Chapter 228: To Break You
He opened Shen Jinhe’s WeChat and temporarily added her to his block list.
His mind started thinking about Jiang Ning again.
He sent a message to Jiang Li.
Finally, Jiang Li gave him an address, and he saved it.
……
Six in the afternoon.
Jiang Ning clocked out on time, taking Yuan Yuan with her as she left.
Because she was quick enough, the staff who had originally planned to make things difficult for her by entering her dressing room ended up with nothing.
Jiang Ning wasn’t stupid. She knew that Miss Sui disliked her and wanted to trip her up, so she wouldn’t wait like an honest person for the film crew to notify her before leaving.
It was also because it was rumored that Wei Jin had to accompany Miss Sui every night that this film crew rarely shot night scenes.
Jiang Ning brought Yuan Yuan to North City’s largest square.
The huge screen on the era building looped various advertisements.
There was Wei Jin, Jiang Li, and many top streamers and big names.
Yuan Yuan seemed to be coming to a place like this for the first time and was curious about everything around her.
She pointed at the pink cotton candy and asked curiously, “Aunt, can I buy this to eat?”
Jiang Ning bought one for her without a word: “Eat it.”
Yuan Yuan clapped her little hands in delight: “Thank you, Aunt.”
The next second, Jiang Ning’s mobile phone rang.
Xie Jingyan video call.
Jiang Ning: “……”
She reluctantly clicked accept, and Xie Jingyan’s face immediately emerged.
He had a stern face, with his black hair slightly falling, looking somewhat cold.
Compared to his youth, he now seemed even more unapproachable.
Jiang Ning cursed inwardly: Pretentious prick.
But her lips curved into a smile: “Hi, boss, what’s up?”
Xie Jingyan’s thin lips parted slightly: “Have you taken Yuan Yuan to eat dinner?”
Jiang Ning: “Of course!”
She turned the camera to the little carrot head, where Yuan Yuan was licking the cotton candy with her little tongue.
Jiang Ning said to her: “Yuan Yuan, look at the camera and say hi to your father.”
Yuan Yuan lifted her little head, her smile soft and sweet: “Daddy! Aunt bought me cotton candy, it’s so yummy.”
Xie Jingyan: “……”
“Jiang Ning.”
Jiang Ning turned the camera back to herself, feeling she’d done well: “What?”
Xie Jingyan’s dark eyes were cool: “I give you one hundred thousand, and you feed her this?”
Jiang Ning touched her nose, retorting: “Kids love this. I’m fully respecting the child’s preferences.”
“Yuan Yuan has a sensitive stomach. Give her less sweets.”
Jiang Ning sighed: “Alright.”
She looked down and saw Yuan Yuan had already licked two small bites.
She aimed the camera at Yuan Yuan again to prove she was controlling the amount of sweets.
Jiang Ning smiled: “Yuan Yuan, can Aunt have a bite?”
Yuan Yuan was a bit reluctant but still nodded.
Jiang Ning took it and ate the cotton candy down to just the stick in one bite.
She even licked her lips and nodded: “This flavor is indeed good, strawberry.”
Yuan Yuan stared in shock.
Then she burst into tears.
It startled Jiang Ning: “Holy shit, why is she crying.”
Xie Jingyan on the phone: “……”
He had truly overestimated Jiang Ning.
“Oh, don’t cry, don’t cry. It’s not that your dad won’t let you eat it, that’s why I did this.”
Yuan Yuan: “Wah wah wah.”
Jiang Ning: “I’ll buy you another one?”
Yuan Yuan: “Wah wah wah wah.”
Jiang Ning’s head throbbed as she noticed the gazes around her turning toward her.
She then said: “Come on, come on, Aunt will buy you small cakes—strawberry, blueberry, mango, pineapple, chocolate, watermelon, one of each! And then take you for burgers, fried chicken family bucket! Cola and soda as much as you want!”
Yuan Yuan: “Wah wah… hic.”
Her big teary eyes looked at Jiang Ning.
She was pouting her little mouth aggrievedly.
Jiang Ning swore: “All of it is yours!”
Xie Jingyan: “Don’t give her junk food.”
Jiang Ning hung up on him: “Shut up.”
Yuan Yuan finally stopped crying and nodded: “Okay.”
After coaxing her, Jiang Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She ordered one of each that Yuan Yuan liked.
Then took her to the KFC.
Ordered her a kids’ meal.
She ate along with her, grinning at Yuan Yuan: “Yummy, right?”
Yuan Yuan nodded, like she’d discovered a new world—these things Xie Jingyan never let her eat.
She mumbled with her mouth full: “Thank you, Aunt.”
Jiang Ning waved it off: “No need to thank me. Just hand over your lucky money to me for safekeeping from now on.”
Yuan Yuan’s big eyes were puzzled, nodding as if she half-understood: “Okay~”
Lucky money couldn’t be eaten, but Aunt would buy her treats, so Yuan Yuan thought it was a great deal.
Jiang Ning didn’t dare let her eat too much and took her back once it was about enough.
In the evening, she changed Yuan Yuan into pajamas.
Carried her to the bedroom.
Continued telling the little story that could hypnotize herself to sleep.
As Jiang Ning was getting drowsy, Yuan Yuan snuggled up to her and asked: “Aunt, can’t you really be my mom? I really like you.”
Jiang Ning gave her a side-eye: “Oh? Really? You’re such a fickle child. You just called me bad aunt a moment ago.”
Yuan Yuan blushed shyly, hanging her head: “Sorry, you’re not a bad aunt, you’re a good aunt. You let me drink cola. You’re the best, best, best person in the world to me! The chubby kid next door said only moms are that good to kids.”
Jiang Ning: “……”
This sentence felt somewhat familiar…
Oh, she remembered.
This little one had used the same words to describe Xie Jingyan last time.
She looked at Yuan Yuan, the little girl staring stubbornly back at her.
Jiang Ning couldn’t help but chuckle lightly and ruffled her fluffy head: “Silly girl, Yuan Yuan has a mom, so Aunt can’t be your mom.”
Yuan Yuan bit her little lip, drooping her head unhappily: “Yuan Yuan’s mom is Aunt. Be my mom.”
Jiang Ning’s words stuck in her throat.
“Go to sleep first. Wait for Aunt to think about it.”
Yuan Yuan finally went to sleep obediently.
Half an hour later, Yuan Yuan was asleep.
Jiang Ning thought for a moment, got up, gently closed the bedroom door, and walked to the living room window.
She felt a bit hot and cracked the window open slightly.
Then she called Xie Jingyan on video.
He picked up almost instantly.
The man’s voice was rich and clear: “Hello?”
In the video, Jiang Ning only showed half her face, surveying Xie Jingyan’s place—it seemed like a hotel.
Seeing Jiang Ning not speak for a long time, Xie Jingyan couldn’t help asking again: “What’s wrong?”
Jiang Ning then slowly said: “Will Sui Tang and He Shang come back? Her daughter wants to call me mom. Heh, so ruthless, even abandoning the child?”
The lighting opposite was dim yellow. Xie Jingyan’s brows were lowered, his superior bone structure making him look very approachable.
He replied: “Don’t know, can’t reach them.”
Jiang Ning frowned: “Both unreachable?”
Xie Jingyan: “Mm.”
Jiang Ning: “When did it happen.”
Xie Jingyan: “Last month.”
Jiang Ning fell silent.
Xie Jingyan’s gaze greedily fixed on Jiang Ning, lips pressing together before he finally felt the need to remind her: “Jiang Ning… why did you return to this world again.”
Jiang Ning looked at him darkly.
“To fuck you over, believe it?”
Old Xie: Right, no mistake, just sleep with me.
Ning Ning: Killing is so hard!
