Jing Jiaren went downstairs in three steps at a time. Even she herself didn't know her anxiety. The smile on her lips. She walked to the phone desk and picked up the receiver. After hearing the other party's voice, her face changed quickly.

Stiff and cold.

Leng Lintian, who was sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and soaking up the sunshine, turned around in his wheelchair when he heard the footsteps.

He clearly saw every change in Jing Jiaren's expression, and there was a hint of enchanting darkness in her black eyes...

His hand grasped a rose on the potted plant, and the sharp thorns touched his fingertips. His handsome eyebrows furrowed as he watched the blood stains fade away.

Jing Jiaren put down the phone and explained from Jing's father who was looking at her: "It's a reminder to pay the phone bill."

"Oh," Jing's father wiped his hands, "Jiaren, whose call are you waiting for?"

Jing Jiaren felt uncomfortable having her thoughts penetrated, so she subconsciously retorted: "No!"

She knew clearly that her father hated Ximen Longting, and she knew that there was a huge difference in status between her and Ximen Longting...

Knowing that Ximen Longting's love for her was not pure, he regarded her as a substitute.

But, it doesn’t matter even if it’s a stand-in for ****, right?

As long as the woman he originally loved is no longer there... once she is here and she looks back, what will Jing Jiaren do?

As soon as the idea came to her mind, Jing Jiaren was frightened by herself.

She has an arrogant personality, so why would she be willing to be someone else's substitute?

She also wondered why her deep love for Ximen Longting came so inexplicably...

She dreamed of him before she saw him, and when she saw him for the first time, she felt like she was struck by electricity.

She had been trying to keep herself from falling, but instead she fell deeper and deeper.

It was as if she already loved him very much before she met him.

"I'm going upstairs to rest."

"Jiaren, please stay with Xiaotian... He can't go out these days and is recuperating at home. Can you talk to him?"

Jing Jiaren's eyes swept over Leng Lintian, and his lonely eyes met hers.

Jing Jiaren felt a little guilty, but she still said calmly: "He is not a child, so he doesn't need anyone to accompany him."

Jing’s father: “…”

"Didn't I buy him a game of military chess? Dad, why don't you play with him?"

This military chess piece was a gift that Jing Jiaren bought out of guilt...

She was originally just for Leng Lintian to kill time, but she didn't expect that he would treat her like a treasure.

As long as he has nothing to do, he will open military chess and play alone.

Jing’s father will also play a few games with him when he is free...

"Ding dong, ding dong".

Jing Jiaren was about to go upstairs when she heard the doorbell and stopped again.

Ximen Longting sends people to send little surprises like roses every day...

Jing's father was standing at the entrance to sign for the receipt, when he saw Jing Jiaren coming over: "Didn't you go upstairs?"

Jing Jiaren took the parcel awkwardly: "The express parcel should be mine. I'll sign for it."

A look of confusion flashed across Father Jing's face, and he sighed heavily.

Jing Jiaren signed her name and turned over the package in her hand. Strangely, after opening it, there was only an envelope inside.

He wouldn't write a love letter to her, would he?

But the padding is very thick.

Jing Jiaren raised the corners of her mouth and tried her best to suppress the smile that was about to curl up at the corners of her mouth. After all, Leng Lintian was looking at her, so she couldn't be too hurtful...

Jing Jiaren went upstairs with the envelope.

Father Jing looked at her back, then at Leng Lintian, and sighed more heavily, with a sad face.
Chapter completed!