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Finally You're Mine

Chapter 2

Song Zhaoli's "Really?" was loaded with meaning.

Finished speaking, his slender fingers holding the cigarette flicked ash outside the car.

Seeing this, Liao Bei clicked his tongue, "Pretend, keep pretending."

Song Zhaoli squinted and laughed.

His laugh was mixed, teasing in nature.

On the other side, after Ji Xuan took a taxi home, she took a hot bath. Sitting in the bathtub, she pondered over tonight's events.

From every glass of drinks she had at the celebration, every person she interacted with, to encountering Song Zhaoli.

She didn't spare a single detail.

In the end, she focused her suspicions on the waiter who served her the juice.

The drinks she had tonight were all taken from the table, it was impossible for them to have been drugged. After all, the person drugging the drinks wouldn't be able to ensure that she would pick that specific one.

Everyone present that night were cunning veterans, probability was a concern and no one would be that foolish.

The sole exception was the juice the waiter had handed to her.

She initially thought the waiter was thoughtful, served her the juice to help her sober up because she had too much to drink, even gave him a two hundred yuan tip.

Looking back now, she was too careless.

Especially for a woman out in the world, you need to be extra wary of anything you consume, regardless of how harmless it looks on the surface.

However, even if she realized the truth now, it would be too late. Those old foxes certainly wouldn't leave clues for her to investigate.

Thankfully, in the end, she met Song Zhaoli...

Thinking of Song Zhaoli, Ji Xuan's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

This 'thankfully' may not turn out so well after all.

Ji Xuan had actually encountered Song Zhaoli before.

At that time, she was still the fiancee of Xiao Jin, the newly promoted vice president of the 'Rongsheng' Group. She had attended a banquet with Xiao Jin, and due to some unforeseen circumstances, had a cup of cross-cupped wine with Song Zhaoli.

The scene of drinking the cross-cupped wine was still vivid in Ji Xuan's memory.

It was quite humbling.

In order to curry favor with the powerful, Xiao Jin had pushed her out directly, and he joined a group of onlookers in making a commotion.

In order to preserve the bigger picture, Ji Xuan did not throw a fit at the spot, but her face at that moment probably wasn't a pretty sight.

At that time, Song Zhaoli proactively reached out his hand to her, leaning over and whispering in her ear, "Don't worry, we're just drinking. I'm not...the lascivious type."

Ji Xuan was caught up in her memories when her phone, placed on the shelf, suddenly rang.

Ji Xuan drew a light breath, her thoughts returned, reached for the phone, and after seeing the incoming call reminder on the screen, her eyes softened, pressing answer, "Mom."

As soon as Ji Xuan finished speaking, a concerned voice came from the other end of the phone, "Xuan Xuan, are you home?"

Ji Xuan replied, "I am, taking a bath."

Ji's mother said, "It's good you arrived. You told me last night that you have a celebration banquet to attend tonight, and I was worried about you drinking too much, so I couldn't sleep. Remember to drink a glass of honey water before going to bed to prevent a hangover...”

Her mother's voice rang out, full of concern.

As Ji Xuan listened, combining it with the events of tonight, her eyes suddenly welled up with tears.

When her mother finished speaking, Ji Xuan sniffled before asking, "Mom, have you been doing well recently?"

Ji's mother paused slightly upon hearing her question, then laughed and responded, "I'm good, I don't have much to do all day."

Ji Xuan then asked, "Is there still no news from my dad?"

This time, Ji's mother didn't reply for a long time, evidently not wanting to answer this question. She changed the subject and started talking about different things, before saying at last, "It's about to rain, I need to bring in the clothes. You take care of yourself out there and stop worrying about things at home too much."

After advising her, Ji's mother pretended to be in a hurry and hung up the phone.

Looking at the blank mobile phone screen, Ji Xuan’s hand that was holding the phone suddenly tightened.

The next second, her phone 'beeped' in her hand.

Ji Xuan looked down, thinking it was a message from her mother. But instead, it turned out to be from a strange number: Manager Ji, you left your underwear in my car.