Chapter 47: Just a Man
“Mr. Li won’t answer the phone?”
Ji Lan was sitting in the passenger seat, the black Lexus was driving smoothly on the road, and Li Zhen's cell phone was vibrating wildly on the center console.
Ji Lan held her head and looked at him, asking with a half-smile.
The latter held the steering wheel and glanced at her: "The work call will be later. I'll send it to Miss Ji first."
"Is it going to be late?" Ji Lan's shrewd eyes flashed: "In that case? How about finding a place to have a drink?"
Li Zhen was stunned and kept silent for a moment. A burst of laughter flashed through him: "Miss Ji, are you deliberately making things difficult for me?"
Ji Lan flipped up his hair and said in a leisurely tone, "It doesn't count!"
"Mr. Li is so smart. He should have known this was not an ordinary dinner party when he received the invitation. However, since the other party is from Ji's family and the situation of Ji's family is not clear, he can only choose to accept the invitation," Ji Lan pointed with her fingertips. forehead: "If you accept the invitation, then I will have to be dragged into the water by you."
"And, if I'm not wrong..." Ji Lan paused and said, "Is it your girlfriend who called you?"
There was a flash of depression on Li Zhen's face: "What should I say?"
"At Mr. Li's level, as long as he doesn't go out to do any confidential things, he should tell his secretary in advance. His subordinates know that you are socializing with Ji's family, so naturally they won't call you so frantically. Mr. Li is from a high-achieving family, and his parents They are all reasonable, and naturally they will not be like this. Anyone who can be so unscrupulous and call one after another is either a real girlfriend, or a woman from outside. "
Ji Lan had never known Li Zhen, but he could basically guess that he was a young talent with an annual salary of tens of millions, and he had lots of women eyeing him.
Moreover, this person is smooth and sophisticated, and will choose his own advantageous position in a turbid environment. He is also a smart person.
There was a moment of silence in the carriage. Li Zhen looked at Ji Lan while waiting for the red light.
The probing look in his eyes was hard to hide.
Staring at her quietly, meaningfully.
Finally, when he lifted his foot from the brake, Li Zhen said: "Miss Ji is very smart."
"It's just a woman," Li Zhen admitted generously.
Ji Lan smiled silently and guessed it.
In this realistic and dirty wealthy circle, you can see everything you should and shouldn't see. Elite men like them have a life plan that is clearer than legal documents, and every step they take is within their own premeditation and calculation.
If it was a confirmed relationship, he wouldn't have let the phone ring for so long without answering it.
Otherwise, people cannot establish it.
"I rolled down the window."
Li Zhen: "It's up to you."
On a May day, the nights in Beijing and Hong Kong in the north are still a bit chilly.
The cold wind blew in from the car window, and Ji Lan squinted his eyes comfortably. Just when he was about to reach out and feel the night breeze, the back seat window of a black Maybach parked beside him, waiting for the red light, slowly lowered.
Ji Mingzong's teasing gaze fell on Ji Lan's face.
When their eyes met, the latter was suddenly startled!
Sit upright, your fingertips rest on the buttons, and the black car window slowly rises
"Sir, that is? Miss Ji." Yan Hui was stunned. The man next to Miss Ji was better than her. The clothes are still very diligent!
Yesterday there was a banquet at the village, and today there is Li Zhen, with Ji Mingzong interspersed in between.
After all, their husband looks like a shameless night walker.
"Yan Hui," Ji Mingzong said abruptly, his mood unclear: "It would be better if you were mute."
Yan Hui shut up suddenly.
Ji Mingzong lit a cigarette in the back seat, picked up his cell phone and dialed Ji Lan's number, but no one answered for a long time.
Three or five calls came through, but she didn't answer any of them. Finally, a black customized mobile phone was thrown on the seat next to him with a clatter.
Yan Hui was so frightened that he held the steering wheel firmly and did not dare to make a sound.
I wish I could become invisible immediately.
While studying the expressions of the people in the back seat, he slowed down the car.
I am afraid that the person who was originally planning to go out to socialize will suddenly pursue a woman.
"Is there a ghost blocking the road ahead?" Ji Mingzong was very angry, and he didn't have a good temper when he saw Yan Hui driving.
The cold tone came out with a hint of warning.
Yan Hui was frightened and immediately stepped on the accelerator to go to the entertainment spot.
On the other side, Li Zhen saw Ji Lan holding the mobile phone but not answering the call, and the smile on his lips spread: "Miss Ji won't answer the phone?"
"Same as Mr. Li," Ji Lan threw the phone into his bag: "It's just a man."
Li Zhen suddenly laughed.
The car was safely parked in the parking lot of Jin Mao Mansion. Li Zhen went around to the side and opened the car door in an extremely gentlemanly manner.
Ji Lan got out of the car and was about to leave when Li Zhen called out "Miss Ji" calmly.
"You are very interesting," Li Zhen looked at her and continued, "I would be disappointed without you at the summit."
The Ji family is full of talented people, both men and women, old and young, are good at calculations. People who have lived in the Ji family since childhood cannot stay alone. Even if they stay away, they will be pulled into the vortex. In Ji Lan's current situation, hiding is not an option.
Entering the game and disturbing the flow is what a smart person would do.
"Mr. Li, you have bad intentions!" Ji Lan responded with a half-smile, but did not respond directly.
Who knows who he is? If you are not on guard, are you waiting for him to drag you into the water?
When Ji Lan entered the elevator, Li Zhen slowly withdrew his gaze. When he got on the car, his eyes fell on the elevator hall again, with an inexplicable lingering look.
In the banquet villa, Ding Min was sitting on the sofa, holding the phone and looking extremely ugly.
I don't know what was said on the other side, which made people's backs bend inexplicably.
"Is what Mrs. Ji said inappropriate? When we made the engagement, your family would step-daughter and adopt a daughter, but our family didn't say anything. Why did you lecture me instead?"
"The meeting between Yanzhuang and Ji Lan must be because of their unresolved affair? Two childhood sweethearts can't have some friendship when they grow up together? Or does Mrs. Ji want them to pretend they don't know each other? Plants and trees have roots attached to them when they are uprooted, let alone human beings. ?”
Ding Min's tone was gentle, but what he said was not pleasant. Their banquet family was indeed not as good as the Ji family, but it was not something that could be manipulated by anyone.
The Ji family is going in and out now, and their family just plays along, right?
"We understand what Mrs. Ji said. You don't need to call us specifically. After all, we are quite cooperative about the marriage between the two families."
After Ding Min finished speaking, he threw his phone on the sofa, his anger lingering.
"What's wrong?" Yanshan looked at his wife and asked with concern.
"Ask your son," Ding Min said angrily: "What's the situation of Ji's family now? He even asked Ji Lan to meet him in private. Forget it, he couldn't wipe his butt clean. He ate secretly and couldn't wipe his mouth. How dare he Go out and steal.”
Ding Min asked the servant to bring him a glass of water and drank most of it: "Deng Yi is also funny. She is the legitimate daughter of the Ji family. With such ability, why don't you go back to ancient times and become a mistress? That Ji Rourou, I don't like anyone anywhere. "
"Calm down," Yanshan patted his wife on the shoulder and sighed helplessly: "I'll have a chat with Yanzhuang when he comes back later."