Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Ji Zitong stared at that flickering phone screen for close to half a minute before she frowned and picked it up. She had just answered when Su Chen’s deep, annoyed voice came from the other end. “Why did you take so long to pick up? It’s late. Aren’t you home yet? It’s already past 8 p.m. Ji Zitong, how many times have I told you, you can just finish work at 6. It’s not safe for a lone woman like you be out late at night, especially when I’m not around. Don’t you know that?”
Before Ji Zitong could reply, Su Chen began to release everything he wanted to say everything at a go. She never knew that he could speak this much. In fact, he seemed to be becoming more and more like a butler, quite like the typical male chauvinist.
As Ji Zitong listened, she instantly frowned. When he finished, she answered calmly, “Su Chen, repeat what you just said again.”
When she made that request, Su Chen seemed to have realized something, so he fell silent for a moment, then explained in his deep voice, “Missus Su, I’m just…I don’t want to control you. I’m just worried that you won’t be safe. A few days ago, the city’s public security bureau just set up a special investigation team to investigate the serial murder cases of young girls. They haven’t been solved yet, so I’m worried.”
Ji Zitong reacted quite quickly and somehow managed to say, “Chief Su, did you not watch the news yesterday? The murder has already been caught by the police last night. In fact, there aren’t any secluded spots between the house and my shop. The security in our villa area is doing well, so what are you worried about? I’m home right now. Your sister came over to make me dinner today, and I’m eating it now.” Her brows were practically furrowed into a knot as she could not quite digest this man’s concern.
Su Chen was standing underneath a streetlight in another city as he called Ji Zitong at the moment. As he watched his long shadow, he spoke to her, “The murderer was caught? How did I not hear about it? Is it raining back home?”
“Nah, the weather’s been really good these past few days. It’s just been a little hot and stuffy.”
Ji Zitong just turned on the loudspeaker on her phone, and then put it aside. After that, she picked up her chopsticks and began eating.
“Oh, isn’t that so? The weather’s been really good on my end too. Tonight’s moon is really round and bright, but it looks just a tad bit smaller than it does from City Z…”
Su Chen was not even looking toward the sky, but he began to just spew lies while his secretary, Xiao He, began to put his hand to his forehead as he could not help but wail on the inside, ‘Oh dear Chief Su, it’s third of the month. Won’t you look up at the sky and see if the moon is brought and round? You clearly knew that the weather has been sunny here. Why did you ask whether it was raining on Sis-in-law’s end?’
What an odd imagination!
Did everyone in love have such IQ and EQ?
Secretary He was crying on the inside. He had only gone over a few days ago, and in those last few days, he had to suffer Chief Su’s nonsense that made his hair stand.
Ji Zitong ignored him. She felt like ever since that thing happened, Su Chen began to act abnormally.
“Mmm,” she just answered briefly and began to swallow her food before asking, “It’s already been more than ten days. Roughly when will you be back?”
“In a few more days. I should be able to go home this weekend. Right, the wedding dress will probably be ready in the next two days. Remember to try it out at Sister’s place when it’s done. We can alter it if it’s not suitable. You can also relay your requests for the wedding to Sister and the rest,” Su Chen answered as he put one hand on the streetlight pole.
“I don’t have any requests. I just want it to be simple. I don’t have that many friends and family on my end. Apart from my parents, it will just be those from the martial arts center and some neighbors, so just a simple reception is fine. We aren’t usually that close anyway.”
Ji Zitong was someone who hated hassle. If it were not for wanting to make Su Chen’s end happy, she would have just rejected this wedding. Even though all those wedding dresses and fancy bouquets were things to yearn for, they were quite exhausting too. If she could, she would much rather have a destination wedding, but sadly with Su Chen’s identity, this idea clearly would not work, so she never brought it up.
“Right, let me tell you something. This morning, Li Si sent me an invitation. Manager Ah Mo and Miss Lingshi have registered their marriage, and they’re planning to have a simple wedding this weekend. They’ve invited us to join. See if you can make it back in time for that.” Ji Zitong’s mind flashed with a reminder about what Li Si had come to the store for that morning.
When Ji Zitong updated him with that piece of news, Su Chen was stunned. He said in surprise, “Ah Mo and Lingshi? It’s done?”
Ji Zitong thought Su Chen was asking her, so she nodded and replied, “Mmm, I’m sure it is given the invitation.”
“Nice one. The other day, Zimo and I were just talking about how they’ve been on this long journey for more than 10 years now. Well, it’s finally come to fruition. Bloody hell, why didn’t this bastard Ah Chen send me a message? I was worried about them. A few days ago, I was telling my sister to help urge Lingshi. I guess I was worried for nothing!”
When he thought about it, Su Chen could not help but curse Mu Yuchen.
“Chairman Mu’s probably busy with this too as long as Li Si sent the invitation over to him,” Ji Zitong said calmly.
Su Chen then sighed and said with a deep voice, “Mmm, I know. Since they got married, that’s a great thing. I’ll prepare the gift and definitely rush back in time for the weekend. Don’t worry. It’s such an important occasion. Of course, I won’t miss it. Oh, right, best man…great. You have dinner first. I’ll call Ah Chen to ask him about it.”
“Mmm, take care of yourself. Return soon,” Ji Zitong said before she hung up.
She set aside her phone with the dimming screen as she glanced down at the dishes before her. She paused for a while before picking up her chopsticks and silently continued eating her food.
Meanwhile, on the other end, Su Chen stared at the phone that had dimmed for a long while, his dark brows furrowing into a knot. He did not say he wanted to hang up. He was just saying that he would call Mu Yuchen later. Who told her to hang up? He was not finished!
He hesitated for a moment, and actually wanted to call her once again, but after pondering for a bit, he decided to forget it because she was like that the past few times too. Towards the end of the call, she would lose interest and just hang up.
Well, he actually wanted to also ask her if she missed him, but he could not bring himself to say it.