Chapter 38
Ji Xiangzhou heard Ye Yang's words and looked up.
Sure enough, I saw Fang Ning and Ji Xiangnian sitting at the back of the classroom, their heads leaning together, quite close, and I didn't know what they were talking about.
Ji Xiangzhou felt a strange emotion in his heart.
Ji Xiangnian and Fang Ning, strange, too strange.
Ji Xiangnian actually came over to attend a parent-teacher meeting for him.
Before, I really hoped that Ji Xiangnian could come to the parent-teacher meeting for him. At least this way, it could prove that there was someone in the family who cared about him.
But now he no longer needs him.
And he clearly told Fang Ning about it last night! I didn't want him to come, so why did he have the nerve to come back? How could he be so shameless?
How can you be so thick-skinned!
He obviously just wanted Fang Ning to come, so he came back with her. Then others would know that he had a wicked brother who married a young and beautiful woman at his old age.
What should I do if others misunderstand me and think I am immoral?
Ji Xiangzhou curled his lips, becoming increasingly unhappy with Ji Xiangnian.
Although he wanted to say this, Ji Xiangzhou still walked straight towards the two people.
Looking at his brother slowly walking towards him, Ji Xiangnian felt quite emotional.
Before, he was busy with work when he was at home, and no one knew what Xiang Zhou was busy with on weekends. He was obviously a student, but other children couldn't wait to go home on weekends.
But he was nowhere to be seen during the weekends.
Of course, he seldom went home, and even when he did, Xiang Zhou was not there, so the two hadn't seen each other for about a month or two.
Ji Xiangzhou is usually not a person who shows his personality outwardly, but when he saw Ji Xiangnian, he couldn't control his emotions. He glanced at Ji Xiangnian coldly, with no expression on his face.
This conference room is an auditorium. Ji Xiangnian is outside and Fang Ning is sitting inside. There is a seat next to Ji Xiangnian.
Then he went straight to Fang Ning's position.
Ji Xiangnian was thinking about having a good chat with this young man later.
But he waited and waited, until Ji Xiangzhou walked around him and sat together with Fang Ning, avoiding him as if he were the plague god.
Ji Xiangnian: “…………”
He sat down next to Fang Ning, with a cold face, and looked past Fang Ning to Ji Xiangnian, and asked in a cold voice: "Why are you here?"
Ji Xiangnian sighed slowly, and did not answer Ji Xiangzhou. He looked at him and sighed, "It seems like you have grown taller."
Ji Xiangzhou didn't want to pay any attention to Ji Xiangnian. He turned his gaze to Fang Ning and said in a cold and hard tone, as if questioning, "Why is he here too? Didn't we agree that you should come here by yourself without bringing anyone else?"
"Why did you let him come with you?"
Fang Ning: “…………”
She was so embarrassed and speechless.
Young man, please tell me, do I look strong enough to reject your brother, or do I have the ability to tie your brother up at home and not let him come over? ! !
The children of the two parents sitting in front had not arrived yet. Seeing Ji Xiangzhou talking back to his brother and sister, they were shocked and thought that Ji Xiangzhou was a rebellious teenager. They couldn't help but persuade him, "My classmate, your brother and sister are already very busy at work. It's not easy for them to come to the parent-teacher meeting. Hey, as a younger brother, you should at least be considerate of your older brother and sister."
"That's right, young people don't know how hard it is to work. It's not easy for older brothers and sisters to make money. They are busy working every day and are exploited by unscrupulous capitalist bosses.
Ji Xiangzhou glanced at the two of them seriously, his eyes seemed to be saying, what nonsense are you talking about? He looked indifferently at the two nosy people in front of him and said coldly: "What brother and sister, this is my brother and sister-in-law."
The parents waiting in front were also gossipy people. They looked at Ji Xiangnian and Fang Ning for a few times, their eyes were shocked, and they were hesitant to speak: "Husband and wife? Ah, but, but, this, this, their ages don't seem a bit different..."
Not quite a match. Of course they didn’t say the last two words.
Ji Xiangzhou took up their conversation and said rationally, "They are not a good match. When I first saw my sister-in-law, I felt that they were not a good match. If it were in reality, an older person would marry a younger person."
"People generally think that this is an old cow eating young grass."
Fang Ning: “…”
Young man, you are really brave.
Although it is true that she is relatively young and pretty, it is not really nice for you to say this in front of your brother.
Ji Xiangnian was mocked by his younger brother for being old, and he felt a little unhappy and extremely depressed.
What made him depressed was not just that his brother didn't stand on his side.
At the same time, he was worried and annoyed. Was he so incompatible with Fang Ning in appearance?
Ji Xiangnian almost subconsciously observed Fang Ning's expression.
He kind of wanted to know whether Fang Ning really thought this way, and whether she felt that he was not worthy of her.
Ji Xiangzhou didn't know how much of a blow his sincere words had brought to Ji Xiangnian.
Although this little episode left a slightly bad impression on Ji Xiangnian, it soon passed and other students in the class arrived one after another.
Ji Xiangzhou's homeroom teacher has also arrived. This class meeting was mainly to discuss the midterm exam and some issues.
Because No. 1 High School is the best high school in the city and also one of the most famous high schools in the country.
In this high school, many top students compete for admission to good universities.
It is now the first semester of the second year of high school, and the National Mathematics Competition will begin at the beginning of the second semester.
Their class is a top class and there are several students in it who have the ability to get good results in the league. The school leaders also attach great importance to it.
So when the midterm exam results came out, the class teacher held a parents' meeting and briefly explained the basic situation of the results.
Then we asked a few parents of students who were capable of achieving good results in the competition to stay.
Ji Xiangzhou had good grades and ranked second in the school in this exam, so Fang Ning and Ji Xiangnian were able to stay there smoothly.
Parents who stay behind must talk to their students and the class teacher individually.
Parents came one by one to give instructions because Ji Xiangzhou's academic ranking had dropped this time.
So the first parents the head teacher talked to were Fang Ning and Ji Xiangnian. They took Ji Xiangzhou into the small compartment next to the meeting room.
The head teacher had met Fang Ning and knew her identity, so he treated Fang Ning quite well and was like a responsible sister-in-law.
But Ji Xiangnian is different. Ji Xiangzhou has been studying in high school for more than a year.
She had called people to parent-teacher conferences so many times, but he never came, so she couldn't help but want to say a few words for her students.
The head teacher said slowly: "Although you are busy with work, you still have to care about the children. No matter how busy you are, you have to take some time to come here."
"Xiang Zhou will participate in a competition next semester. This concerns his life and future, so I hope you, as his brother and sister-in-law, will take good care of him."
When the head teacher said these words, Ji Xiangnian slowly lowered his gaze to
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Fang Ning's body, observing her expression.
Ji Xiangnian knew that the teacher was saying that he was too irresponsible. He originally wanted to save his image by thinking about Fang Ning being by his side, but then he thought about how he had been busy with company expansion in the past year or two and had not attended Ji Xiangzhou's parent-teacher meeting.
After thinking about it, he could only nod helplessly: "Well, we understand, thank you for your concern, teacher."
Ji Xiangzhou didn't want to give him face. Hearing Ji Xiangnian's words, he sneered coldly: "What responsibility can he have for a man who even abandoned his newlywed wife for his job?"
"Care about me, I don't need your care, you should care about your sister-in-law, who would go on a business trip before they get married for two days."
After saying this, Ji Xiangzhou gave Ji Xiangnian a mocking look, as if to say: With someone like you, who knows when he might lose his wife.
I don’t even know where to cry!
Work, work, he didn't understand whether this person had nothing else in his eyes except work.
Ji Xiangnian: “…………”
How could his younger brother be so harsh in words? As an older brother, does he have no dignity?
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The parent-teacher meeting was over. Because Ji Xiangzhou's test score was among the top ten in the school, the head teacher gave him a day off.
Ji Xiangnian was thinking about taking Ji Xiangzhou home and then taking Fang Ning out for dinner, so the three of them came to the parking lot.
Ji Xiangzhou was there this time, so Fang Ning did not sit in the passenger seat, but sat in the back with Ji Xiangzhou.
In Ji Xiangzhou's subconscious mind, Ji Xiangnian has always been a very busy person, so this time he also thought that Ji Xiangnian would be busy with other things later.
Fang Ning really came to his parent-teacher meeting today, and he thought about treating Fang Ning to a nice meal to thank her.
So Ji Xiangzhou said to Ji Xiangnian while fastening his seat belt: "I want to have a meal with my sister-in-law. You guys take us to Xx Shopping Plaza, and then you go to the company."
Because apart from treating her to a meal, he couldn't think of anything else that others could do to thank Fang Ning.
Ji Xiangnian, who had just made an appointment with Fang Ning to go out for dinner this morning, said: "???"
Fang Ning was thinking about other things and didn't react.
Seeing that Ji Xiangnian and Fang Ning were silent, Ji Xiangzhou thought Fang Ning had other things to do later. Ji Xiangzhou looked at Fang Ning tentatively and asked, "Do you have anything else to do later?"
Her agent sent her a message saying that the advertising time had been set. She was asked to give an answer and whether the time set by the advertising company was okay. So Fang Ning was just thinking about this matter and didn't pay attention to what Ji Xiangzhou was saying: "Ah, what?"
Ji Xiangzhou repeated that he wanted to treat her to a meal to thank her for coming to the parent-teacher meeting today.
Fang Ning suddenly realized: "Your brother and I have already agreed to go out for dinner later. You can come with us. You don't have to spend any money. Your brother will pay for it. Mr. Ji, don't you agree?"
In Fang Ning's eyes, Ji Xiangzhou is Ji Xiangnian's biological brother, so she would have no objection to taking her brother along, so she made the decision directly for Ji Xiangnian.
And with Ji Xiangzhou around, she would feel much more at ease.
Ji Xiangnian steered the car steadily, narrowed his eyes, and glanced at the two of them in the mirror.
I don't know how to express my feelings. If it were any other time, and my younger brother invited me out for dinner, I would definitely go out without saying a word.
But today happened to be the first time he invited Fang Ningde to dinner, and he was interrupted by his own younger brother.
He died before he could accomplish his mission. Ji Xiangnian had a strong intuition that this guy would definitely be a stumbling block in his love life in the future.
Ji Xiangnian didn't say anything, Ji Xiangzhou was a little unhappy, and wanted to take the initiative: "Why don't you say anything? You usually work overtime every day, why don't you work overtime and disturb my dinner with my sister-in-law."
Ji Xiangnian: “…………”
No, have you forgotten, my boy? Your sister-in-law sitting in the back is the one who got my marriage certificate.
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In the end, what was supposed to be a "date" for two people turned into two people plus a light bulb.
Ji Xiangnian had already booked a table for dinner, which was at a high-end Western restaurant on the top floor of the city center.
From this floor of the restaurant, you can see the tall buildings in the city and the colorful city. It is a great place for a date.
Most of the people who come here are couples, either lovers or married couples. Groups of three are rare. Of course, they do exist, but they are usually couples in their 40s or 50s with teenage sons, or young couples with small children.
Like Fang Ning and Ji Xiangnian, two young people with a high school student, this combination is too outstanding. Even the waitress at the front desk was a little unsure. He glanced at the three of them and asked, "Excuse me, who are you?"
Ji Xiangzhou glared at Ji Xiangnian. Why did he choose such a western restaurant when there were so many other choices? Now he was seen as a light bulb.
Ji Xiangnian simply ignored Ji Xiangzhou's gaze and told the waiter that he had already reserved a seat in advance.
The three of them sat down to eat. In order to avoid the table being too quiet, Fang Ning asked Ji Xiangzhou about some of his studies: "Your class teacher said that you should participate in a competition next semester, and there is a high possibility that you will be admitted in advance. Is that true? Are you that good?"
Fang Ning had participated in competitions before. She had good grades and was among the top 20 in her grade in a key school. But even so, her brain was not as good as those academic masters whose brain structures were different and terrifying.
She participated in the physics competition that year and her results were really terrible.
She couldn't imagine that Ji Xiangzhou, a middle school boy addicted to games who climbed over the wall to play games, was so powerful.
Ji Xiangzhou was quietly cutting steak. His ears turned red at Fang Ning's praise. "Well, if nothing unexpected happens, I might be admitted directly to Tsinghua University after the competition."
Fang Ning was shocked. As someone who had experienced a tough high school life, she had a special kind of respect and envy for the college god who was recommended: "Oh my god! You are really that amazing! Then you don't have to take the college entrance examination, you don't have to go through the hard times of working from 6 am to 11 pm, you can go straight to college!"
Ji Xiangzhou nodded: "Of course, I have done the questions in the previous competitions and always got full marks, so admission should be a 100% certainty."
After he finished speaking, the boy's cold eyes showed a little more disdain, and he began to answer Fang Ning's second question: "Who would go to school if they were recommended to study with those poor students who are not smart enough and can't even solve simple questions like the competition? What about you? Were you recommended to university?"
When the boy said the last sentence, he was expecting that Fang Ning was the same academic master as him, so that he and Fang Ning would have one more topic to talk about.
“…………”
The poor student Fang Ning did not want to answer Ji Xiangzhou's question.
Ji Xiangnian watched the conversation between the two people from the side with a faint smile on his lips. He found that the previously taciturn little brother seemed to have changed a lot.
What was Xiang Zhou like before? He was taciturn, playing with a mobile phone all day with his head down, ignoring everyone and the response you got when you spoke to him was always indifferent.
Ji Xiangnian slowly cut a piece of steak, raised his eyes and fixed his gaze on Ji Xiangzhou who was chatting with Fang Ning.
The boy talked more, and his eyes were no longer cold and aloof, but had a bit more of a youthful boldness.
However, his change seemed to be towards certain people, as if only Fang Ning treated him with as much enthusiasm as Ji Xiangzhou.
If it was him...
Ji Xiangnian hadn't finished speaking in his heart. At this moment, Ji Xiangzhou noticed that Ji Xiangnian had been looking over here. He restrained his enthusiasm when chatting with Fang Ning and said coldly, "Why are you looking at me?"
Just eat your own food, why are you looking at him? Just look at whether his stomach is full!
Ji Xiangnian sighed. See, if it were him, he would only get such cold treatment.
Knowing that his brother disliked him, Ji Xiangnian could only sigh and continue eating steak helplessly.
The meal didn't take too long. Fang Ning preferred Chinese food to Western food, so her stomach started protesting halfway through the meal.
About half an hour later, the two brothers of the Ji family finished their meal, and the three of them got up and went back.
But just as he walked out of the door, he met the president of the company that Ji Xiangnian was cooperating with. The president was in his fifties and was with a woman of the same age as him. The two of them were arm in arm, and seemed to be a couple. Standing side by side with the woman was a young girl in her twenties.
Seeing Ji Xiangnian, the man in his fifties enthusiastically pulled his wife and daughter over and said cheerfully: "Oh, it really is President Ji, I thought I saw it wrong!"
Ji Xiangnian's face didn't show much emotion, his expression was flat, and his tone was polite but a little distant: "Mr. Li."
Mr. Li didn't care about Ji Xiangnian's indifference. As a person who has been in the business world for so many years and the Ji family is such a big family with businesses all over the country, he would go over to greet Ji Xiangnian even if he was in love with him and got cold feet. "Hey, I just came out of the next door after dinner and vaguely saw someone who looked like you, so I thought of coming over to say hello to you."
After finishing his words, Mr. Li introduced his wife and daughter: "Mr. Ji, this is my wife and daughter, wife, Xiaoyan, this is Mr. Ji."
As he spoke, Mr. Li signaled his daughter to come forward with his eyes.
At the signal from her father, Mr. Li's daughter took a step forward. She was wearing a white fluffy long skirt and was dressed very delicately, like a beautiful girl from a small family. She blinked her big eyes gently, which was very endearing.
She lifted her hair, blinked her eyes and stretched out her hand to Ji Xiangnian. Her eyes secretly slid across Ji Xiangnian's face quickly, with a little girl's shyness: "Mr. Ji, hello, my name is Li Yanyan."
Ji Xiangnian did not reach out his hand, but instead glanced at Fang Ning's face.
He found that Fang Ning didn't seem to feel much about this. She just stood there calmly with a blank look in her eyes, as if she was thinking about something.
Mr. Li's daughter's hand just froze in mid-air. Mr. Li was puzzled and asked tentatively, "Mr. Ji, what are you doing..."
Ji Xiangnian retracted his gaze, reached out and shook hands with Mr. Li's daughter, and apologized, "Sorry, I was a little distracted."
At this time, Mr. Li finally turned his attention to Fang Ning and Ji Xiangzhou who were beside Ji Xiangnian.
He knew Ji Xiangzhou's identity, he was Ji Xiangnian's younger brother, and he had met him at the banquet before.
But he felt that the woman looked unfamiliar. She was in her twenties, with bright eyes, picturesque features, and good looks. She was the same age as Ji Xiangnian's sister. However, he knew that Ji Xiangnian only had one sister, Ji Xiangyi, who was now in charge of half of the Ji family's business.
So who is this person? He is by Ji Xiangnian's side and can eat with Ji Xiangnian and his brother.
There is only one possibility, either she is a relative or Ji Xiangnian’s wife, but he has never heard of Ji Xiangnian getting married?
Ji Xiangnian saw that Mr. Li's probing eyes fell on Fang Ning. He smiled and took Fang Ning's hand: "Mr. Li, this is my wife, Fang Ning, and this is the boss of the company, Mr. Li."
Fang Ning was distracted from her work by Ji Xiangnian's hand-holding gesture.
She was stunned.
The man's hand had distinct joints and slender fingers, like a work of art.
There was something strange in Fang Ning's eyes. She could clearly feel that Ji Xiangnian's hands were broad and strong.
A burning sensation came from the palm of my hand, and the temperature slowly transmitted from my hand to my heart, causing my heartbeat to accelerate.
It was a very strange feeling, not unpleasant, but really very uncomfortable. She tried to struggle free, but the other party held her too tightly.
There were a few other people on the opposite side. Fang Ning was able to suppress the discomfort in her heart and nodded politely to Mr. Li, "Hello, Mr. Li."
There was a hint of disappointment in Mr. Li's eyes. With a young talent like Ji Xiangnian, who wouldn't want to climb up this big tree? Unfortunately, unfortunately, someone has already taken it ahead of him.
But he didn't care. His daughter graduated from Ivy League and was pretty. She wouldn't be afraid of not finding a man from a wealthy family. Thinking of this, the disappointment in Mr. Li's eyes flashed away. He smiled and teased, "Why didn't you tell me that Mr. Ji was getting married? Oh, otherwise I would give him a gift. Mrs. Ji is very beautiful and is a good match for Mr. Ji."
Ji Xiangnianyi still held Fang Ning's hand and said with a smile: "Thank you..."
Ji Xiangnian exchanged a few words with Mr. Li, and then took Ji Xiangzhou and Fang Ning back.
On the way back, Fang Ning still felt a little strange in her heart and hadn't calmed down yet. She always felt that Ji Xiangnian's warmth was still lingering on her fingertips.
Fang Ning sat in the passenger seat with the car window open. The cool breeze blew in from outside, silently blowing up Fang Ning's hair, and the heat in the car subsided a lot.
Fang Ning took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and felt the temperature at her fingertips subside a lot.
She lowered her eyes and couldn't help but look towards Ji Xiangnian.
Men's hands are really beautiful, with clear, slender and strong finger bones.
It was the most beautiful hand she had ever seen in her life.
Ji Xiangnian drove very steadily and straight ahead. He noticed Fang Ning's gaze. There was a traffic light ahead, so the car stopped. He subtly cast his gaze on Fang Ning, who was thinking with her eyes lowered.
From his angle, he could see Fang Ning's drooping eyelashes and small nose tip. He didn't know if it was because she had just drunk red wine, but her usually fair face was now flushed, and her beautiful eyes seemed to be looking at his hand.
Ji Xiangnian asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
Facing Ji Xiangnian's question, Fang Ning really wanted to curse, "You bastard, it's because you are so mean, why did you pull my hand for no reason!"
Although there is indeed a clause in their marriage contract to help ward off extramarital affairs.
But can I say something first?
And it was obviously because Ji Xiangnian made him upset.
The other party was as steady as an old dog and asked, "What's wrong?"
Fang Ning was in a very bad mood and was quite depressed, as if the other party had just provoked her slightly, making her feel flustered and unhappy.
Fang Ning adjusted her mood, forced herself a smile and said, "It's okay, I'm just thinking about something."
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When I got home, it was already past six o'clock.
Ji Xiangzhou returned to his room to tinker with his game, and Ji Xiangnian went into the study to process documents as soon as he came back.
Fang Ning originally wanted to read the script, but she couldn't calm down. However, because she drank some red wine in the western restaurant and Ji Xiangnian grabbed her hand, she felt so hot that she couldn't read a single word.
She was a little confused about why she couldn't control her emotions.
She had clearly made up her mind that her relationship with Ji Xiangnian would end as a contractual marriage, but now her heart was in such a mess because of an unintentional hand holding.
It's not like she has never been in love before. She just lacks a man and feels lonely. She was flustered by Ji Xiangnian's unintentional action.
She is not bad looking. She started dating after graduating from high school. She had two boyfriends in college so she had no shortage of boyfriends.
But now she has fallen to this point... She is speechless about her emotions. Damn, wake up! Male beauty is misleading! ! A love-brained person wants to dig wild vegetables!
Fang Ning lowered her eyes and closed the script in her hand in annoyance.
There is a swimming pool behind this villa.
Fang Ning took out her swimsuit from the closet, turned around and went downstairs, walking towards the swimming pool behind the villa, hoping that the cool water would calm her down.
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