Ji Xiangnian felt relieved when he heard Fang Ning's answer. If she had refused, he would have had to find someone else, which would have been a hassle.
"Mm, don't worry. As we stated in our agreement, I'll compensate you for accompanying me to the charity gala." Ji Xiangnian's deep voice came through along with the sound of a pen moving across paper.
He had always been generous with money.
At that, nothing could hide the gleam in Fang Ning's eyes! If she could, she felt she would definitely bow down a few times before this wealthy big shot!
Thank you, big shot. Thank you, rich man. Please come to me more often for things like this in the future. The more, the better.
Even Fang Ning's voice grew incredibly enthusiastic. "Of course, absolutely no problem."
As she spoke, Fang Ning was inwardly thrilled.
Ahhh, rich man, don't worry! I'll definitely be a proper wife who only talks money, not love. Rest assured, domineering CEO!
On the other end, Ji Xiangnian heard those excited words, and his hand paused briefly as he signed. Remembering the voice he had heard in his head last time, he considered it for a moment before probing in a low voice, "Fang Ning, you really don't have to be so excited?"
Fang Ning was puzzled. "Huh? What did I do? Was I speaking too loudly? Did I disturb you?"
She hadn't sounded excited when she spoke. She was only excited inside.
Now Ji Xiangnian was truly certain something was wrong-very wrong. There wasn't something wrong with him; there was something wrong with this world.
The man gently set down his pen, walked over to the floor-to-ceiling window, and watched the sun slowly rising on the horizon. The corners of his mouth curved upward without his noticing.
Could he hear Fang Ning's thoughts? This was rather interesting, and even a little fun.
What Ji Xiangnian didn't know was that however interesting he found this now, he would suffer just as much later and regret unlocking this mind-reading ability just as deeply. Of course, that was a story for another time.
After finishing their discussion of the gala, Ji Xiangnian also wanted to ask Fang Ning about the fight involving her and Xiangchen.
Although he already knew the general course of events, he certainly didn't know the finer details as well as someone who had been there.
When Ji Xiangnian asked about this, Fang Ning knew that, given how dictatorial he was toward his younger siblings in the book...
There was no way he wouldn't ask about it after his younger brother had gotten into such serious trouble.
Fang Ning could only carefully recount everything in detail. Of course, she also told him about Zhou Lu's foul mouth, doing her best to keep her future money from coming to harm.
"Really, if anyone's to blame, it's Zhou Lu and his foul mouth. He just had to say those things..."
Ji Xiangnian was a master strategist in business. With the details Fang Ning had provided, how could he fail to work out what that celebrity had said?
"So that's what happened. Thank you for helping him like that. If it weren't for you, he might have been hurt more badly. Thank you." Ji Xiangnian's voice was deep, and he was very polite.
"And sorry for the trouble with Xiangzhou, too. I've really been too busy lately."
Although Ji Xiangnian was in a position of power, he wasn't all that haughty, and he spoke very politely, Fang Ning thought.
They chatted for a little while. They weren't close, and their work was different, so they didn't have much to talk about.
Once they had finished discussing this matter, they hung up.
Looking at her phone, Fang Ning's opinion of Ji Xiangnian changed for the first time.
The book described him as a dictatorial older brother who was extremely strict with his younger siblings, cold and unfeeling.
But now, through their conversation on the phone and some of the reports she had seen before...
She knew that although he was more than ten years older than her, he was handsome and imposing, rich, and quite a gentleman, with a deep, alluring voice.
When he needed something from her, he actually bothered to ask her opinion instead of using a commanding tone. None of that was the main point-the key was that he would give her money, too.
One last thing: he also had tremendous personal charisma. His parents had died when he was in his teens, and he had supported a large family alone, kept such a huge business afloat, and shouldered such enormous responsibility.
He had provided for his three younger siblings and given them abundant material comforts. The downside was that he was a little too strict.
But, all in all, whether in the real world or a novel, a man like this was an exceptionally high-quality catch.
Outstanding people always drew others toward them without their realizing it. Who could resist falling for him?
Fang Ning sighed. She really couldn't blame the original owner of this body at all for falling for him.
Still, it took someone as steadfast as her, someone who loved nothing but money. Anyone else would fall in no time and become completely lovesick!
Luckily, she had always been a single-minded woman who liked only money.
After she finished her call with Ji Xiangnian, the car had almost reached the Ji Family villa.
When Fang Ning returned to the Ji Family villa, she discovered that Ji Xiangzhou was actually home. This surprised her a little, since he had clearly said he wasn't coming back.
Ji Xiangzhou was curled up on the sofa, holding his phone. He seemed to be playing a game-no, not seemed. He was playing a game.
Chapter 22
The stream of curses coming out of Ji Xiangzhou's mouth could only have come from someone gaming. There wasn't much expression on his face as he cursed coldly, "Zhao Fei, hurry up and come help me in mid. I'm about to get killed."
"Ye Yang, how did you get killed? And why did that dumbass teammate leave? Didn't he see I was getting ganged up on? Why the hell did he run?"
Fang Ning cast Ji Xiangzhou a brief glance. He was rather restrained even when cursing.
Although Ji Xiangzhou was swearing, he kept a cold expression as he did it, rather than yelling and shouting.
Just then, Ji Xiangzhou suddenly noticed Fang Ning. He froze for a moment, and in the next second, the enemy unleashed an ultimate and killed him outright.