Ji Ziming’s eyes darkened as he looked at Pei Ge, who was standing by the glass door. The hurt look in her eyes made his heart ache even more. “Ge Ge, if you don’t want to do this, I won’t reject you. You just have to remember that I, Ji Ziming, will always be by your side no matter what you want to do. You don’t have to worry about anything and just do what you want to do. There’s no one in the capital who can order me around.”
Ji Ziming replied domineeringly while his cold aura wrapped around Pei Ge like a safety belt and brought her into a warm whirlpool.
Yes, as long as he was here, as long as he was behind her, all problems were not problems, and all difficulties were not difficult.
“Ziming, I know now. Actually, I don’t have to be this nervous because we only want to deal with one person and not a group of people, so it doesn’t matter even if our plan fails.”
“Okay, let’s go home.”
Ji Ziming nodded and looked at Pei Ge with even gentler eyes. He pulled Pei Ge into his embrace. As long as the little woman in his arms wanted something, he, Ji Ziming, would bring it to her because it was what she wanted and because he only loved her.
“Mhm.”
Pei Ge nodded her head obediently and looked at the two figures on the ground. She did not know when they had disappeared.
When Pei Ge and Ji Ziming walked into the elevator, a man in a black leather jacket, who had been standing in the darkness of the corridor behind them, pulled down the brim of his hat and clearly heard the conversation between Ji Ziming and Pei Ge. When he heard the elevator door open and close, he took out his phone and dialed number one.
“Hello, Sire Nine…”
The next day, news about the Qu family exploded again and occupied the headlines of the capital’s newspapers. This time, unlike the previous time, Qu Jingwan lost all her shares overnight because of a mysterious person.
Qu family’s share price fell by a thousand feet.
At this moment, in Qu Group’s board of directors meeting, a group of senior board members were guessing who this person was. They did not realize if anyone left or joined. There were thirty people in total and now, there were also thirty.
The man sitting in the corner was looking coldly at everything before him. He really hated it when he saw all these people. He would rather serve the cold-faced Ji Ziming than stay here and listen to the chattering of these old men.
This happened until someone found this new face.
“Who are you?”
Only then did He Yun raise his head and look at the few old men in front of him. He smiled and revealed his white teeth. “Hello, grandpas.”
“Aren’t you the person beside CEO Ji?”
“Grandpa, you have good eyes. I am, so… I’m here to attend the meeting on behalf of our CEO.”
He Yun shrugged helplessly. Who knew why Ji Ziming had asked He Yun to come to Qu Group early in the morning? He Yun only knew that Ji Ziming had betrayed him mercilessly when he heard the announcement in the car.
They finally found out who the real buyer was and the identity of the person who was at loggerheads with Qu Group. They also finally found out how respectable this person was.
If He Yun did not wear spectacles and pretend to be an elderly person, he would probably have kept it a secret for quite some time.
Even though Qu family’s company was in a mess because of He Yun’s appearance, it was as quiet as water in Ji Group.
“Ziming, what do you want for lunch?”
Pei Ge sat on the sofa. Her hands, which were peeling the orange, were fair and tender, and her gaze on Ji Ziming was even gentler.
“Anything works.”
“Why don’t we go eat…”
Before she could finish speaking, the phone on Ji Ziming’s desk rang. It was a call from Bi Zheng; his stuff must have been completed.
“CEO Ji, I’ve already prepared the documents here for you.”
“Okay.”
Ji Ziming nodded. Just as he was about to ask Bi Zheng if there was anything else, Bi Zheng quickly hung up. Before Ji Ziming could ask further, Pei Ge had already finished the whole orange in her hand.
“What did Bi Zheng say?”
She looked up into his eyes.
“What do you want to eat?”
He stood up and looked into her eyes.
“Then come with me today. I’ll bring you to eat something nice. I’ll treat you.”
“Okay.”
Ji Ziming gladly accepted it. No matter where Pei Ge brought him, he was willing to accept it as long as he followed her.
The two tidied up the office for a while before leaving with their car keys. The secretary, who was standing at the door, widened her eyes as she watched them leave with a smile.
Was this the aloof CEO? Was this still the Ji Ziming she knew? Was this still the CEO that everyone in the capital was afraid of?
The little secretary lifted her chin, which was about to fall to the ground, and quickly drank a mouthful of water to calm herself before returning to her work mode.
Pei Ge brought Ji Ziming to a plain noodle restaurant, which was located in a small alley. Ji Ziming could only park his car far away and walk to the noodle restaurant with Pei Ge.
The decor of the noodle house was very simple. Even the tables inside were the simplest.
It could not be compared to the renovation style of the duplex in the city, nor could it compare to the exquisite food served on exquisite plates.
“Ziming, you said that you’ll follow me.”
She eyed the man behind her.
“Okay, I came with you. I’ll eat whatever you eat.”
The two arrived at the restaurant and ordered the same dish.
The vegetables were freshly plucked from the vegetable garden in the morning. The eggs were the purest eggs among the ten old hens.
Everything was natural and fresh.
The owner, who was almost seventy years old, was wearing a white apron and counting the eggs in the basket. When he saw Pei Ge bringing Ji Ziming in, he laughed and said, “Ah, lass, you’re here. What a coincidence. These eggs were just taken out of the chicken coop. You haven’t been here in years.”
“Yes, Uncle Bai, you still remember me.”
Pei Ge smiled and pulled a long bench to sit down. Ji Ziming also sat opposite her. Uncle Bai looked at Ji Ziming with a hint of surprise in his eyes but did not say anything.
