The atmosphere was warm, and Gu Yibei's voice was unconsciously gentle: "Are you still at the company? I'll come pick you up."
"I'm at XX Bank."
XX Bank is very close by, only about a five-minute drive away.
Gu Yibei started the car: "I'm nearby, wait for me to come pick you up."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, the man put his hands on the steering wheel and drove away.
…………
When Gu Yibei arrived, Ji Zhinan had been waiting at the door for a while. When he saw Gu Yibei's Maybach, Ji Zhinan smiled.
The car stopped in front of her, and Ji Zhinan opened the passenger door and got in.
Gu Yibei loosened his seatbelt and leaned over to help her tighten it.
The two of them suddenly became very close, their noses were only about three centimeters apart, and they could even hear each other's breathing.
"Thud"
As Ji Zhinan fastened her seatbelt, she thought he would go back, but the next moment the man lowered his head and kissed her on the lips.
He stopped immediately, sat back in his seat, and fastened his seatbelt again.
The warmth of his touch still lingered on her lips. Ji Zhinan was stunned for several seconds before she reacted, her face turning slightly red.
"Would you like to grab a late-night snack?" he asked considerately.
"No need," Ji Zhinan shook his head. "Let's go straight home."
"good."
Gu Yibei started the car; their destination was the upscale residential area where Ji Zhinan lived.
While the man was driving, Ji Zhinan took out the things he had saved from the bank.
This is the phoenix jade pendant that the old man gave her; she has kept it in the bank ever since she received it.
The jade pendant was a size smaller than her palm, and it fit perfectly in her hand.
Staring at the jade pendant, Ji Zhinan couldn't see anything special about it.
She didn't know much about jade, and even though she had read a lot about it recently, she still didn't understand it thoroughly.
If I'm not mistaken, this jade pendant was left to her by her father or mother, and it's an important clue for her to uncover the mystery of her origins.
But... there must be something special about this jade pendant.
If it were just an ordinary trinket, the old man wouldn't have let her keep it carefully, protecting it as if it were her own life.
"This jade pendant is quite nice."
Hearing a man's voice, Ji Zhinan came back to her senses and realized that Gu Yibei had stopped the car and was waiting for the green light.
She glanced at the jade pendant in her hand, then looked at Gu Yibei: "Do you know anything about jade?"
Gu Yibei shook his head; he wasn't interested in those things.
but--
"Grandpa Qin Yu is very interested in these things. If you want to know anything, I'll take you to see him another day."
After saying that, Gu Yibei added, "However, it is certain that this piece of jade is no ordinary item."
"Why?"
"I can tell."
Although he was a layman, he could tell the value of some things with the naked eye.
"..." Ji Zhinan was silent for a few seconds before speaking: "Actually, this is something that the old man gave me before. He said that this thing is very important and that I must keep it safe. So I think it may be an important object for me to solve the mystery of my origins."
The man's dark eyes stared at her, and he asked seriously, "Girl, do you want to find them?"
"..."
Do you want to? Ji Zhinan didn't know how to answer that question.
Although Grandpa Ji wasn't her biological grandfather, he had always treated her very well over the years, even better than he had treated Ji Zhixia. It would be a lie to say there were no feelings between them.
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