Chapter 374 The show has begun, it can't stop.
Gu Yanchen chose a restaurant that specializes in Jiangnan cuisine.
Jiang Ran sent a message to Ji Ying, telling her that Liang Yizhi had gone to the coffee shop after they left.
Ji Ying did not reply.
After looking at the menu, she ordered two light vegetarian dishes. Gu Yanchen asked with a smile, "Why did you turn into a rabbit?"
Then she added a few of her favorite dishes, as well as two new sweet and sour dishes.
After the dishes were served, the sweet and sour flavors suited Ji Ying's taste perfectly. Some vegetables were also served, but not in large quantities.
She ate quietly, a hint of worry lingering between her brows.
"Are you worried that Liang Yizhi will come looking for you?" Gu Yanchen put down his wine glass and asked half-jokingly.
Ji Ying didn't respond. Gu Yanchen said calmly, "Eat without worry. Since I dared to bring you here, I naturally have confidence..."
He smiled.
“If it were the Liang Yizhi of the past, we would indeed have to be somewhat wary of him, but now he is not worth mentioning.”
Ji Ying didn't reply, but slowly wiped the corner of her mouth.
Gu Yanchen glanced at her eating habits but didn't say anything.
After the meal, he didn't insist that she stay, but instead drove her home himself.
When they were one intersection away from Dingbu Street, Ji Ying asked to stop.
Gu Yanchen parked the car on the side of the road but did not unlock the central locking system.
“Yingying,” he turned to her, his gaze focused and earnest, “what I said in the coffee shop came from the bottom of my heart. I was wrong in the past, but if you are willing to turn back now, no matter what you have been through, even…”
He paused for a moment.
"Even if you have another man's child, I will treat you as my own and treat you the same as before. As long as you turn back."
Ji Ying was not moved by his words; instead, her heart skipped a beat.
Did he realize he was pregnant?
“Gu Yanchen,” she began, her voice cold and flat, “First, please stop making unfounded speculations about my health. It’s impolite and unnecessary. Second…”
Her indifferent gaze turned meaningful.
"Don't ask me if I can turn back. If Chen Yousheng is Wen Lingxue, tell me, what would you do? Would you make me continue to prioritize your overall interests, be forced to accept your helplessness, and endure the pain of being sacrificed by you time and time again, or would you let me see something different?"
After waiting for Gu Yanchen's response for two seconds, she raised an eyebrow and added, "Don't forget, Chen Yousheng's current backer is Pang Daiyao."
If you mess with him, Gu Yanchen will suffer the consequences.
Gu Yanchen's reaction was indeed within Ji Ying's expectations.
He fell silent, and she saw the shock and concern in his eyes.
Ji Ying smiled and unlocked the central locking system herself.
"Therefore, there's no going back to how things were before. Whether it's you, Liang Yizhi, or anyone else, I only believe in myself now, and in what I can hold onto!"
After saying that, she unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car.
There was still some distance between this intersection and Dingbu Street. After Ji Ying got out of the car and walked a short distance, Jiang Ran caught up with her.
"Chen Yousheng's hair has been submitted to the DNA testing center. The police have Wen Lingxue's DNA data, and we can compare it with the results. But I have some bad news."
Ji Ying looked at the small commodities displayed on the roadside and said without looking up, "Speak."
"Qixia's application for special equipment technology access permit has been rejected again."
This was the expected result, and Ji Ying's emotions were not affected in any way.
"Pang Daiyao is determined to succeed, so his application will definitely not be approved. However, when the truth comes out in the future, this debt could become the catalyst for his downfall..."
Ji Ying stopped abruptly at this point.
Her gaze fell on a basket of small tangerines displayed at the entrance of the fruit shop.
The sign said 50% off.
Ji Ying asked the shop owner, "Why is it so cheap?"
The boss bluntly said, "I ordered the wrong goods, it's so sour."
Ji Ying and Jiang Ran each tried half of it.
The moment the orange entered her mouth, Jiang Ran's face contorted with sourness, but Ji Ying thought the taste was just right.
So I bought two pounds and asked the shopkeeper to pack them in an opaque paper bag.
The two walked back to the courtyard house.
Upon entering, one sees Liang Yizhi standing alone in the courtyard, his back to the moonlight, his face shrouded in shadow, radiating a chill.
Ji Ying said to Jiang Ran, "I probably won't be going out tonight, you should go and get some rest too."
Jiang Ran nodded and left.
Ji Ying came back eating tangerines, holding a paper bag in one hand and two more in the other.
She walked onto the path and headed towards the side rooms.
"You're back?" Liang Yizhi's voice wasn't loud, but it clearly revealed his displeasure.
"Hmm, still not resting?"
Ji Ying spoke calmly, and walked past him without stopping.
The next second, the man grabbed her wrist and pulled her back.
Caught off guard, Ji Ying cried out in surprise and was pulled backward.
Ignoring the two oranges that rolled to the ground, she protected the paper bag she was holding and fell into Liang Yizhi's arms.
The male protagonist appears to be restraining her, but in reality, he is holding her to prevent her from falling.
What are you doing?
Ji Ying raised her head against his chest, her face flushed with shock and slight anger.
"You disappeared for a whole day. Where did you go? Who were you with? Don't you need to give me an explanation?"
Ji Ying looked at his face, which showed no anger but rather anxiety. Without even observing, she knew that Pang Yin must be secretly watching them from a nearby corner.
A sudden thought flashed through her mind, and she pulled away from his embrace, her flushed face radiating undisguised anger.
"Don't you know who I'm with? Liang Yizhi, according to our agreement, I have no obligation to explain anything to you."
"Ji Ying!" Liang Yizhi has no patience and is easily provoked by her. "Don't challenge my bottom line, don't try to cheat on me, stay away from him."
However, Ji Ying laughed.
"What? You're allowed to bring your mistress back, but I'm not allowed to talk to my ex-husband? You were the one who crossed my line first, so what right do you have to tell me to stay away from Gu Yanchen now?"
Liang Yizhi stepped forward, his lowered hand clenched into a fist.
"We are still husband and wife, so I have the right to demand your fidelity."
"loyalty?"
Ji Ying put on a full performance, her face displaying a twisted expression that mixed resentment, vengeful pleasure, and deliberate ostentation.
"You failed to do it, yet you expect me to. Ha, you don't think you're as capable as before, do you? Let me tell you, you're standing here now, maintaining your current position, only because you're still my husband. If it were Gu Yanchen standing here today, the outcome would be the same if I wanted to."
Liang Yizhi hadn't expected that she would say such harsh words to him because of that man.
"You're comparing him to me?"
"Why isn't he qualified to compare with you? Do you think you can get benefits from Pang Daiyao by marrying Pang Yin? Believe it or not, I can use the 'Qixia' technology to send Gu Yanchen to Pang Daiyao right now. With his own financial resources, he can definitely make Old Master Pang abandon you like a stray dog!"
Anger surged in Liang Yizhi's eyes.
Ji Ying was stunned by the madness in his eyes, but the play had already begun and couldn't be stopped.
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