Chapter 37: Eating with the Qi Family (Two Chapters in One)
About ten minutes later, Jiang Ning appeared at the entrance of Shixin Hotel.
After hearing that Jiang Ning agreed to meet them, the three members of the Qi family sat on the sofa in the hotel lobby waiting for her. When Jiang Ning appeared at the door, the front desk clerk had not yet reacted. The three members of the Qi family, who had watched the surveillance video several times, recognized Jiang Ning at first sight.
Ji Shuang quickly stood up and walked quickly to Jiang Ning, with a friendly smile on her well-maintained face.
The receptionist who had reacted followed Ji Shuang and took the initiative to introduce Jiang Ning, "Miss Jiang, this is Young Master Qi's mother."
He pointed at Qi Jingshan and Qi Chen, who were half a step slower, and said, "This is Master Qi's father and elder brother."
Jiang Ning was puzzled: "Master Qi?"
When Jiang Ning followed the introduction of the front desk staff and her eyes fell on Qi Jingshan and Qi Chen, she was slightly stunned.
"It's my youngest son, Qi Xingzhou. He was the one who encountered the elevator accident with you that night." Ji Shuang said. She looked at Jiang Ning, who was fair-skinned and dressed in a refreshing outfit. The more she looked at him, the more she liked him and felt that they had a special liking for each other.
"Thanks to you that night, my Xingzhou has claustrophobia. If you hadn't helped him, I don't know what would have happened that day."
The gratitude on Ji Shuang's face was so strong that it was hard to ignore. Jiang Ning didn't quite understand Ji Shuang's eagerness and said modestly: "Auntie, I didn't do anything."
She was telling the truth. In the elevator that day, she didn't provide much help to Qi Xingzhou. At best, she just took out a night light from her backpack and gave it to him.
And it's a very cheap night light.
Ji Shuang smiled and shook her head. Jiang Ning didn't know Qi Xingzhou's condition, so she felt this way. But the hotel lobby was crowded with people coming and going, so it wasn't a good place to talk. Ji Shuang held Jiang Ning's hand affectionately and said, "It's almost noon now. You probably haven't eaten yet, right? Can we treat you to a meal?"
Jiang Ning agreed to come to the hotel on the phone just now because she heard that the family was already waiting for her in the hotel and she felt that the other party's attitude was very sincere.
Second, she happened to be driving outside and had nothing to do, so she agreed to come over and meet me.
Originally, Jiang Ning had imagined that they should just meet briefly, say a few words and then leave.
Now... let's eat together? It doesn't seem impossible.
Jiang Ning agreed with a smile: "I haven't eaten yet, and I'm a little hungry. Thank you, Auntie."
Ji Shuang was delighted and immediately took Jiang Ning to the VIP box on the second floor.
The first and second floors of the Shixin Hotel are where guests eat. They are also usually used for wedding banquets, full-month banquets, celebratory banquets, etc. The third floor and above are the hotel rooms for accommodation.
The waiter followed the group attentively, and after the four of them sat down, he handed them the order book.
Ji Shuang sat next to Jiang Ning, pushed the order book towards her, and asked her if she wanted to eat anything.
This noble lady was very approachable and had no airs at all. Jiang Ning lowered her head and looked at the menu with her, then ordered two of her favorite dishes without hesitation.
Ji Shuang then asked Jiang Ning if she had any allergies or any food she disliked. After getting Jiang Ning's reply, Ji Shuang skillfully checked off eight or nine dishes on the menu, as well as two desserts and a serving of fruit.
The waiter took the order book and left. Qi Jingshan, who was sitting at his seat, suddenly said calmly, "Miss Jiang, do you know us?"
He is truly a business giant!
What a keen intuition!
She just glanced at the father and son!
Jiang Ning raised her head, smiled and nodded, and admitted frankly: "I saw it from a distance at a banquet before."
"Oh? What party?" Ji Shuang looked curious: "Jiang Jiang looks so young, he should still be in college. Could it be that your elders took you to the party?"
Ji Shuang seemed to be very outgoing. After hearing the staff call Jiang Ning "Miss Jiang", she simply changed her name to Jiang Jiang.
Jiang Ning: "Yeah, about right. I just graduated this year and don't have a stable job yet."
It was last year that I attended the banquet.
At that time, the father of a company boss was having a birthday, and Huo Song took great pains to get an invitation.
Originally, Huo Song didn't want to take Jiang Ning out. In his eyes, although Jiang Ning was his biological daughter, Jiang Ning grew up in the countryside and knew nothing about the etiquette of wealthy families. She was nothing like Huo Miao, who was proficient in everything.
But Huo Miao liked to take Jiang Ning to such grand banquets the most, because every time she took Jiang Ning out, she could feel the sense of superiority brought out by Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning is a green leaf, and she is the red flower set off by the green leaves.
However, Huo Miao certainly would not show her little thoughts. She would just hold Huo Song's arm and act coquettishly, saying that if she took Jiang Ning with her, she would have an extra companion. Only then did Huo Song agree to take Jiang Ning out.
The organizer of that banquet seemed to have a high status in Beijing, and Qi Jingshan and his son Qi Chen also went.
Obviously Qi Jingshan and his son Qi Chen were not the protagonists of the banquet, but they were surrounded by people who wanted to curry favor with them.
Of course, the main reason why Jiang Ning remembered the father and son of the Qi family was because of Huo Miao.
Huo Miao liked Qi Chen, and she deliberately came forward with a glass of red wine, flirting with Qi Chen while trying to lean towards him deliberately.
As a business genius, Qi Chen seems to have a pair of wise eyes that can identify bitches in addition to being good at business. When Huo Miao deliberately pretended to fall and leaned on him, Qi Chen seemed to have predicted Huo Miao's move in advance, and took a big step back, perfectly avoiding Huo Miao and the glass of red wine in her hand.
Huo Miao fell to the ground in a mess, and the glass of red wine in her hand spilled all over herself, revealing her ugly appearance.
Jiang Ning, who was sitting in the corner and watching this scene happen, almost laughed out loud.
Later, she specifically checked the background of the Qi family on the Internet. Compared with the nouveau riche Huo family who suddenly accumulated wealth in a short period of time, the Qi family was a truly prominent and upper-class family, an existence that the Huo family had no way of marrying into.
Huo Miao set his sights on Qi Chen at that time, which shows how ambitious he was.
The Qi family and the Huo family are obviously on different levels. Jiang Ning did not expect that the handsome boy whom she casually gave a night light to in the elevator that day turned out to be the second young master of the Qi family.
But...why didn't he come today?
When Ji Shuang heard that Jiang Ning didn't have a stable job yet, her eyes lit up: "Do you have a career that interests you?"
Before meeting Jiang Ning, Ji Shuang originally wanted to investigate her, but after meeting her in person, Ji Shuang liked Jiang Ning's clean temperament very much.
She couldn't even wait and was eager to poach people.
"Not yet." Hearing that Ji Shuang seemed to be introducing a job to her, Jiang Ning calmly revealed: "I just signed a work contract a few days ago, and I may start working in a few days."
"Is that so..." Ji Shuang felt a little regretful.
The two chatted about some other things and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
Although Ji Shuang looked very familiar, she was not stupid. After hearing Jiang Ning vaguely mention the banquet, Ji Shuang never asked any questions about Jiang Ning's family again.
Qi Jingshan and Qi Chen, two grown men, sat opposite each other, but they couldn't get a word in.
But looking at their identical serious expressions and business elite images, it seems normal not to speak.
Soon, the waiter came in with a cart carrying the food.
Seeing the plates of delicious dishes being served, but Qi Xingzhou not showing up, Jiang Ning couldn't help but ask, "Isn't Second Young Master Qi coming over today?"
Hearing Jiang Ning asking about Qi Xingzhou, Ji Shuang couldn't help but smile happily: "Forget about him, let's eat more!"
After the meal, Ji Shuang changed the way she addressed Jiang Ning from "Jiang Jiang" to the more intimate "Ning Ning".
After dinner, Qi Jingshan and Qi Chen said goodbye to Jiang Ning and left early because they were busy with work.
Before leaving, Qi Jingshan and Qi Chen both invited Jiang Ning, saying that if she had time, she could go to Qi's house to visit Xingzhou.
After the two of them left, Ji Shuang lowered her voice and said to Jiang Ning as if she was whispering, "Don't be afraid. They are like this, father and son. They are cold on the outside but warm on the inside. They are like ice all day long, and each expression is colder than the other."
Jiang Ning laughed: "I'm not afraid."
Perhaps seeing Qi Jingshan and Qi Chen go out, a waiter pushed the door open and cleaned up the leftovers on the table. There were only two plates of desserts and a plate of fruit left on the table.
Ji Shuang reached out and poured Jiang Ning a cup of hot tea, then slowly said, "Before we had dinner just now, were you curious why Xingzhou wasn't here?"
"In fact, when we went out, we wanted to take him out with us, but he didn't want to come out with us."
"He is the same age as you. He has suffered from personality defects since childhood and is born psychologically autistic. When he was only a few months old, we discovered that he was different from other children."
"His brother Qi Chen was quite noisy when he was young, but he gradually developed his current calm personality as he grew up. Xingzhou is completely different. He is naturally emotionless and doesn't communicate with anyone, even with us."
"But after the last accident in the elevator, he didn't go out for several months before, but now he goes out every evening with the night light you gave him. He waits at the elevator door of the hotel for several hours and no one can persuade him to leave."
"We didn't know why he did that before. We thought it was his first time to encounter an elevator malfunction and it had some psychological impact. We even invited a doctor to come to our home and examine him several times, but the doctor said he was fine."
"It wasn't until yesterday that Qi Chen discovered the reason. Xingzhou might have been waiting for you at the elevator door. After hearing what he said, we immediately asked the hotel to retrieve the surveillance video of that day. Then we found out that you had helped him in the elevator."
"It was for this reason that Qi Jingshan and Qi Chen put aside their company matters and came to the hotel with me to meet you in person and express their appreciation and gratitude for you."
Ji Shuang said this, picked up the bag that was placed aside, and took out the thank-you gift that she had prepared long ago.
"Originally we should have contacted you a long time ago to thank you in person for your help to Xingzhou that night. I hope it's not too late now. This is a small token of our appreciation." Ji Shuang said, placing a palm-sized, beautifully packaged box in Jiang Ning's hand.
Jiang Ning didn't expect Ji Shuang to say so much in one breath.
When she searched for news about the Qi family on the Internet, she did not see any news about Qi Xingzhou, only news about Qi Jingshan and Qi Chen.
Moreover, I have never heard from Huo Song, Huo Miao or others that the Qi family has a young master. It seems that the Qi family has kept the news about Qi Xingzhou under wraps for the sake of protecting him.
Looking at the exquisite little box that Ji Shuang handed over, Jiang Ning's first reaction was to refuse: "Actually, I really didn't do anything. The meal you just treated me to is enough to express my gratitude."
"Keep it. It's not something valuable." After Ji Shuang put the thing in Jiang Ning's hand, she deliberately pressed down her hand to prevent her from refusing. Her strength was gentle but firm.
"Besides, I actually have a selfish motive. I want to invite you to visit Xingzhou at my home, is that okay?" Ji Shuang probably knew that her request was a bit unreasonable, so she added, "I owe you a favor. When you need help in the future, or if you have anything you want now, you can ask for it. I will do everything I can to help you."
After saying that, she looked at Jiang Ning expectantly: "Is it okay?"
No matter how high her status in the upper class circle is, no matter how much she is worth, at this moment, Ji Shuang is just an ordinary mother.
Jiang Ning didn't think much about it and nodded: "Okay."
She held up the exquisite little box in her hand: "This is my reward for visiting him."
Jiang Ning had just said that today's meal was enough to offset the time she helped Qi Xingzhou last time.
Ji Shuang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed.
After all, she is Qi Jingshan's wife and Qi Chen's mother. There are not many opportunities for her to take the initiative to owe favors to others.
Since Jiang Ning knew the identities of Qi Jingshan and Qi Chen, it is impossible for her not to understand this truth.
Her youngest son is a little silly, but his way of judging people is obviously inherited from her and he is very wise!
Ahhhh, I'm not in the right state. I feel like it's not well written. This plot is wrong. Twisted, broken, screaming, dark and crawling! (End of this chapter)
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