Chapter 44 Just Like a Brother

"..." Ji Xiaonuan was really defeated by his thick - skinnedness.

"If you don't agree, then I'll keep pestering you," An Ziyu said with a brazen attitude.

"All right," Ji Xiaonuan agreed helplessly. "But I'll decide what to treat you to."

If An Ziyu asked her to treat him to a sumptuous meal, that would be a disaster.

"Of course!" An Ziyu agreed happily.

However, he never expected that Ji Xiaonuan would treat him to food from a small shop at the gate of her school, and it was... spicy hot pot.

Ji Xiaonuan ordered a serving of extremely spicy hot pot. She looked at An Ziyu, who had a纠结 (tangled) expression on his face, and said, "It's okay. There's no shame in not being able to eat spicy food. You can order the non - spicy one."

An Ziyu instantly became irritated. Did she look down on him? He also ordered a serving of extremely spicy hot pot.

He took a bite, couldn't help coughing, and grabbed a drink and poured it into his mouth desperately.

"Why do you like eating this kind of thing..." An Ziyu frowned.

"I caught a bit of a cold before," Ji Xiaonuan took a sip of the spicy soup. "So I'm eating something spicy to sweat it out."

"Is that so?" An Ziyu looked disappointed.

"What did you think it was?" she asked.

"I thought it was some kind of invitation for me," An Ziyu smiled.

"What did you say?" Ji Xiaonuan clenched her fists speechlessly.

"I mean, stop liking Chi Jun'an. Just like me instead," he said with a grin.

"Cough, cough—" Ji Xiaonuan wasn't choked by the extremely spicy hot pot, but she was really choked by his words.

"If you keep joking around, I'll treat you to a fist as big as a steamed bun. Do you want it?" After drinking a few sips of water, Ji Xiaonuan said through gritted teeth.

"I'm serious," An Ziyu said with an innocent expression. Why did Ji Xiaonuan think he was joking?

"Hehe," Ji Xiaonuan continued eating.

"Ji Xiaonuan, I don't look worse than Chi Jun'an, do I?" An Ziyu was very frustrated. "Don't you have any feelings for me at all?"

Ji Xiaonuan thought carefully and said, "Being with you is about the same as being with my brother."

"Is your brother like me?" An Ziyu asked curiously.

"He's not as sneaky as you," Ji Xiaonuan continued. "But I can tell that you're both nice people."

"Once you play the 'brother card', I'm completely out of the running," An Ziyu sighed. Still not giving up, he asked, "What about Chi Jun'an?" Ji Xiaonuan's expression changed. She said indifferently, "I don't have any feelings for him. Let's not talk about him."

An Ziyu looked at her meaningfully. It didn't seem like she had no feelings for him.

Ji Xiaonuan's phone rang. She frowned and opened it. It was an apology text message from Ling Yifeng. She looked at the text message and felt a bit of regret in her heart.

"All right, give me your phone," he reached out his hand.

"What for?" Ji Xiaonuan asked casually, but still handed her phone to him.

"I'm already like your brother. How can there be a reason to put your brother's phone number in the blacklist?" An Ziyu's eyes suddenly lit up. "Chi Jun'an is also in the blacklist? Just let him stay in there. Don't let him out!"

Ji Xiaonuan was extremely speechless.

An Ziyu touched the phone sticker on the back of her phone and frowned, asking, "Do you girls all like pasting these fancy things?"

"It's cute," Ji Xiaonuan replied perfunctorily.

An Ziyu turned it over and took a look. Suddenly, his expression changed slightly.

"What's wrong?" Ji Xiaonuan asked in surprise.

An Ziyu looked solemn as he peeled off her phone sticker. There was a small black object stuck underneath. "What are you doing?" Ji Xiaonuan became anxious.

An Ziyu made a gesture of silence. He threw the phone sticker into the trash can, then grabbed Ji Xiaonuan and walked out of the small shop.

Ji Xiaonuan followed behind him and got into his car.

"Ji Xiaonuan, do you remember who touched your phone?" An Ziyu asked seriously.

"What's going on?" Ji Xiaonuan was completely at a loss.

"That small black object just now was a miniature bug with a positioning function," An Ziyu's face looked a bit grim. "Who has targeted you?"

Ji Xiaonuan was a bit stunned.

There was actually a bug put into her phone sticker? But she didn't know about it at all!

Suddenly, her expression changed slightly.

"Have you thought of someone?" An Ziyu asked. "Tell me, and I'll help you check it out."

"…I haven't thought of anyone. I just feel a bit scared," Ji Xiaonuan said with her head slightly lowered and a dejected expression.

"Be careful these days. Try not to go out alone," An Ziyu said worriedly, giving her a reminder.

"Okay," Ji Xiaonuan nodded.

Looking at her downcast appearance, An Ziyu sighed and said, "I'll take you back." "No need," Ji Xiaonuan smiled. She pushed open the car door. "We're already at the school gate. I can just walk back."

But as soon as she got out of the car, a tall figure blocked her way.

Ji Xiaonuan was startled. She looked up and happened to meet Chi Jun'an's deep eyes.

"Why didn't you wait for me to come back?" he sighed helplessly.

Ji Xiaonuan bit her lip gently.

"You came after us so quickly," An Ziyu got out of the car and looked at Chi Jun'an with some dissatisfaction.

"You were even quicker," Chi Jun'an's eyes darkened. "Ziyu, your fiancée might be nearby..."

"All right, all right. Don't mention that woman," An Ziyu said with a headache. "I'll leave Xiaoxi to you. I'm leaving first."

Watching him get into the car as if fleeing, Chi Jun'an reminded unhappily, "Xiaoxi, he has a fiancée. Stay away from him..."

Ji Xiaonuan looked at him with a complicated expression. She suddenly said, "Chi Jun'an, let's find a place to sit down. It's time to talk about our business."

"Let's talk in the car," Chi Jun'an raised his eyebrows slightly. He suddenly had a bad premonition.

Chi Jun'an drove her to a nearby coffee shop. Ji Xiaonuan chose a seat by the window. Looking at the traffic flowing outside the window, she suddenly asked, "How did you find me?"

Chi Jun'an raised his eyebrows in surprise. "An Ziyu's car is very eye - catching."

"I'm asking about when we were in Province M," Ji Xiaonuan asked persistently with a complicated expression. "At that time, I was in the mountains. How did you find me so quickly?"

Chi Jun'an hesitated for a moment. He was thinking about how to tell her.

"Is it because you installed a bug with a positioning function on my phone? Right?" Ji Xiaonuan sneered, and her gaze became sharper.

"There is indeed a bug on your phone, but I didn't install it," Chi Jun'an said in a deep voice. "Xiaoxi, trust me. I wouldn't treat you in such a way."

"If it wasn't you, then who was it?" Ji Xiaonuan asked.

"…It was Zhao Jiaying," Chi Jun'an said with some helplessness.

Yesterday, when Han Siyuan was checking Zhao Jiaying's account, he accidentally found recordings of Ji Xiaonuan on Zhao Jiaying's computer. That was when he knew that Zhao Jiaying had secretly installed a bug around Ji Xiaonuan.