After the mother was reborn, she was deeply involved in the battle for favor between her sons

Ji Tingyang had never heard the story of his parents. He was young before, and he couldn't understand it even if Lin Xu told him. Later, when he grew up, they passed away.

Now that Lin Xu mentioned it, I suddenly became curious.

"You went with him just because he showed his abdominal muscles?" Ji Tingyang thought she was too superficial.

"No!" Lin Xu retorted, and then smiled shyly, "Of course there is also your father's financial offensive."

He always liked to give her gifts, from small ones like flowers and hairpins to big ones like jewelry and necklaces, every time they met.

To the point that she often wondered if this man was deliberately using this method to raise her standards so that she would look down on other suitors.

Ji Tingyang thought he would hear about her careful considerations in choosing his father, but it turned out to be just because of money?

He didn't think so, isn't this just superficial?

"These are all my experiences. You can't go wrong by listening to me!" Lin Xu looked confident and began to talk. "Once your father..."

Ji Tingyang had his doubts in his heart, but he still listened to her quietly and smiled from time to time. Lin Xu was so stupid that she was fooled by her father's trick.

Time passed slowly, and Ji Tingyang didn't even notice that he hadn't looked at his phone at all during this period.

He no longer felt upset or angry about the blocked friend, and even forgot about Wen Li.

The housekeepers and servants around heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that President Ji wouldn't have to get angry at every turn and withhold their bonuses today.

Miss Lin is truly their savior!

It was already evening when Wen Li returned to the Ji family villa.

She was very nervous before coming back, and she blocked Ji Tingyang on WeChat.

Based on her experience, he would definitely lose his temper with her and might even lock her up again.

Wen Li opened the door with this fear in mind. She thought that as soon as she entered, she would see Ji Tingyang standing at the door, waiting for her to come back as soon as possible. However, there was no one at the entrance.

Only from the living room further inside could one occasionally hear a few laughs.

Wen Li walked over puzzledly and saw Ji Tingyang and Lin Xu disappeared in the living room.

There was a pile of clothes on the sofa like a small mountain, and the table was filled with jewelry boxes of various sizes.

Lin Xu was holding a piece of clothing in her hand and gesturing on her body, and was struggling to ask Ji Tingyang for his opinion, "Does it look good?"

Ji Tingyang said without hesitation: "It looks good!"

In the afternoon, he received a call from the manager of the haute couture clothing store, who said that the latest season's clothes had just arrived and asked if he wanted some to be sent to the villa.

In the past, these clothes were bought for Wen Li, but she never used them. Later, he never brought it up again.

Just when Ji Tingyang was hesitating, Lin Xu, who was listening to the phone call, was extremely excited.

Without saying a word, she asked the store manager to send over some clothes and also to take some jewelry from the store.

When the store manager saw the business, he acted very efficiently and delivered all the clothes and jewelry in less than an hour.

Then Lin Xu spent the whole afternoon in the living room pointing out clothes and asking Ji Tingyang about each one.

At the beginning, Ji Tingyang would give his opinions seriously, but as Lin Xu spent more and more time fiddling with the clothes, he began to get tired.

Later on, no matter what Lin Xu asked, he just said it was beautiful.

Anyway, even if it doesn't look good, he can totally afford to leave it here.

The two of them were fiddling with clothes and didn't notice that Wen Li had returned. It was the housekeeper next to them who first noticed her.

"Miss Wen, are you back?"

Wen Li nodded in response, then looked towards the sofa. Ji Tingyang had already seen her.

When she met his dark and deep eyes, her heartbeat suddenly accelerated and the air seemed to be still.

Is he going to get angry?

Wen Li clenched her hands in fear.

"Tingyang, do you think this necklace is pretty?" Lin Xu's voice suddenly sounded.

Hearing the voice, Ji Tingyang turned around, smiled at her and said, "It's beautiful."

Get angry? Question her about the blacklist? Forbid her to leave the house?

None of these.

Ji Tingyang just glanced at her lightly and then looked away.

Wen Li was stunned. All the mental preparation she had just made was useless.

For a moment I was at a loss as to what to do and just stood there in a daze.

If it were any other time, if Ji Tingyang ignored her, she would be happy and eat two more bowls of rice.

In a trance, Wen Li saw the necklace in Lin Xu's hand, and her pupils shrank in shock.

That was the sapphire necklace she saw in the city center today and had been longing for for a long time!

The high price made her hesitate, but in the blink of an eye, Lin Xu easily got it. She tried it on, but found that she was not very satisfied, so she threw it back into the jewelry box on the table.

Wen Li looked at the necklace and bit her lip.

These things were given to her by Ji Tingyang in the past, and she had always been disdainful of them, but now he gave them to Lin Xu.

There was an awkward feeling as if something that originally belonged to her was suddenly picked up by someone else.

"I... I feel a little uncomfortable. I'll go back to my room first." Wen Li spoke, trying to regain Ji Tingyang's attention.

The sound was not loud, but no one was talking at the moment, so everyone heard it.

Ji Tingyang stood up, walked towards Wen Li, and put his hand on her forehead to feel the temperature: "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

Wen Li didn't dare to look at him. Her heartbeat was inexplicably faster. "It's just... I have a headache."

Lin Xu thought about the weather outside today, "Is it because the wind is too strong today and your head is cold and painful? How about calling a doctor to take a look?"

Ji Tingyang had the same idea. He took out his cell phone and was about to make a call when Wen Li stopped him.

"No, no need! I'll just go back to my room and get some sleep."

Lin Xu: "Oh, then go back to sleep."

"..." Wen Li didn't move, but looked at Ji Tingyang hesitantly.

Ji Tingyang didn't know if he understood what she meant, so he took the initiative to say, "I'll take you back to the room."

Wen Li agreed and followed.

Before going upstairs, she glanced towards the living room. Lin Xu didn't mind her calling Ji Tingyang away at all, and was happily packing up the clothes and jewelry on the sofa.

There were too many things for Lin Xu to pack them all by herself, so she called the nanny to help her put them in the cloakroom.

After working until very late, Lin Xu was so tired that he drank all the water in the cup in one breath. It was not enough, so he took the cup downstairs to get more water.

I caught a glimpse of the lighted study room and thought, no way, are they going to have to work overtime so late?

Thinking this, Lin Xu pushed open the door of the study.

Ji Tingyang seemed to be tired. He leaned back in his chair and fell asleep with his eyes closed. He even held a pen in his right hand, not forgetting to work.

Lin Xu thought about it, went back to the room, got a small blanket, and gently covered him with it.

However, Ji Tingyang was not sleeping soundly and was awakened by the slightest movement.

His body was tense. He opened his hazy eyes, and when he found out it was Lin Xu, his body relaxed again.

Lin Xu was not afraid of waking him up, so she just told him to go back to his room: "Go back to your room and sleep if you feel sleepy."