yan had already put herself in the right position and mindset, so she naturally refused and said, "I'll just take a taxi back."
Ji Yunxin followed her and said, "It's not safe to take a taxi this late."
She said, taking out the car keys from the box without letting anyone argue: "I'll give it to you."
Jian Yan felt that Ji Yunxin was very strange tonight. This strange feeling did not dissipate until she got in the car. Ji Yunxin was driving the car. It was her first time driving Jian Yan's car. She was not used to it. After fumbling for a few minutes, she asked, "Are you fastened your seat belt?"
Jian Yan leaned against the back of the car: "It's tied."
Ji Yunxin hummed, then turned her head and found Jian Yan looking at her. She asked, "What's wrong?"
Jian Yan said with a normal look, "Boss Ji, don't you feel a little different tonight?"
Ji Yunxin's heart skipped a beat, and her heartbeat quickened for no reason. She asked, "What's the difference?"
Jian Yan hesitated for a few seconds, looked at Ji Yunxin and said, "You talk a lot, a little long-winded."
Her straightforward words left Ji Yunxin speechless.
She just wanted to say a few more words to her.
The author has something to say: Ji Yunxin: Wife, you are right, I really should talk less.
Jian Yan:
Ji Yunxin: Anyway, my mouth is not for talking.
Jian Yan:!!!
I'll add another chapter today. Thank you to all the dears who have been following me all the time. Thank you for your comments, votes, long reviews, and nutrient solutions. Although Wugui writes novels, I don't have enough words to express my gratitude. Maybe I get sentimental when I'm sick, so I've been rambling a lot. Anyway, I'm very grateful to have you guys, I like you guys very much. Finally, it's spoiler time, Ji Hanhan is about to get it, and after that she will be called Ji Saosao!