Chapter 10 Counting Sheep

◎If I say we just come to work together, would you believe me?◎

Zhong Jiajing's innocent expression, "Why would you think that?", made Yu Qiuya feel a little embarrassed. She turned her head and fake-coughed twice before continuing, "Haha, your profession is quite novel."

"It's okay, it's mainly because of my passion." Zhong Jiajing replied casually, but curiosity drove her to ask, "Sister Qiuya, judging from your attitude, could it be that you have a crush on Ji Nan?"

Yu Qiuya was momentarily stunned by the question. She was silent for a moment before she frowned and said, "Actually, my only interaction with him was at that coffee shop. He just treated me like an ordinary regular customer. To be honest, I don't know anything about his personality, family situation, or even the most basic things like his interests and hobbies. At best, I know he owns a coffee shop and a dog, that's all."

She suddenly raised her head. "So, when you think about it, I actually know nothing about him. I'm not even as familiar with him as the handsome guy I picked up randomly on the curb. So, it seems pointless to talk about my feelings for Ji Nan."

Zhong Jiajing was confused by the other party's look of returning to the right path. She thought to herself that this was probably the talent of a top student. He didn't even need a teacher's guidance. He could sort out his confusion by sorting out his thoughts in his mind.

Yu Qiuya only ordered a small portion of vegetable salad and had almost finished it by now.

There was still half a portion of pasta and a portion of mashed potatoes left on Zhong Jiajing's plate. She couldn't bear to eat in front of others, and she couldn't waste food, so she had to bite the bullet and eat.

Yu Qiuya could see that she had no appetite, so she picked up her plate and stood up. "Jia Jing, I have something to do later and have to leave first. It was very meaningful to chat with you today. Wait for me to treat you to afternoon tea!"

As she said that, she stood up and walked towards the plate recycling area.

Zhong Jiajing wanted to cry, secretly sighing that the other person was kind and beautiful, and happily rewarded herself with a small piece of mousse cake.

The afternoon tea that Yu Qiuya brought to her workstation in the afternoon consisted of a powder cake and a cup of coffee. The big words "mini zoo" on the packaging made it clear where it came from.

Zhong Jiajing's mind raced as if she had watched "Empresses in the Palace" thirteen times, but in the end, she could only stammer out, "Sister Qiuya, I'm sure you've let it go!"

Yu Qiuya held her face and smiled, "If I said it was because I just topped up 2,000 yuan at the beginning of the month, would you laugh at me?"

"No, I will just sigh and say that you are so rich, please support me!" Zhong Jiajing teased her.

Even though she had just eaten a piece of cake and coffee in the morning, Zhong Jiajing was still very eager to share the new batch that arrived in the afternoon.

It is said that even wild boars want to taste the fine bran.

Zhong Jiajing didn't have to work overtime that day. At six o'clock, she turned off her computer and rushed out of the office building at the speed of light.

It is also rare that Comrade Ji Nan, who always gets off work at 5 o'clock every day, actually stepped out of the coffee shop at 6:01.

The two of them bumped into each other by coincidence, and the object of their ambiguous relationship in the morning appeared in front of them. Zhong Jiajing couldn't help but blush.

But thinking about it, she really shouldn't do that, so she put on a stern face and pretended to be calm, "Comrade Ji Nan, I heard that your store clerk is spreading rumors about you and me."

Zhong Jiajing thought he would make excuses, but Ji Nan just nodded very calmly.

"You heard about it too?" His thick black eyebrows raised slightly. "Xiao Bai Bing Bing Cha spread it. She's still at work. I suggest you confront her directly."

Zhong Jiajing choked up and muttered, "How could you betray your employees like that?"

"I'm just telling the truth." Ji Nan stared at the top of her head and said seriously.

Zhong Jiajing's scalp tingled under his gaze. She raised her hands and said, "Brother, is there something on my head? Why are you looking at the top of my head instead of my eyes?"

Ji Nan tilted his slender neck downwards, and then looked at her with his slightly brown eyes. "No, I'm just curious why you didn't wear that hairpin."

More than half a month had passed since she bought the hairpin, and she hadn't taken the dog for a walk once during that time.

Of course, it doesn't mean that I'm no longer in love.

The main factors are work and distance. After get off work every day, she has to commute for an hour to get home, and she can't spare any energy to give to her active baby.

Besides, the summer has arrived. Even on a free weekend, she herself cannot withstand such weather to go out during the day, let alone the cute furry dog. Due to distance restrictions, she will definitely give up going out at night.

Without Duoduo as a bridge, the connection between the two is almost broken, but after all, they live next door to each other, so of course they can see each other.

The two of them usually met at 8:58 in the morning, and at this moment Zhong Jiajing must have been running in the wind on time.

Every time Ji Nan met her by chance, she was not wearing that hairpin. He even suspected that he had not done enough to please her.

Zhong Jiajing said, "I'll hang it on the wall and worship it."

Ji Nan disagreed. "The south is very humid. Even if you don't use it, it's hard to escape the risk of rust. You might as well enjoy it for a few days."

"What you said makes sense. I have decided to adopt your opinion." Zhong Jiajing said thoughtfully.

The two actually had no topics to talk about. Since Zhong Jiajing herself didn't mention walking the dog, Ji Nan certainly wouldn't be so kind as to invite her, so the topic ended there and the two went home.

Since she started working, Zhong Jiajing basically lives on a cup of coffee every day and sleeps soundly every night when she returns home.

But today, she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

She thought about it carefully and found two reasons.

First, she left work too early today and lacked a sense of oppression, which was a manifestation of her tenacious body's refusal to give in.

Second, she drank two large cups of coffee in the afternoon, which showed that her fragile body was unable to resist.

After much thought, Zhong Jiajing still felt that the responsibility should be placed on Kafei. After all, she was supposed to be a well-off domestic pig, and it would be easy for her to catch the bran.

At 3:30 in the morning, Zhong Jiajing had already counted 1,327 sheep, but Zhou Gong didn't care about her life or death and did not invade her dreams at all.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She sat up with dark circles under her eyes and scolded Ji Nan for a full three minutes, but this obviously did not satisfy her. With her brain no longer working, she angrily sent a message to Ji Nan.

[What kind of coffee did you make? I want to sleep!]

She was sure that even if it was the coffee's fault, it must be Ji Nan's cup. After all, the company's coffee couldn't even last her for the several hours she spent at her workstation.

Ji Nan was woken up by thirst in the middle of the night. He got up in the dark, drank a glass of water and prepared to go back to sleep.

It was still dark, and he lay in bed, took out his cell phone and checked the time.

At 3:48 in the morning, another message reminder appeared on the main page.

He opened WeChat and saw the "Night Crazy" message from Zhong Jiajing more than ten minutes ago.

He replied with a question mark, and Zhong Jiajing immediately bombarded him with voice messages.

"Please, let me sleep!"

Ji Nan replied: "What does it have to do with me? I don't remember you coming to buy coffee today."

"I certainly haven't bought it, but I couldn't resist the charm of my personality and someone gave it to me!" Zhong Jiajing howled.

Ji Nan felt that she was no different from Duoduo at home who was clamoring to go out for a walk. He held his forehead with his hand and said helplessly, "Take my advice. Putting down your phone and closing your eyes is better than anything else."

"If it was useful, I wouldn't have counted all the sheep in Inner Mongolia." Zhong Jiajing said with tears in her eyes.

"It's okay. I'll pay for another 20,000 sheep for you. Go count them." Ji Nan yawned and said perfunctorily.

Zhong Jiajing was a little speechless, "You are so perfunctory."

"Okay, I guess I'm a little responsible." Ji Nan was getting sleepy, so he decided to step back and end the conversation. "I'm not a doctor, so I really can't solve your sleep problem. So, put down your phone and close your eyes. I'll wake you up tomorrow, okay?"

Zhong Jiajing could sense his drowsiness, and of course she knew she was being unreasonable, so she nodded twice and put down her phone to stop the conversation.

After counting another seventy-two sheep, Zhong Jiajing inexplicably fell asleep in a trance.

In her dream, she was struggling against zombies, and of course she ruthlessly turned off the alarm at 7 o'clock the next day without realizing it.

The last time I woke up was when Ji Nan called me back to consciousness at exactly eight o'clock in the morning.

"Get up quickly." The man's voice on the phone was a little cold.

"What?" Zhong Jiajing asked with her eyes closed, unable to open them at all.

"It's eight o'clock." The other end only replied with three words.

"Mr. Duo?" Zhong Jiajing was suddenly awakened.

Her originally heavy eyelids suddenly opened effortlessly, and she looked at the huge number 8 on the phone screen with despair in her heart.

"No, brother, you might as well not call me." Zhong Jiajing wanted to cry, "I'll be late even if I go at this time. It's better to let me sleep a little longer and suffer for a while longer."

"Guess why I called you at this hour?" Ji Nan said, "I'm only sure of one thing now. If you don't get up now, you'll definitely be late."

"What do you mean?" Zhong Jiajing still looked confused.

Ji Nan didn't explain any further, but simply said, "I'll be at your neighborhood in ten minutes. I don't want to be haunted by you in the middle of the night, whining about the pain of having my salary docked."

Zhong Jiajing was stunned for a moment before she realized what he meant. She turned over and ran to the bathroom to wash up.

The dark circles under her eyes in the mirror were bigger than those on the steamed buns. She was so scared that she would die when she saw them. However, she was in a hurry and had no time to put on makeup to cover up her dark circles. She could only grab the cosmetics on the table and put them into her bag and hurried downstairs.

When she sat in the passenger seat, Ji Nan was obviously frightened and started the car without saying a word.

While waiting for a red light, he couldn't help but say, "Why don't we just not go to this class..."

Zhong Jiajing took out her concealer and covered her eyes, then asked, "Does this look acceptable?"

Ji Nan glanced at him without saying anything, but just silently slowed down the car a little.

Zhong Jiajing insisted that she was cursed. No matter if she got up late to go out, got up early and the subway was delayed, or was personally sent to the company by Ji Nan, she could always arrive downstairs of the company at the extreme time of 8:58.

"Thank you!" She thanked him in the wind and flew away as usual.

Yu Qiuya was also standing next to the time clock. She glanced at Ji Nan who was walking slowly outside the gate, and then looked at Zhong Jiajing.

The joking meaning is obvious. Some things don't need to be said, people will understand them.

"If I say we just come to work together, would you believe me?" Zhong Jiajing raised four fingers and swore.

The author has something to say:

This short article is not updated daily. Although it is embarrassing, I still want to remind you silently. Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2023-08-22 22:45:06~2023-08-25 22:55:35~

Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: azima^ 2 bottles; Brahma and Tianming 1 bottle;

Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!