Chapter 22 Chapter 22

She thought about it for a long time and decided to pretend that nothing happened last night. She drank some wine, and Ji Yuanchen also drank some wine.

If she meets Ji Yuanchen again, she will avoid him to avoid an embarrassing situation.

Fortunately, she didn't meet him again in the past two days, and just when she was about to breathe a sigh of relief.

In the evening, Qiao Yanrou returned to her residence and saw a pickup truck parked in an open space not far from her.

Several people got out of the car one after another. The passenger door was pushed open, and a tall and straight figure got out of the car. He had a handsome appearance and extraordinary temperament. It was Ji Yuanchen.

He seemed to have seen Qiao Yanrou as well. Ji Yuanchen did not walk towards her immediately, but instead spoke a few words to the other people before striding towards her.

Qiao Yanrou turned around and walked to the other side, which was still some distance away from where she lived.

Ji Yuanchen quickly walked to her side and asked calmly, "Have you had dinner?"

She nodded as she walked forward, and her silent look made Ji Yuanchen want to hug her in his arms and love her.

He grabbed her wrist, stopping her from quickly walking away from him.

"That night..." He just opened his mouth and hadn't said a few words.

Qiao Yanrou quickly interrupted him: "I don't remember anything."

Ji Yuan smiled with a solemn look in his eyes: "What should I do then? I remember it very clearly."

"Anyway... I don't remember." She tried to break free, but the hand that was tightly gripping her wrist remained indifferent and caressed her skin affectionately. The tingling sensation reminded her of how arousing it was when he kissed her deeply that night...

"Qiao Yanrou, I have liked you for a long time." He suddenly expressed his love to her seriously.

Hearing his words, Qiao Yanrou looked up at him, her eyes full of surprise. Like...her?

"But...don't you hate people who are incompetent and hold you back the most?"

"That's other people, you're different." He didn't deny that he didn't like people who held him back.

While answering, Ji Yuanchen's big hand slowly slid from her wrist to her hand, caressing her palm in a very ambiguous way.

Qiao Yanrou's expression was still full of surprise. She really... hadn't noticed it, but when she thought about it carefully, Ji Yuanchen had indeed helped her before.

"Give me some time to calm down." She couldn't accept so many things at once, especially... Ji Yuanchen and Shen Luohan were good friends.

Ji Yuanchen didn't let go of her hand and verbally agreed: "Well, as long as you don't hide from me."

Qiao Yanrou glanced at him. She was planning to avoid him, thinking that maybe after a while his thoughts would fade away. She didn't expect to be seen through.

"I'm going upstairs to rest first."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard him say "hmm", but he still refused to let go of her hand.

"Then...let go."

Ji Yuanchen sighed: "I'll take you upstairs."

Qiao Yanrou couldn't beat him, so she had to let him do what he wanted.

When they reached the third floor, Ji Yuanchen did not kiss her like he did yesterday. His eyes followed her into the room before he was willing to let go of her hand.

"You should go back soon." He said to Ji Yuanchen outside the door.

"Well, good night." He still stood outside the door without moving.

After the door was closed, Qiao Yanrou sat on the sofa to digest this sudden incident and decided to avoid him for the time being.

So in the next few days, whenever she met Ji Yuanchen, she was obviously avoiding him, and Ji Yuanchen did not chase her.

For several days, she didn't say a word to Ji Yuanchen, and Qiao Yanrou thought the matter was over.

That day, Sister Fu, who was in charge of the nourishing food area, approached her and said, "Yanrou, we have enough staff here, but the conference department is short of people. You should go to the conference department from now on."

"Conference Department?" Qiao Yanrou didn't know why she was suddenly transferred to the Conference Department.

"Yes, let's go now. Mr. Ji is talking to other people today, so you can go there first to familiarize yourself with it."

Qiao Yanrou didn't want to go. She stood up from her chair and said, "Sister Fu, can I not go to the conference department and work somewhere else?"

Sister Fu looked at her with a puzzled look on her face. "The conference department is much easier than here. All I have to do is pour water during meetings. I don't have to do anything else when there are no meetings."

Qiao Yanrou knew it was easy, of course, but the people who could sit in the conference room with Ji Yuanchen were usually mid- to high-level psychics. She was afraid that some of these people knew Shen Luohan, after all, Ji Yuanchen knew him.

Although Ji Yuanchen would definitely not reveal any information, the other people could not be sure.

Seeing that Sister Fu said so, Qiao Yanrou knew there was no room for negotiation and could only nod and agree.

When she arrived at the conference room, she found that she had thought too much. Except for Ji Yuanchen, Fang Li, and the two men who stood outside the base when she first arrived, all the others sitting inside were unfamiliar faces.

The most important point was that for some reason, Ji Yuanchen didn't allow her to enter the conference room to pour water for anyone.

"Just sit here, I'll go."

A short-haired girl next to her entered the meeting room. Qiao Yanrou sat outside, but it was not convenient for her to just sit there idle. She was originally a beginner psychic, and it would be bad for her to eat for free for a long time, and she would feel bad about it psychologically.

So she made some tea and sorted the books on the bookcase.

By the time she had wiped the papers clean, let them dry, and put them away one by one, she didn't know when the meeting was over.

Qiao Yanrou wanted to see if there was anything else that needed to be tidied up. A slender figure was leaning against the door of the conference room, looking at her with burning eyes.

She paused for a few seconds, looking quite uncomfortable.

"Can't you stay idle?" he asked with a smile.

"I'm so lucky that this base is willing to take me in. I can't just sit there and do nothing," she said.

Ji Yuanchen said, "I asked you to come to the meeting room so that you can sit down."

Qiao Yanrou ignored him and started to tidy up other places.

Two minutes later, footsteps were heard behind her. Ji Yuanchen leaned on the edge of the table next to him and turned his head to look at her.

Qiao Yanrou looked at him and continued with the work in her hands.

"You agreed not to hide from me?" Ji Yuanchen asked her in a low voice.

Qiao Yanrou would certainly not admit it: "I'm not avoiding you, maybe we're not destined to meet, so we just don't run into each other."

Her last two sentences made Ji Yuan laugh solemnly, but there was no trace of smile in his eyes.

"Qiao Yanrou, I'm serious."

She stopped moving her hands for a long time, raised her hand to push down her black-framed glasses to hide her panic, and did not respond to his words.

"I want to be with you forever." Ji Yuanchen stared at her slender back with a gloomy look in his eyes.

Qiao Yanrou lowered her head and said, "It's not suitable between us.

Ji Yuanchen grabbed her wrist and forced her to look at him: "Tell me, why is it inappropriate?"

"In...all aspects." And there is also the relationship with Shen Luohan.

"What aspect?" He seemed to want to get to the bottom of it.

Qiao Yanrou looked up at him and said nothing.

"What caused the cold?" he asked.

Qiao Yanrou didn't answer him, but the answer was naturally related to Shen Luohan.

Ji Yuanchen didn't think Shen Luohan could hinder the further development of their relationship: "You have already broken up with him, don't worry about it."

She hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Give me a little more time."

Ji Yuanchen knew that she was looking for excuses to avoid him again, but he didn't force her.

After a while, Qiao Yanrou looked at the hand he held tightly in his palm...

"I want to do something."

Ji Yuanchen said nonchalantly: "You still have one hand."

Qiao Yanrou: “…” This guy… is used to playing rogue.

Fortunately, he didn't push her too hard during this period, and she never agreed.

That day, Qiao Yanrou took off her glasses and basked in the sun outside. Her fair skin glowed in the sunlight.

Fang Li, who was approaching, was stunned. She was sitting in the sun, looking up with her eyes closed, feeling the sunlight. She was like a beautiful painting, making people hold their breath for fear of disturbing her.

Qiao Yanrou leaned lazily against the door frame. When she heard a noise beside her, she opened her eyes and saw Fang Li.

"Are you used to the living and food here?" Fang Li asked her.

She smiled and nodded: "I'm used to it."

Fang Li looked at her for a full half minute and exclaimed, "You are the most beautiful person I have ever seen."

"Thanks."

"The boss likes you very much." Fang Li suddenly talked about Ji Yuanchen.

Qiao Yanrou lowered her eyelashes and silently felt the warmth of the sun.

Fang Li told her how terrifying Ji Yuanchen was in the past. A strong man without any worries can be very cruel.

"...I don't know when it started, but he changed. He often became absent-minded at the conference table, and for the first time ever, he was willing to accept some beginner psychics into the base."

"Later, we learned that he had met you."