Chapter 61: Accept the Reality

"I promise," Chi Jun'an smiled faintly.

He only said that he wouldn't do anything to her if Ji Xiaonuan didn't want him to. However, if she was willing, he would be more than happy to cooperate.

"Nanny Zhang really likes you. If you don't agree to stay, she will definitely scold me," Chi Jun'an said with a hint of melancholy in his eyes.

"All right..." Ji Xiaonuan agreed.

Chi Jun'an's eyes flashed slightly, and he leaned a little closer to Ji Xiaonuan.

Ji Xiaonuan immediately became nervous.

Surely, Chi Jun'an wasn't going to kiss her again? The driver was still here!

A sudden, urgent ringtone of the mobile phone sounded. Ji Xiaonuan pushed him away with a sense of relief. "It's your phone!"

Chi Jun'an raised his eyebrows in displeasure. Who was so tactless?

The call was from his friend Zhou Kainan. He frowned slightly and pressed the answer button.

"Mu Chen, let's get together tonight," Zhou Kainan said. "Cheng Hao and Zi Yu are also here."

"I'm not available," Chi Jun'an said indifferently.

"How can you not be available? I just called your company and asked. They said you had already left work," Zhou Kainan said half-jokingly. "Could it be that you're with your girlfriend?"

"Yeah," Chi Jun'an nodded. There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone. Soon, Zhou Kainan asked in surprise, "Is it for real? You actually have a girlfriend? You're not kidding me, are you? If you have the guts, bring her here and let us take a look!"

Chi Jun'an's eyes flashed slightly. He said calmly, "I'll ask her if she's willing to go."

Zhou Kainan chuckled. "You're really good at pretending."

Ignoring his words, Chi Jun'an put down the phone and looked at Ji Xiaonuan. "My friends invited us to get together. Do you want to go?"

"Is it appropriate for me to go?" Ji Xiaonuan hesitated.

"You're my girlfriend. What's inappropriate about it?" Chi Jun'an said indifferently. "Don't worry. They're all nice guys and won't make things difficult for you. And Zi Yu is also there."

"An Ziyu?" Ji Xiaonuan asked. Knowing someone there made her less resistant to meeting Chi Jun'an's friends.

After thinking for a moment, she nodded and said, "All right."

Chi Jun'an's eyes darkened slightly. He nodded and said into the phone, "We'll be there in a while."

After hanging up the phone and telling the driver the destination, Chi Jun'an looked at Ji Xiaonuan with a hint of melancholy.

"Why are you looking at me?" Ji Xiaonuan touched her cheek in confusion. "Is there something on my face?"

"Ji Xiaonuan," Chi Jun'an asked sourly. "Is it because An Ziyu is there that you're willing to go? You seem to treat him quite specially."

Ji Xiaonuan stared at him blankly. She wasn't hearing things, was she? Was Chi Jun'an jealous?

She had always thought that although Chi Jun'an seemed gentle, he was too scheming and gave people a sense of being unfathomable, making it impossible for her to guess what he was thinking.

But he could actually be jealous?

Ji Xiaonuan couldn't help laughing.

"You're still laughing," Chi Jun'an said resentfully as he pinched her cheek.

"He is indeed quite special, I guess," Ji Xiaonuan blinked. "I think he's a really nice guy and suitable to be a friend."

"Yeah, he's a pretty good friend," Chi Jun'an's expression relaxed slightly.

Was he accepting it that easily?

Ji Xiaonuan looked at him curiously. "Aren't you afraid that if I'm friends with him for a long time, our relationship might develop further?"

Chi Jun'an's eyelid twitched. He looked at Ji Xiaonuan seriously and said with certainty, "You won't have the chance. Ji Xiaonuan, I trust your judgment."

"..." Ji Xiaonuan felt both annoyed and amused. What did that mean? Was he saying that if she developed a closer relationship with An Ziyu, it would mean she had bad judgment?

However... compared with An Ziyu, Chi Jun'an was more to her liking.

Soon, they arrived at the appointed place. Chi Jun'an and Ji Xiaonuan knocked on the door of the private room.

It was Zhou Kainan who opened the door. He smiled and said, "Mu Chen, you're here..."

But before he could finish his sentence, he looked at Ji Xiaonuan in surprise.

He had originally thought that Chi Jun'an was kidding him when he said he was with his girlfriend. But he didn't expect that Chi Jun'an had actually brought a woman with him!

"She, she, she..." Zhou Kainan pointed at her in shock.

Ji Xiaonuan looked at Zhou Kainan in confusion. This person seemed quite friendly, but why did he look at her as if he had seen a ghost?

"She's my girlfriend," Chi Jun'an held Ji Xiaonuan's hand affectionately and led her into the private room.

Zhou Kainan looked as if he had seen a ghost and followed the two of them.

An Ziyu looked at Ji Xiaonuan in surprise. He said with a look of grief and indignation, "Xiaoxi, you've really been snatched away by Chi Jun'an? This guy must have forced you to act and deliberately make me angry..."

"Face the reality, Zi Yu," Chi Jun'an put his arm around Ji Xiaonuan's waist affectionately. The next moment, he bent down and gently kissed Ji Xiaonuan on the forehead.

Ji Xiaonuan's cheeks instantly turned red. Being so affectionate with him in front of Chi Jun'an's friends made Ji Xiaonuan feel a little embarrassed.

"It's just a kiss on the forehead..." An Ziyu said disdainfully.

"If you want to see something more intimate, I'd be happy to break your heart even more," Chi Jun'an said with a half-smile.

An Ziyu immediately let out a howl.

This time, the other two men in the private room were also completely shocked and couldn't recover.

They had never seen Chi Jun'an care so much about a woman. Could it be that Ji Xiaonuan was really his girlfriend?

An Ziyu looked heartbroken. Chi Jun'an simply ignored him and briefly introduced the three of them to Ji Xiaonuan.

Only then did Ji Xiaonuan know that the friendly and honest-looking man was Zhou Kainan, and the other one who looked cold and taciturn was called Fu Chenghao.

When they learned that Ji Xiaonuan was the woman who had been involved in a scandal with Chi Jun'an a few days ago, Zhou Kainan and Fu Chenghao finally confirmed that Chi Jun'an hadn't lied to them.

"Hello, sister-in-law," the two said in unison.

Ji Xiaonuan was both surprised and shy. Just as she was about to say something, Chi Jun'an smiled and said, "Your sister-in-law is quite shy. Don't scare her."

After chatting with them briefly, Ji Xiaonuan found that they were actually quite easy to talk to, and she gradually got to know them better.

Zhou Kainan was very kind, Fu Chenghao was a bit cold, and An Ziyu was much more frivolous. As for Chi Jun'an, although he seemed friendly, he was actually the most scheming one. She was a bit surprised that they could be such good friends.

"Your personalities are completely different. How did you become friends?" Ji Xiaonuan asked curiously. "Is it because you grew up together?"

"No, the three of us grew up together," An Ziyu pointed at Fu Chenghao and Zhou Kainan and explained. "Chi Jun'an joined us later, or rather, he won us over. The three of us have a lot of respect for him."

Ji Xiaonuan was even more surprised. Chi Jun'an hadn't grown up with the three of them?

She was about to ask more questions, but Zhou Kainan, who had been hesitant to speak, suddenly said, "Mu Chen, I want to apologize to you first. I might have done something wrong..."