"The food in this restaurant is good. It is the best Italian restaurant I have ever eaten in New York. Moreover, the name of this restaurant is very artistic. 'Beautiful and delicious' can refer not only to the food, but also to the people." Gu Yuchen said with satisfaction.
The same restaurant, the same position by the window, an elegant man and woman talking softly.
During these days, they met several times one after another, and every time, Gu Yuchen found a way to prevent Qin Zixin from rejecting him.
Qin Zixin nodded, "The food here is indeed good, but saying it is the best Italian restaurant in New York is a bit exaggerated, right?"
Gu Yuchen chuckled, "It's no exaggeration, this is indeed the best Italian meal I have ever had."
Qin Zixin shook his head and smiled, "You should try my cooking if you have a chance. I'm very good at making pasta."
Gu Yuchen took off his napkin leisurely and leaned back in his chair, "If you say so, I really want to try it..."
"Okay, I'll cook it for you when I get the chance."
"You've been in a good mood lately!"
"Well, maybe it's because I'm with you. You make me feel relaxed."
"I'm in a good mood too. It's a pleasure to have dinner with you."
"I noticed that you are smiling more than before."
He raised his eyebrows, "Really? Did I seem dull to you before?"
"No, I just don't feel as cheerful as I do now."
Gu Yuchen said thoughtfully, "Actually, my personality has not changed. But when I meet you again... I am very happy, so I smile more."
She was still the same as he remembered her, beautiful, lively, like a leisurely landscape painting, which made him feel comfortable.
"Thank you for the compliment." She shook the glass gently, and the dim yellow light refracted, giving off a brilliant light.
"Tell me about Mr. Ji!" Gu Yuchen was casual, as if he spat out the words carelessly.
Qin Zixin breathed a sigh of relief, unable to avoid bringing up this topic with her friends.
"He...I told you, he and I are not a normal couple."
"But I think he enjoys it." Gu Yuchen's tone seemed to be teasing, teasing, and half-envy and jealousy, "Then why did you get married?"
"For the sake of the child... I have an eleven-year-old child with him." She smiled and said it easily.
He muttered vaguely.
"Tell me why you are still single?" Qin Zixin asked politely.
He is successful in his career, elegant and gentle, humorous and sensible. He is in his thirties. How can such a golden bachelor be left?
Gu Yuchen lit a cigarette. Under the cover of the smoke, his face was a little hazy. "Under the pressure of my family, I fell in love once or twice, but I never felt anything about the other person."
"My parents knew I was unhappy, so they didn't push me anymore."
"Indeed, love requires fate."
"So I choose to let nature take its course."
"Don't set your sights too high. I think women just need to be kind and beautiful."
"Perhaps I have already set my sights high from the beginning." After saying that, Gu Yuchen looked deeply at Qin Zixin.
Qin Zixin pretended not to understand the meaning of Gu Yuchen's words. He just smiled lightly, picked up the wine glass and took a sip of red wine.
Suddenly, she said, "I'm hungry, I want to eat a piece of cake."
The waiter was summoned, and when the cake was served, she saw her eating it with satisfaction.
Gu Yuchen held on to the wine glass and looked at her quietly. "You know my character. I don't like to talk in roundabout ways. Zi Xin, do you know..."
"Do you believe it? I actually want to eat another piece of apple pie." Qin Zixin suddenly interrupted Gu Yuchen's words.
"You don't need to abuse your belly like this just to escape me." He revealed her thoughts with one word.
She raised her eyebrows, "Why do you think so?"
"You ate twice as much as usual today. After the apple pie, what else do you want to eat?"
Hearing this, she was a little panicked. Gu Yuchen was a little unusual today, so she kept avoiding his topic, not wanting to hear things she shouldn't or didn't want to hear.
She is not stupid, she can understand his feelings from his fiery eyes.
The way he looked at her was exactly the same as before.
"I'm sorry, I'm full, I should go." Qin Zixin stood up and grabbed her small bag.
He grabbed her hand and said, "Don't go!"
Seeing her nervousness, he let go of her hand, with a hint of pleading in his voice, "I just want to say something to you."
"No... next time!"
She turned around and left, but Gu Yuchen seemed to see through her mind, "No, if you leave, there won't be a next time."
At this moment, he had already grasped her thin shoulders.
Qin Zixin was so nervous that sweat broke out on her forehead. She tried hard to get away from him, but he held her tightly.
"Zixin...listen to me..."
"No, I don't want to hear it... I'm married, I have a husband, and a daughter, I..." She shook her head desperately and refused.
"But he doesn't care about you." Gu Yuchen was like dropping a bomb, which made her unable to recover for a moment.
"You don't understand..."
"You have a choice." He murmured, holding her shoulders tightly with his fingers, "After all these years, don't you have the slightest feeling that we are actually the best match?"
"Just being friends."
"Lie!" he growled, and in those anxious eyes, he forced her to be unable to escape. "Without Ji Lingtian, we would be married and have children now, and it turns out that you and Ji Lingtian are just young and ignorant.
You can still undo your wrong decision now."
Qin Zixin's face turned pale and her lips trembled slightly, "My life is doomed..."
"Zixin, I can see that he doesn't care about you at all... If he really cared about you, he wouldn't leave you alone on the roadside at night. He doesn't deserve you at all." Gu Yuchen's voice was urgent and urgent.
Anger and excitement came through the fingertips.
Qin Zixin trembled slightly, but her heart gradually calmed down. "Imperial minister, don't waste your time on me, I..."
When Gu Yuchen's lips pressed down, Qin Zixin was stunned.
Her body was so stiff that she couldn't move at the same time, and she swallowed everything she wanted to say. The warmth on her lips made her open her eyes wide.
Fortunately, Gu Yuchen only touched her lightly.
When he left her lips, his dark eyes were shining with light, and he stroked her long hair with great compassion.
Qin Zixin was very flustered, "I...I'm leaving."
Gu Yuchen let out a long sigh, "Okay, I'll give it to you."
He can't be anxious, he shouldn't be anxious, he is patient, and as long as the couple maintains this relationship, he will have a chance.
The two of them left the restaurant one after another with their own thoughts in mind.
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When Gu Yuchen touched Qin Zixin, Ji Lingtian clenched his fists tightly.
Until they left, his clenched fists still did not loosen.
He just came here to discuss the Tsol project with a female government official, and he met them by chance.
Damn Qin Zixin, she was so intimate with Gu Yuchen behind his back!!
Ji Lingtian gritted his teeth and spent all his willpower to suppress the almost crazy cells in his body, causing all the blood to rush to the top of his head.
What "normal" reaction should a man have when he sees his wife being so close to another man?
For the first time, anger, jealousy, displeasure, and disbelief were like a river that gathered its tributaries, overwhelming his rational head that he had always been proud of, causing him to sink and writhe in it, almost drowning.
She and Gu Yuchen walked closely together, her gentle smile, her happy smile, and that kiss were all seen by Ji Lingtian.
They are both men. As early as when Gu Yuchen saw Qin Zixin for the first time, he knew what Gu Yuchen was thinking.
The female government official came quickly to Ji Lingtian with a smile and apology on her face.
"Mr. Ji, I'm sorry, I'm late. I'm really sorry..."
Ji Lingtian looked at the female government official and then remembered the purpose of coming here today.
He suppressed all his emotions, deliberately ignored the strong discomfort in his heart, and faced the visitor with his normal posture and expression.
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Qin Zixin returned home in a daze, feeling very uneasy.
She only regarded Yuchen as a friend, but it was not until today that she realized that Yuchen was not what she thought.
She did not deny that she had a special affection for the imperial minister after not seeing him for many years, but this affection was not about love, but a feeling similar to family affection.
To her, Yuchen is like a big brother she has not seen for many years. She feels reassured and trusts him, and she likes to stay with him.
But this kiss made things complicated.
"Young Madam."
In order to distinguish her from Ran Ran, the servants at Guanzhai called her "young madam" and Ran Ran "young mistress".
Qin Zixin, who stood in front of the mirror and looked at her pale face, responded, "I'm here."
"Mr. Ji is back. He wants you to go to the study."