Although she said that, Ji Tianqing wasn't confident at all.
He stood on the street and looked at the breakfast shop in front of him. His branded suit jacket was casually thrown over his shoulder, his tie was slightly open, and his hair was messy. His handsome appearance made people unable to help but take a few more glances.
Ji Tianqing stood on the street, her young and handsome face so calm that no emotion could be seen.
Suddenly, a woman in an apron walked out of the breakfast shop. Ji Tianqing's eyes lit up as she recognized her as the cold woman from yesterday.
Unlike yesterday, today, her slightly curly long hair was simply tied behind her head. She had a clean face without any makeup, but she was still shockingly beautiful.
When he saw her carrying the bucket out of the door, the irritation between his brows immediately disappeared without a trace. He could not help but walk towards her with a sincere smile.
"Hey!"
Li Ziying raised her head in confusion when she heard a light greeting from above. When she saw him, her face immediately darkened.
"What's there to be happy about!"
Although Ji Tianqing had already experienced her coldness, she was still disappointed when she saw the obvious guard on her face.
"I'm just greeting you. You don't have to give me that face, right? I don't remember doing anything to make you angry.”
Li Ziying glanced at him and picked up the bucket that was just filled with water. She walked into the breakfast shop without saying a word. Ji Tianqing quickly followed her.
"Give me breakfast."
Li Ziying suddenly stopped and looked at him coldly. "What did you say?"
"I said, give me breakfast." Ji Tianqing said again.
Li Ziying put down the bucket and said coldly,""Are you right?"
Ji Tianqing looked at her and smiled." Of course I'm right. I haven't had breakfast yet. I'm starving. Isn't this a breakfast shop?"”He turned his head and glanced at the price list on the wall. "I want a cup of coffee and a fruit pancake.”
Li Ziying's slender fingers tapped on the table, making unhappy sounds.
"If I remember correctly, you were standing here yesterday, fighting to buy 'my' glass shoes.”She deliberately emphasized loudly. "It's only been one night, and you're standing in front of me and asking for breakfast. Don't think I'm stupid enough to not understand your real purpose for coming here. I've already made it very clear yesterday that the glass shoes are not for sale.”
Ji Tianqing raised her eyebrows and realized that she was not very friendly.
"I didn't say I wanted to fight you for the glass shoes.”He also emphasized loudly. "I'm just here for breakfast. You're not leaving the door open but not doing business, are you?”
Before Li Ziying could say anything, Yu Xiaopei, who was watching the fight from the side, rushed out.
"Ziying, didn't this handsome guy say he was here for breakfast? Are you trying to scare my customers away by being so fierce?”Then, she turned to Ji Tianqing. "Handsome, what would you like to eat?”
Ji Tianqing met Li Ziying's cold gaze and couldn't help but smile.
"A cup of coffee and a fruit pancake.”
Li Ziying smiled when she realized that he was going to pick a fight with her.
"Xiao Pei."
"Ah?"
"Servant in the low-grade area." After that, she ignored Ji Tianqing's shocked expression and walked into the counter with a cold face, making Yu Xiaopei giggle awkwardly.
"Handsome, our boss has a bad temper. Please don't take offense.”Yu Xiaopei said with a smile and led him to the well-lit, clean, and first-class VIP area. "Please sit here. There's a garden on the left, air-conditioning on the right, magazines in front, and a personal washroom at the back. This is the best VIP area in our shop!”
Inferior evil guest area? High-class VIP area?
To think that they could think of that.
"What's your boss 'name?"
Yu Xiaopei immediately smiled and said,""Our beautiful female boss is called Li Ziying. Li Ming's Li, Guo Zi's Zi, Lin Zhiying's Ying. Don't look at her cold appearance. In fact, she had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She was just pretending. Women just like to put on an act. What is this called? Oh right, welcome but refuse."
"Are you betraying your friend?”Ji Tianqing found it funny.
Yu Xiaopei laughed dryly. "Haha, you found out." She propped her chin on the table and looked at him. The more she looked at him, the tighter her frown became. "Strange, why do I feel that you look so familiar, as if I've seen you somewhere before?”
She suddenly clapped her hands and pointed at him with a trembling index finger. She exclaimed,"Are you Ji Tianqing, the founder of the Ji's Electronic Technology Company, who won the international software invention and design award at the age of 20?”
Ji Tianqing raised her eyebrows but did not deny it. "You remember it quite clearly."
Yu Xiaopei opened her mouth in surprise and shouted excitedly,
"It's really you, it's really you, my god!”
She rushed to the counter and said to Li Ziying,"
"Ziying, Ziying, do you know who that handsome guy is? He was the founder of the famous Ji's Electronic Technology Company, Ji Tianqing! Heavens! I can't believe that such a famous person is in our breakfast shop. I must take a few photos with him later. Then our breakfast shop will be rich, hahaha!”
Seeing that she was laughing uncontrollably, Li Ziying only responded indifferently,"
"Is that so?"
Yu Xiaopei suddenly stopped laughing and approached her nervously.
"Ziying, this person is really good. Look at him, handsome, rich, and successful. This kind of person is not easy to meet. I think you're going to be rich this time. If it were me, I would definitely hide under the quilt and laugh secretly every day, then burn incense and pray to the Buddha to thank the ancestors for their blessings.”
"He doesn't like me." she corrected.
"If he doesn't like you, why is he here?”
"He came for the glass slippers.”She pushed the dishes she had prepared to her. "Here, this is the coffee and fruit pancake he wanted.”
Yu Xiaopei looked at her and couldn't help but feel sorry for Ji Tianqing.
"Ziying, you're exaggerating.”
The originally delicious fruit pancake was only left with one-third of its original size after her "skillful" cooking. Even the pineapple, strawberries, oranges, apples, and bananas were gone, and only some fruit powder was scattered. The coffee was only half of the original amount. This meal could only be described as mean and stingy.
Li Ziying looked at Yu Xiaopei expressionlessly. "If there's food, he'll be laughing secretly."
"How can that do?" Yu Xiaopei rushed behind the counter in a flurry. "You can't do this! He's a celebrity. How can we give him such a shabby breakfast? It'll ruin the image of our breakfast shop.”
After quickly preparing the dishes, she immediately happily brought them to the first-class VIP area.
"Boss Ji, this is the food you ordered.”
Ji Tianqing glanced at the food in her hand and frowned,""I only ordered coffee and fruit pancakes.”
"I know." Yu Xiaopei glanced at Li Ziying who was behind the counter and smiled at Ji Tianqing,""This is a special gift from our beautiful female boss. She has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She's afraid that you'll have too much work, so she asked me to prepare more dishes for you.”
Ji Tianqing smiled. "Thank you." How could he not know?
Knowing that he had seen through her, Yu Xiaopei did not feel embarrassed at all. Instead, she smiled back at him generously.
"Boss Ji, if you really came here for the glass shoes, I can only advise you to give up as soon as possible. Ziying likes the glass shoes very much and even spent a huge sum of money to transform a wall of the store into a glass display window.”
"Is there no other way?" He did not want to give up.
"Boss Ji, you won't force me, right?”
"I never do such things."
"That's right!" Yu Xiaopei smiled and said," That pair of glass shoes can be said to be Ziying's life. She treats it as a treasure. If you don't want to hurt her heart, you'd better give up!" Even though Ziying wasn't a woman who would get hurt so easily.”
"That's true."
He looked up at the counter with interest and met Li Ziying's watery eyes. The smile on his lips deepened.
"I will never give up." he said with a double meaning.
The romance of the glass shoes had begun…
At around one o'clock in the afternoon, Li Ziying and Yu Xiaopei's breakfast shop finally closed for the day.
"Ziying, my auntie came from the south today, so I have to go back first. I'll have to trouble you to deal with the rest.”
Li Ziying, who was sitting on a chair and keeping accounts, nodded.
"Say hello to your auntie for me."
"Okay, then I'm leaving!"
After Yu Xiaopei left, Li Ziying focused on the account book on the table and carefully calculated today's profit.
Suddenly, she heard the sound of the glass door being pushed open. She could not help but smile.
"Why, did you forget to bring something again…"
When she saw the tall figure by the door, she immediately pulled a long face.
"Why is it you again?"
She thought that he had left after breakfast, but she didn't expect him to come back again. As long as she thought that his goal was that pair of glass shoes, she couldn't be pleasant to him.
"Mr. Ji, I don't want to keep repeating the same words. I'll say it one last time. That pair of glass shoes has a very special meaning to me, so it's impossible for me to sell them. Please give up on the idea.”
Ji Tianqing leaned against the door with her arms crossed, a faint smile on her face.
"Did I say that I'm here for the glass slippers?”
"Isn't that so?" Li Ziying looked at him in disbelief. "Then what are you doing here, Mr. Ji? If you still want to eat, I'm sorry, but our breakfast shop's opening hours have passed. Please come early tomorrow.”
"I'm not here to eat either."
"Alright, no matter what you want to do, we'll be closing soon. Please go back.”She stood up and tidied up the account books on the table, then bluntly asked him to leave.
Ji Tianqing raised her eyebrows. "Are you always so distant?”
Li Ziying paused for a moment before saying,"That depends on the person.”The meaning was clear. Because she was with him now, her attitude was so unfriendly.
"I'm here to treat you to a meal." Ji Tianqing smiled.
"Dinner?"
"Yes." Ignoring her disapproving expression, he continued,""I asked you to treat me to breakfast today. As the saying goes, courtesy should be returned.”
Li Ziying got angry at the thought of this. "Mr. Ji, if it weren't for our other boss insisting on treating you, I wouldn't have let you walk out of this door for free, so you don't have to treat me back. Besides, I'm not interested.”
She only hoped that he would go as far away as possible and never appear in front of her again, lest she had to worry about him having designs on the glass slipper.
Ji Tianqing couldn't help but smile. "Do you have to be so guarded?”
Li Ziying sneered. "Haven't you heard that one must be on guard against others?”
"I just want to treat you to a meal."
"But I don't want to." She refused firmly.
"Do you want me to fight with you for the glass shoes?”
Li Ziying looked at him coldly. "Of course not."
Ji Tianqing smiled evilly. "Then you should have a meal with me. Maybe if you make me feel better, I won't fight with you for the glass shoes anymore, right?”
Li Ziying glanced at him and sneered,""Why should I listen to you?"
"Or are you willing to risk losing the glass slippers?”
Li Ziying laughed instead of getting angry. "Alright, I agree to have dinner with you."
She really should find a chance to make things clear to him. Anyway, she was not the one paying.
Ji Tianqing was surprised by her willingness to agree. She couldn't help but ask doubtfully,"
"Time and place?"
Li Ziying stared at him for a long time before revealing a strange smile.
"I'll see you at the entrance of the restaurant at 6:30 tonight.”
See you! Li Ziying actually made him wait for two hours.
Moreover, it didn't matter if she was late, but she actually brought a man with her? This was too much.
"You're late." Ji Tianqing said unhappily.
Li Ziying pretended not to notice his anger and continued to lean on the man who had accompanied her.
"I'm really sorry. I just had dinner with my boyfriend and looked at the time before realizing that I have an appointment with you tonight. I'm sorry, I'm already full, so I can't eat with you. I'll definitely apologize to you in person another day.”
This damned woman made him wait for two hours, and she even brought a man with her. She was clearly playing with him.
Seeing that she was about to leave with the man, Ji Tianqing quickly shouted,"
"Wait a minute."
Li Ziying turned around with a smile. "Is there anything else? Mr. Ji."
Ji Tianqing gritted her teeth and stared at her for a while. Suddenly, she laughed and said,"
"Miss Li, you and your 'boyfriend' are full, but I'm not. I've been waiting for you here for two hours on an empty stomach. Shouldn't you stay and have dinner with me?”
"I won't!"
Before she could refuse, the man standing beside her had already said,
"Alright!" He had spent the whole night acting with her and had not eaten dinner. His stomach was growling with hunger!
Li Ziying glared at the man beside her and saw him lowering his head in silence. She turned to Ji Tianqing and said,"
"Alright, my boyfriend and I will accompany you for this meal.”After saying that, she glared at the culprit before continuing,"But my boyfriend drank some wine just now and might be a little tipsy now, so we can't delay for too long. Mr. Ji, I believe you can understand, right?”
"Let's go!"
Ji Tianqing didn't answer her. She turned around and led the way into the dining room. Li Ziying's face turned even colder.
After the three of them sat down, the man sitting next to Li Ziying quickly picked up Meun and browsed through it. Ji Tianqing raised her eyebrows in interest.
"Miss Li's boyfriend doesn't seem to be full?”
This sentence made the other two people present slightly stunned.
Li Ziying stepped on the man's foot and turned to Ji Tianqing with a smile.
"I'm really sorry. My boyfriend has always had a big appetite. Maybe he has already digested the food he just ate.”She looked at the man with a fake smile. "Honey, let's order something else to eat. Anyway, Mr. Ji is paying today. You can try your best to order.”
Ji Tianqing glanced at her and smiled,""Yes, so this…Mister, what's your name?”
"His surname is Lin." Li Ziying quickly said.
"So it's Mister Lin." An evil smile appeared on his lips. "It's my treat today. Mr. Lin, you can order whatever you want. You don't have to save money for me.”
Hearing this, the man immediately waved his hand happily to summon the waiter.
"I want this, this, and this, and that, and that…"
Li Ziying kicked him hard again when he ordered a bunch of dishes. He almost cried out in pain.
"I didn't expect Mister Lin to have such a good appetite.”
Li Ziying replied with a fake smile,""That's right! He had always had a big appetite. He was really sorry that Mr. Ji had to spend money tonight.”
"Yes, yes!" the man said.
Ji Tianqing leaned back in her chair and asked calmly,"
"May I know where Mr. Lin is working?”
"I'm still reading!"
"He works in a trading company." Li Ziying rushed to answer with a livid face and glared at the man who had almost given himself away. "He works in a trading company. We plan to get married next year.”
Ji Tianqing pretended to be surprised." Mr. Lin looks very young. If you didn't tell me, I would have thought he was still a student!"”
Li Ziying's face turned pale. "Mr. Ji, you're too polite. My boyfriend is already 26 years old, but he has a baby face, so everyone thinks he's still a student.”
"Who is Mr. Lin's family?”
"My boyfriend's parents are still alive and he has a pair of siblings.”Li Ziying rushed to answer.
"How did you guys meet?"
"We met at the bookstore. At that time, I accidentally bumped into him. He helped me up. We fell in love at first sight and then started dating.”
"How long have you been dating?"
"I've been dating my boyfriend for three years.”
"Have you met each other's parents?”
"Me and my boyfriend!"
Before Li Ziying could answer, she was interrupted by Ji Tianqing. "Miss Li, I think I'm asking Mr. Lin, not you, right?”
Li Ziying gritted her teeth and turned to " Mr. Lin ", who was wolfing down his food. However, when she saw him wolfing down his food, her face darkened.
"My boyfriend was busy eating and didn't have time to talk, so I had to answer on his behalf. Anyway, he and I have always been inseparable, so it doesn't matter who answers. I think Mr. Ji won't mind such a small matter, right?”
She raised her leg and kicked hard. Mr. Lin finally raised his head in pain and smiled awkwardly.
"Mr. Ji, you won't take offense, right?”
"Of course not." Ji Tianqing stared at Li Ziying with a faint smile. "Seeing how close you two are, I'm really envious. I think Miss Li should be very gentle in front of her boyfriend.”
"How would I know!" A gaze shot over, and he quickly changed his words."That's right. My girlfriend is very gentle. Although she usually has a cold face, she's actually very caring about her family. She's also good at cooking. My parents often praise her for being a good wife in the future.”
Ji Tianqing raised her eyebrows. "Oh?"
Seeing his disbelief, he quickly added,
"That's right. Although she usually has a bad temper, she rarely loses her temper at home. She only scolds me when I don't do well in my exams. You don't know how…"
"Shut up!" Li Ziying couldn't help but shout.
He saw stars after being shouted at. After he came back to his senses, he clenched his fists and shouted angrily,
"Sis, why are you shouting so loudly? I'm almost deaf from your roar!"
As soon as he finished his words, a burst of laughter was heard. Ji Tianqing was laughing uncontrollably while Li Ziying was glaring at him with an ashen face, as if she wanted to kill him. He was shocked to realize that he had slipped up.
"Li Ziheng, you're dead meat if you go home!" Li Ziying said coldly.”
Looking at his eldest sister's face that could not be any colder, Li Ziheng, the youngest son of the Li family, immediately had an ominous premonition.
It was over. It seemed that he was really dead this time!#
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