Chapter 53: The Person I Want to Protect

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  Two people slipped away quietly when the banquet was coming to an end, Qiao Yu had been forced to drink several cups because he disappeared halfway through and couldn't withstand being constantly toasted by Cao Zijian.

  Xiao Ziyuan's first reaction to receiving the signal was to turn his head and look at Ji Sixuan, who subconsciously touched her phone, feeling guilty for having just framed someone. She turned her head to glance at Qiao Yu, who was struggling desperately, and bit her lip.

  It's terrible, she seems to have indirectly offended Qiao Yu's object of rescue.

  Xiao Ziyuan didn't really abandon him to die, he just stalled for a moment before taking the wine cup over and cracking jokes, incidentally saving Qiao Yu.

  On the way back, Qiao Yu had drunk too much and couldn't drive, so they sat in the back seat. Ji Siyuan kept touching the earrings on her earlobe. Qiao Yu was a bit drunk, leaning against the back seat with his eyes closed, occasionally opening them to look at her. She turned her head to gaze out of the window, where her smiling face was reflected on the glass. After looking several times, he couldn't help but laugh, "Really like it that much?"

  Ji Siyun heard the voice and turned her head to look at him, her hands also naturally dropping down, with a proud and coquettish expression, "Not bad."

  The poem that touched her heart was one she had read in her youth, and the line that resonated with her the most was "How could I be so enamored? Two bright pearls in my ears."

  It was late, so Ji Siyu didn't return to the villa outside the city and instead went back to her parents' home. When she arrived home, her parents were already asleep. She quietly washed up and got into bed, but despite being exhausted from the whole night, she couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

  She turned on the desk lamp and gazed at the earring between her fingers, with tiny diamonds inlaid into a ribbon-like pattern, surrounding the central main diamond, shining brightly under the light.

  She didn't have more expensive jewelry than this, she entered the firm that year, Shen Taihou spent a lot of money to buy her a set of diamond jewelry and said it was her dowry.

  But she was far from happy at that time, and she did not expect herself to be so happy because of Qiao Yu's actions.

  She lay back on her pillow with her eyes closed and sighed, "Ji Si Xuan, Ji Si Xuan, you really are arrogant and pretentious..."

  At the same time, after returning home, Qiao Yu took a photo of the QR code that Ji Siyu gave him and uploaded it to replace his current profile picture.

  The party on Christmas Eve, Heizou didn't attend, but appeared at the mid-term report scene a few days later.

  The last thing seemed to have a great impact on her. Qiao Yu also heard that Bao Zhen was very angry about this matter, but she didn't mention it and he pretended not to know anything.

  Later, when he went to the scene to see the construction situation, Bao Jishi also had a gloomy face, but his attitude towards people was still as gentle and elegant as ever, at least on the surface.

  Later, seeing that half of them had left, Ji Siwei and Xu Bingjun were called away by the person in charge of the construction, Bao Jishi suddenly suggested going to the rooftop with Qiao Yu.

  Qiao Yu guessed that she probably had something to say, so he let Yin He and Chang take the others to take a look around, and went with her to the rooftop.

  The view from the rooftop is not bad, but Baoji Shi has no heart to appreciate it. He walks a few steps and looks at a figure standing on another building's middle floor, opening his mouth with a profound meaning, "Construction sites are so dangerous, if a brick falls down casually..."

  Qiao Yu laughed with a carefree air, he and Bo Ji Shi stood on the rooftop blowing in the cold wind. As soon as he opened his mouth, his voice sounded pale and powerless in the raging wind, "If she really had an accident, then I probably only have enough to jump down from here."

  Bo Qi's eyes widened slightly as he looked at him, "Then what about your father? What about your sister?"

  Qiao Yu remained unmoved, "I will arrange for someone to take good care of my father and sister myself."

  Baoji thought that Qiao Yu would never have such an attitude. "Then what was the point of your sacrifices back then?"

  Qiao Yu turned his head to look at her, "Meaning? Back then I gave up on her for my father, for my brother, for my sister, for the entire Qiao family. So this time, it's finally her turn, no matter what other options there are, I will choose her."

  His calm and gentle demeanor had irritated Bo Ji Shi a bit. "What are you doing? When your brother was in trouble, I didn't see you acting like this."

  Qiao Yu looked at Ji Siyu in the building opposite, frowning and saying something. He remembered that one of the essential skills for architects summarized by Ji Siyu some time ago was being good at arguing, arguing with structural engineers, arguing with construction workers, arguing with clients, and after arguing, feeling refreshed and continuing to draw, then continuing to argue when meeting again.

  He didn't know what he was thinking of, only to see the corners of his mouth suddenly raised, and slowly opened his mouth. "That's because I know she's all right, everything is all right with her, my heart won't die, a lifetime is so long, if there is no support of faith, it may be a torture to live day by day, I'm tired."

  Qiao Yu suddenly began to suspect that the person in front of her was not the same as the boy she saw on that snowy day, with a gentle and warm look between his eyebrows, but now after many years of tempering, that gentleness had long been transformed into an invisible murderous aura.

  Qiao Yu's words made Bo Ji extremely angry and sarcastic. "Qiao Yu, you're saying this on purpose for me to hear, aren't you? Don't worry, I won't do such a thing."

  Qiao Yu looked at her with a gentle smile, "You won't do that, will you, Bao Zhen?"

  Bo Ji didn't think Qiao Yu would see through it so clearly.

  Qiao Yu ignored her sudden change in expression and continued, "You won't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren will die because of you. Although you wouldn't do it, Bao Zhen would definitely have made a move before this, right? But you didn't remind me of a single word, what I said is correct, isn't it?"

  Qiao Yu's face turned red with anger, "Even if Ji Siyun gets into trouble, you can never blame me for it."

  "Go back and tell Bao Zhen, I respect him as an elder. If he really did something, let's see what happens. All they want is for me to marry you, but I'm telling you, I won't marry you."

  "Even if it's Ge Xiu threatening you? Qiao Yu, you're not that kind of person."

  Qiao Yu looked at Ji Siyuan's figure and smiled slightly, "Actually, everyone has a dark side in their heart, I do too. So don't challenge my bottom line, you wouldn't want to know how brutal my dark side can be."

  He once asked Lezhun a question that had been troubling him for a long time, whether he would become cunning and ruthless after being in the business for a long time.

  Le Yuan's reply was that only after seeing all the ugliness, evil, and darkness in this world, experiencing all the intrigues and conspiracies, and understanding the true nature of human relationships, can one truly be carefree and know what it means to be gentle. This world is changing, the environment is changing, if people don't change, they will be eliminated. If you are still the same as when you were in school, how can you protect the people you want to protect? As time goes on, you will find that you won't become cold and violent because of this world, but instead more gentle, and the more experiences you have, the gentler you will become.

  Ji Siyuan looked up at the two people coming down from the rooftop of the building across, Qiao Yu and that woman walking and talking about something. The weather was so cold, Bo Ji Shi wore thinly, hugging her shoulders and shivering slightly in the cold wind.

  Wei Xin stood aside and rubbed her hands together, blowing a breath on them. "Brrr, it's really cold!"

  Ji Siyuan didn't even look at him and said, "It's cold, go back inside."

  Wei Xin's face was filled with schadenfreude, "How did she manage to get pitied by going back home? I wonder, will Qiao Yu take off his coat and put it on her?"

  Ji Siyuan was not interested in discussing this issue with him, "I don't know."

  Wei Xing was very enthusiastic, "Guess it!"

  Ji Si Xuan forced out two words, "Won't!"

  "Wei Xing continued to ask, 'Will he ignore Bao Jishi?'"

  Ji Siyun furrowed her brow, "Not going to happen!"

  Wei Xing smiled and continued to comment, "Boss Bao is indeed a master. As soon as he makes a move, he directly hits the heart of men, even I couldn't help but want to run over and give her a warm hug."

  Ji Siyuan finally looked at him with a face full of disdain, "Then why don't you go?"

  Wei Xing smiled brightly, "Because I want to see what Qiao Yu will do."

  After coming down from the rooftop, Qiao Yu quickly walked a few steps and said something to Yin Hechang who was waiting aside, then saw Yin Hechang take off his coat and walk to Bao Jishi's side, handing it over to her.

  Yin Hechang came back and Qiao Yu handed his overcoat to him. Yin Hechang hesitated for a moment, but eventually put it on after some persuasion from Qiao Yu.

  A group of people swarmed downstairs again, and Qiao Yu suddenly turned his head and looked over here.

  Wei Xing's eyes widened in shock, "Qiao Yu is really... This is probably a textbook example? Without any ambiguity or loss of dignity, he did what a man should do without crossing the line. Emperor Xuan really has a way with words."

  Ji Siyuan didn't respond, and her face didn't show any emotions either.

  Qiao Yu came over to look for her when Wei Xin gave a greeting and disappeared on his own initiative.

  Qiao Yu pulled Ge Siyi's hand and touched it, "Is it cold?"

  Before she could speak, he pulled her into his arms, "Your hands are so cold, warm me up with a hug."

  He wore a thin woolen sweater to block the wind, and his body was indeed warm. Only the sound of the wind remained by his ears, but he didn't feel cold at all.

  "Why aren't you speaking?" Qiao Yu released her and looked at her, "Are you angry?"

  She clung to Qiao Yu's waist and didn't move, her face buried in his chest. "No. If you were such an unfeeling person, I wouldn't have liked you in the first place."

  Qiao Yu detected the unusual tone in her voice and asked tentatively, "Then why aren't you happy?"

  Ji Siyuan replied honestly, "I'm untying knots."

  I'm untangling my heart knot, so, Qiao Yu, wait for me a little longer.

  After Christmas, the Spring Festival arrived soon. As usual, San Bao and his brother came to pay New Year's greetings to Ji Siyu's parents. In these years, although Ji Siyu was not there, they never missed a year.

  Shen Fengxing smiled and gave them red envelopes. Later, when the three were about to leave, Shen Fengxing suddenly called out to San Bao.

  "Xuan Xuan, can you take A Yi and Wen Jing downstairs? I have something to ask San Bao."

  The three people who were obviously driven away looked at each other in confusion, looking at Shen Fanxing and then at San Bao, not knowing what secrets the two had.

  After the three of them went out, Shen Fanxing smiled and pulled San Bao's hand, "San Bao, was that Elder Qiao you mentioned earlier called Qiao Yu?"

  Qiao Yu's matter had been repeatedly warned by Ji Siyu not to mention in front of Empress Shen, San Bao was also stunned, "You know?"

  Empress Shen's expression didn't change as she began to deceive her, "Mm-hmm, I understand."

  San Bao thought it was unlikely and hesitantly cleared up the relationship, "Qiao Shixiong... is just one of our senior brothers, nothing more."

  Empress Shen smiled slightly, "It's just a senior brother, then it's good, it's good."

  San Bao let out a silent sigh of relief.

  Empress Dowager Shen's face was filled with a mother's guilt, "Our family's Xuanxuan, from a young age, didn't like to tell me about her affairs, this is also my fault, from a young age, I didn't care enough for her, there were many things about her that I didn't know, what a failure as a mother!"

  San Bao comforted her, "Auntie, don't think that way, the demon girl actually loves you very much!"

  Empress Shen seemed dejected, lowering her head and speaking softly, "That's good, by the way, why did they break up back then?"

  Speaking of this, the three treasures were also quite worried, scratching their heads and opening their mouths. "Actually, I'm not very clear either. It's just that we suddenly broke up. That day, the female demon suddenly told us..."

  When San Bao realized what he was saying, he suddenly covered his mouth, "I didn't say anything."

  Empress Shen changed her tone from just now, tears streaming down her face, and smiled as she stuffed another red envelope into San Bao's hand. "Come on, come on, Auntie is giving you some lucky money for the new year. Tell me, what exactly is going on between those two?"

  Ji Siyun pushed open the door and saw San Bao with a flattering smile on his face, while Shen Taihou had a faintly smiling expression.

  Ji Siyun narrowed her eyes and looked at San Bao with a dangerous expression.

  "San Bao immediately panicked and loudly shouted, 'I didn't say anything! It wasn't me who said it!'"

  Ji Siyuan gritted her teeth, "I've seen the red envelope sticking out of your pocket!"

  San Bao lowered his head and took a glance, then immediately stuffed it in, this time smiling awkwardly at Ji Siyuan.

  Ji Siyuan, under the pressure of Shen Fanxing's gaze, grabbed Sanbao's collar and quickly escaped from home on the pretext that there was a very urgent matter at the construction site. She then stood downstairs for over half an hour before letting her go.

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