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The sudden blizzard forced nearly half of the population in South Korea to stay in their homes. The crowded subways and roads seemed to be much empty at this time.

Jin Tan lay on the bed with his legs crossed, his mind could only be entangled with one thought for a long time.

Will all the flowers in Esther Li's garden wither, and that girl...would she be sad...

He closed his eyes and listened to the sound of wind and snow outside and sighed in distress. He simply stood up, walked out of his room wearing house slippers, leaned on the railing and said to the housekeeper who was cleaning downstairs, "Pour me a glass of water." coffee."

"Yes."

The housekeeper neatly ground a cup of coffee and carefully brought it upstairs. As soon as Jin Tan took the cup, a room chief of the Imperial Group came out of his father's study, walked up to him and bowed his head and said, "Yes I'll let you in for a while."

He looked at the study with some worry, because he knew that his brother, Jin Yuan, was also in there.In order not to disturb his brother, he stayed in the room and did not come out. Now, he was asked to go to the study. Doesn't his father know that his brother is unhappy with him?

"Ah, it's so annoying!" He murmured in a low voice, but he still walked towards the study, knocked twice before walking in.

"Coming?" Chairman Jin glanced at Jin Tan through the lens.

"Yes, Father." Jin Tan looked down at the coffee in his hand, paused, put the coffee in front of Chairman Jin, nodded, and stood beside Jin Yuan who was half a head taller than him .

"Have you started to please now?" Jin Yuan looked at the coffee cup on President Jin's table indifferently, and said to his father with a little sarcasm, "It seems that the sons outside are more filial than the sons inside. Much more." After saying this, he walked out of the study without looking at Jin Tan.

"Brother..." He turned around and called Jin Yuan, seeing that Jin Yuan went downstairs without looking back, his eyes were full of loneliness.

"Forget about that guy," President Jin seemed to be used to it, tapped the table with his hand, and looked at Jin Tan with fiery eyes, "I heard from Mr. Yin that you feel pretty good about going to Liu Rachel's house."

He didn't use this sentence as a question.

Jin Tan could only lower his head and say, "Yes, it's very big...and very beautiful."

"Go there often from now on," President Jin continued, "The Empire Group and the Crystal Hotel are going to get married, and when you're both grown up, get engaged first. Don't let me down, so that... Your brother feels the pressure, he is not a child, and not everyone will let him go."

"Father, do you think I'm going to be engaged to Liu Rachel?" He asked with wide eyes in surprise.

President Jin raised his eyes and glanced at him, with an unquestionable threat in his tone, "Why, do you want to refute?"

The hand hanging by his side was gradually clenched, and it took a long time before he said firmly under his father's gaze, "No, I will do it, then I will... go out first."

"Okay, let's go out," President Jin murmured with a little impatience in his tone, looking at the wind and snow outside the window, "Even in this weather, the Empire Group still has to operate and continue to expand. Ah, the king standing in Korea..."

Jin Tan walked quickly to the door, closed the door and leaned against the door, but still seemed to be able to hear his father's words and orders.

"Jin Tan, what the hell are you doing..." He closed his eyes and leaned against the door, his face slowly showing unwillingness.

After the blizzard stopped, it took a few days for the school to reopen, and the crowded streets gradually appeared on the streets that had been empty for a long time.

"Okay, now let's analyze the economic situation in Europe. Countries such as France, the United Kingdom, and Italy are more or less affected by currency appreciation and depreciation. Some fashion, film and television, cultural tourism, etc. have also been affected to varying degrees... "The professor of economics is standing on the podium and is seriously talking about recent examples of the world economy.

Jin Tan sat on the chair leaning against the back of the chair and hugging his chest, his motionless appearance made it difficult to guess whether he was listening to the class seriously.

"Okay, this is the end of today's class. Students, remember to pay attention to the daily limit of the world's stocks when you go back." The bell rang, and the professor stopped the lecture.

Jin Tan stood up from his seat, and those who were going to leave all involuntarily made way for him.

He took his book and walked towards the school gate, and when he saw his driver, he threw the book over, "Don't go home directly today, take me to a place first." Then he stood at the door of the car, that The driver didn't help him open the door like usual.

"Master, I'm not driving for you today." The driver said respectfully, looking behind Jin Tan.

"What are you doing?" Jin Tan turned around strangely, and saw Liu Rachel standing on the steps with her chest condescendingly looking down at him.

Rachel Liu squinted at the driver beside her and said to Jin Tan, "Jin Tan, it seems that you are going home with me today, otherwise this guy wouldn't drive me back."

"The president asked you to go to Miss Liu's house for dinner today." The driver sneaked a glance at Jin Tan's expression.

Seeing Jin Tan's bad look, Rachel Liu gloated and said, "Of course, if you don't..."

"Let's go." Jin Tan suddenly walked to Liu Rachel's car, opened the door and got in directly.

"Ah, Jin Tan, did you leave just like that?" Liu Rachel walked over, knocked on the car window, and waited for Jin Tan to put down the car window and said in disbelief.

"Resistance has the same result, let's go, be quick, I'm not in a good mood." Leaving this sentence coldly, he directly raised the car window.

"What..." Liu Rachel muttered dissatisfiedly, and walked to the other side of the car door. After the driver opened the door, he also bent down and sat in.

By the time the two arrived at Esther Lee's mansion together, it was already 10 minutes later.

Liu Rachel walked into the hall first, and the driver followed behind with her bag, and Jin Tan also followed at a slow pace with his hands in his belt. When he walked in the direction to the garden last time, he still subconsciously He paused.

"Will you meet her..." Even he didn't realize that he was vaguely looking forward to seeing the girl he saw in the garden last time.

"Please come here." Seeing that Jin Tan suddenly stopped at a place and fell a long distance away from Liu Rachel, the butler kindly stepped forward to remind him.

Jin Tan lifted his two long legs and walked into the hall.

"Is mother not there?" Rachel Liu turned around and asked the housekeeper when she saw that Esther Li was not in the hall.

"Madam has something to do, and she will be back before dinner." Steward Wang replied truthfully.

"It doesn't matter," she raised her chin slightly and looked at Jin Tan who was naturally familiar with the Italian leather sofa, "Jin Tan, I'm going upstairs to change clothes, you can sit there honestly until my mother comes back, I don't care I'm in charge of entertaining you." As she spoke, she walked up the winding stairs with her well-proportioned white thighs.

Jin Tan stretched his entire back on the sofa, with one corner of his mouth raised slantingly, "Before you leave, at least tell me where the toilet is."

Liu Rachel's footsteps stagnated on the stairs, and she seemed to let out a breath of patience before turning her head and saying to Butler Wang, "Take him to the toilet."

"Yes," Steward Wang nodded respectfully before turning to Jin Tan, "Please come with me."

Jin Tan curled his lips, got up and walked behind Butler Wang, butler Wang left after taking Jin Tan to the toilet with interest.

Jin Tan walked to the sink after finishing solving the most important things in life. Looking at the crystal mirror inlaid on the wall, he still couldn't help but sneered, "The thief who entered this house must be so lucky," he reached out and knocked on the sink. Mirror surface, "This mirror must cost at least 500 million won. This is simply the temperament of a nouveau riche."

With some sarcasm in his eyes, he came out of the toilet after drying his hands. Just as he was about to go to the main hall, a burst of soothing music came from somewhere.

"... till the sun rise broke eyes to night the sky has glued eyes cause what they see 'sangelhivei' vegot touch that magic star and greet the angels their hive sometimeisereangelsometimeisereyousometimeisereangelsometimeisereyou..."(declangalbraithangle)

The soothing and penetrating singing voice inexplicably attracted him to walk step by step into the depths of the light, until he walked outside a room with a door that was not fully closed. He stood outside the door, looking slowly in through the crack of the door go in.

A white lace tablecloth covers the round table, and above it is a bouquet of fiery red Christmas roses in a delicate glass bottle.

It's the girl's room.

He was certain of the answer in his heart, and the next moment he heard the sound of a wheelchair rolling over the carpet in the room. Liu Zhixi controlled the switch to make the wheelchair stop beside the bed. She reached out and picked up a piece of paper on the bed. Put on your shirt.

At this moment, Jin Tan turned his head to the side and blocked the sunlight from the window in the corridor with his palm. When he squinted his eyes and turned his head to look inside, his eyes suddenly widened. Immediately afterwards, his face was flushed, and he turned around in a panic. , almost ran to the main hall.

When his butt was just touching the sofa, Liu Rachel also walked down the stairs slowly, and looked at the flushed Jin Tan strangely. At this time, she saw Liu who was sitting in a wheelchair on the right side and was slowly pushed out by the servant. A rare smile appeared on Zhixi's face, "Have you finished today's lesson?"

"The teacher seems to be in a hurry to attend a friend's engagement party, so I let her go first," Liu Zhixi replied obediently, smiling and looking at Jin Tan who was sitting on the sofa, "Is this my sister's friend?" ?”

"No," Liu Rachel said without hesitation, "it's just a classmate of the same school."

"It's the first time we met, I'm... I'm Jin Tan." Jin Tan, who has always been fearless, surrounded by countless young girls, actually stuttered in front of a girl younger than himself... Jin Tan really wanted to find out by himself A hole was drilled in, looking at the girl's bright and clear eyes, and remembering the scene he saw just now, the roots of his ears burned up again.

"I'm Liu Zhixi." She pursed her lips and smiled. When she smiled, her eyes were like crooked moons, shining brightly.

- "tonight the sky has glued eyes cause what they see' sange..."

The lyrics he heard earlier rang in his mind immediately.

Just before he woke up, the sound of high-heeled shoes sounded clearly. Steward Wang ran over to open the door. Esther Li was wearing a blue suit and a black knee-length skirt inside. Seeing Liu Zhi Xi appeared in the hall and raised her eyebrows and said, "Today's class is over?"

"Yes, mother." Compared with Liu Rachel, Liu Zhixi's attitude towards Esther Li is much weaker.

"Just in time, Jin Tan is also here today, let's have dinner together." She handed the handbag to the servant, and because the heating in the hall was fully turned on, she also took off her suit, and then let Butler Wang call Jin Tan to the dining room go.

This time, Liu Rachel was still sitting opposite Jin Tan. Jin Tan glanced at the steak cooked by the British chef in front of him, saw no one talking, and silently cut the steak with a knife.

"Liu Rachel, let's go to a spa the day after tomorrow. There will be a charity party in three days," Esther who was cutting a steak suddenly looked up to Liu Rachel, and then looked at Jin Tan, "The Empire Group is the organizer of this party. Ah Tan, you will go too."

Jin Tan paused with his hand holding the fork, and then slowly said, "No, I won't go." Even if he stared at the name of the second heir of the empire group, the illegitimate child is an illegitimate child after all, how could he go? that occasion.

When Liu Zhixi looked up, he saw the embarrassment flashing in Jin Tan's eyes. He chewed a bite of steak and said to Esther Lee, "Mom, there will be thunderstorms in Seoul in three days."

"That doesn't delay our trip." Esther Li said without raising her head.

A trace of sadness flashed in Liu Zhixi's eyes, and when she looked at Liu Rachel who had been silent all this time, she heard Liu Rachel said indifferently, "Okay, I will be ready."

Liu Zhixi's fingers holding the knife and fork tightened a little, and a layer of mist gradually appeared in his eyes, but he tried his best not to let it flow down, lowered his head and cut the steak silently.

Jin Tan kept his eyes on Zhixi, who was haunted by sadness, and he didn't know what he was feeling, but he just felt blocked and wanted to comfort her.

"Ah Tan," Esther Li looked at him suddenly, with a smile on his lips, "By the way, President Jin asked you to stay at my house today, and your room is next to Liu Allie."

"What?" Jin Tan stared at Esther Li, who was wearing delicate makeup, with wide eyes, his mind was blank.

Tonight... is he going to sleep in... the room next to Liu Zhixi?