Chapter 137: What Do You Girls Like?
“Eh?!” Jiang Ning was puzzled: “I haven’t wiped it clean yet.”
Xie Jingyan stuffed his hands into the front pocket of his hoodie, his tone indifferent: “I’m not that delicate. When I get back, I can just take it off and throw it in the washing machine. If you feel bad about it, transfer me two hundred, as cleaning fee.”
Jiang Ning: “…”
She followed behind him expressionlessly: “Hmm? Whose cleaning fee costs that much? You even dare to ask for two hundred. Take off your clothes and give them to me, I’ll wash them for you, free!”
Xie Jingyan: “…”
He sneered: “If I really take it off and give it to you, you’ll be unwilling again.”
Jiang Ning raised her brows, grinning: “Then try it, I guarantee I’ll wash it until it smells nice and fresh.”
Who doesn’t have a washing machine at home anyway.
Xie Jingyan looked at her quietly for a few seconds.
Then he pulled the hem of his clothes with both hands and performed a one-second striptease right in front of Jiang Ning.
He was still wearing a short-sleeved white T-shirt underneath. Xie Jingyan handed her the still-warm gray hoodie: “Here, take it to wash.”
Jiang Ning’s smile disappeared in one second: “…”
She began to doubt her life.
Began to doubt the plot.
Doubted the male lead’s character setting.
Doubted this world.
Are the male leads in angst novels all this abstract?
“Not washing it?” Xie Jingyan tilted his head slightly. Seeing Jiang Ning frozen in place, he shook the clothes again: “Then I’ll put it back on. The weather is strangely cold.”
Jiang Ning: “…”
She was so angry she started talking nonsense: “Heh, who said you have a sharp tongue? Your mouth is amazing! You probably won’t find a partner in the future either. Those girls are saved.”
Xie Jingyan’s action of putting on the clothes paused.
Listening to Jiang Ning’s words thoughtfully, his expression faint: “Then what kind of guys do you girls like?”
Jiang Ning huffed: “Anyway, not ones like you.”
Xie Jingyan raised a brow: “What’s wrong with ones like me?”
“Anyway, I won’t like ones like you who always annoy people.”
Xie Jingyan looked puzzled: “Am I annoying? I’m just an honest person who loves telling the truth. Who knew you thought of me that way.”
Jiang Ning stared at him: “Doesn’t your conscience hurt when you say that? You hate me to this extent, deliberately trying to anger me to death once and for all.”
Xie Jingyan was silent for a few seconds before walking forward again, leaving behind one sentence: “No.”
“What?”
Jiang Ning was confused. Seeing the person walking farther and farther away, she puffed up her cheeks and chased after him.
Nothing?
Jiang Ning felt that what Xie Jingyan wanted to express was that he had no conscience.
But the meaning of that sentence was probably only known to Xie Jingyan himself.
That he didn’t hate her.
Or that he didn’t want her to die.
The two took a car to the hospital.
Jiang Ning walked all the way to Jiang Yan’s hospital room, with Xie Jingyan silently following behind her.
In the hospital room, besides Jiang Yan, Jiang Li and Father Jiang were also there.
Madam Jiang had a bit of a headache and went home to rest first.
Jiang Yan’s vital signs were stable. Because he had been rescued last night, he was still very weak now and needed to rest for a week.
He turned his head and saw Jiang Ning come in. He looked for a few seconds, then turned back to look out the window.
Jiang Ning looked at Jiang Li and inquired: “Is he still uncomfortable anywhere?”
Jiang Li shook her head, her eyes filled with worry: “No, but from waking up until now, he hasn’t said a single word. Sigh, could it be that something’s wrong with his throat?”
Jiang Ning furrowed her brows: “Probably not. Didn’t he speak this morning? He should just be too tired physically.”
Jiang Ning stepped forward and called: “Jiang Yan, are you okay?”
Jiang Yan didn’t speak. Seeing Jiang Ning come, he just shrank into the quilt and made no sound.
Father Jiang glared at him angrily: “This child of yours is really possessed.”
Xie Jingyan noticed Jiang Yan’s abnormality and spoke from the doorway: “You didn’t tell him that it was Jiang Ning who saved him late at night?”
Father Jiang saw that Xie Jingyan had come too, so his irritable temper softened a bit, and he replied: “We did. He stubbornly insists that it was that Su Wanyuan who saved him. No one can persuade him otherwise.”
Xie Jingyan walked in and suggested: “He had lost consciousness at the time and might have mistaken it. They had a call last night. Just tell him that.”
Jiang Li sighed: “We checked. That call record on Jiang Yan’s mobile phone is gone. Ning Ning, take out yours and show it to Jiang Yan.”
Jiang Ning didn’t want to prove anything about this matter. She saved him, that’s all. As long as Jiang Yan was safe, that was fine. But she couldn’t resist Father Jiang and Jiang Li’s urging.
She could only take out her mobile phone and flip to the call records, only to find that the one from yesterday was gone.
Her brows slowly furrowed. She checked carefully again, then looked up at everyone and said with pursed lips: “It might have been accidentally deleted by me.”
Father Jiang was speechless: “You… whatever. It’s not that important anyway. Everyone knows. As for your brother stubbornly thinking that girl is his benefactor, we’ll just say he’s lost his mind. Tomorrow I’ll get him a neurology appointment.”
Jiang Ning was preoccupied. Xie Jingyan’s dark eyes profound, looking at Jiang Ning’s obviously distracted expression, and the disappeared call record on Jiang Yan’s mobile phone.
Plus Jiang Ning wanting to find traces of Su Wanyuan, he quickly deduced that this matter was likely related to Su Wanyuan, and the key figure Su Wanyuan had disappeared.
The hospital room door was suddenly pushed open.
Meng Xingcan ran in cheering: “Sister Ning, you’re here! I missed you so much.”
He pounced and hugged Jiang Ning. It was clear he really missed her.
Jiang Ning came back to her senses. She hurriedly caught him and said in surprise: “How did you come to Jin Cheng?”
Meng Xingcan’s chubby little face grinned, pointing behind him: “Uncle brought me. We came specially to thank you.”
Jiang Ning looked in the direction Meng Xingcan pointed. Meng Su had a gentle smile, giving the first impression of a mild-mannered man.
Meng Su was about to say something when his gaze suddenly fixed on Xie Jingyan. Their eyes met at that instant.
Meng Su’s gaze went from stunned to inquiring.
While Xie Jingyan’s expression remained indifferent, with no major changes.
He reached up to pull the hoodie hat over his face, covering it, then turned and walked out of the hospital room: “Jiang Ning, I’ll wait for you outside.”
Jiang Ning agreed: “Okay.”
Meng Xingcan panicked. He had finally met Jiang Ning and wanted to stay with her longer, so he tugged at her clothes: “Sister Ning, where are you going? Can you take me with you?”
Jiang Ning was a bit troubled, but she was going to find someone, and bringing a child would really be inconvenient, so she said: “I’ll be back tonight. Then I’ll come find you, okay? Sister has something to do now.”
Meng Xingcan was reluctant but still nodded in agreement.
Jiang Ning smiled and touched his head: “Good boy.”
Meng Xingcan couldn’t help blushing, his eyes sparkling as he looked at Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning walked out of the hospital room and privately contacted Officer Dong again.
From him, she learned that Su Wanyuan should have left Jin Cheng. As for where she went, it still needed investigation.
Xie Jingyan was squatting with his legs bent, head down, back against the wall. The hoodie hat covered his entire face. Jiang Ning saw him alone, looking cold and aloof, and couldn’t help asking: “Are you still feeling bad? I’ll get you a cup of hot water. You can take some medicine.”
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