Endless Fall

  Chapter 86 Don't alienate me no matter what

   "Then I'm honored." Yan Jingshun smiled lightly, his slightly raised eyes seeming to contain affection.

   But there are no words of love in his eyes.

  Lin Jiao smiled without saying a word.

   She waited for the first plate of caviar to be served, and then took the bread at the bottom and put it in her mouth.

   "Wait a minute." Yan Jingshun said suddenly.

   He stared at the bread in her hand: "This is a decoration, you can just scoop the caviar and eat it."

   "This slice of bread is not bad."

   "But it doesn't taste good for you to eat like this."

  Lin Jiao took a deep breath.

   She ate half of the bun in front of him before picking up the spoon and slowly scooping the caviar.

   "You don't eat it directly."

"why?"

  Yan Jingshun saw that she didn't understand, and explained patiently: "It is best to eat caviar in the mouth of the tiger, wait for it to smell and then sip it in your mouth, so that you can feel its explosiveness and umami."

   "I think it's better to eat directly." Lin Jiao didn't do what he said: "Everyone has different habits, isn't it?"

   Yan Jingshun realized that it might not be appropriate for him to ask others with his own ideas.

   He watched her eat the caviar, suppressed his uncomfortable expression, and pushed the salmon forward: "Then are you used to dipping it in vinegar?"

   "Not used to."

  Lin Jiao lost his appetite as he ate.

   If it wasn't for his acquaintance with Pei Yilan, she would have left long ago.

   "Can I ask you a question?" Yan Jingshun didn't notice the change in her mood, and chatted with her as before.

"what?"

   "How many times have you been in a relationship before?"

   "Once." Lin Jiao swallowed a piece of salmon and asked him the same question: "How about you?"

"Tell the truth?"

   "You can tell lies if you want."

   "The truth was talked about three times." Yan Jingshun didn't intend to lie, he paused and said, "The lie was never discussed once."

   "Three times is not much."

   "Well, I have never met true love."

   "They're not really love?"

   "It doesn't count." He said objectively: "They are not in line with my thinking, and it is easy to have conflicts after getting along for a long time."

   "Is that so." Lin Jiao responded lightly.

   She continued to listen to him talk about his relationship history. When he put down his chopsticks, she picked up the phone and said, "I'll go back to the company first."

   "I'll take you off." Yan Jingshun felt that the meeting was quite pleasant, and of course he wanted to get along with her more.

   He stepped on the dead leaves all over the ground, and when he sent her to Sheng Heng's door, he said softly, "Let's go to the concert this Saturday?"

   "Sorry, I made an appointment with a friend."

   "What about next week?"

   "I'm not sure about next week." Lin Jiao opened the screen and glanced at the time, as if she was very busy.

   She raised her head: "I will contact you when the time comes."

   Yan Jingshun looked at her for a few seconds, his gentle eyes seemed to be looking at his future girlfriend: "Don't make me wait too long, okay?"

   "Yeah." Lin Jiao turned around with a smile.

   The moment she stepped into the elevator, the curvature of the corners of her mouth narrowed, and she was so tired that she rubbed between her brows.

   Pei Zhi: [Are you coming up to rest? ]

   After receiving this news, she pressed down the elevator on the top floor without thinking and walked towards the president's office.

   Pei Zhi sent this WeChat out of concern, but he didn't want another 'unexpected gain'.

   He poured a glass of warm water and handed it to her: "So he said he wanted you to order, but he actually picked some of his favorites?"

   Lin Jiao responded lightly: "He never thought to ask my opinion from the beginning, including this meeting."

   Faced with such a 'rival in love', Pei Zhi didn't even bother to eat vinegar, he said calmly: "That person's character is not suitable for you."

"I feel so too."

   "Are you still hungry? I'll give you some takeout."

   "I'm not hungry now." Lin Jiao took off her high heels and put on the slippers he specially prepared for her: "I'll go in and sleep for a while."

   Pei Zhi followed her into the lounge.

   He covered the quilt for her, and put the thermos cup on the round table next to her, so that she could drink when she woke up.

   "I called you five minutes earlier?"

"three minutes."

  Lin Jiao wanted to stick to the bed.

   She rolled over lazily wrapped in the quilt, her brows filled with a hint of enjoyment: "Good afternoon, uncle."

   "Good afternoon." Pei Zhi closed the door.

  He went back to his desk to deal with affairs, and ordered two boxes of desserts for her.

   When she woke up, the takeaway just arrived.

  Lin Jiao ran downstairs with the bag.

   From then on, she would go to his lounge to sleep at noon every day for a whole week.

   After work on Friday, Pei Zhi started to get nervous when he drove her home.

   He glanced at her sideways, and tightened and relaxed his hand on the steering wheel: "Jiaojiao, I can't pick you up tomorrow if I have something to do."

   "Then did you come over tonight?"

   "Of course." How would he confess if he didn't go?

  Lin Jiao did not capture the emotion in his eyes.

   As usual, she stood outside the door and smiled at him after getting off the bus: "See you tomorrow."

   "Beautiful." Pei Zhi called to her before she turned around.

   He considered for a long time: "No matter what happens, don't alienate me, okay?"

   "What's the matter with you?" Lin Jiao bent down, put her right hand on the edge of the car window, and looked at him suspiciously.

"nothing."

   Pei Zhi was not sure whether she could accept his feelings, and was eager to leave a way back.

   He met her gaze: "You answer me first."

"Won't."

   Under his expectant eyes, Lin Jiao said word by word, "No matter what happens, I will not alienate you."

   "You remember this sentence." Pei Zhi rolled his throat and said that he was not afraid of being fake: "You can't lie to me."

"Do not lie to you."

   "You can't go back after you say it."

  Lin Jiao didn't know why he was so strange, but he still responded seriously: "I will never regret it."

   Getting her promise, Pei Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

   He painted her eyebrows with his eyes, and when the greed in his heart was satisfied, he was willing to leave.

   "Beautiful, I'm leaving."

   "Okay." Lin Jiao put aside her confusion and looked towards the direction where the car disappeared.

   She walked along the cobblestone road in the community to the downstairs of the unit. Before she could enter the door, she was stopped by a female voice.

   "Ms. Lin." Su Tian met the radiant face, jealous like a vine.

   She pinched her palm, but the smile on the corner of her mouth was soft and harmless: "Do you have time to talk to me?"

"No time to."

   "Then I'll come back to you tomorrow, until you have time, how about that?"

  Lin Jiao did not expect her to be so persistent.

   She rubbed the straps of her handbag, and her reaction was neither happy nor angry: "What are you trying to say?"

   "It may be inconvenient to talk about it here." Su Tian raised his chin towards the residents who came in and out: "Would you mind moving your feet to another place?"

  Lin Jiao followed her to a nearby teahouse.

   She sat in front of the square table, brushing the hem of her clothes, casually looking at the furnishings in the private room, not intending to speak first.

   She can hold her breath, Su Tian can't hold her back.

   "Ms. Lin." She looked into Lin Jiao's eyes and pretended to be kind: "It's been a while since you broke up with Ah Quan?"

   (end of this chapter)