Enchanted (GL)

Chapter 6

“The phone is down.”

Ji Xi: “…”

A fluttering reminder made Ji Xi silent for an instant, very silent. She lowered her hand and silently glanced at the black mobile phone, as if nothing had happened.

Ji Xi is amazing.

She is a person who can remain calm in any situation, even when she is embarrassingly rushing to the top like now.

The expression on Ji Xi’s face hasn’t changed much, but I don’t know why. When I ran into Qiao Zhiyu, the atmosphere was always…

So embarrassing.

Qiao Zhiyu glanced at Ji Xi indifferently, without saying anything, she pinched out the cigarette, threw it into the trash can, and when she turned to leave, the corner of her mouth involuntarily hooked, and then she laughed silently.

Joining on the first day is more interesting than expected.

After Qiao Zhiyu left, Ji Xi stayed alone on the rooftop and blew the wind for a while, looking at the sparkling river surface, calming down again.

But it didn’t last long.

The scene just popped out of her mind again, how did she feel that the new leader…a bit nasty?

In the evening, Jiang Nian twisted his waist, swaggered into the bar, and sat down on a high stool in front of the bar.

“Beauty, I’m here to cheer you up again. Something to drink.”

Ji Xi held the Xueke pot, “What to drink?”

“casual.”

“Wait a minute.”

At the beginning of the second year of research, Ji Xi was working as a bartender in time. This is a job with several benefits, earning some money, exercising alcohol, and getting to know a lot of people.

She usually stays on Friday and Saturday nights, because she doesn’t have to go to work the next day, so she can be late.

Ji Xi usually wears casual clothes during time work, with tattoos on her shoulders exposed. She is quiet and focused when bartending, just as serious as when she works at the company during the day.

There are not many words, which makes people feel that this girl is a bit cold and a bit cool. It is precisely this kind of temperament that attracts many people to come to her to drink, and some even come specifically for her.

Ji Xi was busy, and Jiang Nian was lying on the bar and staring at her, keeping his eyes on.

Jiang Nian doesn’t have many hobbies, except for tattooing and drawing, he just looks at beautiful women. Patients with severe color control.

“Why staring at me?” Ji Xi added ice cubes to the wine glass and took a peek at Jiang Nian.

Jiang Nian said numbly, “I see you look good. I like it.”

Ji Xi didn’t care, and said: “You have free time to tease others.”

Jiang Nian curled his lips, disgusted that Ji Xi had no idea about the amorous feelings, even if he didn’t become a girlfriend, he wouldn’t be able to accompany him with a flirt.

Two minutes later, a glass of cocktail was handed to Jiang Nian. Jiang Nian held his head while biting through the straw, drinking sullenly, very boring.

“Ji Xi.” Jiang Nian called Ji Xi with a drag.

“Huh?” Ji Xi’s hand wiping the wine glass stopped.

Jiang Nian said, “It must be boring to fall in love with someone like you.”

Ji Xi continued to lower her head and wipe the glass in her hand, and said, “I think you are too boring.”

“Yeah, being single is so boring.” Jiang Nian yelled, “I really want to have a girlfriend to fall in love.”

Ji Xi stopped talking, thinking that Jiang Nian was funny, is there really someone who can’t live without falling in love?

“Xiao Ji.” Someone called.

When Ji Xi and Jiang Nian heard the sound, they turned their heads at the same time.

A woman with short shoulder-length hair and a sassy temperament, with thin lips, walked to the bar, resting one elbow on the table, and smiling at Ji Xi leisurely.

Jiang Nian turned his head and just looked at the other side’s face. With this glance, Miss Jiang’s eyes were straightened. She was completely on her own aesthetic point.

“Sister Ran.” Ji Xi greeted Yao Ran, “When did you come back?”

“I have been back for a few days, and I brought you a gift.” Yao Ran lifted the gift bag in her hand and handed it to Ji Xi.

When Yao Ran travels, he likes to bring some local special gifts to his friends. They are not expensive, but they are of commemorative value.

“Thank you. Bring me gifts every time.” Ji Xi was a little sad.

Yao Ran: “It’s all gadgets.”

After Ji Xi came to Shiguang for a part-time job, she discovered that Yao Ran was also a graduate of Q University’s Finance Department, an alumnus and a senior. She often asked Yao Ran for teaching and work issues, and the two gradually became acquainted.

Yao Ran is an unassuming boss, and he can talk to Ji Xi again, just let Ji Xi call her sister.

After chatting with Ji Xi for a few words, Yao Ran realized that someone was staring straight at her. She turned her head and saw a woman with big waves looking young, peachy and bright.

After seeing Yao Ran’s face, Jiang Nian couldn’t look away. She got up from the chair and introduced herself: “Hello, my name is Jiang Nian, Ji Xi’s friend.”

“Hello, Yao Ran.” Yao Ran replied politely.

“I invite you to have a drink.” Jiang Nian was very enthusiastic.

Ji Xi looked at Jiang Nian and looked at Yao Ran’s eyes, and knew that Jiang Nian must be conspiring something wrong. She reminded Jiang Nian: “Sister Ran is the boss here.”

“Really? I haven’t seen it.”

“I don’t usually come to the store. Since you are Xiao Ji’s friend, I will buy you this glass of wine.”

Yao Ran has a generous and straightforward personality and likes to make friends, so she opened such a bar after divorce, but she does not manage the bar personally. She usually travels all over the world and enjoys life.

“Then I’m welcome, let’s add a WeChat.” After that, Jiang Nian had already taken out his mobile phone and couldn’t wait to give his QR code.

“The phone is not on me now, next time.”

Jiang Nian wanted to say something. At this moment, the lobby manager ran over and wanted to talk to Yao Ran.

Yao Ran left first.

Jiang Nian’s eyes are still reluctant. She rarely sees a woman, but at the first glance, she wants to chase.

“What are you thinking?” Ji Xi stopped drinking Jiang Nianjiu.

Jiang Nian was very direct: “I want to chase her.”

Ji Xi guessed this. She has never been very concerned about other people’s affairs, especially personal matters like feelings. She didn’t say anything about Jiang Nian’s rhetoric.

“Is she single?” Jiang Nian asked Ji Xilai.

Ji Xi nodded.

“Then do you think I have a chance?”

Ji Xi: “How do I know.”

“I think you are quite familiar with her. Tell me what she likes, when does she usually come here, and when is her birthday?” Jiang Nian checked her household registration and asked a lot in one breath. She was thinking about adding Yao Ran from Ji Xi. Contact information, but this seems a bit too impatient.

There will be opportunities in the future, and it is not good to chase too tightly.

“I’m still at work, I don’t have time to talk.”

“Okay, I will invite you to dinner tomorrow night.”

Ji Xi was helpless, looking at this posture, Jiang Nian was ready to come true.

Get off work at two in the morning.

The outdoor temperature was low in the second half of the night, so Ji Xi wore a thin coat before walking out of the bar. When she walked to the door, she happened to run into Yao Ran, “Sister Ran, you haven’t left yet.”

“Talk to a few friends and just sent them away.”

“Then I get off work first.”

“Hey, Xiao Ji.” Yao Ran rubbed his head before calling out Ji Xi, “I just have something to ask you.”

“What’s the matter?” Ji Xi stopped.

“Do you still take a tutor now?” Yao Ran knew that Ji Xi had taken a tutor before, and she had also introduced her employer to Ji Xi.

Q college students come out to bring home tutors for a considerable amount of time, and Ji Xi’s main source of income was before, but after ZY’s internship, she didn’t have so much energy to take care of.

Ji Xi is thinking about Ji Nan’s tuition fees, and he is about to face renting a house, and it is still unknown whether his job at ZY can be turned into a positive one, each of which is under economic pressure.

This meeting is short of money.

“Bring.” Ji Xi answered quickly. The employers Yao Ran introduced usually paid higher than the industry average.

“I have a friend who wants to find a tutor for her little niece. She is over five years old and is about to enter the first grade. She is very good.” Yao Ran thought for a while, suddenly remembered something, and asked Ji Xi: “You are in ZY Capital Internship right?”

“Yeah.” Ji Xi was still a little puzzled when Yao Ran turned the subject.

Yao Ran smiled and said, “It’s such a coincidence, then you should know my friend.”

Ji Xi: “Huh?”

“Qiao Zhiyu, President Qiao.”

Qiao Zhiyu…

This familiar name.

Ji Xi wanted to say more than understanding, it should be an extraordinary impression.

For some reason, after Ji Xi heard that it was President Qiao, the first reaction was to refuse.

“The hours she gave are very expensive, but let me remind you first that she is also very demanding. Although it is my introduction, whether or not she can hire will still be decided after your trial class. Do you have time this weekend? Go to her house for a trial class.”

…

In the end, because of Yao Ran’s phrase “the time she gave was very expensive”, Ji Xi still agreed to go to the trial class on Saturday afternoon.

Tutoring the little guy in the preschool seems to be a little overkill, but it’s easy and the pay is high, so why not do it.

On Saturday, the sun was shining brightly. Qiao Zhiyu stayed at home, reading story books with Qiao Qing.

“Xiao Qing, can you tell the story to your aunt?” Qiao Zhiyu sat beside Qiao Qing, with a gentle tone.

Qiao Qing pursed her mouth, said nothing, and turned her head in the story book. She knew a lot of words and didn’t like to talk.

“That aunt tells you a story.”

Qiao Qing bit her lower lip and nodded.

Qiao Qing’s autism probably started after her mother left. Qiao Zhiying died of breast cancer two years ago, when Qiao Qing was just over three years old.

Except for Qiao Zhiying, Qiao Qing and Qiao Zhiyu are the closest relatives. They used to be called “auntie” behind Qiao Zhiyu, but this time when Qiao Zhiyu returned to China, she found that Qiao Qing’s words were too few and abnormal. Don’t say a word all day.

The Qiao family did not take good care of Qiao Qing, Qiao Shengtian ignored these “trivial matters”, and Lu Qingyun obviously did not treat Qiao Qing as his granddaughter.

Qiao Zhiyu had planned to return to China early in the morning. At first, she agreed to Qiao Zhiying and would take care of Qiao Qing no matter what. Speaking of it, only Qiao Zhiying did not treat her as an outsider in the Qiao family, and called her sister sincerely.

The story is halfway through.

“Auntie.” Qiao Qing stared at Qiao Zhiyu with clear eyes, and shouted softly.

“what?”

“When will mother come back?” Qiao Qing always asked this question from time to time and asked seriously.

Qiao Zhi is speechless, most afraid of Qiao Qing asking this, she touched Qiao Qing’s face, prevarication: “When you grow up, she will come back.”

The five-year-old child can actually understand a lot, Qiao Qing stopped talking, and continued to bite his lower lip, without a smile on his face.

There was a knock on the door outside. Qiao Zhiyu responded: “Come in.”

The one who knocked on the door was the resident nanny Aunt Li. She was standing at the door, “Mr. Qiao, the tutor is here for an interview.”

“Let her wait a moment.”

Ji Xi was standing on the first floor with a bag in her hand and holding a resume in her hand. She looked around intentionally or unintentionally, um… it was indeed the home of the rich.

Footsteps came from the stairs.

Ji Xi raised her head, first a long leg caught her eye, and Qiao Zhiyu stepped down the stairs.

“Mr. Joe.”

After Qiao Zhiyu saw the tutor who came for the interview, his eyes paused. Yao Ran only said that he had arranged a high-achieving student of Q University for the trial class. She was an acquaintance she had known for several years, excellent and rich in experience.

It’s a bit destined to be with this girl.

After walking in front of Ji Xi, Qiao Zhiyu raised his eyebrows, “Do you know Yao Ran?”

“It’s my senior sister.”

Qiao Zhiyu understood that Yao Ran was indeed an undergraduate at Q, and later went to the United States for further studies.

“Mr. Qiao.” Ji Xiduo didn’t say anything, and just followed the process, “This is my resume.”

Since Yao Ran said that she was excellent, Qiao Zhiyu could still believe it. She did not be too surprised. She also took the resume handed by Ji Xi according to the process, glanced at it, “Sit down.”

Ji Xi sat down on the sofa with Qiao Zhiyu, and Aunt Li brought two cups of tea, exuding a faint fragrance.

Ji Xi thanked him softly.

Qiao Zhiyu held his resume and examined it carefully, while Ji Xi waited quietly.

Ji Xi looked up a little, and saw that Qiao Zhiyu was more casually dressed than usual, with light makeup, long hair fluffy and loose, very homey, but he couldn’t hide his good temperament.

After reading his resume, Qiao Zhiyu only asked Ji Xi: “Have you taught children before?”

“I have worked as a volunteer in an orphanage and tutored elementary school students. I have quite a lot of experience in this area.”

Qiao Zhiyu looked up at this moment: “To be a volunteer in an orphanage?”

“Social practice is very meaningful.” Ji Xi explained it simply, with a few words. If it is not for the interview, she usually does not mention these things.

Qiao Zhiyu put down his resume and said relaxedly, “I have nothing to ask for, as long as she likes you.”

So simple? Ji Xi smiled, confident, “I can coax children.”

“That’s good.” Qiao Zhiyu looked at Ji Xi and smiled meaningfully. She thought Miss Ji might not be able to laugh later.