Chapter 239: Love Letter
“Mm,” Lian Li calmly admitted. “When I’m not around, you need to rest on time too. Don’t stay up all night anymore.”
The man holding her didn’t reply.
Lian Li turned her upper body, cupped Jin Shi Yue’s handsome face with both hands, and looked directly into his eyes at close range, blinking and asking, “Okay, okay?”
“Okay,” Jin Shi Yue said, his arm loosely around her waist, his voice full of laughter. “I’ll listen to you.”
Falling into his deep eyes, the movie’s attraction for her completely dropped to zero.
Lian Li straightened her back, her palms cupping Jin Shi Yue’s face. After admiring his features for a while, she lowered her head, her light red lips pressing against his thin lips, lingering in a gentle kiss.
In the movie, it was someone else’s love.
The man before her was her love.
Lian Li kissed Jin Shi Yue for two minutes, and as soon as they separated, he grabbed her by the nape of her neck and kissed her again.
The man’s palms were large and warm. His thumb lightly brushed the blood vessels on her neck, an almost flirtatious gesture. The friction of his fingertips against her skin made her tremble slightly in his arms.
After a long while, the kiss ended. Lian Li’s breath was unsteady, her chest rising and falling with her breaths as she slumped bonelessly onto his shoulder.
“Do you know what’s going on with Senior Sister and Brother Qingji?”
“In what aspect?” Jin Shi Yue casually played with the silk scarf she used to tie her hair, his voice lazy.
“Why did Brother Qingji suddenly propose a marriage alliance with Senior Sister when he was fine?” Lian Li said. “Senior Sister’s marriage alliance was to deal with her uncle’s family. Her elder is sick and undergoing surgery with high risks, and wants to see her married before the operation.”
“The elder is clearly forcing Senior Sister to marry someone randomly in a short period of time.”
“Although I don’t agree with the elder’s idea, I respect Senior Sister’s filial piety. Whether it’s a real marriage or a fake one, as long as it can solve her troubles and make her happy, I support it.”
“The previous male doctor had questionable character. Senior Sister’s fake marriage with him had more disadvantages than advantages. Brother Qingji is different. They are good friends, and Brother Qingji wouldn’t harm Senior Sister. But I don’t understand why Brother Qingji would suddenly propose marriage to Senior Sister?”
Lian Li didn’t think Xue Shufan was unworthy of Pei Qingji; she simply found it unbelievable.
“Old Pei has a reason to get married.” Jin Shi Yue took off her moon earrings, placed them in his palm to test their weight, and asked in a low voice, “Does your ear hurt?”
“It doesn’t hurt.” Lian Li touched her bare earlobe. “These aren’t very heavy, just a little heavier than the rose gold chalcedony earrings you gave me.”
“What reason?” No one could force the heir of Zhongtai Bank to get married, right?
Jin Shi Yue slowly and methodically put them back on her, saying leisurely, “He likes Xue Shufan.”
As soon as Jin Shi Yue finished putting them on, the next second, Lian Li leaned back in surprise. The earrings brushed against his palm and dangled slightly below her ear, shimmering with brilliant light.
“Brother Qingji likes Senior Sister?!”
Jin Shi Yue stretched out his arm and pulled her back. “Mm.”
“But aren’t they good friends?” Lian Li didn’t understand.
Jin Shi Yue wasn’t interested in Pei Qingji’s personal affairs, but his observational skills were terrifyingly sharp, and he easily uncovered his friend’s secret.
“Friends turned lovers?” Lian Li murmured. “No, it should be friends turned husband and wife.”
Seeing her concern, Jin Shi Yue held his mobile phone in one hand and casually made a call.
The call was connected quickly, and a man’s voice, filled with surprise, came through: “Mr. Jin, what are your orders?”
“How much do you know about the matter between Xue Shufan and Pei Qingji?” Jin Shi Yue said indifferently.
Lian Li’s eyes suddenly lit up, and her ears perked up as she listened intently.
The person said, “They had a good relationship when they were young and interacted frequently. Later, Shufan had an early romance and argued with Mr. Pei, causing them to fall out. Mr. Pei then went abroad.”
Lian Li remembered that Xue Shufan only had one ex-boyfriend, whom she dated for about ten years.
She suddenly understood.
Jin Shi Yue coldly hung up the phone.
“Who was that?” Lian Li asked curiously. “How does he know about Senior Sister and Brother Qingji’s past?”
“The Xue family,” Jin Shi Yue said concisely.
Someone from the Xue family.
Lian Li analyzed seriously: “Senior Sister was dating, and her boyfriend couldn’t tolerate her having male friends, so he made Senior Sister stop interacting with Brother Qingji. Brother Qingji was heartbroken and chose to go abroad to heal?”
Jin Shi Yue curved his lips and kissed her. “Junior Sister, watch fewer movies.”
Lian Li was still pondering when he kissed her.
She decided not to think about it anymore and would ask Senior Sister in person another day.
Lian Li and Jin Shi Yue came out of the cinema and walked downstairs. About a third of the people in the venue had already left.
Meng Yi was feeling unwell during her pregnancy, so Wen Zhixing took his wife home early.
The single Zhong Yang was lounging on the sofa with his legs crossed, playing a game with a Bluetooth headset in his right ear.
Lian Li subconsciously reached for her ear and breathed a sigh of relief when she felt her earring.
“Brother Zhong Yang.”
“Leaving already?” Zhong Yang took off his Bluetooth headset and turned his head to look at them.
Jin Shi Yue casually held his suit jacket in one hand and held Lian Li’s hand with the other. “Are we not staying here for the New Year?”
“I can’t serve a distinguished guest like you.” Zhong Yang bowed theatrically. “Young Master, please go. I won’t see you off.”
Lian Li couldn’t help but laugh.
She looked around and didn’t see Xue Shufan, so she asked Zhong Yang, “Where is Senior Sister?”
“Crown Princess Xue? She…” Zhong Yang couldn’t give a clear answer. He kicked the resentful brother opposite him who was dozing with his eyes closed. “Where are Xue Shufan and Old Pei?”
“Backyard restaurant.”
Zhong Yang immediately turned his head and said to Lian Li, “Restaurant, for a late-night snack!”
“Okay, then we’ll be heading back,” Lian Li said to Zhong Yang, bidding him farewell. “Thank you tonight.”
“Thank him for what?” Jin Shi Yue asked.
Lian Li looked up. “For treating us.”
Zhong Yang openly watched the couple holding hands, tilted his chin at Jin Shi Yue, and said to Lian Li with a smile, “All the expenses here are paid by him. I organized the gathering, he paid.”
Lian Li understood. “So that’s how it is.”
Her lips curved slightly, and her pupils shimmered with a genuine, gentle smile. “Then thank you anyway, Brother Zhong Yang.”
Zhong Yang lay back on the sofa, indicating it was a small matter, nothing to mention.
Before Lian Li left, she heard the resentful brother excitedly ask Zhong Yang, “I heard you found the rumored genius original artist. How is she?”
Zhong Yang replied in a serious Beijing accent, “She’s a girl who doesn’t like socializing.”
Jin Shi Yue had drunk a little and, after getting into the car, started pestering Lian Li to thank him.
Li Shuangjie was driving in the front. Lian Li had no choice but to comply. “Thank you, I’ve thanked you enough, haven’t I?”
“Are you being so polite with me?” Jin Shi Yue gazed at her meaningfully.
“…”
The Eldest Young Master’s latent drama queen tendencies were emerging.
If she didn’t thank him, he insisted she should. If she thanked him, he complained she was too polite.
Lian Li sighed. “Then do you want me to thank you or not?”
She looked a little cute.
His girlfriend was interesting no matter how he looked at her.
Jin Shi Yue caught her and pulled her into his embrace. He liked to hug her whenever he had nothing to do, and Lian Li was used to it.
She pulled out her hand and sent a message to Xue Shufan, asking her Senior Sister to report her safe arrival home.
