“I’m sorry. I didn’t do it on purpose.” Ji Yan was still sitting on the floor, repeating her apologies. She looked a little sullen, perhaps because she had seen the photo.
Shang Jinshen’s gaze grew darker and darker, as unfathomable as an ancient well. “Bring the box over.”
Ji Yan slowly stood up, walked to Shang Jinshen, handed over the small box in her palm, and looked at Shang Jinshen with a complex expression. She couldn’t help wondering if the girl in the photo was the person he loved.
Shang Jinshen took the box, glanced at it, then put it in his pocket. He folded his hands in front of his chest and said coldly, “You are not allowed to touch my things casually in the future.”
Ji Yan nodded. She didn’t have the habit of randomly touching people’s possessions. It was truly an accident just now.
She bent over and picked up the clothes she put on the edge of the bed. Ji Yan walked out and said, “Well, then I’ll leave first.”
“Scram! Scram out of the Shang family!” Shang Jinshen suddenly growled. His anger surged inexplicably, his tone was full of ferocity.
Ji Yan looked at him inexplicably. What’s wrong with this man again? For such a long time, Ji Yan had gotten used to his capriciousness, so she packed her suitcase without hesitation and went out.
Madam Zhang didn’t know what happened but just as she wanted to ask, Ji Yan shook her head, turned, and went out of the door.
Shang Jinshen’s anger did not subside because of Ji Yan’s departure. The small box in his pocket seemed to sear through his clothes. It took a long time before he calmed down and took it out again.
Looking at the photo in the box, there was a complicated expression in his eyes.
Walking out of the Shang family, Ji Yan looked up. The sky was already dark. She sighed helplessly, thinking to crash at a hotel for one night.
But when she arrived at the hotel, she halted. If Shang Jinshen found the records and told Mrs. Shang, she would definitely suffer again.
Forget it. It was only one night. Ji Yan hailed a taxi and went straight to the airport. She would just have to spend a night in the airport’s waiting area.
Early morning, Shao Kai brought Li Wenjing to the airport. Li Wenjing contacted Ji Yan, who picked up the phone in a daze.
Li Wenjing was shocked. “Ji Yan, don’t tell me that you haven’t woken up yet! The plane will take off in a short while.”
Ji Yan instantly sobered up. “I’m already in the waiting area. Come over.”
After hanging up the phone, Li Wenjing’s face was full of doubt. Ji Yan has already arrived?
When Li Wenjing and Shao Kai took their boarding passes to the waiting area, Ji Yan came up to them and said, “Wenjing, look after my luggage. I’ll go wash up.”
Li Wenjing looked curiously at Ji Yan, who held a towel and a toothbrush. Confused, she wondered aloud, “Did Ji Yan sleep at the airport last night?”
Shao Kai looked at Ji Yan’s luggage and didn’t say anything. He had the same question as Li Wenjing in his heart.
When they got on the plane, Li Wenjing tugged at Ji Yan’s sleeve and said, “Hey, you slept at the airport last night?”
Ji Yan was sitting by the window, looking at the fluffy white clouds that she could almost reach. Hearing the question, she turned her head and nodded. She did not feel comfortable lying to her friend.
“What’s going on? Did your family…” Li Wenjing didn’t know much about Ji Yan’s family. In her impression, Ji Yan didn’t talk much about her family either.
Ji Yan glanced at Shao Kai, sitting in the outermost seat. He was tilting his head to listen to her. She shook her head and said, “It’s not like that. I can’t sleep, so I came over early and waited there. I accidentally fell asleep after waiting for a long time.” Then again, it was necessary for some white lies.
Li Wenjing didn’t ask any more questions. She took out the snacks in her bag and munched on them. She handed them to Ji Yan, who didn’t have much appetite, and waved her hands to reject them.
Shao Kai said, “Men don’t like eating snacks.” He turned around and asked the stewardess for a cup of coffee.
Then he asked Ji Yan if she wanted to order. Ji Yan smiled and said, “Could you please give me a glass of water?”
Finally, Ji Yan breathed a sigh of relief when they arrived at Southlake City. After leaving North River City, it seemed that the strange mood that disturbed her disappeared with the change in scenery.
Li Wenjing was the happiest person in the trio. She waved her hand excitedly to the people who were there to pick them up.
“Welcome. I am Gao Rui, the artistic director of GN Corp.” A woman in a suit walked over. Her hair was pulled up into a meticulous bun, and she had delicate makeup on her face. She had a temperament that could win people’s hearts.
The woman had been looking at Ji Yan. Ji Yan smiled and said, “Hello, I am Ji Yan. This is Li Wenjing. That gentleman is Shao Kai, the marketing manager of our company.”
Gao Rui nodded to Li Wenjing and Shao Kai, and Shao Kai returned a friendly smile. Gao Rui didn’t have any reaction and said, “I’ll take you to the hotel our company arranged first.”
Ji Yan nodded. After arriving at a five-star hotel with Gao Rui, she was impressed with GN Corp’s treatment. It lived up to their name of being a multinational design company.
Gao Rui left after informing them about the schedule.
Li Wenjing’s round face swayed back and forth in front of Shao Kai. “Hey, have you come back to your senses? Did you fall in love with that beauty just now?”
Shao Kai pushed her face away and laughed, “With you and Ji Yan, the two great beauties, here with me, there’s no need for me to look at anyone else.”
Not knowing if it was an illusion, Ji Yan felt that Shao Kai said those words for her. She stood up straight with her suitcase and said in a polite but distant tone, “Mr. Shao, you can take room 1708. We will stay in the other room.” Li Wenjing winked at Shao Kai and walked away with Ji Yan.
A hint of malice suddenly appeared in Shao Kai’s eyes. He looked at Ji Yan’s back with interest and wondered if she was playing hard to get. After all, few women could resist his gentleness.
“Wenjing, don’t get in touch with Shao Kai unless it’s about work, I don’t think he’s a good man.” Ji Yan was not a busybody. She said these words because she saw Li Wenjing as a friend. She was afraid that she would fall in love with him.
Li Wenjing laughed heartlessly. “I’m just playing around with him. If I fall in love without having a stable source of income, my mom will beat the cr*p out of me.”
Hearing this, Ji Yan was relieved. Gao Rui said that they should have a good rest that day. Ji Yan and Li Wenjing planned to perfect their design draft so that they could take the time to go out for a stroll at night.
Ji Yan had rarely spent her life strolling on the streets, whether now or while she was in the Ji family. She still felt that everything was a new experience when Li Wenjing dragged her along to explore the streets and alleys.
The two of them ate many snacks along the way. Ji Yan smiled and said, “You don’t have to eat dinner anymore.”
When they passed by a street, Ji Yan suddenly looked at the other side of the road. A black car sped past. She frowned and felt that someone was staring at her just now. When she thought about it carefully, she felt a little creeped out.
The man in the black car had an add look on his face, while his mind was filled with the woman’s innocent and unguarded smile. He had never seen this smile before. In front of him, Ji Yan was always full of thorns. She would rather get hurt herself while pricking others.