By the time the opera ended, it was almost eleven oâclock. After watching the opera for three hours, no one would feel tired.
Not only did ye Zhen not feel tired, she was even full of energy. After coming out of the theater, the night wind blew, and her expression relaxed a lot.
She looked at Li Junsheng, who was only wearing a shirt. She wanted to return the clothes she was wearing to him, but he pressed on her shoulder, not letting her take them off.
âPut them on.â
âBut ââ
âDonât catch a cold.â
Ye Zhen did not refuse again. She was wearing Li Junshengâs clothes, and she felt surrounded by his aura, as if she was being hugged by him.
That feeling was surprisingly not bad.
Because of the performance, there were a lot of cars in the theater parking lot today. Li Junsheng asked the driver to drive the car to the other side. At this moment, they still had to walk over.
The night wind blew gently. The two of them walked side by side on the road. Their outstanding appearances attracted the attention of many people even in the darkness of the night.
Ye Zhen was a little embarrassed. She leaned in Li Junshengâs direction.
âThank you for today. I havenât come out to watch the opera for a long time.â
âYouâre welcome. Anyway, the tickets are given by my subordinates. If there is such an opportunity next time, Iâll invite you again.â
Li Junsheng said it casually. He didnât mention that it was because he wanted to ask her out, so he specially found someone to pay a high price to buy two tickets for the inner performance.
âSure.âYe Zhen nodded. âThe performance tonight was really good. The lead actorâs voice was also good, and his performance was also good.â
âYeah. It was really good.â
The two of them chatted about the opera, and Ye Zhen suddenly thought of another matter.
âBy the way, uncle Li, you like to watch opera. Do you like to watch movies?â
âI do.âLi Junsheng nodded. âHowever, Iâm usually too busy with work, so I donât have much time.â
âThen, if thereâs a good movie next time, Iâll ask you out.â
Ye Zhen said without thinking. After saying that, she realized that she was taking the initiative to go on a date with him, right?
âOkay.â
Li Junshengâs reply was too fast, and Ye Zhenâs face turned slightly red.
It just so happened that the chauffeur had driven the car over at this time. She quickly got into the car and took this opportunity to avoid the question she had just asked.
She did not take the initiative to ask him out, definitely not.
Sitting in the car and looking at the heavy night sky outside, Ye Zhen was a little conflicted. Li Junsheng should not have misunderstood, right?
It was a long distance from the theater to the Ye familyâs house.
Ye Zhen actually had a house in the city, but she didnât want to live there. She would rather spend more time on the road every day, and she would rather live in the villa every day to get in the way of Chen Wan and Ye Ninghanâs eyes, rather than take the initiative to move away and let the mother and daughter be happy.
Sensing that the people around her seemed to be distracted again, Li Junsheng pinched her palm.
Ye Zhen tried to pull her hand back. Her hand was not a toy. Why did he always like to pinch her hand?
Her hand was not pretty either. Compared to her appearance, her hand was considered fleshy. Although her fingers were slender, they were more fleshy than most girls. It was fleshy when pinched.
Li Junsheng stopped her. He pinched her palm and stretched it out, looking at the lines on her palm.
âDonât move. Iâll read your palm.â
PFFT. Ye Zhen almost choked on her own saliva. Li Junsheng read her palm?
âUncle Li, arenât you all atheists? You can read Palm?â
âYes.âLi Junsheng nodded with a serious look on his face. Ye Zhen didnât believe him. His finger brushed across her palm. She felt itchy. Besides the itchiness, an electric current flowed from her palm all the way to her heart.
She swallowed her saliva and suddenly felt that it was a little difficult to breathe.
Li Junsheng acted as if he did not notice her abnormality. His fingertip brushed across her lifeline.
âYour lifeline is very long. Although there are some small forks in the front, I can see from the back that you will live a long and rich life.â
Ye Zhen saw that he was serious and did not believe him. Instead, there was a feeling that he was a fraud.
âYour career line is not bad. You will have great achievements in the future.â
Hehe. Nonsense, right?
âYour relationship line ââLi Junsheng paused for a moment and looked up at Ye Zhen. Ye Zhen was a little nervous being looked at by him.
âYour relationship line goes all the way to the end and there are no forks. This means that you will only fall in love once in your life and then you can grow old.â
Really? Ye Zhen pulled her hand back. She looked at it for a long time, but couldnât see anything.
âUncle Li, are you lying to me?â
âNo. Iâm serious.â
âHa.âYe Zhen didnât believe it.
âYou donât believe me?âLi Junshengâs body leaned toward her. His breath brushed her face. Ye Zhen was inexplicably nervous and swallowed her saliva.
âHehe. Uncle Li, I donât think youâre advocating feudal superstition now, right?â
âSo?âLi Junsheng stared at the red lips that were close by. His gaze deepened.
âSo I really donât believe what youâre saying.âThe atmosphere in front of her was a little strange. Ye Zhen pulled her hand back and smiled awkwardly.
âSince you donât believe me, Iâll naturally make you believe me.â
Li Junshengâs last words disappeared from her lips. She widened her eyes and looked at the enlarged face in front of her. For a moment, she felt something flash through her mind, but it was quickly disrupted by his kiss.
His hand covered her eyes. She had no choice but to close her eyes, but her senses were sharper.
His breath, his lips, his temperature, and his kiss.
At the moment when she was powerless and could only snuggle into his arms, he let go of the hand covering her eyes and looked down at her reddened face. His voice was a little hoarse.
âNow, do you believe me?â
Ye Zhen blinked. She didnât quite understand how her belief in him had anything to do with him kissing her.
âYou still donât believe me?â
Looking at her misty eyes, there was a dense mist in them. He could feel all the blood in his body rushing to somewhere below his body.
His throat tightened. He lowered his head and kissed her again.
âThen I can only let you trust me a little more.â
..
Ye Zhen entered the door almost at the same time. Ye Nanshan, Ye Ninghan, and a few others were sitting in the living room. She acted as if she didnât see them.
She passed them and went straight upstairs. Her footsteps were a little fast. After entering the door, she quickly threw her body on the bed. Slowly, her body bled back.
The tip of her nose seemed to still have Li Junshengâs breath, and on her lips was his kiss.
Her hand caressed it, but she pulled it back as if she had been electrocuted.
Uncle Li, what did he mean? Why did he kiss her?
Her face was a little hot. She turned around and buried her face into the pillow. At this moment, her phone rang. It was Ling Xuan.
âHello, Ah Xuan.â
âTSK. Whatâs wrong with your voice?âLing Xuan could tell that something was wrong just by listening to her voice. âAre you on some handsome guyâs bed?â
âWhat nonsense are you spouting?âYe Zhen sat up, but her voice was still a little hoarse.
If Ling Xuan was right in front of her, she would definitely notice that something was wrong with her.
âIs it nonsense?âLing Xuan snorted. âEnough. âI donât care which handsome guy youâre in bed with. âI want to tell you, didnât the hotel surveillance say that there was a problem last time? âCouldnât bring it up? âI said that I lost something and insisted on investigating. âThe other party had no choice but to give me the information from that time, but they said that the data has been erased. Whether or not it can be restored is none of their business.â
Ye Zhenâs expression changed and suddenly became serious. âDo you mean that the surveillance footage can still be restored?â
âOf course. Why Donât you take a look at who I am?â
Ling Xuanâs voice was a little smug, she changed the topic. âAlright, I wonât tease you anymore. I found a computer expert. The other party can restore the destroyed information, but it will take some time. âI called you to tell you about it.â. âThis is considered progress. Wait a few days. When the data is recovered, you will know who it was that night.â
âOkay. Thank you.â
âDonât be polite with me.âLing Xuan snorted. Then, as if she thought of something, she asked, âBy the way, what are you going to do when you catch that person?â
âIâll see. In short,âYe Ninghan definitely set her up, but there was a fork in the middle. That gigolo didnât succeed. Instead, he benefited from a wild man who came from God knows where.
Ye Zhen was worried about finding this man. She didnât want to see photos or videos that she didnât want to see on the Internet when she didnât know about it.
âOkay, Iâll try my best to help you find this guy.â
Ling Xuan was about to hang up the phone after saying that. Ye Zhen suddenly called out to her.
âWhatâs wrong? Is there anything else?â
âAh Xuan, if a man asks you to pretend to be his girlfriend, but he gets close to you from time to time, is he serious or just acting with you?â
âSomeone wants you to pretend to be his girlfriend?â
âItâs not me,âye Zhen answered quickly. âA colleague from our company, she encountered such a problem. She asked me for help.â
âIs this woman stupid? That man obviously approached her on purpose. He was afraid that this woman would not agree, so he said that he wanted her to pretend to be his girlfriend. In fact, he has evil intentions.â
âIs that so?âYe Zhen had a faint premonition, however, âYou donât know that their family backgrounds are very different. I, that female colleague, feel that the other party doesnât have the kind of woman that he wants? Thereâs no need to ââ
âIs that so? Then itâs possible that the other party is just playing around.â
âJust playing around?â
âYeah, look, he said that he wants your colleague to pretend to be his girlfriend, but he gets close from time to time. That must be taking advantage of him, right?â
Take Advantage? Take Advantage? Ye Zhen felt a little guilty.
âLet me tell you, for a man with such good conditions, if he is serious about a woman whose status and status are not as good as his, there is no need to say anything about pretending to be his girlfriend. Since he is pretending, then it can only be for fun.
âHe is playing around. If your colleague takes it seriously, he will say that you see. I have already told you that I am just playing around. You are the only one who took it seriously.â
But â
She thought of Li Junshengâs gentle yet clear face. She couldnât connect him to the person who played with womenâs feelings.
âThat colleague of yours must have never been in love. Heâs too innocent.â
Was that so?
Ye Zhenâs previous shyness and embarrassment had completely disappeared.
âOH. Okay, Iâll tell her.â
After hanging up the phone, ye Zhen sat on the bed in a daze for a long time before suddenly laughing.
Forget it, whatâs the point of thinking so much?
Li Junsheng and she were never the same kind of people. Since he said to pretend, then it was fake. As for the matter of him taking advantage of her â
He was so handsome and had good skills. She would take it as her taking advantage of him.
Ye Zhen comforted herself like this, but that night, she still had insomnia.
..
When ye Zhen received Li Junshengâs call again, her voice was no longer as warm as before.
âUncle Li, whatâs the matter?â
Li Junsheng could hear it through the phone, so he spoke casually.
âDidnât you say you wanted to invite me to watch a movie? Thereâs a movie thatâs going to be released tonight. You ââ
âUncle Li, I have an appointment with my friend tonight. Iâm afraid Iâm not free.â
âIs that so?âLi Junsheng was not annoyed. The fish had already fallen into the net. There would always be a time when he would make the other party willing. âSince you have an appointment with your friend, letâs meet again tomorrow. Zhen, I donât think you have an appointment with your friend Tomorrow, right?â
âTomorrow? I have an appointment with President Ning tomorrow. As you know, my proposal has been approved. Iâll make a final confirmation with President Ning Tomorrow.â
âIs that so? Then congratulations.â
âThank you, Uncle Li.âYe Zhen cleared her throat. âUncle Li, if thereâs nothing else, Iâll hang up now.â
After saying this, Ye Zhen quickly hung up the phone.
Li Junsheng held the phone in his hand. He felt that the little girl on the other end of the phone was almost impatient to hang up the phone. He narrowed his eyes.
Whatâs wrong with the little girl?
..
When ye Zhen hung up the phone, she felt a slight sense of discomfort in her heart. She couldnât tell why she felt uncomfortable.
She shook her head. It was all fake anyway. It didnât seem like there was anything wrong with rejecting Li Junsheng.
Anyway, her girlfriend was all fake. Since it was fake, could it be that she really wanted to date him and have other thoughts?
Shaking her head, ye Zhen told herself not to think about it. Next, she tried her best to Perfect Ning Haiâs proposal.
The next day, Ye Zhen made an appointment with President Ning. Last time at President Ningâs family banquet, she left early. Tonight, she specifically suggested hosting a dinner party for President Ning.
The place for dinner was booked in a private restaurant. Besides her, she called Xiao Xu. President Ningâs side had a secretary surnamed Zhao.
Not long after ye Zhen arrived, President Ning and secretary Zhao arrived.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, ye Zhen brought out the newly revised proposal for President Ning to see. She should have asked President Ning to go to the drawing company.
However, President Ning would cooperate with the drawing company because of ye Zhenâs uncle, Lu Zhixuan. President Ning himself was very displeased with ye Nanshan, so he did not like to go to the drawing company to discuss official business.
After ye Zhen showed the proposal to President Ning, President Ningâs eyes were filled with admiration. âNot bad. I didnât expect that you could come up with a better proposal after the original proposal couldnât be used. This one is better than the original one.â
âThank you for your praise, President Ning.âYe Zhen had a faint smile on her face. She was still very confident in her own proposal.
âOkay, itâs decided then.â
President Ning made the decision. Ye Zhen smiled. âThen, President Ning, Iâll let them serve the dishes.â
âOkay.âPresident Ning did not object. He admired ye Zhen very much. Ye Zhen glanced at Xiao Xu. Xiao Xu stood up and went to find the waiter to serve the dishes.
President Ningâs secretary, Xiao Zhao, went out to make a call. Not long after, she came in. She looked at President Ning and then looked at ye Zhen. He went up to President Ning and said a few words. President Ning looked a little surprised, then looked at Xiao Zhao.
âAre you sure?â
âNo.â
President Ning stood up and glanced at ye Zhen. âXiao Ye, I have a friend outside. Iâll go and Say Hello.â
âOkay. Make Yourself at home.â
Ye Zhen stood up. She didnât know who President Ningâs friend was. Xiao Xu came back at this time and said that President Ning was chatting with someone outside.
The door of the private room was opened again. President Ning came back. He didnât wait for Ye Zhen to stand up to greet him.
He saw the person behind President Ning.
Li Junsheng?
..
âXiao Ye, let me introduce you. This is mayor Li.â
âMayor Li, this is ye Zhen, the head of the Planning Team of our cooperation company. Sheâs very capable.â
âPresident Ning, you donât have to introduce me. I know Zhen Zhen.â
Li Junshengâs voice brought ye Zhen back to her senses. She looked at him and when she met President Ningâs puzzled eyes, she said awkwardly, âUncle Li.â
âYou two know each other?â
President Ning didnât expect this turn of events. There was such a name. Zhen Zhen?
Why didnât he know that mayor Li and Ye Zhen were on such good terms? He wasnât the only one surprised. Xiao Zhao and Xiao Xu were both stunned.
Wow, mayor Li and Ye Zhen knew each other? No Way?
âYes. Professor Lu and my father both admire him very much. Zhen Zhen is Professor Luâs granddaughter. Naturally, we know each other.â
As Li Junsheng spoke, he walked directly to ye Zhenâs side and pulled out the chair beside her to sit down.
âThatâs Great.âPresident Ning was satisfied and gestured for them to sit down. At this time, the waiter started to serve the dishes. He asked the waiter to bring the wine.
âItâs really a rare fate. Since mayor Li and Xiao Ye know each other, letâs celebrate and have a drink together.â
âPresident Ning.âYe Zhen wanted to say that there was no need, but the waiter had already gone to get the wine.
Ye Zhen could not refuse. She subconsciously looked in Li Junshengâs direction.
Li Junsheng looked at ye Zhen, and his eyes were filled with uncertainty. âPresident Ning, Iâm afraid itâs not convenient, right? I realized that Zhen Zhen doesnât seem to drink.â
âHow can you not drink? Iâve seen your alcohol tolerance last time. You can still drink.â
President Ning was trying to undermine ye Zhen. Ye Zhen wanted to say that she had only drunk two small glasses of red wine last time. How could she drink it. But how could president Ning give her a chance?
The wine was served very quickly. It was not red wine, but white wine. Ye Zhen felt that something was not right.
Xiao Zhao was a good judge of character. Without waiting for President Ningâs instructions, she opened the wine and poured a glass for Li Junsheng. âMayor Li, this is your treat.â
âYouâre welcome.â
Xiao Zhao finished pouring the wine for him, then poured it for President Ning and Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen looked at the transparent wine. She really didnât drink much white wine. In the past, she always drank more red wine or beer.
âPresident Ning, why donât I Drink Beer?â
âLook at you, what beer are you drinking? Canât you see Mayor Li is here? You still call mayor Li Uncle. As a niece, why donât you accompany Uncle for a drink?â
President Ning had good intentions. Not only was ye Zhenâs ability in the company obvious, but she also had shares in the general drawing company.
Although ye Nanshan had suppressed her due to filial piety, as long as ye Zhen could get to know mayor Li and build a relationship with him. It would definitely be beneficial for her in the future.
With Li Junshengâs relationship, if ye Nanshan wanted to make things difficult for ye Zhen in the future, he would have to consider the relationship between Ye Zhen and Li Junsheng, right?