Chapter 207: Pulled Her into His Arms
Can Jin Shi Yue not leave the Capital City?
“I’m not sure,” Lian Li said. “He didn’t tell me.”
Logically, the affairs of a couple have nothing to do with Xue Shufan, and she shouldn’t interfere, but her Junior Sister is not just anyone.
Xue Shufan told Lian Li everything she knew: “Pei Qingji and Zhong Yang mentioned it by chance, I don’t know if it’s true or not. They said the Second Young Master made an enemy before, and that enemy is equivalent to a terrorist, with a pretty high danger level. Old Master Jin sent people to protect the Second Young Master, but the Second Young Master drove them all away. Old Master Jin had no choice but to issue an order that the Second Young Master must stay in the Capital until the terrorist is found.”
Lian Li clutched the corner of the pillow in her arms and pondered, “Mm, I understand.”
Jin Shi Yue rarely told her about his affairs. Even his mother-son relationship with Chen Shifei was only revealed because she was worried and troubled about Ji Tan’s matters, and he wanted to comfort her.
Sometimes he was very close to her, and sometimes he was very far away.
What is the most appropriate intimate distance?
Lian Li couldn’t grasp that degree.
Whether it was her mother-daughter relationship with Ji Tan or the ambiguous boundary with Jin Yan Ting in the past, she had always been in a passive state.
Because she wasn’t good at it, because she cared, she was cautious and waited patiently.
Waiting for him to be willing to see her or tell her his thoughts.
What about now?
Should she passively wait as before?
Lian Li didn’t want to wait anymore.
No matter the outcome, the process should at least be clear.
She put down the pillow, picked up her mobile phone, put on her slippers, and found the study room from memory.
The door was ajar. Lian Li stood at the entrance, gently knocked three times on the door, and when she received no response, she softly called out, “Jin Shi Yue.”
Unlike in the past, he would forcefully push open her door.
This time, she proactively pushed open his door.
Lian Li didn’t move her body, but poked her head inside.
However, the study room was too large, and she couldn’t see Jin Shi Yue’s figure, only the bookshelves piled with various language books.
Lian Li tiptoed in and looked around before finding Jin Shi Yue in front of the desk.
The man was wearing a well-tailored suit, leaning back in his office chair, his slender, bony fingers casually twirling a pen, conducting a meeting with ease.
He exuded a composed and indifferent, decisive CEO demeanor.
Not like the frivolous demeanor of a noble young master.
Jin Shi Yue had heard the movement long ago and was waiting for his girlfriend to sneak in like a squirrel stealing food.
His eyes swept over Lian Li, the corner of his mouth curved into a delicate arc, and he beckoned her over.
Lian Li pondered for a few seconds on the spot before walking over.
Jin Shi Yue grabbed her wrist and pulled her onto his lap.
Lian Li sat fully in his embrace. Her gaze flickered and landed on the video conference above, startling her. She quickly tried to get up, but Jin Shi Yue held her waist and pressed her back onto his lap.
“You’re in a meeting,” Lian Li whispered to remind him.
“The camera is off,” Jin Shi Yue found her soft voice particularly amusing. He cupped the back of her neck and lowered his head to kiss her.
“What about the sound?” Lian Li turned her head, dodging his kiss.
“Everything is off.”
In this regard, Lian Li didn’t quite trust him. She turned her head and stared at the computer screen, checking it carefully.
The executives in suits in the video were all serious. They could never have guessed that a girl would lean close to the camera and stare at the computer for a while.
Indeed, everything was off.
Lian Li turned to look at Jin Shi Yue with relief. His dark eyes held a faint smile, and he watched her with interest.
“Sneaking around for an affair.”
“No, don’t use such words,” Lian Li wanted to cover his mouth every day, but she was here to ask him something now, and if she covered his mouth, she wouldn’t be able to speak.
Jin Shi Yue sized up her expression and saw through her at a glance: “What are you looking for me for?”
“I’ll tell you after your meeting,” Lian Li teased.
“Okay,” Jin Shi Yue smiled, clearly happy to play this game with her.
Lian Li prepared to get off him, but Jin Shi Yue held her leg, spread it apart, and had her straddle him.
Lian Li looked up at him, didn’t resist, rested her head in the crook of his shoulder, and leaned against him, listening to him talk to people in a meeting.
They talked about a lot of military industry business and projects, with many technical terms that Lian Li didn’t understand, going in one ear and out the other.
It was half an hour later when Jin Shi Yue finished his meeting. Lian Li had almost fallen asleep leaning against his shoulder.
She rubbed her eyes, leaning her back against the edge of the desk, and groggily asked, “Are you done?”
Jin Shi Yue raised his hand and wiped her face: “Mm. What did you want to tell me?”
“You can’t leave the Capital City recently?” Lian Li asked directly, without beating around the bush.
“I can leave,” Jin Shi Yue said, only three words, but they carried significant weight.
Lian Li blinked, the mist in her pupils slowly dissipating, leaving only clarity: “Won’t it be dangerous?”
Hearing this, Jin Shi Yue understood and said casually, “Where isn’t there danger? You could trip yourself at home and fall flat on your face.”
He had an indifferent, unconcerned expression.
Lian Li frowned slightly, looking at him without blinking.
“Don’t worry,” Jin Shi Yue said casually, “With a girlfriend like you, no one would want to die.”
Lian Li’s furrowed brows slowly relaxed. She still said, “Can you be serious?”
“How serious? As serious as Jin Yan Ting?” Jin Shi Yue said meaningfully.
“…”
The Eldest Young Master was always so unserious. Lian Li didn’t want to talk to him anymore.
She believed that what he did and achieved wouldn’t lead to an early death.
Next week, they were going to Taipei, and they would stay in Shanghai for four days. For the first two days, Lian Li lived a leisurely life in the villa, occasionally acting playfully with Jin Shi Yue on a whim, but he was far more playful than her, and she was never successful.
Lian Li felt that she had become very childish since being with Jin Shi Yue, instantly regressing from twenty-two years old to five and a half.
For the sake of her psychological age, Lian Li didn’t stay in the villa on the third day and chose to go out to the mall to buy food.
Jin Shi Yue had Tao Su drive Lian Li, acting as her ATM and bodyguard. With someone to do the heavy lifting, Lian Li naturally wouldn’t refuse.
Lian Li didn’t go to the luxury malls to shop. She circled around, looking at her surroundings.
Tao Su thought she was plotting some grand plan, but then she turned and walked into a Pizza Hut.
Tao Su: “……?”
What could Tao Su do? He could only send a message to the busy Second Young Master Jin: She’s eating secretly.
Lian Li also ordered food for him, and Tao Su immediately withdrew his message.
“I haven’t seen you in the Capital City. Have you always been in Shanghai?” Lian Li asked casually while eating pizza.
“Li Ye and Ling Yu are mainly in the Capital City. I’m usually at the base,” Tao Su said.
Lian Li seemed to understand but didn’t ask further.
She thought she wouldn’t encounter socialites like Lu Yan Ying at Pizza Hut, but after eating a slice of Wagyu Supreme pizza, she raised her eyes and her gaze met someone about five steps away without any warning.
Their eyes met, and the person smiled and walked towards her.
