mutual benefit [gl]

The author has something to say: Note:

The extra timeline of this episode is established two years after the finale, and the details in the article will inevitably contain a little spoiler, so be careful.

I sent it ahead of time because I felt that I might not have time on New Year's Eve.

Consider setting up an official account next year, and small theaters or short stories will be posted there in the future. . .

Even the air in City Z in December was bitter.

Ji Cixi, who walked out of the supermarket, raised the hand that was holding the things, took a deep breath into the palm of the hand, and rubbed it again.

She looked up at the dark sky and put her hands into the pockets of her coat.

It was five in the afternoon, but it was getting dark early and the house was far away, so she had to hurry.

Thinking about it, she lowered her head and buried her chin into the beige scarf around her neck. The wool was thorny, and she felt that her face was itchy.

The people who weaved the scarf obviously didn't have good craftsmanship, the stitches were thick and sparse, so the cold wind squeezed into Ji Cixi's body bit by bit along the gaps in the scarf.

When going out, Chen Yuanzhen scratched his head and said to Ji Cixi:

"Otherwise, you'd better stop surrounding this."

Ji Cixi paused while changing shoes, she raised her head to look at Chen Yuanzhen, and raised her eyebrows.

"No."

Thinking of this, Ji Cixi smiled smugly, but this smug smile didn't last long, the corners of her mouth drooped again, and her steps quickened a bit.

Because the weather is really cold.

Today, the temperature in City Z dropped below zero for the first time. When Ji Cixi woke up in the morning, before she opened her eyes, Ji Cixi was vigilantly aware of the emptiness around her.

Chen Yuanzhen was gone.

After a quick wash, she walked out of the house wrapped in a calf-length down jacket and went straight to the garden.

Probably because the weather was too cold, the garden was shrouded in thick white mist in the early morning, Ji Cixi squinted his eyes, and finally saw Chen Yuanzhen.

To be precise, she heard her first.

Chen Yuanzhen was squatting on the ground at this time. Although it was sub-zero weather, she rolled up the sleeves of her sweater, revealing a white arm.

She squatted on the ground and didn't know what she was doing. Her hair that hadn't grown long could only be tied into a short tail, bouncing up and down with her movements.

"You are full of energy."

Not far away, Ji Cixi stopped, folded her arms and spoke leisurely.

"you're awake?"

Hearing the sound, Chen Yuanzhen dropped the stick in his hand, turned to look up at Ji Cixi.

"Shouldn't you sleep more this weekend?"

However, before Ji Cixi could answer, Chen Yuanzhen lowered his eyes and smiled, and said, "That's right, with a stall as big as Chen's, you can't have weekends."

After she finished speaking, she seemed to be a little bit lost, and picked up the wooden bar resting on the lawn, rubbing it up and down with her hands that were red from the cold.

Ji Cixi pursed her lips, paused for a moment, and then spoke again:

"You also know that your Chen's stall is big, and I have worked very hard."

Chen Yuanzhen remained silent.

"So you have to give me a salary increase. Otherwise, be careful that I will quit."

Chen Yuanzhen laughed out loud when she heard that, she dropped the wooden stick in her hand, clapped her hands, stood up and walked in front of Ji Cixi.

She stuffed her hands into her trouser pockets, leaned forward and looked Ji Cixi up and down pretendingly.

"I said, Ms. Ji, you are too greedy. The most valuable person in the entire Chen family belongs to you, and you still want a salary?"

"If you're so unscrupulous again, I'll kick you out because of a coup." Saying that, Ji Cixi looked at Chen Yuanzhen's dusty hand with distaste.

"Wash your hands before going in."

After that, she yawned, turned around and walked back slowly.

Looking at Ji Cixi's slowly moving back, the corners of Chen Yuanzhen's mouth rose.

The past two years have really worked hard for her.

No one else knew that a person who had never studied business management was forced to accept such a large industry, but Chen Yuanzhen knew very well that the top executives in the Chen Group were all wolves who ate people but did not spit out their bones.

So when she saw Ji Cixi again, it was not surprising that Ji Cixi's eyes were much sharper than before.

Chen Yuanzhen looked back at the swing that was almost completed, and laughed at himself.

Now she is nestling here on a swing.

"The world is really unpredictable." Chen Yuanzhen said to herself, and then as if she just realized it suddenly, she shivered, and hurriedly unfolded the rolled-up sleeves, and then trotted all the way back to the villa .

When Chen Yuanzhen entered the restaurant, most of the freshly baked waffles on Ji Xu's plate had already been eaten.

Seeing Chen Yuanzhen, Ji Xu's eyes lit up immediately, he didn't care about the knife and fork in his hand, he asked cheerfully:

"Beautiful sister, is the swing set up soon?"

Chen Yuanzhen paused for the hand that held the milk, feeling a little embarrassed for a moment.

Looking at Ji Xuqiu's eyes, Chen Yuanzhen really couldn't say that he was a bit overwhelmed - after all, he was the one who boasted to the child at the beginning.

"This...Ji Xu..."

Just when she was thinking about how to speak, Ji Cixi who was eating silently at the side spoke.

"Ji Xu, what did I say before?"

Ji Cixi raised her drooping eyelids and looked at Ji Xu.

"Sister Chen Yuanzhen set up a swing for you. It is her gift to you, not an obligation. Since it is a gift, what should you do?"

Ji Xu reacted immediately, stood up quickly, bowed his head obediently to Chen Yuanzhen and said:

"Pretty sister, I'm sorry, I was rude just now."

"No no no-"

Chen Yuanzhen said with a smile, "Don't listen to your aunt, she just likes to scare you, Ji Xu, your sister must set up the swing in these two days."

She said and winked at Ji Xu.

"After all, it was my sister who promised you, and my sister will definitely do it."

"Ji Xu, your sister Chen's milk is cold, you take the cup to the kitchen and ask Auntie to warm it up." Ji Cixi spoke again slowly.

"Okay!" Ji Xu responded cheerfully, ran to Chen Yuanzhen's side to pick up her milk, and trotted towards the kitchen.

Seeing Ji Xu disappear before his eyes, Chen Yuanzhen turned back and lowered his voice angrily:

"You, such a small child, why are you so fierce?"

"I'm educating him." Ji Cixi replied, "A person's upbringing is accumulated little by little."

"That's also... can't you just say it in a soft voice?"

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"Speak softly?" Ji Cixi raised her eyes and glanced at Chen Yuanzhen, "Talents who speak softly are the most untrustworthy. The one next to me is an example."

Chen Yuanzhen was amused by her, coughed lightly, and lowered her voice.

"Who said that, my soft words to Teacher Ji are all from the bottom of my heart..."

"Auntie's omelette today is a bit greasy?" Ji Cixi suddenly raised her voice, and she took a sip of milk as she said, "It's greasy."

Chen Yuanzhen didn't care either, she turned her head to look in the direction where Ji Xu left and muttered to herself.

"It's only been two years, why do you think Ji Xu has grown a lot taller?"

"Children of this age are at the right time to grow up. What's more, my sister and your elder brother are both of good height."

"You're right." Chen Yuanzhen nodded, and as she spoke, she laughed again.

"Hey, according to Ji Shu's trend, I'm afraid he will charm a lot of little girls in the future." She said turning her head to look at Ji Cixi.

"Tell me, should I buy some clothes for him? The last time I bought clothes for him was two years ago."

"Children grow up fast, and clothes don't last long."

Chen Yuanzhen pouted, "Our family does not lack this money."

"Don't tell me you want to make Ji Xu look like you?" Ji Cixi put down his glass, "I've seen your special room for storing clothes, shoes and hats. You look like a prodigal."

Speaking of this, Ji Cixi smacked his lips.

"No, you seem to be a prodigal."

"Wow, your words are a bit too much!"

This huge villa finally became more alive after two years.

The current state is probably the best, Ji Cixi thought while walking in the night.

Although the previous incident caused Chen's confusion for a period of time, fortunately, although Chen Yuanzhen was not around, she could always find a way to spread the news.This made Ji Cixi, who was alone in Chen's town, not too isolated and helpless, but it was far from enough.

At that time, how much she longed to see Chen Yuanzhen again, probably only she knew.

She was not satisfied with the short 10 minutes every month, so for the first time in her life, she began to think about the lawless place.

When Chen Yuanzhen left, it seemed that he had taken a part of Ji Cixi away. It wasn't until she stood beside him again that Ji Cixi felt that he had found the missing self.

Grasping the commodity bag in her hand, Ji Cixi let out a long breath.

Winter is also very good, at least this winter is also very good.

Just looking up and thinking, a car horn suddenly sounded in my ears.

When she regained her senses, she saw a black car slowly following on the road beside her.

The black window glass slowly rolled down, revealing half of Chen Yuanzhen's face.

"boarding."

"Didn't I tell you to wait at home?" Ji Cixi frowned.

"I couldn't wait any longer, so I drove out for a drive. I didn't expect the car's navigation to be human, and it led me here directly."

Chen Yuanzhen grinned as he spoke.

"Do you think we are destined to each other?"

Ji Cixi opened the car door, and said with a smile: "You are a big-headed ghost by fate." Spreading out in the world along the cold wind.

As soon as Ji Cixi sat down, Chen Yuanzhen rolled up the car window.

She is now the focus of the media, and all business magazines are waiting for her to appear, and because of this, Ji Cixi does not allow Chen Yuanzhen to run out of the house without incident.

As soon as Ji Cixi got into the car, Chen Yuanzhen handed her a glass bottle.

"This milk is still warm, drink some to warm your stomach and hands."

Probably because he was worried that Ji Cixi would choke on milk while driving, Chen Yuanzhen drove very slowly on purpose.

"We might as well walk back if you drive like this." Ji Cixi complained.

"You think I don't want to?" Chen Yuanzhen was aggrieved, "When I came here, I was still thinking, why not just let the media shoot enough. Is it illegal to take the family home?"

Ji Cixi ignored her and only cared about drinking milk.

"But, now that I think about it, driving slowly like this is actually quite romantic, don't you think?" Chen Yuanzhen turned to look at Ji Cixi, and his tone became joyful again.

Ji Cixi couldn't help smiling.

Chen Yuanzhen's temper comes quickly, and he gets it quickly.

She was about to say something and choked on Chen Yuanzhen, but when she turned her head, she saw that Chen Yuanzhen's hair only reached his shoulders.

She still remembered that when she first met Chen Yuanzhen, Chen Yuanzhen's dark brown wavy hair.

Coupled with her makeup at the time, the whole person is so enchanting.

But now, this person has had to cut her hair, and in those two years, she seems to have given up the habit of wearing heavy makeup.

Ji Cixi's heart suddenly throbbed.

She reached out and stroked Chen Yuanzhen's hair slowly and carefully.

Chen Yuanzhen, who was still happily at first, immediately lost her voice. She suppressed her smile, and stretched out her hand to cover Ji Cixi's.

"It's over." She said softly.

Then she squeezed Ji Cixi's hand lightly, lightly tapped the ring on her ring finger,

like a kiss.

"It will grow longer, I promise you." She said softly.

Ji Cixi remained silent.

half an hour,

Chen Yuanzhen heard Ji Cixi's very soft voice.

"Don't lie to me."