Luo Yifan couldn't find Chen Jing and secretly thought something was wrong.
He didn't even know which floor she lived on or what her apartment number was.
If she leaves him now, wouldn't his trip today have been for nothing?
Wasn't all his previous excitement just for nothing?
Just as he was feeling extremely anxious, he walked to the elevator entrance and immediately saw the elevator doors wide open, with Chen Jing standing quietly inside, pressing the open button.
Clearly, she was waiting for him.
Luo Yifan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was increasingly realizing that although she had a good temper, she occasionally did something earth-shattering, which almost gave him a heart attack.
Luo Yifan quickly slipped into the elevator, and Chen Jing pressed the floor button. Luo Yifan glanced at the number and silently memorized it.
"The environment here is quite nice. Was it expensive when you bought it?"
An idea quickly took shape in Luo Yifan's mind.
When he drove in, he saw that there were still quite a few buildings under construction in this community. He thought that if he and she lived in the same community, or even in the same building, he would have the advantage of being close to her.
"It shouldn't be expensive. Ying'er paid for it, so I'm not sure."
Chen Jing herself felt embarrassed. The house was registered in her name, but the person who paid for it was her eldest daughter, Zhu Qianying.
"What's wrong? You want to buy it?"
Chen Jing, who was taking out her keys to open the door, was unusually clever for once.
"Yes, I do have that thought. I might be staying here for longer and longer periods of time in the future, and I can't keep staying in hotels all the time. I see that this area is bustling yet quiet, so I'm really tempted."
Luo Yifan didn't hide his thoughts, but he didn't want to be too blunt. He and Chen Jing had finally made progress, and he didn't want her to think he was being glib.
"Then I'll ask the property management tomorrow and get some documents for you to look at."
Chen Jing opened the door and offered to help very enthusiastically.
Luo Yifan was naturally more than happy to oblige. "Alright, it would be best if you could ask around in this building if there are any units left for sale, or if they are available for rent."
Chen Jing responded with an "Mmm," and bent down to take out a pair of men's slippers from the shoe cabinet.
Luo Yifan looked at the slippers and was a little confused. Could it be that she had planned to take him home as a guest and cook him a meal herself?
Otherwise, where would the new men's slippers come from?
Just as he was secretly basking in his own joy, he heard Chen Jing say, "These slippers are for Xiao Han and Xiao Huan to replace. The size may not fit you, but try them on first and make do."
So it turns out, I was just being delusional!
Luo Yifan chuckled to himself and bent down to put on slippers.
Yan Shao and Ji Huan probably both have big feet, while Luo Yifan, on the other hand, appears relatively slender compared to the other two, so the slippers are a bit too big for him.
After he changed his shoes and stepped out of the entryway, he habitually glanced around and noticed that although the home was decorated very simply, there were small details that occasionally caught his eye and were very well integrated with the overall design.
Luo Yifan dragged his slightly oversized slippers into the kitchen. "The interior design of this house was done by Ying'er, wasn't it?"
Chen Jing, who was pouring water into the pot, was slightly surprised. "How did you know?"
Luo Yifan couldn't explain it either, but his intuition told him that's how it would be.
“Isn’t Ying’er a designer? I think it must be designed according to her aesthetic standards to make this place grand yet unique. Living here, though simple, is extremely comfortable.”
Luo Yifan tried to explain his thoughts, and as a result, when Zhu Qianying was mentioned, Chen Jing seemed to open a floodgate and chatted with Luo Yifan about a lot of interesting things about the Zhu Qianying sisters.
Although she had never paid much attention to her two daughters since they were young.
But ultimately, she still knew some things about Zhu Qianying and Zhu Qianyu's childhood.
Luo Yifan didn't rush to sit outside, but stood to the side, listening to her talk while watching her skillfully stir-fry the meat in the pan and then add some seasonings.
"Brother Luo, was your son close to you when he was little?"
Chen Jing had never asked Luo Yifan about his family or work before, but this question came out of her mouth without her noticing.
When she asked him about it, Luo Yifan was almost moved to tears.
The surprises kept coming one after another today, leaving him a little stunned.
Fortunately, his dazed state only lasted a few seconds. Soon, he regained his usual excellent speaking skills and chatted with Chen Jing about the funny things that happened when their two sons were young.
Even though he was someone else's child, whom she had never even met, when he talked about him, her mind automatically conjured up a younger version of Luo Yifan, and she listened with great interest.
"So, you weren't exactly a very good father before."
Chen Jing would naturally not tell such honest things to outsiders, but she felt she could tell Luo Yifan, and she thought he wouldn't mind.
It seems that, subconsciously, she has already considered him one of her own.
Luo Yifan wouldn't blame her, because that was the truth.
“At that time, I devoted most of my energy to Fanxin Pavilion, and I neglected my family and children. Perhaps that is why my two children are not close to me.”
Luo Yifan had always envied the relationship between the three members of the Ji family. Ji Rui was clearly a very strict person who always had a grumpy face, but his relationship with his sons, Ji Yu and Ji Huan, was so good that it made people jealous.
So, when I think about it carefully, perhaps it's not just a matter of being busy; a large part of it is that I don't have that kind of awareness.
For a man, career is important, but family is the most important thing.
To neglect one's family for the sake of one's career is to put the cart before the horse.
"In a way, you're better off than me. At least you're doing it for your career, while I..."
At this point, Chen Jing's words came to an abrupt end.
To be honest, she didn't have the courage to talk about her relationship with Takenoshima.
In particular, when she was in front of Luo Yifan, she felt so inferior and cowardly that she was beyond redemption, even when she thought about that past.
Luo Yifan gave her a deep look. He knew perfectly well why she had stopped talking so abruptly.
He didn't know much about her past with Takeshi, but he knew a general idea.
In the past, he would have truly looked down on women who could only survive by depending on men.
But after getting to know her better, he realized that she wasn't as cowardly and weak as the rumors suggested.
In reality, the "she" he heard was the "she" of the past; the "she" of the present was a reborn version of herself.
She was no longer humble, cowardly, or pathetic; in fact, she radiated a light from head to toe.
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