In the box on the third floor.
Ji Youli and Chi Mingchu sat face to face, while Zhao Kexin lowered her head and ate lunch next to Chi Mingchu. She ate very carefully for fear of making any noise, but she ate quickly at all, and unknowingly finished nearly half of the food on the table.
Ji Youli was a little surprised at her good appetite. Although he invited her to avoid suspicion, it would be bad to let her eat without enjoying her meal. As a gentleman, he ordered two new dishes that were newly added today. Zhao Kexin did not hesitate and continued to eat quietly.
The food on the third floor is indeed much better than that on the first floor.
Chi Mingchu had already automatically blocked out Zhao Kexin, her follower, and her attention was completely focused on the handsome young man opposite her.
Afraid that Ji Youli would dislike her for being rude, she didn't dare to eat freely. She used her chopsticks to pick up a little bit of rice and ate it in small bites, forgetting to pick up any dishes.
Ji Youli thought that Chi Mingchu was losing weight by not eating vegetables. She somewhat disapproved of her behavior and did not force her to eat meat. She just used a serving chopstick to pick up a piece of green leaf and put it in her bowl.
Chi Mingchu blushed instantly, put the leaf into his mouth, and ate it slowly, as if he was tasting some delicacies from the land and the sea.
Ji Youli is satisfied with Chi Mingchu's obedience. She will become his fiancée this weekend. This engagement is a business marriage without any emotional basis. He doesn't mind her being arrogant in front of others, but it's better for her to be obedient to him.
Of course, he will also be a responsible fiancé and give her the respect and dignity she deserves.
They had known each other for two days, but he had not communicated with her much. Thinking of this, he called her, "Mingchu."
Chi Mingchu quickly put down her chopsticks, and looked at him with her charming and upturned eyes without blinking, inadvertently revealing her natural allure.
Seeing this, Ji Youli's tone unconsciously slowed down and asked, "Mingchu, which country did you recuperate in before?"
"Huh?" Chi Mingchu was confused for a moment, with a hint of panic in her eyes. She didn't expect Ji Youli to suddenly mention these things, and she had not made any preparations in advance.
Chi Mingchu immediately warned himself to stay calm, but his face turned pale and a few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
She could casually say the name of a country, but what if Ji Youli continued to ask where exactly it was? What if he asked her about what she had seen in that place? How should she edit it?
Ji Youli also noticed that Chi Mingchu's expression was not right. It seemed that the experience of more than ten years abroad was not very good. Come to think of it, it must be very lonely to be away from homeland and relatives and live alone in a foreign country.
Keeping silent was not a solution. Chi Mingchu was ready to bite the bullet and randomly name a country, and then deal with it when the time came, but he heard Ji Youli say, "If those memories are not pleasant, just forget them."
"Yeah." Chi Mingchu breathed a sigh of relief. Ji Youli's eyes seemed to contain a hint of heartache. Could it be an illusion?
She ate her meal absentmindedly, thinking that she must make up a story about her "recuperation abroad" perfectly after returning. She couldn't let Ji Youli know that she grew up in an orphanage, that would be too embarrassing.
Mom and Dad are so stupid. They never thought of this and she almost got exposed. I don’t know if Ji Youli became suspicious.
After returning home in the evening, Chi Mingchu told Xia Shuyu about what happened during the day. He felt a little dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to show it: "Mom, Ji Youli asked me about my recuperation abroad, and I almost couldn't answer."
"Ah? What happened?" Xia Shuyu was shocked and asked carefully about the situation.
Chi Mingchu described the incident. After listening to it, Xia Shuyu pondered for a while and said, "Ji Youli misunderstood that you didn't want to mention the overseas events."
Hearing this, Chi Mingchu's heart tightened, and he explained with some stammering: "No, it's not that I don't want to mention it, I just..."
"Mom knows." Xia Shuyu quickly hugged Chi Mingchu to comfort her, "Ji Youli probably doesn't blame you."
Chi Mingchu was relieved, and then she reminded: "Mom, what if he asks about it again in the future?"
"Mingchu, don't worry, leave these things to mom." Xia Shuyu touched Chi Mingchu's cheek, thinking of the scene when the child was still a baby, and murmured, "You grew up abroad, not in a shabby place like an orphanage."
"Mom and Dad, I'm back~" Sheng Yuanyuan skipped back to the Sheng family with her schoolbag on her back and greeted her mom and dad happily.
"Yuanyuan is back." Mrs. Sheng, Jiang Lanxue, who was arranging flowers, stood up when she heard Sheng Yuanyuan's voice and took Sheng Yuanyuan's schoolbag with a smile. "Are you happy at school today?"
Sheng Yuanyuan threw herself into Jiang Lanxue's arms and rubbed her shoulders like a kitten, "Mom, I miss you so much."
"You only miss your mom and not your dad?" Sheng Chongren had been watching his wife and daughter. He pretended to be angry when he heard Yuanyuan's words.
Sheng Yuanyuan immediately said sweetly: "Yuanyuan misses daddy too."
Sheng Chongren laughed loudly and said, "You girl."
Jiang Lanxue glared at her husband, then looked at Sheng Yuanyuan and asked softly, "Yuanyuan, how was your time playing with your new friends today?"
Yuanyuan is too naive and a little confused. Her classmates are concerned about the Sheng family and dare not say anything on the surface, but they privately say that Yuanyuan is pretentious. As parents, they cannot force others to be friends with Yuanyuan.
In fact, there are a few people who try to curry favor with Yuanyuan, but Yuanyuan seems to be very sensitive to other people's malice and kindness, and ignores those with impure intentions. This also leads to the fact that except for Tzuyu, this child has never had any friends.
"Mom, Beibei said the cakes you made are delicious." Sheng Yuanyuan opened the box, "I ate them all."
"You little greedy cat ate it too, didn't you?"
Sheng Yuanyuan stuck out her tongue playfully and leaned against Jiang Lanxue with a smile.
Jiang Lanxue reluctantly tapped Sheng Yuanyuan's forehead: "Kid, I guessed it a long time ago."
After dinner, Sheng Yuanyuan said, "Mom, Brother Ziyu said he has an appointment with a friend tonight and can't come to our house."
"Okay, then Yuanyuan can read the book by herself first. If you don't understand something, you can ask Brother Ziyu another day." Jiang Lanxue instructed gently.
"Yeah." Sheng Yuanyuan nodded vigorously, put on her schoolbag and ran up the stairs.
Watching Sheng Yuanyuan disappear around the corner of the stairs, Jiang Lanxue's smiling face suddenly dimmed. She covered her face and cried, "Hubby, if that child was still alive, he would be this big."
Sheng Chongren knew that she was thinking about the child again, so he hugged her in his arms and comforted her silently.
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