Chapter 31 Returning Home
◎Do you want to try kissing me?◎
"It was it that insisted on sticking to me, it was it that insisted on going home with me." Zhong Jiajing tried to clear herself of suspicion by making sophistry.
Unfortunately, her actions didn't lie, and Dongdong was still held tightly in her hands, unable to move.
"Apart from humans, the only one who can open the door in my house is the dog." Ji Nan stared at Dongdong's pupils that were emitting green light and spoke softly.
This is very clear. She has to choose between the dog and the "thief".
"Woof woof woof?" Zhong Jiajing compromised. "Okay, I'm the third puppy in the family."
Ji Nan was awakened by thirst. He poured a glass of water and drank half of it. "What is that little dog trying to do by staying up late at night and hanging out with a night owl?"
The other two puppies in the living room were already snoring quietly.
"Why are you so nosy? Can't you allow me to make a friend of a different species?" Zhong Jiajing muttered.
"Okay, I'm biased." Ji Nan downed the last half of the glass. "Go to bed early. Otherwise, who will get up in the morning to walk the dog?"
"It has to be me!" Zhong Jiajing promised firmly.
Commitment is a very useful operation for a hard-working worker who has faith, responsibility, and a sense of guilt.
For example, now, Zhong Jiajing really wants to turn off the buzzing alarm clock at the head of the bed, but she thinks that she has to bow her head when living under someone else's roof, so she ruffles her messy hair and forces herself to turn over and sit up. This sudden action scares Dongdong, who is licking his fur seriously, so much that he grows wings and flies half a meter away.
She brought the cat back and coaxed it for a long time, and then she hesitated for a long time before she was willing to lift the quilt and go out to feed the furry children breakfast.
The weather is pretty good today, and the sky is already bright at around seven o'clock in the winter.
Zhong Jiajing grabbed Duoduo, who was leading Heiya on a misdeed, from the front of Ji Nan Gate. "Arrest her on the spot! Spend the next few days in jail with me reflecting on your mistakes!"
"It's time for prison meal." After making the announcement, she fed everyone some breakfast, squatted aside and watched for a while before going to the bathroom to wash up.
The temperature in the morning was really low. People were freezing and even the playful dogs couldn't stand it for long.
Zhong Jiajing took the two puppies for a stroll around the community for twenty minutes, found a relatively affordable breakfast shop, packed breakfast for two, and went home.
Since there was no puppy breaking into the house in the morning, Ji Nan was able to sleep a little longer, but the biological clock he had built up over the years was not so easily defeated.
When Ji Nan got up, Dongdong was the only one left at home, lazily basking in the sun on the balcony window.
He raised his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't expect that the lazy representative who had stayed up all night could get up so early.
The saying that the worse you are at playing, the more you love to play is not only applicable to humans, but also to dogs.
The dogs were clearly shivering in the cold outside, but once they got into the warm elevator heading home, they felt like they could fight again.
Zhong Jiajing wrapped the dog leash around her wrist twice more and said firmly, "No, the dogs Duoduo and Heiya's exercise time is over today."
Ji Nan, who was standing in front of the elevator door and about to leave, saw this scene. He asked suspiciously, "Is he starting to play the role of the warden?"
"You're flattering me. I'm barely a jailer, so you have to be the warden." Zhong Jiajing showed him the breakfast in her hand. "Boss, are you going out? Wouldn't that waste the breakfast I brought you?"
"No, I was afraid that you would take them out of prison, so I was going out to monitor them." Ji Nan responded expressionlessly.
“…”
She went back and took a nap. Zhong Jiajing finally woke up around lunchtime.
Seeing the person walking out with light steps, Ji Nan shifted his gaze from the electronic recipe on the iPad to her and asked, "What are you planning to eat today?"
Zhong Jiajing rubbed the back of her head and said shyly, "Well, that's why I came here."
"My college roommate, Ye Yaying, whom you've met, asked me out today."
"Oh." Ji Nan closed the recipe interface and responded coldly.
What does "oh" mean? Zhong Jiajing was a little confused.
She continued, "Aren't you my direct supervisor now? That's why I wanted to ask you for leave."
"Haven't you finished your work for today? The time after that is yours. There's no need to report to me. I'm not the type of person who exploits people." He said lightly.
After getting the approval, Zhong Jiajing thanked him happily and went back to the house to start dressing up.
When Ji Nan saw the glamorous Zhong Jiajing opening the door and leaving, he suddenly called out to her, "I changed my mind."
Zhong Jiajing's delicate face quickly dimmed. "You're not regretting it, are you?"
"Can't I find any good points in you?" Ji Nan said angrily. "I want to say that you still have to report safety issues to me. After all, you are living in my house, so I have to be responsible for your personal safety."
"Okay, I was too narrow-minded. I sincerely apologize to you." She smiled awkwardly and bowed to him respectfully.
After saying this, she kicked away like a rabbit, fearing that the other party would change his mind and detain her.
Ji Nan looked at the closed door and pondered for a while. After a while, he picked up his cell phone and made a call.
"Come out for dinner."
"Do you think everyone is as unemployed as you? You rejected me this morning, and it's too late to make amends now!"
“…”
Zhong Jiajing's report was indeed very detailed, with every road and every store clearly noted. But after reporting her stroll along Huaihai Middle Road after dinner, her phone chat box remained silent.
The clock had already passed ten o'clock in the evening, and the only four living things left in the room huddled together on a double sofa for warmth.
Ji Nan carried the dog, whose eyes were half closed, back to the nest. After another five minutes, he raised his hand and sent a message.
【Are you back?】
Five minutes later, still no response.
Ji Nan thought about it and decided to call. The person who answered was Ye Yaying.
"Hello, Jiajing is feeling a bit dizzy right now. What do you want to talk to her about?"
Ji Nan paused, "Hasn't she gone home yet?"
Ye Yaying glanced out through the dark car window and said, "We're almost at XX Road. I estimate we'll be at her house in another ten minutes."
That is the only way to get to Zhong Jiajing's community.
Ji Nan said, "She's staying with me for a while. If it's convenient, could you please take care of her for a while? I'll come pick her up right away, okay?"
Ye Yaying was a little surprised. Who would have thought that her good roommate would do something big in silence and directly lure her into her idol's house.
She looked at Zhong Jiajing, who seemed a little confused, and continued to speak into the phone, "Don't bother with that. Just tell me the address and we'll have the driver turn around and drive there. I'd just like to trouble you to pick her up downstairs later, since Zhong Jiajing isn't very sober right now."
Zhong Jiajing muttered softly, "Is it possible that I'm just thinking about life?"
Ye Yaying ignored her and after hanging up the phone, she promised to give the driver extra money before changing the address.
"You don't know how expensive taxis are in Shanghai. I've invested a lot of money in your love this time."
"Thank you so much." Zhong Jiajing muttered with half-closed eyes.
Ji Nan took his usual driving speed as a reference and prepared to wait outside the community ten minutes in advance.
He put on a loose down jacket that reached his calf over his black home clothes, then picked up his cell phone and went downstairs.
The car was five minutes later than expected, and Ji Nan's face was already a little stiff from the cold wind.
Ye Yaying turned sideways and opened the door on Zhong Jiajing's side. "Go ahead, your future husband is waiting for you there."
Ji Nan came over and helped her out of the car. Zhong Jiajing collapsed on him powerlessly, and he had to put his arms around her waist to hold her still.
He raised his eyes and asked Ye Yaying in the car, "Excuse me, do you need me to take you home?"
After all, they are all girls, and it is not safe to go back late at night.
Ye Yaying quickly waved her hand and pointed at her companion in the passenger seat and the driver beside her. "No need. The driver is also a girl, and I have classmates to keep me company."
"Okay, then be careful on the road." Ji Nan nodded, took out his mobile phone, scanned the QR code next to him and paid the bill.
Ye Yaying quickly closed the door and shouted at the driver to step on the accelerator and fly out.
The surroundings were all cool, but the girl half lying in his arms had a pink warmth even at the corners of her eyes. Ji Nan sighed, "Is today also a day to get drunk?"
"No," Zhong Jiajing shook her head and naturally reached into his down jacket and put her arm around his waist. "I was afraid you'd find it smelly, so I only drank a small glass of sake tonight. It doesn't have much of a smell."
"If you don't believe me, try smelling it." She tilted her head up and moved closer to his nose.
The distance between the two of them was too close, and her entire body was almost wrapped around him. It didn't look like something she could do while she was sober.
The only thing that filled his nose was the fragrance of her hair, which was the smell of the women's shampoo he had specially bought at the supermarket yesterday afternoon.
There was only a thin layer of cotton cloth between his waist, and the burning temperature of her palm made his waist tremble a little.
Ji Nan's face flushed, and his tone was somewhat unnatural and helpless, "How are we going to get home like this?"
"But I'm really cold." Zhong Jiajing didn't let go, but buried her face in his chest.
The down jacket has a wide design, so even a slender girl can still fit it tightly.
She went out today wearing a brown tweed skirt and a pair of knee-high boots, and her skin from the middle of her thighs to her knees was completely exposed to the cold air.
"You are drunk." Ji Nan said with certainty.
"I didn't." Zhong Jiajing denied it firmly.
"But you don't even remember which home to go back to."
"That's just because I forgot."
Ji Nan had no intention of arguing with her about this topic anymore. He patiently coaxed her, "Let go of your hand, and we'll go home now."
She acted as if she didn't hear anything and remained motionless, clinging to him like a pendant.
"Let go of me and let me put your coat on, okay?" His voice softened again.
Zhong Jiajing raised her long eyelashes to look at him, and suddenly asked, "Do you want to try kissing me?"
He didn't speak and looked like he had a headache.
"I only drank one glass, so I'm really sober." She stood on tiptoe, held his face and pressed her lips against his.
After standing in the cold wind for a long time, both of their lips were cold, but not stiff, and still soft.
Ji Nan froze in place, unable to move. He could clearly feel the small, soft tip of the tongue occasionally scraping across his lips, with an awkwardness that couldn't be hidden.
Their kiss only lasted for a simple touch, with nothing else except the clear touch and each other's breath.
This is probably what "dragonfly skimming the water" means. Ji Nan's mind continues to be free and empty.
Maybe it was as long as a minute, or maybe only ten seconds. Ji Nan had no way of knowing the exact time.
Zhong Jiajing let go of his face and took a half step back. She looked at him with a pair of misty eyes, "I'm sorry, I allowed this little one to defile you once today."
I don't have any regrets, but my emotions aren't very high.
"You broke up?" Ji Nan was silent for a moment before adding, "With a colleague?"
Otherwise, why would she suddenly do something nonsensical? He is now like the second male lead in a romance novel who suddenly rises to the top, feeling like he has finally made it.
Zhong Jiajing looked at him and asked, "Why don't you just be more direct and tell me Ren Jiang's name?"
"If I'm so upset that I start dating a colleague, I'll slap him eight hundred times."
"If you were the one spreading rumors that I was dating a colleague, I would want to slap you in the face eight hundred times too."
Ji Nan did not retort for her outrageous words, but instead smiled gently with his beautiful eyebrows curved.
He pulled the man to the side of his clothes and wrapped him up, saying, "Okay, I accept the punishment."
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