Chapter 36: Bird in a Cage

Qi Jinzhou's eyes were calm. He glanced at Jiang Ning beside him and said, "I'm driving. I'm taking Ningning back to school."

Jiang Yunyun suppressed her anger for the time being. "After you send Ningning back to school, let's have dinner together tonight. I have something to tell you."

"good."

Qi Jinzhou hung up the phone, and Jiang Ning seemed to sense something, "Brother-in-law, was that call from my sister just now?"

"Um."

"Is she angry because of what you gave me?"

Qi Jinzhou vaguely sensed that Jiang Yunyun hadn't finished speaking. "I don't know."

Soon, the car stopped at the school, and Jiang Ning got out and waved goodbye to Qi Jinzhou.

Usually when a woman asks a man where he is, she actually already knows where he is. She is just using this as a means to test whether he will tell the truth.

Qi Jinzhou watched Jiang Ning's back gradually disappear into the distance and fell into deep thought.

He thought carefully about what Jiang Yunyun had just said. She seemed to know that he and Jiang Ning were together.

Qi Jinzhou frowned slightly.

Jiang Yunyun was watching him.

He got out of the car and stared at it, lost in thought. He called his secretary and said, "Please check the car for me."

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As usual, Qi Jinzhou chose the restaurant that Jiang Yunyun liked.

When he got there, Jiang Yunyun had already arrived early.

He took off his suit jacket and casually placed it on the hanger next to him. As soon as he entered the box, he smelled the scent of perfume floating in the air.

It smells like gardenia.

He remembered that Jiang Yunyun once asked him what kind of perfume he liked.

He chose gardenia over jasmine, jasmine, and rose. Jiang Yunyun asked why. He thought about it and said, "Gardenia is a traditional Chinese medicine. It's inherently cold, but its flowers have a rich fragrance that makes people want to get close. It's only to be smelled, not eaten. It reminds people to keep their distance and gives people a sense of dignity."

Jiang Yunyun laughed at him at the time and said he was an old-fashioned person.

Now he felt that the scent of gardenia was more suitable for Jiang Ning. Her temperament was very cold, but she also had an inexplicable aura that attracted people to approach her.

"Jinzhou, I think we need to have a good talk."

Jiang Yunyun specially wore a very sexy dress today, which showed off her figure and revealed some of her beauty.

She exudes the charm of a mature woman - sexy, bold, passionate and beautiful.

Qi Jinzhou also saw that she was worried, "What do you want to talk about?"

Jiang Yunyun frowned slightly, "Do you like Ningning?"

Qi Jinzhou took a sip of tea and calmly put down the cup. "Is it because I went to pick her up today?"

Jiang Yunyun frowned slightly and reached out to hold Qi Jinzhou's hand. "Jinzhou, this isn't a big deal. It's just that I'm jealous. I don't like seeing you with another woman behind my back, even if that person is my sister. Even though I know you don't have any romantic feelings for her, it's not okay."

Qi Jinzhou's eyes were deep. He gently held Jiang Yunyun's hand with his backhand, and his fingertips gently stroked the back of her hand. There was pity in his eyes, "I didn't handle it well. I will keep my distance from her in the future."

Jiang Yunyun finally relaxed a little. The dishes were already served. At this moment, a text message came into Qi Jinzhou's phone. It was from his secretary. "Mr. Qi, we found this bug in your car." [Image.jpg]

Qi Jinzhou narrowed his eyes. The secretary said that it was discovered in the co-pilot seat and the eavesdropping started on Monday of last week.

He remembered that day, he only picked up Jiang Yunyun.

The answer to who secretly put it there is already clear.

Qi Jinzhou seemed to be lost in thought, stirring the soup in his bowl with a spoon. "Yunyun, have you ever dropped anything in my car?"

Jiang Yunyun's heart skipped a beat when she was asked, "Jinzhou, why are you asking like that? Did you find something that belongs to me?"

Qi Jinzhou said it in a nonchalant manner, "The secretary found a bug, but I don't know who dropped it."

Jiang Yunyun's face looked ugly. She didn't respond at all, but in fact she had already responded.

She had put the things in his car.

If she admitted it, he felt the matter would be over.

As his fiancée, Jiang Yunyun's occasional tricks were tolerable.

Jiang Yunyun lowered her head and took a sip of soup. "It's not mine. I don't have this thing. Could it be Ningning who dropped it? She loves to tinker with these weird things."

Qi Jinzhou understood and just said softly, "Maybe."

After the two finished their meal, Qi Jinzhou drove Jiang Yunyun back home as usual. He knew that he should stay at this time, at least to comfort her, reassure her, and give her enough sense of security.

She dressed up so beautifully, all for him.

But when Qi Jinzhou really got close and was about to kiss Jiang Yunyun when she got out of the car, he felt uninterested again.

The image of a bug appeared in his mind.

Every day after Monday last week, Jiang Yunyun knew everything he talked to in the car, including the time he picked up Jiang Ning.

He liked the feeling of being in control of things, but at this moment he felt like a bird in a cage being controlled by others.

For him, who has always been proud, this is an insult.

Qi Jinzhou withdrew his kiss. He just tilted his head slightly and helped her loosen her seat belt. "Go to bed early tonight."

Jiang Yunyun's heart beat faster at that moment, she thought he was going to kiss her.

She was also angry. Although Qi Jinzhou apologized to him and promised him that he would keep his distance from Jiang Ning in the future, she was still very worried.

Qi Jinzhou looks down on Jiang Ning, but there is no guarantee that he will look down on other women.

What if Qi Jinzhou has a beautiful secretary or mistress in the future? He has too many temptations, how can she defend herself?

Jiang Yunyun was also very troubled by this problem.

Qi Jinzhou drove home, feeling a little depressed, for no apparent reason.

He didn't know why Jiang Yunyun's call today disturbed his mood.

Nothing had ever happened between him and Jiang Ning. If anything, it was just that Jiang Ning kept pestering him and saying some irrelevant things.

It's just a little girl's teasing and a joke, don't take it seriously.

He stopped at the door of his house, and there seemed to be someone sitting next to him, it was Jiang Ning.

She curled up in the doorway and fell asleep.

Qi Jinzhou opened the door with a cold face. Jiang Ning woke up immediately after hearing the sound and rubbed his eyes. "Brother-in-law, you are finally back. Can I stay at your place tonight?"

"Can't."

His face was terribly cold. "Brother-in-law, are you in a bad mood today? When you sent me back to school this morning, you were fine. Did you have a fight with your sister? Was it because of me?"

She was right about that, mostly because of her.

"Ningning, go back to your own home."

When Jiang Ning heard the word "go home", her face wrinkled like a bitter gourd.

She stayed out too late sketching today, and when she got back to school it was already curfew and she couldn't get in.

She didn't have enough money to stay in a hotel. If she went back to the Jiang family, she wouldn't be scolded for standing up Qin Xuan, and she might even get beaten. After much thought, Qi Jinzhou was the safest place.

As a result, Qi Jinzhou secretly changed the door password.

Jiang Ning took up his sleeve and acted coquettishly as usual. Her brother-in-law would definitely be moved and let her stay.

"Brother-in-law, just let me stay for one night. Didn't you let me stay last time?"

Qi Jinzhou said in a cold tone, "Jiang Ning, you don't understand what I'm saying, right? I said no and it means no."

Why is he so fierce today? His tone is so fierce, as if she has committed some terrible mistake. She just asked if she could stay for one night.

Her eyes reddened. "No, then no. What's the big deal? Can you please speak properly? Why are you being so mean? You only know how to be mean to me!"

Seeing that she was about to cry out of grievance, Qi Jinzhou couldn't help but sigh inwardly and began to think about Jiang Ning and what she had done to him before.