Chapter 20 His coat smelled of Gu Lingxue.
Ji Ying walked into the office, her smile still lingering, but it gradually turned cold.
"A response is necessary, and that's what's being done right now, isn't it?"
Just as she finished speaking, Xiao Xia's phone rang.
It's a text message from the bank confirming the deposit.
The remitter was Ji Ying.
Xiao Xia rubbed her eyes and stared at the numbers again.
"You...you've made it big now, and you're planning to use money to make me bow down and admit my mistakes?"
"You're overthinking it. This little bit of money will only last you a while."
It's only enough to last for a while, but the magnitude of this timely help... Xiao Xia was almost speechless.
"If this money is what you rely on for the rest of your life, then take it back, because I may not be able to pay it back."
“Consider it an investment,” Ji Ying said.
Xiao Xia's face was filled with shock.
Ji Ying: "I don't want your general manager position, just give me a department head position. I think the R&D department is good enough."
Xiao Xia was suddenly hit in the face by an abacus bead, and only then did she realize what was happening.
"No, does your husband agree to you going out to work?"
The agreement between Ji Ying and Old Mrs. Gu did not explicitly require Ji Ying to be a housewife, but it did require her to take her husband's life as her own responsibility.
Gu Yanshen's surroundings were complicated, and after marriage, he did not approve of her going out to work, which is why Ji Ying gave up the idea of starting a business with Xiao Xia.
Xiao Xia didn't know the reason behind this. On the day Ji Ying made her decision, Xiao Xia had a big fight with her.
A top student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University, she participated in the research and development of several new energy storage projects before graduation. She should have had a bright future, but after graduation, she became a housewife under the temptation of money and men.
This is something Xiao Xia simply cannot accept.
Therefore, she unilaterally turned against Ji Ying.
She never expected that when she fell into the abyss, it would be this "enemy friend" who would pull her out of it.
Ji Ying was unwilling to talk much about her own affairs.
"Aren't you very knowledgeable about the Gu family? I'd like to ask, where did you get the information, Mr. Xiao, that you even knew Gu Lingxue was back?"
Xiao Xia's expression changed slightly, and her eyes darted around. "I'm just a girl from an ordinary family. My parents live on their pensions. How could I know anything about Gu Jia? I just heard it from people in our circle."
Ji Ying had no doubts. "My affairs are complicated, but I assure you it won't interfere with your work. Don't you want to give it a try? You don't have any other choice anyway."
Xiao Xia realized that she was planning a new way out and wiped away the tears that were about to fall from her eyes.
"I would be delighted if you joined, but..."
She pointed to the remittance amount on her phone.
"Explain to me why it's 48,277,600? Why is there a decimal point in your investment?"
Ji Ying was embarrassed for a moment, "I bought a car and did full anti-collision modifications, so this is the amount left."
Xiao Xia: "..."
He didn't keep a single penny for himself.
She's still as honest as ever.
...
President's Office, Chenxi Group.
"Madam ordered a car and invested the rest of the money in Miss Xiao's company," Chen Yuan said.
Gu Yanchen asked in surprise, "They've made up?"
Chen Yuan didn't know how to answer.
But Gu Yanchen's brows, which had been furrowed for most of the day, relaxed, as if he had breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's good. Having a friend to talk to might broaden my mind."
Chen Yuan frowned.
“Madam is being foolish. You shouldn’t choose Miss Xiao’s company to invest in. That rich third-generation girl is just joining in the fun. She doesn’t care about profits or losses at all. Madam, you’re just throwing money away by investing so much in her company.”
Although we investigated Ji Ying's situation at school, she married President Gu after graduation and has been out of touch with society for four years.
Neither Chen Yuan nor Gu Yanchen believed that someone who had been eliminated by society for four years could return to his old profession in this highly competitive and rapidly changing industry.
Investing in Xiao Erxiao's dabbling company, in particular, is a complete waste of money.
But Gu Yanchen had a faint smile on his lips.
"It's okay, let her play."
Ji Ying, who had no money, couldn't live without him. With Miss Xiao helping her splurge, Gu Yanchen was happy to see it.
After saying that, he dialed Ji Ying's number.
“Where?” he asked.
Ji Ying had just come out of Qing Sui Power and was about to get into Xiao Xia's car.
"Wherever you want me to be, that's where I'll be."
"So well-behaved?"
Gu Yanchen sounded like he was in a good mood.
Ji Ying didn't say anything and got into the car.
Gu Yanchen pretended not to know that she was outside.
"Wait for me, I'll pick you up from the hospital at 5:30 and we'll go to the old house for dinner."
"good."
Hearing that submissive voice, Gu Yanchen felt as if he had been transported to another world.
I really want to hold her in my arms right now and squeeze her hard.
"You'll chair the 5 o'clock meeting. Don't bother me unless it's important."
After giving instructions to Chen Yuan, Gu Yanchen picked up the still-warm peach shortbread from the table, got up, and walked out.
Just then, Chen Yuan's phone rang.
After finishing the call, he immediately ran to the elevator.
"Mr. Gu, Miss Gu fainted at the cemetery. Although she was revived on site, she insists on not going to the hospital with the ambulance."
Gu Yanchen looked at him, his brows furrowing...
Ji Ying had only been in the car for a few minutes when Gu Yanchen called again.
"Something came up and I can't make it in time."
Ji Ying didn't ask any more questions, "It's okay, I'll go by myself."
Gu Yanchen said with some disappointment, "I wanted to feed you some warm peach shortbread, but the situation over there is urgent."
"It's alright, just don't arrive too late and upset Grandma."
Ji Ying hung up the phone calmly, but Gu Yanchen couldn't quite put his finger on what to feel.
Why has she become so understanding again, while he is becoming increasingly uneasy?
"I'm not going to the hospital. Just take me to the Gu family's old house."
After speaking to Xiao Xia, Ji Ying sent a message to Aunt Yang, asking her to handle her discharge procedures so that she wouldn't have to wait around in the hospital.
Xiao Xia, driving the car, glared at her resentfully.
"Having grown accustomed to a life of luxury, have you lost your edge?"
"What?"
Ji Ying didn't understand what she was saying.
"Are you stupid? 90% of the time, this kind of no-show is because of a mistress standing you up. He was definitely called away by that woman, and you're really going to put up with this?"
"How do you know I didn't resist?" Ji Ying asked her back.
She had a fierce argument with him, but what was the result?
The man was unwilling to let go of either side. His sister returned unharmed, while she ended up being locked in a dark room.
When competing with them, being unable to tolerate them is a major taboo.
Xiao Xia was even angrier when she heard this.
"So you're just going to let them bully you like this?"
Ji Ying touched her lower abdomen and looked at herself in the passenger side rearview mirror.
His expression was calm, but his eyes were deep and unfathomable.
"In two weeks, it will be our fourth wedding anniversary. I will give them a big gift then."
Upon receiving this generous gift, Gu Yanchen will surely agree to a divorce.
...
The Gu family's old house.
Gu Yanchen arrived only twenty minutes later than Ji Ying.
He made no attempt to hide his presence by entering the room with Gu Lingxue, intending to show everyone that his relationship with Gu Lingxue was aboveboard.
But Wen Li was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes.
"I knew Yan Chen wouldn't abandon Ling Xue."
Gu Lingxue followed behind Gu Yanchen quietly, showing no reaction to her mother's words.
Where is Grandma?
Gu Yanchen seemed not to hear Wen Li's words and handed the coat he had taken off to Ji Ying.
Ji Ying took it.
His usual perfume contains a subtle hint of orange, which is the scent Gu Lingxue wears.
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