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So after a long silence, Zhao Jili reluctantly followed these sharp thoughts, lowered his eyes and silently took out his phone.

After thinking about it, she still sent the brief message.

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The sky is just right and the wind is leisurely.The restaurant was almost decorated, tall Christmas trees were set up, and the small light bulbs turned on were shining brightly, reflecting a small piece of brilliance on the wallpaper.Decorations were hung all around, or fluffy and pleasingly colored garlands, or exaggerated big bells, making the whole hall lively.

Seeing that it was getting closer and closer to the meal time, guests in twos and threes gradually pushed the door, Qin Jueheng also stood up from the window, with an obvious smile on his face, pushed the door and walked out.

The news sent by Zhao Jili was very brief, only two words, but it finally made Qin Jueheng feel extremely happy.

She said - thank you.

Chapter 50 Discomfort

Christmas Eve arrived as scheduled.

Qin Jueheng always knew that Zhao Jili was popular and likable, but until today, she really realized how well Zhao Jili adapted to the outside world after leaving her.

On this day, Zhao Jili received countless invitations of all kinds, including invitations from superiors, colleagues, mentors, classmates, and scattered friends, and even a casual acquaintance sent invitations.

But what dissatisfied Qin Jueheng the most was the party in the Chinese circle - there would definitely be Qiao Rin there.

Faced with these complicated invitations, Zhao Jili either nodded happily or politely declined, but facing Qin Jueheng's invitation, she just said: "I don't."

"Why not?" Qin Jueheng was a little impatient, but she always remembered and reminded herself not to lose her temper, so she suppressed her voice and asked patiently: "You don't know those people well, they don't know what you like, go It doesn't make any sense."

"Don't you think I don't know? You're not good enough for this festival." Zhao Jili replied very simply: "Besides, how interesting is Boss Qin thinking he is? Living with you is better than living with that idiot Qiao Lin."

"Huh?" The ambiguity brought about by this sentence made Qin Jueheng a little overwhelmed. She sighed after a while and continued: "But you have grown up so much, and I have never seen you celebrate Christmas."

"That's different." Zhao Jili smiled, stroking the rim of the cup on the bedside table with his fingertips, his tone seemed casual.

"I didn't have other friends before, and I couldn't like others. So it's not me but you, I can only follow."

Zhao Jili's voice was cool and quiet, bringing up those past events that seemed to have been turned over.

Qin Jueheng didn't expect that she would bring up such a heavy topic at this time. Feeling helpless and at a loss, he stretched out his hand to support his forehead, held the mobile phone by his ear and lowered his eyes slightly, without making a sound.

"But now and in the future, you will not be the only focus of my life. Mr. Qin, but Mr. Qin doesn't want to live a good life. That's Mr. Qin's own business. How I want to live is also my own business."

Zhao Jili spoke slowly and mercilessly, but his tone became more and more ethereal.At the end of the talk, she didn't notice that her fingertips were deflected for a moment, so she inadvertently overturned the glass.

The cup rolled around on the counter, and when it was about to fall, Zhao Jili came back to his senses, frowned, stretched out his hand to hold the cup firmly, and put it back to its original place.

In the past, she rarely had the opportunity to say such words with confidence. Even though she did say "don't", "don't want", and "unwilling" countless times, it was always a meaningless verbal struggle.At that time, she was too young to do anything about everything, and everything always came according to Qin Jueheng's wishes.

What Qin Jueheng asked her to do, she almost never had no way to refuse.Everything that Qin Jueheng had arranged, she could only follow the rules according to Qin Jueheng's wishes, and she would never go out of line.And even when she resisted for a while, she always yielded in some other way in the end.

So now this situation of saying "I don't" to Qin Jueheng with full confidence is simply new and wonderful to Zhao Jili.The joy brought by this novelty was so strong that Zhao Jili couldn't help but say a few more words.

Thinking about it, she said it again: "So, I don't. Mr. Qin can do whatever he wants."

After finishing speaking, she hung up the phone, and her mood suddenly improved.

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This kind of good mood has continued, from the morning after the end of the call, to the night.

After all, it was Christmas Eve. As the time gradually got later, the atmosphere of the party became more lively.

Qiao Rin was next to Zhao Jili, and at the same time, many people were sitting next to each other on the couch in the hall, spinning the wine bottle and playing inexplicable games.

Zhao Jili didn't like this kind of environment with surging youth hormones and noisy and disorderly crowds. Maybe she once went in and out of such a place to show rebellion, but seriously, she hadn't been in contact with it for a long time after all. Not to mention a public party in a foreign country with a clear sense of carnival and indulgence.

In the past Christmas, she was usually at home, facing Qin Jueheng, or the two of them had something to eat quietly, and had a tense chat at night, or had a heated fight, In the end, it ended inexplicably and not very happily.

It was different last year. She was invited by her tutor and for the first time experienced the solemn attitude of Native Americans towards Christmas Eve. She mixed with the tutor's two children and had a Christmas full of family atmosphere.

For Zhao Jili, this kind of indulgent party tonight seemed a little strange, so today, under Qiao Rin's repeated invitation, she finally came here with the attitude of "seeing something".

After she came, she finally confirmed that it wasn't suitable for her.

Qin Jueheng was right. These people don't know what they like, let alone know what they don't like. Even if they come, it's hard to be happy.

Zhao Jili had a very shallow friendly smile on his face, but he also looked at the crowd with some confusion in his heart.She didn't know why, she had been sitting here for less than half an hour, but she was given five glasses of wine for various reasons.

It's okay not to drink, but to do some inexplicable things.Zhao Jili didn't like to show such weird limelight, and he didn't want to be too embarrassed, so he had to drink one cup after another, and it was always funny to see those who chose not to drink.

These drinks were made by our own people at the party. There is no trick, and almost all kinds of wine have been mixed in, and the taste of the mouth is really wonderful.After watching the sixth cup being handed to him, Zhao Jili gradually began to regret it.

Qiao Rin didn't know how much she drank. Although her face was a little red, she was very sober, and she smiled at Zhao Jili next to her: "Can't you drink it? It's not like you. When you were young, you were good at drinking." ?"

Zhao Jili raised his eyebrows, and he didn't quite agree with the words "when I was young".

After she drank the sixth cup, she frowned slightly.The surroundings were noisy and crowded, and there was not a single bright spot that made Zhao Jili feel that staying here was very meaningful.After thinking about it, she felt that it was really meaningless to go on like this, and she might as well go and quarrel with Qin Jueheng.

Perhaps because he was a little drunk, Zhao Jili's thoughts at the moment were different from usual.

She blinked slowly, and the light reflected the trembling eyelashes as long as feathers.After putting down the wine glass, she reached out and shook Qiao Rin's leg.

"Huh?" Qiao Rin sensed it, and immediately turned to look at her.

"The wine doesn't taste good," Zhao Jili said seriously, "it's not interesting here either. Qiao Rin, why do you always like this kind of place? It's really stupid."

"Huh?" Qiao Rin was scolded inexplicably, and his eyes widened: "What do you mean?"

"It means I have to go." Zhao Jili said, and stood up.

"Let's go? Now?" Qiao Rin was puzzled, but he also knew that this kind of party was not suitable for Zhao Jili.