Chapter 141 Miss Wen, Please Have Some Respect
As a lawyer, Lin Fan is more perceptive of details than the average person. Seeing the person being called away for dinner alone, Lin Fan didn't believe there was anything between them.
At least He Shixu's gaze towards her, Sister Jiujiu, was quite unusual.
"Sister Jin, what is Sister Jiu Jiu's background? Why are all the people she knows so capable?"
My friends are either international supermodels or national dance principals, and even my rumored boyfriend is so accomplished.
"Isn't your sister Jiujiu amazing? Who else in our department has reached this position at her age?"
"Of course my sister Jiujiu is amazing."
"So it's not unusual for outstanding people to attract equally outstanding people."
Lin Fan suddenly realized, "That seems to be true."
"Do you know who Sister Jiu Jiu's ex-boyfriend with such a powerful background was?"
The moment she finished asking the question, she seemed to remember something, and looked up sullenly. Unsurprisingly, she was slapped on the head: "Gossiping again."
"I just can't help being curious. If even someone like He Shixu, who is like Sister Jiu Jiu, is unmoved, then how outstanding must the one before him be?"
"How outstanding you were is in the past. Don't bring that up in front of your sister Jiujiu."
"Know."
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The two sat facing each other in front of the glass window.
"I heard Zhou Yanchuan is back?"
"Um."
He Shixu smiled and said, "Judging from your tone, you've already met. What do you think?"
"What?"
"Won't you give it a try?"
Wen Jiu slowly cut the steak on the plate in front of her, her voice low and gentle: "I won't try it again. Once is enough."
They hurt him so badly in one go.
He Shixu didn't say anything, but just watched her carefully as she cut the steak.
It looks even uglier than when it was cut three years ago.
It really hasn't changed at all.
Just like she said before: Zhou Yanchuan is used to doing these things, and so am I. Even if he leaves, I'm too lazy to change.
Wen Jiu didn't notice his gaze, and simply asked, "And you? How have you been these past few years?"
“These past few years,” He Shixu was about to speak when his phone, which was placed to the side, vibrated.
When he saw the incoming call, he didn't try to hide it from Wen Jiu and answered it directly on speakerphone.
As Wen Jiu listened to what the woman on the phone was saying, she realized that it seemed to be his fiancée. He Shixu still had that nonchalant expression on his face, and he didn't even seem too lazy to respond. He slowly cut the steak under his hand, and only said "hmm" when the woman on the other end got angry, and then hung up.
He looked up at her: "As you can see, we're engaged."
Wen Jiu was momentarily stunned.
I don't know if it's because of his engagement or his attitude towards his fiancée.
Suddenly, a sentence Xie Tinghe once said came to mind: "It's okay to date casually, there's no need to get really emotionally involved, since you can't marry the person you like anyway."
These people enjoy the rights and money that family brings, and naturally they have to give up everything else.
She couldn't tell whether these people were lucky or pitiful.
After a few seconds of silence: "Congratulations."
"There's nothing to congratulate."
Wen Jiu's eyelashes fluttered, and she whispered, "Perhaps there still is."
He Shixu paused for a moment in the hand holding the fork.
At that moment, he probably realized why he had thought of her all these years.
She always manages to struggle out of hardship.
He laughed: "Then I hope it's as you say."
After dinner, He Shixu offered to take Wen Jiu back to her workplace, but was refused. The reason given was: "Your fiancée wants you to go back and accompany her to the hospital. Go quickly."
They were already deliberately keeping their distance, let alone after he got engaged.
He Shixu smiled and said, "Then I'll be going."
"Um."
After saying goodbye, Wen Jiu turned to take the subway when a voice sounded from behind her.
"Miss Wen?"
She turned around and saw Lu Nian in a black suit, with the car beside him that Li Yue had said was worth eight figures.
Wen Jiu had a vague premonition and subconsciously glanced into the car, but the windows were closed tightly and she couldn't see anything.
She looked away and asked calmly, "What's wrong?"
"My boss asked me to ask you when you're going to pay me back."
"..."
Upon hearing Lu Nian's words, Wen Jiu was certain that Zhou Yanchuan had returned and probably even saw her and He Shixu.
For a fleeting moment, she wanted to explain something, but then she laughed self-deprecatingly. Their relationship was no longer what it used to be. Mr. Zhou, Ms. Wen, what was there to explain?
Wen Jiu looked away from the car and took her phone out of her pocket: "I'll transfer it to you, you can give it to him for me."
As if he had guessed that she would do this, the boy in front of her said, "Our CEO Zhou doesn't allow it to be given in lieu of payment."
"..."
When Lu Nian said those words, he couldn't help but wonder how his boss had guessed what Miss Wen would say.
Wen Jiu turned her head and glanced at the car next to her: "Is Zhou Yanchuan in the car?"
"Um."
She took a few steps forward, reached out and opened the back door. Before she could even open her mouth, the person inside frowned and said in a cold and arrogant tone, "Cold, get in and talk."
She pursed her lips, thinking to herself that he was being spoiled.
Zhou Yanchuan glanced at her.
I don't know who was being delicate, but after standing outside for just a short while, their skin turned red from the cold.
Wen Jiu leaned over to get into the car. The car was filled with his cool, refreshing scent. The scent was so familiar that she tensed up uncomfortably.
Moreover, after a few days apart, the oppressive aura emanating from this person seemed to have intensified.
She didn't know where to look, and her gaze unconsciously fell on the hand resting on her knee.
She could vaguely see the edge of the tattoo on her wrist, but when she tried to take a closer look, the hand moved away. At the same time, she heard a voice in her ear: "Miss Wen, please have some self-respect."
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What did she do?
How did it come to the point where we need to respect ourselves?
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