Do not lie to me

Chapter 141

Shang Xuechen was next to the railing of the balcony, and their seats were arranged separately on the balcony on the second floor, facing the street outside, half of a branch of a big tree in the yard covered their table.Shang Xuechen could clearly see the people passing through the gate downstairs and the vehicles passing by on the street, but the people downstairs couldn't see him.

Yuan Li'an sat next to him, approached him and asked, "Brother Shang, what are you looking at?"

"I didn't see anything." Shang Xuechen answered indiscriminately, turning his head to meet Shao Ji's gaze.Shao Ji was sitting next to the railing just like him, just opposite to him.Shang Xuechen had no intention of avoiding his gaze, and neither did Shao Ji.The two looked at each other for a long time, and Shang Xuechen actually had a strange feeling that he was looking in a mirror.

"The decoration of this store is nice." Shang Xuechen opened his mouth first.

Shao Ji smiled and turned his head to look indoors, "Really?"

"Order, I'm starving to death." Brother Zhou next to Shao Ji couldn't bear the hunger and wailed.

Shao Ji didn't mind Zhou Ge's calling to break the elegant decoration of the restaurant, so he just smiled and handed the menu to Zhou Ge, "You can do whatever you want."

Brother Zhou took the menu and flipped through it twice, "Oh, it's such a small and beautiful dish again. What's the use of eating delicately? It's better to have enough food."

Shang Xuechen took a sip of the lemonade in front of him and put it down, "Of course businessmen make money."

Shao Ji smiled and glanced at Shang Xuechen, "Brother Chen, you do have your own business experience. I don't know where I learned it from."

Yuan Li'an glanced at Brother Zhou, who looked down at the menu as if he didn't hear it, then turned his head to look at Shang Xuechen, who was about to exit to help maintain, but Shang Xuechen patted him on the back, as if it didn't matter .Yuan Li'an could only lower his head and follow Brother Zhou pretending to study the menu in his hand.

Shang Xuechen smiled, "I don't have any business experience. Could it be a charity business? Your store is positioned as a high-end store. Naturally, the quantity of products is small and the price is high."

Shao Ji pursued him closely, "Brother Chen really sees it through, did you teach it from a friend? That friend who pillowed your thigh and hugged your waist in the hospital this morning?"

Shang Xuechen's face changed. Even if he and Ji Shuping were an open secret, because of Ji Shuping's identity, Shang Xuechen didn't want Ji Shuping to be talked about, especially not to be used as a satire.Brother Zhou next to Shao Ji raised his head at this time, "I've made up my mind, I have to drive later when the wine is out. I want foie gras, I want beef tongue, and I want ribs too. Salmon. Anyway, I'm not used to eating raw." Brother Zhou looked up at Yuan Li'an, "Xiao Yuan, do you like salmon?"

Yuan Li'an shook his head and went to look at Shang Xuechen again. Shang Xuechen threw away the napkin in front of him, "Whoever likes to eat salmon, I don't eat it anyway." After speaking, he got up and pushed the chair away, Yuan Li'an watched Shang Xuechen get up and circle around. Open yourself and look up at him, "Brother Shang, where are you going?"

"bathroom!"

After Shang Xuechen walked away, Shao Ji lowered his head and rearranged the neat tableware in front of him. Brother Zhou still lowered his head and continued to look at the menu. Yuan Li'an took a look at Shao Ji, but didn't say anything because of Brother Zhou's face .

"I'm just curious." Shao Ji admitted voluntarily.

Brother Zhou flipped through a page of the menu, and seemed to think that the few items he ordered just now were not enough, "Why are you curious? Some people like salmon and some don't. The things are there, and everyone sees them. If you don't want to order them, you don't order them. People don’t want to eat, but they choose to order. By the way, Xiaoji, I didn’t ask if you want to eat salmon or not?”

"Order me a slow-braised beef cheek in red wine."

"It's strange, hey," Brother Zhou flipped through the menu in his hand, "It's the first time I've heard of this kind of dish. You rich people have weird tastes."

Yuan Li'an was not in the mood to listen to Brother Zhou's words, he turned his head and only looked in the direction where Shang Xuechen was going, feeling a little worried and wanted to chase after him to have a look.As soon as he removed the napkin from his lap, Brother Zhou stopped him and asked, "Xiao Yuan, please see if there are any dishes we haven't seen before."

Yuan Li'an took the menu from Brother Zhou, but was taken by Shao Ji.When Shao Ji got up, Brother Zhou was passing the menu to Yuan Li'an, so he didn't have time to turn around and stop him.Shao Ji quickly bypassed Brother Zhou, and said yes, "I'll go to the kitchen to serve some dishes first. I won't have to wait until I'm hungry." After speaking, he immediately walked in the direction where Shang Xuechen left.

Yuan Li'an pouted and watched Shao Ji leave, turned around and threw the menu in his hand on the table, and looked up at Brother Zhou with some reproach.Brother Zhou smiled at him, "I didn't pay attention, let him run out."

Yuan Li'an didn't say anything, he crossed his arms, and when he raised his legs, Brother Zhou grinned and "hissed".Hearing Zhou Ge's gasp, Yuan Li'an still raised his leg unhurriedly, crossed Erlang's leg and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention."

"Hey." Brother Zhou rolled up his sleeves, as if he wanted to clean up Yuan Li'an, Yuan Li'an raised his chin to look at him.Brother Zhou lowered his shoulders short of breath again, "He is such a sweet bun, let's hang around him one by one."

Yuan Li'an tilted his head to look at the direction Shao Ji was chasing, "Brother Zhou, do you think Brother Shang will give me a privilege?"

"What privilege do you want? Tell me!"

"Without the privilege of being a lover, can you just leave the privilege of my younger brother to me?"

Brother Zhou sighed, "You have to know that there are quite a few people calling him brother. No matter what the meaning is."

"I know. But I'm greedy but have no capital." Yuan Li'an withdrew his gaze, his eyelashes trembling, "What should I do if I'm greedy and have no capital?" Play it safe, maybe...

Yuan Li'an picked up the menu with a smile, "I want to order a piece of salmon." When something he doesn't like is on the table, all kinds of expressions will be wonderful.

The trees in the yard are luxuriant, covering the table on the second floor very well, and they can unscrupulously look at everyone who enters the restaurant from the main entrance.It's just that Shang Xuechen is gone, Shao Ji is not there, and the two people on the table are not in the mood to enjoy the scenery at all.Even if the sound of the high-heeled shoes walking downstairs is particularly bright, it still can't arouse the desire/desire of the two people to turn their heads and look down.

The sound of the red high heels stopped, Madam Shao stopped and looked up to the second floor.The leaves blocked some of the people at the dining table on the balcony on the second floor.That was originally the position she used to talk about some private matters with others openly and aboveboard, such as with Zhou Yuan.It's just that now how could someone take her usual seat?

"Who is at that table on the balcony on the second floor?" Mrs. Shao squinted her eyes, but she couldn't see clearly, and she didn't know whether she should praise herself for choosing a good seat.

The director of the restaurant who came to welcome the lady took a step forward, lowered his head and told Mrs. Shao, "Young Master brought it. He said it was a treat for dinner. Arrange the best seat for him."

"A friend brought by the young master?" Mrs. Shao glanced at the balcony again, and only saw two people vaguely, "Brought by Ji'er, then it's no wonder they can sit at this table. Since this seat is occupied, Then open me a small room."

Shang Xuechen went into the toilet in a depressed mood, Shao Ji insisted on the matter between him and Ji Shuping, he was really worried that Shao Ji would use this matter to choke on Ji Shuping.Shang Xuechen leaned against the wall, and took out his mobile phone a little depressed, thinking whether to call Ji Shuping for comfort.Now it's the store under Mrs. Shao's name, what if he called Ji Shuping and someone overheard him?

But he has to tell Ji Shuping his new discovery, Feifei is a company under Mrs. Shao's name.But if he told Ji Shuping directly, wouldn't he have to investigate Shao?When Xu Xueshi found out, how would he explain it?

Shang Xuechen thought about it to no avail, and finally looked at the phone in his hand, closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, and dialed it.He just missed Ji Shuping.

"Hey?"

"Hey~, Ji Shuping~"

"What's wrong? The voice sounds weak, have you eaten yet?"

"I'm eating with Brother Zhou right now." Shang Xuechen was very careful not to mention that he was also eating with Shao Ji, "I choked on eating just now, and I wanted to call to hear your voice, and asked you to give me a call." Shunqi."

Ji Shuping on the phone smiled, "That's it?"

"Yeah." Although no one saw it, Shang Xuechen subconsciously nodded his head, "That's it. Give me Hu Hu, give me Shun Qi."

The smile on Ji Shuping's voice on the other end of the phone became obvious, "Is that why you called to act like a baby with me?"

Shang Xuechen held up the phone and looked up at the sky. He didn't just want to act like a baby. Ji Shuping didn't even know how heartbreaking his meal was, but he couldn't say it. He didn't want to make Ji Shuping unhappy. The first time Ji Shuping saw Shao Ji in the toilet, his face turned dark.Shang Xuechen was thinking to himself, and couldn't help sighing. Ji Shuping on the other end of the phone comforted him with a smile, "Okay, don't eat as soon as you're happy, it's easy to have indigestion. I'll go to your place in the evening and face you Heart beat twice?"

Only then did Shang Xuechen smile, "Come over early tonight, I want to eat your salt-baked chicken."

"Didn't you have fun eating outside with Brother Zhou? You have to eat lighter at night."

Shang Xuechen had a bitter face, because he didn't enjoy eating outside, "No! I want to eat the salt-baked chicken you made. I want to eat it, will you make it for me?!"

"Okay, okay, I'll make it for you, I'll make it for you. At worst, if you eat too much, I'll give you two more breaths."

After hearing what Ji Shuping said, Shang Xuechen felt satisfied and didn't intend to embarrass Ji Shuping, "Forget it, I just said it casually. I guess you didn't get off work early tonight. Didn't you get lazy and didn't go to work yesterday? It’s all for today. I’ll order a takeaway tonight and wait for you.”

"I thought you would be considerate and cook with your own hands."

"It's not considerate for me to cook with my own hands, it's called premeditated murder."

The two talked for a while longer and then hung up the phone.Because of the phone call with Ji Shuping, Shang Xuechen felt much better.Just as he turned around and was about to walk out of the toilet, Shao Ji came in.Shang Xuechen looked at him and frowned undisguisedly, "Are you eavesdropping on my phone?"

Shao Ji looked at Shang Xuechen, and shook his head awkwardly, "It wasn't on purpose."

"Didn't it be intentional?" Shang Xuechen gave him a fierce look on his face, "Then what do you mean by standing in front of me and blocking my way?"

Shao Ji smiled, "It's really interesting when you talk with your friend on the phone."

Shang Xuechen took a step forward and tightened Shao Ji's neckline, "What do you mean?" When he got closer and saw the mole under Shao Ji's eyes, Shang Xuechen loosened his grip on his neckline, because the mole .

Shao Ji didn't show any discomfort because Shang Xuechen was pulling his collar like this, but still looked at him with those innocent eyes, "I know you are not just ordinary friends. Aren't you together?"

Shang Xuechen looked at Shao Ji, he was from the Shao family, and the Shao family had always had a bad attitude towards the Ji family, he couldn't let Ji Shuping lose face in front of the Shao family, "You think too much."

"I think too much?" Shao Ji sneered again, "Are you afraid that I will speak out? I don't need to speak out. It seems that no one in the Shao family and the Ji family pays special attention to you now. If I tell you, you will probably became the focus."

Shang Xuechen clenched his hands, "Are you threatening me?"

"It's not a threat, it's a suggestion. I have something to tell you."

Shang Xuechen let go, "Let's talk after you have something to say." After speaking, he brushed Shao Ji's shoulder and was about to leave the toilet.Shao Ji followed him and turned around, Shang Xuechen turned to look at him, "Come back later."

"Yes. I have to go to the kitchen to order."

After Shang Xuechen walked out of the toilet, Shao Ji immediately followed out of the toilet, paused as he passed the hall, and instead of following Shang Xuechen, he turned to the glass door, and saw the person who stopped in front of the door. row of cars.As soon as he waved, the lobby manager came over immediately.

"Master."

"Madam is here?" Shao Ji asked looking at the row of cars in front of the gate.

"Yes. Madam made an appointment here to talk about things. There are people sitting on the second floor and told us to prepare a small room."

"Did Madam ask anything?"

"I just asked who was sitting at the table on the second floor, and said it was the young master's friend."

"En." Shao Ji nodded after listening, "How many people did I bring today?"

The lobby manager didn't seem to understand why Shao Ji asked so suddenly, didn't he know how many people he brought?It seems that he is about to create a problem for himself again.The manager swallowed, and answered cautiously, "Three?"

Shao Ji turned around to look at him, and the lobby manager immediately lowered his head again.Shao Ji stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "That's right. Don't get confused, there are three of them including me." Shao Ji didn't intend to send Shang Xuechen to his mother, if his mother Knowing that this person is Ji Shuping's lover, he might make plans on Shang Xuechen again, he still doesn't want to do this.

The lobby manager lowered his head, trembling, "But if Madam asks."

"My identity hasn't been revealed yet. My mother doesn't like too many people knowing my identity. There is a private detective who I met by accident. Don't let her know, and then rush to take money to seal people's mouths. This will scare the snake. I will deal with that private person. If you follow what I said, you should give my mother peace of mind. "

"Understood, young master, there are only three people at that table on the balcony today."

"Yeah." Shao Ji patted the lobby manager on the shoulder, "Let the kitchen serve the food quickly so that my friends can leave quickly after eating, lest my mother bump into me, and then she will have to talk to me again." Friends, beware of these words."

"Okay, master. I'll let the kitchen serve the food quickly."

After Ji Shuping hung up the phone with a smile, he glanced at the photo of him and monk Xuechen on the phone screen.Thumb touched Shang Xuechen's face on the screen, the corners of his mouth curled up, the phone in his hand rang again before he could look enough, Ji Shuping hung the corner of his mouth to answer the phone.

"Well, I have read the email you sent. It mainly contains the details of Mrs. Shao's life in the United States. What about the one before going abroad?"

"It may be that they have changed their identities. It is difficult to find out the ones before going abroad."

Ji Shuping raised his head and rubbed his temples, "I can't find out about Zhou Yuan, and I can't find out about Mrs. Shao's. Should you reflect on yourself?"

"My fault, I'll try to investigate."

Ji Shuping tapped the table with his index finger, "It's a bit strange."

"What?" the person on the phone asked.

"Why can't both of them find out the background? Is there any connection?" Ji Shuping straightened his body, Zhou Yuan and Mrs. Shao?There seems to be no connection between these two people, Ji Shuping thinks that he may be thinking too much.

"Forget it," Ji Shuping said to himself to stop thinking about it, and casually took out a document on his desk, "I'll update the building's security duty schedule and monitoring layout later. I will send you the picture. Pick a suitable time to come here and pretend to be a burglar, remember that the focus is on Zhou Yuan's desk. Director Xu has to go through her drawer several times, she must have something in it."

Ji Shuping hung up the phone, still looking at the photo on the phone, with a slight smile on his face, he touched Shang Xuechen's face on the phone, and said to himself, "I will take you away when the dust settles. .”