Chapter 201 No one knows better than him how much Ji Tanyuan values looks.
Ji Tanyuan never expected that Shen Xichen would reappear like a ghost.
She had forgotten that things had been going well for the past two years, but this person was back in front of her, silently telling her that he hadn't disappeared. What was he anyway?
Shen Xichen sat on one side of the conference table, swivel his chair, and faced Ji Tanyuan.
The man looked straight ahead, his expression cold and aloof, his white suit spotless, as he quietly watched her.
"Congratulations." He said congratulations, but his tone didn't convey any real intention to congratulate.
Ji Tanyuan's expression turned cold. "Why are you here?"
Shen Xichen shrugged. "Let's talk business."
In recent years, Shen Xichen hasn't changed much, except that he spends more time abroad.
Because the Shen family was at a disadvantage in their struggle with the Zhong family, they gradually became more low-key.
Shen Xichen has stopped showing his face, presumably busy transferring his personal assets.
"I just came to see you, why are you acting like I'm trying to harm you?" The man found it somewhat amusing.
"Why are you looking at me? Young Master Shen, we are not friends."
Shen Xichen then said something completely irrelevant: "I thought you couldn't have children."
Even if you like a man, you shouldn't let a parasite suck your nutrients from her.
But he didn't say the last sentence. Ji Tanyuan's belly was too obvious and looked dangerous. He was afraid of upsetting her.
Ji Tanyuan closed her eyes, not wanting to get involved, and planned to leave:
"I will have someone talk to you."
"I find it strange. Did you choose Zhong Yan because of the Zhong family's background?" Shen Xichen asked.
Ji Tanyuan replied calmly, "I have the right to like men."
Then, she held her back and told her assistant to call Lu Ke to replace her.
Shen Xichen was taken aback; he really was open-minded.
Shen Xichen: "No need, I'll just stay for a while."
His expression returned to its cold, emotionless state.
"I just want to see how you live, I'm not going to do anything to you."
Ji Tanyuan: "..."
You've become a live audience member of life's broadcast.
She didn't want to talk about anything else with him. "I'm really worried about you. Stay away from me."
Shen Xichen: "What are you worried about? I really have no interest in taking a pregnant woman home."
Ji Tanyuan was speechless. Ever since she concluded that Shen Xichen had a mental illness, she no longer found anything he said strange.
"You haven't met the doctor I introduced you to?"
Shen Xichen frowned: "Thank you for your concern, I'm not sick."
Ji Tanyuan: "You're sick."
Shen Xichen has become immune to her personal attacks.
He nodded to the employees who followed him, indicating that they could begin.
Ji Tanyuan thought his business had all moved overseas, but she didn't expect that he still had some in China.
"Didn't you settle abroad?" Ji Tanyuan couldn't help but ask after the meeting.
Shen Xichen: "The Shen family hasn't fallen yet."
"Then I hope your family goes bankrupt soon," Ji Tanyuan said sincerely.
Shen Xichen: "Thank you for your kind words."
Ji Tanyuan: "..."
Ji Tanyuan frowned. What did this mean? Did it mean that he didn't need to run away because the Shen family hadn't fallen, or that he would only feel at ease settling abroad after the Shen family had fallen?
He stood up and walked to her, looked down at her, and then at her belly. Two years had passed, but Ji Tanyuan was still very beautiful. Her fair skin was flawless, and her features were lovely. Because of her pregnancy, her temperament had become more refined, gentle, and soothing.
She lives in the sunlight.
Such a bright and beautiful life is nothing more than this; regardless of what others do, she lives her life with unparalleled ease.
He still has an urge to pull her down; the sunlight is too scorching for him.
Seeing her living so well was like watching someone who had been observing him grow further and further away from the path he had anticipated he would stray from.
Shen Xichen finally realized that they were not the same kind of people. At every crossroads in life, people choose different paths, but even though they are not the same kind of people, he could no longer turn his attention away from them.
"I'm curious whether your life will continue to be this smooth sailing in the future."
Ji Tanyuan raised her eyes, "Even if things don't go well, it's my life, and it's none of your business."
Shen Xichen stared intently at her stomach.
When you want to reach out your hand.
The assistant behind him stepped in front of Ji Tanyuan: "Young Master Shen, please have some self-respect."
Shen Xichen withdrew his hand in the process.
Ji Tanyuan: "Shen Xichen, you should look in the mirror more often and look at yourself. Don't look at me anymore. You're not even a passerby in my life. We're on two different paths."
Shen Xichen bent down and stared intently at him: "If one day Zhong Yan betrays you, will you still like him?"
Ji Tanyuan chuckled: "Then pray that he won't betray me, otherwise I'll think you're behind this too, and I'll send you both to your deaths."
Shen Xichen scoffed and turned to leave.
Ji Tanyuan thought that was the end of it.
However, they still had the meeting room cleaned.
She slowly went out, and as soon as she stepped out, she saw two men standing together in the corridor talking.
Ji Tanyuan was taken aback. Zhong Yan looked up and met Ji Tanyuan's gaze, then smiled and said to Shen Xichen, "Young Master Shen, even in this situation, can't you learn to keep a low profile?"
The man was still wearing the clothes he had worn when they parted that morning—a tailor-made, well-fitting suit that made him look tall, mature, and even more composed.
At this moment, he exuded an aura of materialistic weariness stemming from the center of power and abundant material wealth, as if he cared about nothing, displaying an air of arrogance and nonchalant condescension from above.
With sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, his features are bold and strong, with a sharply defined jawline. He is cold and stern, without any casualness or laziness. In fact, Ji Tanyuan also likes Zhong Yan's state.
She has very high standards for body shape and face, and Zhong Yan is exactly what she looks like. He is very masculine but not too much of a chauvinist.
He stood in the corridor, facing Shen Xichen face to face, a smile on his lips but no smile in his eyes, exuding an aura of immense power, truly worthy of being her man.
Shen Xichen was not short either; the two big men blocked the corridor.
Ji Tanyuan walked over slowly. She was eight months pregnant, and her center of gravity had shifted, causing her to walk with her toes pointing slightly outwards, which made Zhong Yan feel uneasy.
He stepped forward and took her hand, scoffing, "Why do you meet just anyone?"
Looking at the two working together so well, Shen Xichen suddenly felt extremely bored, and thought that there was no point in living.
Without even saying goodbye, he turned and left.
He had originally planned to say more, but upon seeing Ji Tanyuan's belly, he suddenly found himself speechless.
He didn't want Ji Tanyuan to die.
But Zhong Yan had already decided to kill him.
He cannot rest easy until Shen Xichen dies.
Back in his office, Zhong Yan refused to leave.
And he started working next to Ji Tanyuan.
Ji Tanyuan put her feet on his legs. "My ankle hurts. Rub it for me."
Zhong Yan casually placed the tablet aside and looked at Ji Tanyuan: "You didn't even call me if I didn't come?"
Ji Tanyuan gave a fake smile, "Yeah, you still know so much even though I didn't call you."
Zhong Yan suddenly stopped massaging his ankle.
Ji Tanyuan kicked him in the chest with her foot and suddenly attacked: "You surnamed Zhong, you planted someone in my company!"
Ji Tanyuan smiled enigmatically: "Who reports my schedule to you all the time?"
Ji Tanyuan disliked this approach and would not allow it.
"Are you spying on me?"
That's too big a hat.
“No,” Zhong Yan said immediately.
Ji Tanyuan sneered, raising an eyebrow, "Are you kidding me? You won't tell me? I'll investigate one by one myself."
Zhong Yan: "Your bodyguards were arranged by me, have you forgotten?"
"Of course I haven't forgotten, but I don't recall you telling me that they would keep you informed of my schedule at all times."
Zhong Yan: "The reason we didn't report back regularly was to prevent what happened today. The bodyguard was worried that things would escalate and we wouldn't be able to handle it, so he called me."
Ji Tanyuan looked at him suspiciously, "Really?"
Zhong Yan clicked his tongue, "You still don't believe me?"
"I thought you suspected I would cheat on you and were always thinking of catching me in the act," Ji Tanyuan muttered.
Zhong Yan was also unhappy. "Is this how you see me? I put your safety first, and in your heart I'm just someone who gets jealous all the time?"
Ji Tanyuan put her feet down and looked at him expressionlessly: "Do you want to argue with me now?"
Zhong Yan opened his mouth, looked at her stomach, swallowed, and suddenly started massaging her ankles again: "It's my fault, I should have told you in advance."
"You shouldn't do that. The bodyguard isn't my bodyguard. It's this way that I feel insecure."
"I thought that by accepting your arrangement of bodyguards for me and entrusting myself to you, I had already shown that I trusted you. I never expected that you would still be so naive."
"What would you think if I did that?" Ji Tanyuan asked in return.
Zhong Yan: "Extremely happy."
Ji Tanyuan: "..."
She looked at him expressionlessly. Zhong Yan sighed, gave in, kissed her through her belly, and whispered, "Trust me."
"Besides, I never asked them before. I only told them to be more careful when Shen Xichen returned to the country, because I was afraid of a situation like today."
In fact, Ji Tanyuan's guess was not wrong. Zhong Yan was still a little worried that Ji Tanyuan would not be able to resist even greater beauty.
No one knows better than him how much Ji Tanyuan values looks and body shape; sometimes he's even glad that he's not bad-looking.
If she were even slightly ugly, Ji Tanyuan would never have agreed to the marriage.
As the saying goes, a person's nature is hard to change. Zhong Yan's possessiveness and jealousy are impossible to change. It's just that Ji Tanyuan doesn't like him like this, so he hides it. But deep down, he still doesn't like those scoundrels looking at Ji Tanyuan for even a second.
Ji Tanyuan's achievements and work destined her to shine in the world of fame and fortune, and she would definitely attract men, or women.
Therefore, he needs to be vigilant at all times.
Ji Tanyuan's stomach suddenly moved again, diverting their attention.
Zhong Yan placed his hand on it:
“This child is so lively. I’ve bought a lot of parenting books and hired experienced nannies with different personalities. I’m all set.”
Just when the couple thought the child would remain lively until birth.
During the last month of my pregnancy, I stopped moving and just slept all day.
The couple worried that something was wrong, so besides asking the doctor, they stared at the belly every day. They were worried when it was still active, and now that it's not moving, they're worried again.
Even before the baby was born, Ji Tanyuan and Zhong Yan, the two first-time parents, were already on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
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