The bodyguard was tense.

Ji Chaozhou looked down.

The distance between the two now was closer than it had been when he was upstairs, and Ji Chaozhou could see the other person’s attire more clearly. The coat was rough and was frayed in some places, and several black pen marks of different lengths were randomly drawn on the cuffs.

Adults do not draw such random marks on their cuffs with a pen.

Ji Chaozhou was silent for a while, then suddenly asked her, “Do you have a child?”

Just at this moment, the car next to them honked its horn several times—Cheng Liu didn’t hear what her boyfriend said, but only faintly heard something about ‘a child’ .

Her mind automatically filled in what her boyfriend said just now.

Two months ago, a technology news media published an article about Cheng Liu’s family background, discussing and analyzing why Cheng Liu was able to get from an ordinary family to where she was today.

It also mentioned that according to people familiar with the matter, Cheng Liu’s family has three children, and she was the eldest.

The boyfriend probably read that article, so he asked her if they had three children in her family.

A few days ago, Cheng Liu absolutely didn’t like it when her boyfriend pried about her family, but now…

Her boyfriend will be her family from now on, so what did it matter?

So Cheng Liu nodded solemnly, “Yes.”

A working mother with a child.

Ji Chaozhou looked away, and most of the discomfort caused by the other party’s moral kidnapping from earlier dissipated.

He looked out of the car window again, temporarily dismissing the idea of ​​asking Ji Mushan to take back his bodyguard.

The other party was not actively guarding him all day long, but only showed up on certain times. For Ji Chaozhou, it was not too troublesome.

… …

The two arrived at Gu Yu Restaurant. There was no underground parking here, but there was an available parking space by the entrance.

Cheng Liu parked the car, quickly unfastened her seat belt, grabbed the black umbrella, walked hurriedly to the front passenger door, and actively sheltered her boyfriend from the wind and rain.

Ji Chaozhou’s eyes glanced at the attentive female bodyguard beside him, and he didn’t make a sound to stop her, letting her hold the umbrella.

The private room had already been reserved; Cheng Liu went in, gave her name, and the waiter led them there with an old-fashioned lantern.

This was a Chinese-style restaurant. It didn’t look big from the outside, but its exceptional charm was clear the moment you went in. There was even a rock garden in the atrium.

They walked around a long corridor to the private room.

This room was made entirely of wood. The mahogany window was slightly opened, and the breeze brought in a slight earthy smell of the soil and grass outside, which was not unpleasant.

The room was lit with candles covered with a shade, and the dim lights were flickering, lending the atmosphere a bit of an antique flavor.

Cheng Liu rushed ahead of the waiter and took the initiative to pull the chair for her boyfriend and let him sit down. At this moment, her stomach suddenly growled.

She was hungry.

Ji Chaozhou turned his pale but noble face, glanced at the female bodyguard, and said calmly, “Sit down, too.”

Cheng Liu was surprised, she was going to sit down, of course, and her hand was already about to reach out for the other chair.

However, she should not deny the words of her beautiful boyfriend.

A business partner once said that what the wife said when she was angry was always right, and he must not talk back or disobey—even if her words do not have any logic.

All things were connected, and it seemed like these matters could also be applied to boyfriends just as well as wives.

Cheng Liu pulled out another chair and sat down, opened the menu on the table, and handed it to her boyfriend.

The waiter standing next to him began to actively introduce the new dishes of Gu Yu Restaurant.

Ji Chaozhou didn’t have much interest in such things and his intention from the beginning was to just casually deal with Ji Mushan. He ordered two dishes, and then said to Cheng Liu, “You order.” 

Cheng Liu took the menu with ease, feeling a bit moved in her heart: although her boyfriend was still angry, he still cared about her.

In the end, she ordered five more dishes.

Cheng Liu usually didn’t like to come to places like Gu Yu Restaurant. She found the dishes were good-looking but the serving size was small.

But looking at it now, the environment here was quite suitable for a boyfriend.

Cheng Liu took a quick look at the boyfriend sitting next to her, wondering what had happened to him in the past few months that his whole temperament had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Half a year ago, when they first started dating, Cheng Liu vaguely remembered that her boyfriend was a complete fashion trend-setter, with all kinds of big-name logos all over his body, which was very apt for his modeling career.

But now… 

At this moment, candlelight fell on her boyfriend’s face that looked like it had been painted by a master using fine brush strokes. The long eyelashes drooped slightly, covering the amber pupils, and a light shadow perched on the high bridge of the nose. He was dressed in simple white shirt and pants, like a living beauty, quiet and still.

For some reason, Cheng Liu inexplicably felt a little strange, but she couldn’t tell what the problem was.

Soon this feeling was forgotten by her.

She hasn’t seen him for three months, and it was only normal to have changes.

What’s more… Cheng Liu actually didn’t have a deep impression of their relationship. At that time, their date was nothing more than eating, and her boyfriend was playing with his mobile phone with his head down. She was busy sending messages to her chief assistant and handling other things.

After the dishes came, Cheng Liu actively served the dishes for her boyfriend, and was amazed by her boyfriend’s face from time to time.

Ji Chaozhou didn’t notice anything unusual—he only thought that the other party was in charge of making sure he ate his meal.

“Your phone is vibrating,” Cheng Liu reminded suddenly.

Ji Chaozhou looked down at his right pocket and took out his mobile phone. The caller ID displayed: Yun Fei.

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T/N: *facepalm* Cheng Liu, don’t be saying ‘yes’ to random questions you didn’t fully hear—you’re in charge of billion yuan deals ah!

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