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Chapter 122: 122 is puzzled

Chen Ziqi was about to cross the street when she suddenly heard someone shouting Chen Xu’s name. She turned her head and saw a beautiful woman sprinting over and hugging Chen Xu tightly.

She was obviously very excited and nearly knocked Chen Xu over. The collision between them sounded a bit painful.

Chen Ziqi was surprised—who was this woman, and her relationship with Chen Xu was obviously extraordinary. If it were just a classmate or a friend, she wouldn’t be this excited, let alone embracing him like that right away.

And key point, she was so beautiful!

An old flame? An ex-girlfriend?

She was deadly curious.

At that moment, two young women who looked like the woman’s colleagues came over with a teasing smile and asked, “Jinxia, who is this, won’t you introduce us?”

Only then did Yang Jinxia release her grip from around Chen Xu’s neck and moved to hold his arm, looking up at him with slightly blushed cheeks and said, “This is the one I love.”

Chen Ziqi saw the shy, blushing beauty that blossomed on her face in that instant, and even as a woman herself, she almost felt her heart sway. Hearing her words, she was so shocked that she almost bit her own tongue.

The one I love?

What was this all about?

“I didn’t expect to bump into him here, I guess I can’t go shopping with you guys,” Yang Jinxia said somewhat apologetically to her colleagues.

The two female colleagues, getting no hint of introduction, astutely moved along. As they walked away, they whispered to each other and glanced back at Chen Xu and her from time to time—clearly discussing the two.

After dispatching her colleagues, Yang Jinxia, still exhilarated, asked, “By the way, Chen Xu, what brings you here?”

That was when Chen Xu finally collected his thoughts and freed his hand, saying, “I should be the one asking you that, shouldn’t I?”

Yang Jinxia widened her eyes in surprise, “Don’t tell me you didn’t secretly find out I was here on a business trip and came to surprise me?”

“Did you say you were going on a business trip last time, to here?” Chen Xu looked at her skeptically. His first reaction was, this must be too coincidental.

“Yes, then how come…”

Chen Xu took a deep breath and said, “My house is right here.”

“No way?”

Yang Jinxia stared at him for a moment, her eyes shimmering slightly as she said softly, “Is this fate?”

Chen Xu found it hard to withstand her gaze and averted his eyes to pretend to look at the stores behind her while saying, “The way you said that earlier wasn’t very nice. Even if I know you’re joking, if it gets out, it will seem off.”

“What else could I do?” Yang Jinxia asked back, “If I had told them you were my boyfriend, you’d be upset, right? I know you don’t like that.”

Chen Xu’s gaze returned to her again, and his lips moved slightly, unable to speak for a long moment.

Yang Jinxia took his arm again, and this time, he didn’t say anything but let her hold it.

“Who is this?” At this moment, Yang Jinxia as if noticing Chen Ziqi for the first time, smiled and asked, “She’s so cute, she must be your sister, right?”

Chen Ziqi had been watching them talk the whole time and couldn’t get a word in. Now, seeing Yang Jinxia’s smile, which was tender yet inexplicably made her shiver, responded.

“This is my Third Uncle’s daughter, Chen Ziqi,” Chen Xu said, finally remembering Chen Ziqi was there, introducing her, “She’s Yang Jinxia, a friend of mine.”

“Hello, Sister Jinxia,” Chen Ziqi greeted obediently.

“You look so much like your brother; I thought you two were biological siblings.”

“Yes, everyone says that. If we don’t tell them, no one would know we are cousins.”

Chen Xu listened to the conversation between the two women, puzzled, wondering how he and Ziqi looked alike.

Next, the three of them went shopping together.

Mainly, the two women bought clothes while Chen Xu tagged along. Chen Ziqi had underestimated the cold of their hometown—it had little industry and was a mountainous area, making it much colder than the big cities in the winter. She hadn’t brought enough warm clothes.

Yang Jinxia underestimated how humid the weather would be; it was overcast recently with occasional drizzles, causing clothes to not dry for days after washing. She had not brought enough clothes to change into.

Chen Xu was initially worried that the two wouldn’t gel well, given Chen Ziqi could be quite sharp-tongued at times. Surprisingly, the two got along well, and they chatted and laughed all the way.

Today Chen Ziqi was exceptionally well-behaved, earning his silent praise; she had really shown respect in front of his friend. He decided he should compliment her on the way home.

After an afternoon of shopping, Chen Xu had built up his endurance. In addition to accompanying them to look at clothes, he also took the opportunity to buy some New Year goods. If he waited a few more days to buy, he’d have to queue up.

Luckily, Yang Jinxia had driven there and they packed everything, both big and small, into the car.

They shopped the entire afternoon, and by early evening, they were ready to head back.

“You drive, you’re more familiar with this area,” Yang Jinxia said as she handed the car keys to Chen Xu and took the passenger seat herself.

Just as Chen Xu got into the car and pulled on his seatbelt, his phone suddenly rang. He saw it was Liu Xiaoshang calling. After giving Yang Jinxia an apologetic look, he answered the phone.

“Hello, groom-to-be, how do you have time to call me?”

On the phone, Liu Xiaoshang said, “Chen Xu, Cai Bin got held up with something and won’t make it until tomorrow. Looks like you’ll have to take public transportation.”

“I see, no problem, I’ll just take public transport,” Chen Xu replied, and then hung up.

Tomorrow was Liu Xiaoshang’s wedding banquet, and Cai Bin, Chen Xu’s roommate, was supposed to arrive at Liu Xiaoshang’s place today and drive over early the next morning to pick him up. But now, this mishap occurred.

Liu Xiaoshang had sent him the location—about a little over a hundred kilometers from his home, primarily because the location was quite remote, including a stretch of mountain road about ten kilometers long. Taking public transport meant he would have to switch buses.

But hailing a cab to such a remote place seemed unlikely unless he chartered one, which would be quite expensive.

Just as he was feeling troubled, Yang Jinxia next to him asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.”

Chen Xu shook his head. He knew if he asked, she would definitely agree to lend him her car. However, he felt that borrowing a car needed to be done with caution.

Having seen too many related news stories, once he bought his own car, he would definitely not lend it out. Naturally, he wouldn’t easily ask to borrow someone else’s car either. It would be fine if nothing happened, but if something did, it would be hard to explain to others.

Unless absolutely necessary, he wouldn’t borrow a car from anyone.

He thought to himself, he was just going to attend a wedding banquet, it wasn’t a big deal, he could just spend a bit more money.

Seeing his expression, Yang Jinxia asked, “Do you need to use a car?”

“It’s okay, I’ll just take public transport,” Chen Xu said, starting the car.

At first, Yang Jinxia seemed puzzled, then she seemed to understand, “Are you going to a wedding banquet? Let me come with you, I’m off for the next couple of days anyway. There’s nothing interesting around here, and I’m dying of boredom in the dormitory.”

Chen Xu was surprised, “Aren’t you on a business trip? You have time off?”

“Of course, the property hasn’t launched yet, there’s nothing for me to do. I’m just idling away in the office everyday.”

Chen Xu hesitated for a moment, then said, “I’ll think about it.”

…

Upon reaching the bottom of Chen Xu’s apartment building, Yang Jinxia drove herself back home.

As they climbed the stairs, Chen Ziqi said seriously, “Chen Xu, I advise you to keep your distance from her.”

Chen Xu asked, “Why do you say that?”

“Trust me, if you really get together with her, she’ll eat you alive.”

Chen Xu said with a laugh, “Don’t underestimate your brother.”

Chen Ziqi rolled her eyes at him, too lazy to elaborate further. He hadn’t rebutted their relationship, which meant he was not far from fallen. Saying anything more would be useless.

What was worse, he didn’t seem to realize it himself.

Through her observations that afternoon, she found that this woman was of a higher caliber. The woman who clung to her dad seemed like a mere elementary school student in comparison.

Especially that look in her eyes at the beginning, she still felt a bit scared thinking about it now.

She had an instinct that if there was another woman in Chen Xu’s life, that woman would meet a very grim fate.

Of course, this also meant that Yang Jinxia truly cared about Chen Xu.

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She just couldn’t understand how a woman of such caliber could fall for her older brother.

It was really baffling.

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