Chapter 63 Chapter 63 Sorry, I can't accept your way...
October 21st is Xu Lemian’s birthday.
As luck would have it, Sima Yichen helped Ji Song set up a plan that day, saying that Ji Song had just won a project in G City and invited everyone to have a meal together to celebrate.
Leng Yunting was a little hesitant when he received the invitation.
Last night, Xu Lemian clung to him, begging him incoherently to go home today to celebrate his birthday with him. He softened his heart and agreed, but he didn't expect Sima Yichen to suddenly organize a party today.
Seeing him hesitate, Sima Yichen joked, "No way, Leng Er? You haven't come to play with us recently. Could it be that you are really obsessed with your little lover and have fallen in love with him? Are you planning to turn back?"
"Are you kidding?" Leng Yunting raised his eyebrows. His mouth reacted before his brain did and he denied it. "Him? How is that possible? Got it. I'll come tonight."
Sima Yichen made the final decision: "Then it's settled."
Leng Yunting said absentmindedly, "Who else is going?"
"I don't know. Anyway, I've called everyone I can name. I don't know how many people will come." Sima Yichen smiled. "By the way, I've called your brother and your sister-in-law - cough, and Su Jinmian, as well as your personal doctor and your former special assistant."
"Chi Ke will definitely not go." Leng Yunting was very sure.
"It's hard to say. Ji Qian is very likely to go this time in order to make things difficult for Ji Song." Sima Yichen spread his hands. "Ji Qian has been having a bad time with his brother recently. His brother blocked the review of an exchange project between his hospital and the UK through his connections. He was very angry last week."
Leng Yunting frowned: "What does this have to do with whether Chi Ke goes or not?"
Sima Yichen: “?”
Sima Yichen was really confused: "You don't know?"
Leng Yunting looked as if he was asking, "What are you talking about?" He asked, "Know what?"
"..." Sima Yichen asked with a question mark on his face, "Don't you know that your personal doctor and special assistant are dating?"
Leng Yunting: “…”
Leng Yunting: “???”
Leng Yunting: "Who and who?!"
…
"You won't go with me?"
"You really won't go with me?"
"Are you sure you don't want to go with me?"
Ji Qian, neatly dressed, looked back every few steps, with a resentful look in his eyes and a gentle tone, trying to awaken the conscience of the indifferent man on the sofa.
Chi Ke was still wearing his home clothes, leisurely working on his laptop.
Hearing this, she waved her hand without even looking up, signaling him to get out.
Ji Qian snorted, picked up his phone and swaggered towards the door.
When he reached the door and heard no one trying to persuade him to stay, he turned around and rushed back, throwing the person directly onto the sofa: "Accompany! Me! Go!"
Chi Ke sank into a pile of pillows and pushed his head away helplessly: "Are you crazy?"
"Come with me, I'm scared to go alone." Ji Qian made up a lie, "There are too many people there, and none of them are good people. If I go alone, I'm like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth, right?"
Chi Ke was curious: "Why do you feel so good about yourself?"
You were like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth. Why didn't you feel like a little sheep when you were fighting three thugs at once and getting beaten to a pulp?
"That's called self-awareness." Ji Qian didn't feel embarrassed at all. "You've been working all the time these days, it's time to take a break. You can't give up your partner just for work, right?"
Chi Ke explained: "I am on the road for a better future."
Ji Qian: "You can't even take a minute to rest? Why won't you be included in the human evolution tomorrow?"
Tsk.
Don’t be fooled by Ji Qian’s usual funny side. When he gets mad, he becomes really ruthless and talks back at everyone, including his boyfriend.
Chi Ke said unhappily, "The first thing that will be eliminated in human evolution is people like you who indulge in debauchery and indulge in decadence."
Ji Qian raised his chin and said, "Are you willing to abandon me and go away alone?"
Chi Ke: “…”
Chi Ke kicked him down, then stood up and walked towards the bedroom.
Ji Qian, who was lying on the ground, grabbed his ankle and said, "Hey, hey, hey, where are you doing?"
"Change clothes." Chi Ke pulled his ankle out and said indifferently, "I will sink with you."
Ji Qian rolled on the ground, very happy: "I love you, husband!"
He was responded with the inhuman sound of a door closing.
The two packed up and went out, but it was already late when they arrived.
But they were not the only ones who were late.
"Wow, what a coincidence!" Su Jinmian waved her arms enthusiastically, "You guys are here to watch the show too?"
Ji Qian sighed: "I am also one of the supporting roles today."
If it weren't for Ji Song, he would have just sat on the sofa, leaning on his boyfriend's arms and watching the show out of boredom.
"Poor thing." Su Jinmian knew about the conflict between the two young masters of the Ji family some time ago, and clenched her fist to cheer him up with sympathy, "Where is Mr. Chi? Will there be any guest appearances?"
"No." Chi Ke said calmly, "I just acted as a flower protector."
Su Jinmian: "Who is Hua? Ji Qian? Why does he need protection?"
Ji Qian shyly took Chi Ke's arm and said, "I am a person with social phobia."
Su Jinmian: “…………”
Su Jinmian looked at the real person with more sympathy: "You have worked hard in this relationship."
Chi Ke: “It’s not hard.”
Leng Baiyao: "He has a hard life."
Chi Ke: “.”
Ji Qian glared at Leng Baiyao fiercely and gently pushed Chi Ke with his shoulder: "Refute him quickly!"
Chi Ke calmly retorted: "Life is not hard."
“…”
Quiet.
Ji Qian: "That's it? Is there no evidence to support this conclusion?"
"Yes, but it's hard to give an example right now. I'll write a paper for you when I have time." Chi Ke helped him straighten his collar with one hand. "It's getting late. Can we go in and start the performance, Mr. Ji?"
Ji Qian lowered his head and gave him a quick kiss on his fingers: "Of course."
"Hey, hey, hey." Su Jinmian couldn't bear it any longer, "There are people next to you two!"
"You and Leng Baiyao are also fine." Ji Qian looked at Leng Baiyao, who had a pale face, as if he had gotten revenge.
Su Jinmian shuddered: "Don't scare me and give me nightmares at night."
Leng Baiyao's eyes darkened and he pulled her into his arms tightly: "Will you have nightmares if you do this?"
Su Jinmian chuckled, without looking back, raised her foot and stepped hard to the side -
"hiss!!"
Leng Baiyao loosened his hands and almost bent over in pain.
Su Jinmian: "I told you last time not to hug my shoulders from behind. Is Mr. Leng's head hollow? Does it go in one ear and out the other?"
Chi Ke and Ji Qian looked in silence at the dent on Leng Baiyao's leather shoes caused by his high heels.
Ji Qian whispered, "I suddenly remembered that you didn't hit me when I touched you before."
Chi Ke said: “It’s different.”
Ji Qian: "What's the difference?"
Chi Ke: “Everything is different.”
Under the premise of arranged marriage, Su Jinmian, who refused to get married and have children, was prejudiced against Leng Baiyao. Not to mention liking him, it was already a blessing in disguise for Leng Baiyao that he agreed to live with her for the sake of appearance.
The four of them hurt each other and entered the venue covered in bruises.
This place is reserved by Ji Song today, and quite a lot of people come here. As soon as you enter, your ears will be shattered by the soaring sound waves.
Ji Qian frowned uncomfortably, tightly grasped Chi Ke's hand, and shouted in his ear: "Hold me tight! Don't let me get lost! I have never been to such a place!"
The speakers were too loud, and Chi Ke could only just hear him at this level.
He didn't want to waste his voice, so he took her to a quiet booth and asked curiously, "You've never been here? You don't socialize at all?"
"Of course I socialize, but not this kind of thing." Ji Qian had never been to such a mixed social occasion in his previous life. Even when he went to a bar, he would go directly through the VIP channel to the exclusive box to sing and play games with his friends. "Don't worry, I, your boyfriend, am a very ethical man!"
Just as he finished speaking, there was a sound of a glass bottle falling to the ground from the next booth.
The two of them looked at the same time and saw Leng Yunting's face, which was a complex mixture of shock, astonishment, confusion, depression, and disbelief.
He raised his hand tremblingly, pointed at the two of them, and said with difficulty: "You...are you really talking?"
"Not worthy?" Ji Qian was unhappy. He turned his head and kissed Chi Ke on the side of his face. "How can this be false?"
Chi Ke didn't react at all when he was kissed.
But those who are familiar with him know that when faced with such a situation, not reacting is his greatest preference and indulgence.
Leng Yunting frowned and rubbed his eyes, asking incredulously: "No, when did it happen? What was the opportunity? How did you fall in love?"
Speaking of this, Ji Qian became excited: "Then our love is really destined, and it has to start from a long, long time ago..."
Chi Ke sighed, left him in Leng Yunting's booth, and turned to head for the self-service food area.
He also needed to confirm Xu Lemian's arrangements with Li Xiuming.
Li Xiuming was indeed eating voraciously in the buffet area.
Seeing someone coming over, he ate a little more reservedly, swallowed the foie gras before looking up and consciously handed over his phone: "Xu Lemian's flight and hotel information are all here."
"Thank you." Chi Ke asked as he looked at me, "Boss Li's attitude towards me before should have made you suspect that Xu Lemian was not the only one who saved you, right?"
Li Xiuming paused, put down his plate, and whispered, "Mr. Chi, don't you remember? I asked you, and you told me that you had no recollection of that incident at all."
Chi Ke stopped his finger in mid-air. Based on his understanding of the original owner over this period of time, he roughly guessed the reason why the other party answered that way.
The original owner was indeed kind.
I thought it was a trivial favor, so I didn't want to repay the favor.
He didn't believe that the original owner didn't recognize Xu Lemian, but he didn't expect that the other party would kidnap Li Xiuming for so long using the favor as an excuse, otherwise he would not have turned a blind eye to the matter.
Chi Ke sighed: "You... forget it, be more careful in the future."
Li Xiuming was simply too content with the status quo. Although he was capable enough, he still hadn't developed his power to the point where he could compete with the young masters of the Li family. As a result, he was restricted in his investigation of his savior and could not find the truth.
But there is no way to change this.
Li Xiuming's biggest dream in life is to enjoy delicious food without restraint and work as a programmer in a comfortable environment.
Everyone has their own aspirations, and that’s good too.
Li Xiuming looked at his profile, pursed his lips, and said with great guilt: "I know you are not very happy with Leng Yunting. I was not able to find out in time. I'm sorry——"
Chi Ke raised his hand to stop him from saying the next word: "Sorry, I can't accept your apology."
A belated apology may be sincere enough, but the original owner will never hear it.
If you miss it, you miss it. If you don’t make it in time, you don’t make it in time.
Li Xiuming was a little anxious: "I don't hope you can forgive me, I just want to tell you that thing——"
"Li Xiuming," Chi Ke returned the phone to him and said calmly, "It's not that I don't want to accept your apology, it's that I'm not qualified to accept your apology. I can't listen to what you say."
"You may not be able to believe it, but the fact is that you can no longer find the person you are looking for."
…
After saying goodbye to Li Xiuming, Chi Ke was on his way back when he saw several key figures of the party drinking at the booth where Ji Qian was.
He didn't rush downstairs. He stood in the corridor on the second floor, leaning on the handrail and looking down at the group of people.
Ji Qian was wearing a refreshing jacket and jeans, looking like an innocent college student. He seemed out of place among a group of people wearing leather jackets and suits, and really felt like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth.
He sat opposite Ji Song, mumbling something with his pretty lips.
Compared with his bright smile, Ji Song's face looked very ugly. The people around him wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. It was obvious that Ji Qian was not as eloquent as him and he lost face.
Chi Ke took two photos of the scene below and sent them to Ji Qian.
Ji Qian was so busy arguing with the scholars that he had no time to look at his phone.
After a while, Ji Song slammed the table and stood up, his index finger almost pointing at Ji Qian's nose, and he started talking loudly. Even on the second floor, you could vaguely hear him cursing.
Ji Qian remained unmoved and just looked at him like a monkey going crazy. When he was tired of scolding until his mouth was dry and his tongue was dry, he stood up gracefully, straightened his clothes, and went to the other side to play with Leng Baiyao with his glass of wine.
Ji Song punched the cotton and smashed several cups in anger. He didn't want to stay on the first floor any longer, so he led a group of people to the dance floor on the second floor.
Chi Ke stood still and greeted them face to face.
It was the first time that Ji Song met Chi Ke in the true sense. He looked at him with lewd eyes, sneered, and walked straight past him.
Although nothing was said, the meaning was quite clear:
We are not from the same world, I don't even bother to pay attention to you.
Chi Ke turned around, took the ice-blue cocktail from the tray of the bartender next to him, leaned back on the armrest, and looked at the group of people with a smile.
Leng Yunting was also among them.
This idiot was totally unaware of the tense atmosphere and pointed at the wine in his hand and asked, "It looks good. What's it called? What does it taste like?"
"I don't know." Chi Ke took it casually, "I don't drink it."
Ji Qian didn't allow him to touch a drop of alcohol tonight.
"Why are you holding it if you're not going to drink it?" Leng Yunting snatched the glass of wine rudely.
Chi Ke said coldly: "Give it back to me."
"...You don't want to drink." Leng Yunting reluctantly handed the glass back to him, "Man, you are too fussy."
Chi Ke was too lazy to talk nonsense with this psychopath.
I would rather throw away his things than give them to people I hate.
Ji Song on the side looked a little unhappy.
After all, the Ji family is still not as good as the Leng family. He doesn't even dare to have this attitude towards Leng Yunting, but this person is so... arrogant.
The contemptuous attitude I had just now must have been very subtle in the eyes of others.
He looked around and saw that everyone who was whispering to each other didn't dare to look him in the eye.
As the protagonist of the night, Ji Song was a little embarrassed and deliberately raised his voice to embarrass others: "Speaking of which, my brother seems to be dating a man recently... Ah, Yun Ting, what does it feel like to be in a relationship with a man?"
Leng Yunting actually doesn't like Ji Song.
This person always likes to gossip about others behind their backs, and Leng Yunting disdains to do such things.
If he hadn't agreed to Sima Yichen in a fit of anger, he wouldn't have gotten into this situation.
Hearing this, he said casually: "That's it."
"Hey, isn't it easy? Well, I heard that those ducklings are much easier to pick up than young ladies."
Ji Song prides himself on being a playboy, and he can easily attract anyone he wants. He sneaks into the dance floor and grabs a girl in leather pants to dance with.
The 0 was twisting her body happily and dancing in his palm in coordination.
There was a cheer and commotion all around, and everyone was laughing and teasing Ji Song, saying that he was popular with both men and women and had extraordinary charm.
Ji Song held the 0 proudly, but his eyes drifted towards Chi Ke.
Chi Ke watched the "performance" nonchalantly, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.
He has seen many people like this.
Too many people want to gain a sense of presence in front of him.
For some reason, those people's "self-esteem" overflowed when they stood in front of him, and they racked their brains for the so-called " limelight", thinking that they could enjoy the same amount of attention as him, and that he could look at them a few more times...
In short, I tried my best to make a fool of myself, just to get him to look at me differently.
In fact, Chi Ke seldom paid attention or energy to such people.
Ji Song is not qualified.
If it weren’t for Ji Qian, he wouldn’t even deserve to remember his name.
Thinking of Ji Song's finger that almost poked Ji Qian's nose, Chi Ke curled the corners of his lips, walked to the bar next to the dance floor, and took advantage of the two or three seconds of silence when the music was changing to place the glass full of cocktail in his hand heavily on the table.
The cups made a crisp sound when they hit the marble countertop.
Chi Ke turned around and talked to the bartender, only giving Ji Song a glance, which was extremely provocative.
Ji Song's pupils suddenly shrank, and before he could react, 0, who had been twisting and turning in his arms, suddenly walked over, lay on the bar with his butt raised, and looked at Chi Ke with loving eyes.
The deafening music started again.
Without a dance partner, Ji Song stood in the middle of the dance floor like a joke, his face flushed, he didn't know how to move his hands and feet, the shame that he could hardly hide almost drowned him.
Chi Ke didn't expect that he would attract people, so he immediately stood up and distanced himself, apologizing, "I'm not single."
"Ah...it's okay, brother," 0 said with a shy smile, "I don't mind a threesome."
"Sorry, I don't play these games." He should solve his own troubles. Although Xiao 0 was bold and unrestrained, he had been very tactful and didn't get close to him since the beginning. Chi Ke would not embarrass him and patiently explained, "I really have a partner, not just for fun."
"Pure love? Well, I wish you happiness."
0 didn't bother to argue any further, glanced at his waist with regret and obscureness, and left in a daze.
Chi Ke breathed a sigh of relief and looked down at his watch.
It’s almost time…
"What?!"
Leng Yunting's angry voice came from the corner and echoed throughout the second floor.
"Say it again!"
Chi Ke silently took out his mobile phone to record the video so that Ji Qian, who missed the live broadcast, could watch the replay later.
"What do you mean disappeared? What do you mean gone?" Leng Yunting said angrily, "Say it again?"
Everyone stopped what they were doing and saluted him.
Veins bulged on Leng Yunting's forehead and the back of his hands, but his eyes were filled with helplessness.
He held up his cell phone, ignored everyone's gaze, and subconsciously looked at Chi Ke.
Chi Ke immediately blocked the phone that was recording the video, took it back calmly, and said calmly: "Can I arrange a car for you to go back?"
"Yeah." Leng Yunting calmed down after hearing his words and strode towards the stairs.
He has always been the focus of such occasions. If he leaves without saying a word, where will the protagonist save his face?
Ji Song didn't care about the embarrassment of his dance partner being seduced away, and hurriedly chased after him: "Yun Ting, what happened? Is there anything I can help with?"
"Get out of the way, don't block the road." Leng Yunting's expression was gloomy and he shook his hand away with force.
Ji Song gritted his teeth: "Leng Er, you——"
"I'll have someone give you the car you didn't order. Congratulations on your career success." Leng Yunting said casually without waiting for a reply and never looked back.
Ji Song seemed to be slapped in the face by those words and stood there motionless.
The car he wanted to order was taken away by Leng Yunting last week.
As for career?
While so many people were celebrating his career success, he was the only one who knew that just that morning, one of his most important projects had started to lose money. The cooperation with Taiqin Commercial Plaza at the beginning of next year had completely fallen through, and the share price of Songtu, which he had built up, was also falling wildly.
That's why Ji Song hurriedly organized this party to announce G City's success to the world.
In this way, when other news spreads, the most people will say is that it is normal to have troubles in business occasionally, instead of evaluating him as a prodigal son who has accomplished nothing.
Fortunately, no one——
"How long will it take for Songtu to go bankrupt?"
Ji Song turned his head mechanically, his eyes bloodshot.
Chi Ke leaned against the bar and smiled politely: "Boss Ji, the consumption tonight is not low."
Ji Song looked sinister and asked in a hoarse voice, "What on earth do you want to do?"
"I don't want to do anything. I just came to remind President Ji." Chi Ke saved some face. When the lights dimmed, he slowly walked in front of him, bent down slightly, and whispered, "Who do you think you are?"
Ji Song was shocked: “You!”
"If I want, the whole Ji family will belong to Ji Qian." Chi Ke put his left hand on his shoulder and gradually closed his five fingers, causing Ji Song's facial features to twist in pain. "Don't worry, Ji Qian doesn't intend to take those junks. Everything will be fine if you behave yourself. But if I see you causing trouble for Ji Qian again, it will be more than just a warning."
After the dinner with Xu Lemian and Li Xiuming that day, he has been planning to push this matter forward.
In the original novel, Xu Lemian actually leaves Leng Yunting in the spring of next year, which is the day when Meng Zao is brainwashed and forced to marry Leng Yunting and Leng Yunting agrees.
He couldn't wait, so he designed this node to be moved forward to his birthday.
Leng Yunting broke his birthday promise and did not return home overnight, which was enough to stimulate Xu Lemian to make up his mind to run away from home.
He would not let Meng Zao become a tool to be used in this matter, and he planned to target Sima Yichen and Ji Song.
He secretly used his connections to help Ji Song get the G City project off the ground, and his spy was successfully dispatched to G City to follow up and take charge, making it convenient for him to monitor Ji Song and Xu Lemian who was about to arrive in G City at the same time.
The loss-making and terminated projects of Ji Song were also mines that he had planted last year. They would not have exploded so quickly. It was this guy who was asking for trouble. He had caused too much trouble for Ji Qian recently, and he was too lazy to waste any more time, so he simply helped Ji Qian to get revenge and facilitated the occurrence of this party.
Ji Song didn't know the whole story, but these few words were enough to make people's hair stand on end.
The blood rushed to his head frantically, and he raised his hands in frustration, subconsciously wanting to use force to solve the problem.
However, before his hand could fall, he was suddenly kicked in the lower back.
"You dare to touch him?" Ji Qian's face was as gloomy as ice. He checked Chi Ke from head to toe and confirmed that he was fine. He breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Ji Song as if he were a dead person. "I remember I warned you not to disturb him."
Ji Song fell on the sofa, and was warned by the two men in turn. He felt so frustrated that he wanted to vomit blood: "I didn't mean to cause trouble to him!"
"Don't I have eyes?" Ji Qian sneered, "Just wait for me."
After saying that, she pulled Chi Ke and turned around: "Let's go, husband, let's not look for bad luck here! By the way, you didn't drink just now? Come here and let me feel your cheeks to see if they are warm."
“I really didn’t drink.”
Chi Ke did not resist when he was touched, and he was like a completely different person compared to his vicious appearance just now.
Just when Ji Song suspected that he was going crazy, Chi Ke, who was at the stairs, suddenly turned back and gave him a warning look.
"Why are you looking back at him?" Ji Qian grabbed his chin to correct his sight, and snorted in dissatisfaction, "Look at me, look at me more, don't look at that unlucky thing, the real owner is in front of you, why are you still looking at that inferior product? I don't look like him!"
Chi Ke: “…”
Chi Ke: "I can tell you apart from the others."
He is not Leng Yunting and does not have the hobby of finding a substitute.
Ji Qian was deeply moved: "I knew you loved me."
Chi Ke refused to be sentimental: "It's hard to find a replica of someone as unique as you, and I'm not blind."
Ji Qian: “.”
Ji Qian: "Take it back, say it again, say you love me, quickly, now, immediately, right now!"
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