If the person in front of her had been Zhang Zhizhan, she might have believed it.
Since they were young, the two of them had rarely interacted with each other.
Xu Jiayi saw the flustered look on Xia Keke's face, and gently smiled, "Don't be nervous. I'm just telling you how you feel. No matter what decision you make, I will respect it."
Even if she rejected him, he would still stay by her side.
Xia Keke pursed her lips and didn't speak for a long time.
Xu Jiayi didn't urge him either. He casually played with the cup of coffee in his hand as he patiently waited.
"I am now... All the thoughts are on the job, so... "
"I know!" Hearing her words, Xu Jiayi knew what she was about to say. With a light laugh, he pursed his lips and said, "I've said it before. No matter what, I'll always stay by your side."
"Thank you!" Hearing Xu Jiayi's words, Xia Cola actually didn't know what to say. She pursed her lips and thought for a moment before finally spitting out a sentence.
She didn't know what kind of attitude she had towards Xu Jiayi. If it were in the past, she would definitely not have given them a chance to get along together. But now …
Hearing her say thank you, Xu Jiayi actually found her somewhat adorable and couldn't help chuckling softly.
"Alright, I've said everything I wanted to say. I'll take you to visit somewhere else, okay?"
When the two of them came in, they didn't buy anything.
Although Xia Cola had no interest in anything, when he saw Xu Jianyi looking at him with a face full of anticipation, he was actually unable to say a single word of rejection.
The shopping mall was very big. The lower floors sold food while the lower floors sold clothes and bags.
Xu Jiayi knew that Xia Cola liked to eat snacks. Although she wasn't interested in foreign food, she was lucky that there were quite a few Chinese merchants in the shopping mall. Therefore, there were many Chinese specialty snacks.
Xia Keke held a bowl of rice flour in her hands as she smiled and said, "I never thought that I'd be able to eat something like this overseas."
"That's right. I heard that Chinese goods are very popular abroad, so many Chinese come here to do business."
Xia Keke nodded, took a bite, and felt that the taste was very good. Then, she looked at Xu Jiayi, "How is it? Would you like a drink? "
Xu Jianyi watched as she passed the food in her hands to him. He chuckled softly as a glint of light flashed across his eyes. "If you feed me, I'll eat it!"
Xia Cola probably did not expect the normally solemn Xu Jiayi to actually say such words. He was shocked for a long time before finally reacting, his face heating up as he looked at Xu Jianyi and said, "You … Are you still Xu Jianyi? "
It was just a split-second, but he felt like a completely different person.
Xu Jiayi could not help but laugh at her words. Without saying anything else, he put his arm around her waist and continued walking forward.
The large hand on his waist tightly pressed against her clothes, and the warmth of his palm transmitted through the cloth to her. Xia Cola's body stiffened, and he was unable to say a single word for a long time.
"So nervous?" Xu Jiayi naturally felt her stiffness and turned his head to look at her. He couldn't help but tease his, "Are you not used to this?"
Xia Keke glanced at him and snappily slapped his hand away, saying in a displeased tone, "You still ask when you know it!"
Since young, they had never had such close contact.
It was a rare occasion for Xu Jianyi to see Cola act so coquettishly like this. He couldn't help but laugh lightly as he hugged her even more tightly.
Xia Cola wasn't used to this. He turned his head to the side and glanced at him in displeasure. However, he didn't say anything, nor did he break free from his restraints.
The two strolled around the mall for a while before returning to the hotel. As soon as they got off the car, they saw Chen Xing and Zhang Zhizhan looking around at the entrance of the hotel. It was unknown what they were doing.
Seeing the two people, Zhang Zhizhi immediately went up to them, holding Xia Keke's hand, and asked worriedly, "Oh Cola, where did you go today?"
They waited for her at the hotel door for a long time when they got back.
Xia Keke blinked, then glanced at the man beside her. She pursed her lips and smiled, shaking her head. "It's nothing. Why are you guys standing at the door?"
"It's still not him!" Hearing Xia Keke's words, Chen Xing ran over to her side, hugged her arm and pitifully said, "I'll have to wait for you when I come back. I told you to go to dinner first, I'm not going to listen."
Seeing that Chen Xing was unhappy, Xia Cola chuckled lightly. He held her hand and patted her shoulder lightly, "Alright, I know you're hungry. Why don't we hurry up and go eat dinner?" "Hrm?"
Hearing this, Chen Xing nodded again and again, forcefully holding Xia Keke's hand as she said with a smile, "Okay, okay, we'll leave now. I'm telling you, Cola, when I came back just now, I saw a lot of people in a restaurant over there. They seem to be very tasty. Let's go over to take a look, okay?"
Since she was already passionately introducing them, how could Xia Cola still have any doubts? He nodded his head and the two of them got into the car first.
Zhang Zhizhi and Xu Jianyi followed behind the two of them, walking at a leisurely pace.
"Where did you take Coke?" It had been so long since he returned. Could it be that he had bullied Cola?
Thinking of this, Zhang Zhizhi's face darkened.
Hearing Zhang Jiayi's words, Xu Jianyi gave him a cold and indifferent look, then got straight into the car.
"Eh? What do you mean by that expression? Didn't you hear me talking to you? "Hello?"
Zhang Zhijun got on the car huffily and glanced at Xu Jiayi, who was sitting at the front passenger seat. He snorted in displeasure, but did not say anything more in the end.
"Are you crazy!?" Chen Xing looked at him with disdain, "What are you so angry about? If you don't want to eat, then don't. "
"When did I say I didn't want to eat?" Zhang Zhizhi's face slightly changed. He stealthily glanced at Xia Keke and retorted.
"Eat then, why are you reacting so much?"
Chen Xing shrugged his shoulders. Seeing how excited he was, he withdrew his gaze, feeling a little bored.
Everyone stopped talking as the carriage quieted down. Soon, the car arrived at the restaurant and the group got off.
Now was the time to eat, and there were indeed a lot of people in the restaurant. Xia Keke stood outside and looked around, and said hesitantly, "Aren't there too many people?"
There didn't even seem to be any seats left!
Chen Xing stood beside her and glanced around. He saw that there were still empty seats in the corner of the restaurant, so he quickly pulled Xia Ke along and rushed inside. "Come on, Cola. I saw a vacant seat there!"
Xia Keke looked in the direction that she was pointing. Indeed, she saw an empty seat and followed her into the cafeteria.
The four of them found their seats and looked around. However, they didn't see any waiters.
There were probably too many guests in the restaurant. It took a while for the waiter to arrive.
"What would you like to eat?" The waiter brought the menu over.