Chapter 12 Chapter 12 He was a little nervous, his palms were sweating...
Jin Sen has been very busy since he was discharged from the hospital.
Many older people ask him to repair things, firstly because they are familiar with him, and secondly because Boss Jin basically does not charge for such small tasks.
But he still has a limp, which makes it difficult for him to walk or ride a motorcycle.
So they temporarily requisitioned Ji Ci's electric scooter.
Ji Ci agreed. The pet shop was very close to where she lived, and it would only take a few minutes to walk to and from get off work. He didn't need to.
However, when she saw her pink and green electric scooter being ridden by the tall and strong Boss Jin, she always felt sad that her underage child was forced to work outside.
The sense of disobedience is too strong.
Boss Jin didn't think there was anything wrong. He was lame and couldn't run far, and he was anxious to stay at home. The old man from the street grain and oil store called him over to play cards. A group of old men gathered together in the air filled with smoke, and he could even smoke a cigarette quietly.
Ji Ci could smell the smoke from a distance.
So she deprived Boss Jin of the right to use his electric scooter for one day.
Boss Jin had nothing to do, so he came to their pet shop to attract cats and dogs.
It's the molting season recently, and Ji Ci and Xiao Zhou have to do the work of two people, so they are too busy to go to the bathroom.
Boss Jin would chat with customers in the store while petting cats and dogs, and occasionally even sell a few pet supplies. His record can be checked, and Sister Xu has listed him as a non-staff employee of the pet store.
So after May Day, when there was a dinner party in the store, Sister Xu simply invited Boss Jin to join us.
The group drove 20 kilometers and came to a Northeastern Chinese restaurant. The owner was from there and it was said that the food was very authentic. Sister Xu had been craving it for a long time and this time she finally seized the opportunity and came here with her family.
The private room was booked in advance by Boss Jin and was quite spacious. After Boss Liang, the professional dad, sat down, he started taking care of his daughter. Xiao Zhou and Ji Ci looked at each other with curiosity as he prepared milk powder.
"How about it, cute, right?" Sister Xu's eyes were full of maternal love.
Xiao Zhou and Ji Ci nodded repeatedly with auntie smiles on their faces.
"Do you want to have a baby for fun?" Sister Xu said again.
The two of them immediately put away their smiles and even sat up straighter.
"Haha, look how scared you are," Sister Xu said, laughing. "Actually, having a baby is not that difficult. You just need to find a man who can take care of the baby."
"Did you hear that?" Doctor Liang said to Mr. Jin beside him, "Someone's calling you."
Boss Jin held the teacup in one hand and took a sip: "So this is the Hongmen Banquet."
Xiao Zhou immediately distanced himself from the matter: "Whether he's from the Hong Sect or not, it has nothing to do with me."
Sister Xu followed up: "It has nothing to do with me."
Ji Ci just lowered her head to drink some water, and when she looked up again, she felt that everyone had taken a step back.
There were five people at the table, and she was the only one standing in the front.
Ji Ci swallowed the tea that almost choked her and slowly put down the porcelain cup amid the ambiguous gazes of the crowd.
"...That has even less to do with me."
No one denied it, even Xiao Zhou said "Oh" to cover up his mistake, but Ji Ci was so guilty that she wanted to bury her face in the cup.
Doctor Liang looked at Jin Sen and shook his head slightly: "It's really useless."
The useless Boss Jin laughed helplessly.
After a while, the waiter came in to serve the dishes. She was a young girl, and her eyes drifted towards Boss Jin's face intentionally or unintentionally.
When she came in for the third time, she finally couldn't help but ask, "Are you the handsome guy who climbed the stairs to save people a few days ago?"
Ji Ci held her face in her hands and listened with great interest.
I didn’t expect that Boss Jin is now so famous that his code name is “Handsome Guy”.
Boss Jin nodded: "That should be it."
At first everyone thought it was just a casual chat, but then the girl said, "I heard you got married. Congratulations!"
The tea that Ji Ci hadn't spit out just now was now spit out by Sister Xu.
She even choked. Doctor Liang smoothed her back, and then she raised her face in shock: "What?!"
She was even more shocked than the person involved.
Jin Sen also laughed: "I'm not married."
The girl took out her cell phone and swiped out a short video for her. Ji Ci took a look curiously. Wow, it was a wedding photo synthesized by AI, and the bride was still Sun Junya.
"Watch less short videos." Jin Sen was already laughing to the point of losing his temper.
Ji Ci sat back down again.
"You're so anxious." Xiao Zhou whispered in her ear.
Ji Ci felt her face burning instantly: "I, I'll just take a look."
"Can I add you on WeChat?" the girl asked again.
"No." Jin Sen waved his hand.
"Do you have a girlfriend?" the girl insisted.
Jin Sen was helpless: "You are too young."
After the other party left, Sister Xu crossed her fingers, held her chin, and said with a smile: "Don't you like the younger one?"
All the teasing words were directed at Jin Sen, but Ji Ci's neck turned red after hearing them.
Jin Sen snorted, somewhat helplessly: "Stop it, is this really the Hongmen Banquet?"
Girls can't stand being teased, and they'll get annoyed if you keep teasing them.
If a table doesn't drink, the meal will be eaten quickly.
Ji Ci was busy preparing a braised prawn when the door of the private room opened and the delivery guy brought in a cake.
"Mine, mine, I'm Ms. Xu." Sister Xu quickly put down her chopsticks to take it.
Xiao Zhou moved the dishes on the table a little and asked in surprise, "Sister Xu, is it your birthday today?"
"No." Sister Xu put down the cake.
"Doctor Liang's birthday?"
"Guess again."
Ji Ci looked at Boss Jin.
"That's Boss Jin," Xiao Zhou said.
Jin Sen propped up his chin and asked with a smile, "Why don't you guess Xiao Ji?"
Xiao Zhou also replied cheerfully: "Because Xiao Ji is watching you."
Boss Jin looked over.
Ji Ci: “…”
Her mind was a little confused, and she explained in a low voice: "Because only Boss Jin is left."
Jin Sen tilted his head and smiled.
Xiao Zhou said, "Why didn't you tell us in advance that Boss Jin had a birthday? We could have prepared a birthday present for him!"
Jin Sen: "It's just a coincidence, no need to make so much trouble."
"What birthday presents do you need when you're almost 30?" Sister Xu raised her glass and stood up. "Come on, old friend, let's have a drink together as a celebration."
Ji Ci followed suit and held up the cup. She and Jin Sen were sitting next to each other. When they clinked glasses together, their fingers touched each other, but they quickly withdrew their fingers as if nothing had happened. However, the feeling of the porcelain cup touching her skin was so different, like water and sand.
She took a sip of orange juice and sat down again. Between bites, she glanced over and saw Boss Jin's fingers curled slightly as they rested on the table. His skin wasn't particularly white, but his nails were perfectly trimmed, and the calluses on the base of his thumb were particularly noticeable. Ji Ci knew he had even more calluses on his palms, beneath each fingertip. She'd seen them before when she'd handed him something. Boss Jin's palms were thick and strong, so his grip should be very steady... right?
Ji Ci: “…”
What is she thinking about?
Just as I was lost in thought, the fingers I was staring at suddenly moved twice.
Ji Ci quickly withdrew her gaze.
Jin Sen unpacked the knife and fork that were delivered and was cutting the cake.
The style Sister Xu ordered was a very traditional fruit cake, which was very affordable and looked delicious.
"What fruit do you like?" Jin Sen leaned sideways and spoke in a low voice. Although his eyes were on the cake, he was talking to Ji Ci.
Ji Ci's fingers clenched the chopsticks lightly: "Anything is fine."
Jin Sen cut her a piece of blueberry which she liked.
The cream was sweet but not greasy, and Ji Ci finished the whole piece.
It was still light when we came out of the restaurant. Boss Jin said there was a light show nearby and we could go check it out.
Xiao Zhou, who was alone, was the first to run away, saying that he didn't really want to be Steven in the five-member group.
Sister Xu's daughter was asleep and didn't plan to stay outside any longer, so she said goodbye to Dr. Liang.
Ji Ci initially wanted to go with Xiao Zhou, but she just took a step towards him when she was glared back at by Xiao Zhou.
Ji Ci: “…”
It was so scary that she stepped back again.
After sending the three away, only she and Boss Jin were left on the roadside. Ji Ci looked down at the man leaning on a single crutch, his body weak and determined. She wanted to say something but hesitated. Finally, she couldn't help but say, "Your legs are like this, do you still want to go to see the lantern?"
"I can do either. It depends on you."
Jin Sen coughed lightly, his eyes drifting back and forth over the passing vehicles.
He lowered his voice and seemed to lack strength, unlike when he usually shouted in the auto repair shop. Ji Ci could hear it even through two layers of soundproof glass in the bathroom of the pet shop.
"Didn't you and Xiao Zhou discuss going to the movies a few days ago? There's a movie theater nearby, and I've already bought the tickets."
All of a sudden, Ji Ci understood, and all the questions in her mind were cleared up like a flood.
All the dinner parties, birthdays, and lantern shows were just a pot of dumplings, and the real vinegar was now being poured on her head.
Jin Sen pulled his gaze back from the car and fell on Ji Ci's narrow shoulders. She was wearing a light blue short-sleeved shirt, a white skirt, and had black hair. She lowered her head, her fingers entangled together, and her nail beds were pinched until the blood faded.
Ji Ci did not answer immediately, and Jin Sen waited patiently for her attitude.
A little nervous, his palms were sweating.
Using birthday as an excuse, Ji Ci will most likely not refuse, as girls are always soft-hearted.
But this is moral kidnapping, and Jin Sen feels it shouldn't be done.
The car lights swept over them, suddenly bright, moment by moment, like his heartbeat, and the blood beating against his bones in his body, reminding him of his first mission when he was surrounded by hot air, with only the noisy banging sound in his ears, just like now.
"I'm not sure what you like," Jin Sen's voice was a little hoarse, "If you want to go back——"
"I didn't think so," she said in a low voice, almost drowned out by the sound of traffic. "Let's go to the movies."
But Jin Sen heard it, and there was nothing better than that.
They went to see an animated film.
Before entering, Jin Sen bought a bucket of popcorn and two cups of Coke, which were a set meal from the same movie series. Both the popcorn bucket and the cups of Coke were made in the shape of cartoon characters.
"Things in the cinema are very expensive." Ji Ci took it.
Jin Sen handed her a red bow hair accessory: "This is pretty."
That was the accessory given in the package, and it was the same one worn on the heroine's head in the movie. Ji Ci didn't know there was such a peripheral before, but now she knows, and she really likes it.
She took it, pinched it with her fingers, looked at it for a long time with her eyes downcast, and was reluctant to put it away.
After waiting for a long time, I remembered that I had not said thank you, so I looked up again and added "thank you".
Jin Sen was looking at her: "It's rare to see you wearing red."
He was much taller than Ji Ci, and his eyes were lowered as they met, his eyelashes drawn back. His already dark pupils darkened even further, and his gaze was incredibly gentle, almost tinged with a hint of pity that Ji Ci couldn't quite place.
She didn't look him in the eye, but lowered her head and held the Coke in her hand.
He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he was dizzy and had forgotten what Jin Sen had just said.
Fortunately, the movie was about to start and tickets were checked at the entrance ten minutes in advance.
Most of the people waiting in line were couples, and the line, originally one line, was forced into two. Couples were shoulder to shoulder, some girls were arm in arm, some boys were hugging each other, sticking together and whispering sweet nothings.
Ji Ci and Jin Sen were like two road posts stuck in the ground, completely out of tune with the people around them. They held onto each other's belongings, keeping an arm's length apart and moving forward slowly.
Normally, they would say a few words when they were alone, but today they were like possessed, each one more silent than the other.
Suddenly, the couple in front said something, and the boy actually lowered his head and kissed the girl.
Ji Ci: “…”
She froze for a moment, and also felt that the people around her slowed down their pace.
The girl shyly dodged, looked back at the two embarrassed people behind her, became even more shy, and angrily hit the boy with a cat-like cotton punch, which made the boy very happy.
The way the two people got along gave Ji Ci a particularly absurd and unreal feeling.
Subconsciously, you will project their behavior onto yourself.
Why am I in a place like this with Boss Jin? She couldn't help but think.
Isn't this a dinner party in the store?
Then celebrate Boss Jin’s birthday.
But why did Boss Jin invite me to see a movie?
Why did they suddenly go to the movies?
I also agreed.
Would it seem frivolous of me to agree to this?
Ji Ci realized the problem belatedly and turned her face stiffly, her eyes just level with the protruding Adam's apple that is unique to men.
Jin Sen met her gaze, almost unconsciously, and as he turned his face, the bulge slid up and down with his movements - and he realized what he had just done in the next second.
"You—" Ji Ci felt sparks falling from her eyes, "If you're thirsty, drink some water."
"Oh," Jin Sen calmly took off the lid of the Coke cup, tilted his head back and drank half of it in one gulp, "I am indeed thirsty."
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Boss Jin: This Coke is really good.
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