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Chapter 9

After Chen Jingyan's body returned to normal, the hatred value also entered a period of stagnation. No matter how hard Shi Li tried, it always maintained at 70%.

However, although the hatred value did not drop, Chen Jingyan's attitude towards her improved a lot. The most obvious point is that after living in the Shen family manor for so long, she finally had her own clothes to wear.

When he remembered that several boxes of clothes were sent to her old and dilapidated room, Shi Li was so moved that she almost cried. He immediately took off his sack-like pajamas and changed them to the new ones he had just sent. He went to Chen Jingyan to thank him.

Chen Jingyan was sitting in front of the desk in the study. He was rarely looking at the documents, but was painting with a sketchbook. After hearing Shi Li's passionate thanks words, he said lightly without raising his head: "There is no need to thank me. The clothes were sent by the brand cooperated with by the Shen family. If it is thrown away, it will be given to you."

...Oh, then your brand is quite good at giving it to you, and she likes the size and style. Shi Li just whispered, and Chen Jingyan looked up at her with some awareness. She smiled guiltily: "...that's thank you too, I'm much more comfortable wearing it."

"Why, I feel uncomfortable wearing my clothes?" Chen Jingyan's eyes were dark.

Male hatred value: 70%

It seemed that he was not angry, Shi Li blinked: "A little bit."

Chen Jingyan sneered coldly, but he didn't bother with her.

Seeing that he was focusing on the sketchbook again, Shi Li couldn't help but move forward a few steps, tiptoed and stretched his neck to look at it. Chen Jingyan frowned and raised his eyelids to look at her. She quickly stood out and looked out the window, pretending to be looking at the scenery.

"If you want to see it, come and see it." Chen Jingyan said lightly.

Shi Li immediately smiled and leaned over the table toward him, saying, "Actually, I don't want to see it, but if you want me to see it, I can see it... Are you designing a house?"

She looked at the architectural-like lines on the sketchbook, and a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes.

"Well, let's make a simple design first, and we will leave it to professionals later," Chen Jingyan said and looked at her, "What do you think?"

"A little... special?" Shi Li answered indescribably. In fact, Chen Jingyan's painting skills are not bad, and he expressed his ideas simply and clearly through simple lines.

However, it is because it is simple and clear that she can quickly understand his design, and thus she has a uncomfortable feeling.

The house he designed has three floors in total, with a square shape and nothing special, but the windows are too few, which looks a bit depressing. As for the internal design, it is even more strange. The third floor integrates the bedroom, kitchen and bathroom, and it can be said that there are everything, but the second and first floors are empty and seem to have no purpose.

And the most amazing thing is that I don’t know if it hasn’t been finished yet. There is only one elevator in the whole house and there is no other tool to go up and down the stairs.

"Don't you like it?" Chen Jingyan asked lightly.

Shi Li came back to his senses and hesitated for a while to answer honestly: "I think there are too few windows and not bright enough."

When Chen Jingyan heard this, he held the pencil with his slender fingers and drew a large floor-to-ceiling window on the third floor. Shi Li didn't expect that he would listen to his advice so much, and his expression was a little subtle for a moment.

"What else?" Chen Jingyan asked.

Shi Li coughed and hurriedly said, "There are no stairs."

"unnecessary."

Shili: "…ah?"

"It's enough to have an elevator." Chen Jingyan explained calmly.

Shi Li frowned: "But what if a fire occurs or a power outage?" They are relatively stable here, so there is no need to worry about earthquakes and typhoons.

Chen Jingyan looked at her thoughtfully and added a few small balls to the third floor.

Shi Li was curious: "What is this?"

"Fire extinguishing equipment." Chen Jingyan replied.

Shi Li: "..." I saw that you just don't want stairs.

In the following time, Chen Jingyan continued to focus on designing his house, while Shi Li came to watch, and from time to time he asked a few comments, she answered according to her own ideas. As for whether Chen Jingyan would listen to her, it was not something she could control.

The two of them actually stayed in the study room for an afternoon because of a sketch. When the finished product came out, Shi Li couldn't help but say, "Are you sure you want to build such a house?"

"What?" Chen Jingyan looked at her.

Shi Li smiled embarrassedly: "I just said casually, don't mind, I just think... Why is this house like a bird cage?"

It’s not that she looks similar, but she feels very similar. She is obviously just a house with an unreasonable design, but she feels like she wants to keep something inside and raise it.

Chen Jingyan stared at the drawings quietly for a long time and suddenly said, "It may not be used."

"Um?"

"It's just the last measure." Chen Jingyan said slowly.

Shi Li didn't quite understand what he meant, but his expression made her feel cold all over. She shook for a moment and said embarrassedly: "Are you hungry? I'll go cook for you."

"Let the kitchen do it." Chen Jingyan said, closing the sketchbook and locking it into the drawer.

Shi Li nodded when she heard this, and kept chatting with him. When the time was almost over, she walked to the restaurant with him. During this period, Chen Jingyan rarely asked her to cook, but she didn't say she wanted her to go back to the cafeteria, so she ate with him shamelessly. What's amazing is that Chen Jingyan actually acquiesced.

During dinner, Shili glanced at Chen Jingyan from time to time. The more he looked, the more he became more confused. The two of them got along much more harmoniously than before, and they could even eat on the same table. But for some reason, the hatred value was stopped at 70% and they would never fall down again.

...Is it necessary for any new stimulation?

Just as Li was thinking about whether to do something, the open space in the deepest part of the Shen Family Manor suddenly started construction. She ran to take a look at it curiously, and when she came back, she said to Chen Jingyan: "Is it the house we designed together before?"

"Let's go together?" Chen Jingyan asked back.

Shi Li looked serious: "Of course, I'm also involved in the design after all."

Just as the words were finished, the male partner hatred value: 69%

Shili: "!!!"

The hatred value that has not fluctuated for many days, why did it suddenly drop a number?!

Shi Li was shocked and thought about what he had just said carefully, so he carefully followed the words just now: "I didn't expect the house to start construction so soon. I was a little happy and felt very accomplished."

Male hatred value: 68%

Shili: "!!!"

Although she didn't know why the hatred value dropped, it was undoubtedly a very good thing for Shi Li. She suppressed her excitement and began to praise the house, and the hatred value continued to decline.

Shi Li was in high spirits and rolled up her sleeves to continue. Chen Jingyan suddenly asked, "Since it's so good, are you willing to live?"

"Of course!" Shi Li nodded immediately. The house was strange and unreasonable. It was built in the most remote place of Shenjia Manor, and it was surrounded by woods. The most important thing is that it takes more than ten minutes to walk from the house to the gate. It would be strange if she was willing to live there.

Male hatred value: 65%

...But if the hatred value drops at this rate, she thinks it's nothing to stay for a few days. But she doesn't quite understand what the principle is that the decline is so fast.

Shi Li looked confused and looked at Chen Jingyan's unclear expression. He always felt that things were not that simple, but he had no excuse to ask, so he had to keep all his doubts in his heart.

After the hatred value dropped to 65%, it fell into a stagnation period again, so Shili had to continue thinking about ways to drop rapidly.

During another lunch time, Shi Li sat next to Shen Jingyan, listening to him chatting with the housekeeper about work while eating, and helping him pick up some dishes into the bowl from time to time.

Chen Jingyan seemed to be focused on his work, but whenever Li secretly put the vegetables he didn't like into his bowl, he would return them to her expressionlessly, so Shi Li had to eat them.

The housekeeper pretended not to see their too intimate interactions, reported the work in a straightforward manner, hurriedly said that he was about to leave, and refused to watch them abuse the dog again.

But when he was halfway through, he returned: "There is another thing. Mr. Zhou's project was very successful. He came here specially today and wanted to invite you to his celebration banquet. But you were not here at the time, so I asked me to convey it. How should I reply to him?"

Shi Li paused his fingers and felt that the scene sounded familiar.

Before she could recall, she heard Chen Jingyan slowly say, "Since you have invited me, then go."

"Okay." The butler nodded and turned around and left.

Shi Li frowned and stared at the rice in the bowl. His eating movements slowed down. After a while, he suddenly realized that Mr. Zhou was the male protagonist of this article?!

As the eighteenth-line male supporting role in this novel, Chen Jingyan has almost no description of him in the rest of the time except for occasionally being a tool person to help the male protagonist in trouble. The only time he has more scenes is the celebration banquet they just mentioned.

After receiving his funding, the male protagonist was a great success in a project and also offended many people in the Tao. Those people would attack the male protagonist after the banquet. The male protagonist escaped because of the protagonist's aura, but Chen Jingyan was seriously injured by accident and then completely stepped down.

Since Shi Li always felt that he would reduce the hatred value of the male supporting role to zero before the plot unfolds, he didn't care much about the plot. He didn't expect that he would drag here for so long until the plot arrives.

She looked at Jingyan with some hesitation, wondering whether she should advise him not to go to the celebration banquet.

Her look of wanting to speak but stopping was too obvious, and Chen Jingyan's eyes were slightly cold: "If you have something to say, say it."

"... Actually, it's nothing. It's just this celebration banquet," Shi Li laughed dryly, "You are not in good health, I don't think it's suitable to go."

Chen Jingyan looked at her calmly.

Shi Li was inexplicably stressed, but he continued strongly: "And since it's a party, there will definitely be someone toasting. Drinking will affect health. If you don't drink it, it will affect your relationship. It's better not to go there, so you can save trouble..."

"If you want me to take you there, just say it," Chen Jingyan interrupted sarcastically, "No need to beat around the bush."

Shili: "..." I'm not that I misunderstood without you.
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