"You...were not...beaten by...thugs, were you?"
"A thug?"
Yao Yao looked puzzled, wondering why Gao Jiakai asked such a question: "You weren't beaten by thugs? What happened? Were you beaten by thugs?"
Gao Jiakai asked in bewilderment, "Didn't your sister-in-law tell you that she was attacked after get off work this evening?"
"Were you ambushed?"
Yao Yao immediately looked at Jiang Yimei across the table and asked in alarm, "Yiyi, were you attacked on your way home from get off work today?"
Jiang Yimei nodded: "Mm!"
She didn't want Yao Yao to worry, but since Gao Jiakai told Yao Yao, she had no choice but to tell her the truth.
Yao Yao asked anxiously, "Are you hurt?"
Jiang Yimei shook her head: "No, she was rescued by the bodyguards sent by Lin Congzhi."
Suddenly, Yao Yao remembered something: "Oh right, we are now surrounded by Lin Congzhi's bodyguards."
Jiang Yimei asked in surprise, "How did you know that?"
Yao Yao couldn't understand: "That's what Lin Congzhi said when he saved you on Huangqi Mountain."
Jiang Yimei suddenly realized: "So that's when it was said. No wonder I didn't know about this."
The bodyguard told her that Lin Congzhi had secretly sent people to protect her after she was ambushed by two masked men last time; so it makes sense that Yaoyao knew about this on the top of Huangqi Mountain, and it also eliminates the suspicion that Yaoyao and Lin Congzhi conspired to deceive her.
"Yi Yi, have you really forgotten what happened after that night?"
Yao Yao thought that it was just a deceptive tactic used by Jiang Yimei to prevent any possibility of her feelings for Lin Congzhi developing further.
Jiang Yimei answered honestly, "I really have forgotten."
"All right!"
Since that's the case, Yao Yao won't ask any more questions. She just hopes that Jiang Yimei will recover that memory soon, since it's quite touching.
Gao Jiakai was still listening when she returned to the topic of conversation, chatting with him and casually mentioning their love.
"Mr. Gao, why are you concerned about me?"
Gao Jiakai had anticipated this, and quickly explained earnestly, "I just think that old man Ji Zhenye has gone mad and might launch a sneak attack on the people around my sister-in-law."
This wasn't the answer Yao Yao wanted, so she pressed on, "Wasn't there even a little bit of selfishness in it?"
Gao Jiakai answered seriously, "No."
"oh!"
Yao Yao looked dejected, her whole demeanor like a deflated balloon, listless and dispirited.
The atmosphere was rather awkward. Gao Jiakai wanted to end the call quickly, so he made up an excuse and disappeared without a trace: "I...I have something to do, so I won't talk to you anymore. Bye."
"Hey...hey...Gao Jiakai! Hello! Hello!"
Hearing the "beep beep" sound from the receiver, Yao Yao was furious and extremely puzzled.
Seeing this, Jiang Yimei's eyelashes curved into crescent moons, and she asked with amusement, "Running away again?"
"That's right, you can't even say one more word."
Yao Yao pouted, her whole being filled with resentment.
Jiang Yimei didn't feel frustrated at all. On the contrary, she felt that Yao Yao and Gao Jiakai's relationship had taken a big step forward: "You little girl, how did you manage to win over this handsome young man in such a short time?"
Yao Yao pouted: "You know perfectly well why I'm asking this."
His face was beaming with a smile, as if he were quite pleased with himself.
She almost entirely used methods taught by Jiang Yimei, so Jiang Yimei, the originator, should be fully aware of them.
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