Xia Sanghuan actually had the idea of meeting Jiang Zimo in person for a long time to express her gratitude to him.
However, she had a lot of things to deal with during this period, and she didn't know if the senior was available.
Seeing the girl looking hesitant, Shu Man leaned over from the side.
"Sanghuan, if you don't eat soon, the food will get cold," she kindly reminded.
The girl seemed to wake up from a dream. She immediately hid her phone in her pocket and then nodded at her friend.
"I'll eat right away."
She picked up her chopsticks in a flurry and began to bury her head in eating.
Since she really didn't know how to talk to Jiang Zimo, she didn't reply to his message until she got home from school.
She slumped onto the bed tiredly and kept typing and deleting in the message box.
Should she just reject him directly?
Would that seem too heartless?
She suddenly remembered last year's Christmas Eve.
She had rejected Jiang Zimo for Leng Chuanjin, and today's situation seemed to be repeating that scene.
A long - overdue sense of guilt suddenly welled up in her heart, making her even more at a loss as to how to reply.
She knew she couldn't be so indecisive, but she also didn't want to let Jiang Zimo down.
Just as she was staring blankly at the phone screen, a call suddenly came in.
She was so startled that she trembled, and the phone slipped out of her hand and hit her face.
She didn't care about her still - aching cheek and quickly picked up the phone to check the caller ID.
It was her second elder brother.
She let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn't the senior.
She rubbed her sore nose and answered the call.
"What do you want?" she asked grumpily.
"What's wrong? Who upset you?" Leng Chuanjin was stunned for a moment after hearing her voice and didn't answer her question immediately.
It's all because of you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been hit by the phone, the girl silently complained in her heart, but she didn't say it out loud.
This reason was really too embarrassing.
"No one upset me," she said.
"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up."
"Wait," the man quickly stopped her.
"You haven't forgotten our agreement, have you?"
"What agreement?" the girl asked knowingly.
"The agreement for tomorrow," the man said.
The girl was pleased to detect a hint of panic in Leng Chuanjin's voice.
"Of course I remember," she said.
Now that her goal of teasing him had been achieved, she didn't continue to make things difficult for him.
"I'll pick you up tomorrow morning," the man said.
"Okay," she replied.
Then they hung up the phone.
After hanging up, the man's gentle voice instantly turned cold.
"Did you hear that?" he glanced at the person beside him.
Jiang Zimo silently stared at the river. This place was far from the city center, with few lights. The only source of light came from the faint spark of the cigarette between his lips.
"She still hasn't replied to my message," he said.
Just then, a message notification sounded.
Jiang Zimo took out his phone and, as expected, saw the girl's rejection.
"Sorry, senior. I'm tied up tomorrow. Let's make an appointment another time."
"You lost," Leng Chuanjin said softly, looking at the young man's gradually dimming eyes.
"Yes. I lost," Jiang Zimo said as he put his phone back into his pocket.
"I admit defeat gracefully."
He stood up from the steps and turned to leave.
"One month," Leng Chuanjin said.
"I'll transfer you back in a month."
The young man looked back at him and smiled.
"Thank you, Brother Chuanjin."
Actually, Jiang Zimo knew that he was transferred out of Fernos this time because Leng Chuanjin's newly - built factory needed a leader, and it wasn't entirely because of Xia Sanghuan.
But it didn't mean she had nothing to do with it.
Leng Chuanjin had also admitted to him that he was in such a hurry to transfer him because he didn't want him to continue contacting the girl.
Men were possessive, especially when it came to the girls they liked.
On a whim, Jiang Zimo had made a bet with Leng Chuanjin, betting whether Xia Sanghuan would abandon her appointment with Leng Chuanjin for him.
If he won, Leng Chuanjin would have to transfer him back to Fernos immediately.
If he lost, he would obediently follow Leng Chuanjin's arrangements.
Jiang Zimo knew how capricious this bet was. Leng Chuanjin had sponsored his college education, so he should of course obey his orders.
But Brother Chuanjin still agreed and easily won the bet.
He smiled bitterly. It seemed that his weight in the girl's heart was still no match for Leng Chuanjin's.
...
"Are you ready?" Just after finishing breakfast, Xia Sanghuan found that Leng Chuanjin was already waiting for her.
"Okay," she said as she gently pulled the hem of her sweatshirt.
This sweatshirt was a new one her sister had bought for her. She hadn't worn it once and didn't know if it fit well.
The two walked out of the house under the gaze of the whole family. Fu Lingshi watched his sister's disappearing back and couldn't help but sigh.
"That kid Chuanjin is really lucky," he said.
"I also want to take Huanhuan out to play."
"You'll have a chance tonight," Fu Moning comforted the seemingly dejected elder brother.
"We should also start preparing for our business now."
...
"Where are we going?" Xia Sanghuan got into the car.
"You'll know when we get there," Leng Chuanjin glanced at her and fastened her seat - belt.
He was driving a convertible sports car today. When the car moved, she could feel the gentle breeze blowing on her face.
The girl liked this feeling very much. As time passed, she gradually smelled a hint of saltiness in the air, the smell of the sea.
Not long after, they stopped in front of a seaside amusement park.
The girl looked at the dazzling array of facilities in front of her in surprise and was then dragged in by Leng Chuanjin.
"Do you like it?" Seeing that she didn't say a word for a long time, the man asked.
"Yes," the girl nodded, her eyes shining.
When she was a child, she had always wanted to go to an amusement park, but Xia Laosi simply didn't have the time or money to fulfill her wish.
As she grew older, this wish was buried deep in her heart and gradually forgotten.
But looking at the scene she had fantasized about so many times in her childhood, her heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
"Come on, which one do you want to play first?" the man pulled her hand.
"Don't we need to buy tickets?" the girl looked at the ticket hall behind them.
"Of course not," he winked at her.
"I'm the boss here. They all have to listen to me."
Looking at his somewhat proud look, he was just like a peacock showing off its feathers to her.
The girl was amused by her own thought.
She pointed at the haunted house not far away.
"Let's start with that one."
"Don't cry and hug me later out of fear," the man hooked the corner of his mouth and said.
"We'll see who gets scared to cry," the girl looked back at him.