Chapter 240 is captivating
As Jiang Donglin listened to Yu Li talking to the person on the other end of the phone, he noticed that her tone carried the soft, coquettish quality that only a young woman would show when facing her beloved.
He felt increasingly uneasy. Judging from the tone of the voice, was the person on the other end of the phone a man? Or perhaps Yu Li's boyfriend?
Jiang Donglin didn't think about her husband because Yu Li was still very young, and she wasn't wearing a wedding ring.
Actually, Yu Li wasn't wearing her wedding ring, mainly because she felt the pink diamond was just too expensive.
What if you accidentally lose it, or it gets targeted by bad guys?
Yu Li is now heavily pregnant, so she can't fight two opponents like before. If she runs into someone who just snatches the item and runs away, she won't be able to chase after them. That would be so unfair!
So she only wears it on specific occasions, but unexpectedly, this attracted unwanted attention from suitors.
However, Yu Li is also beautiful, and she has had many suitors since childhood. But she has always been oblivious to matters of the heart, so she didn't sense any of the hints Jiang Donglin was giving her.
"Then you keep working, I need to go back to the station to work on the script, bye-bye."
After Yu Li hung up the phone, she looked at Jiang Donglin and saw that the other person's expression seemed a little strange.
"Miss Yu, you seemed to be having a great time chatting with your boyfriend...?"
But before Jiang Donglin could finish speaking, Tang Shi suddenly exclaimed, as if she had accidentally spilled juice on herself.
"I'm sorry, senior brother, I'm really too clumsy."
Jiang Donglin naturally wouldn't blame her. He handed her a napkin and told her to wipe her skirt. He even asked her if she had forgotten her skirt and if she wanted to go to the mall next door to buy a new one.
Seeing this, Yu Li sensed something was off between the two of them.
Tang Shi couldn't possibly have feelings for Jiang Donglin, considering she was still eyeing a married woman.
But Jiang Donglin is so considerate and thoughtful, could it be that he has a crush on Tang Shi?
She felt that the possibility was quite high, after all, they were a senior and a junior, and they were in the same orchestra.
Moreover, Tang Shi herself was quite accomplished, so it's not surprising that Jiang Donglin would have a crush on her.
Sigh, love is such an unpredictable thing.
But Yu Li felt that since that was the case, it was even less appropriate for her to be a third wheel here.
She'll play matchmaker and make some space for them.
"Mr. Jiang, I still have work to do. You and Ms. Tang can continue enjoying your meal. I'll take my leave now."
Seeing Yu Li get up and leave, Jiang Donglin wanted to say something, but Yu Li left without looking back, so he had to give up on the question he had just started to ask.
Jiang Donglin originally wanted to ask Tang Shi some more questions, but Tang Shi also picked up her bag and was about to leave.
"Senior brother, I also have important matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."
And so, what should have been a perfectly good date, though that's only in Jiang Donglin's opinion, ended up with everyone inexplicably leaving.
Jiang Donglin, a seasoned player in the dating scene, suffered a setback for the first time. But that's how men are; what they can't have always seems more alluring.
It is precisely because Yu Li has shown no interest in him that Jiang Donglin is now even more interested in her.
It's rare to meet a woman who perfectly matches his aesthetic standards in terms of appearance, personality, and personal abilities.
Jiang Donglin had a thought for the first time: if he successfully hooked up with Yu Li, it wouldn't be impossible to maintain this friend-with-benefits relationship with her indefinitely.
This was an unprecedented change for someone like him who loved a free spirit and wanted to be unrestrained.
When Jiang Donglin went to the front desk to pay the bill, he was told that the lady who had left earlier had already paid.
This was the first time that Jiang Donglin had invited a woman to dinner, only for her to pay the bill instead.
Yu Li's original intention was that this was work, and naturally, it was necessary to distinguish between different roles.
But when it came to Jiang Donglin, it only intensified his interest in Yu Li.
Because when she discovers one side of Yu Li, she will soon be pleasantly surprised to find that she also has another interesting side to her soul.
It's truly captivating.
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Yu Li got into the car and was about to start it when someone was banging on the window.
She rolled down the car window and saw that it was Tang poetry.
"Is there anything else?"
Tang Shi clasped her hands together in a pleading gesture: "Sister-in-law, I came in a hurry today and didn't drive. The place I need to go is right next to Lantian. Could you please give me a ride?"
Yu Li frowned in annoyance, wanting to say that she should just answer how you got here, and that she didn't want to give her a ride.
However, considering that Tang Zhongyi is Qi Chenyan's teacher and also his superior.
If she were to show her displeasure here, she might not be in the right. If she were to go to her father and add fuel to the fire, it could cause unnecessary trouble for Qi Chenyan.
Thinking of this, Yu Li nodded and said, "Get in the car."
Tang Shi immediately thanked him and sat in the passenger seat.
"Sister-in-law, do you still not like me? Is it because of my relationship with Brother Shen Yan? You've really misunderstood, there's something between us..."
Before the other person could finish speaking, Yu Li interrupted and asked, "Aren't you and my husband like brother and sister? Don't worry, how could I misunderstand? When I went to Minister Tang's house for the interview that day, Shen Yan mentioned you to me."
Upon hearing this, Tang Shi was taken aback, somewhat incredulous: "Brother Shen Yan... mentioned me?"
"When he saw me looking at your group photo, he introduced her to me, saying that she was his teacher's daughter, and thus his sister."
Tang Shi's smile froze for a moment.
The word she hated most in her life was "younger sister".
Because of the word "sister," she had a secret crush on Qi Chenyan for over twenty years, only to have her position as Mrs. Qi stolen by a woman who suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
How unwilling she was to accept this!
She even looked into Yu Li's background and learned that she had neither a prominent family background nor a high-ranking position as a TV host.
The only thing I can boast about is that I graduated from a prestigious university.
In any aspect, how can anyone compare to her, a privileged girl who was born with a head start in life?
She even suspected that Qi Chenyan had grown up seeing so many privileged women throwing themselves at him that he suddenly became interested in an ordinary woman from an ordinary family.
Tang Shi's gaze slowly moved downwards, seemingly landing on Yu Li's lower abdomen.
But she felt that those reasons were probably not true; Qi Chenyan married Yu Li simply to be responsible for the child.
After all, someone with Qi Chenyan's personality would never take advantage of someone and then abandon them.
Tang Shi thought angrily that the drunken sex incident back then was definitely not an accident, but rather something Yu Li had planned for a long time.
Otherwise, given Qi Chenyan's official position, even if he had been drugged, how could it be such a coincidence that Yu Li ended up in the wrong room?
"Miss Tang, why are you staring at me like that?"
Yu Li was driving when she caught a glimpse of Tang Shi out of the corner of her eye. She noticed that Tang Shi's gaze was fixed on her, giving off a sinister feeling.
Tang Shi smiled and said, "I was thinking, with such an outstanding sister-in-law, it's no wonder that Brother Shen Yan insisted on marrying you. It's truly enviable."
So if Yu Li loses her baby, Shen Yan will definitely divorce her, right?
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