you are my joy

Chapter 1781 Gives no hope all the time

"You...you know?"

Seeing her slightly pale face, Zhu Jingjing hurriedly explained:
"Beauty, don't get me wrong. I have never investigated your information. I know whether you are the daughter of the Jian family or at the banquet where my sister-in-law inherited the Ning family."

Jian Ximan's expression paused, and her eyes suddenly realized for a moment.

It turned out to be the case.

She almost forgot that he was there at the banquet.

But she was grateful that he didn't investigate her past.

This at least shows that his feelings for her are more pure now, rather than mixed with sympathy.

Seeing that she was obviously relieved, Zhu Jingjing felt more and more that the damage caused to her by Jian's family was more serious than he imagined, and his brows sank in a subtle way.

"You noticed them just now, why didn't you tell me? You agreed to discuss cooperation with them?"

Jian Ximan let out a breath slowly, and took a sip of the wine. The hot alcohol swallowed her stomach, suppressing a lot of hostility in her heart.

"I have nothing to do with Jane's family, so it's unnecessary."

It has nothing to do with who the Jane family wants to cooperate with or climb up to.

She also doesn't want to be the one who talks behind her back.

If the Jian family knew that she was playing tricks, it would be endless entanglement.

She was used to being clean, and she didn't want to have anything to do with those people anymore.

If she could, she didn't even want to see them in this life.

But high society is a circle, she can quit quietly, but she is not willing to part with Xixi and An An, as long as she is still their friend, she will still see Jian's family after all.

The only thing she can do is to turn a blind eye. As long as Jane's family members don't take the initiative to find trouble, then she can live in peace.

Compared with her calmness, Zhu Jingjing's mood was a little agitated.

"Why doesn't it matter? Are you sure that they came to Zhu's family just to discuss cooperation?"

That old fox Jian Hongyi said that he wanted to discuss cooperation with him, but let him and his daughter chat alone.

He has seen this kind of trick too much, and he doesn't even need to guess to know what his real purpose is.

Everyone else will be snatched away by other women, doesn't she mind at all?
Jian Ximan raised her eyes lightly, as usual when facing him.

The clouds were calm and the wind was light, as if he didn't care about anything.

"So I reminded you just now, stay away from me today, and now the troubles are on your body, are you afraid?"

Zhu Qijing snorted and laughed.

"Afraid? I don't know how the word fear is written! I want to see what tricks the Jane family can play on me!"

Jian Xi lifted the corners of her mouth unobservably, and a hint of joy ran out of her clear eyes.

Zhu Jingjing secretly poked and observed her expression, carefully stuck to her side, and asked expectantly:
"You are a beauty, would you be jealous?"

Jian Ximan raised her eyes to meet the expectant eyes of the man, her eyes flickered, and she shook her head without any hesitation.

"will not."

The smile on Zhu Jingjing's face froze, and Qingjun's face collapsed in an instant, his shoulders drooped, like an abandoned pet.

"Can't you coax me? Even if it's a lie."

No matter how shameless he is, he is still human, and he will get tired after being hit again and again.

Occasionally, I want to hear her warm words.

Even if it's just a lie, he can be resurrected with full blood.

But the woman in front of her was unwilling to even tell a lie.

Sometimes he really doubts for a moment, can he really warm up such a cold heart?
Seeing the tall man in front of her showing his vulnerable side for the first time in front of her, Jian Ximan said that it was a lie that he couldn't move.

With a slight movement of her fingertips, she wanted to reach out and rub his short hair, but was stopped by her reason the moment the thought appeared.

She suppressed the emotion in her eyes, and said in a light tone:
"If I say yes, you will only be happier than you are now, but Zhu Jingjing, no matter how happy a lie makes you, it is meaningless."

A lie is a lie after all.

Even if she said what he wanted to hear just to please him, then what?

If it cannot become a reality, it may pile up into greater disappointment in the future.

A bitter smile appeared on Zhu Jingjing's lips.

"You really don't give me hope all the time."

Because I know that the greater the hope for you, the greater the final disappointment.

It's better not to give you hope all the time, and when you are tired, maybe you will leave by yourself.

Or... If you can really stick to it, you may get unexpected good news.

Jian Ximan stared at the wine glass in her hand with her eyes half down, rubbing the wine glass with her fingertips, but she still didn't say these words in her heart.

On the opposite side, Zhu Jingjing suddenly raised his head, brushed the broken hair on his forehead, exhaled heavily, and returned to his smiling expression.

"Forget it, although you don't give me hope, I still have to promise you that as long as you don't push me into someone else's arms, the man who belongs to you will never be snatched away by others."

Jian Ximan felt as if her heart had been hit hard by something, the ice wrapped around her heart cracked, and a warm breath got in through the crack, staying in her heart.

At this moment, she had to admit that she was moved by Zhu Jingjing's sincere words of love.

Or, she had already been tempted.

As he approached him step by step and shortened the distance between them bit by bit, he gradually developed feelings for him.

It's just that she didn't dare to take a step forward, didn't dare to give him any hope.

Just because she might not be able to give him the future he wanted.

……

The hour hand of the clock is about to point to the eight o'clock position, and the engagement banquet is about to begin.

No one noticed that a black shadow walked quietly behind the big screen on the stage, doing something furtively.

A moment later, the man in the black hat looked at the video file on the computer screen. The faint light hit the lower half of the man's face, and the slightly raised corners of his mouth looked particularly sinister.

At eight o'clock, the engagement banquet started on time.

Lu Deyu walked to the center of the stage with a steady and rhythmic step on his slender legs.

An expensive haute couture suit sets off Xin's tall and straight figure, imposing and imposing, with a calm and reserved demeanor.

The powerful aura lingering around his body brought enough momentum and deterrence. As soon as he appeared, the noise of the scene gradually became quieter.

"Thank you for coming all the way to the dog's engagement banquet. I announce that the engagement ceremony will begin now."

As soon as he finished speaking, all the lights on the scene were suddenly dimmed, and the big screen on the stage lit up.

The music started to play slowly, and a picture of Ning Yuxi crouching helplessly in the corner of the hospital wearing the gown from the engagement banquet a year ago appeared on the screen. Her hair was disheveled and her eyes were red. The beast squatted in the corner and licked its wounds.

(End of this chapter)