Chapter 17: Simple Rituals
In the following days, everyone was busy in their own way, although Cen Bowen and Zhuo Jiali were in the same company, they had not had the opportunity to meet yet.
Zhuo Jiali locked the sapphire pendant earrings and jewelry in her office, and kept thinking about how to find a chance to return it to Cen Bowen.
On this day, she was busy going to see a channel party of the Shengyuan project, and Zhuo Jiali suddenly received a call from Cen Bowen.
"Downstairs in ten minutes. ”
Cen Bowen had no head and no brain, such an order made Zhuo Jiali very irritable and helpless.
"What are you doing downstairs? I'm in a hurry to see ......."
"See you downstairs!"
Zhuo Jiali was unhappy, but she couldn't refuse, so she had to immediately arrange all the itinerary at hand, and was about to go out, when she suddenly thought of the things in the drawer, quickly folded back and took it and hurried downstairs, and forgot to lock the door in a panic.
At the entrance of the lobby, Cen Bowen was already waiting for her in the back row of the car. Zhuo Jiali confirmed that it was Cen Bowen's car, and also got into the car and sat in the passenger seat.
Shang Qingyuan looked at Zhuo Jiali fearfully, and shook his head slightly but frequently to signal to her.
Zhuo Jiali didn't know why, just stared at him suspiciously.
Shang Qingyuan glanced at Cen Bowen in the back seat of the car, countless sharp knives were flying towards him, Shang Qingyuan shouted for help in his heart, pinned his head to the window, closed his eyes and shrugged his nose and prayed to the Lord to save his life.
Still cold-faced president couldn't help but speak.
"Sit here!"
Zhuo Jiali understood Shang Qingyuan's expression a little, and reluctantly got out of the car and went around to the other end of the car to sit next to Cen Bowen.
"Is it difficult for you to sit next to me?"
Cen Bowen looked at the trees speeding by outside the window, and didn't know whether to ask the trees or Zhuo Jiali, and threw a sentence indifferently.
"No, it's just that as an ordinary employee, I don't deserve to sit next to you, the president. Zhuo Jiali muttered, looking in the other direction and muttering in reply.
Cen Bowen felt very uncomfortable, this was the second time Zhuo Jiali told him that he was "unworthy". Remembering the first time he helped her put on the sapphire necklace in the hotel lounge, Cen Bowen couldn't help but turn his head slightly, looked at Zhuo Jiali with his spare eyes, and inadvertently aimed at her extraordinarily prominent collarbone, isn't this woman good at eating? Why is she so thin!
Zhuo Jiali saw Cen Bowen peeking at her, and turned her head to face him. Cen Bowen was startled by her movements, and also turned his head to look at her.
The eyes of the two suddenly met again, and Zhuo Jiali couldn't help but have a blush on her face.
"What are you blushing for?" Cen Bowen moved closer with a smile, not caring at all that there was a blind and deaf Shang Qingyuan in the car.
"In the car...... It's too hot. Oh, yes!"
Zhuo Jiali looked down and saw something in her hand, as if she had touched a swimming ring when she was drowning.
"This thing is back to you. ”
Cen Bowen raised his eyebrows.
"What is this?"
"On the day of the charity event, in order not to lose the face of Zhenzhong Group, you give ...... Lend me the jewelry and give it back to you!"
Zhuo Jiali stuffed things into Cen Bowen's arms, and moved in the direction of the car door, and also widened the distance between herself and Cen Bowen.
Cen Bowen's heart was nameless—she hated what she gave her so much? She had to keep her distance from herself? What was their experience that night!
casually threw the precious sapphire jewelry in his arms in the gap between him and Zhuo Jiali, Cen Bowen leaned his head on the back of the leather chair, his eyes were closed, and he no longer paid attention to the people around him, as if Zhuo Jiali was just transparent air.
Zhuo Jiali didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Cen Bowen's gourd, she called her for no reason, she didn't know where she went, why didn't she know, and now she didn't know what big names to play to close herself and ignore herself, could she be so cheap that he was a plaything that he called and came and went?!
So, Shang Qingyuan saw a pair of happy enemies in the back seat in the rearview mirror in the car, in the same arrogant posture, fancy raging the thin air in the car, and he couldn't help praying again: Hurry up! Lao Tzu is fed up!
Finally, the car stopped on the path in the Gaoning Orphanage. Zhuo Jiali never thought that the place she was going to come to was here, and she got out of the car in surprise, and a group of cute children cheered and gathered around.
"Are you Aunt Carrie?" asked one of the big-eyed girls with a ponytail innocently.
"I am, cutie, how do you know my name?" Zhuo Jiali was infected and became naughty.
"We all know it! We've been waiting for you here for a long time!" the children said in unison, and Zhuo Jiali's heart that had just been annoyed by Cen Bowen suddenly melted.
At this time, Cen Bowen also approached Zhuo Jiali and looked at the child's innocence with a smile. As soon as everyone saw Cen Bowen, they rushed over and hugged "Uncle Bowen".
There are new things in a hundred years, Zhuo Jiali looked at Cen Bowen who mingled with the children like a monster.
It was Shang Qingyuan who came over to distribute lollipops to the children, so that Cen Bowen and Zhuo Jiali pulled away.
Cen Bowen didn't ask Zhuo Jiali's opinion, took her wrist and strode towards the teaching building in the courtyard. Zhuo Jiali dragged her high heels and had to trot up following Cen Bowen's steps.
When I arrived at the entrance of the teaching building, the director of the orphanage greeted me.
"Mr. Cen, you are so busy, and you have come here many times during this time, thank you so much!"
There are too many questions, I don't know where to start, Zhuo Jiali simply put the question marks in her heart, and just follow Cen Bowen to follow the dean here and there to take a look. Cen Bowen didn't communicate with Zhuo Jiali for half a sentence, as if she was still a transparent person in his eyes, but he didn't let go of her hand for a moment. Zhuo Jiali tried to break free of his hand several times, but his hand was like handcuffs, tightly clamping and not allowing anyone to pull away for half a second.
Finally, everyone finally walked to a neat function room, with a plaque hanging on the door and a red cloth.
"Mr. Cen, we have upgraded the library with your and this young lady's donation, and it is really a great honor to invite you to unveil it today!
Zhuo Jiali finally couldn't help it, and grabbed Cen Bowen's arm holding her hand with her other hand.
"Cen Bowen, what's going on?"
Cen Bowen turned around and pulled the corners of his mouth at her.
"Why did you dance so quickly that night and don't you remember?"
Isn't it because of the lottery? She tried to remember—oh! The lottery wasn't for dancing, but for the selection of donors to upgrade the library of the Gaoning Orphanage!
Zhuo Jiali was distracted and shyly left the stage in a hurry, forgetting what she should have done.
Seeing Zhuo Jiali's stupid and cute appearance, Cen Bowen's unhappiness has all dissipated inadvertently. He placed Zhuo Jiali on the right side of the plaque, and he himself walked to the left side of the plaque, and under the command of the dean, the two of them pulled the red off at the same time.
Looking at the four big words "Jiawentang" on the plaque, Zhuo Jiali's heart swelled with warm currents. It seems that Cen Bowen fulfilled his "promise" to donate to the orphanage on his behalf, and also synthesized the name of the library with one of the characters in the names of the two according to the request of the Ciyuan Association. Obviously, he was in Zhang Luo the whole time, but he took himself into account in everything, Zhuo Jiali looked up at Cen Bowen, and her eyes were full of sincere gratitude.
Seeing this, the dean "left" with interest, and asked Cen Bowen and Zhuo Jiali to visit the new library before leaving.
Without the interference of others, and without the reason for vindictiveness, the two were a little overwhelmed, and wandered side by side in the empty library with a little embarrassment.
This time, Cen Bowen didn't insist on pulling Zhuo Jiali's hand, but the skin on the back of the hand that the two touched from time to time because of their walking proximity, it was cold and hot like a thermostat.
Maybe she was too nervous, Zhuo Jiali, who was wearing high heels, didn't pay attention for a while when she passed the elevated ladder, hit her knee hard, her foot was also broken, and she couldn't stand on her feet and fell on Cen Bowen. Cen Bowen grabbed her, and words of concern rushed out of his mouth.
"What's wrong with you?
Next to Cen Bowen, Zhuo Jiali couldn't help but be a little flustered, trying to walk away by herself, but her feet were so painful that she gasped and couldn't take a step.
Cen Bowen looked at her who only wanted to solve the problem by herself, felt pity, couldn't help but say, suddenly stopped her waist and picked up Zhuo Jiali whole, and walked to the reading card slot in the library step by step.
In Cen Bowen's arms, Zhuo Jiali had to wrap her arms around his neck to maintain balance.
The distance between the two was so close that Zhuo Jiali could almost kiss Cen Bowen's face, and she was so ashamed that she lowered her head and only dared to look at the part of his chin. I don't know if it was because of the fire or other reasons, she found that there was a small playful acne in the touch of her eyes, which made his usually cold face a little more angry. Because her head was resting on Cen Bowen's heart, Zhuo Jiali inexplicably heard Cen Bowen's powerful heartbeat, which made her heart resonate, beating faster and louder.
Halfway through, Cen Bowen suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong with you? Am I too heavy, let me down!"
Zhuo Jiali was a little embarrassed, afraid of troublesome Cen Bowen. Cen Bowen's hands and feet didn't move, but his eyes fell on Zhuo Jiali's face.
"I want to hold you all the time. ”
In the empty space, these words kept echoing in Zhuo Jiali's ears, for a long time, and they couldn't be dispersed.
Zhuo Jiali watched Cen Bowen settle himself with a hollow mind, call Shang Qingyuan to deliver the medicine box, give himself medicine, insist on carrying herself into the car, and send herself to the door.
In Cen Bowen's opinion, this woman who always went against his will suddenly became well-behaved, just looked at herself blankly, danced with him without saying a word, and was both proud and satisfied, although she deliberately looked out of the car window, there was a thick smile in her eyes.
Although there were two puppets coming and going, Shang Qingyuan was still almost suffocated in the air that was raging in changing tricks.
When she arrived at the door of the house, Zhuo Jiali finally regained consciousness, and if she didn't let Cen Bowen send her into the house, she was going to limp home.
"Wait!"
Cen Bowen went directly into the window outside the car, took out the sapphire jewelry that was still in place, and stuffed it back into Zhuo Jiali's arms.
"Don't throw it away without my permission!"
Without waiting for Zhuo Jiali to squeak, Cen Bowen turned around and walked two steps, suddenly paused again, and turned back to give Zhuo Jiali a charming side face.
"Also, as my woman, I don't ask you to be gentle and considerate, but be sure to give me a message!"
The words were closed, Cen Bowen got into the car as quickly as possible, and left Zhuo Jiali, who was stunned in place, messy in the wind.