Ji Mingjing couldn't help but call out, "Rongrong."

Rongrong snapped out of her daze and said, "Mm."

"Will you be my girlfriend?" Ji Mingjing pleaded in her ear, "I promise you, I will never force you to do anything you don't want to do, and I will never betray our relationship."

Rongrong neither agreed nor refused; she asked a very practical question.

"What are you going to say to the clan elders?"

After all, she was Ji Xianli's fiancée before. Although the two broke off their engagement, she became Ji Mingjing's girlfriend. In the eyes of those old fogies, this was undoubtedly a major event of earthquake magnitude.

I'm afraid they'll strongly oppose it.

What do you mean? Was it necessary for him to discuss his private matters with the clan elders?

But she had clearly misunderstood the elders' authority. In an instant, Ji Mingjing understood many things and raised an eyebrow in surprise: "You've been worried about this?"

Rongrong didn't say anything.

Ji Mingjing explained to her, "I am not only the head of the family, but also the president of the Ji Family Group. So, they rely on me for their livelihood, not the other way around. Do you understand?"

A hint of shock flashed in Rongrong's eyes.

"Is that why you've rejected me so many times?" Ji Mingjing felt sorry for her forbearance, and also for herself: "I'm so wronged."

Immediately, Rongrong asked indifferently, "Are you blaming me?"

"No!" Ji Mingjing replied decisively.

Rongrong smiled slightly and nudged him, "Okay, go turn on the light."

Ji Mingjing held her soft, delicate body tightly, reluctant to let go: "No, let me hold you a little longer."

Rongrong was a little helpless, and deliberately said, "Do you only dare to say these things in the dark?"

Ji Mingjing denied it: "Of course not!"

He released her, walked to the light switch and turned on the light. In an instant, the attic was as bright as day.

"I love you."

Ji Mingjing gazed into her eyes, his gaze tender and lingering.

Rongrong's cheeks flushed under his burning gaze. Although he had just said it, hearing it again still stirred a flutter in her heart.

"You dare say that in front of outsiders?"

"I'll announce it in the ancestral hall tomorrow morning: you're my girlfriend!"

Ji Mingjing couldn't wait to tell the family in the group chat to completely dispel her nephew's idea, but saying it on the phone seemed too casual and lacked a sense of ceremony, so she waited until breakfast the next morning to tell her family.

Rongrong's lips twitched. He really knew how to seize an opportunity!

Did I agree to be your girlfriend?

"..."

After a slight pause, Ji Mingjing moved closer to her, pulled her into his arms, and said in a shameless manner, "You are my girlfriend!"

Rongrong raised an eyebrow and asked leisurely, "Who was it that just now said they wouldn't force me to do things I didn't want to do?"

Ji Mingjing's tall frame stiffened: "It's me."

After saying that, he let go of her: "I'm sorry, you must be tired today. Get some rest. I'm leaving."

Fearing he would be rejected if he stayed any longer, he immediately turned and strode away.

Rongrong watched him walk faster and faster, as if a ghost was chasing him, and helplessly called out to him, "You don't need to say anything tomorrow morning. If it goes on for too long, people will find out."

Um?

Does this mean she's agreed to be his girlfriend?

Is that what you mean?

Did he hear that right?

A string of question marks popped into Ji Mingjing's mind, but he didn't care and just took it as a yes!

He suddenly turned around and walked back to her side, reached out and cupped her face, then lowered his head and kissed her lips precisely.

A passionate kiss.

Until their breaths mingled and they could hardly breathe.

He had just ended the kiss.

Rongrong's face was flushed, and she gripped his coat tightly with both hands to keep herself from collapsing to the ground.

He was so enthusiastic!

His enthusiasm was so overwhelming that she couldn't handle it.

To avoid any uncontrollable events, Rongrong gave him the order to leave, saying, "I need to rest now. You should go back to Wuya Courtyard."

Ji Mingjing, who had just kissed his girlfriend, looked like he didn't want to leave.

However, Rongrong saw him out of the attic: "Go to sleep early, good night."

Ji Mingjing: "..."

He has a girlfriend! How could he possibly sleep?!

He doesn't actually need to sleep!

real!

Ji Mingjing felt that staying overnight at his girlfriend's house was perfectly normal.

But his girlfriend wouldn't let him stay!

Ji Mingjing left the pavilion, turning back every few steps.

Rongrong stood by the window, watching him walk further and further away until she could no longer see his tall and upright figure, before she drew the curtains.

Unbeknownst to her, after she drew the curtains, Ji Mingjing stood in the shadows, staring at the window for a long time.

Rongrong leaned against the window, the corners of her mouth gradually turning upwards, her smile becoming increasingly radiant.

Slowly, tears of regret welled up in her eyes.

Previously in the capital, she told the customers of Hua Rong Ju that she and Ji Mingjing had broken up.

Actually, they didn't break the unspoken agreement.

She deceived herself, thinking that as long as they didn't break off their relationship, it would be fine for them to continue like a couple, and she was content.

But in the end, they were just like that, not a real couple.

That's why Ji Mingjing confessed his feelings to her that night, only to be rejected.

That night, they were in a car accident on their way back to Hua Rong Ju, and he immediately shielded her in his arms...

If she had agreed to his proposal back then.

Will the car accident not happen later?

He no longer has to suffer that pain.

Rongrong closed her eyes and shed her last tear.

From now on, she will treat him even better.

At this moment, in Wuyayuan.

Ji Mingjing's face was no longer clouded by the gloom of the past few days. He could call out the names of any servant he encountered and greet them.

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