Chapter 13 Chapter 13 "We are not a couple."...
The movie was less than two hours long, and Ji Ci didn't watch it seriously at all.
Her mind was completely focused on Boss Jin beside her, and she kept thinking about what attitude she should respond if the other party reached out his hand or did something secretly in the theater.
For example, the couple next to them, not long after the lights were turned off, they put their heads together and kissed.
A touch of lips, followed by opening a drink and eating popcorn, was as normal as a greeting.
Ji Ci had never been to a movie with a man before, and she had no idea what her agreement meant to Boss Jin. So she was nervous, so nervous that she sat up straight and didn't touch a single piece of popcorn on Jin Sen's lap.
Half an hour into the show, someone in the same row went out to the bathroom. When passing in front of Ji Ci, she tried to pull her legs inward.
Unfortunately, the pendant on the other person's pants got caught on the edge of her skirt. Ji Ci leaned back and didn't notice it at first. By the time she felt the fabric on her calf sliding, an arm had reached in front of her knees and pushed down the hem of her skirt.
He only lifted the hem of her skirt, being very tactful not to touch her.
Passersby apologized quietly, and Ji Ci said it was okay.
Jin Sen withdrew his hand and placed it next to the popcorn bucket, curling his fingers slightly, pressing his thumb against the second joint of his index finger, and rubbing it lightly.
He was still looking at the screen, concentrating as if he were in class. The touch of the cotton cloth seemed to still linger on his fingertips, soft and could not be rubbed off no matter how hard he rubbed.
This state continues until the person comes back from the toilet.
His vision was obscured for less than a second before he finally seemed to come back to his senses.
Jin Sen tilted his head and handed the popcorn over, intending for Ji Ci to take a piece, but the other party misunderstood his meaning and took the whole bucket.
The two of them seemed to be performing a handover ceremony.
In the second half, Jin Sen didn't eat popcorn again.
It was almost nine o'clock after the movie ended. The streets were brightly lit and crowded with people. Jin Sen asked Ji Ci if she wanted to go for a walk.
Ji Ci looked down at his legs and asked, "Can you still go shopping like this?"
"I'm a normal person now," Jin Sen said. "I'm going to have the plaster removed next week."
"Oh..." Ji Ci retracted her gaze and went straight to the lanterns on the roadside, "Then let's go shopping."
When Ji Ci was a child, he liked to visit these places and run around. If he had a little money, he would buy some candy and be happy all day long.
Later, when I grew up a little, I knew more, and I kept things in my heart, and I gradually became depressed.
"Let me buy you a birthday present." Ji Ci walked on the right side of Jin Sen to prevent anyone from bumping into him.
Jin Sen was a little surprised at first, then waved his hand: "Don't take this seriously."
"Since we're here," Ji Ci looked at the roadside stalls, "I don't know what you like, so just tell me."
The stalls sell small commodities from Yiwu, such as fans, garlands, pendants and bracelets. They are scattered here and there and have no practical value. Some of them are even quite expensive and are used purely for framing people.
They had just finished their meal and were not hungry. Ji Ci still had popcorn in her hand, so there was no need to buy food. After wandering aimlessly down the street without buying anything, Ji Ci began to worry about Boss Jin's legs, so she found a coffee shop to sit down.
There were quite a few people in the store. They occupied a seat by the window. They placed their orders at the front desk and were called inside. Ji Ci came back with two cups of coffee and was surprised to find that a strange girl was sitting in her seat next to Boss Jin, and was talking excitedly on her cell phone.
"Sorry," Jin Sen interrupted her, "My friend is back."
The girl turned her head to look at Ji Ci, looked her up and down, and stood up: "Is this your real girlfriend?"
Ji Ci quickly shook her head.
Jin Sen coughed lightly: "I haven't caught up yet."
The girl was stunned for a moment, then looked at him subtly: "Then do your best."
Ji Ci held the coffee and stood there for a long time as if she was being punished before sitting down.
She stared at the corner of the table and pushed one of the cups to Jin Sen.
"It's the same as the one in the restaurant," Jin Sen explained, "I've watched too many short videos."
Ji Ci's mind was almost a mess, and she subconsciously said "Oh".
"Don't mind it." Jin Sen said again.
"Me, me?" Ji Ci tried her best to listen to the literal meaning of these words. She lowered her eyes, opened the cap, closed it, wanted to take the straw, thought about it, and decided to forget it. She picked up the cup and looked very busy.
"I don't mind."
She took a sip and it was bitter. She swallowed it all before she realized that the bitter taste of the American coffee had already rushed up her nose to the top of her head. Ji Ci closed her eyes quietly, and her beautiful thin eyebrows twisted into a knot.
"Did you drink the wrong one?" Jin Sen picked up the cup in front of him, checked the label on it, and handed it to Ji Ci, "This cup is yours."
Ji Ci held the unsweetened iced American coffee, not knowing whether she should just drink it or turn back to drink her own latte with sugar.
But soon, her rusty brain suddenly remembered that she had already drunk this cup from Boss Jin, so there was no reason to exchange it for it.
"No thanks," Ji Ci stood up, holding the cup with both hands, "I'll add some syrup."
Only after leaving Boss Jin's sight did Ji Ci breathe a sigh of relief.
She was stunned at the counter for a while. The clerk came over and asked her what she needed. Then she came to her senses and said she wanted some syrup.
She heard and remembered everything Boss Jin said just now. It seemed like a joke, but this kind of joke was not something Boss Jin could make.
It can't be true either.
Ji Ci lingered for almost ten minutes, then went back with her coffee with syrup added.
Boss Jin used the drink menu on the table to fold a small five-petal flower. Ji Ci was stunned by its exquisiteness.
Her attention was completely attracted by the origami. After sitting down, she took the small flower and studied it in her hands for a long time. If it weren't for the advertisement of this coffee shop printed on it, Ji Ci would have found it hard to believe that this was folded on the spot by Boss Jin.
"You can fold this?" she asked in surprise.
"To entertain a child," Jin Sen pulled out another piece of paper. "It's quite simple."
When he was working before, he went to a kindergarten to teach fire prevention knowledge. Everyone needed to learn a skill to coax children, so he quickly learned one and sat on the steps to fold five-petal flowers for the chattering little girls.
Now Ji Ci also has one.
"You seem to like your job very much." Ji Ci said.
"I wouldn't say I like it," Jin Sen folded another flower for her. "We were young back then, and everything we did was interesting."
Ji Ci placed both flowers in her palms: "Are you old now?"
"Twenty-nine," Jin Sen said, "How many years older than you?"
"Five years old," Ji Ci replied, "Not that old."
After drinking half of her coffee, Ji Ci still insisted on buying a birthday present for Jin Sen.
Jin Sen was like an old monk coming out of the mountains, with no desires or demands. He limped along the stone road for more than an hour, and he became more and more energetic as he walked.
Ji Ci was speechless, but was too embarrassed to say that Jin Sen did it on purpose, so she simply chose for him herself.
"This wind chime is pretty," Ji Ci said, stopping at a small stall in front of a shop. "You can hang it in front of your shop."
It was a wind chime made of shells. Jin Sen raised his hand and plucked the bottom one. The shells collided with each other, making a crisp sound. "But it can't say welcome."
Ji Ci suggested: "You can add a sensor yourself. Boss Jin is omnipotent."
Jin Sen smiled and asked, "Boss Jin is omnipotent?"
Ji Ci nodded seriously.
"If you're interested, come into the store and take a look," the clerk took the opportunity to sell them. "We have many other shellfish decorations in the store, all handmade, each piece by piece by our store manager."
Having said that, Ji Ci went in to take a look. From large ornaments to small rings and jewelry, there were indeed many types, almost everything you could think of.
Ji Ci bent down slightly and picked up a bracelet from the display stand like she was shopping on Taobao. It was made of milky white agate beads strung together with a shell polished into the shape of a cat's head. It was the size of a little finger nail and looked very delicate.
I wanted to pick out a gift for Boss Jin, but unexpectedly I found something I liked.
Ji Ci put the bracelet on her wrist, her snow-white skin was the same color as the agate beads.
Jin Sen leaned against the counter and commented, "It looks good."
"This is a couple's pair," the clerk quickly brought over the other one, "Sir, would you like to try it on?"
Ji Ci lowered her wrist with a quick "swish".
Jin Sen didn't say he would try it, nor did he say he wouldn't try it. He just took the other string from the clerk, hung it between his fingers and looked at it carefully.
The obsidian beads are slightly larger than the agate beads, and the shell decorating it is a puppy's head, which is indeed a couple's pair of cats and dogs, just like the one on Ji Ci's wrist.
He raised his eyebrows and looked at the fair wrist again, and found that Ji Ci had calmly put the bracelet she had just tried on back in its place, quietly, for fear of being discovered.
"I want this." Boss Jin raised the bracelet hanging on his index finger.
Ji Ci had already guessed it, so she accepted the birthday gift calmly: "...Okay."
The clerk asked enthusiastically, "Can I pack the other one for you too?"
Ji Ci hesitated and asked in a low voice, "Can I just buy one?"
"Theoretically, yes," the clerk said to Ji Ci, but kept glancing at Jin Sen beside him. "But this bracelet really suits you! It really brightens your skin! It looks really good!"
“It doesn’t matter,” Ji Ci insisted awkwardly, “I’m still white even if I don’t show it.”
Jin Sen tilted his head and smiled lightly.
This is too obvious. Deliberately avoiding suspicion is tantamount to disguised admission.
But Ji Ci couldn't care less about that.
"But this is a couple's pair," the clerk tried to sell. "You can keep it as a souvenir."
Ji Ci had no choice but to smile bitterly and say, "We are not a couple."
The clerk paused for a second, then immediately continued, "It's the same style for men and women, so even if you're not a couple, you can wear it!"
Ji Ci's mouth twitched slightly: "Your store is too expensive, I don't have money."
The clerk was completely at a loss.
Handmade items are expensive, so Ji Ci angrily spent three hundred dollars to buy Boss Jin a birthday present.
After leaving the store, she handed the small paper bag to the other party: "Boss Jin, happy birthday to you."
Jin Sen took it solemnly: "Thank you, Xiao Ji."
He clearly didn't say anything else, but Ji Ci's ears were burning and her heart was pounding.
"No, you're welcome."
"Can I tear it down now?" Jin Sen asked.
"Anything is fine." Ji Ci turned sideways and rubbed her ears while the other person was opening the gift.
Boss Jin put the bracelet on his wrist, turned it half a circle and admired it.
Obsidian was very elegant and matched his wheat-colored skin very well. His skin was a little rough, and there was even a scar on the back of his hand from saving someone before. Ji Ci glanced at him and then looked away, feeling distressed.
"Let me see yours." Jin Sen extended his hand towards Ji Ci.
Ji Ci didn't understand what was going on, but she still handed her hand over obediently: "Mine?"
The next second, the slightly cool agate bead slid into her wrist.
Ji Ci stared at her wrist in a daze. After a moment, she came to her senses and felt a sky full of fireworks exploding in her head, and her heart also started beating wildly.
"I wish Xiao Ji happy every day." Jin Sen said.
Ji Ci's language system was somewhat paralyzed. She clasped her forearm: "But, but——"
Jin Sen said with a smile: "It looks good on you."
Ji Ci pursed her lips, trying hard to suppress the upward curling of the corners of her lips.
She was a little annoyed by her worthless appearance, so she frowned and said angrily: "But it's too expensive."
"Really?" Jin Sen's eyes fell on her fingertips, still smiling, "Maybe the same items for men and women are priced at this price."
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