"We'll see when the time comes. If it's convenient for travel, I'll move." Xie Jing didn't say anything definite. What virtue did she have to let Zhou Jiyun live in her small apartment?
If I keep a pet again, I won’t have a place to stay.
Zhou Jiyun smiled: "Okay, it's time to eat soon. I heard your dad said he booked a hotel, probably because so many relatives came to the house."
Xie Jing didn't care: "It's fine with me. After all, we can get through this meal and be free."
When Zhou Jiyun heard Xie Jing say "we", the smile in his eyes deepened. He liked the word "we", which meant that he and Xie Jing were in the same camp and would advance and retreat together.
Xie Jing had that outburst that morning, but at lunch at the hotel, everyone in the Xie family acted as if nothing had happened, chatting and laughing as usual. Xie Jing watched this scene with boredom. She understood these social occasions, but to be honest, understanding didn't mean she liked them.
Especially since both parties had already fallen out, yet now they had to have a meal together happily. Xie Jing felt like she couldn't eat.
After enduring lunch like this and saying goodbye to everyone at the hotel entrance, Xie Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Shall we go to the shelter?"
"No hurry, let's go eat first." Zhou Jiyun turned the steering wheel and said, "Since you didn't eat anything at noon, I'll eat something with you."
Xie Jing naturally wouldn't refuse: "Then just eat something simple. I feel a stomachache just looking at them."
Zhou Jiyun turned his head and looked at her: "When I was packing your luggage, I noticed that you were in a bad mood. If you want to say something, I will be a good listener."
He spoke very generously, but in fact, Zhou Jiyun wished he could read Xie Jing's mind and understand every one of her thoughts.
He was already crazy about Xie Jing. He wanted Xie Jing to be close to him and talk about everything with him. He even hoped that Xie Jing would be like a transparent person in front of him.
Sometimes Zhou Jiyun was afraid that he could not control his heavy love and desire, and worried that one day his already morbid love would scare her?
Xie Jing was silent for two seconds. When Zhou Jiyun looked a little disappointed, she spoke: "Will you still help the Xie family's company in the future?"
How smart is Zhou Jiyun? He said without hesitation: "Injecting capital into the Xie family's company is a condition of the marriage. My grandfather and I will not deliberately take care of it later, but if there is a suitable project, we will not deliberately avoid cooperation."
Xie Jing understood, "It's just business, not relationships."
Zhou Jiyun nodded: "Yes, we have to cooperate anyway. It doesn't matter who we cooperate with. Do you think I'm being too cold?"
"No," Xie Jing denied. "I quite like your answer. Since we're talking business, there's no need to talk about personal relationships. There aren't many anyway."
"So the conversation between you and your mother was...unpleasant?" Zhou Jiyun asked tentatively. Although he and Xie Jing had a good relationship in their previous life, there were always people who made things difficult for them and created misunderstandings between them.
Besides, Xie Jing is very good at hiding things, and Zhou Jiyun doesn’t know much about her and the Xie family.
He only knew that Xie Jing was not favored. As for other things, he knew even less after Xie Jing had an accident.
"It's not about whether I'm happy or not, I'm pretty happy anyway." Xie Jing propped up the car window with her right hand. "When the Zhou family proposed the marriage, I initially disagreed."
Zhou Jiyun's voice deepened. "I know about this. Jingjing, you don't have to keep emphasizing it. It's jarring."
It would be strange if Zhou Jiyun was in a good mood when he heard that Xie Jing did not agree to the marriage and did not want to marry him. He could not bear to hear such things, and Xie Jing took the initiative to bring it up.
Now Zhou Jiyun is regretting why he was not reborn earlier? Even a month earlier would be fine.
Xie Jing could hear Zhou Jiyun's displeasure, and she smiled helplessly: "This is my normal reaction. Anyone would object to marrying a stranger."
"I didn't." Zhou Jiyun whispered, "Although my initial intentions in choosing the marriage were not sincere, I did intend to get along well with you."
Xie Jing glanced at him and said, "Don't interrupt me, let's get down to business."
Zhou Jiyun sat upright and said, "You say."
Xie Jing cleared her throat and said, "I finally agreed to the marriage, but I have a condition. I used the marriage in exchange for my freedom after leaving the Xie family. What happens to the Xie family from now on has nothing to do with me."
"It's written in black and white, plain and simple."
Zhou Jiyun understood. No wonder he'd remembered Xie Jing rarely visiting after their marriage. It was usually Xie Xuerong who contacted him and asked him to come over. Apparently, they couldn't get along with Xie Jing, so they were trying to find a way around it themselves.
He didn't know about this agreement until he died in his previous life. Did Xie Jing not tell him because she never trusted him that much? Thinking of this, Zhou Jiyun felt as if his heart was being tightly grasped and he couldn't breathe at all.
Xie Jing was startled by Zhou Jiyun's red eyes. She hurriedly asked Zhou Jiyun to drive the car to the parking space next to her: "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? How about I drive?"
Zhou Jiyun unbuckled his seatbelt and suddenly leaned over to hug Xie Jing tightly. "I feel uncomfortable everywhere. My heart is about to go on strike."
Xie Jing didn't connect Zhou Jiyun's abnormal behavior to what she had just said. She just patted Zhou Jiyun's shoulder and said, "I didn't hear that you had a heart disease. Why don't you go to the hospital? You were so weird just now."
Zhou Jiyun hugged Xie Jing tightly and said, "No, I'll just take a break. I just... feel bad... feel bad about your parents treating you like this..."
In fact, Zhou Jiyun felt very upset. First of all, Liu Liming and Xie Xuerong were so cold and heartless to Xie Jing. Secondly, he was sad that Xie Jing had never told him about this in her previous life. Even when their feelings were the strongest, Xie Jing never mentioned it.
Finally, they were angry. They were angry that Xie Xuerong and Liu Liming had clearly signed such an agreement with Xie Jing, and later used Xie Jing as an excuse to seek benefits for the Xie family time and time again.
As for him, he had never thought of asking Xie Jing. So now Zhou Jiyun didn't know who to blame, Xie Jing? How could he have the face to blame Xie Jing?
He was a husband, but he didn't know that the relationship between Xie Jing and the Xie family had deteriorated to such an extent. This was his dereliction of duty. In the final analysis, it was because he cared too little about Xie Jing that Xie Jing kept so many things in her heart.
Thinking of this, Zhou Jiyun pulled Xie Jing closer to his arms.
Xie Jing didn't want to spoil the fun, but she really couldn't sit still. She could only tap Zhou Jiyun's shoulder, her voice almost squeezed out from between her teeth: "Do you dislike my waist?"
Zhou Jiyun finally calmed down and immediately moved away when he heard this: "What's wrong? Is your waist uncomfortable?"
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