As Chi Yu's voice faded, Jiang Zhirou still subconsciously hesitated for a moment.
She had originally thought Chi Yu would decline, but unexpectedly, he answered so resolutely. A hint of disappointment welled up in her heart.
Neither of them said a word. The atmosphere at the dinner table grew heavy for a moment.
After a while.
"I'm full." Jiang Zhirou looked up. "Do you have any plans today? If not, would you like to go to the training ground with me?"
Jiang Zhirou asked tentatively.
"I have some work to deal with at the company today, so I won't accompany you to the training ground. I'll drop you off there later and then leave."
As soon as Chi Yu said this, even if Jiang Zhirou was slow-witted, she could sense something was off about the man.
He had just said he took a week's leave, but now, after only one day, he was going back to the company.
It was obvious that he was hiding something from her.
Jiang Zhirou instinctively wanted to ask, but then she remembered that she also had things she couldn't tell him. She swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
She nodded at the man. "Okay, work at the company is more important. You should focus on it. Don't worry about me."
As soon as her voice fell, Chi Yu looked up at the woman in front of him. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, he said nothing.
The two of them walked out of the house one after another.
Soon, a black Maybach slowly drove out of Yuhaiwan.
Jiang Zhirou sat in the passenger seat. Neither of them spoke. She kept stealing glances at the man in the driver's seat from the corner of her eye.
She was hesitating whether to tell Chi Yu the news she had learned yesterday.
After all, they had agreed to investigate together.
"What are you thinking about?"
While Jiang Zhirou was hesitating, Chi Yu's voice suddenly broke the silence in the car.
She turned her head in the direction of the voice, met Chi Yu's gaze, shook her head, and forced a smile. "It's nothing."
Hearing this, Chi Yu showed no particular expression on his face. He simply grunted and refocused on driving.
Before long, they arrived at their destination.
As soon as the car stopped, Jiang Zhirou instinctively reached for the car door.
The moment her hand touched the doorknob, she paused. Then she sat back in the car, leaned towards the driver's seat, cupped Chi Yu's face with both hands, and gently kissed his lips.
Then, before Chi Yu could react, she got out of the car directly.
She closed the car door, bent down, and waved at the man in the car through the window with a smile. "Don't come to pick me up after you're done. Just go home directly."
"I'll wait for you at home."
After saying that, Jiang Zhirou turned around and walked into the building.
Only then did Chi Yu come to his senses from the sudden kiss.
He looked in the direction where Jiang Zhirou had left, pursed his lips, and his complexion improved slightly.
After finishing his work last night, he went to Jiang Zhirou's room.
She wasn't there.
He searched around and finally found her footprint on the windowsill of the bathroom.
Chi Yu guessed in an instant that Jiang Zhirou had run out.
After all, when they were kids, she used to sneak out through the window to meet him like this.
The only difference was that back then, the window she climbed out of was only one story high, while the windows in Yuhaiwan were dozens of stories high, hundreds of meters above the ground. Without any protection, if she accidentally fell, he wouldn't even be able to find her whole body.
Chi Yu didn't know what was so important that she had to climb out of the window to avoid him.
What made him angry was that she didn't take her own life seriously and didn't even realize her mistake.
He was also angry that even though he was so worried, he still couldn't bear to scold her. He could only hold his anger in and say nothing.
However, he didn't expect that this woman would kiss him before leaving. This was much quicker than her previous reactions.
At least she could finally tell that he was angry.
Thinking of this, Chi Yu's mood brightened. His fingers unconsciously tapped on the steering wheel. He stepped on the accelerator, and soon the car disappeared from sight.
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Inside the training ground.
Jiang Zhirou trained for the whole morning. At noon, she walked out of the shooting range. "Brother Zuo, let's call it a day today."
Zuo Qutang was a little surprised to see her leaving. "Sister-in-law, do you have something to do this afternoon?"
Jiang Zhirou nodded with a smile. "Yes, I seem to have accidentally made Chi Yu angry. I'm going to cook a big meal for him this afternoon to ask for his forgiveness."
Hearing this, Zuo Qutang burst into laughter. "It's quite rare to see Brother Chi angry."
"Then it's better not to see it." Jiang Zhirou pouted, thinking of his cold look this morning. "It's quite scary."
"Then let's call it a day today. But sister-in-law, I don't think you need to come every day. Your marksmanship is quite accurate, and you're learning self-defense quickly. If I didn't know you before, I might have thought you were already good at these things."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhirou smiled faintly but didn't reply. After saying goodbye to him, she left the training ground.
She had only told half of the truth.
It was true that she wanted to coax Chi Yu, but she also needed to meet Chen Yu'an.
At present, only Chen Yu'an knew a little about the man in black robes.
She stood by the roadside and hailed a taxi at random.
"Go to Ming'an Group."
The last time she met Chen Yu'an, it wasn't a pleasant encounter. But fortunately, he felt guilty enough towards Chen Qingmian. Except for the matter of An Ya, he should tell her everything he knew.
Thinking that she would soon find out the identity of that person, Jiang Zhirou felt inexplicably nervous. Her hand unconsciously tightened on the corner of her clothes.
"Miss, we're here."
The driver's voice suddenly sounded. Jiang Zhirou came back to her senses abruptly. "Thank you."
After getting out of the car, she looked up at the Ming'an Building in front of her, took a deep breath, and stepped into the building.
"Hello, do you have an appointment?"
The receptionist saw Jiang Zhirou and politely asked.
"Is my brother in his office?"
Hearing this, the receptionist finally recognized that the person in front of her was Chen Yu'an's sister. She quickly pressed the button for the president's exclusive elevator.
"President Chen is in his office. You can go up directly."
As soon as her voice fell, the elevator door slowly opened. Jiang Zhirou walked in directly.
The elevator soon reached the designated floor.
As soon as Jiang Zhirou walked out of the elevator, she ran into Tan Si, who was walking out of the office.
Tan Si instinctively hesitated for a moment when he saw her. "Miss?"
It had been a long time since Qingmian had come to the company so suddenly. The last time she had come like this was probably before she was sent to Mexico...
Before her relationship with Chen Yu'an had deteriorated.
Now that she had come to the company on her own initiative, did it mean that her relationship with Chen Yu'an had improved?!
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Tan Si's face. He quickly walked towards her.
"You're here to see the boss, right? He just finished a meeting. You haven't eaten yet, have you, miss? I'll have someone prepare something for you right away."
As Tan Si led Jiang Zhirou towards the office, he chattered on.
Jiang Zhirou wasn't polite to him. She nodded slightly at him. "Thank you, Assistant Tan."