âShut up.â Ji Nuanyi rolled her eyes. âI barely looked at Mo Liuxi and just paid him a little compliment. You argued with me over that for over a few days. Reflect on yourself. Do you have the right to get upset with me? Youâve been looking at womenâs bodies in magazines, havenât you?â
Xiao Si held up his fingers. âIâve never looked at them ever since we started dating, I swear.â
âIâll be a pig if I ever believed a manâs words.â Ji Nuanyi paused before continuing saying, âSince you have such eclectic hobbies, I wonât stop you then.â
â...â
Xiao Si swallowed; he had a bad feeling in his gut.
âLet me grant you your wishes then.â Ji Nuanyi called her own assistant. âXiao Lu, go get a female swimwear magazine. I want to gift them to our dear Mr. Xiao... the more the better. You can get hundreds of them... just let me know how much they cost.â
After she hung up, she said to Xiao Si, âThe magazines will be here shortly. You will finish all the magazines and I will be doing an inspection after a month.â
âWhat are you... doing?â Xiao Si was sweating through his shirt.
Ji Nuanyi was grinning now. âOf course I want you to read them till youâre happy, till youâre satisfied, till youâre sick of them before you come see me. Oh yeah, just a gentle reminder... no matter what youâre going to gift me or how many times youâre going to come see me, I wonât let you touch me at all. I wonât be sleeping with you either.â
She took her pepper spray and approached him again.
Xiao Si backed away timidly until he was out of the door. Ji Nuanyi said, âXiao Si, I donât want to criticize you but look at the friends you surround yourself with. People like Zhou Yanfeng and Kashiwa, theyâre all bad influences. Theyâre going through women like theyâre shopping for clothes. All you do with them is drink and party. I donât want to put you down but youâre over thirty years old now. Itâs time to work hard. Just look at Nian Junting.â
âYou want me to emulate him?â Xiao Si looked at her in disbelief, âHe...â
Ji Nuanyi slammed the door in his face.
Xiao Si blinked his eyes and grumpily called Nian Junting. âTingting, your brother-in-law crossed the line.â
âHmm, what did he do to you?â Nian Junting recalled that Mo Liuxi had gone to Beijing that day too. He was trying to connect the dots in his head.
Xiao Si told him about the encounter he had with Mo Liuxi in the elevator. âHow could he say something like that? I havenât read those magazines in ages. I feel so wronged now.â
âDonât be so down,â Nian Junting said casually. âJi Nuanyi isnât saying that she wants to break up with you and she didnât hit you. Sheâs supporting your hobbies and allowing you to fully release yourself. Whatâs there to complain about?â
âI...â
âBesides, she does have a point. What are you still doing hanging out with Zhou Yanfeng and Kashiwa? Iâm not saying that theyâre useless or incapable, but no decent man would be hanging around them as much as you do.â Nian Junting interrupted him saying, âNo decent woman would want to marry you at this rate.â
âDonât say that, it chills my heart,â Xiao Si said weakly.
Nian Junting chuckled. âEvery time I go out to entertain a client, Luosang would question me and warn me about hanging out with people like Zhou Yanfeng. She always threatens me about moving back with her family. Women hate stuff like that. You said you wanted to propose to Ji Nuanyi this year didnât you? Itâll be a miracle if she said yes.â
He hung up after that and Xiao Si was stunned. No, he must not let that happen. He was going to be a different man from that day on.
In the villa, Luosang asked the man who had just put down his phone, âExcuse me, when did I ever question and warn you? Iâve been trying to get you out of the house, but you never want to.â