"Never been there. Don't remember," Ji Beichuan replied without a moment's hesitation, shattering the last shred of hope in Wu Fang's heart. After saying that, he helped Shen Qingshan into the car and was about to leave.
The expression on Wu Fang's face instantly crumbled. She never expected Ji Beichuan to deny it. This was completely different from how the story was supposed to unfold. Clearly, Ji Beichuan should have been happy after learning the truth.
Wasn't he supposed to abandon Shen Nanyi and come to her? Why was everything the other way around?
Ji Beichuan was so decisive. The bodyguards who had been with Ji Beichuan for some time knew his character well enough. They dragged Wu Fang away.
The atmosphere in the business car was rather silent. Shen Qingshan and Shen Yi were still pretending to be angry, waiting for Ji Beichuan to explain.
Rarely, Ji Beichuan was also silent. He was thinking about how to explain himself to satisfy Shen Qingshan and the others.
"I don't know her," he finally said, unable to come up with a better explanation and simply speaking the truth.
"If you don't know her, why would she come looking for you?" Pinching her own arm, Shen Qingshan felt her arm was almost numb from the pinching.
"Grandpa, I know what you're worried about. Don't worry. I'll give you an explanation tomorrow," Ji Beichuan made a decision in his heart. He had to show the Shen family his sincerity.
Although Shen Qingshan didn't know what the explanation Ji Beichuan mentioned would be, he still believed Ji Beichuan and didn't make things too difficult for him.
When they got out of the car, Zhao Shuyan deliberately pulled Shen Yi and the others away first, leaving Ji Beichuan and Shen Nanyi alone in the car.
Over the years, Zhao Shuyan had come to like Ji Beichuan more and more. Shen Nanyi was already an adult, and she should make her own choices in many things. As parents, they shouldn't interfere too much.
Although they were reluctant, Shen Yi and Shen Qingshan still left. In an instant, only Ji Beichuan and Shen Nanyi were left in the car.
This wasn't the first time they had been alone together, but this time Shen Nanyi felt it was different from before. There seemed to be an awkward atmosphere in the air.
"Let's go for a walk?" After a moment of silence, Ji Beichuan was the first to break the awkwardness.
Although his words sounded normal, in fact, Ji Beichuan was extremely nervous. In his twenty-odd years of life, he had rarely been so nervous.
Without hesitation, Shen Nanyi nodded in agreement. The space in the car was too small. Maybe going out would make the atmosphere between them less awkward.
It was ten o'clock at night, and there weren't many people in the community. The two walked side by side on the road, neither of them speaking first.
Shen Nanyi was still wearing the clothes from the hotel. She didn't feel anything in the hotel, but it was a bit cold outside at night. She unconsciously shrank her body.
Ji Beichuan quickly took off his coat and put it on Shen Nanyi.
There was a faint fragrance around her. Different from the perfume on girls, it was a smell that made people feel at ease.
After walking for a while, they were about to reach the building. Ji Beichuan stopped and looked at Shen Nanyi.
Shen Nanyi also stopped and turned to look at Ji Beichuan, wondering what he wanted to say to her.
"How about I go for a notarization tomorrow and transfer all my property to your name?" Ji Beichuan said, having already made up his mind.
Shen Nanyi had thought of countless things Ji Beichuan might say, but she never expected him to say that he wanted to transfer his property to her name.
After a moment of silence, Shen Nanyi thought his train of thought might be different from that of ordinary people.
"Why do you want to transfer your property to my name?" Shen Nanyi knew exactly what Ji Beichuan was thinking, but she just wanted to hear him admit it personally.
Thinking that if she could make an ice-cold handsome young man say something ambiguous, it must be a very exciting thing.
"I want you to see my sincerity, my sincerity in chasing you," Ji Beichuan said, enunciating each word clearly.
Shen Nanyi thought she had heard a lot of cheesy pick-up lines, but she had to admit that what Ji Beichuan said really touched her heart.
Maybe money wasn't the only measure of love, but if someone was willing to transfer all their wealth to your name, this person must love you.
"Aren't you afraid I'll run away with the money?" A faint feeling of touch enveloped her heart. Shen Nanyi joked.
"I'm not afraid. It just means I failed to win your heart. It's my inability," Ji Beichuan replied without hesitation, his answer very straightforward.
As he spoke, Ji Beichuan's eyes were always on Shen Nanyi, without any trace of avoidance.
His eyes were full of passionate love, making people almost drown in them.
"Come pick me up for class tomorrow," Shen Nanyi knew she was in love after living three lifetimes.
She was never a sentimental person. Since she was in love, she wouldn't let go.
Leaving behind this sentence, Shen Nanyi quickly went upstairs, leaving Ji Beichuan standing there in a daze.
Ji Beichuan stood downstairs for a long time before he realized what Shen Nanyi's words meant.
The corner of his mouth slowly rose, and he smiled like a child.
To hide his excitement, Ji Beichuan ran around the community more than a dozen times.
When he reached the 15th lap, Ji Beichuan saw a familiar figure at the community entrance.
Wu Fang was squatting at the community entrance, looking extremely pitiful, like a homeless child. People passing by all cast sympathetic glances at her.
Wu Fang didn't enter the community, and the security guards in the community didn't interfere too much. They could only let her squat outside the community entrance.
Looking at the person at the entrance, Ji Beichuan took out his phone and dialed Ji Jiale's number.
"The person is at the community entrance. I hope I won't see her at the community entrance tomorrow morning. If you can't handle this matter well, then I'll handle it myself," Ji Beichuan said firmly while holding the phone.
No matter who it was, as long as they might cause harm to Shen Nanyi, he would never allow such a possibility to exist, even if this person was indeed related to the Ji family.
"I've already told you. If it doesn't work, I'll handle it. I just think you don't want to see that scene," Ji Beichuan remained unmoved no matter how much Ji Jiale scolded him on the other end of the phone.
Standing inside the community, looking at Wu Fang outside, Ji Beichuan's eyes were cold.
Wu Fang had been looking at the community entrance, hoping to see Ji Beichuan. But when she really saw him, she hesitated. Ji Beichuan's cold gaze was not fake, completely different from what she remembered.
What exactly went wrong? Wu Fang couldn't figure it out.