Endless Fall

  Chapter 17 The feeling of quietly falling in love

   At lunchtime, Shengheng's cafeteria was overcrowded.

  Lin Jiao was holding a plate, and before she could pick up her favorite food, Feng Yunjie's excited exclamation came from her ears.

   "Lin Jiao, look!" She turned Lin Jiao's forearm with her elbow and raised her chin to the right side: "The boss is here!"

The appearance of    Pei Zhi was like throwing a stone on the calm lake, causing the employees in the restaurant to cast their gazes.

   They either worshiped or admired his figure, and they took him as the center of the topic and whispered to the people around them.

  Lin Jiao met those long and narrow eyes, and when he walked slowly, she calmly said, "President Pei."

   "Hmm." Pei Zhi nodded calmly.

   He took the plate that Qu Shao handed him, and he didn't communicate with her too much, just poked at the food that she had caught.

   When it was time to choose a seat, she also happened to be sitting at the long table on her right.

   "Boss, your soup." When Qu Shao came over with a bowl, he glanced at Lin Jiao inadvertently, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh.

   Hearing his endless dry cough, Pei Zhi gave him a warning look.

   He ate his meal slowly and the sun poured down from the window and fell on his delicately painted face.

  As he lowered his head, his crow-wing-like eyelashes trembled slightly, like a feather brushing through the hearts of the female employees present.

   Feng Yunjie is crazy.

   She stared at Pei Zhi intently, as if she saw the halo around him, mysterious and desirable.

  Lin Jiao felt like she was about to drool: "Yunjie, eat first." She reminded in a low voice to prevent her from being caught by Pei Zhi.

   "Huh? What did you say?"

   "...The dishes are cold."

   Feng Yunjie understood and stopped looking to the right.

   She pushed back her hair hanging on the edge of the table and winked at Lin Jiao: "I didn't lie to you, did I?"

   "No." Lin Jiao knew what she was referring to.

   Her peripheral vision fell on Pei Zhi, thinking that anyone with a normal aesthetic would not deny his charm.

   Pei Zhi caught her gaze and turned his head.

   He swallowed the food in his mouth and asked gently, "Can you lend me two papers?"

   "Yes." Lin Jiao put down her chopsticks.

   When she handed him the tissue, she accidentally touched his fingertips, and her skin was as crisp and numb as if it had been electrocuted.

   Pei Zhi saw her eyes dodging, for fear that others would discover their 'relationship', so he felt a secret love.

   He raised his thin lips: "Thank you."

   "It's fine." Lin Jiao buried her head to eat.

   She calmed down her heartbeat like a deer, and when he left with Qu Shao, the tense back was loosened.

   "Lin Jiao, something's wrong with you!" Feng Yunjie's inexplicable words made Lin Jiao Ren'er jump.

   She pretended not to understand: "What happened to me?"

   "When you just handed the tissue paper to the boss, your face turned red."

"Have it?"

   "Yes." Feng Yunjie narrowed her eyes: "Tell me the truth, are you convinced by his look?"

  Lin Jiao breathed a sigh of relief: "Well, I'm convinced." She patted her cheeks that were blushing because of her guilty conscience, and her expression regained her composure.

   Feng Yunjie has an expression of 'I know it'.

   She put the dinner plate and said again on the way back to the planning department: "It's normal to like his appearance, but you must not think otherwise."

   "What are you thinking?"

   "Want to be his girlfriend, or lover."

   "..." Lin Jiao brushed the hem of her skirt and asked calmly, "How is that possible?"

   (end of this chapter)