Chapter 112 Premonition
Gu Ningli was silent. She leaned on Jiang Jin's chest, fiddling with his shirt buttons with her fingers.
Gu Ningli felt melancholy. She felt that she could never get close to Jiang Jin's heart and could not see his true thoughts clearly, but she just liked his unfathomable appearance.
It was just like when I first met him, he was melancholy, uneasy and cynical, and ignored his own enthusiasm.
It is Jiang Jin that Gu Ningli pursues.
That Christmas, she flew from London to the United States to visit Gu Ningwei, who refused to return home for the holiday.
On Christmas Eve, Gu Ningwei invited several international students who had not returned home to have dinner at his villa, including Jiang Jin.
They had a Christmas dinner under candlelight. The servants in the house also specially prepared Chinese-style dry-cut braised beef, braised meatballs, cabbage stewed with vermicelli, and a pot of old hen soup.
Everyone enjoyed the meal very much.
Gu Ningli was wearing a dark green silk dress and a gray-white mink shawl. Her white shoulders were inadvertently exposed in her movements, and they shone slightly in the candlelight like fine porcelain.
This attracted everyone's admiration, and Gu Ningli enjoyed the feeling very much. She was a princess high above, looking down at the people under her skirt.
After dinner, they sat in front of the fireplace, listening to music and drinking red wine. Gu Ningwei and the others chatted and laughed, making harmless jokes with each other, which was humorous and witty.
Gu Ningli held her chin and listened to them talking about interesting things in the study abroad circle and the results of the final exams they had just taken.
Gu Ningwei smiled and said, "You poor students don't need to expose your shortcomings. In front of Jiang Jin, I'm embarrassed to mention my test scores."
He smiled and pointed at the young man who had been silent in the corner, "Jiang Jin, come here and report your results. Crush them."
Gu Ningli followed his hand and looked towards the corner, where she saw a young man sitting alone on the sofa. The candlelight flickered, reflecting on his silent face.
Gu Ningli felt that he was out of tune with Gu Ningwei's friends. There was an obvious loneliness on his face. Seeing everyone's attention focused on him, he just smiled and said, "Ah Wei, stop teasing me."
"I'm not kidding. We're a bunch of poor students, so self-righteous and complacent all day long, thinking we're the chosen ones. Little did we know that there are always better people among the best? Of all the Chinese students in this school, there are only two people I admire the most. One of them you all know..."
"Tang Zifeng, everyone knows that you love him the most. It's a pity that he has returned to his country, otherwise you would have been his today." Someone joked.
"Get lost." Gu Ningwei kicked the person who had spoken, then laughed and said, "I have a new love now, don't you know?"
"You actually have a new love? Who? Who can catch your eye?"
"Jiang Jin, he is our most perverted graduate student in the Finance Department. Do you know who his advisor is?" Gu Ningwei pointed at Jiang Jin.
Gu Ningwei deliberately kept the secret.
"It can't be that perverted tutor, right?" Someone said a name. It was a famous economist in the school, known for his strictness.
"Yes, that's him." Gu Ningwei smiled. "Do you think Jiang Jin is very powerful?"
"Indeed, being his student and getting good grades is quite impressive."
Amidst the crowd's exclamations, Gu Ningli's gaze stopped at Jiang Jin's face. He had a gentle, fair face with distinct eyebrows and eyes. His eyes, hidden under his long eyelashes, were dark and gloomy, showing no emotion.
Gu Ningli's heart moved and she felt inexplicably palpitating.
That's how Gu Ningli met Jiang Jin.
He stayed in the villa with Gu Ningwei's other friends for a few days.
Unlike others who partied every night and slept until noon, he had a very regular schedule and took a walk in the garden early every morning.
In the flying snow, he sometimes hesitated on the road, sometimes built a snowman in the open space, silent and full of worries.
Gu Ningli wanted to find an excuse to go skiing, but Gu Ningwei said he had other things to do, so he asked Jiang Jin to accompany her, and then they had the opportunity to be alone together.
Jiang Jin's attitude towards her was neither humble nor overbearing, neither distant nor close. He took good care of her but kept a distance. Seeing that the holiday was about to end, Gu Ningli was flustered and restless.
Gu Ningwei was the first to see through her thoughts. He encouraged her to take the initiative and confess, "Since it's rare that you truly like someone, don't miss it. You won't regret it even if you get rejected."
With her brother's support, Gu Ningli became a little bolder and finally confessed her love to Jiang Jin on the last day before leaving.
Jiang Jin was shocked, but did not refuse outright. He just said that there was a big difference in their status and that an interracial relationship was unreliable, but he did not say anything else.
Seeing that he did not refuse, Gu Ningli felt a hope in her heart. She used the energy she had in doing project presentations at school to refute the other party's views in a clear and logical manner, such as what kind of distance can produce beauty, how modern people should not be bound by the concept of hierarchy, etc.
As she spoke, her mouth became dry and she felt secretly impatient. She never expected that she would have to use the skills of a middle school debate competition to confess her love.
Jiang Jin actually chuckled when he heard this, reached out and ruffled Gu Ningli's hair, raised his chin, and said, "Well, then you should go back first. We can talk about it next time when we are really free."
During spring break, Gu Ningli flew to him again. This time Jiang Jin did not reject her, and they became a couple.
Gu Ningli was lying on the sofa, hugging a pillow, lost in thought. From the beginning, Jiang Jin had been very good to her. They were very compatible both physically and in other aspects.
But she still felt that Jiang Jin was unpredictable.
She thought that their family conditions had caused Jiang Jin's psychological trauma, but it seemed that this was not entirely true.
She once suspected that he had another woman in his heart, but she never asked.
But right now, there was something that worried her more than this.
"Jiang Jin, I..." Gu Ningli spoke hesitantly.
Jiang Jin raised his eyebrows, looked at her, and motioned her to continue asking.
Gu Ningli didn't ask any more questions. She changed the subject and said directly, "Tell me the truth, is Chengguang already hopeless?"
Jiang Jin looked up at her in surprise, remaining silent.
"Actually, I've heard a lot of gossip..." Gu Ningli was worried. "My friends are talking about our family behind our backs. Their families used to have business dealings with us, and now they can't settle the payments. They came to me and asked me to find a solution. What can I do? I just mentioned it to my dad, and he got angry and told me not to interfere in the company's affairs."
Jiang Jin listened quietly.
She sighed deeply as she spoke. "Now they treat me very badly. No one talks to me anymore in the small group. Even if I say something, they ignore me. Everyone avoids me like the plague and tries to avoid me as much as possible..."
Jiang Jin knew that Gu Ningli was surrounded by a group of girls from wealthy families. They usually went shopping, drank tea, and chatted about gossip together. He comforted her, "They are just a bunch of fake sisters. You don't need to pay attention to them."
Gu Ningli lowered her head and didn't say a word for a long time, her eyes were red.
Jiang Jin knew she was upset, so he could only hug her again and console her: "Friends like these are not real friends, so just ignore them. You can ignore them for now and block them all."
Gu Ningli sighed and whispered, "But I'm also very lonely. I thought everything would be fine once our company saw a turnaround, but that turnaround never came."
Jiang Jin listened, remained silent, and sighed silently.
Gu Ningli continued, "I asked my dad, and he said it was no big deal. He also said that if my brother could marry Sister He Lian, the He family would inject capital into us."
She paused and shrugged, "But I don't think this is a reliable thing. After all, Sister He Lian is a bit messy when it comes to relationships between men and women..."
She paused and said firmly, "My brother would never like this kind of woman."
"Since you all know what kind of person He Lian is, why force Ah Wei to marry her? Which man can accept a He Lian like this? Today she's a little wolfdog, tomorrow she's a little milk puppy. If it were me, I wouldn't accept it anyway."
Jiang Jin said calmly that he had never expressed his opinion on Gu Ningwei's marriage.
He always acts as if it's none of his business in front of anyone.
Today is the first time.
"Well, I told my dad the same thing, but he didn't listen. He said that people outside were just spreading rumors. It's useless for me to say that." Gu Ningli sighed.
"Then you don't need to say anything more. Anyway, Ah Wei will never marry He Lian. He and Han have a child, so how could he care about other women? Not to mention He Lian, he won't even look at any other woman."
Jiang Jin said softly, looking thoughtful.
"Do they really have a child?" Gu Ningli asked him.
"Well, you already know everything. Your brother even scolded you for it today." Jiang Jin smiled and tapped her nose. "Why are you so stupid? She's your brother's woman. How can you say such bad things about her?"
Gu Ningli thought about it and her eyes turned red again, and she pouted her lips.
"Don't say that anymore. Your brother is really unhappy." Jiang Jin advised softly.
"Jiangjin." After a long time, Gu Ningli suddenly spoke.
"Hmm?" Jiang Jin was absent-minded.
Gu Ningli looked up at him and said carefully, "You're familiar with Han Que, right? How do you think she's able to tie my brother down so tightly?"
Jiang Jin was startled and he lowered his eyes to look at Gu Ningli.
When their eyes met, he saw that there was an indescribable meaning in Gu Ningli's eyes, which seemed to be sarcastic but also seemed to be really asking, and more of a test.
Jiang Jin weighed the pros and cons silently in his mind, then said vaguely, "I used to be quite familiar with her, but now we don't see each other much."
"Why?" Gu Ningli was slightly worried, but she pretended to be indifferent and asked, "Why do you have less contact with her now? Did you know her before? How did you meet her?"
"My grandmother lived in the same courtyard as their family. When I met her, she was only this tall." Jiang Jin gestured. "After I went abroad, we didn't see each other again until I became the vice president of Zhening Company."
Jiang Jin told the truth, but omitted all the key points.
"Since we know each other, why are you pretending not to know each other?" Gu Ningli suppressed her displeasure.
"Of course I have to pretend not to know you, otherwise you will be jealous." Jiang Jin said half-jokingly as he scratched the tip of Gu Ningli's nose.
Gu Ningli smiled bitterly and whispered, "I'm just unreasonable."
"I care about your feelings and I'm afraid you'll be unhappy." Jiang Jin smiled gently.
Gu Ningli forced a smile and said, "Why would I be unhappy? Everyone has a past. Well, I also had a boyfriend."
Jiang Jin deliberately raised his eyebrows: "You have a boyfriend? Then how can you say that we are each other's first love?"
Gu Ningli blushed, "Hey, you believe those words too."
Jiang Jin smiled, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and held her slowly, rocking her, "Don't worry about it. They have their days, and we have ours. No matter what happens in the future, I will always be by your side, don't worry."
"What kind of things will happen in the future?" Gu Ningli lowered her eyes and said in a low voice.
"That's going to depend on the future. Who can know now?" Jiang Jin said vaguely.
"Yeah... who knows what will happen in the future." Gu Ningli said softly. She buried her face in Jiang Jin's arms, hugged him tightly, her body trembling.
"Ali, what's wrong with you?" Jiang Jin felt the heat on his shirt. He pushed her and tried to lift her face.
"I'm fine, I just feel a little uncomfortable..." Gu Ningli refused to look up, she just leaned deeper and deeper into Jiang Jin's arms.
After a long time, Jiang Jin heard her low, suppressed sobs: "Jiang Jin, don't worry about me, I just hold you like this, and my heart doesn't feel so bad. I have a bad feeling, maybe I won't be able to hold you in my arms anymore in the future."
"Stop talking nonsense." Jiang Jin said sadly, "Don't let your imagination run wild. It's okay."
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