Chapter 75: How Good Does It Have To Be To Count As Good?
He Shang saw Xie Jingyan with an indifferent face, somewhat baffled. Wasn’t he just worried sick a moment ago? Now he had suddenly changed.
“You wouldn’t see that young lady as unattractive and want to ghost her, right? Cold violence online, forcing her to break up?” He Shang’s gaze toward Xie Jingyan had changed.
As if condemning him for being a scumbag.
Xie Jingyan smiled faintly at him: “What are you thinking? I’m not breaking up. Before we meet again, I want to prepare a surprise for her.”
“Huh, pretty romantic. Since you don’t like Su Wanyuan, you should make it clear to her. She still cares about you.”
Xie Jingyan’s mouth twitched flat: “She wants me to forgive her. I’ve listened to my mom and don’t hate her anymore. I just hope she never appears in front of me again. If she can bring my parents back to life, I’ll forgive her.”
He Shang sighed. Bringing the dead back to life was impossible.
“Go wait for me at the hospital back entrance. I’ll go see Xiao He and come right away.”
He Shang nodded. He wasn’t carrying anything, and it felt inappropriate to visit a patient empty-handed, so he turned and left.
Xie Jingyan headed to Xie He’s hospital room.
At the corner, he saw Jiang Ning just coming out of the hospital room and leaving.
Old Mrs. Xie saw her off with a beaming smile.
Jiang Ning gave Old Mrs. Xie a teddy bear.
Probably for Xie He.
Xie Jingyan coldly watched her leave before entering the hospital room.
Xie He clutched the teddy bear lovingly. Seeing her brother come in, her brows and eyes relaxed: “Brother! Why are you here?”
Old Mrs. Xie hadn’t expected her grandson to come either, surprised: “Didn’t you say you’d head back to Jin Cheng at noon today? Why are you still in the Capital City?”
Xie Jingyan smiled at Old Mrs. Xie: “I told the teacher I’d go back on my own. I couldn’t rest easy without checking on Xiao He.”
Xie He proudly waved the teddy bear in her hand: “Brother, Older Sister was just here. Did you run into her? She gave me a doll.”
The pink strawberry bear was very cute. Xie He looked at it with eyes full of delight.
“I added Older Sister on WeChat. She said if I miss her, I can send her a message.” Xie He had a smartphone, usually used to pass the time.
Xie Jingyan stroked Xie He’s head and said to her: “Xiao He, if that older sister asks your full name, say you’re Meng He, and brother is Meng Jing, got it?”
Xie He blinked, a bit conflicted: “But my last name isn’t Meng. Lying is wrong.”
Xie Jingyan sighed: “But brother told that older sister he’s Meng Jing. Xiao He, do you want to turn brother into a big liar? If Older Sister finds out brother lied to her, she’ll dislike you too.”
Not wanting to be disliked by Jiang Ning, Xie He widened her eyes and nodded quickly: “I got it.”
Xie Jingyan still wasn’t reassured and instructed again: “No matter who asks you, say brother is Meng Jing, got it?”
Xie He nodded and gave him an OK hand gesture.
Xie Jingyan left the hospital.
Only then did he start sorting out his thoughts.
So combining the picture he originally sent her, Jiang Ning knew he was nearby.
She hadn’t thought of Ninth Middle School but targeted Seventh Middle School.
Her strange behavior with Wei Jin that morning made sense now.
Did she think Wei Jin was him?
She thought of so many people but never him.
What did that mean?
Jiang Ning disdained him.
Her online relationship partner “Meng Jing” could be anyone but not Xie Jingyan.
……
Jiang Ning returned to Jin Cheng already in the evening.
She told Madam Jiang and took a cab to the beef noodle restaurant.
The beef noodle restaurant was named “Bad Beef Noodles.”
Actually super delicious.
She ate her noodles while playing on her mobile phone. So strange, Meng Jing hadn’t replied since asking for her address at noon.
This wasn’t right.
He used to report to her even when he got home.
At this hour, Meng Jing was probably home long ago.
Jiang Ning opened the chat box and took a close-up photo of her beef noodles: [Baby, are you home? I’m eating dinner~]
Then the other side didn’t tease her back.
Done for, was she about to be dumped?
One minute later, the other side replied.
Chunfen: [I’m home. I want beef noodles too.]
The next second.
A person walked in the entrance.
The boss lady greeted enthusiastically: “Xiao Yan, what do you want to eat?”
Jiang Ning paused mid-slurp, looked up, and saw Xie Jingyan in a black thin trench coat, the whole person seemingly shrouded in shadow.
The person Jiang Ning least wanted to run into was him; seeing him ruined her mood.
But given the current situation, Jiang Ning felt they mutually disdained each other.
She just hadn’t expected Xie Jingyan to sit directly across from her.
Jiang Ning paused slurping her noodles, furrowed her delicate brows: “Sit somewhere else.”
His pupil color was very dark, like ink-soaked, gloomy and profound: “Why?”
Jiang Ning: “???”
The shop was empty now, with a total of four empty tables.
Jiang Ning sneered coldly: “You thought I was blocking your way this morning, but now you don’t mind me blocking your view?”
“That was morning. It’s late now.”
As soon as Xie Jingyan finished speaking, his bowl of beef noodles was served.
He said politely: “Thank you.”
The boss lady waved cheerfully: “No thanks. I added a few extra pieces of meat for you. Young people can’t study properly eating vegetarian every day.”
Seeing this, Jiang Ning recalled the first time she ate here, when she kindly added meat for Xie Jingyan. How did he repay her?
With a vicious tongue.
She couldn’t help teasing him: “If you were usually nicer to me instead of so sharp-tongued, why worry about not getting meat?”
“How nice is nice enough?” he suddenly asked.
Jiang Ning nearly spat out her mouthful of noodles: “What?”
She felt a bit creeped out.
Xie Jingyan’s expression didn’t change: “Didn’t you say I’m not nice enough to you?”
Jiang Ning: “!!!”
That wasn’t what she meant.
She waved her hands hurriedly: “Don’t you dare be nice to me. Go be nice to someone else. I don’t need it.”
“Why? Afraid of who finding out?” he followed up.
Jiang Ning felt tonight’s Xie Jingyan was really strange, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it.
Xie Jingyan’s official match was Su Wanyuan.
No matter how much Jiang Ning disrupted the plot, she wouldn’t touch that line.
She was afraid of not getting one hundred million.
So she nodded: “Right, I have someone I care about. Don’t get involved with me. I’m afraid of misunderstandings.”
“Who?”
Jiang Ning: “…”
Dude, that’s a bit forward.
Gotta dig to the bottom, huh.
Smart people would shut up after she said that, but Xie Jingyan looked determined to get to the bottom of it.
Jiang Ning could only bring out her tool character.
She said without blushing or skipping a beat: “Of course it’s my Lan Li Gege. Though we’ve broken up for now, it’s just my temporary strategy. Once he chases away Su Wanyuan, I’ll agree to get engaged to him.”
After a long pause, Xie Jingyan responded coldly: “Oh, really? Then you need to live long enough to marry him.”
Jiang Ning really couldn’t retort to that.
She had only eight months until logout.
Suddenly from the entrance came Gu Lanli’s voice: “Jiang Ning, were those your true heart just now?”
~Vote please~
Old Xie on the surface cold and icy: Scumbag me? Die!
Inside: Wife, pay attention to me, ignore him, please!
