Chapter 379 He is afraid

Xie Yi shrank his neck, but still repeated stubbornly: "I don't agree."

"As an outsider, it's useless for you to disagree with our Lu family's affairs!" Lu Chixu glanced at Xie Yi.

Xie Yi still shook his head and said he disagreed.

Now he and Ji Linshen are both non-staff members, and they can still keep each other company.

If Ji Linshen and Lu Shiman get married, they will officially become members of the Lu family.

Then wouldn't he be the only non-staff member left?

No, he absolutely would not allow this, he wanted someone to accompany him.

Lu Yannan glanced at Xie Yi and asked, "Should I give Mr. Xie a call?"

Xie Yi immediately backed off. The place where he was beaten today was still burning with pain. He didn't want to be beaten again: "I... I was joking. I have no objection. I can even get the marriage certificate with Ji Linshen."

"I refuse." Ji Linshen immediately raised his hand to make his position clear.

Lu Shiman stood up and walked to Ji Linshen and sat down, covering his hand on his knee.

The knuckles were slightly cold, and seemed to have a barely perceptible tenseness.

She leaned in closer, her warm breath like a soft feather, gently scratching his earlobe: "Ji Linshen, I'm sorry."

The sigh-like apology, with its moisture, penetrated into the most secret corner of his heart, like lighting a thin candle wick, instantly stirring up an itchy and sour feeling.

He almost immediately grabbed her hand with his backhand, his strength was firm and he would not let her get away, his fingers were tightly intertwined, and the temperature from his fingertips was scorching.

"What are you sorry for?" He turned his head to look at her, his voice as low as a rock, firmly suppressing the undercurrent in his heart: "I said, in my eyes, there will never be a place for you to say 'I'm sorry'."

Lu Shiman shook his head and rested his forehead on his strong shoulder, his fresh breath lingering on his nose: "You know... I feel sorry for something."

Ji Linshen certainly knew.

That clarity is like a chessboard spread out in front of you in the dark night, with every move clearly made.

He knew Lu Shiman's silent retreat and could sense her regret that was almost bursting out.

Precisely because he saw it too clearly, he skipped her seemingly closest and smoothest path, wandered into the complex and tangled jungle of family relationships, and tried to please her brothers in an almost clumsy way.

He put all his efforts into paving a seemingly flat auxiliary road, but he did not dare to step directly onto the main bridge that should lead to her.

He is afraid.

He was afraid that once the fuse called "getting the marriage certificate honestly" was lit, it would instantly illuminate the carefully concealed hesitation in her eyes.

That hesitation would be like a sharp blade, piercing through all his forced calmness.

He was afraid that the clear 'no' would come out of her lips and completely knock down his hope that was hanging on the edge of the cliff.

Therefore, he did not touch that bottom line and did not question that moment.

He would rather weave his way through this fog of his own making, called 'patiently waiting'.

Like a gambler, he bets everything he has, but is hesitant to reveal the last card that determines life or death.

Because what he was afraid of seeing clearly was the empty cup that Lu Shiman had already written.

His Adam's apple rolled heavily, suppressing his emotions, and rubbed the knuckles on the back of her hand with his fingertips: "You never have to apologize."

Lu Shiman clasped his fingers with her backhand, leaving white marks on his palms with her nails.

Lu Jianheng raised his eyelids: "Ten years."

"Ten years?" Lu Shiman grabbed Qi's pillow and threw it at him, "Third brother, why don't you wait for trees to grow on my grave before digging another grave and burying me together!"

Lu Chixu glanced at Ji Linshen and Lu Shiman: "You can get it any day you want. It's not like you're getting it from me, so it's up to you."

Lu Yannan turned his gaze to Lu Qiyun.

Lu Qijun pursed his lips: "Seven days later."

"Why is it seven days later, not three days later, not fourteen days later?" Xie Yi asked a hundred thousand questions: "Is there any explanation?"

"Luluqi, you can tell fortunes, right?" Xie Yi leaned over and said, "Tell me when my grandfather will calm down and let me go home."

Lu Qiyun distanced himself: "Next life."

"Whose next life? My grandfather's next life, or my next life?" Xie Yi asked.

Lu Qiyun frowned as he scolded her. She turned her head and buried her face in the back of the sofa, leaving only half of her profile exposed.

The corners of her eyes drooped slightly, her long eyelashes blinked quickly, and her gaze silently turned to Lu Jianheng.

Like a cat whose tail is stepped on, it is obviously furious but pretends to be calm.

"Xie Yumao, don't bother my brother." Lu Jianheng interrupted Xie Yi's questioning.

Lu Yannan looked at Lu Qiyun for a long time before looking at the two people involved: "You decide for yourselves."

Ji Lin's Adam's apple slid up and down, and the word "tomorrow" rolled over and over on the tip of his tongue. His hand holding Lu Shiman tightened unconsciously: "...Listen to Manman." His voice was dry and tight.

Lu Shiman felt the dampness in his palm, pinched his fingers with her backhand, and looked at Lu Yannan: "How about... let big brother help make a decision."

As he spoke, he glanced at Ji Linshen's tense profile from the corner of his eye.

Lu Yannan's index finger tapping on the armrest of the sofa suddenly stopped.

He lowered his eyelids and stared at a certain pattern in the carpet, his eyelashes casting a small shadow on the bridge of his nose.

Ji Linshen's back suddenly left the sofa and straightened up, his collarbone denting deeper as he held his breath.

My heart was beating uncontrollably, as if I was waiting for the final verdict.

Lu Yannan thought for a moment, then looked up at Ji Linshen: "After the proposal."

As soon as these words came out, Ji Linshen's heart, which had been hanging in the air, calmed down.

Fortunately, it was not the ten years that Lu Jianheng said, nor was it three to five years.

"Proposal, what proposal?" Lu Shiman was still confused.

"Listen to big brother." Ji Linshen interrupted Lu Shiman's question.

He still wanted to give Lu Shiman a surprise and grand proposal.

"Brother, next time just state the result directly. Don't go through the formalities and ask for our opinions." Lu Jianheng slumped on the sofa and said lazily, "This makes us look like NPCs."

Lu Chixu stood up and looked down at him condescendingly: "Take out the P in the middle."

"What do you mean?" Xie Yi's mind was not working quickly enough, so he didn't understand for a moment.

Lu Shiman explained with a smile: "If you remove the P from NPC, the third brother will become NC directly."

"What is NC?"

Lu Qijun snorted softly: "It's you."

"Let's go back to the room, Ji Linshen." Lu Shiman pulled Ji Linshen up and walked towards the elevator.

Xie Yi's brain was frozen after being hit, and he was still asking, "What NC? What is NC?"

Ji Linshen passed by him and patted his shoulder: "NC is you."

After everyone left, Lu Yannan also stood up. When he passed by Xie Yi, he explained calmly, "NC means brain-dead, which means you, Xie Yi."

Xie Yi: “???”

He turned around and looked at Lu Jianheng: "Lu Laosan, where should I sleep?"

"Sleep on the street." Lu Jianheng waved his hand and walked upstairs.

"Then I'll sleep with you." Xie Yi leaned forward.

"roll."

"Don't be so stingy." Xie Yi approached with a smile.

Lu Jianheng raised his leg and kicked: "Go to your own room and sleep."

"I forgot, I also have a room in the Lu family." Xie Yi went upstairs with his chin held high.

Lu Jianheng accurately complained: "Brain-dead peacock."