Chapter 23

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nThe waiter takes three of them to a private room.

nThe time they order, Dou Weir considers Ye Qing Xin’s injury and order light-taste food.

nJing Bo Yuan glances at her.

nDou Weir is surprised and explains: “Xin Xin’s head is injured, she shouldn’t eat a spicy food.”

nShe wants to show off her own considerate att.i.tude too.

nIndeed, Jing Bo Yuan smiles after hearing her explanation.

nDou Weir becomes even more elated.

nShe just thinks that Jing Bo Yuan has interest with her.

nYe Qing Xin sits down quietly and watches both of them.

nJing Bo Yuan looks at her then and asks: “Why aren’t you ordering?’

nYe Qing Xin says calmly: “Weir has ordered it.”

nJing Bo Yuan doesn’t force her.

nDuring the wait, Dou Weir excuses herself to the restroom.

nShe is different from Ye Qing Xin. Ye Qing Xin never does makeup. Dou Weir loves to do simple make up, although she is pretty.

nDou Weir wants to arrange her makeup. Dou Weir looks her face at the mirror. She smiles satisfyingly.

nShe has feeling toward Jing Bo Yuan.

nJing Bo Yuan has money, appearance, and power. He is mature and charismatic. It’s easy for him to get favorable impression and admiration from a woman. But the most important is he is not lascivious.

nThis kind of man is not easily to fall in love. But if the time he falls in love, he will be faithful. He will spoil his woman. It’s the thing that Dou Weir likes about him.

nShe uses to meet with powerful and rich men, but those men for her are too childish and playboy.

nIt’s better to have a man like Jing Bo Yuan. Tonight is her chance to get close to him, she needs to seize it.

nInside the private room.

nWithout Dou Weir, Ye Qing Xin is nervous.

nSuddenly Jing Bo Yuan said: “Your injury should be well now right.”

nYe Qing Xin nods and thanks him: “I’m better, thank you Chief Jing. That money…. I need time to return it to you.”

nJing Bo Yuan smiles: “No need to rush it.”

nThen it’s a silence.

nAfter a while, Dou Weir comes back. The atmosphere between them turns light.

nThe dishes come out. During the meal, Dou Weir works hard to find a topic of discussion. Although she is smart but she doesn’t understand Jing Bo Yuan, she doesn’t know about his interests. She talked from branded car branded watch to current politics until she is lost. Jing Bo Yuan once in a while responds. Although it’s just minimum but it’s not awkward.

nAfter the dinner in the elevator, Jing Bo Yuan encounters familiar people.

nHis Gu Gu (auntie) called Jing Si, his Gu Fu (uncle) called Ye Jun Dong, and his little nephew (Ye Lin).

nJing Bo Yuan greets them politely: “Auntie, Uncle.”

nYe Lin is an eight or nine little boy. He greets Jing Bo Yuan: “Biao Ge (Cousin).”

nJing Si is a fifty years old woman, but she treats herself well that she looks like a forty years old woman.

nShe looks at Ye Qing Xin and Dou Weir and smiles toward Jing Bo Yuan: “For the whole day, Ma alway worries about your marriage. I think she is too anxious. Jing Bo Yuan you too, why don’t you take your girlfriend home for ma to see?”

nHer voice is soft but her gaze makes people feel unease.

nYe Qing Xin doesn’t mind her words, she just looks at Ye Jun Dong.

nYe Jun Dong notices her gaze and looks back at him. Ye Jun Dong frowns, he feels strange to feel unfamiliar cold gaze from this girl.

nYe Jun Dong still looks similar as in the past.

nLooking at his gaze, it’s clear that he doesn’t recognize her.

nIt’s been ten years. In ten years, he never returns even once. He never cares about her and brother, how can he recognize her?

nYe Qing Xin turns her gaze.

nSometimes people that are dead, are still alive. But those who lives, are dead.

nJing Bo Yuan frowns after listening to Jing Si’s words. Then he explains: “Gu Gu, you are good at joking. These two are Suo Suo’s cla.s.smates. We just met accidentally and had a dinner.”

nDou Weir greets both of Jing Si and Ye Jun Dong. Then she also easily compliments Ye Lin: “Your son is really handsome.”

nYe Qing Xin just lowers her head and doesn’t say anything.

nJing Si just watches them and smiles. She doesn’t say anything else.

nThe time the elevator door opens, a group of people gets inside the elevator.

nSuddenly, Ye Lin screams in pain.

nJing Si and Ye Jun Dong immediately surrounds him. Ye Qing Xin says that something gets inside his eyes. Ye Jun Dong opens and blows his eyes with love. That is really a fatherly- loe.

nYe Qing Xin just watches it coldly.

nThey all goes out from the restaurant and parts ways.

nOn the way to the school, Ye Qing Xin acts coldly. Dou Weir, who is focusing on Jing Bo Yuan, could notice it too.

nThey get off the car and thank Jing Bo Yuan. They watch his car leave. Dou Weir asks Ye Qing Xin: “Xin Xin, what happened to you? Why I feel you are acting strangely?”

nYe Qing Xin is startled and smiles: “Really?” Is she showing it clearly?

nDou Weir clutches her face and jokes: “In your face, it is written “I am not happy”.

nYe Qing Xin laughs but doesn’t say anything.

nIn her memory, Ye Jun Dong acted alienated with her and brother. She thought it was because he was not good at relationship. But today she notice that he also can act warmly and lovingly. It’s just he couldn’t act it with her and her brother.

nShe recalls the moment and thinks that three of them are real family.

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