Chapter 20 Jingchi Brand Honey Grapefruit Tea
After settling down Ning Suyi, Jing Chi said hello to Aunt Zhen and also said her concerns. Please ask her to go to Ning Suyi's room to take a look at her in the evening. If she vomits, she will take care of her in time.
Aunt Zhen said she would be careful and told him to be safe on the way.
Jing Chi went out to take a taxi back, passed by a fruit shop with a door open, asked the driver to stop the car, and he went down to call a few red heart grapefruits.
If he is not very busy, he will go home every night.
It was already eleven o'clock when I got home. Jing Chi put down his things, went back to the room upstairs to take a shower, changed into clean clothes, and didn't have time to blow dry his hair. He went downstairs to the kitchen to work hard with a wet black hair.
Rub a few grapefruits with salt, cut off the pomelo skin, scrape off the white flesh stuck in the skin, then cut the thin grapefruit skin into thin strips, and scrub a few pieces of grapefruit meat repeatedly. Then peel out the grapefruit meat, break it into pieces, put it into the pot with the cut skin, add a few large pieces of yellow rock sugar, a little water, boil it in medium heat, then change to low heat and boil it slowly.
It took nearly three hours just to do just a few processes.
The lights in the living room were turned off, leaving only three small bulbs hanging in the kitchen. The lights were faint and like candlelight. Jing Chi moved a chair and sat aside, took out his mobile phone to play games, while passing the time, he was guarding the things on the gas stove. He had to wait until it was sticky before turning off the fire.
At around two o'clock in the morning, Aunt Qiong woke up and was thirsty. She came out of the servant's room to pour water and drank. She saw the lights on the kitchen. She thought she had forgotten to turn it off, so she took the water cup and was almost scared by the shadow huddled on the chair.
"Xiao Chi? Why are you doing here if you don't sleep in the middle of the night?" Aunt Qiong identified it and stroked her heart that was beating too fast.
Jing Chi was startled by the sudden sound, got up from the chair and explained, "I'll cook something." He lowered his head and saw the cup in her hand. He was afraid that she would get involved, so he hurriedly said, "You drink water and go to bed, don't worry about me."
He said he would just ignore it. Aunt Qiong took a few steps closer and glanced into the pot: "Are you boiling... honey grapefruit tea?"
"Um."
"You kid, just say to me if you want to drink this. I'll cook it for you tomorrow. Tell me, what's the point of doing yourself in the evening?" Aunt Qiong waved his hand to drive him away, "Go to bed quickly, I'll keep an eye on the rest."
Jing Chi refused. Aunt Qiong had to prepare three meals for her family during the day and could not stay up late. He said in a tough tone: "This place will be ready soon, don't interfere."
Aunt Qiong couldn't resist him, so she had to take the cup back to the room.
The sky was about to turn white, and the grapefruit tea in the pot gradually took shape and became thicker as sauce. It was put into a clean and dry glass bottle - a few grapefruits were put in a total of two cans.
You have to wait until it cools down before adding honey. Jing Chi took the bottle back to his room, took a shower and set an alarm for his phone, and fell asleep on the bed.
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Ning Suyi drank the sobering soup in time after getting drunk and woke up. It was already dawn. The soft white light passed through the window screen, making the room bright. I thought I forgot to close the curtains last night.
She rubbed her forehead without much discomfort, she was simply confused, and she vaguely remembered that Jing Chi sent her back.
The door was knocked at this time, and Ning Suyi got out of bed, rolled on her slippers and went to open the door.
The person outside the door was Tai Shuying, with a worried look on her face: "I heard from Aunt Zhen that you came back last night and got drunk." She pursed her lower lip and spoke hard, "Have you encountered difficulties at work?"
"No." Ning Suyi wanted to take a shower and asked Tai Shuying to go downstairs first and then explain to her in detail later.
She quickly went into the bathroom to take a shower and wash her hair, and washed her hair, blew her hair, changed her clothes, put on makeup, and then she went downstairs.
Today, she can go to the company later, but she must not go.
When we arrived at the dining room, breakfast had already been served on the dining table, and Tai Shuying and Ning Zongde were both there, but grandpa was not seen.
Ning Suyi sat down, picked up the spoon and scooped up the wontons, blew them, and put them into her mouth, asking vaguely: "Where is grandpa, have you not got up yet?"
Tai Shuying: "He has less sleep and got up early in the morning. After breakfast, he went to bed and went back to bed." After saying that, he stared at Ning Suyi, hoping that she would take the initiative to explain what happened last night.
Jing Chi could even see that something was wrong with Ning Suyi last night, let alone the parents who gave birth to her.
Ning Suyi ate two bites of wontons and drank some shrimp skin clear soup. Speaking of the same things he said to Ye Fanshuang, Zou Qianen, and Jing Chi - Grandpa wanted Gao Xiuchen to marry into the Ning family and help her manage MSCI.
Tai Shuying stopped the chopsticks and said in horror: "Grandpa really said that?"
"Well, the night before yesterday, after seeing off Gao Xiuchen, my grandfather called me to the study room for discussion and asked me if I would like it." Ning Suyi lowered her eyes and said softly, "I don't want to disobey him, so I didn't refuse immediately, but I won't agree."
I got drunk and figured it out.
The fundamental crux of this matter is that grandpa doesn't trust her ability. She just needs to do her best and let her see that she can manage MSCI in an orderly manner and even further to the next level, then he will no longer think about whether to marry into a marriage or not.
Proving that she is not inferior to men is exactly the same as her idea of taking over MSU at the beginning.
She can always adjust her mood quickly and convince herself.
Ning Zongde raised his eyes and looked at Ning Suyi. He had not moved for a long time. When he spoke, he was very quiet: "It's dad that he is useless, letting you fall into..."
Ning Suyi hurriedly said to block his following: "Dad, don't say such words in the future. They are all family members. If you are so polite, I would think I picked them up."
Ning Zongde was feeling uncomfortable, and when she said this, she couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry, Dad will always be on your side. I will find another time to talk to your grandfather about this and let him give up on this idea. Dad only hopes that you can make a marriage with the person you like. This is related to your lifelong happiness, and Dad will never give in."
His own destiny was bound by the old man for half his life. He could not do the job he liked, nor had his own ideas, and he could not bear to let his daughter sacrifice his marriage.
Ning Suyi's nose was sore, she blinked and said in a muffled voice: "Dad, don't go to see grandpa for the time being."
Grandpa’s thoughts were not formed in a moment, and it was difficult to change easily. He went to persuade him to be scolded again. She couldn’t stand her elegant and upright father like a child who had made a mistake, standing at the desk, and being scolded so much that he couldn’t even lift his head.
After breakfast, Ning Suyi called the driver Uncle Xu and asked him to wait at the door, and took his bag and went out.
As soon as she got into the car, Jing Bei came to the news and asked her if she had gone to the company.
She replied that she was about to go.
Jing Chi: "A few minutes later, I'm coming to your house now and sending you something."
Ning Suyi locked her phone and said to Uncle Xu in front of her: "Should you wait a moment before leaving."
Uncle Xu responded, got out of the car and walked aside, lit a cigarette, squatted down to smoke.
Ten minutes passed, and a black Audi appeared in his sight. He slowly stopped and then got off the driver's seat. He seemed to have not had a good sleep, and he was lazy in his steps, holding a light brown kraft paper bag in his hand.
Jing Chi was wearing a loose black T-shirt, with messy hair but not sloppy. He put one hand in his jeans pocket, narrowed his eyes slightly, and yawned.
Ning Suyi was about to push the door down, but Jing Chi took a step closer to her, holding the door in her hand and blocking her movements. Ning Suyi had to lower the window and turn her head to look out. His skin was almost pale, which made the black and blue under her eyes look particularly obvious, and her eyes were still clear and bright, as if it was a natural lake.
"Have you stayed up late?" Ning Suyi cleared her throat and asked him.
Jing Chi didn't answer her words, and handed the things in her hand through the car window and put them in her arms: "I know you don't like to take anti-inflammatory drugs, honey and grapefruit tea, clear heat and remove fire, relieve phlegm and relieve cough. When you are fine, just drink a cup. What's the hoarseness of your throat? Don't you plan to care?"
Ning Suyi was stunned for a moment, opened the paper bag and took a look. Two transparent glass canned bottles were filled with heavy honey grapefruit tea. The lid was iron, hexagonal, and there was no label on it. It should be purely handmade without additions.
“Made it at home?”
Jing Chi glanced awkwardly: "I did it, so don't waste it."
Ning Suyi opened her mouth, and Jing Chi directly interrupted the acknowledgment she was about to say: "I'm leaving, you should take care of your health and don't be too busy."
"I understand, I'm like a mother." Ning Suyi hugged the paper bag in her arms tightly and said with a smile.
Jing Chi rolled her eyes, put his hands into the car window again, rubbed her head, and withdrew after doing bad things, not giving her a chance to react.
When he turned around, he heard Ning Su's angry voice coming from behind: "Jing Chi, you are not big or small, and your hairstyle is messed up!"
Jing Chi suddenly laughed, got into his car, and turned around and went back.
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It was already past ten o'clock in the morning when I arrived at the company, two hours later than normal working hours. Ning Suyi started to deal with the critical documents piled up on the desktop. Liang Sui came in and asked her what she drank.
Ning Suyi stopped and pushed the paper bag on the table over: "Make a cup of honey grapefruit tea, and put the rest in the refrigerator in the tea room."
Liang Sui picked it up, it was a little heavy, and held the bottom of the paper bag with his other hand: "Okay."
Ning Suyi spent all day busy and still had lunch in the office. After drinking four or five cups of grapefruit tea a day, her throat was moisturized, which was much better than yesterday.
Before getting off work, Gao Xiuchen knocked on the door and asked her to have supper together.
Ning Suyi was unaware of it before. When he asked her to have dinner that time, she promised to be happy, but now she doesn't want to have too much interaction with him in private: "Sorry, I have an appointment with someone."
Gao Xiuchen raised his eyebrows without surprise: "Then next time."
He didn't ask who she had an appointment with, nor did he get involved. He smiled politely and walked out of the office.
Ning Suyi pressed her palm down on her forehead, and she didn't need to say anything about her tiredness. She picked up her cell phone and called Jing Chi: "Have you eaten? If you don't eat, my sister will invite you to dinner, and you can choose any place."
She had to do a full set of acting. Since she said she had an appointment with someone, she naturally couldn't leave any handle. Not only was she embarrassed, she had to look up in the company in the future.
Jing Chi rarely hesitated and finally refused her: "Please tell me in advance next time you treat me to dinner. I have something to do now and can't take it off."
Ning Suyi paused and asked, "...what are you busy with?"
Jing Chi: "Help my second sister do something."
Ning Su was consciously no longer spy, so he could only turn to have a meal with Zou Qianen who was doing nothing. The latter was indeed free and asked where to meet.
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Brother Xiao Chi, considerate~~
Chapter completed!