A complete lunatic

"Ha..., what about her?"

"What?" Bing Jie pretended not to understand anything and asked in confusion.

Xu Ran casually threw away the cigarette, stamped out the butt with his foot, and sighed deeply, "I'm just curious why Ji Xin disappeared for a few years and even became estranged from me after returning."

After a heart-to-heart talk with Bing Jie, Xu Ran felt his thoughts were confirmed, but he was a little annoyed and laughed. He continued to mutter, "If she really is married, wouldn't she just tell me directly... Wait!"

His eyes suddenly brightened, and he became excited almost in an instant.

"If retirement means getting married, then her comeback now doesn't mean she's divorced!"

Now it was Bing Jie's turn to choke. He took a deep breath and glanced at Xu Ran with an almost breathless look. Xu Ran was a little uneasy at being looked at, but he just thought he was condemning his own immorality.

"Oh, I don't wish her bad luck. I'm just happy that I have the chance."

Little did he know that this explanation only added fuel to the fire for Bing Jie. He responded with a cold face: "Then I wish you success soon."

After saying that, he left straight away. Xu Ran stayed on the balcony and smoked another cigarette. After calming down his restless mood, he walked back with a relaxed pace.

As soon as he sat down, Qi Jixin frowned slightly and glanced at him, "Why are you so addicted to smoking now?"

Xu Ran laughed and waved his hands in front of his face a few times, as if that would dispel the smell of cigarettes. Then he asked tentatively, "Don't you like other people smoking?"

Qi Jixin nodded as a matter of course. When she was with Xu Ran, she always said whatever she wanted to say and naturally did not hide her likes and dislikes. She stood up and sat further away from Xu Ran.

The booth was so spacious that it was far away from Xu Ran and naturally closer to Bing Jie.

Xu Ran suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Bing Jie didn't light a cigarette just now. It turned out that he was waiting for him here.

Oh.

He looked past Qi Jixin at Bing Jie. Bing Jie was still as calm and composed as ever. He just glanced back at him indifferently, raised his wine glass towards him, as a toast to Xu Ran.

But in Xu Ran's view, this is a provocation.

Xu Ran was so irritated that he subconsciously reached for the cigarettes on the table. Qi Jixin picked up a glass of wine with a bad face and handed it to him, and was about to put it on his face. Xu Ran had no choice but to take the glass first.

"I hope we will have a pleasant cooperation in the future." Bing Jie put down his crossed long legs, leaned forward slightly, and humbly handed the wine glass forward again. Qi Jixin also raised his glass.

Xu Ran looked at him almost hugging her in his arms, and she was so angry that her liver almost hurt. But she couldn't get angry. She could only grit her teeth and reply with a "pleasant cooperation", then raised her glass and drank it all.

Bing Jie, who won the first game, was naturally in a much more relaxed mood. In the second half, he chatted with Qi Jixin.

Xu Ran was just drinking alone, but of course he was not idle either. He would look at Bing Jie from time to time. If the other party gave him an innocent look in response, he would be so angry that he would turn his head away and not look at him anymore.

Qi Jixin was not surprised until the show was about to end when she discovered that today's Prince of Magical Sound, Xu Ran, did not even show off his singing voice to torture everyone. It was only after everyone present had left that she realized that Xu Ran's face was extremely dark and ugly.

When she asked him again, Xu Ran said nothing more. He just leaned against the door and stretched out his arms towards her. He said nothing, but in fact he said everything.

Qi Jixin smiled and went over to hug him, patting his back gently. "Sing less here for a while and go back early."

Xu Ran's voice was shaking with laughter, and he agreed quickly, but where Qi Jixin couldn't see, he was staring at Bing Jie and laughing. That laugh was full of pride, and all the frustration he had felt disappeared at that moment.

When he and Bing Jie's eyes met, he knew that although Bing Jie's eyes were cold, he was also very angry. After all, the next second he turned his head away and didn't look at them.

"Are you going to send him back?" Xu Ran asked loudly. Qi Jixin pulled out of his arms and nodded in response, "What's wrong?"

Bing Jie's eyes, which were a few steps away, shot towards him instantly like cold arrows. Xu Ran, however, said smugly, "Tell your driver to be careful and not expose the man's wife and children. That would be bad."

After saying that, he leaned back again, leaning against the door, making it clear that he wanted to watch the fun.

Qi Jixin turned to look at Bing Jie in surprise. Bing Jie's usually calm expression also showed some ripples. He blinked helplessly, and the eerie silence exploded at the door.

Bing Jie felt that he should say something, at least defend himself? But in the end, he only sighed lightly and said nothing.

Should he say he wasn't married? He didn't want to erase that marriage; but if he said he was married, she would inevitably ask him about it later. It was a bad choice, so he simply chose not to say it.

Bing Jie saw Qi Jixin frowning, and just as his heart tightened following her expression, he saw her turn around and shush Xu Ran, and even warned Xu Ran on his behalf.

"Don't say anything out of turn when you're drunk."

Later, without waiting for Xu Ran to say anything, she pulled Bing Jie away and got into the car. She took the initiative to talk about the matter. Bing Jie was also waiting for this opportunity and wanted to explain to her.

"That was actually just a joke I played on him, to tease him. I didn't expect him to take it seriously."

No matter how pale the explanation is, it is still an explanation.

Bing Jie just turned his head to look at Qi Jixin. He rarely had to wait for others to judge him, so this torment made him very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Qi Jixin didn't make him wait long.

"You don't have to explain anything to me. Everyone has their own private life." She said calmly, then turned to look at the driver. "Don't worry, my people are very professional and won't put you in any wrongdoing."

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Bing Jie was speechless. He had never expected that such a clumsy plot to sow discord would actually succeed with Xu Ran. He felt very bad.

But he knew that the discomfort in his heart had nothing to do with Xu Ran. A fact that he had to admit was right in front of him: she really didn't care about him anymore.

It would take some time to get to the suburban villa area, and the two of them always had to talk about something. Bing Jie actually had a lot of things he wanted to ask her, but he couldn't ask most of the questions. Once he opened his mouth, it would cross the boundaries of ordinary colleagues.

"They say it takes a thousand days to train an army, but only a moment to deploy it. Your team is so impressive, but will it ever be put to use?"

This is what Bing Jie asked, but he actually knew the result very well.

Ever since she returned to the entertainment industry, he had sent people to investigate her. He had to admit that Xuan Jiazhuo's team was indeed too rigorous, and their style of work was practically impervious to any leaks. However, his people were no fools, and Bing Jie was completely relieved after learning that she hadn't had any new flings.

I'm asking this now just to find a topic.

Qi Jixin's expression was a little subtle, she even took a breath and bit her lower lip habitually before she slowly answered.

"There's one person who counts as one... but not really. Even if they were photographed by reporters, no one would think much of it."

Bing Jie had noticed her abnormality a long time ago, and he also knew clearly that biting her lower lip was her signature action when telling the truth. Coupled with her words, Bing Jie was suddenly completely confused.

Based on his understanding of her, how could he not know that such a person appeared out of nowhere?

"That person is chasing you?" He asked, putting aside all his thoughts.

Qi Jixin also looked a little dazed, as if she was lost in a brief memory, but after a moment she replied frankly: "He and I are closer than Sister Zhuo and I are. As for whether we can become closer in the future, that is still unknown."

As if she could tell he was going to get to the bottom of the matter, Qi Jixin continued in a sincere and unyielding tone, "Xu Ran revealed your secret. I'm using my secret to apologize to you on his behalf, so let's leave it at that."

Bing Jie pursed his lips and nodded, his face calm and he said nothing more, but only he could hear the clamor of unwillingness in his heart.

He thought he was the one who understood her best, but now he was suddenly told that this was just his wishful thinking, and there were also some specious words about closer relatives... He could hardly suppress the surging blood and wanted to rush to Xuan Jiazhuo and force her to explain herself to him.

But Bing Jie knew clearly that Xuan Jiazhuo would not tell him a single word, and that person never replied to his messages.

If she didn't reply, he would always find a way to make her come to him. Bing Jie didn't care about the gentleman's agreement of knowing when to stop, he wanted to know the answer now.

He got off the car at the door of his house, watched Qi Jixin's car leave, then immediately went home, turned on his computer, found a file and sent it to Xuan Jiazhuo, who never replied to him.

Bing Jie just sat in the study with his eyes closed, quietly waiting for the man's reply. Even though it was almost midnight, he believed that he would definitely get a reply.

[Xuan Jiazhuo: You are a complete lunatic!!!]

【Xuan Jiazhuo: Send me your home address and I'll be there.】

Bing Jie glanced at the message but didn't answer. He stared at the screen with a cold expression before slowly closing his eyes. He was actually rapidly calculating who that person was. He thought about it over and over again, but still couldn't come up with an answer. Then the doorbell downstairs kept ringing.

Thanks to the empty streets at night, Xuan Jiazhuo almost drove all the way here. It only took her 35 minutes to get from the city to this quiet luxury villa area.

Bing Jie opened the door slowly, and Xuan Jiazhuo hurriedly stepped past him and went in. Without waiting for the door to close, she loudly asked him what he was doing.

"You didn't send the script to anyone else, did you? You agreed not to change the script until I get here a little while ago, Bing Jie, you better keep your fucking word."

Xuan Jiazhuo was already very angry and no longer suppressed his temper. The louder he spoke, the more angry he became, as if he was threatening to burn down the entire house.

Bing Jie closed the door in an orderly manner and walked towards the sofa, saying as he walked: "Cooperation must also be based on mutual respect. Xuan Jiazhuo, what can you say if you lied to me!"

He rarely showed any emotion, and he punched the top of the sofa hard, staring at her with a stern face.

Xuan Jiazhuo was not afraid of fighting with him, but he was afraid that he would take extreme measures to hurt Qi Jixin, so he could only be patient and almost beg him.

"We can sit down and discuss everything, but I absolutely disagree with your idea of ​​adding a child to the script." Xuan Jiazhuo's nose was a little sore, and her eyes were a little moist. She took two deep breaths before continuing firmly, "Don't you know better than me? Wasn't she determined to leave you because of that child who died in infancy?"

That was the last straw that broke the camel's back in their relationship. Bing Jie knew it all too well. After hearing her say that, his aggressive aura weakened a lot, and his feet became so weak that he could hardly stand.

But just when Xuan Jiazhuo thought she could convince him to sit down and have a good talk, his eyes flashed and he sneered, shattering her fantasy.

"You don't know anything about our affairs, so don't use this to hold me hostage."

Looking at the person in front of her who was almost paranoid to the point of being obsessed, Xuan Jiazhuo's heart sank. She no longer expected to have a good talk. Since they had already fallen out, she might as well make everything clear.