Chapter 107 This time, she saw clearly
But when walking over there, Xu Yueqing lowered her eyes and saw that Ji Bingqian's eyes were red, not the kind of tired red, but like...
Her gaze uncontrollably moved down again, landing on the low table in front of him.
She couldn't understand the year on the label of the bottle of whiskey, but the bottle was already half empty.
He drank so much?
"come over."
Ji Bingqian suddenly spoke in a hoarse voice.
He waved towards the sofa next to him.
"I'll pour it for you."
Xu Yueqing's footsteps were nailed to the spot.
She paused for two seconds, then slowly walked over and sat down next to him.
Ji Bingqian picked up the empty glass on the bar, picked up the glass cold water kettle beside him, and poured her a glass of water.
The ice cubes collided with the glass, making a crisp sound.
He pushed the glass of water in front of her.
"Thank you." Xu Yueqing murmured thanks and held up the water cup with both hands.
The wall of the cup was very cold, and it cooled her heart through her palms, calming her chaotic thoughts a little.
She lowered her eyes and sipped water, but she caught a glimpse of another thing on the table out of the corner of her eye.
It's a photo.
It was four inches in size and was placed casually next to the wine bottle, with the corners already a little worn.
The photo showed a man, but due to the lighting and the age of the photo itself, it looked a little blurry, and Xu Yueqing couldn't see the man's specific outline.
Just as she was secretly speculating, Ji Bingqian's voice suddenly rang in her ears.
"He is Xiao Chen."
Xiao Chen?
She raised her head, looked into Ji Bingqian's red eyes, and asked tentatively:
"Your twin brother?"
The light in Ji Bingqian's eyes seemed to flicker, and then he nodded.
He picked up the photo and without looking at it again, handed it directly to Xu Yueqing.
Xu Yueqing hesitated for a moment, but still reached out and took the photo.
Her fingertips touched the slightly cool photo paper, and she moved the photo closer.
This time, she saw it clearly.
The boy in the photo is wearing a well-tailored school uniform, leaning against a huge sycamore tree, with a smile on his face. The sunlight falling on him seems to have given him a layer of gold.
That face was carved from the same mold as Ji Bingqian's.
However, the boy in the photo had a bright smile and clear eyes, like a burning fire, while the man beside her was reserved and deep, like a bottomless ocean.
Through this yellowed photo, Xu Yueqing can almost see how high-spirited Ji Bingqian must have been when he was eighteen years old.
"When Xiaochen and I were born, the doctor said he almost died."
Ji Bingqian's voice suddenly rang out, pulling Xu Yueqing back to reality from the photo.
"They said I had eaten up all his nutrients while I was in my mother's womb. So when he was born, he was sent straight into an incubator."
"I lived there for three whole months."
Ji Bingqian's voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of disturbing something, or as if he was trapped in a memory that was too far away.
"Because he was born weak, everyone felt they owed him something."
"Everyone in the family holds him in the palm of their hands. The best things are given to him first."
His tone was calm, without any resentment in it.
But Xu Yueqing felt her heart tighten when she heard this.
It turns out that this man who is so fierce in the business world also has such a past.
"He has a good personality, better than me," Ji Bingqian said, a faint, nostalgic smile on his lips. "He loves to laugh and act like a spoiled child. Everyone likes him, and we have a good relationship."
Xu Yueqing listened quietly without interrupting.
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