Shen Xuan felt embarrassed and wanted to refuse.
But what Madam Ji said next left her with no way to refuse.
“Come and eat with us. Qiqi has a big appetite, and it will take her a while to finish eating. If you don’t eat, she will most likely go out with you on an empty stomach. She has to deal with Beichen’s troubles, so she can’t go without eating. You don’t want to solve half of Beichen’s troubles and still have some loose ends left, do you?”
Ji Beichen is Shen Xuan's Achilles' heel. As long as it involves his safety, Shen Xuan doesn't know how to refuse.
In addition, Qiqi came downstairs and immediately ran over to take her hand when she saw her.
"Sister Chen, you're here! Come and have breakfast with us. After we finish eating, we'll go find our eldest cousin together."
"Okay." The little girl's smile was infectious, and Shen Xuan couldn't help but smile gently back. Then, with a touch of shyness, she said to Madam Ji, "Excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you."
"Don't disturb them, it's more lively with more people!"
The breakfast was lavish, the kind of lavishness that Shen Xuan never dared to dream of.
She had never been to the Shen family's dining table, so she didn't know what their breakfast was like.
But her daily breakfast consisted of extremely simple white porridge and steamed buns.
The Ji family's breakfast table features both Chinese and Western styles, as well as some specialty breakfast dishes from both the north and south of China.
Seeing her curiosity, Mrs. Ji explained, "Qiqi likes sweeter breakfasts, so most of our breakfasts are Cantonese style. Her brothers take sandwiches to eat on their way to school because they're in a hurry. Her father prefers savory food, while I prefer lighter flavors. You can choose whichever you like. We don't have many rules about meals in our family; being free and easy is the best."
free.
How seemingly casual yet incredibly weighty are these four words!
Shen Xuan was somewhat dazed. In the Shen family, no one had ever said those four words to her.
She had never experienced it either.
Her eyes welled up with tears. Shen Xuan lowered her head, swallowed back her tears, and silently picked up a steamed dumpling from the plate closest to her, taking a bite without making a sound.
Despite being very hungry and despite the pleasant atmosphere at the dinner table, Shen Xuan suddenly lost her appetite.
Compared to her lack of appetite, Qiqi's appetite seemed much better.
A good night's sleep makes you feel better and improves your appetite.
Qiqi rewarded herself by eating seven bowls of various kinds of porridge, three large steamers of buns, and other breakfast foods such as steamed eggs and chicken feet.
By the time she finally put down her chopsticks with satisfaction, an hour had passed.
Qiqi eats very well and quickly, which is quite brisk.
If it were like other children, and they dawdled even a little bit, this breakfast would probably go straight to lunchtime.
Shen Xuan had already finished eating. She only drank half a bowl of porridge and ate two steamed dumplings before she couldn't eat anymore.
I watched Qiqi's mukbang performance in complete silence.
The little girl ate so cutely, and she looked very hungry.
But she was preoccupied and had no time to appreciate the scenery. The moment she put down her chopsticks, she spoke up, "Little Master, shall we set off now, or...?"
Let's go now!
Knowing that she was in a hurry, Qiqi didn't delay any longer. After having Madam Ji tie her hair into pretty double buns, she slung her little bag over her shoulder and set off with Shen Xuan.
Madam Ji was originally going to accompany him, but just before leaving, the maid suddenly said that Ji Zeqian had a fever and she had to stay home to take care of him.
In fact, Ji Zeqian's fever was a normal phenomenon during the soul fusion period, but Qiqi did not tell Madam Ji, for fear that it would frighten her.
Furthermore, once my sixth brother's fever subsides, he will wake up quickly and won't cause my mother too much worry.
Qiqi and Shen Xuan took a car to Ji Beichen's company.
Ji Beichen did not work for the Ji family's company. Instead, he started his own business and founded a technology company that mainly conducts research on drones and intelligent AI. It is developing quite well and can be considered to be of a small scale.
As the company boss, Ji Beichen is not someone you can easily meet.
When Shen Xuan took Qi Qi to the front desk to register, they were told that Ji Beichen was in a meeting and that they did not have an appointment, so they could only meet him when he was available.
Shen Xuan was very anxious. She had witnessed firsthand how Shen Yan died at the hands of the Gu worms. The horrific scene made her unable to stop thinking about it whenever she closed her eyes, as if Shen Yan was right beside her.
She was really scared, afraid that Ji Beichen would end up like that.
"We really have something urgent to discuss with Mr. Ji. Could you please give him a call or pass on our message?"
The receptionist maintained a standard smile, but her words carried a sarcastic tone.
“Every day, people who come to see President Ji say they have something extremely urgent to do. If President Ji were to see everyone, he wouldn’t have to do anything; he would be too busy receiving visitors to finish anything else, even if he did it 24 hours a day.”
The receptionist sized up Chen Xuan, her eyes filled with undisguised contempt. "Besides, I've seen far too many people like you."
Shen Xuan was easily embarrassed and hurt by her gaze, and couldn't help but shout in embarrassment and anger, "What's wrong with me? Who am I...?"
The receptionist smiled but didn't say anything.
But the attitude is already very clear.
Qiqi frowned as she looked on. "Sister, have you ever heard that those who commit serious verbal sins will be sent to the Hell of Tongue-Pulling After Death?"
The receptionist clearly hadn't expected that the soft, delicate, and adorable little girl, who looked like a porcelain doll, would say such vicious things.
He was so angry his eyebrows stood on end!
"How can you talk like that, kid? Don't you have any manners?!" She then scoffed mockingly. "Yeah, with an appearance like that, the older sister actually wants to seduce a domineering CEO and rise to the top in one step. What good can the younger sister possibly be?"
"you……"
Snap!
Just as Shen Xuan was about to get angry, a crisp slap extinguished her anger.
Qiqi slowly withdrew her hand, and even stretched her wrist at the same time.
"You can criticize me, but you can't insult my mom and dad!"
The receptionist covered her slapped face; the burning pain almost made her lose her mind.
She rushed out of her desk, raising her hand as if to teach Qiqi a lesson.
"What are you doing?!"
A cold, sharp rebuke rang out from the elevator.
The receptionist froze, slowly turned around, and her face immediately turned pale. "Mr. Ji, Mr. Ji."
Ji Beichen only found out that his fifth uncle's younger cousin had come to his company to see him after receiving a call from his fifth uncle.
He instructed his assistant to keep an eye on the messages downstairs, and to immediately post them up whenever they received a call saying a little girl was looking for him.
When the assistant checked the security camera footage, they saw the receptionist getting into a conflict with a young girl.
The little girl was exquisitely beautiful, beyond words.
If someone were to actually be bullied like that, it would probably break their heart.
The assistant didn't know what the president's cousin looked like, so he could only show the surveillance footage to Ji Beichen.
When Ji Beichen saw it, his eyes widened in horror!
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