Ye Xinning was pulled back to reality by the sudden ringing of the phone.
"I need to take this call first."
Ye Xinning took out her phone and stood up.
Shen Lin didn't let go, and Ye Xinning thought he hadn't heard her. Just as she was about to ask a second time, Shen Lin released her grip.
Ye Xinning didn't think much of it and took her phone to the floor-to-ceiling window.
The call was from Ji Jianshen. The last time Ye Xinning received a call from Ji Jianshen was when she had just found out she was pregnant. Now, seeing Ji Jianshen's phone again, she couldn't help but wonder what Ji Jianshen wanted to talk to her about.
Ye Xinning answered the phone while thinking about it.
After the call connected, Ji Jianshen's voice came through, "Xin Ning."
"Mm." Ye Xinning answered the phone. Ji Jianshen's voice was as gentle and soft as ever, seemingly filled with endless tenderness.
"Are you busy? Have you eaten?" Ji Jianshen asked.
"I've eaten. What about you? Are you in the North City now, or have you gone somewhere else?"
"In the northern part of the city."
"Okay, sure."
How have you been feeling lately? Are you experiencing severe pregnancy symptoms?
"Not big."
"Is there anything you particularly want to eat? I'll have Zhou Yun buy it from here and send it to you."
Ye Xinning chuckled softly at those words. “I don’t need anything. You don’t need to worry about me so much. It always makes me feel like even my father doesn’t worry about me as much as you do.”
Ji Jianshen fell silent.
Seeing that he hadn't spoken for so long, Ye Xinning couldn't help but wonder if her analogy had upset him.
Are you angry?
Ye Xinning asked the question with a somewhat cautious tone.
Ji Jianshen finally spoke, and he seemed to sigh, "When have I ever been angry with you?"
Ye Xinning thought about it seriously and agreed.
Having known her for so many years, Ji Jianshen has never been angry with her.
"Okay, then why were you silent just now?"
"It's nothing, I was just thinking that my concern might help you avoid some bad experiences."
Ye Xinning didn't understand what Shen Lin meant at first.
"I didn't quite understand."
Ji Jianshen said, "It's nothing, just a joke, it's not that important."
"Okay, you called me because there's something you want to say?"
"Do you remember the family you asked me to help last year? The patient has been successfully cured with the help of our charity, but the family is still very persistent in wanting your contact information, especially the girl. They want to meet you. Do you think you could come to Beicheng to meet them?"
Ye Xinning's memory returned to the girl he had met by chance in Beicheng last year.
Time flies, and so much time has passed. Ye Xinning still vaguely remembers the feelings of emotion and heartache she felt at that time. Her situation with Shen Lin was also terrible. At that time, she was determined to divorce Shen Lin. All the unbearable aspects of the marriage left her exhausted.
Perhaps it was because she was going through so much hardship at that time that she felt so eager to help that girl.
"Actually, I only said one sentence. The one who truly helped them is you," Ye Xinning said slowly to Ji Jianshen on the other end of the phone.
"If it weren't for you, I would never have met them, let alone helped them."
That's indeed the case.
“I know they are truly grateful. I know you can pass on the message to them. But there’s no need to meet with Beichen. I only did a little bit. Now that the person has been cured, let their family live a good life.”
Ji Jian knew Ye Xinning well; since she had said that, it meant she had already decided not to meet that family.
"Okay, then I'll tell them."
"Okay, speaking of which, we really owe you a lot for this."
"We're friends, there's no need to say things like that."
"good."
The two talked about other things, but Ji Jianshen had something to do and said he would hang up.
"Okay, take good care of yourself in Beicheng, and don't work too hard."
"good."
Ye Xinning was about to hang up the phone, but before she could, she heard Ji Jianshen call her name.
"Xinning".
"Um."
"Take care of yourself. No matter what, your own safety is the most important thing. Although it's not appropriate to say this, I hope you can be independent and strong." Don't easily trust anyone around you.
Ji Jian pondered this last sentence for a long time, but ultimately did not say it.
Ye Xinning paused for a moment, then laughed, "Am I not independent and strong enough? I thought that's how you saw me."
"I just hope you don't get hurt."
"Don't worry, I can take care of myself, and so can you."
...
After hanging up the phone, Ye Xinning pondered Ji Jianshen's words.
Because she was so engrossed in her thoughts, she didn't notice that from the moment she answered the phone until she hung up, a deep and unfathomable gaze was fixed on her.
Shen Lin sat at his desk, listening to everything Ye Xinning and Ji Jianshen said.
Shen Lin could clearly sense that when Ye Xinning spoke to the person on the other end of the phone, there was a natural dividing line that he couldn't cross.
He roughly guessed that the person on the other end of the phone was Ji Jianshen.
Only when Ji Jianshen called would she feel so relaxed and talk so naturally.
Shen Lin had met Ji Jianshen in France before. If it weren't for that time, he wouldn't even have known that Ye Xinning had such a friend in a place unknown to him.
His gaze was deep, and he suddenly wondered if he would still be the one standing next to Ye Xinning if it weren't for the opportunity of marriage back then.
Shen Lin was filled with mixed thoughts. He wanted to ask Ye Xinning how much of a place Ji Jianshen really occupied in her heart.
The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he didn't say them. Instead, he asked, knowing the answer already, "Whose call was it?"
Ye Xinning snapped out of her daze upon hearing the sound, looked at Shen Lin, and slowly said, "It's Ji Jianshen's phone call."
"Did he call you because of something?"
"Nothing much, just asking how I've been."
Ye Xinning's answer was very frank. Even though the person who had just called her was another man, she was still so open and didn't shy away from it at all. It seemed that she was upright and not afraid of anyone's suspicion.
Shen Lin believed that Ye Xinning loved him.
If Ye Xinning wanted to be with Ji Jianshen, then she wouldn't have come back during the time he lost his memory, and their previous marriage wouldn't have happened.
Thinking this way, Shen Lin felt a little better.
But jealousy was inevitable. He stepped forward and pulled the person into his arms. "How many things between you and Ji Jianshen are there that I don't know?"
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