After Miss Lu became the only one to enjoy the limelight, her six brothers knelt down and begged for

Ji Chiqian glanced at Gu Zifeng's phone; it was indeed a message from Lu Ning.

He suddenly felt a little irritable.

He couldn't help but glance at his phone; his conversation with Lu Ning had stopped when he was discharged from the hospital.

He sensed that Lu Ning wanted to keep her distance from him.

He saw that Lu Ning had become much stronger, so he went along with her wishes and stopped contacting her.

He knew that doing it this way was the right thing to do, but he knew something had changed.

Ji Chiqian's brows furrowed with weariness: "What are you thinking?"

"Of course I went! Little Lemon is my friend, what's wrong with having a meal together!"

Ji Chiqian tapped the table with his hand: "Go to the Pear Garden, and put the bill in my name."

Gu Zifeng drawled, "Little Lemon treated me to dinner, so what's with putting the bill on your tab? Can't I afford it?"

"Just do what I'm told!"

"Aren't you going?"

Ji Chiqian was a little annoyed: "I'm not going, she invited you."

Gu Zifeng stood up, put on his coat, and looked at himself in the mirror again and again.

Ji Chiqian couldn't stand it anymore: "Are you getting out or not? What are you doing looking in the mirror!"

Ji Chiqian looked at the document in his hand, but couldn't concentrate on reading a single word.

Gu Zifeng coughed and said, "Really not going? We're all friends, it's no big deal to go out for a meal together. Just say you happen to be here!"

"Okay, just as you said."

Ji Chiqian immediately put down the documents, grabbed his coat, and stood in front of the mirror.

Gu Zifeng was pushed aside and rolled his eyes: "Seriously, what happened back then was the driver's fault, it has nothing to do with you. You can just explain it to Xiao Ningmeng later."

Gu Zifeng had only recently heard Ji Chiqian mention the inside story of the car accident from back then.

It turned out that it had nothing to do with Ji Chiqian.

Ji Chiqian straightened his clothes: "From my perspective, you think it has nothing to do with me. But what about Lu Ning? She lost her parents!"

Gu Zifeng was speechless for a moment: "That's true!"

The biggest victim of that car accident was Lu Ning!

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Liyuan.

Lu Ning got out of the car and walked to the gate, only to find that it was a very low-key courtyard house, and didn't look like a restaurant.

A waiter came out: "Miss Lu, right?"

"Yes, I am."

"plz follow me."

Lu Ning followed the waiter inside and found the interior decoration to be quite unique, with an antique style, and rather beautiful.

When Lu Ning arrived at the private room on the second floor, the waiter brought over fruit and snacks.

She was supposed to treat everyone to dinner, but she wasn't familiar with the area, so Gu Zifeng recommended this place instead.

The environment is quite nice.

Lu Ning took out her phone and took a picture while standing in front of the window.

"Little Lemon, what are you filming?"

Lu Ning turned around and saw Ji Chiqian walking in as well.

She paused for a moment, then said, "I think the scenery is nice. We can come here for a meal when our team has a team building activity later."

"Team building? Sure, just mention my name!"

Gu Zifeng subconsciously looked at Ji Chiqian, knowing that someone would cover for him anyway!

This pear orchard isn't a place anyone can come to.

But with Ji Chiqian around, isn't this Xiao Ningmeng's backyard?

Lu Ning glanced at Ji Chiqian, who was dressed casually and whose handsome features carried a hint of aloofness.

She took the initiative to explain, "I thought you had gone back, so I didn't call you."

"It's nothing, Brother Qian won't mind. It just so happens that he was here too, so we came together. You don't mind, do you?"

Lu Ning shook her head: "We're all friends, so of course I don't mind."

At this moment, the manager of the pear orchard walked over and stood respectfully beside Ji Chiqian: "Mr. Ji, is the menu still the same?"

Ji Chiqian looked at Lu Ning: "What do you want to eat?"

"Let's just eat what you usually order, it should be pretty good."

Ji Chiqian handed the menu back: "Listen to her."

The pear orchard manager glanced at Lu Ning with surprise. This girl looked a bit unfamiliar. What was her relationship with this gentleman?

The manager quickly looked away: "The same wine, as usual?"

Ji Chiqian refused outright: "I don't drink alcohol, I'll have some fruit juice."

The manager of the pear orchard nodded, took the menu, and carefully left the private room.

Ji Chiqian looked at Lu Ning: "What do you want with Gu Zifeng?"

He knows Lu Ning; she wouldn't ask Gu Zifeng to dinner for no reason!

Lu Ning paused for a moment and then said, "I am now the captain of the Yun Jing team."

"Congratulations, Little Lemon! This is great news. We should have a meal to celebrate."

Lu Ning nodded: "Yes."

Ji Chiqian looked at her: "That's it, nothing else?"

"No, it's just a meal. You two are my only friends right now."

Lu Ning subconsciously avoided mentioning the investment.

Halfway through the meal, Gu Zifeng went outside to answer a phone call.

Lu Ning was eating the food in her bowl when she secretly glanced at Ji Chiqian, only to be caught red-handed by him.

Ji Chiqian looked at her calmly: "You have something else to discuss with Gu Zifeng, don't you?"

"You figured it out. I actually wanted to talk to Gu Zifeng about artificial intelligence. After all, my older brother is probably going to take action against Maple Leaf Company, so we need to discuss countermeasures in advance."

"Don't worry about that, Gu Zifeng isn't stupid."

Feeling a little guilty, Lu Ning could only lower her head and drink water to cover it up.

Are you adjusting well to school?

"It's alright. I've made new friends and started a new life. Just like you said before, university life is indeed more exciting and fulfilling!"

Lu Ning smiled when she mentioned the school.

Ji Chiqian suddenly didn't want to listen to her talk about this anymore, so he stood up and said, "I noticed you seemed quite interested in the courtyard earlier. Would you like to take a look around?"

"Okay."

Lu Ning was eager to find something to do.

She and Ji Chiqian walked down to the courtyard. They walked side by side, but there was a distance between them.

Not too far, not too close, just right.

Lu Ning quickened her pace, deliberately putting distance between herself and him.

Looking at the courtyard, she said, "The environment here is very unique. It feels like any photo I take here would have a great composition."

Ji Chiqian stood a few steps behind her and slowly introduced the scenery.

Lu Ning walked to the edge of the arched bridge and saw red goldfish swimming around in the small pond below.

"There's moss here, be careful when you walk."

Lu Ning had just nodded when her foot slipped.

The man reached out and grabbed her wrist, which helped Lu Ning regain her balance. Her face was flushed. "Thank you."

Ji Chiqian quickly let go: "No need to thank me, I was just worried that if you fell, it would scare the little goldfish."

"Thank you so much, for taking the time to hurt me despite being so busy!"

Lu Ning rubbed her wrist, still feeling more comfortable around the sharp-tongued Ji Chiqian from the beginning.

The two walked around the yard and returned to their starting point.

Someone came from the corridor and walked straight towards Ji Chiqian: "Brother, what are you doing here?"

Lu Ning looked up and saw the young man walking towards her; he looked very familiar.

She blurted out instinctively, "Are you Jimo, the captain of the Ball Ball team?"

But why is he called Brother Ji Chiqian?

When Ji Mo saw Lu Ning, he covered his mouth in surprise: "You, you're that [Sweet Lemon] streamer?"

But why was she eating at the pear orchard with her brother?

Are these two on a date?

Rounding up, are these two getting married soon?

Lu Ning was surprised: "You know me?"

"It's hard not to recognize her!" She's my future sister-in-law!