Agent: "...Are you upset?" She had repeatedly told Ye Qiu not to respond to anything related to Ji Qingshi. Ye Qiu ignored her warning.
Ye Qiu: "I'm putting an official end to this love triangle scandal."
Chapter Seventy-Nine
Ji Qingshi's secretary also saw this trending topic. She hadn't noticed it at first and was planning to go to bed early, but then her mother-in-law posted in the group chat, "Your boss is trending again. Why is it so hard to get a girlfriend?"
After reading it, the secretary was completely distraught.
Her husband waved his hand in front of her eyes, "Are you stupid? Go to sleep early." He helped her lie down and massaged her calves and the backs of her feet.
The secretary sighed, "I'll have to take the day off tomorrow."
Her husband looked at her in disbelief: "A workaholic taking leave? Didn't you say you couldn't miss work even during your postpartum period?"
The secretary handed the phone to her husband, saying, "Look for yourself."
After reading it, her husband remained silent. "Then please go ahead." Ji Qingshi had been utterly condemned to the deepest abyss; in Ye Qiu's eyes, there was probably no hope of ever turning things around.
Tomorrow, Ji Qingshi's gaze will probably freeze over.
After a moment, her husband comforted her, saying, "Perhaps your CEO Ji doesn't want to go back to his ex and has decided to let himself off the hook, so he asked Chu Shan to help him with this."
The secretary shook her head. "Impossible. He even asked me when he left work whether it was better to post a Weibo message at midnight to wish me a happy new year, or send a private message?"
She told Ji Qingshi, "Let's just keep it as a message."
Girls like receiving private blessings at midnight; it makes them feel like it's meant for them alone.
Husband: "This Chu Shan is no ordinary person."
The secretary sighed, pulled the blanket over her face, and said she was annoyed.
Ji Qingshi hadn't seen the trending topics yet. It was too late, his secretary hadn't reminded him, and he was busy preparing a gift for Xi Jia with his family, so he put his phone aside.
Xi Jia was greedy; before going to bed, she dragged a Christmas stocking down from upstairs.
That was the first time in his life he had ever seen such big socks.
It has a diameter of 2.8 meters and a length of 5.6 meters. It is decorated in red and green.
She struggled to even drag herself downstairs.
Ji Qingyuan was also stunned: "Jia, what are you doing? Where did such a big Christmas stocking come from?"
Xi Jia laughed, "It was custom-made." She said confidently, "I heard that people who do well can receive a lot of gifts. My bedroom door wasn't big enough to fit the reindeer sleigh in, so I put the Christmas stocking in the living room."
Ji Qingyuan: "These socks of yours are too big, how many gifts would you need to fit them in? Why don't you let your second brother lie down in them?"
Xi Jia: "What would I do with this giant baby? I'm tired of writing about scumbags based on him."
She put down her Christmas stocking: "It's not like I'm asking you to put presents in it. I'm waiting for Santa Claus to give me a surprise. Goodnight."
He and his older brother started ordering gifts for her and busied themselves having the mall deliver them.
That Christmas stocking, once set up, was almost the size of a house. He and his older brother spent several hours inside arranging gifts.
He plans to keep this Christmas stocking and give it to Mo Yushen next year, hoping to give Mo Yushen a good thrashing.
Finally finished with all the work, that huge Christmas stocking is lying in the living room, like a small mountain.
Ji Qingshi's phone rang; it was Mo Yushen.
"What do you mean? You're not planning to go back to your ex?"
The moment the call connected, Mo Yushen said this.
Ji Qingshi was confused. "What do you mean?" He had been busy all night and hadn't even had time to drink water.
Mo Yushen: "Didn't you see the trending topics?"
Ji Qingshi: "No." He hung up immediately before Mo Yushen could speak again. He had a bad feeling that the trending topics weren't good news, otherwise Mo Yushen wouldn't have said that.
That's when I realized that quite a few people had messaged him in the group and sent him private messages. I hadn't been paying attention because Christmas music was playing at home earlier.
Ji Qingshi felt a chill run down his spine after seeing the trending topic. Ye Qiu had actually made a definitive statement, denying any relationship with him.
He went out into the yard and dialed Ye Qiu's number, but couldn't get through. He tried to send her a message, but it didn't go through; he had been blocked.
Ye Qiu had kept his number before because of Xi Jia's illness, so it would be convenient to contact him. Now that Xi Jia is better, he doesn't need it anymore.
Ji Qingshi turned around and went back to the living room, took Ji Qingyuan's phone, waved it in front of Ji Qingyuan, and unlocked it.
Ji Qingyuan: "What are you doing with my phone!"
Ji Qingshi: "Call Ye Qiu." He dialed the number, then immediately hung up. If Ye Qiu also blacklisted this number, he wouldn't be able to explain it.
[After breaking up with Chu Shan, I haven't had any ambiguous relationships with her. As for why things were like that online, I just saw it myself. I don't know why her apartment is the same as yours, and I've never been there.]
Ye Qiu: [None of that matters. What matters is that I retweeted the Weibo post, which represents my current stance. Ji Qingshi, I already made things clear when I asked you out before. Also, Huo Teng confessed to me tonight, and I also want to start a new relationship. I wish you happiness and fulfillment as well.]
Ji Qingshi had already typed a message, but before he could send it, Ye Qiu's message came in. He stared at the screen for several minutes.
Finally, delete the text I typed, and also delete the message with Ye Qiu.
Ji Qingshi called Chu Shan, and Chu Shan waited anxiously, afraid that he wouldn't call back.
Chu Shan remained silent, waiting for his questioning.
The phone was silent; Ji Qingshi didn't speak.
Two minutes passed, and there was still no sound.
Chu Shan suddenly felt uncertain. Ji Qingshi only became silent like this when he was extremely angry.
Ji Qingshi didn't question him, his voice was calm: "I always thought that with our age and experience, even if we broke up, there was no need to tear each other apart, let alone put each other down."
Chu Shan wrapped one arm around herself, gripping her pajamas tightly, and accidentally hurt herself in the process.
She said, "I'm not getting revenge on you, and I didn't step on you."
"Ji Qingshi, you have no idea how hard I've struggled to get on this path. Before, you protected me too well, and I was arrogant, thinking that there was nothing I couldn't do. After we broke up, I realized how treacherous people can be. I lost my balance and wanted to go back to you. But at that time, you were with Ye Qiu. I waited, hoping you two would break up. I didn't expect you to actually break up. I still couldn't bring myself to go back and beg you to get back together. Seeing the photos you posted of Ye Qiu, I admit, I was incredibly jealous. I tried to move on, but I couldn't. Aren't you also hesitant to go back to Ye Qiu? That's perfect, let me make you see yourself clearly: do you want to go back to her, or do you want me and you to have a chance together?"
She used up all her pride and arrogance to try and get back together with him.
After a few seconds of silence, Ji Qingshi said, "Chu Shan, you'd better watch yourself."
"I'm sorry," Chu Shan apologized.
Ji Qingshi did not respond and hung up the phone.
He sent the same message to several of his friend groups: "From now on, if you have any gatherings, invite Chu Shan, but don't invite me. It's your freedom to be friends with Chu Shan, but first, remove me from your friend circles."
Everyone in the group saw it and didn't know what to say. They could tell that Ji Qingshi was genuinely angry. Otherwise, he wouldn't have argued so much with a woman.
Chu Shan's move against Ji Qingshi was ruthless. In front of everyone, she cut off all of his and Ye Qiu's escape routes.
Chu Shan had calculated it perfectly. Since the apartment photos posted by the three people were exactly the same, Ji Qingshi wouldn't be able to clarify anything. In fact, the more he explained, the worse it would get. The gossip-loving public would love to see the drama unfold, and Ye Qiu would be seen as the third party, making it impossible for her to clear her name.
Someone in the group replied to Ji Qingshi: 【First, explain things clearly to Ye Qiu.】
"Second Brother, what are you doing?" Xi Jia's voice came from the third floor.
Ji Qingshi turned around. "It's the middle of the night, aren't you asleep yet?"
Xi Jia couldn't sleep and was waiting for news.
Christmas Eve was almost over, and Mo Yushen, the man he had met on a blind date, hadn't made any move. He hadn't made a single phone call or sent a single message all day.
This wasn't an ordinary day; it was Christmas Eve, and he didn't show the slightest reaction.
If this were posted on a forum, netizens would have already turned it off.
Xi Jia waited outside for two minutes to make sure it wasn't a cell phone signal problem before going back inside.
Today, she was only focused on her own life's most important event and didn't see the trending topics, so she didn't know about Ye Qiu and Ji Qingshi's situation.
Back in bed, Xi Jia lay on the covers, put on her pony hat, rested her chin on her hands, and stared at her phone. It was almost midnight; Mo Yushen would most likely not contact her again.
A man with his personality would never send her a midnight blessing.
At this moment, in Mo Yushen's villa, he leaned against the headboard reading a book, occasionally glancing at his phone.
Xi Jia didn't contact him today to sign the divorce agreement; I wonder if she's thinking of backing out.
He had been hoping Ji Qingshi would urge him on, but now Ji Qingshi was in an even worse situation than him.
Mo Yushen originally wanted to send Xi Jia a midnight blessing, but ultimately gave up.
Taking the initiative to send a message makes you seem less aloof.
00:01.
Xi Jia tidied her ponytail, turned off the light, and went to sleep.
This man is so boring, he deserves to be tortured.
If this were in her script, she would definitely torture a man like this until his liver, heart, spleen, lungs, kidneys, stomach, and gallbladder all ached.
To avoid any unforeseen complications, she decided to go see Attorney Cheng tomorrow to draft the divorce agreement and sign it, which would put her mind at ease.
Then, I'll get the marriage certificate from him.
The next day.
weekend.
Xi Jia woke up at the same time as usual, before six o'clock.
She rarely rests, and even on holidays she trains as usual. Last night, she messaged Wu Yang, asking for half a day off to sign the divorce papers.
Xi Jia dressed up carefully today and went downstairs at 6:30. Ji Qingshi happened to be coming out of his room at that time.
"Good morning, Ji Er."
"Um."
Xi Jia looked at Ji Qingshi with a grim and icy expression. "What's wrong?"
Ji Qingshi pointed to the Christmas stocking in the living room, "It's from exhaustion."
Xi Jia was looking down at her phone when she glanced at the Christmas stocking and was stunned. Who came up with such a big idea?
It suited her perfectly.