Chapter 162: Chapter 162: Speaking with Confidence
When Ji Tingyang changed into casual clothes and ca down from the second floor, he happened to see Lin Xu and Ji Yuqiao returning ho together.
Both of them were carrying many things, and as soon as they got ho, they collapsed on the sofa, wincing in pain as they rubbed their arms.
Ji Tingyang walked over and started to massage Lin Xu’s arms, “You bought so much stuff, why didn’t you ask to help you carry it?”
“Didn’t think of it. After shopping, we rushed to eat and I forgot,” Ji Yuqiao stretched her arms out in front of Ji Tingyang, insisting he massage her as well, but Ji Tingyang coldly and disdainfully shrugged her off.
“Where did you go to eat?” Ji Tingyang asked.
Ji Yuqiao was extrely dissatisfied with her brother’s partial treatnt.
Her elder brother used to dote on her so much; when she had nightmares at night as a child, he would pat her back and coax her to sleep, now he didn’t even want to massage her arms.
“We went to a private restaurant with a friend of Lin Xu. He’s much handsor than you, big brother!” Ji Yuqiao snorted coldly. In the next second, she whispered, “but the man is a bit fierce, I…”
She hadn’t finished mumbling when her knee got nudged.
Lin Xu nudged her leg towards Ji Yuqiao, and as Ji Yuqiao looked her way, Lin Xu frantically gestured with her eyes.
Only then did Ji Yuqiao rember Lin Xu’s warning and suddenly shut her mouth, not daring to say another word.
Before coming back, Lin Xu had told her never to ntion Xie Changyan to her brother, otherwise, he would get angry.
Thinking of this, Ji Yuqiao carefully looked at Ji Tingyang.
All she saw was his unfazed eyes and fingertips massaging Lin Xu’s arms as if he hadn’t heard what she had said.
Lin Xu also noticed his indifferent appearance and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
“We’ll go upstairs to put away the things first.” She withdrew her hand and then beckoned to Ji Yuqiao. The two hurriedly went upstairs.
As soon as their figures disappeared, the calmness in Ji Tingyang’s eyes deepened, and his face instantly turned as dark as ink.
It was Xie Changyan again…
Unlike Ji Tingyang’s gloom, Xie Changyan, who was hated, was feeling very pleased these days.
Wherever he went, the light smile in his eyes never faded.
“You seem very happy these days, President Xie,” Su Linzhou said as he watched his pleased appearance leaning on the sofa, unable to resist teasing, “even coming to fetch docunts yourself, sothing so minor.”
In the past, it was always Su Linzhou who went to Xie’s to find him, so Su Linzhou was shocked when he saw him actively coming to Su’s this ti.
Xie Changyan lifted a long leg lazily glancing at him, with a casual voice that carried a hint of bragging, “Just dropped her off and passed by here on the way, so I ca to pick it up.”
“Yes, yes, I know you just finished a date. Taking the trouble to co and rub it in, be careful it backfires.” Su Linzhou disliked his smug attitude and clicked his tongue in disgust.
It was unknown who, just a few days ago, walked around with a cold face, almost ready to hire a hitman to kill Ji Tingyang.
Now knowing that Lin Xu and Ji Tingyang weren’t the married couple he had imagined, the smile at the corner of his lips never dissipated.
“I should go.” Xie Changyan ignored his teasing, picked up the docunts, and then got up to leave.
However, just as he left the office, he unexpectedly bumped into soone in the corridor.
Ji Tingyang walked along the corridor following an employee. Their eyes t when Xie Changyan arrived, and Ji Tingyang’s steps faltered.
At that mont, both of them paused imperceptibly.
“President Ji, are you here to see my brother?” Su Linzhou greeted Ji Tingyang.
Ji Tingyang nodded and responded briefly, his cold gaze swept past Xie Changyan without any intention of engaging in conversation.
Xie Changyan didn’t mind, brushing past Ji Tingyang and casually said to Su Linzhou, “I’m off tomorrow, don’t call unless it’s urgent.”
“You’re off tomorrow, and it’s not even the weekend. What are you taking a break for?” Su Linzhou was initially puzzled, but soon caught on, his tone teasing, “Oh? Are you going on a date?”
Xie Changyan raised his eyebrows noncommittally.
Ji Tingyang rembered that Lin Xu had ntioned they were going to the Aquarium tomorrow. His indifferent eyes darkened a bit. He couldn’t suppress the gloom weighing on his chest and stopped in his tracks, “It seems Young Master Xie won’t be able to join tomorrow, we are going for a picnic in the countryside.”
A few chuckles escaped from Xie Changyan’s chest. He turned to look at him, “The day after tomorrow is also not bad.”
“We are staying overnight in the countryside, and we won’t be free for the next week,” Ji Tingyang said coldly.
“If not this week, then next week, or next month. She will have to et eventually,” Xie Changyan smiled slightly, “Do you really plan to watch over her for a lifeti?”
Ji Tingyang’s hand clenched tightly, his fingertips turning white, and his nails dug a painful indent in the palm of his hand.
“Don’t be too controlling over soone else’s emotional life,” Xie Changyan’s tone was nonchalant, yet it hit Ji Tingyang’s face, making him look even worse.
Su Linzhou couldn’t help but admire him by Xie Changyan’s side, “Ever since he knew he wasn’t the other man, he has spoken much more boldly.”
Previously, even a hand-hold had to be sneaky; he wouldn’t dare to confront Ji Tingyang so openly.
He wanted to joke a bit more, but then, after receiving Xie Changyan’s cold warning look, he imdiately fell silent.
Suddenly.
An ambiguous scoffing sound ca.
Ji Tingyang’s eyes held a hint of mockery, “Do you think she really likes you?”
His mother was willing to give him more glances rely because of his face that resembled his father’s.
He was just a substitute.
Xie Changyan raised an eyebrow, waiting for Ji Tingyang to speak further, but Ji Tingyang said no more and walked into another office.
“What did he an by that?” Su Linzhou wondered.
Xie Changyan simply shrugged it off.
The next day.
Xie Changyan went to pick up Lin Xu. Seeing her cheerful expression as she got into the car, he casually asked, “Weren’t you supposed to go for a picnic?”
“Ah? What picnic?” Lin Xu blinked in confusion.
Xie Changyan tapped his fingers on the steering wheel and scoffed lightly, “Never mind.”
It was unclear whether Ji Tingyang had spoken casually or had cancelled the picnic because of what he said.
But none of that mattered.
He started the car and drove to the Aquarium.
Unlike the last ti when they had the place to themselves, today the Aquarium was packed with tourists, bustling and lively.
“Isn’t today a workday? Why are there so many people?” Lin Xu sweated from her forehead as she squeezed through the crowd, “I rember you don’t like crowded places, right?”
Xie Changyan held her hand tightly to prevent her from getting lost in the crowd, “Do I?”
“Ah, isn’t it? Maybe I rembered wrong…” Lin Xu quickly corrected herself.
Previously, Ji Yanli disliked going to crowded places, and she subconsciously thought Xie Changyan was the sa, speaking without thinking.
Xie Changyan watched her slightly guilty shifting gaze, and a strange feeling suddenly surged in his chest.
Unexplainable.
He rembered Ji Tingyang’s words—”Do you think she really likes you?”
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