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Xu Yu held out his hand, gesturing for him to return the phone.
Cheng Yu was angry but didn't dare to go too far. She put the phone in Xu Yu's hand and said angrily, "I'm going to complain to Ji Shengsheng that you value your girlfriend over your friends."
"casual."
Xu Yu saw Ji Shengsheng's message, clicked on the rejected voice message to access the record, and dialed back.
"Hello?" Afraid that Chengyu would hear her voice, Ji Shengsheng asked softly, "What's wrong?"
"Can."
"...What can?"
"Let's have dinner together."
Ji Shengsheng mustered her courage: "Then... will you come again tonight?"
"If you want to see me, I will go."
Ji Shengsheng hesitated for a few seconds: "I want to see you. I want to see you every day."
"good."
After hanging up the voice call, Ji Shengsheng searched for several good restaurants nearby and sent them to Xu Yu.
Cheng Yu was shocked by the progress made by Xu Yu and Ji Shengsheng.
Logically speaking, their relationship was very strained before the business trip.
During those three days, while he wondered if there would be any breakthrough progress, he saw Xu Yu return alone.
After she came back, she was in a very strange state. She was almost completely absorbed in her work, and apart from agreeing to have barbecue together, we had virtually no other communication.
I haven't seen Ji Shengsheng for the past two weeks. How come they're living together after half a month?
"You you you you—" Cheng Yu pointed at Xu Yu, unable to speak.
"You don't really want us to 'make up'?"
Xu Yu clicked on the shop recommended by Ji Shengsheng, and after reading the content and reviews, he looked up at Cheng Yu: "You've really 'made up,' but you're still unhappy."
Cheng Yu: "...Why are you judging a gentleman by your own petty standards?"
Cheng Yu said worriedly, "I'm just afraid that something irreversible might happen in the future."
After saying that, he leaned close to Xu Yu and whispered, "Do you want me to help you spread the word at the company?"
"No need," Xu Yu refused.
"So, it's going to be something clandestine again?" Cheng Yu was shocked. "You don't plan to keep things ambiguously ambiguous like this?"
Xu Yu raised an eyebrow.
Cheng Yu realized she had crossed the line and waved her hand, saying, "Forget it, I don't care anymore. You know your limits."
He just needs time to build up his chances of winning.
Regardless of the nature of Xing Xing and Ji Shengsheng's relationship, he wanted them to sever ties completely.
Ji Shengsheng and Xu Yu agreed to meet at 12 o'clock. Ji Shengsheng had already gotten ready by 9 o'clock. She didn't want to wait for Xu Yu to pick her up, but planned to go to Xu Yu's house in advance to give him a surprise.
Ji Shengsheng never expected that Xiao Yang would ask her out.
Since Xing Xing came to "delete her as a friend" last time, she thought she wouldn't have much contact with this ill-fated couple anymore.
Xiao Yang made three calls, seemingly determined not to stop until he achieved his goal, before Ji Shengsheng finally answered.
"Xing Xing and I are breaking up, Sister Sheng Sheng, can I talk to you?"
Ji Shengsheng rubbed his forehead.
She always found it hard to refuse girls' requests, and she was always more responsive to gentle persuasion than force. Even though Xiao Yang had inexplicably deleted her from his friends list and blocked her, the slightly tearful voice on the phone made it impossible for her to refuse.
"Sure, but I have a location requirement."
Not wanting to delay her meeting with Xu Yu, she arranged to meet at a coffee shop near Xu Yu's house.
Xiao Yang seems to be in good spirits.
After meeting, Ji Shengsheng glanced at the time and set an alarm to avoid going overtime.
"Sister Sheng Sheng, Xing Xing and I are still arguing about deleting you from our friends list," Xiao Yang said bluntly.
Ji Shengsheng stared into Xiao Yang's eyes: "Deleting friends is your right, arguing is between the two of you."
"I came to see you today because I hope this is the last time I'll get involved in your affairs."
"I'm afraid this will take up too much time," Ji Shengsheng said succinctly.
“You probably think I’m being unreasonable,” Xiao Yang said, her nose stinging as she held back her tears. “Xing Xing’s parents have a separate bedroom for you to stay in, but I can’t even stay there. Xing Xing’s house has a lot of Lego sets that you two built together, and he won’t let me touch them either…”
"She was having dinner with his grandmother, and she kept implying that I wasn't as good as you. She acted like it would be better if Xing Xing were with you instead of me..."
"So why can't I hold a grudge?"
"Don't you think you're being despicable? If you can't live without each other, then just stay together. You've formed an alliance, and with your parents and grandparents backing you up, no one else can get in. You have your secrets, and no one else can know them."
"If you're not lovers, what's the difference between you and lovers except that you don't sleep together?"
Ji Shengsheng had a headache: "..."
...She has a knack for attracting trouble.
She has never stayed overnight at Xing Xing's house since she became an adult, so how could it be her private room?
Moreover, Xing Xing's family doesn't need that extra room at all.
She wouldn't let her touch Lego? Ji Shengsheng didn't think Xing Xing was such a petty person.
As for what Grandma Xing said, she believed what Xiao Yang said.
From her perspective, although Xingxing's grandmother doted on her, she was naturally sexist. Despite her being better than Xingxing in everything she did, Xingxing's grandmother would occasionally praise Xingxing and tell her to learn from her.
This is nothing more than the usual way this old man, who is too deeply influenced by feudal ideas, suppresses others.
"Don't you have anything to explain?"
Seeing that she remained silent, Xiao Yang stopped crying and became somewhat angry.
"I have nothing to explain to you."
As her phone alarm rang, Ji Shengsheng quickly grabbed her bag: "Before I met you, Xing Xing and I were just childhood friends."
"After you got together, to avoid conflicts between you over these past events, I deleted you from my friends list and stopped contacting you."
"As a childhood friend, this is all I can do. I have no obligation to mediate your conflicts or answer questions about relationships that don't exist."
Although Xiao Yang's words were truly offensive, she still felt some compassion for girls.
"You might not be happy to hear this. From what I know, Xing Xing's parents are a bit slow to warm up, but they are very sincere. They will treat you very well once you get to know them—just like you think, they are so good to me, it's only a matter of time."
"As for Xing Xing's grandmother, she treats everyone the same. There is no difference between you and me; it's just a matter of who you are comparing."
She shouldn't have reminded Xiao Yang of these things.
Given Xiao Yang's rather hasty approach to things, even if she were told, she might not accept or change. However, Xing Xing finally has someone she's officially dating, and as her childhood friend, she's still willing to do something for him one last time.
After saying all this to Xiao Yang, Ji Shengsheng practically ran downstairs to Xu Yu's house.
Before going upstairs, she saw a message from Xu Yu asking when she was going to leave.
To surprise Xu Yu, Ji Shengsheng replied at 12 o'clock. But at 10:30, she appeared at Xu Yu's door right on time.
Hesitantly, Ji Shengsheng rang the doorbell, pacing outside the door.
Nobody's driving it.
After waiting a few minutes, Ji Shengsheng pressed the button again.
Still no one is opening it.
"Xu Yu, oh Xu Yu..."
"...Where did you go?"
Ji Shengsheng stood at the door for a while, then pressed the button for the third time.
She could never manage to prepare a surprise for Xu Yu.
"If you don't open the door, I'll stop liking you..."
Ji Shengsheng rang the doorbell again: "What I said earlier doesn't count. I won't open the door next time, and I won't like you anymore."
Xu Yu stood a few meters behind her, watching her mutter to herself outside the door.
Xu Yu had a company meeting in the morning and originally planned to leave at 11 o'clock to pick up Ji Shengsheng. Unexpectedly, he received a door lock alert at just after 10 o'clock - someone had been lingering outside his door for a long time.
It is Ji Shengsheng.
Carrying two large bags, she would approach and then walk away. He couldn't hear what Ji Shengsheng was saying, but he knew she was talking to the door.
His expression shifted between disappointment and elation. In between, he even seemed to inexplicably start cheering himself up.
He wanted to know what Ji Shengsheng was saying, so he immediately prepared to go home.
Cheng Yu was furious: "So you could receive this?! I thought your door lock was broken?!"
So Xu Yu knew that he had been sitting outside the door looking disheveled for hours that day!
"You didn't immediately drive home to comfort me then?!"
Xu Yu ignored him, quickly walked past him, and disappeared from his sight.
Ji Shengsheng was so engrossed that he didn't even notice him walking behind him.
"Are you home?" Xu Yu received a message from Ji Shengsheng from a distance of two or three meters.
"exist."
After replying to the message, I saw Ji Shengsheng ring the doorbell again and muttered to herself, "...Why doesn't anyone open the door when they're home?"
Then, Xu Yu raised his hand over Ji Shengsheng's shoulder and pressed his fingerprint. After pressing the button twice more, he repeatedly raised and lowered her index finger to register her fingerprint three times.
Xu Yu's voice rang out above her head: "It's open."
Ji Shengsheng was startled when she realized what was happening, and her head almost hit Xu Yu's chin: "...How did you suddenly appear from behind?"
"It's open, and then what?" Xu Yu didn't answer her question.
“Then…then…” Ji Shengsheng took a step back and held up the bag in her hand in front of Xu Yu, “I brought you dessert and drinks.”
"Anything else?"
“And this too.” Ji Shengsheng took out her phone and showed the photo to Xu Yu.
"I was afraid of disturbing your rest, and I was also afraid you would worry if you didn't know where I went, so I left you a note." After making sure Xu Yu could see the words on the note, "I don't know why, but you didn't receive it."
"I can't see it clearly." Xu Yu looked at her. "What does it say?"
Ji Shengsheng: "...?"
"...Which word can't be seen clearly?" Ji Shengsheng asked in shock.
"I can't see any of the words clearly." Xu Yu said calmly.
"Or, you can read it."
Ji Shengsheng: "..."
Or is this just a blank sheet of paper?
"Why are you provoking me..." It's clearly not a blank slate.
But Ji Shengsheng falls for it. Every time she knows Xu Yu is teasing her, she still tries her best to prove him wrong.
"It says, 'Dear Xu Yu, something unusual has happened at Xiao Qi's family. I need to accompany her home immediately, which may take a few days. Don't worry, I'll come to explain to you as soon as I get back. Also, please take my suitcase back for me...'"
"I couldn't hear the first three words." Xu Yu looked innocent.
"The first three words are... 'darling'!" Ji Shengsheng couldn't help but hold the phone up to Xu Yu's face, waving it back and forth. "Darling Xu Yu, did you see and hear clearly?"
Xu Yu didn't say anything, but simply grabbed her wrist and gently pulled it.
Feeling Xu Yu's body temperature, Ji Shengsheng slowly lowered her hands.
"Why did you suddenly come here by yourself?" Xu Yu gently patted her back. "Weren't you waiting for me to pick you up?"
It's because she felt...
"If fate doesn't always help us, I'll have to work even harder."
"I understand." Xu Yu sighed softly. "My dear, Ji Shengsheng."
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