Chapter 177 Or... I could just eat yours directly.
Ji Ying remained silent.
He turned off the stove, turned around, and tapped the tip of her nose with his finger. "I won't give it to you even if I want to."
Ji Ying tilted her head and asked, "Why?"
The man leaned down and kissed her forehead, pressing his fingertips against her heart.
"Because... you're not ready yet."
Looking at his handsome face so close to hers, Ji Ying felt a mix of emotions.
Can a man really be this good to the person he loves?
It's so good it feels unreal.
"But what if yours is too high?"
Liang Yizhi laughed.
The laughter was very hearty.
"I was just looking for an excuse to sleep with you. It's been so many years, what could be wrong? Are you stupid? You're so easy to fool."
Ji Ying lowered her head and didn't say anything, taking the fried rice to the outside table.
The fried rice tasted so good that she wanted to praise him.
"If you lose your job in the future, you can open a fast food restaurant and sell fried rice."
Liang Yizhi smiled. "Is this the highest praise you can give me?"
Ji Ying nodded.
"Then I'll sell fried rice, and you'll sell steamed sweet cheese?"
Ji Ying was stunned for a moment.
Liang Yizhi's smile gradually faded. "When I got back to the hotel yesterday, I found that the steamed sugar cheese you made had gone bad."
Ji Ying was somewhat surprised, "You've left it for so long, why didn't you throw it away?"
Liang Yizhi said with heartache, "I can't bear to part with it."
These three words struck Ji Ying's chest like a heavy blow.
She remembered that she had cooked for Gu Yanchen before, but he had a last-minute social engagement and threw the food away without even looking at it.
But Liang Yizhi...
Ji Ying suppressed the surging emotions in her heart and said softly, "You're so childish."
Liang Yizhi moved his bowl next to her and sat down next to her.
"I haven't even tasted it yet, can you make me another one?"
Ji Ying remained silent and focused on eating.
The man quietly leaned closer and whispered in her ear, "How about... we just eat yours?"
Ji Ying paused for a moment, then realized what he meant, and her face instantly turned bright red.
This meal is inedible.
Ji Ying immediately set a rule for Liang Yizhi: he was forbidden from flirting with her during meals.
As he was leaving, the man shamelessly leaned against the door and said, "Go to bed early tonight, and bring me the cheese tomorrow at noon."
Ji Ying straightened his collar. "Why don't you go back to live at the Liang family's house?"
Liang Yizhi raised an eyebrow. "Where do you want me to stay?"
"No, but is it convenient to stay in a hotel?"
Liang Yizhi seemed to understand.
"It's inconvenient, so I'm waiting for your invitation to live together."
Ji Ying blushed again and immediately "kicked" him out of the house.
When Ji Ying woke up the next day, she found an untouched plate of fried rice in the refrigerator.
He must have made extra on purpose, saving it for her breakfast.
The portion was quite large, so Ji Ying didn't eat it all herself. Instead, she heated it up and put it in two lunchboxes to take to the company.
Xiao Xia opened the steaming hot lunchbox, feeling both surprised and touched.
"I told you, you'd thank me for leaving you last night. So, any progress between you two?"
It would have been better if she hadn't brought it up. But once she did, Ji Ying took her milk, drank it down in one gulp, and still glared at her, clearly still annoyed.
"Okay, let's not talk about it anymore."
Looking like he's about to devour someone, nothing must have happened last night.
Xiao Xia ate the fried rice with gusto.
"Yingying, your cooking skills have improved again."
Ji Ying said calmly, "It was Liang Yizhi who did it."
Xiao Xia was startled for a moment, picked up the rice grains that had fallen next to the lunchbox, and put them in her mouth.
Ji Ying suppressed the upward curve of her lips and began to eat.
Before they had finished eating, the tranquility of the hall outside was shattered by an arrogant voice.
"It's already a favor that she doesn't kneel down to welcome me in, but she expects me to wait here. Do you know who I am? A small, run-down company, daring to mess with Black Star? Do you want to go bankrupt?"
Upon hearing Xie Lingfang's voice, Xiao Xia immediately stood up.
Ji Ying stopped her, "She came to see me. You continue eating, I'll go."
After saying that, she wiped her mouth, got up, and left the office.
In the lobby, the items on the front desk were scattered all over the floor.
The young woman, who had only been working for less than three months, was so intimidated by Xie Lingfang's imposing manner that she dared not speak loudly.
Ji Ying didn't greet Xie Lingfang immediately. Instead, she glanced indifferently at the messy office and said to the receptionist, "Go get a rag and a bottle of disinfectant spray. Clean up everything she touched."
Xie Lingfang felt offended and said angrily, "What kind of attitude is this? Don't forget, you are now my son's fiancée, and I am your future mother-in-law."
Ji Ying sneered, "Are you getting old or suffering from amnesia? Shouldn't this 'fiancée' be in quotation marks? And 'future mother-in-law'? My last mother-in-law died a violent death. Do you want to end up like her?"
Xie Lingfang turned pale from being choked by her words.
“I don’t care what you think, A-Jian was very upset this morning because he didn’t see you. From now on, you must see him every day. After he is discharged from the hospital in a few days, you will move to the Liang family’s house together.”
Just as Ji Ying was about to speak, Xie Lingfang added, "I'm informing you, not discussing it with you. It's your good fortune that my son likes you, a divorced woman! Don't push your luck!"
Anyone would be angry to hear that, but Ji Ying just smiled.
Xie Lingfang was completely baffled. "What are you laughing at?"
"Isn't the relationship between Mrs. Liang and Chairman Liang more like that of roommates?"
"How dare you! What right do you have to interfere in my marriage?"
Ji Ying smiled faintly, "To me, Madam Liang is like an old Qing Dynasty antique that Chairman Liang brought home to ward off evil spirits. She's full of ideas about male superiority and social status. No wonder Chairman Liang likes to see fresh and vibrant scenery outside. After all, facing an unearthed artifact every day is quite unpleasant."
Xie Lingfang's face turned a deep shade of liver with anger. "You, you have absolutely no respect for your elders and you're talking nonsense!"
Ji Ying's smile faded. "If Madam Liang feels that my cooperation with your son in this charade is far from enough to repay the favor I owe him, then I won't continue this charade. You can name your compensation price. I'll repay it if I can, and if I can't, I'll repay it in installments. From now on, we'll keep to ourselves."
If Liang Jian heard this, he would definitely have to use a defibrillator again.
Xie Lingfang naturally dared not agree to do so.
"I say one thing, and you retort with ten; this is outrageous!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and slapped Ji Ying across the face.
As a result, her noble, pampered hand landed squarely on a dirty mop.
Xie Lingfang looked at Xiao Xia holding a broom, feeling shocked, disgusted, and indignant, but she couldn't say a word.
"You old hag, are you taking advantage of the fact that I don't have a magic mirror hanging at the front door? I can smell the stench of your feces in the office. Go wash yourself with a mop."
Xie Lingfang was disgusted by the smell coming from her hands.
She glared at Xiao Xia fiercely, suppressing her anger, and said, "Think carefully about the consequences of standing up for her. There are many unexpected things in this world. Don't make trouble for yourself."
After saying that, she turned and walked away, her sharp heels stomping heavily on the floor tiles as if she wanted to pierce through someone.
"Xiaxia, you shouldn't have..."
Before Ji Ying could finish speaking, Xiao Xia interrupted her, "It's not for you. Qing Sui is my place, and I can't let that old witch run wild here."
He never said it was for her, but he always did it for her.
Ji Ying's eyes reddened slightly, and she immediately lowered her head so that Xiao Xia wouldn't see.
At noon, she didn't forget to send Liang Yizhi some cheese.
When asked where he was, Liang Yizhi gave her a location.
Ji Ying looked and realized that a pass was required to enter that place.
Unexpectedly, when she reached the door, Xue Qin was already waiting there.
Xue Qin led her through layers of security checks.
The corridor was so quiet that only the sound of footsteps could be heard, but the cold, austere black walnut doors on both sides exuded an air of unapproachable authority.
It wasn't until he pushed open the innermost walnut door, which had no nameplate, that Liang Yizhi looked up from behind the large desk. His cold gaze softened instantly when he saw Ji Ying.
Xue Qin wisely withdrew, and Liang Yizhi got up to greet him.
He naturally took the food box from her hand, put his other arm around her waist, pulled her close, and lowered his head to kiss her...
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