CHAPTER 674: CHAPTER 674: I WANT TO FIND DABAI AGAIN

Ning Xixi jumped up in excitement, her world, darkened for so long, once again saw the light!

She smiled, her eyes moist to the point of wiping them with her sleeve before Ji Qing caught her arm.

He handed her a clean handkerchief, "Use this."

"Thank you..." Ning Xixi dabbed the corner of her eyes, feeling a tinge of guilt upon realizing that Ji Qing’s attitude towards her hadn’t changed in the slightest.

As a man without a wife or children, he probably really wished she was his daughter.

Would Mr. Ji be unhappy seeing her this joyful?

"Mr. Ji, I don’t dislike you, okay! Please don’t misunderstand... Don’t be unhappy..." Ning Xixi hurriedly explained, and Ji Qing looked at her affectionately, "Why would I be unhappy about gaining a goddaughter?"

"Um..."

"What do you plan to do next?" Ji Qing asked.

Ning Xixi’s eyes sparkled, "May I borrow your phone, please?"

"Of course." Ji Qing gentlemanly handed her his phone.

Ning Xixi quickly dialed Ji Yebai’s number, but was met with the notification that his phone was switched off.

Her head drooped down in an instant, and she pouted, "I can’t get through to him..."

Ji Qing couldn’t bear it, "Do you need my help to look into his whereabouts?"

"Could you?" Ning Xixi asked, looking naively hopeful.

"It shouldn’t be difficult." Ji Qing made a phone call, gave a few instructions to his subordinates, then inquired with interest, "When we find him, what do you plan to do?"

Ning Xixi’s clean and bright face showed her spirited determination—

"I’ll bring Dabai back!"

...

One hour later, at the airport.

Yan Yichen, Cheng Youran, Xiao Xichen, Jian Yixue, and others all came to see off Ning Xixi.

"Xixi, are you really going?" Cheng Youran asked worriedly after hearing about the situation from Ning Xixi, unable to rest easy about her going to Jiangcheng alone, "How about I come with you?"

"I’ll be fine going alone, you all keep up with your classes, and please ask Teacher Shi to give me a leave of absence note," Ning Xixi looked at her plane ticket, "It’s time to board, I’m off, wait for me to bring Ji Yebai back!"

Her friends entrusted her with a few words of caution and silently wished her well.

...

Jiangcheng.

At a business cocktail party, Ji Yebai discussed a collaboration for a while, found interacting with the others wearying, excused himself to a quiet corner, got a glass of champagne, and gazed thoughtfully into the bubbling liquid.

I wonder what Erxi is doing right now...

A business partner gestured towards a voluptuous, fair-skinned woman with curly long hair not far away, who understood the signal and swayed over to Ji Yebai with her thin waist.

"Master Ji, drinking alone only leads to more troubles. Instead, allow me to offer you a drink."

Ji Yebai glanced coldly at her, "Mr. Shi’s woman?"

Was this him sending a woman his way?

The curly-haired woman, intimidated by the chill emanating from him, stepped back uncomfortably, her smile sultrily enchanting, "Whose woman I am doesn’t matter, does it? The nights are long in Jiangcheng, and Master Ji didn’t bring a companion. Tonight, Aquan is willing to keep you company... Master Ji, shall we make an appointment?"

She threw a seductive look at Ji Yebai, a glance any man would understand.

"I am indeed alone," Ji Yebai swirled his glass, his narrow dark eyes captivating, "but why should this young master make an appointment with you?"

His gaze suddenly turned fierce, a chilling aura enveloping him!

"Get lost, tell Mr. Shi, I’m not signing his collaboration proposal!"