After the meal, the group sat around the sofa and drank tea.

Amidst the lighthearted conversation, Jiang Wenze suddenly asked a question:

"Yan Jie, after the farming reality show ends, will you continue as a professional race car driver, or will you go to Mingxin Group to become a senior manager?"

Yan Zhongqing replied with a smile, "A-Jie definitely has to come back and take over my job. The whole group can't function without him."

Jiang Wenze put down his teacup and persisted:

"But he told me before that he would drive the car if the team needed him."

The surroundings fell silent.

The Jiang family members had all heard about Yan Jie's car accident to some extent, and they waited anxiously for Yan Jie's response.

Si Xiao, behind everyone's back, pinched Jiang Wenze's thigh hard. When he looked over with a frown, she increased the pressure, making his forehead furrow.

"Brother, you're wrong about something. If the country needs me, I'll go racing."

Yan Jie calmly and composedly responded to the Jiang family's concerns:

"After all, it's not easy for the country to train a professional race car driver. Even though I'm past the prime age for racing and have been away from the track for a year, and am no longer in the top tier, I will definitely play if the country needs me to."

The profound meaning behind this statement is beyond reproach.

Yan Zhongqing silently picked up the teacup and busied himself drinking the tea.

Jiang Hexi couldn't stand it anymore and turned her head away. This person was really shameless, elevating himself to such a high level and constantly patting himself on the back!

Father Jiang was the first to react, and he smiled and agreed, "Of course, you did the right thing."

Jiang Wenze and Jiang Wenjing really wanted to curse him for being shameless, but they couldn't because of the occasion, so they had to swallow their anger.

The living room was filled with laughter and conversation, and the atmosphere became harmonious once again.

At the end of their long chat, Yan Jie and Ms. Zhou discussed his relationship with Jiang Hexi.

Seeing that the time was ripe, he simply went all out and said:

"Auntie, is there a tradition of engagement in Shenzhen and Hong Kong?"

"I don't know about other families, but the Jiang family has it."

"Second Uncle, we'll come over and coordinate again after the farming reality show is finished filming."

No matter how eloquently Yan Jie spoke before, they were all empty words. Only this sentence could be considered a weighty promise.

Ms. Zhou was finally relieved.

On the other hand, Jiang Hexi, enraged and embarrassed, raised her hand and slapped Yan Jie on the shoulder, scolding him in a low voice:

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Yan Jie took her hand and held it tightly in his palm. "With your aunt standing up for me, try going back on your word?"

These words were ostensibly directed at Jiang Hexi, but in reality, they were meant to give Jiang Wenze and Jiang Wenjing a warning, so that no one in the Jiang family would object to their relationship anymore.

As night deepened, Yan Jie and Yan Zhongqing rose to take their leave.

Mr. Jiang and Ms. Zhou repeatedly tried to persuade them to stay overnight, but they politely declined each time.

Yan Zhongqing got into the car first, and he asked the driver to drive the car to the corner, where he waited for Yan Jie to come out.

Jiang Hexi waited until everyone had left before slowly going up to speak with Yan Jie.

How many days will you be staying in Shenzhen and Hong Kong?

"I'm going back first thing tomorrow morning."

Yan Jie raised his hand and stroked her face, repeatedly caressing her red lips with his thumb, saying:

"Do you think my second uncle would drop everything and rush over here?"

What did you promise him?

Jiang Hexi opened her wet eyes and looked up at him, asking.

“Serve him as free labor and handle his most pressing matters.”

Yan Jie lowered his voice and said, "So I have to rush back to work for him first thing tomorrow morning."

She smiled sweetly at him, "Do you regret it?"

He caressed her red lips again and again, "No regrets."

Jiang Hexi met his deep eyes and knew what he was craving. Ignoring whether anyone was around, she recklessly closed her eyes, tilted her head back, and said to him:

"Here, let's kiss."

Yan Jie laughed silently. He watched as layers of blush spread across her fair and clear cheeks, like autumn maple leaves turning red, gradually blurring his vision.

A short while later.

Jiang Hexi, unable to wait for his kiss, playfully opened one eye and said:

"If you won't kiss me, then forget it."

"Behave yourself and close your eyes."

She obediently closed her eyes, then her lips were bitten hard, followed by a passionate kiss that seemed endless.

Yan Zhongqing sat in the car for half an hour, until he became impatient, before Yan Jie finally came out of the villa.

He couldn't help but tease, "At least be mindful of the occasion when you're showing off your love. Can you tone it down a bit, since it's in someone else's front door?"

"Second Uncle, if the flight is rescheduled, I'll immediately back down."

Yan Jie sat in the large leather chair and stared at him intently for a moment.

Yan Zhongqing ignored him and bluntly told the driver, "Drive."

The luxury car quickly arrived at Central Garden.

Yan Jie opened the door and entered the room, followed closely by Yan Zhongqing.

"Is this your rose bear?"

Yan Zhongqing looked at the bright red rose bear in the center of the living room and exclaimed in surprise.

Yan Jie warned him, "Don't touch Xi Mei's things. You can stay in the first guest room on the left side of the corridor for one night. Once you go in, don't come out again. If you break Xi Mei's things, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Yan Zhongqing wanted to go up to the balcony to take a look, but Yan Jie ordered him to stop:

"Second Uncle, if you don't go back to your room soon, I'll have to ask you to stay at a hotel."

"Knowing this is your home, I'll go in."

Yan Zhongqing was truly exasperated with him and reluctantly went into the guest room.