Song Wenwen was actually quite speechless. She didn't know what had gotten into Ji Yunyang. After she had figured things out, she had sincerely apologized to him and tried her best to distance herself, but he kept coming up to her again and again, as if he couldn't read her mind.
She knew that Ji Yunyang was very popular outside because he was outstanding among his peers in terms of family background, appearance, and academic performance. But that didn't mean she liked him. What did it matter to her what Ji Yunyang was like?
The only connection between the two is that he is Zhili's fiancé, while he is Zhili's good friend.
Song Wenwen had no right or ability to interfere with Zhili's choice, and she knew that Zhili could not change the current outcome. Therefore, out of sympathy for Zhili, she could not target Ji Yunyang, but she could not be friendly to him.
Zhili had no choice, but Ji Yunyang did, since the Ji family was the dominant party in the cooperation between the two families.
Perhaps in the eyes of the Ji family and Ji Yunyang, Zhili was a suitable marriage partner, and their relationship was a choice made after weighing the pros and cons.
Song Wenwen couldn't judge whether this relationship was right or wrong, but she didn't like it, so she was quite resistant to Ji Yunyang's approach.
She couldn't even understand why Ji Yunyang wanted to see her. Their social circles and lifestyles were completely different, so using the excuse of buying a gift for Zhili and helping her choose one seemed too fake!
"Song Wenwen, we meet again." That day, Ji Yunyang "bumped into" Song Xia at her restaurant again.
Ji Yunyang smiled gently as usual: "Do you have time? It really won't take up much of your time. It's almost New Year's Day, so help me pick out a New Year's gift for Zhili."
Song Wenwen frowned: "No matter what you give her, Zhili will like it."
"I genuinely want to give you a New Year's gift, I don't want to be perfunctory. Can't I even have half an hour?"
Why don't you ask her family?
Ji Yunyang shrugged: "I thought you knew a lot about their family situation."
Upon hearing this, Song Wenwen frowned even more deeply. So Ji Yunyang really did know everything, which was why he chose Zhili—because Zhili was easy to control? Ha…
"Sorry, I have something to do. If you really want to give Zhili a gift she likes, you can just ask her. Zhili isn't a shy person."
Seeing that she was still expressionless and preparing to leave, Ji Yunyang reached out to stop her, his expression helpless: "I just want to ask, what have I done to offend you?"
"Let go," Song Wenwen whispered sternly.
Ji Yunyang sighed softly; he had never suffered such a defeat at the hands of any young girl before.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Zhibo, who had been having dinner with Ji Yunyang for a while, came out and asked, looking at Song Wenwen's back with a puzzled expression. "Isn't this Zhili's good friend?"
"It was her. I wanted to chat for a bit, but I didn't expect her to seem hostile towards me."
Cheng Zhibo frowned, his tone slightly cold: "It's probably just a little girl's deliberate tactic, don't pay any attention to it."
Cheng Zhibo valued the cooperation between the Ji and Cheng families very much, and Ji Yunyang was already his brother-in-law. He had to remain vigilant until the two of them grew up and got married.
These days, young girls are so cunning and manipulative. He's two years older than Ji Yunyang and has seen more of the world. There are plenty of cases where women have turned against each other just to curry favor with him, let alone Song Wenwen, who is just a friend of Zhili's.
It wasn't that he was assuming bad intentions, but rather that when it comes to interests, no relationship matters.
Among people of the same age in City C, can you find someone more suitable for dating and marriage than Ji Yunyang? No one should try to sabotage the cooperation between the Ji and Cheng families.
However, when he felt that Song Wenwen had impure intentions, he never considered that by judging others by himself, he was essentially admitting that he was the kind of person who prioritized self-interest and would even sacrifice the happiness of his younger sister whom he had grown up with.
The Cheng family all say they're doing this for Zhili's own good, but who has actually listened to Zhili's thoughts?
You only say she's young and immature, and that her family wouldn't harm her, but is a life arranged for her really a good thing? Can you honestly say you're not using Zhili's marriage and feelings to gain your own interests?
They dare to do it but not admit it, and even call it "being a good person." How "kind-hearted" they are!
Therefore, when Cheng Zhibo specifically came to Song Wenwen one day and told her to have less contact with Zhili from now on, and ordered her not to say anything nonsense in front of Zhili, and to not to get close to Ji Yunyang again, Song Wenwen was so angry that she laughed.
She looked at Cheng Zhibo with a sneer: "Stop trying to guess my thoughts with your disgusting ideas. I'm not the kind of person who would sacrifice anything for profit. I feel sorry for Zhili having family like you. Finally, I'll warn you: don't show up in front of me with Ji Yunyang again. I've been annoyed with you for a long time."
Cheng Zhibo assumed that she was deliberately trying to distance herself from Ji Yunyang, and still didn't believe that she had no feelings for him.
So he warned arrogantly and coldly, "I don't care what tricks you're playing, as long as I'm here, I won't let you get between the two of them."
"You really think he's a hot commodity." Song Wenwen sneered. "I'm rich and good-looking. Do you think I need to give up my self-respect and shame for a man who's only interested in profit? Is he worth it? Get lost. Don't think that just because you're Zhili's brother, I won't hit you."
Cheng Zhibo was equally enraged by her blunt words and said coldly, "You'd better keep your word and not make me use the Cheng family's power to deal with you."
"Do you have the ability to deal with me? If your Cheng family were truly powerful, you wouldn't be trying to cooperate with the Ji family, and you wouldn't be afraid of having your family members poached. So, Young Master Cheng, stop talking big outside. Your Cheng family is nothing special."
Cheng Zhibo was so angry that his face turned red and then pale. His impression of Song Wenwen worsened. He couldn't understand why his gentle, obedient sister would be friends with a woman who was almost like a shrew.
He originally thought that his sister was too dull at home and his parents were too strict, so it would be good for her to have a close friend outside.
Now it seems that it was because of Song Wenwen that the younger sister was thinking about all sorts of things.
He had to find a way to keep his younger sister away from Song Wenwen, lest she be led astray. Besides, he didn't believe Song Wenwen wasn't interested. What a joke! What woman doesn't want to climb higher? As the heir to several chain restaurants, where else could she possibly meet someone more outstanding than Ji Yunyang?
Cheng Zhibo, whose thoughts were increasingly resembling those of his parents, was unaware that in recent years, Song Xia's business had expanded beyond just a few chain restaurants. She had opened a food factory, ventured into the department store retail industry, and even acquired a significant number of shares in the Cheng family business.
Perhaps in his view, he thought that the previous investigation was the limit of Song Xia's efforts. After all, a rural woman with little education was already very lucky to have a skill to open a restaurant. What other business methods would she have?
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