Home/ The Selfish Gene/ Chapter 13
Zhou Jiyu said: “In Psychology, this kind of deceit is called the ‘reverse formation defence mechanism’. Because you like the other party too much, you become nervous and anxious, afraid that you may not good be enough, and afraid that the closer the other party gets, the more they understand your real self and they will start to hate you, so you had no choice but to pretend to be indifferent to protect yourself from being hurt.”
Apathy is the brain’s automatic… defence mechanism?
There is such a strange personality in the world, then how did Ji Chenfeng get together with his first love previously, did it all depend on telepathy?
“The other party is you…” I guessed, “Was it an ex?”
If it was just an ordinary acquaintance, then his smile just now was too disgusting. It’s not the man from before, and it should also be someone who had a crush on him.
Zhou Jiyu nodded and said: “It happened many years ago. We grew up together, we were very young when we were together, when we parted, I was only twenty and he was only nineteen.”
Another childhood sweetheart. Zhou Jiyu’s words reminded me of Ji Chenfeng’s first love. My memory is a little fuzzy, but the other party seems to have the surname Zhou too. Zhou Yu? Or something similar. After all, it was three years ago, so I can’t remember it clearly.
“Why did you break up?” Perhaps it was because the other party’s ex had many similar characteristics with Ji Chenfeng, which aroused my curiosity.
Zhou Jiyu obviously didn’t expect me to ask such a direct question, and a fleeting pain flashed on his face. But it was just for a moment, and that expression disappeared from his face again, recovering its usual gentleness.
“Although we have known each other for a long time, we only stayed together for two years. Those two years… taught me a lot. Although he was very good, I wanted something better.” When he said this, he smiled, his tone was also good, without any trace of guilt, “So I abandoned him. No, it should be said, I abandoned everything from the past.”
Although at first I thought it was annoying that this guy pretended to be smart, his ambition to climb up as soon as he found the goal, and the frank behavior of not shying away from his shameless past are quite admirable.
“If it’s bad, it’s only natural to give it up.” I didn’t care much.
Zhou Jiyu was silent for a moment, and did not continue this topic.
“It’s not difficult to make the other party obsessed with oneself and completely addicted. Observing their words and actions, catering to their preferences, and gradually breaking through their weaknesses is very easy. Let me teach you…”
The message I sent sank like a stone into the sea, until 7:00 in the evening, Ji Chenfeng still did not reply to me.
I went to the reserved restaurant alone. The manager was already very good at observing words and expressions in his position. Maybe he sensed something from my face and the air pressure around me, so he removed the roses from the table without saying a word.
The heat of the steak was well controlled, but it didn’t leave much impression of tenderness in my mouth. Just like completing a task, I stuffed it into my mouth one bite at a time.
Time passed very slowly, and I took out my mobile phone to confirm again, and it was only eight o’clock when I finished my meal.
After paying the bill, I went to the parking garage, but forgot where the car was parked, and it took two rounds to find it with the help of scattered memories. By this time, my anger had reached its peak. One kick on the car door was not enough, so I kicked it a second and third time.
The vehicle sounded a shrill alarm and its headlights began to flash. Pedestrians passing by also looked sideways, thinking that I was a lunatic from somewhere.
After I vented with all of my strength, the security guards also arrived.
“Don’t move, what are you doing!”
After panting for a bit, I flicked the lapel of my suit and showed them the car keys hanging between my fingers. Then, in front of everyone, I opened the car door and drove away.
I drove at a very high speed on the highway, and these slow moving cars weren’t very pleasing to the eyes, so I passed them one by one. Finally, it only took only half an hour to get to Fisherman’s Wharf.
I parked my car on the side of the road, and with my elbow resting on the lowered window frame, I smoked the electronic cigarette. Uncle Li’s stall was still deserted, and Ji Chenfeng was nowhere to be seen, only Yan Shanhua was greeting the guests.
After hesitating for a while, I still took out my mobile phone and dialed Ji Chenfeng’s number. It took a long time before the call was answered, but the voice was very unfamiliar.
“Hello?”
After making sure that I didn’t dial the wrong number, I asked bluntly: “Who are you? Where is Ji Chenfeng?”
The male voice on the opposite side said: “Dr. Ji is performing a surgery, what do you want from him? I’ll let him get back to you later.”
It’s time to get off work at six o’clock, but he is still doing a surgery, is it because of this that he didn’t call me back?
“Never mind.”
The raging flames of anger that were burning my internal organs extinguished a bit. I hung up the phone, stayed there for five minutes, then started the engine again, and drove home.
Zhou Jiyu said that in order to hunt the most delicious prey, one must become the most patient hunter.
Then I will wait a little longer.
The first thing I did when I woke up was to look at my phone.
I thought that when I woke up, I would see Ji Chenfeng’s reply message, at least, he would ask about the phone call. As a result, there was nothing overnight, and the chat bar was clean, just like when I fell asleep yesterday.
Throwing the phone aside, I cursed a lot in my heart.
I went to Alia with a bad expression on my face, and happened to meet Ah Ji’s agent Cai Congcong, who was talking about business in Xu Xi’s office.
He just said hello to me, and continued to discuss the previous topic with Xu Xi: “The parent company said that he had no history of drug use, and that kid also insisted that he was drugged in a bar. But what’s the truth? Who knows.” He said with a hard expression, “Anyway, we can’t afford all these losses, if they don’t plan to take responsibility, then we don’t need to cooperate with them in the future.”
It seems that Ah Ji’s matter has not been clarified yet.
“We are the only one who care about this kind of loss, they don’t mind this kind of small thing, do they?” Xu Xi sighed lightly.
Cai Congcong was quite confident at first, but when he heard this, he also sighed: “Foreign models are hard to manage, I really want to sign more domestic models. Fortunately, the last client understood our situation and agreed to change the model and shooting time, but this time, Lu Sui was chosen. That kid has such a bad temper, I may not be able to hold him back.”
“Lu Sui is indeed good-looking, and his business skills are good, but his temper is the same as that of a cactus.”
“We need to find someone affordable.”
“Yeah, we need to find someone…”
The office was strangely quiet, and I, who was listening to their conversation openly, felt strange. When I raised my head from the phone, I saw Xu Xi and Cai Congcong looking at me together with piercing eyes.
I frowned: “What?”
Xu Xi walked behind me with a smile, put her hands on my shoulder affectionately and said, “That’s right, the client is Hezi Fashion…”
Zheng Jieyuan’s parents divorced when he was thirteen or fourteen years old. His mother, Xin Hezi, started a business in her middle age and established her own clothing brand. Although it can’t compared to his father’s business, it is still considered a successful career.
Because of my relationship with Zheng Jieyuan, I met this Aunt Xin twice, and have some friendship with her.
“In your capacity, sitting next to you should be able to quell the situation. For your sake, even if Lu Sui throws a little tantrum, the other party won’t really get mad and make us look bad.”
It turned out to be such an abacus.
At any rate, I had the title of “manager” in the company, so there was nothing wrong with selling favours to her.
“Just this once.” I held out my index finger.
“Okay, honey.”
Xu Xi cheered and hugged me from behind, her long black curly hair covered my head and face, and her breath was filled with the smell of a strong women’s perfume.
It is the fragrance of an ordinary woman. But I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t been in touch with it for too long, I feel that it’s too unfamiliar that I can’t accept it. It’s too strong, and my nose felt itchy.
I ate lunch with Xu Xi, and heard her say a lot about Monica and the three cats.
When I was about to leave, she finally couldn’t help it, and asked if I didn’t sleep well again, as I looked very tired, and my appetite was not good.
I know she was worried about me, but she can’t help me with my troubles. After a few perfunctory sentences, I drove away. I was going back to the apartment, but before passing the intersection, I changed my mind temporarily and changed lanes to head towards the pet hospital.
Zhou Jiyu said it easily that a skilled hunter must have many prey to choose from. But I only have Ji Chenfeng, and if he doesn’t fall into my trap, all assumptions will be in vain.
The first thing I did when I entered is to go to check Consulting Room 3, but Ji Chenfeng was not there.
I came to the front desk: “Is Dr. Ji there?”
The nurse at the front desk already knew me, and pointed to the direction of the small office and said, “Are you here to see the little turtle? Dr. Ji is resting in the office, would you like to…”
Before she finished speaking, I strode towards Ji Chenfeng’s office.
I almost forgot about that little bastard. Then I will just say that I am here to see the turtle.
Without knocking on the door, I simply turned the handle and pushed the door open. Before it was time to go to work in the afternoon, Ji Chenfeng was lying on a recliner, sleeping soundly, and there was a one-eyed white cat lying on his stomach that was last seen in the video.
Seeing a stranger, the white cat let out a gentle meow, and silently jumped onto the ground, brushed against my legs and went out. Ji Chenfeng was also awakened by the nouse, and opened his eyes in a daze.
I closed the door behind my back and locked it.
Because of sleeping with his head on his side, Ji Chenfeng had red marks on one side of his face.
“….Sang Nian?” As if he was not fully awake, the voice calling my name was particularly vague.
When speaking at a normal volume, his pronunciation may sound somewhat strange on a few special notes. And when he spoke in such a soft voice, it sounded so sticky like melted ice cream.
Just by listening to it once, my ears already felt so sticky. Your tongue is clearly very flexible, then why can’t you speak well?
“Sorry, I woke you up.” I glanced at the stupid turtle which had its head shrunk in the glass tank, and said, “Let me take a look at Xiaocao.”
He stared at me quietly for a while, probably realizing that I was not an illusion, so he hurriedly got up, but I stepped forward and held him down.
“Don’t get up, keep sleeping, I’ll be leaving in a moment.”
He looked up at me from his sitting posture: “Do you want to take it away?”
As I leaned against the desk behind me, I said with a smile: “Not yet, have you forgotten? My house is preparing for renovation. It’s been delayed because I was bitten by a dog before. The wound has healed in the past few days, and it is time to start the work.”
Let’s stay at the hotel then, so even if I’m together with Ji Chenfeng, I won’t be afraid of Xu Xi and Tang Bian suddenly coming to my apartment.
However, it seems that there are no five-star hotels closer to the hospital or Ji Chenfeng’s house, which is quite a headache.
“Why did you leave without saying a word that day? You haven’t responded to my messages either, are you angry?” I raised my hand that had been pressing on his shoulder, and gently stroked the red mark on the side of his face with my thumb. My gaze was fixed on his lips, and when I recovered, the fingertips had already penetrated his mouth unconsciously.
Ji Chenfeng tilted his head to avoid my entanglement.
“No.”
Does he really like or hate my touch? If Zhou Jiyu dared to lie to me, I will really kill him.
“Then are you…. shy?” My fingers fell on the back of his neck, and that area quickly began to heat up. Under the white light, a light pink color could be seen on his skin.
Now that I think about it, my performance that night was indeed a bit poor, but it’s not impossible to make up for it.
“Are you tired? Relax a bit.” I leaned closer to his ear, and while exhaling into his ear, my fingers accurately landed on his waistband.
For me, mouth is a barrier that can never be crossed, but I can use my hand for him temporarily. Having an affair in small office where anyone could enter at any time, if someone heard a strange sound, the expression on his face should be very exciting to look at.
“On your body…” The breath in my ear suddenly sank, while Ji Chenfeng grabbed my hand and stopped my movements, the grip was so strong that even my bones ached. Even If I want to withdraw, I wasn’t allowed to.
What the hell?
Ji Chenfeng’s upper body tilted back a bit, allowing him to meet my gaze.
He looked at me with dark eyes, and even his tone was a bit colder than usual.
“The smell on your body is so bad.”
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