(Both are pure, the heroine has no relationship or physical contact with the male supporting character)
"Didn't Xia Lan just get married? Why is she here in Ye Se?"
"Shh, keep your voice down, don't let him hear. Isn't that a business marriage? He doesn't like the girl from the Jiang family, and his first love is so angry that she has to go abroad, so he can only come here to drink to drown his sorrows."
"Ah, what's going on? Miss Jiang is really pitiful. I heard she was abandoned right after her wedding."
"...After all, this is someone else's family affair. We outsiders have no right to interfere." As he spoke, he looked at the man sitting at the far side, sipping his wine in silence. "Mr. Ji, is that right?"
Ji Ling didn't say anything, just raised his eyes and glanced at him.
The atmosphere instantly dropped to freezing point.
Someone immediately came to the rescue: "Mr. Ji is busy with all sorts of things, how can he care about these gossips? Let's be open about business and talk about it!"
The man smiled bitterly. Wasn't it because they couldn't reach an agreement that he wanted to talk about some interesting things in the circle to open the topic?
Ji Ling put down the wine glass in his hand. His already crimson lips were soaked by the wine, showing a cooler hue. "No need to say more. I want the development of North City. Please do as you please."
Although he used the honorific, the man knew clearly that this was just the family education he was used to.
He originally thought that Xia Lan and this young master had been in love since childhood, but he didn't expect that the other party's marriage could not leave a ripple in his heart.
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The noisy sounds around him finally faded away. Ji Ling rubbed his brows, leaned back tiredly, half leaned on the sofa, and quietly sipped the wine in his hand.
He put on his suit and prepared to leave.
"How many times have I told you not to call me again!"
A familiar voice came and Ji Ling paused.
A sweet female voice came from the other end of the phone: "I know, but your parents are giving me trouble. You should deal with it yourself. Otherwise, you can forget about your antique collection."
Ji Ling was a little slow in buttoning his clothes.
——"Tutututut, you are truly my ancestor! I'm back now, do you know how many lives those things can buy you?"
"I don't know, but that doesn't stop me from smashing them all."
"Damn it." Xia Lan cursed and hung up the phone. She hurried out the main gate in the night, but suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar voice, "You... Ji Ling!"
The joy of seeing his brother diluted the anger that had just been irritated by Jiang Jiang. He took a few steps forward and approached him: "You are here too? Are you here to discuss business? Why didn't you tell me that I have a VIP discount!"
Ji Ling wasn't as enthusiastic as him, but he also gave him face and said, "Well, I'm here to discuss business. They invited me, so I don't need VIP."
Xia Lan was used to his taciturn personality and didn't feel that she was being treated coldly.
Although the two of them were friends who had grown up together, he himself was well aware of the depth of this friend's involvement.
Although the Xia family is also a wealthy business family, compared with the Ji family, they are just like a gnat trying to shake a tree.
The two of them said they were friends, but that was simply because Ji Ling was too unkind, and only by his persistence could he barely earn the title.
To be honest, there isn't much.
At this point, knowing that it would be nice to be able to exchange a few pleasantries, Xia Lan prepared to say goodbye to him.
But he was unexpectedly stopped by Ji Ling.
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