Ji Lingtian's voice was slightly gravelly, "What decision?"
Qin Zixin said slowly, "I want to stay in New York for more than a month before the wedding!"
"Okay, I'll accompany you."
"No, what I said is that I stay in New York and you have to go back to City Y to be with Qianqian."
Ji Lingtian frowned, "Xinxin..."
Qin Zixin still nodded at Ji Lingtian's lips, "Don't speak yet, listen to me..."
Ji Lingtian looked deeply at Qin Zixin.
Qin Zixin's sad face said with a smile, "I think we need some time to calm down... If we know that being together will be so tiring, then why not make each other's lives easier?"
"Any problem can be solved, Xinxin, I love you, I can't live without you by my side..."
Qin Zixin interrupted Ji Lingtian anxiously, "I know, I know, I said I will never give up on our relationship again, I just think we need to calm down for a while..."
"Xinxin, is there something I haven't done well recently..."
"You've done a good job, and you've even handled Ren Qingle's matter very well, but... too many things have happened recently, which has made you and I both mentally and physically exhausted. I think we both need some time to think and calm down.
From now on, after both of us feel that being together is the best choice, you can come to New York to find me again."
"Xinxin..."
Qin Zixin raised her head and kissed Ji Lingtian proactively, "I promise you, I will wait for you in New York."
"I don't need to think about it at all. I will never give up on you no matter what..."
"But I still hope you can think about it carefully...you will give me an answer in a month."
"Xinxin..."
"Stop talking, Ling Tian, you and I both know that such calmness is necessary."
Ji Lingtian shook his head.
Qin Zixin smiled at him, stretched out her hand to caress his angular and handsome face, "Take good care of Qianqian, I will call her."
"Xinxin..." Ji Lingtian still wanted to change this decision.
However, Qin Zixin has already made up his mind, "I'll wait for you to pick me up."
Ji Lingtian still shook his head, but could not change Qin Zixin's decision.
…
At night, it is still the open-air balcony on the second floor of the villa.
Ji Lingtian held the red wine in his hand and took a sad sip.
Suddenly a voice came from behind, "It's so late, why is there another person here?"
The person coming is Guan Hao.
Ji Lingtian didn't say anything, he just put down the wine glass gently and said calmly, "Zi Xin has made a decision."
Guan Hao sat down on the casual wicker chair, "What decision?"
"She said we need to calm down for a while..."
Guan Hao raised his eyebrows sensitively, "Have you told her how you felt during this time?"
Ji Lingtian shook his head, "She overheard my conversation with you last night."
Guan Hao breathed out, "No wonder Zi Xin suddenly made such a decision."
Ji Lingtian took the red wine and poured it down his throat, shook his head and murmured, "I don't know what to do... I have a lot of guilt about treating her, but I don't know how to make up for these guilts. The most important thing is that everything
As I said last night, if we continue to do this, both she and I will be very tired...but I don't want to be separated from her, and I have no choice."
"Brother..." Guan Hao analyzed rationally, "You and Zi Xin have been separated for more than ten years. It is inevitable that you will lose your previous tacit understanding. Take the case of Ren Qingle as an example. When my mother took Zi Xin to find Ren Qingle,
, you subconsciously feel that Zi Xin brought her mother to see Ren Qingle, and Zi Xin also subconsciously feels that you are protecting Ren Qingle... Because without such a tacit understanding, disputes will arise, and in addition, you are both cautious and tense with each other.
It makes you feel extra tired, so I think it might be a good idea for you and Zixin to take some time apart to calm down."
"I know, but she is here alone..."
"Aren't you relieved that Zi Xin is here?" Guan Hao dismissed Ji Lingtian's concerns, "Don't worry, we will take good care of her for you."
They agreed to calm down, so they would not contact each other during this period.
On the third day after Ji Lingtian left, Qu Ranran, who silently observed that his sister was calm in front of others but lost her mind behind others, finally took her sister to the garden and had a long talk.
At this moment, Qu Ranran looked at Qin Zixin worriedly, "Sister, Ren Qingle's problem has been solved, why do you still want to separate from your brother-in-law?"
Qin Zixin raised her lazy eyelids and looked at Qu Ranran, "You dragged me to the garden just to ask me this question?"
"Yeah... I can't figure out what you and your brother-in-law are thinking. They obviously love each other, but they choose to separate. Even if there is really a problem, is this choice a rational one?"
Qin Zixin said earnestly, "Ranran, I know you care about me, but I know very well what I am doing now..."
"So you chose to separate from me and calm down for a while?"
"I had a lot of problems with him."
"It's nothing more than Ren Qingle's problem. Hasn't it been solved now?"
"Ran Ran, the matter of Ren Qingle actually did not cause much estrangement between me and him, but when dealing with the matter of Ren Qingle, it made him and I realize that there are many problems between him and me..."
"What's the problem?"
"I can't put it into words. It's just that I always feel that something is missing between him and me. We are so close, but we feel so far apart. We can no longer achieve the trust and tacit understanding we had before."
"That's because you missed thirteen years..."
"Yes." Qin Zixin spat out faintly, "In the past thirteen years, a lot has changed. Neither he nor I realized that he and I are not the same people we were thirteen years ago..."
"But if you love someone, you won't care what they become."
"What you said is true, but when you realize that the person you love no longer has the trust and tacit understanding with you thirteen years ago, and you can't find the feeling of love thirteen years ago, you will find that these thirteen
What I miss in the year is not only the passage of time, but also the initial beauty."
"Sister, I don't understand what you are saying..."
Qin Zixin looked at her sister who looked worried about her, and said with a smile, "To put it simply, although we love each other very much, when we got together again, we realized that the other person was no longer the same person we were 13 years ago.
That person."
"As long as your feelings remain unchanged, the lost beauty can still be found..."
Qin Zixin shook his head and sighed softly, "I'm afraid we will never get her back... The woman he loved deeply thirteen years ago was a simple, kind and innocent girl, completely different from the dark and deep me now...
"
"But brother-in-law doesn't care about that... I can see how good he is to you these days."
"He is very kind to me, but when he was with me, didn't you notice that he was very cautious?"
Qu Ranran said, "It's normal to be cautious. He found you with great difficulty. He is afraid that you will leave him again!"
"Ranran, I don't want to be so cautious, do you understand?" Qin Zixin stared at Qu Ranran with clear eyes, and her voice was slightly excited, "He feels to me now as if he has to please me, and he must please me.
I was together, but he didn't follow his true heart..."
"Sister, I understand what you mean now... You are saying that my brother-in-law doesn't actually love you now, just because you have been his favorite in his heart for more than ten years. He has no way to give up on you, but he can barely stay with you.
At the same time, he felt very tired..."
Qin Zixin nodded, "So I gave him some time to think and let him consider whether he wants to be with me who is completely different from what I was thirteen years ago..."
"If my brother-in-law really chooses you now because of the love he had more than ten years ago, then you really need to think about it carefully. After all, being together is a lifetime thing. If you feel tired and still force yourself to be together, it will only make each other miserable.
Not even happy."
"On the other hand..." Qin Zixin paused, as if to adjust her inner emotions, and then said, "I also want to take this time to think about whether I am too selfish."
Qu Ranran immediately grabbed Qin Zixin's hand and said in a reproachful but concerned tone, "Are you thinking about your body again?"
Qin Zixin's eyes gradually dimmed, "He still has a long, long life to live, and I don't have much time left. Even if we find the lost beauty and come together again, I can't go with him."
Until I turn gray-haired... Originally I wanted to deceive myself and not think about this problem, hoping to go as far as possible with him, but until a few days ago he mentioned marriage to me, and he wanted me to go to Italy with him to re-register.
At the wedding, that's when I realized why I was so selfish? What if I left this world the day after the wedding? What would he do? Will he die alone like this? No, I don't want him to live like that.
I don’t want to see him wasted his whole life by me... But if he has to leave his side in the end, why should I continue to waste his time? I have already delayed half of his life, do I want him to miss me after I die?
My whole life?”
"So this is the real reason why you decided to separate from your brother-in-law for a while... You don't want to waste your brother-in-law's time, especially when you feel that his brother-in-law actually loves you who was thirteen years ago."
Qin Zixin swallowed the bitterness in her throat, "I have decided... in one month, if he comes to me and says that he still loves me, I will tell him about my illness and let him choose.
If he thinks clearly and feels that we are not suitable to be together anymore, I will give him my time back so that he can start his new life..."
Qu Ranran held Qin Zixin's hand tightly and said in a choked voice, "Sister, you are stupid, do you know? What you are saying to me now is all thinking about your brother-in-law, but you have not thought about yourself at all.
Pass……"
"I'm almost dead, and I'm still thinking about what to do..."
"You are so stupid... It is the luckiest thing for my brother-in-law to meet you in his life."
Qin Zixin smiled, but there were faint tears in her eyes.
A cell phone ringtone broke the silence at the moment.
Qin Zixin took out her phone and took a look at it, sniffed and adjusted her mood.
Qu Ranran asked with concern, "Brother-in-law?"
Qin Zixin shook his head, "He's from an auction house."
"Auction house?"
Qin Zixin took a deep breath, then pressed the answer button on her phone and said in a gentle tone, "Hello."
"Hello Mrs. Ji, I am from xx Auction House..."
"I know, is it about the bracelet auction?"
"Yes, Mrs. Ji, we have already auctioned the purple diamond bracelet that you gave to our auction house yesterday and planned to donate the money directly to charity this morning."
Qin Zixin was slightly surprised, "So fast?"
The other party said, "Yes, we didn't expect that the auction of this bracelet went so smoothly, and the price was still sold for 80 million."
"Eighty million?" Qin Zixin was shocked, "Didn't you say that the bracelet is only worth 30 million at most?" Ji Lingtian originally paid 50 million for this bracelet, which was already considered a luxury, but now there are still people willing to do so.
80 million is simply unbelievable."
"Yes, Mrs. Ji, a bidder did buy the bracelet for 80 million, and it was a fixed price."
"Okay, I understand, please donate this price to charity!"
"Well, Mrs. Ji, if you have time this afternoon, please come to us to go through the donation procedures..."
"Okay, I'll go there in the afternoon."
"Mrs. Ji, I feel that you have helped the charity. On behalf of the disadvantaged groups who will be cared for by you, I would like to express my deep gratitude to you. Goodbye."
After ending the call, Qu Ranran asked Qin Zixin anxiously, "What's the matter, sister?"
Qin Zixin frowned and replied, "The bracelet I took to the auction house yesterday was sold for 80 million this morning..."
"What? Didn't my brother-in-law only pay 50 million when he took the photo? Logically speaking, this product should depreciate in value..."
"I don't know, maybe that person is also interested in charity and doesn't care about the real value of the bracelet."
In the afternoon, Qin Zixin came to the charity auction agency to handle the donation procedures.
At this moment, the staff member enthusiastically took the donation agreement and said to her, "Mrs. Ji, please sign the name of the person in whose name you are donating the money. We will transfer the money to China within three working days xx
Charitable Foundation.”
"Okay, do you want to sign here?"
"Yes, lower right corner."
Qin Zixin immediately signed the words "Ji Lingtian" on the lower right corner of the contract.
After signing, Qin Zixin was about to hand the contract to the agency's staff when she suddenly saw an unfamiliar name on the contract. She immediately asked, "Who is this person named 'Gu Luolin'?"
The agency staff explained truthfully, "She is the one who took the photo of the bracelet."
Qin Zixin was quite confused in her heart.
She had never heard of this "Gu Luolin". Logically speaking, the person who could spend so much money to take pictures of this bracelet should at least be a well-known wealthy businessman...
The agency staff kindly asked, "Mrs. Ji, are you the one who wants to know about the auction of this bracelet?"
"I'm just a little curious. After all, I've never heard of this name..."
"As a charitable donor, we can disclose the bidder's information to you..." The agency staff then copied a series of numbers from a stack of documents and handed them to Qin Zixin, "This is the contact information of the bidder.
"
"Oh, okay, thank you."
…
After leaving the charity, Qin Zixin took out the number left for her by the charity while sitting in the car.
As if by mistake, Qin Zixin dialed the number.
After the phone was connected, it only rang twice before the other party answered, "Hello, secretary to the general manager of Neng Tai Group."
After hearing what the other party said, Qin Zixin didn't reply. After a few seconds, she put the phone down from her ear blankly.
She leaned back in the chair, her eyes glazed over.
Everyone knows that the eldest lady of the "Neng Tai" Group is Ren Qingle...
It was Ren Qingle who ordered the secretary to take the photo of this bracelet.
A bracelet worth 3,000 yuan was auctioned off by Ren Qingle for 80 million yuan...
Ren Qingle didn't care about the value of the bracelet at all. What she cared about was its meaning. She asked her secretary to take the photo. Obviously, she wanted to conceal the fact that she took the photo of the bracelet...
She didn't expect that Ren Qingle would be so affectionate...
What would Ji Lingtian think if he knew that Ren Qingle had slapped the bracelet back again?
Did Ren Qingle do this intentionally or unintentionally... Why couldn't she understand Ren Qingle's thoughts at all?