The Lady of the Prestigious Family is a Big Boss-Chapter 840: I Won’t Come Looking for You (3)
Ji Mingqian suddenly looked up, his gaze tense as he stared at him, "What conditions?"
Beside him, Ye Jiuliang heard Jiang Hai’s words and did not feel happy, but was even more worried.
Sure enough, Jiang Hai’s next words sent him into hell.
"Once you meet, you can only be friends."
Anything else, he would not agree to.
He’s not such a heartless person that he wouldn’t even allow a meeting.
Ji Mingqian’s face turned black all of a sudden, frozen in place without speaking.
The surrounding atmosphere was as silent as winter, with a hint of awkwardness in the air.
Ye Jiuliang and Li Mochan exchanged a glance, tacitly keeping silent.
After a moment, he spoke in a hoarse voice, "Uncle, sorry for the disturbance, I’ll be going first."
His sudden departure was something Jiang Hai did not expect.
He watched Ji Mingqian’s back, his expression gloomy.
"Aqian." Ye Jiuliang reached out to pull him, speaking gently.
Ji Mingqian looked down at her, his eyes filled with a deep red, "Ajiu, you know me."
She should understand his temperament well enough, so she shouldn’t stop him.
Ye Jiuliang slowly let go of his hand, and Ji Mingqian quickly walked towards his car.
"Mochan." Ye Jiuliang watched the person get into the car, then turned her gaze to the person beside her.
Li Mochan took her hand, "Let him calm down a bit."
Not far away, the sound of the engine roared, and the shadow of the black car quickly disappeared from view around the corner.
By the time Li Mochan and the others turned back, Jiang Hai had already gone inside.
"With Aqian’s skills, he’ll find his way to the island soon enough," Ye Jiuliang said as they walked.
Li Mochan analyzed calmly, "If he forces his way there, it won’t do any good, it’ll just make things worse."
Just like Uncle said, now that Asheng has already gone to the island, he won’t casually meet him.
"Are we really not going to help?" Ye Jiuliang asked helplessly.
"If we help, it won’t be easy to explain things to Uncle, and Asheng wouldn’t agree to it anyway." Li Mochan knew everyone’s temperaments well.
If he could think of this, Ji Mingqian would definitely think of it too; he wouldn’t easily storm onto the island.
Hearing this, Ye Jiuliang fell silent.
Neither option works, it’s truly worrying.
...
After two days of silence, Ji Mingqian was still nowhere to be seen.
Unable to rest easy, Ye Jiuliang took Li Mochan along to visit him.
Stepping into his room, there was no expected smell of alcohol, nor did they see his disheveled appearance.
His clothes were neat, his expression lively, still carrying that usual carefree demeanor.
If not for the faint shadows under his eyes, Ye Jiuliang could have believed that he was doing well these past two days.
"Why are you two here?" Ji Mingqian asked with a chuckle as he saw them arrive.
Ye Jiuliang watched him, not joking with him as usual. Her cold eyes, capable of perceiving people’s emotions, saw through his smile to the sadness and loneliness underneath.
"Just came to see you."
"See me?" Ji Mingqian raised an eyebrow, his smile unwavering, "What’s there to see about me, are you worried I might do something stupid?"
Ye Jiuliang stepped forward two paces, not beating around the bush with him, "What are you planning to do?"
Having grown up together, their words were straightforward, and there were no wasted words between them.
"What to do?" Ji Mingqian sneered, "Has someone already made a choice for me?"
What bullshit promises for this life, broken.
Utter nonsense.
Ye Jiuliang was stumped, "..."
Ji Mingqian turned to look at Li Mochan, walked up to him, and asked with certainty, "Do you have a way to contact him?"
Li Mochan looked at him with indifferent eyes, and after a moment, he said, "Yes."
"Make a call for me," Ji Mingqian said.
For the first time, they spoke without fighting, and Li Mochan took out his phone, dialed a number in front of Ji Mingqian, and handed it to him, "Here you go."
Ji Mingqian reached out to take it, unexpectedly saying thank you.
He took the phone outside to the floor-to-ceiling window, and Ye Jiuliang and Li Mochan didn’t rush to leave, still standing there.
The phone rang for a long time before someone answered.
"Cousin."
The voice wasn’t the usual gentle one; the hoarse voice was like metal scraping against the floor, cutting through Ji Mingqian’s heart.
He tightened his grip, clutching the phone.
After cursing him countless times as an idiot in his heart, he spoke in a low, hoarse voice, "It’s me."
The person on the other end suddenly fell silent, even their breathing grew cautious.
Controlling his rationality, Ji Mingqian spoke steadily, "I’ll ask and you answer, is your injury any better?"
Hearing his voice after so long, Jiang Yisheng’s nose turned sour, "...Mm."
"I know it can’t be, you’ve lied to me before." Ji Mingqian rudely exposed his little lie, saying forcefully, "Heal without acting up."
"From now on, I’ll talk and you’ll listen."
Jiang Yisheng pressed his lips tightly together, remaining silent.
"I’m not forcing you, I don’t mind waiting a lifetime." Ji Mingqian squinted his dark eyes, gazing into the distance, "I won’t look for you, nor will I go see you, unless you appear in front of me yourself."
He was alone, it didn’t matter, but he knew he couldn’t make him choose.
"In a few days, I’ll be joining a film crew, as usual, you have to book out the theater for my movie."
Jiang Yisheng curled his lips, a smile finally appearing on his pale face, tears glistening in his eyes, "Okay."
He paused, then said, "I bought a jet ski, we can race next time."
Ji Mingqian’s eyes turned profound, "Mm, I’ll let you win."
