Ye Xinning only came back to her senses when she heard Ji Jianshen's voice.
"Um."
She nodded and sat down opposite Ji Jianshen.
When Ye Xinning spoke, she had a warm smile on her face, "Have you been waiting for a while? There's some traffic on the road."
"It's okay, I just arrived a little while ago."
"Okay, sure." The waiter brought the coffee, and Ye Xinning sipped it casually, asking, "Where's Zhou Yun? Didn't she come with you?"
"He didn't come to Nancheng with me."
Ye Xinning was somewhat surprised, "Really? Don't you always take Zhou Yun with you wherever you go? Why didn't you bring him along this time?"
Ji Jianshen smiled gently, "There's no other reason, he just did something wrong, this is just punishment."
"Oh?" Ye Xinning raised an eyebrow. "Really? You made a mistake? What mistake? Can you tell me?"
Ji Jianshen didn't speak, but handed the jewelry box in front of him to her, "Ningning, open it and take a look."
Ye Xinning hummed in agreement. Actually, after hearing this, she could basically guess what was inside.
She opened the jewelry box, prepared to find her broken bracelet inside, but when she opened it, Ye Xinning was still surprised.
She looked at the perfectly intact bracelet in the jewelry box, then stared at Ji Jianshen in shock. "You fixed it for me?"
"Hmm, pick it up and take a look. Is it what you wanted?"
Ye Xinning picked it up and examined it carefully. There were no signs of repair on the bracelet; it looked exactly the same as before it broke. Ye Xinning was still quite shocked when she saw the bracelet.
When the bracelet was broken into such a state, she took it to the jewelry store with a "let's give it a try" attitude, but she never expected that after all these twists and turns, it would return to her in such a state.
She looked at Ji Jianshen excitedly, "It must have taken you a lot of effort to repair it like this."
"As long as you're satisfied, it didn't take much effort."
Ji Jianshen looked at her with delighted expression, and a tender feeling unconsciously welled up in his eyes.
"Ningning, I'm so sorry. I didn't discipline Zhou Yun properly and caused you trouble."
Ji Jianshen spoke, and Ye Xinning put down the bracelet in her hand, looked up, and met his gaze. "So, what Aunt Wen found out was correct; Zhou Yun took the bracelet?"
"Um."
Ye Xinning: "Why did he take the bracelet?"
“He has been with me for many years, so it’s inevitable that many things revolve around me.”
When Ji Jianshen said those words, Ye Xinning knew exactly what he meant.
Ji Jianshen has feelings for her, and Zhou Yun, having followed Ji Jianshen for so many years, naturally knows this. She must also know how important the bracelet is to her and what role it plays in her relationship with Shen Lin.
Under these circumstances, Zhou Yun secretly took the bracelet and framed Shen Lin. At that time, she had a big fight with Shen Lin because of Jiang An and Shen Lin's grandmother.
Zhou Yun did this...
It's all for Ji Jianshen's sake.
Ye Xinning couldn't quite describe her feelings. Before, when she didn't know Ji Jianshen's feelings for her, she could be very open about it. But now that she knew, she couldn't help but have some other thoughts.
What are your thoughts on Zhou Yun doing this?
“He made a mistake, and I punished him accordingly. I’m really sorry for causing you so much trouble this time.”
Ji Jianshen said this as a sincere apology to her.
Ye Xinning didn't speak, her gaze fixed intently on him.
For a moment, she wanted to ask Ji Jianshen, "Why do you like me? Why have you never said this before?"
She hesitated repeatedly before finally managing to say the words, but ultimately couldn't bring herself to say them.
"It's nothing, it's good that we got it back. Don't dwell on this with Zhou Yun anymore, just let it go."
“Everything has its corresponding rules and regulations. Zhou Yun made a mistake and should accept the punishment she deserves.”
Since Ji Jianshen had said that, Ye Xinning couldn't say anything more.
The two sat together until noon and had lunch together. Ji Jianshen had other things to do, so Ye Xinning drove back to the law firm.
Upon returning to the law firm, the first thing she did was have a meeting with Xiao Chen. During the meeting, her phone rang a few times, and she glanced at it casually.
The message was sent by Shen Lin.
He didn't tell her anything else, only flight information, that he would arrive in Nancheng that afternoon.
Ye Xinning had no idea what Shen Lin was trying to convey by sending her such flight information.
Should we ask her to pick him up?
How could that be? She's so busy, she doesn't seem like she has time to pick him up.
Ye Xinning chose to ignore the message and continued discussing work with Xiao Chen.
As the work discussion drew to a close, Xiao Chen looked at her and said with a faint smile, "You just got back from France. Did you not get enough rest? You don't look too well."
"It's nothing, I just didn't sleep well last night."
"Oh, I thought something had happened between you and Shen Lin again."
Seeing Xiao Chen's serious tone, especially since he mentioned Shen Lin during work hours, Ye Xinning felt a little awkward. She could only drink water to cover it up, and her eyes were also a little uneasy. "What could possibly happen between him and me? You're overthinking it."
"That's not necessarily true. When I was in France, your relationship didn't seem like that of a couple before their divorce."
Ye Xinning, "..."
Just as she was about to say something, her phone rang again, and Ye Xinning frowned.
Xiao Chen smiled and said, "Alright, let's adjourn the meeting. I just wanted to talk to you about the cooperation in France. It's almost done. Go answer the phone now."
Ye Xinning felt very apologetic and apologized to Xiao Chen before taking her things and leaving.
As Ye Xinning walked out of Xiao Chen's office, she looked at the phone. It was Shen Yu calling. She was very surprised. Why would Shen Lin, whom she hadn't contacted for a long time, suddenly call her?
Ye Xinning answered the phone with a puzzled look in her eyes.
The phone was answered, and Shen Yu's voice came through, "Ningning."
Ye Xinning heard Shen Yu call her name on the other end of the phone, "Yes, Uncle Shen, I'm here. What can I do for you?"
"It's nothing serious, it's just that Shen Lin went to Beicheng on a business trip, and I need to talk to him about something, but I can't get in touch with him."
"Can't you get in touch with him?" Ye Xinning didn't pay much attention, assuming that Shen Lin was delayed by something important and that's why he couldn't be reached.
"Uncle, why don't you try contacting Wenzhu and see if you can reach her?"
“I tried to contact them, but I couldn’t reach them, so I thought I’d call to ask what the situation was.”
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