Qiqi touched her little bag, "Tsk...it looks so complicated, drawing talismans is much simpler!"
Ji Jinnian: ...
He thought for a moment and came up with another way to tempt the young girl: "Science can also make money. Many of the Ji family's businesses are closely related to science."
I see!
Qiqi thought for a moment, then looked up at him, "But I can make money too! Last time I sold Grandpa Sheng those talismans and pills, I made a lot of money! And the time before that, I helped them exorcise evil spirits, and I made a lot of money there too!"
She can make lots and lots of money if she wants to.
Ji Jinnian found it adorable to see the little girl counting on her fingers so seriously.
Never mind, as long as the little girl is happy.
Whether she prefers science or metaphysics is up to her.
"Hmm, little sister is great." Ji Jinnian praised, then glanced at his wrist. "It's almost lunchtime. Are you hungry? How about your second brother takes you to eat? There's a Western restaurant near the lab that has pretty good steak. Qiqi, would you like to try it?"
"Mmm." Qiqi's eyes lit up at the mention of delicious food.
Ji Jinnian couldn't help but laugh when he saw her looking like a little glutton.
Stepping out of the laboratory, Ji Jinnian immediately saw the Ji family's driver waiting outside.
There is no canteen in the laboratory, so we have to go out to eat. After returning home, Madam Ji guessed that Ji Jinnian would definitely need a car, so she asked the driver to go back and wait outside the laboratory.
Upon seeing Ji Jinnian, the driver immediately got out of the car and opened the back door.
Ji Jinnian carried Qiqi upstairs and settled her in the child safety seat.
After fastening his seatbelt, he instructed the driver, "To Green Restaurant."
"Yes, Second Young Master."
The car slowly started and drove onto the main road.
Ji Jinnian was looking down at his phone, seemingly texting someone, completely unaware that a black extended limousine was following closely behind their car after they started moving.
Qiqi swung her short legs, turned her little head, and leaned against the car window, looking like a curious baby, gazing at the scenery outside.
The driver even thoughtfully slowed down, saying, "There's an international forum and summit coming up in Jiangcheng soon. The government is currently working hard to improve the city's landscape. This section of the road seems to be finished. The flowers in the flower beds are all newly replaced. If you like to see them, young lady, I'll slow down a bit more."
"Thank you, driver." Qiqi thanked him politely without explaining. She wasn't looking at the scenery outside, but at the car following them.
Could it be that they're planning to do something to the second brother while they're having lunch?
Qiqi turned around and glanced at her second brother, who was texting with his head down. She hesitated, wondering if she should do something to draw everyone's attention to herself.
These people are all bad, and even with her watching over them, she still doesn't feel safe.
If my second brother falls into their hands, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Thinking this, Qiqi reached into her bag and took out a talisman.
Then he rolled down the car window, leaned over it, and brazenly folded paper cranes out of talisman paper.
Ji Jinnian suddenly felt a gust of wind and looked up to see her younger sister's entire upper body pressed against the car window, her head and hands sticking out – a very dangerous position.
Ji Jinnian reached out to pull his sister back, "Qiqi, come back, it's dangerous!"
"It's okay, Second Brother." Qiqi turned around and smiled at Ji Jinnian, then blew on the paper crane in her hand, and the paper crane wobbled and flew up.
The little girl stretched out her fingertip, and the paper crane obediently rubbed against her fingertip, making the little girl giggle.
With a wave of his hand, the paper crane fluttered its wings and flew away.
Ji Jinnian's hand reached out and grabbed her arm, carefully pulling her back.
"Qiqi, you must not stick your head or hands out of the window while the car is moving, it's very dangerous, you know?"
Ji Jinnian glanced out the wide-open car window, worried that the little guy might misbehave and try to jump out again.
They simply tightened all the seatbelts on her seat, strapping her directly to the chair so she couldn't move at all.
Qiqi: ……
Second brother, aren't you making a mountain out of a molehill? Even if she were blown out of the car window by the wind, she could still jump back steadily.
It doesn't matter if she can't jump back, she still has the Wind-Riding Talisman and the Copper Coin Sword, both of which allow her to fly in the air without falling or being in danger.
However, she was still very touched by her second brother's concern. She felt that her second brother had shed his cold, aloof scientist persona and gained a more human touch.
It makes you feel warm!
And that trick she just showed, the people in the car behind must have seen it!
The people in the car behind Qiqi did see her performance just now.
Charles, sitting in the middle of the car, wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and his eyes behind the lenses were frighteningly bright.
"That little girl in the car, is she the child the Ji family adopted? Do you have any more detailed information about her?" Charles's voice trembled with excitement.
The bearded man sitting next to him frowned upon hearing this. "There's very little information about that child. All we know is that she's three years old and an orphan. She seems to be quite clever. When Ji Chengfeng and his wife went to the orphanage to adopt a child, she clung to Ji Chengfeng's leg and called him 'Dad,' and was then taken back to the Ji family. Because they don't have any daughters, the Ji family seems to dote on this child."
"That's it?" Charles was very dissatisfied with the limited information they had gathered. "You all saw what she just did, right? Was that magic? Or some kind of mystical art that China has always kept secret?"
The bearded man shook his head. "I'm not really sure about that either. I don't know much about the mystical."
But he was certain that it was definitely not magic.
There is no magic trick that can make a paper crane made of folded paper actually fly!
Charles tapped the armrest. "Change targets. Bring that little girl back to me."
Upon hearing this, the bearded man's expression changed slightly. For some reason, his intuition told him that tying up the little girl was more dangerous than tying up the boy.
Although the little girl looked completely harmless!
However, once they received the money, they were obligated to unconditionally meet the employer's demands.
In the end, the bearded man could only nod and say, "Okay."
The car drove all the way to the entrance of the Western restaurant and stopped. Ji Jinnian asked for a private room, and just after he sat down and ordered the dishes, his phone rang.
Ji Jinnian glanced at the incoming call, patted Qiqi's head, and instructed, "Little sister, you sit here quietly for a while, your second brother will go answer this call."
Qiqi obediently tilted her head back and said, "Okay."
Ji Jinnian turned around and went out to answer the phone. Before leaving, she instructed the waiter guarding the door of the private room to keep an eye on her sister and prevent her from wandering around.
However, to his surprise, no sooner had he left than a figure slipped silently into the private room while the waiter wasn't looking.
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