But Mrs. Jones had a broad smile and said excitedly, “Is it true? Jessica, do you really have a thing for Chris?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ryan stared at Jessica, whose eyes were full of gloom. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“… Yes.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The grandmother was watching beside them. Jessica was afraid that the long consideration might arouse her suspicion, so she gritted her teeth and admitted it. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
However, in Ryan’s eyes, she was just shy, and embarrassed to be frank in front of so many people. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He glared at her coldly, gave a sniff, and was about to speak, when he saw that she was looking at him secretly, whose eyes were full of begging and expectation. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Was she afraid he might spoil her blind date? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ryan’s knuckles were white as he clenched his fists, but he finally held his tongue and didn’t say anything, except that the cloud didn’t disappear from his handsome face. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Seeing this, Jessica finally breathed a sigh of relief. If her brother said anything more that led to their misunderstanding, she really didn’t know how to explain it. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Chris had not come, so Mrs. Jones continued to ask with high spirits, “My grandson doesn’t have any advantage except for his handsome face. And he has a bad temper. Why do you have a thing for him?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Actually she was not the only one who thought so. Everyone thought that the bully didn’t have any advantage except for his handsome face. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jessica complained inwardly, but she still racked her brains to think about why she had a crush on Chris. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“He…He’s actually kind. He helped me when I was being bullied on the set.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“What else?” Mrs. Jones’s eyes were bright. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“…” Couldn’t she just say one? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
They did not hear the answer after a long while, so her grandmother looked at her with a look of scrutiny. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jessica could only bite the bullet, and said insincerely, “Chris…He is handsome, more handsome than my eldest brother and Ryan!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Her words were followed by Ryan’s grim laugh. Was she blind? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
His laugh gave Jessica the creeps. She could not help peeking at him with an ingratiating smile. At such a critical juncture, her brother would not make a fuss about it…right? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She was unsure. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But no matter how Ryan felt, the two old ladies were clearly in a good mood. Two old ladies talked and almost settled their marriage under this circumstance that Chris, one of the parties was not present. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jessica was listening beside them, with butterflies in her stomach. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But she didn’t even have the right to object. She had just said she liked the bully. Wasn’t it a contradiction to object now? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Now, Chris was her last hope. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She could tell he must have no feeling for her. If he refused, her grandmother could not force him. By then, the blind date could only be cancelled. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Chris said he was stuck in traffic. Come on, let’s sit down at dining-table. We shouldn’t go hungry because of him.” Mrs. Jones went to pull Jessica smilingly, who was very satisfied with her. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
They moved to the dining room. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Mrs. Jones sat on Jessica’s right. Her grandmother wanted to sit on her left, but it was too late. Ryan had pulled out the chair and sat down. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The grandmother frowned. “Ryan?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The grandmother signed to him to offer his seat to her. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But Ryan only pulled out the seat beside him. “Grandma, please sit here, so that I can serve you.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Did the kid do it on purpose or not? The grandmother frowned more tightly. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But before she could say something, Mrs. Jones said enviously, “You are blessed with such a dutiful grandson. Unlike my grandson, in order not to date, he He’s been abroad for months and doesn’t contact me at all!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Artists like to be free, but isn’t he always submissive to you?” The grandmother praised him passingly and could only sit at Ryan’s side. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
After Ryan sat beside Jessica, every cell of her body became tense. She even did not dare to breathe loudly. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Her brother was moody and she didn’t know how she provoked him again. She was frightened to see his sullen face. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
At that moment, her mobile phone suddenly vibrated, which scared her. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jessica did not dare to check because there were a table of elders, and her brother sat beside her. She did not have the courage. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“You have a message on your phone.” Ryan said in a cold voice. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“…I see.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jessica answered in a low voice, but she wasn’t going to check. But he kept staring at her, which made her hair stand on end. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
What did her brother mean? Let her check her phone? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jessica couldn’t figure out his meaning, but she dared not ignore him, so she could only take out the phone. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“…” It was her brother who sent the message. They were at most two fists apart. Was there something he couldn’t just say? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jessica glanced at him with subtle feelings and looked down at her phone. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Are you sure you don’t want anyone but the toy boy?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She could imagine his cold tone through the text. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But objectively speaking, Alex was a toy boy. The bully was nothing like a toy boy. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jessica thought about it carefully and was about to reply, but she heard the grandmother’s querulous voice suddenly. “What’s your bad habit of using your phone at the dinner table?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“I’m sorry…” Jessica’s face flushed and she put the phone away quickly. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ryan frowned invisibly and said indifferently, “She just check the message. Does she have to report to grandma?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He spoke up for Jessica again. In order to speak up for Jessica, how many times did he contradict her? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The grandmother was sullen, and every wrinkle of her gave off bad feeling. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jessica’s heart was in her mouth suddenly. She was really afraid that they would have a quarrel. At that time, a hurried footstep came, accompanied by Chris’s crisp voice, “Grandma…” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
After that, the man came trotting in. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Dressed in a white down jacket and ripped jeans, he looked rebellious. And he was still wearing makeup, so he must have just knocked off. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Men wore makeup…Oh, why Jessica would take a fancy to him! Ryan sized him up with sharp eye. There was a hint of obvious sarcasm in his eyes. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Chris wanted to swear but he was held back by the thought that Ryan was Jessica’s brother. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Why are you still sweating on your head? Did you come running here in a hurry to see the Jessica?” Mrs. Jones laughed and joked. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Chris glanced quickly at Jessica. A touch of embarrassment flashed across his face. “Who’s in a hurry to see her? I’m just punctual. I don’t want to keep my guests waiting, even if it’s someone else!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Brother Fat who followed him in just smiled but didn’t say anything. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He said as if he wasn’t the one keeping investors waiting for two hours! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ryan raised the outer corner of his eye slightly and said in a cold voice, “Do you mean that Jessica is the same to you as anyone else?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“How could she be the same? She’s such a little silly. Her IQ is a lot worse than everyone else, ok?” Chris didn’t try to hide his dislike of Jessica. Even he did not notice his intimate tone. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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“… Yes.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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