flstandardbreds Chapter 175 Commute Together
Chapter 175 Commute Together
What a great phrase, "We are one family"!
Cheng Linhao was seething with hatred, but he couldn't do anything about it. Song Qianyu didn't take Song Qianyi seriously at all, let alone take any precautions, which is why she let Song Qianyi do whatever she wanted. Nothing he said now would make a difference. Only when she really suffered a loss would she know how terrifying Song Qianyi was.
It seems I need to be more careful in the future. I must not let Song Qianyi find any fault with me, otherwise all my hard work over the years will be in vain.
Cheng Linhao got into his assistant's car and left the Song family's house. The assistant saw his distressed expression in the rearview mirror and asked with concern, "Mr. Cheng, are you alright? Would you like to go back to the villa and rest?"
"No need." Cheng Linhao pinched his brow and leaned back in his chair. "Let's go straight to the company."
The assistant wisely kept quiet.
Cheng Linhao suddenly thought of something, his eyes snapped open, and he sat up straight.
Looking back on everything that's happened recently, something feels off, but I can't quite put my finger on it. What's the problem...?
Cheng Linhao racked his brains, and finally locked onto one person in his mind—Song Qianyi! Yes! It was Song Qianyi!
Song Qianyi's personality has changed drastically. Not only is her behavior different from before, but her attitude towards him has also undergone a complete transformation. Is this a new kind of "playing hard to get"? Is she trying to deliberately arouse his curiosity? Or... has Song Qianyi been heartbroken after being rejected by him multiple times and decided to stop bothering him?
He was completely baffled, and even after parking his car downstairs at the Cheng Group building, he still couldn't figure it out.
"Send someone to keep an eye on Song Qianyi. I need to know who she's been in contact with, where she's gone, and what she's been doing." After giving the instructions to his assistant, Cheng Linhao got out of the car.
After Song Qianyi was transferred back to the Song Group, she became even busier, busy setting up project teams, busy handing over with subsidiaries, and busy competing with Song Qianyu for new projects.
She worked non-stop for a week, but she didn't feel tired at all. On the contrary, she felt that her days were very fulfilling.
Ji Jingshen was sitting in his office, legs crossed, reading a report, when his assistant suddenly arrived.
"Mr. Ji, our people have discovered that there are a few more people following Madam around this week." The assistant's face was grave.
Although President Ji had already arranged for professional bodyguards to protect his wife in secret, he felt it was still necessary to report it to higher authorities since it concerned his wife's personal safety.
Ji Jingshen looked displeased, threw the report back on the table, closed his eyes and sighed, "It seems Cheng Linhao is still too idle."
The assistant immediately understood his meaning and asked, "Mr. Ji, should we take over a few other projects from Cheng's Group?"
Between the Cheng family and the Ji family, even a fool would choose the latter. As long as Ji Jingshen nods in approval, there's nothing he can't get.
Ji Jingshen shook his head, "No need, just keep an eye on the two that Cheng Linhao has."
Cheng Linhao personally oversaw those two projects, keeping a close eye on them every day, fearing any mistakes. This was because those two projects were key to his transformation; if he succeeded, his prestige within the Cheng family would rise dramatically.
Ji Jingshen neither snatched it directly nor let go completely; his main tactic was to keep Cheng Linhao busy, so that he wouldn't have the time or inclination to seduce other people's wives.
The assistant understood and immediately relayed President Ji's latest instructions to the special task force as soon as he left, telling them to intensify their efforts to make Cheng Linhao even "busier".
As soon as it was time to leave work, Ji Jingshen drove home.
Song Qianyi got off work earlier than him. As soon as she opened the door, she smelled the aroma of food. The steaming heat wafted towards her, and this feeling of "home" made Ji Jingshen feel very at ease.
"You're back?" Song Qianyi poked her head out with a spatula in hand and told him with a smile, "Auntie took the day off and went home. I'm cooking today! You're in for a treat."
Ji Jingshen hung up his suit, rolled up his sleeves, and went into the kitchen.
"You can actually cook?" he asked, somewhat surprised.
The kitchen was filled with washed vegetables, meat, and shrimp, and the ingredients were chopped. The casserole on the stove was bubbling and gurgling, and the meat in the frying pan was sizzling and dripping with oil, looking very professional.
Song Qianyi realized she had almost given herself away; it was indeed quite unbelievable that the eldest daughter of the Song family could cook.
"I learned it when I had some free time recently," she said, laughing it off and skipping the topic.
Ji Jingshen didn't ask any further questions. He wanted to help but didn't know where to start, so Song Qianyi chased him out of the kitchen.
The food was unexpectedly delicious, and Ji Jingshen calmly praised it a couple of times, but actually ate an extra bowl of rice than usual.
The two chatted casually. When the topic turned to company matters, Ji Jingshen remembered what his assistant had said during the day. Although they had already added several more bodyguards for covert protection, he still felt uneasy, in case one of them wasn't kept in sight...
The scene of the last kidnapping was still vivid in his mind, making him feel a chill. Ji Jingshen tightened his grip on his chopsticks. Seeing that the person opposite him was still engrossed in eating, seemingly unaware of anything, his heart softened a little.
"I'll pick you up from get off work from now on."
"Ok?"
Song Qianyi looked up in surprise, thinking she had misheard. Why was Ji Jingshen suddenly offering to pick her up from get off work? Had he done something to wrong her?
It's often said that if a man suddenly becomes nice to you, it's probably because he feels guilty about something he did and wants to make amends.
But Ji Jingshen is not that kind of person.
Could it be that she neglected Ji Jingshen this week because she was busy with company matters, so he got angry and wanted to remind her in this way?
She was brainstorming when Ji Jingshen said, "Take my car to work too."
He showed no intention of explaining.
Having said that, Song Qianyi couldn't bring herself to refuse, so she teased him instead: "What's wrong? Are you upset because I've been busy with work these past few days and haven't spent time with you?"
Ji Jingshen was embarrassed, as if his secret had been exposed, but he was too ashamed to admit it, so he stubbornly denied it, "No, I..."
He picked her up and dropped her off from get off work because he trusted her, not because he wanted to spend more time with her.
"Oh, what's there to be embarrassed about admitting?" Song Qianyi continued to tease him, her smile widening. "I'll be more careful in the future, balancing work and family, and I won't neglect you anymore."
"Starting tomorrow, we'll commute to and from get off work together."
"Come on, come on." Song Qianyi put some food on his plate. "Try this."
Ji Jingshen's ears turned red.
Originally, Song Qianyi thought Ji Jingshen was just having a whim, but she didn't expect that after a week, his enthusiasm would not diminish. He would drive her to the company on time every day and arrive at the Song Group building five minutes before she got off work. This made Song Qianyi feel embarrassed, since he got off work later than her. It would be bad for the company if the president took the lead in leaving early.
The other members of the project team envied her. They would tease her during their breaks, saying things like, "Team Leader Song, your husband is so good to you. I wish my husband was that considerate." She heard these kinds of comments at least once a day.
Although her colleagues all say she's lucky to have such a good husband, she doesn't really feel that way.