Although Qin Manshu helped Ye Qingcheng, Ye Zhiwei was always polite to Qin Manshu. She would not refuse Qin Manshu's suggestions unless they were too outrageous. However, even so, she could only maintain this superficial friendly relationship with Qin Manshu, and it was impossible for her to go any deeper.
Ye Zhiwei watched Qin Manshu's departing figure and fell into deep thought, seemingly pondering something.
However, Ye Zhiwei's thoughts were quickly interrupted. She was caught by Ji Shuli the moment she peeked out from behind Jiang Jianian.
"Ye Zhiwei." Ji Shuli gritted her teeth, even using her full name.
That's terrifying.
Ye Zhiwei immediately hid behind Jiang Jianian and stammered, "It's me, it's me—"
Unable to find any plausible explanation, Ye Zhiwei resorted to shamelessness, "I didn't reveal it!"
Ji Shuli: ? ? ?
"Do you have any evidence to prove that I leaked your whereabouts? Maybe our Miss Qin found out herself. How can you be so sure it was me?" Ye Zhiwei continued confidently, "Anyway, it wasn't me."
"Ye Zhiwei." Ji Shuli emphasized.
Ye Zhiwei felt embarrassed under Ji Shuli's gaze, and because she felt guilty, she immediately looked away.
Ji Shuli shook her head, "Forget it, it's true that I didn't explain things clearly and kept avoiding Qin Manshu without giving her a clean break. I'll find some time to talk to Qin Manshu later, so she won't try to find out about me through you."
Ye Zhiwei breathed a slight sigh of relief, but Ji Shuli immediately said, "However, you may be spared the death penalty, but you cannot escape punishment."
Ye Zhiwei immediately grabbed Jiang Jianian, ready to run away at any moment. Ji Shuli coughed and raised his eyebrows, saying, "Little Jiang, since it's your wife who made a mistake, the husband has to pay for the wife's debts. You'd better play a few rounds with me today."
The meaning of "play a few rounds with him properly" is not simple: Jiang Jianian is not allowed to beat him into surrender in a few moves, nor is Jiang Jianian allowed to deliberately let him win. Ji Shuli must have a complete fencing game experience.
Jiang Jianian was silent for a moment, then called Ye Zhiwei over, patted her hair gently and said, "Be good, go apologize to your cousin, I'll make you some snacks when we get back."
"My cousin's request is really outrageous."
Ye Zhiwei sensed the difficulty her boyfriend was in yielding to Ji Shuli. After hesitating for a few seconds, she bowed ninety degrees to Ji Shuli and offered a heartfelt apology, "Cousin, if you have any problems, just come at me. Don't make things difficult for Jiang Jianian."
Ji Shuli looked at the couple, her temples throbbing slightly. "You two are really something else."
Ji Shuli finally realized what a mistake it was to come to the gym with her partner.
Jiang Jianian prioritizes romance over friendship, while his younger cousin prioritizes romance over her brother.
In order to accompany Ye Zhiwei and personally supervise her fitness, Jiang Jianian knocked Ji Shuli's foil to the ground in just two or three fencing matches at the fencing hall. After Ji Shuli could no longer bear it, she let Jiang Jianian go.
The couple was already being all lovey-dovey at the gym.
When Ye Zhiwei goes for a run, she needs Jiang Jianian to watch her. When she does yoga, she needs Jiang Jianian to help her adjust her posture. Even when she does sit-ups, Ye Zhiwei will secretly kiss Jiang Jianian who is counting for her.
Ji Shuli: ...
Even with this barrage of messages from the couple, Ji Shuli had no intention of dating. He had to endure the onslaught of their PDA while also fending off Qin Manshu's barrage of messages.
Qin Manshu didn't want to make things clear with Ji Shuli from the beginning. In the following days, after confirming with Ji Shuli that only Ji Shuli was at the gym in the evenings, Qin Manshu would come to work out with Ji Shuli on time.
It's true that she mentioned liking sports. She's not only quite good at boxing, but she can also parry several of Ji Shuli's fencing attacks, and if she's lucky, she can even successfully counterattack Ji Shuli once or twice.
Qin Manshu used every trick in the book to pursue Ji Shuli. Her sportswear was carefully selected, with a tight-fitting top and pants that showed off her abs and slender waist. It wasn't the soft kind of waist that looked soft, but rather very strong, showing the slenderness and athleticism that came from exercise.
Even foreign fitness instructors at the gym who saw Qin Manshu would ask Ji Shuli, "Is this your girlfriend? She's really—hot."
She deliberately showed off her strengths. She had a great figure and usually dressed formally with a very elegant style, but when she exercised, she seemed to have a different style. She was also very talkative and chatted with Ji Shuli. Qin Manshu could keep up with everything Ji Shuli said.
Ji Shuli wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Qin Manshu, but Qin Manshu told Ji Shuli, "I hope you will seriously understand me before rejecting me."
She has been trying to please Ji Shuli.
On one occasion, by chance, Ji Shuli was drinking water in the rest room after finishing his back workout when Qin Manshu tried to find out Ji Shuli's preferences. The two talked a lot, even about the issue of men and women cooking.
Ji Shuli raised his eyebrows, "I'm rather traditional. I still hope that my future girlfriend will be able to cook. Occasionally, when I have free time, I'll let the chef at home rest, and I'll cook with her."
Qin Manshu was very good at chatting. After hearing Ji Shuli's words, she seemed to feel that the time was right and asked Ji Shuli with a smile, "Are you hinting at something to me?"
Ji Shuli immediately waved her hand to deny it, but Qin Manshu smiled and said, "Actually, I also bought an apartment nearby. I recently hired a cleaning company to clean it, and it's quite clean and tidy. If you don't mind, we can go shopping together to buy some ingredients and then cook together. Although I don't look like I know how to cook, I'm actually quite good at it. I learned a couple of dishes from my family's chef before out of interest, and they tasted really good. Would you like to try them?"
This is an invitation.
A woman invites a man to her home.
They had been getting to know each other at the gym for several days. Qin Manshu would deliberately find opportunities to chat with Ji Shuli, and Ji Shuli, who had initially been resistant to Qin Manshu, gradually began to say some things. The two could even have a calm and peaceful conversation.
After feeling that the relationship was getting along well, Qin Manshu finally proposed to develop the relationship further, just as planned. She was actually very nervous when she said these words. Although she acted very naturally and even smiled and seemed to be in a good mood in front of Ji Shuli, Qin Manshu's stiff body and subtle expression still betrayed her.
Ji Shuli hadn't expected the topic to suddenly turn out this way. Before this, Qin Manshu had tried to subtly discuss gender issues with Ji Shuli, but every time Ji Shuli expressed her own views, Qin Manshu was somewhat surprised and would say that Ji Shuli thought differently from her and offer her own ideas, just like friends having a normal casual chat.
Even now, after Ji Shuli rediscovered that Qin Manshu had no intention of developing a romantic relationship with him, her goal from beginning to end was simply to express her feelings for him.
“I thought you would give up after getting to know me these past few days.” Ji Shuli was somewhat confused. “Didn’t you say that I’m not quite the same as you imagined?”
“We had never had any contact or interaction before. I could only see the version of you that I knew. But after talking like this, I found that you are more real and more to my liking than I imagined.” Qin Manshu clenched her hands and continued after a while, “This is the first time I have come to know you like this.”
As she spoke, sadness flickered in her eyes, but she quickly masked it with a smile. She looked at Ji Shuli and said, "Shuli, we've been having a great time these past few days. I thought you would have a different opinion of me after you got to know me better."
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