Chapter 39： Contention

"Jiebai, the temperature outside is already below zero. Don't run around, you will catch a cold." Li Chen followed her out of the banquet hall, took off his suit jacket and wanted to put it on for her.

The elevator opened, and Jibai rushed out of the hotel door.

The bitter cold and gust of wind swallowed her in an instant, and she couldn't help shivering. The blood in her body became cold at this moment, as if it was about to freeze.

It's really cold and cold.

But Xie Sui stood for several hours in this snowy night.

Ji Bai's eyes were red. She came to the other side of the road, only to find that there was no one on the street, only the bicycle wheel ran over the snow trail.

Xie Sui has left.

Li Chen hurriedly ran out and wrapped his pale and weak body with his suit jacket.

"Are you crazy." He said eagerly, "Do you want to be frozen into ice in such a cold day?"

Jibai turned a deaf ear, took out the phone, shivering and calling Xie Sui: "Where are you."

There was the wind whistling on the phone, and the current made a rattling noise.

For a long time, Xie Sui murmured lightly, "I'm back."

"Why, who asked you to wait below?" Jibai's voice made a little bit of crying. She rubbed her slightly itchy nose and clenched her teeth to prevent herself from crying: "What are you doing... "

Xie Sui listened to the girl repeating these words, licking her dry lips, but didn't know how to answer her.

"I didn't wait for you, I just waited to see the local tyrant fireworks displayed by your Jishi Group, no way."

"Then...it's hard to see."

"good looking."

He just wanted to watch the same fireworks with her on New Year's Eve.

"Go back soon." He urged: "Is it cold?"

"It's cold, then I'm going back, happy new year."

"happy New Year."

Xie Sui hung up the phone and walked out of the dark corner of the wall. The street light concealed his eyes under the tall brow bones, appearing deeper and deeper.

He turned and went into the ebullient snow.

In the past eighteen years, even though life has been turbulent and fate is unfair, he has sharpened his edges and corners.

Xie follower is not inferior. He believes that with his fists and his own life, he can earn everything he wants.

Money is not a problem at all, and women are not a problem.

But that night, for the first time in his life, Xie Sui felt inferior.

Looking at the girl who was as beautiful as the first snow, Xie Sui felt like he was nothing.

So he ran away, not daring to meet her in that costume.

At this moment, another group of fireworks exploded in the night sky, like thousands of tiny golden haze spreading from the night sky and pouring on his face.

On the phone, the girl's text message came in: "Thank you, the fireworks are starting again, look at it!"

Look quickly.

The corners of his mouth raised, and he raised his head, as if seeing a light illuminating the dark astray.

**

That night, Jibai’s dream was quite restless. Sometimes Mengjia made a fool of herself at the annual meeting and was laughed at, and sometimes dreamed of Ji Feifei. Ji Feifei said to her that this is your unavoidable fate.

Finally... Jibai actually dreamed of Xie Sui.

The teenager stood on the basketball court and waved at her.

In the sun, his eyebrows are clear, and his smile is lovely.

All nightmares fell apart at the moment he saw him smiling.

When Jibai woke up, the corner of her mouth seemed to be slightly raised, she got up and opened the window.

Outside the window is a pure white world covered with snowflakes.

The new year must be peaceful.

Early in the morning, the parents were busy decorating the home for the New Year's atmosphere. Jibai took the blessing word from his mother, stood on the chair, and posted a red blessing to the door.

The parents' attitude towards Jibai is very good, and it seems that they are not angry at all because of yesterday's annual meeting.

They certainly won't be angry, because the old lady Ji called them early in the morning and asked them to go over for lunch.

Ji Mingzhi is not taken seriously in the Ji family. The old lady Ji rarely invites them to dinner. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, she actually proposed to let them go home, which flattered the couple.

Ji Feifei got up very late, and went downstairs yawning. Tao Jiazhi asked her to hurry up to wash up and dress up. Today, she is going to the old house for dinner.

Thinking of what happened last night, Ji Feifei was still a little unhappy, and asked nonchalantly: "Why does grandma invite us suddenly?"

Tao Jiazhi gently caressed Ji Bai's head and said softly: "Bai Bai performed quite well at the annual meeting yesterday. Your grandma is very satisfied. That's why we invited us over for dinner."

Hearing that it was Jibai's credit, Ji Feifei's face sank, and she dragged her steps to the bathroom to freshen up.

Jijia’s old house is located near the park in the city center. It is a garden-style private house with four entrances and four exits. There are small bridges and running water in the courtyard, rockery and small garden, and goldfish are raised in the pond. The old lady Ji loves flowers, and she hired someone to plant expensive flowers in the courtyard. The environment is quiet and stylish.

Owning a palace garden-style house in this kind of place with little land and little gold shows how deep Ji's family is. Compared with the old house, Jibai's little family richness is not worth mentioning.

The brothers and sisters of Ji’s family are different. For example, the cousin of Ji Jing’s family is good. Now they can talk in the head office. Those who are not mixed are Ji Mingzhi’s family, which runs a small company at a loss. , And often need the assistance of the head office to barely maintain.

Ji Mingzhi's family is not valued by the old lady, which shows that there is a reason.

Ji’s family has many children. Today, Ji Ji only invited two families, the Jibai uncle’s family, and the Ji Mingzhi family.

There is only one daughter in the uncle's family, and that is silence.

This cousin is smart, capable of doing things, dealing with people properly and carefully, and versatile. When she was a child, she followed her father to study European countries, but she was very experienced at a young age.

She is only 19 years old this year, but she is the jewel in the palm of the old lady. The old lady often invites her to be a guest at home, talks with her, and Silence will play the piano to the old lady Ji.

Many people speculate that the old lady Ji will hand over this huge family business to Ji Jing.

Of course, these are unfounded words. Seeing the old lady's attitude towards Ji Bai last night, they had other thoughts in their hearts. In short, no one could guess what the old lady was thinking.

During the meal, Ji Mingzhi praised Ji Jing, saying that she was admitted to a prestigious university, and gave her a red envelope.

But the cousin's family didn't like Ji Mingzhi's family very much, and quietly received the red envelope politely, the expression was also faint, and only thanked, without any extra words.

Ji Jing is a very proud girl. She has excellence far beyond her peers. Therefore, even her elders, she just keeps polite and won't have too much greetings, because their family looks down on Ji Mingzhi. Family.

However, at the dinner table, the only person in Silent who would say a few more words was Ji Bai.

The cello she played yesterday really surprised her. She discussed with Jibai about the grade test and asked her which university she was going to take.

Ji Fei Fei wanted to be a good sister with Ji Jing, but Ji Fei didn't care about her. As time passed, Ji Fei naturally didn't like Quiet anymore.

Such an excellent girl, if it is not a friend, is bound to be an enemy.

Although Ji Feifei wished to put Ji Jing on the enemy's blacklist, Ji did not take her into consideration.

The person who can let Silence see her must be evenly matched with her.

After the meal, the old lady Ji let a few children come to the study, she got some new Hetian good jade, to give it to some children.

The girls excitedly gathered around the old lady's display stand, selecting these three Hetian jade.

One is a small and shiny sugar white jade pendant, half of which is white jade, and the other half is moistened with orange and yellow sugar. The surface of the pendant is carved with a cute monkey hanging on the tree zodiac;

The second one is a Pixiu pendant made of white jade. Pixiu helps to ward off evil spirits and has the effect of preventing Tai Sui from the town house.

The other is a white jade Guanyin with a clear color and a Guanyin Buddha face with its eyes down, looking down compassionately at the sufferings of sentient beings.

The old lady Ji let the three sisters choose by themselves, and choose which one they like.

Both Ji Fei Fei and Ji Jing took a fancy to the first lovely sugar white jade pendant. Because they both belong to the monkey, they have a soft spot for this Chinese zodiac monkey sugar white jade.

Ji Feifei really wanted this sugar white jade pendant, but Ji Jing didn't seem to give it to her.

"Why don't you guess the punch." Silent suggested: "It's fair."

Ji Feifei didn't want to guess the punch with her, so there was still half of the loss rate.

"What I hate the most is gambling." Ji Feifei said frankly: "I think... whoever fancyes it first should give it to someone. I first said that I like this jade."

Silent smiled generously: "Cousin Fei Fei, how can this be? Can you talk about first-come-last-come if you like this kind of thing? I think since grandma gave us the jade, we should let grandma judge who this jade is for. "

Ji Fei Fei's heart is not good, if it is grandma's choice, she must be partial to silence.

The old lady Ji didn't intend to blend in with the sisters' rivalry. She just watched from the sidelines and smiled lovingly and said, "I don't care, your sisters are discussing your own choice."

Ji Feifei looked at her mother Tao Jiazhi, hoping she could speak for herself.

"Jie Fei, obedient, let this jade be given to your Fei Fei cousin." Tao Jiazhi took out the tone of treating Ji Bai since she was a child, and said to Ji Jing: "Fei is not in good health. You, as a sister, let her It should be."

But I didn't want to. Silence didn't give any face, and said bluntly: "Should I let her if she is sick, who said?"

"This..." Tao Jiazhi squeezed out an ugly smile: "Isn't this just right? You are a sister, a sister who makes her sick. Don't your parents teach you the virtues of this sister's modesty?"

At this time, the eldest aunt couldn’t listen anymore: "Jiazhi, we have never taught silence or the virtues of humility. She is our only daughter. We are close to her if we have good things. We teach her what we like. You must strive for it yourself, and never give up until the last minute."

Ji Bai knew that the uncle’s tiger-and-wolf education had cultivated Quiet’s domineering and powerful skills. In the family property battle of the previous life, Quiet took the lead and became the heir and the biggest beneficiary of the group.

"The traditional virtues of the ancestors are gone. This business society is really going downhill." Tao Jiazhi said with a sullen expression.

Silence and Ji Feifei still decided the belonging of this sugar white jade by guessing punches. In the end, Silence was even better and got the sugar white jade contentedly.

For the remaining white jade Guanyin pendants and brave pendants, Ji Fei Feixin unwillingly chose Bai Yu Guanyin.

However, Jibai also took a fancy to this Guanyin.

It's just that Ji Feifei has taken out Guanyin and regarded it as her own.

Old lady Ji saw Jibai's longing gaze, and suddenly said, "This white jade Guanyin is quite good, but it has flaws."

When he heard that the jade was flawed, Ji Feifei immediately looked at it. As expected, Bai Yu Guanyin was a little red, like blood and tears.

The old lady continued: "If it weren't for this flaw, the price of this jade would have doubled, and Guanyin was weeping, which is not a good sign."

Ji Feifei immediately put down the Guanyin, and said to Jibai: "Sister, do you like this Guanyin, if you like it, then I will give it to you."

This coincided with Ji Bai's intention. She gave Ji Feifei the Pixiu pendant, carefully picked up the tearful Guanyin, and looked at her grandmother gratefully.

Grandma smiled clearly and didn't say much.

Jibai carefully looked at the blood and tears Guanyin, Guanyin kind eyebrows, kind of heartless, look down on the suffering world.

This reminded her of the young boy who was struggling with each other.