Chapter 50 How could he possibly know what she liked?
As she left the store, her classmate secretly glanced back at Sang Qian and Yan Guizhi standing next to her.
"Ningxi, who is that man standing next to your sister-in-law?"
Jin Ningxi took the hairpin out of the shopping bag and casually replied, "Hmm? I don't recognize it. It's probably my sister-in-law's friend."
Her classmate, seeing her nonchalant attitude, asked, "Your sister-in-law is shopping alone with a strange man, and this is your reaction?"
Jin Ningxi looked at her, "What's wrong?"
A classmate reminded him, "That's a man."
"What's wrong?" Jin Ningxi put the hairpin back into the shopping bag.
"People in this world are either women or men, and they're all monsters, so what's the big deal?"
The classmate asked in surprise, "Does your Jin family allow her to have private relationships with other men?"
"Holy crap, lady, what era are we living in?" Jin Ningxi looked at her classmate speechlessly. "And you're a woman, how can you say something like that?"
"She married into my family, not sold her to us. Why can't she associate with her friends?"
classmate. "……"
Yan Guizhi watched through the glass window as the two girls outside talked and walked away before he looked at Sang Qian.
"Was that Mr. Jin's sister just now?"
"right."
"You've already divorced President Jin, why are you still giving her what you like?"
Yan Guizhi looked at her, his eyes filled with concern, "Did she always treat you like this? Would she just take anything she wanted from you?"
Knowing that he had imagined Jin Ningxi to be that kind of vicious and difficult sister-in-law, Sang Qian quickly explained, "No, don't make wild guesses. She has a very good personality."
"Besides, didn't you hear her say that she only asked me for this hairpin because she needed it?"
Although she and Jin Ningxi weren't exactly close sisters-in-law, Jin Ningxi still treated her with the respect due to her.
Moreover, this young girl had helped her out of kindness.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year of her first year of marriage to Jin Changyu, she went with Jin Changyu back to the Jin family ancestral home to worship their ancestors.
At that time, she and Jin Ningxi carried the offerings to the ancestral hall ahead of her. On the way, she accidentally tripped and broke a pair of glass crystal cups.
She was terrified.
The first time she broke something during an ancestral worship ceremony at her husband's family home, the elders considered it a very unlucky thing.
Moreover, Jin's mother was already dissatisfied with her, and now that she has made such a mistake, she will probably dislike her even more.
Seeing her standing there in a panic, Jin Ningxi put the fruit plate in Sang Qian's hands and said to her, "Don't be afraid. If my mother asks later, just say that I broke it."
Before long, Jin's mother caught up and, without even asking who broke the things, immediately scolded Sang Qian, saying that nothing had ever been broken before, and this was happening in her first year of marriage.
The implication was that she was unlucky.
“Mom, this is a new era, why are you still clinging to feudal superstitions?” Jin Ningxi said from the side.
"I broke the things, don't blame your sister-in-law."
When Grandma arrived later and asked Jin Changyu what had happened, Jin Ningxi said, "I accidentally broke two cups."
May you have peace in every little thing, and peace every year.
Grandma smiled and smoothed things over, saying, "It's a good thing, a good omen."
Sang Qian's mind went blank at that moment, and she didn't dare to say a word. It was only when Jin Changyu came over and held her cold and trembling hand that she came back to her senses.
"fine."
He whispered something to her.
Perhaps noticing that her gaze remained fixed on the broken glass, he added, "If it's broken, we can just have someone prepare another one. It's alright. Let's go inside and offer incense first."
After saying that, he took her hand and led her into the ancestral hall.
That matter, which Jin Ningxi may have considered a small favor, was something Sang Qian always felt grateful to her for.
So when she asked for a hairpin, Sang Qian didn't think there was anything wrong with it; on the contrary, she was happy to give it to her.
"Then choose another one. This time, don't pay, I'll give it to you for free."
Yan Guizhi said to her.
Sang smiled and shook her head, "No need, I just buy things randomly, if they catch my eye, I buy them, I don't force it."
Fearing he might actually buy it for her, Sang Qian quickly added, "It's getting late, let's go."
I got home around 5 p.m.
Sang Qian received a text message from Jin Changyu saying that he would be back later tonight and that she didn't need to wait for him for dinner.
Not long after Sang Qian finished dinner, Aunt Li brought her a small dish of fruit for dessert, which she ate while watching TV in the living room.
After a while.
Jin Changyu went home.
Aunt Li went up to him and said, "Sir, you're back! I'll serve you your meal right away."
Jin Changyu glanced at the woman on the sofa watching TV while hugging a cushion, and said to Aunt Li, "Not for now."
After saying that, he walked towards the living room.
Sang Qian glanced at him indifferently, then looked back at the television program.
Jin Changyu took off his suit jacket and put it aside, then sat down next to her, looking at her with gentle and concerned eyes.
"The nutritionist changed the menu today. Do you still feel nauseous or vomiting?"
The other day, Sang Qian either felt nauseous and had no appetite while eating, or she would vomit after eating.
So he had the nutritionist adjust the menu.
"I didn't vomit."
Sang Qian's face rested lazily on the chubby rabbit pillow, making her face look very small. Her round eyes were watching TV, and her tone of reply was perfunctory.
Thinking about how she hadn't had a good appetite these past two days, Jin Changyu felt a pang of heartache looking at her small, delicate face.
He glanced at the fruit plate on the table, reached out and forked a piece of orange, offering it to her lips to feed her. Sang Qian frowned slightly and turned her head away, saying, "I don't want to eat."
She had just eaten a few pieces of apple when she felt a sour taste in her mouth, so she stopped eating.
I'm afraid I'll vomit again.
Jin Changyu had no choice but to put the fruit back on the plate.
"I heard from Ningxi that she ran into you while shopping today, and you even gave her a hairpin?"
Jin Changyu looked at her, a hint of barely perceptible smugness in his eyes.
The fact that she is still willing to maintain contact with his family suggests that she is not actually as distant and indifferent to him as she appears.
Sang Qian didn't expect Jin Ningxi to tell him about such a small matter, so he explained, "She originally had her eye on the hairpin, so I gave it to her."
"Whatever the reason, thank you anyway."
Jin Changyu looked at her intently, "How about I give you a gift as compensation?"
"don't want."
She refused without even asking what he wanted to give her, cutting off Jin Changyu's words before he could even speak.
Hiding the disappointment in his eyes, he said, "Maybe you'll like what I gave you?"
Sang Qian looked at him and said, "I met Ningxi by chance. I gave her the hairpin because she needed it. I wanted to help her and not to get anything in return, so you don't need to thank me or return the favor."
Besides, how would he know what she likes?
Jin Changyu knew, of course, that she wasn't trying to gain anything in return.
Just as he was about to explain, Sang Qian put down the cushion, got up, and went upstairs.
Jin Changyu had no chance to speak, so he could only watch her go upstairs in silence.
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