unruly

The atmosphere at the dinner table was still peaceful. Lao Cao and Chu Hengyi were big-hearted, talking nonsense while eating, still immersed in the politeness of the upcoming parting, and did not notice the turmoil and undercurrents between the three.

Ji Anli saw Ning Zhi's every move in his eyes, and when he saw this, his eyes sank again, the indifference on his face gradually disappeared, and the previous eagerness became colder a little bit, replaced by the unhappiness hidden under his composure.But she calmed down very quickly, holding back and not showing it, her eyes flicked past Ning Zhi's hand, as if nothing happened.

After all, he came under the name of the CEO of Yun'ao Group. At this time, you can't put your personal feelings on the table. The occasion is not right, so you have to be cautious no matter what.

Ji Anli was sensible enough, after drinking, he squeezed the white porcelain cup in his hands until his knuckles turned white.

"Mr. Ji is refreshing," Lao Cao is blind, not only can't see the things just now, he stopped for less than 2 minutes and started to make wild noises. When he saw that the cup was empty, he immediately patted Tian Weiyuan on the shoulder and raised his chin to tell him to hurry up. Give it to Ji An Liman, "Come, have another drink, this time I respect you."

Containing all his emotions, Ji Anli bent his lips with a half-hearted smile, let go of his hand with his usual expression, raised his cup and continued, "Boss Cao is polite."

Old Cao Le said: "Where is it, you should. It's not easy for you to find time to come here. I'm not good at entertaining, and I can only make do with the meals. Don't tell me."

"No," Ji Anli said, "It's good here, everything is good."

Lao Cao stood up and toasted her.

Ming Shu ignored these people, just looked sideways at Ning Zhi who was still serving food.

The little curly hair remained calm, completely indifferent to the surrounding scenes, and didn't take his previous actions at ease, as if it was just a normal thing and insignificant.

Ming Shu picked up the cup and took a sip of water, then gently put it down.

Ning Zhi didn't even look at it, he really didn't care.

A table full of dishes, a lot of meat, both light and heavy dishes, which is quite different from the first day's meal.Tian Weiyuan and the others ate so much that they never stopped chopsticks. They didn't eat enough fruit in the afternoon, and this meal was the main meal in the evening. Even Chu Hengyi, a famous model who wanted to keep fit, ate more. He ate some of everything to satisfy his cravings.

Ning Zhi eats with them, no taboos, no matter greasy, high calorie or not.It is not easy for young people to gain weight, and they are naturally thinner. Besides, they have no filming work when they return to Z City, and they don't have to walk on the catwalk for a while.

Mingshu let this person go and let her eat.

Lao Cao was a chatterbox, he would drift away after drinking, and after complimenting Ji Anli, he turned around and dragged Mingshu into the arena, insisting on a few compliments.He was silly, and said sincerely: "This time I also have to thank our boss, Shu. She has put in a lot of effort, and has been busy helping me since she came. Ashu, we have to drink one."

After speaking, he took out an empty wine glass and filled it up, and handed it across two empty seats.

The distance is a bit far, it is inconvenient, you have to bend over to reach it.

Ji Anli took over from Lao Cao and passed it to Ming Shu sideways.

Lao Cao has good intentions and has no bad intentions, and he is not just a stumbling block.

This glass of wine had to be taken, Ming Shu did not refuse, stood up and said, "You also helped me a lot."

Lao Cao squinted his eyes and smiled, waved his hands, "That's nothing, it's far away."

He killed it in one gulp first, extremely conscious.

Ming Shu took the wine glass passed to him by Ji Anli, doing Lao Cao a lot of face.

And out of the sight of everyone, when Ji Anli raised his arm, he touched her fingertips accidentally.Ming Shu quickly retracted his fingers, and avoided it calmly.

The following meal was still the same, eating and drinking was just gossiping, talking about shooting, talking about work, talking about the business field, all of which were insignificant.Everyone was friendly, and gradually regarded this place as a social place. After all, there were three boss-level figures, and smart people knew what to do.

Only Ning Zhi didn't get involved, lacked interest, and didn't speak much from the beginning to the end.

Ming Shu was not aloof, and answered anyone who spoke to him, maintaining a superficial calm all the time.

Someone asked about her and Ji Anli, and suddenly tied them up and asked curiously, "Boss Shu and Ji are always Fa Xiao, or are they classmates?"

Ji Anli's identity was too ostentatious, just sitting there gave him a sense of presence.She made no secret of her kindness to Mingshu, she poured wine, handed the cup, took out the paper, and even caringly helped pick up the dishes twice.

Mingshu didn't have the face to disobey Anli in public, so it was not good to embarrass him.The paper was useless, and the dishes were piled up in the bowl without eating, but I didn't say no to them, so I kept them all.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the relationship between the two is unusual, at least they are the type of best friends, so they can't help but gossip - Ming Shu's identity is also mysterious, and she has been secretive since she came here. Never heard of his real name.

The reputation of M&F studio is not bad, but it is only a high-end niche brand at present, not well-known by the public, far inferior to Yunao Group.Furthermore, Fan Chuyu handles and attends the studio's external activities and publicity on weekdays, while Ming Shu rarely appears in public, and does not show up unless necessary.

It's normal for these people not to recognize Ming Shu. They may know the M&F studio, but they don't know her.

Ming Shu denied: "Neither of them."

Just this sentence, no more details.

The person who asked the question nodded, and said with an epiphany: "So, I thought you two were young, but they look alike."

Ming Shu didn't explain, just said: "No, they are all in the same place."

The man didn't wink, and said, "It's a place, it's all in Z City."

Ming Shu replied: "Ji is always an overseas Chinese, he didn't grow up in Z City."

The man oh oh twice, this time he understood.

Ji Anli looked at Ming Shu, and suddenly added: "I went back to City Z when I was 17. I chose my nationality at eighteen, and I have been staying here since then. It was at this time that I met Boss Shu. A friend in the middle introduced her. I was still studying management at Z University, and my friend also majored in that major, and once caught up with a party in their courtyard, and then met each other."

The past is the same as before, and I can still remember those details at first glance, and I can still vividly remember yesterday.

When I was young, I had a sincere relationship, and they were clearly two strangers who had never met before, but because of a certain experience, I met them, and after a few words, I became so-called friends, and then the contact and in-depth understanding followed. , Gradually become familiar, communication is a certainty.

At that time, I didn't think too much about it, the good impression came directly and suddenly, after the temptation, it became ambiguous, and then mutual temptation, the thin layer of window paper in the middle was only pierced for a year or two.They liked each other superficially, started out in a daze, and went on stumbling like that, each honing each other for eight years.

It's ironic to think about it. When they were young, both of them were stubborn. They decided not to look back. Even if they broke up and reunited several times, they never really planned to leave the other person behind. When the impulse dies down and the anger dies down, he will still go back and run towards the other party regardless.

But now that they are getting older, the obsession with never turning back is getting weaker and weaker, both sides have become more realistic, the number of fights has decreased, and they no longer speak harsh words, and their cognition has gradually changed. .

Before that, some things were never revealed, but they both understood each other.

Ji Anli said unhurriedly: "Boss Shu helped my friend. We had dinner together that night. After the end, I asked my friend for her contact information and added **."

Ming Shu remained silent, and looked at Ji Anli.

She had almost forgotten all of this, and she didn't have a deep impression of that memory.At that time, she didn't care about Ji Anli, and she didn't talk much after agreeing to the application. She was all focused on studying and playing, messing around with messy things all day long. She didn't remember Ji Anli who happened to meet.

How did you get in touch later?

Ming Shu silently fiddled with the cold dishes in the bowl with his chopsticks, but still couldn't remember.

After several cups of yellow soup, Ji Anli was also a little confused.She seemed to be answering the question, but it didn't look like it. After thinking for a long time, she said again: "But Boss Shu back then was very stylish. He always ignored people and didn't reply when he sent messages. He had to come to the door before he would answer. .The second time we met, she didn't even remember who I was, and told me to stay out of the way, and hurriedly said that she was in a hurry."

Tian Weiyuan continued dumbfounded: "What's the matter?"

Ji Anli raised his lips, and couldn't help laughing.

"Hand in homework."

Tian Weiyuan said "ah" and scratched his head, not quite understanding why there is such a rush.

Ji Anli said: "The report of the experimental class was not completed on time. I asked the teacher to plead to make it up. I almost missed the deadline. If I fail to hand it in, I will fail the course, so I am more anxious."

It's clearly Mingshu's past, Mingshu himself has forgotten all about it, but Ji Anli still has a memory, and he is familiar with the details.

Tian Weiyuan understood, smiled sincerely, and said flatteringly: "My master said that Boss Shu used to be a bully in college, he could get high scores casually, and even skipping classes can get the first place in the exam."

"Yes, she has very good grades, and she can learn everything in one go." Ji Anli nodded, poured a glass of wine, lowered his eyes in silence for a moment, and paused, as if recalling an important past, but did not say it out. He only glanced at Mingshu again, and said with something in his words, "Better than me, always the best."

Tian Weiyuan didn't hear the deep meaning, he really thought it was a compliment, and agreed: "Boss Shu started a shop from nothing, and we all follow her."

The other people at the table also didn't hear any other meaning, thinking that it was just the deep friendship between the two of them, not only didn't think about it, but was a little shocked.Ming Shu has been acting introvertedly for the past few days, without showing his sharpness, so it can't be seen that he is such a powerful person.

This is the first time Lao Cao has heard of these old things, and he has never heard those two mention them.He knew that they had conflicts, and vaguely felt that there was something difficult to reconcile, so he sneaked a look at Mingshu and quietly observed Mingshu's reaction.

Ming Shu sat quietly, completely out of the way, as if the person Ji Anli said was not himself.

Don't be moved, and won't be moved by it.

Lao Cao's heart skipped a beat, and he felt that this time it was a bit serious, and he seemed to be out of control.He was in a bit of a dilemma, he didn't know how to smooth things over, so he could only kick that idiot Tian Weiyuan under the table vigorously, signaling to stop speaking indiscriminately.

Tian Weiyuan was dull, how could he understand this, he turned his head to look at the past for no reason, immediately opened his desperate mouth and grinned, opened his eyes wide and asked bluntly: "Master, why are you kicking me?"

Lao Cao really wanted to put the bowl on the bastard's head, but he restrained himself, winked at him, and said, "Pour me some wine."

Tian Weiyuan just shut up, and put a piece of chicken in Lao Cao's bowl.

The topic of reminiscing about the past was interrupted, and after a while, there was a new way of chatting.

Ming Shu still didn't join in, and put down his chopsticks after a while.

Ning Zhi was still eating, and when he was [-]% full, he whispered, "Give me two pieces of ribs."

He didn't mention his name, just opened his mouth and said that.

Both Ming Shu and Ji Anli heard it.

This was said to Mingshu.

Ji Anli shook hands and tightened his palms.

Mingshu paused for a moment, confirmed that he was speaking to himself, and after a second or two slowed down, he followed suit.

The table in the private room is big, and the plate containing the ribs is placed far away, Ning Zhi couldn't reach it, Ming Shu stretched out his hand to force it.

Ming Shu didn't care too much, and had nothing else to do, so he picked up the ribs and asked softly, "Do you want anything else?"

The little ghost nodded, enjoying the service of his boss as a matter of course.

"Shrimp, beef, and choy sum."

The poor kid is really good at calling people, she doesn't look outside at all, and her attitude is quite arrogant, making it look like she is the one who pays the salary.

Ming Shu didn't mind, she picked up everything she wanted to eat, and even added an extra soft potato.

Ning Zhi buried his head in gnawing on the ribs, his food looks okay, and his speed is not slow.

Thinking that he hadn't eaten much in the past two days, and worried that this was retaliatory eating, Mingshu reminded: "Don't eat what's in the bowl, take a break."

Ning Zhi is meek, humming while chewing.

This time Ji Anli was really downcast, surrounded by low air pressure.She has a good self-cultivation, and she has not lost her temper until now. She just asked Ning Zhi in a cold voice, and finally looked at the brat.

Ning Zhi raised his eyes, glanced at Ming Shu, then glanced at Ji Anli, and said, "My boss."

Ji Anli held back his temper, "Where are they from?"

"Same as her." Ning Zhi said, thick-skinned enough, "Where the boss is, I'm from there."

Trying his best to maintain his only composure, Ji Anli said, "It doesn't look like it."

"Oh," Ning Zhi pretended not to understand, threw the prawns into his mouth, ate them with their shells, and deliberately explained, "Maybe it's because I'm a mixed race and I look a little different."

The prawns are deep-fried, and they are crispy when eaten with their shells, and they are crunchy after two bites.

Ji Anli couldn't bear this kind of thing. He knew it was intentional, and he deliberately put on a show for himself.She squeezed her palms and didn't feel like talking anymore.

However, Ning Zhi did not back down and asked, "Which country are you originally from, the United States? Or Canada?"

Ji Anli said, "France."

"That's kind of destined, my mother is also from France." Ning Zhi nodded pretendingly.

Ji Anli remained silent.

Little curly hair, which pot does not open and which pot to lift, "Didn't Boss Shu study in Italy? After going out for several years, I thought you were from Italy, but you are not."

Ji Anli said, "Go there and stay for a while."

Ning Zhi: "Oh."

"There will be two years in the middle, I will pass regularly," Ji Anli replied, "I will go there when I have time."

Seemingly unable to understand, Ning Zhi said, "Me too."

Ji Anli asked, "Study abroad?"

"No, I just go on a trip when I have time." Ning Zhi said truthfully, "I went to university in China, so I didn't go out."

Not caring about her study, Ji Anli didn't answer.

Ning Zhi continued to talk, saying: "I studied at Z University, majored in management, and I am an alumnus of Boss Shu."

The pertinence between words is too obvious, fire.The smell of medicine is a bit heavy.Tian Weiyuan and Chu Hengyi couldn't hear the clue, but Lao Cao sensed it, he was stunned for a while, not understanding what was going on, so he slowly looked at Mingshu.

Ming Shu didn't intervene or stop it.

Ji Anli turned to Ning Zhi and looked at him.

Ning Zhi didn't dodge, raised his eyelids, and let himself see as much as he wanted.

Chu Hengyi, who still didn't understand anything, interrupted the two of them, and said in surprise: "Hey, I'm also the eldest, what a coincidence."

Lao Cao quickly interjected and said, "That's not true, a table of alumni."

Chu Hengyi said joyfully, "It's all gathered together."

Lao Cao immediately asked, "What did you learn?"

Chu Hengyi said, "Accountant."

Tian Weiyuan joined in, and said with a smile: "Then you are a model now, and the gap is a bit big."

Chu Hengyi: "I didn't struggle too much when I applied for volunteering. My dad asked me to apply for this."

The atmosphere is a little more relaxed, less weird.

Ji Anli put away his emotions and calmed down.

Ning Zhi stopped again.

It took two hours for a meal to finish, and there were not many dishes left for a large table.

After eating, Tian Weiyuan went down to pay the bill first, and the rest left one after another.Ning Zhi was still sitting, looking for water to drink before leaving.

Ming Shu ignored her, got up and walked forward.

Ji Anli walked behind, half a step slower.

There was no water on the table, only wine.

With a shy face, Ning Zhi stopped him when he opened his mouth: "Boss Shu."

Ming Shu stopped.

The little curly tossed about, dragging his voice and said softly: "I'm thirsty——"