The man sat on a chair by the dining table, as stable as a mountain, eating his meal leisurely.
As if the events just now had nothing to do with him. If it weren't for the fluctuating favorability in her mind, Shen Jianxi might have been completely deceived by his demeanor.
Following her gaze, everyone else remembered that there was another party involved.
Shen's father stepped forward, flashing an awkward yet polite smile, "This, President Ji, what do you think about this matter..."
Before he could finish speaking, Ji Zhaoyun waved his hand to interrupt, "President Shen needn't say more. Since your daughter already has someone she fancies, I won't disturb you further."
Unexpectedly, there was no major confrontation today. However, Shen Jianxi, who had a favorability score of 77, knew very well that Ji Zhaoyun's favorability had dropped to 20 and was very unstable.
He elegantly adjusted his clothes, nodded, and said, "I'll take my leave then."
After he spoke, his favorability dropped to 10 and remained there.
Although she had anticipated this outcome, Shen Jianxi still couldn't help but feel heartbroken.
After the man walked out the door, she didn't look at anyone and chased after him.
The man's receding figure exuded a sharp aura. Shen Jianxi jogged forward, grabbed his hand, and panted, "Wait, wait a moment, let me explain."
Ji Zhaoyun turned around, glanced at her tightly clasped hand, raised an eyebrow, and gently pulled it free.
"I don't think we have anything to say to each other, do we?"
Shen Jianxi shook her head. This time, she held his hands with both of hers, looking up at him with pitiful eyes, "I know it was wrong of me to keep you in the dark. But isn't love inherently dynamic? Before I met you, I liked him. But that doesn't stop me from liking you after meeting you!"
77: "Here's a 9 for you, you're amazing!"
Ji Zhaoyun: ???
He chuckled in exasperation. He had never heard such a statement in all his years.
"So, according to you, it's perfectly normal for you to like two people? Am I making a fuss over nothing?"
"Yes..." Shen Jianxi subconsciously agreed, then quickly shook her head, "...No, no! I only like you now. I don't like him anymore. You saw us break up just now, didn't you?"
Looking at the girl's unadorned face before him, Ji Zhaoyun hated her as much as he had liked her that morning.
No one had ever made him suffer such a loss.
He cupped the girl's smooth chin, his hand slowly tightening. Looking at her eyes, which were beginning to tear up from the pain, he felt no pity.
"Do you think I, Ji Zhaoyun, am a fool?" he sneered. "No wonder you asked me to withdraw from the show. You were afraid I'd discover your illicit affair!"
Hearing this, Shen Jianxi couldn't help but interject, "Um... if we count the time we confirmed our relationship, then *we* are the illicit affair."
Ji Zhaoyun's hand froze. The next second, he let go, let out a low laugh, and when he looked up again, his face was cold. "We will never meet again. This is the end of us."
With that, he left without a backward glance, striding away.
Shen Jianxi was left behind, extending a hand in a gesture of longing, silently shouting in her heart: Come back quickly~ I can't bear it alone~ Come back quickly! Ahhh—
77 irritably blocked its hearing, "Damn, does anyone have a silencing pill to give her!"
Only when the person and the car completely disappeared from sight did Shen Jianxi retract her hand and stretch lazily.
"Sister, you don't seem worried at all," a clean male voice came from behind, and then someone walked up to her.
Putting down her stretching arm, Shen Jianxi said with a smile, "Of course I'm not worried. I still have my little brother with me. I believe my little brother won't let his sister be sad and hurt, right?"
She patted Luo Yuqi's shoulder, ignoring his reply, and turned to go back inside.
As soon as she entered, she met Shen's mother's fiery gaze. Shen's father next to her gave her a helpless signal.
"You little brat..."
"Dad! Mom! I have something to say." Shen Jianxi quickly stepped forward and linked arms with them.
Shen's mother glanced at her, scoffed, "Fine! I'd like to hear how you're going to embellish and describe this 'feat' of yours!"
"You've really gotten capable! You've learned to date two people at once. Wow, and one is more luxurious than the other! What, are you trying to reach the heavens?"
Listening to the nagging in her ears, Shen Jianxi gave an awkward laugh. If she said it was more than two, Shen's mother would explode, wouldn't she?
Thinking of that scene, she shivered and quickly said, "I want to withdraw from the show and the boy group."
Her words successfully silenced Shen's mother.
"What did you say?" Shen's mother's voice was filled with disbelief.
Her face was serious. "I'm serious. I don't want to participate anymore."
"Okay, okay! Dad will have someone issue a statement right away!" Unlike Shen's mother's disbelief, Shen's father readily agreed.
Heaven knows how tormented he had been lately.
Thinking of his precious daughter living in the boys' dormitory and participating in a dating show made him uncomfortable.
If he had his way, whether it was that Shen Xingzhi or Ji Zhaoyun, as long as his daughter liked them, why not take them all!
However, he glanced at his wife, who was radiating a low-pressure aura beside him, and didn't dare to voice this thought.
"No need, don't rush to issue anything. I'll handle it myself, but I'll need Dad to contact the show's production team for me."
Before quitting the group, she wanted to settle things with Jing Luan.
Unaware of his daughter's thoughts, but as a doting father, Shen's father never refused her words and readily agreed.
With this father and daughter's collaboration, the matter was settled. Seeing Shen's father beaming, Shen's mother took a deep breath and roared, "Do you want to die? Am I dead to you? You father and daughter are such good buddies, so I'm the only outsider?"
Seeing his wife angry, Shen's father quickly apologized with a smile, "No, no, no, darling, how could that be? Listen to me explain." As he spoke, he gave Shen Jianxi a look to hurry and leave.
Shen Jianxi quietly gave him a thumbs-up and, taking advantage of the diversion of the conflict, pulled Luo Yuqi upstairs.
Silently praying, may the Lord protect Shen's father, Amen!
The sounds from downstairs were muffled by the door. Shen Jianxi crossed her arms and looked at the boys in the room with a fake smile, "Now, it's time to properly discuss your business."