Jingxia Rose

Chapter 126: The Feeling of Being in Love
"..."

Two suspicious blushes appeared on Ji Xuan's face. She pushed him away in annoyance, the coquettishness and shimmer in her eyes still lingering. Her glare was like a small hammer, striking his heart with varying depths.

Wen Qi felt that Ji Xian was probably like a poppy, possessing an elegant and gentle temperament, yet also like a poison, addictive.

Ji Xian's lipstick was completely eaten by him, so she had to take out a new one from her bag to reapply it. His gaze involuntarily fell on her full and moist lips.

He only looked away after she had put the lipstick away and tossed it into her bag.

In just one minute, he swallowed countless times.

But self-control is in his nature, and this level of restraint is easy for him.

"I am leaving."

Ji Xuan spoke somewhat awkwardly, without even looking at him, and got out of the car after saying those words.

On the very first day, she inexplicably found a bit of the feeling of being in love.

For example, she would feel shy and embarrassed when she was with him.

This feeling wasn't absent during the past four years, such as when they first kissed, or when they were both sober and working together in the fields.

But I gradually got used to it, and it became natural.

Even turning off the lights while plowing the fields has become an unspoken agreement between them.

But once they got out of bed, their relationship returned to its usual pattern, devoid of romance and sweetness, filled only with dullness and monotony.

She sometimes even felt that they weren't dating, but rather that she had found a regular hookup partner.

At work, I am both a boss and a secretary.

Privately, they are friends with benefits who are both close and seemingly not so close.

Ji Xian had felt annoyed and disgusted by this ambiguous relationship, but her heart was too uncontrollable, and she would be swayed by his small actions or unintentional words.

I always felt that they would be better off, and gradually, I became more and more reluctant to leave him.

Perhaps due to her own experiences, she didn't go too far down the path of being obsessed with love; at least she still maintained her original intention of loving herself first.

Therefore, there wasn't much burden or discomfort when letting go.

Weighing the pros and cons is the first lesson an adult learns when entering society.

Now that I'm almost thirty, it feels like I'm falling in love for the first time; it's a very subtle feeling.

But it was also very pleasant and joyful.

Compared to the Wen Qi who used to be taciturn, composed in the face of danger, and always humble and polite, she seemed to love the Wen Qi of today even more.

After watching her disappear from sight, Wen Qi slowly withdrew his gaze and raised his hand to press his brow.

He figured it would only take her a little over two hours to finish, and a round trip would take thirty or forty minutes, so he didn't want the hassle and decided to just wait for her in the car.

Around 10 o'clock, Wen Qi saw the message in the group that Yi Xu and the others were about to set off.

Each person brought their own tent, some for two people, some for three, and one large tent that could sleep four or five people. As for food, fruit, drinks, and even a barbecue grill, everything was prepared.

Everyone was tagging him, asking if he and Ji Xian were coming.

Wen Qi typed back: 【Going. Ji Xian's friends are going too.】

Yi Xu: [Sure, it'll be more fun with more people. When are you guys coming?]

Wen Qi: [This afternoon. She had work this morning.]

Chu Feng: [Judging from Qi-ge's tone, things have progressed significantly with your wife?]

Jiang Huaichuan: [I also sensed a hint of intimacy in his voice.]

Lu Xuming: [Is Ji Xian's friend also a woman?]

Yin Qianran replied to this message on his behalf. She was initially quite reluctant to go on a picnic with these grown men, finding it utterly pointless, but she reluctantly agreed after hearing that Ji Xian would be going. Yi Xu: [If it weren't a woman, would he agree to bring her along? Isn't this just making things difficult for himself? Such a foolish thing; the handsome, refined, intelligent, and talented Young Master Wen would never do it!]

Wen Qi glanced at their messages but didn't reply.

But I really agree with what Yi Xu said.

How could he possibly do something that would backfire so badly?

After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that Ji Xian didn't have any particularly close female friends besides Xiao Guxing.

He breathed a slight sigh of relief, left the group chat, and stopped responding to their teasing.

Ji Xian's translation process went smoothly, but around 10:30, a phone call came in from an out-of-town landline number. Ji Xian hung up immediately and ignored it.

Two minutes later, another landline number called in; it was from Luanying City.

She frowned, hung up again, apologized to Mr. Gerry, and continued, but this calm only lasted three or four minutes before another call came in.

It's still a landline number.

Mr. Gerry said, "Ms. Ji, please answer it."

Ji Xian hung up again, shook his head, and smiled, "Unfamiliar numbers are probably spam calls, no need to pay attention to them."

No sooner had he finished speaking than another call came in, this time from the provincial capital of Luanying City.

It's not a landline number anymore.

When Ji Xian came into their view again, he felt embarrassed, smiled apologetically, picked up his phone, walked to the side, and answered the call, "Hello."

"Hello, are you Ms. Ji Xian?"

The other person was a man, and his tone sounded very official.

Ji Xian frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "I am, and you are?"

"I'm from Wancheng Fund Financial Company. Jiao Yan is your mother, right?" The voice on the other end of the phone was calm and methodical. "It's like this, she has a debt of 3.2 million yuan at the Bank of China, which is already 56 days overdue. Are you aware of this?"

Her face darkened when she heard the name 'Jiao Yan'.

"She owes money to the bank, and instead of contacting her, you keep calling me. What's the meaning of this?"

"Um, you're her daughter, I think..."

Where did you get my number?

“This…” the man said truthfully, “It was given to me by your mother. She said she couldn’t repay the money and told us to come to you.”

Ji Xian was so angry she almost laughed. Her words were ruthless and cold: "Then let me tell you clearly now, she is not my mother, I am not familiar with her, and if you call to harass me again, I will formally sue you, and even your company."

After hanging up the phone, she smoothed her hair and let out a long sigh of relief.

Since returning the eight hundred yuan last time, Jiao Yan hasn't bothered her again.

But to her utter surprise, she ended up giving her number to a debt collection agency.

Did he think that this would make her agree to help him pay off his debts?

impossible!
She underestimated Jiao Yan's shamelessness. Around 11 o'clock, she received another call from a debt collection company, this time from an online lending institution, saying that there was a debt of 1.2 million yuan.

Ji Xuan was so angry he almost cursed.

Last time, Ji Heng said that the You family owed a lot of money, including tens of millions of yuan in bank loans alone, and their employees' salaries had not been paid.

I never knew there were online loans.

She answered the call, gave the same response as before, and then hung up.

Because of this incident, her work didn't finish until 12:30.

She realized she hadn't messaged Wen Qi as she walked out. Just as she was about to take out her phone to call him, she saw a familiar figure slowly walking towards her in the midday sun.