Chapter 76: Rainy Night
Chapter Seventy-Six: Rainy Night （ Two ）
The owner of the bar was An Hu, a close friend of Ji Xiangyu. An Hu was very surprised to see Ji Xiangyu patronizing the bar and went forward to ask, “Yo, a rare sight indeed. Why has Young Master Feng come here?”
At that moment, only two people knew his identity as the killer Wu Feng: An Hu and Xia Yang.
An Hu was also a killer with a double identity. In front of outsiders, he was a bar owner living a simple and comfortable life. However, in private, he was the son of a triad leader. The reason Ji Xiangyu and he became friends dates back to a night many years ago.
That year, An Hu was being chased by the underworld bosses. Just as he thought he was about to be killed and disappear, Ji Xiangyu appeared as Wu Feng and saved him. An Hu spent a lot of effort trying to find his savior. Let’s skip the details of the process.
Nowadays, this bar is where Ji Xiangyu goes to relieve his worries.
On the stage, a singer was singing a sad melody, which was very fitting for the mood.
An Hu took out a bottle of 1975 red wine and poured a glass for Ji Xiangyu. Ji Xiangyu took it, swirled it a few times, took a tentative sip, and said, “As expected, only aged wine can be so invigorating! ’75, Lafite.”
An Hu swirled the wine glass in his hand and said, “You guessed right. Such good wine is definitely meant for you!”
The two men, who hadn’t seen each other in a long time, started drinking the red wine. However, An Hu advised Ji Xiangyu, “It’s best not to get drunk. You’re still underage. Don’t make me go to the police station!”
Ji Xiangyu smiled, drank it all in one gulp, and then inverted the wine glass, saying, “Not a drop left!”
An Hu asked directly, “Tell me, what brings you here again this time?”
Ji Xiangyu poured himself another glass of wine, swirling the wine in the glass, gazing thoughtfully at the red liquid.
After a while, he finally spoke, “An Hu, what does it feel like to like someone?”
Hearing Ji Xiangyu ask this, An Hu seemed to have discovered a new continent and asked with great interest, “So our Young Master Feng is smitten now! Truly a cause for celebration!”
Ji Xiangyu said helplessly, “Stop making fun of me. I’m getting more and more confused about love. It really makes one not know what to say or do!”
An Hu smiled and said, “Love is something that makes people want to follow each other to the death!”
Ji Xiangyu chuckled, “Buddy, don’t try to fob me off with that. Love is truly unfathomable and unpredictable. What do girls really think?”
An Hu patted Ji Xiangyu’s shoulder, “That depends on the girl. Look, that woman over there is definitely looking for a rich husband!”
Ji Xiangyu followed An Hu’s gaze and saw a woman with heavy makeup sitting there, posing provocatively. She looked strangely familiar.
When the woman turned her side, revealing her entire face, he said with surprise, “This woman is from our school!”
An Hu said disbelievingly, “How is that possible? That woman comes here often and claims to be an office worker in a foreign company!”
Ji Xiangyu smiled slightly and said, “Oh, I must have mistaken her for someone else!”
He didn’t want to pry into why Qin Hailan was pretending to be someone else.
Unknowingly, Ji Xiangyu had drunk quite a lot. He felt dizzy and, after bidding farewell to An Hu, drove his car aimlessly.
Before he knew it, he had driven to the downstairs of Qing Tian’s apartment. He parked the car and turned off the engine, looking up at the floor where Qing Tian lived. In the heavy rain, he could vaguely see that the lights were still on.
Qing Tian must have gone home by now.
He took out his mobile phone to call Qing Tian and ask her what she wanted to meet him for tonight, but he hesitated. While he was in a dilemma, someone knocked on his car door with an umbrella.
He rolled down the window and saw Song Shishi. Song Shishi asked curiously, “Ji Xiangyu, why are you here so late at my place?”
Ji Xiangyu hurriedly pointed to the passenger seat and said, “It’s raining heavily outside. Come in!”
After Song Shishi sat in the passenger seat, she asked, “Have you been drinking? You smell strongly of alcohol!”
Ji Xiangyu looked at Song Shishi with slightly dazed eyes. He realized that Song Shishi bore some resemblance to Qing Tian. He turned his head to look forward and continued, “Mmm, I had a drink!”
Song Shishi nodded and didn’t ask further.
Silence fell in the car for a moment, and then they saw Xia Yang driving Qing Tian into their sight.
Song Shishi turned her head to see Ji Xiangyu’s reaction but found that his expression was surprisingly calm, without a hint of emotion!
Xia Yang drove away after dropping Qing Tian off. In fact, he had already seen Ji Xiangyu’s car parked in the distance, but he didn’t say anything, letting himself be selfish for once!
As Qing Tian went upstairs, she looked up at the night sky from downstairs. The rain was too heavy.
Just as she was about to go upstairs, Song Shishi got out of Ji Xiangyu’s car and ran to her side, “Sister Qing, why are you back so late? Ji Xiangyu has been waiting for you for a long time!”
Just as she was about to point to where Ji Xiangyu had parked, she saw the car start and drive away.
Song Shishi awkwardly retracted her hand and said, “He left?”
Qing Tian watched the car disappear into the rain, her heart aching for some reason. Why didn’t he come to find her? And why didn’t he meet her if he came?
She remembered that Xia Yang had driven her back just now. Could it be because of that?
Song Shishi sighed, “Sister Qing, your relationship is getting more and more complicated. Who do you actually like?”
Qing Tian didn’t answer and went straight upstairs!
Song Shishi followed behind, looking at Qing Tian’s retreating back with worry. She hoped Qing Tian would end up with Xia Yang, because then Qing Tian wouldn’t get hurt!
Chapter Seventy-Seven: Escalating Conflict
Qing Tian woke up early and stared blankly into the mirror. The toothpaste she had already squeezed out fell into the washbasin due to her prolonged distraction. She ran her hand through her hair in frustration and then muttered impatiently at the mirror, “Ji Xiangyu, why did you win? Ji Xiangyu, why aren’t you ignoring me? Ji Xiangyu, why wasn’t it you I was kissing? Ji Xiangyu, why can’t you be more domineering? Ji Xiangyu, I…”
Qing Tian looked at the mirror, her voice softening, “Ji Xiangyu, can I always like you?”
She stared blankly at the mirror, and only the air answered her!
Finally, Qing Tian squeezed out a large blob of toothpaste and brushed her teeth vigorously with water.
Song Shishi, dressed neatly, walked into the bathroom and looked at Qing Tian with a very strange expression, asking, “Sister Qing, are you okay?”
Qing Tian, still with toothpaste and a toothbrush in her mouth, turned around and mumbled a few words. Song Shishi couldn’t understand them at all!
Qing Tian had to end the long brushing process. Once her mouth was free, she asked, “What do you mean, ‘are you okay’? Do I look like I’m not okay?”
Song Shishi looked at Qing Tian’s disheveled appearance, put her hand to her forehead, and said with a wry smile and helplessness, “I’m telling you very seriously, classmate Qing Tian, if you don’t hurry up, you’ll be late!”
Qing Tian looked at Song Shishi with annoyance and wailed, “Why didn’t you wake me up earlier!”
Song Shishi said innocently, “You’re usually the one waiting for me. Who knew you’d go through all that for that so-called bet, brushing your teeth inside and out! It seems you really value kissing Xia Yang!”
Qing Tian said with a bitter face and helplessness, “I was just thinking about something…”
Song Shishi rolled her eyes and pointed to the towel, “You have five minutes to change and get ready. In five minutes, you’ll need twenty minutes to catch the next bus. If you think five minutes is too long, feel free to continue.”
After Song Shishi finished speaking, she disappeared into the bathroom. Qing Tian really got ready in five minutes. As she was leaving the door, Li Yueqing asked Qing Tian with concern, “Qing Tian, are you okay today? Why are you so late? Aren’t you eating breakfast?”
Qing Tian explained while putting on her shoes, “I stayed up late studying last night!” Then she winked at Song Shishi.
Song Shishi, trying to cover for her, impatiently urged, “Mom, are you done? What time is it, and you’re still nagging!”
Qing Tian apologized to Li Yueqing and said sweetly, “Auntie, I’m off to school!”
Song Shishi impatiently said, “I’m leaving!”
Li Yueqing sighed, “If only Shishi were half as sensible as Qing Tian, I wouldn’t have to worry so much!”
On the bus to First High School, Qing Tian looked dejected the whole way, while Song Shishi was excited. As Song Shishi’s official boyfriend, Li Minghao had recently had some unpleasantness with Song Shishi due to Ji Weiwei. Therefore, starting today, he would accompany Song Shishi to school every morning. Qing Tian naturally became the biggest third wheel!
Qing Tian watched Song Shishi and Li Minghao being affectionate, so she put her hand to her forehead. When the bus stopped, she immediately got off.
As the bus started to move, Song Shishi realized Qing Tian was gone. Song Shishi angrily punched Li Minghao and said, “It’s all your fault! You made Sister Qing unhappy!”
Li Minghao gave a wicked smile, “Are you kidding me? I’m getting blamed for just standing here. Should I lie down instead?”
Song Shishi ignored him and said domineeringly, “Tomorrow, you’re not allowed to come!”
Li Minghao was speechless!
Qing Tian was waiting for the next bus when she saw Xia Yang driving by. Xia Yang stopped his cool heavy motorcycle, took off his helmet, shook his hair, and said to Qing Tian handsomely, “Get on!”
Qing Tian was stunned, “Huh? Get on.”
Xia Yang directly threw the helmet to Qing Tian. Qing Tian, startled, quickly caught the helmet. Thinking she might be late, she got on the motorcycle without hesitation!
The moment she straddled the motorcycle, the familiar Lamborghini sped past not far away. Qing Tian, looking through the helmet, saw the all-too-familiar Lamborghini and felt even more depressed. It seemed like there had been constant misunderstandings these past few days!
Xia Yang also saw Ji Xiangyu’s car. He started his engine and immediately chased after Ji Xiangyu. As the two cars ran parallel, Xia Yang’s lips curved upwards, and he looked wickedly at Ji Xiangyu through the car window.
However, Qing Tian wasn’t in a good mood. As she looked over, Ji Xiangyu happened to turn his head away. She thought Ji Xiangyu didn’t want to see her, and her heart felt unbearably sour!
She looked ahead thoughtfully the entire way, not even realizing when the car had stopped!
After waiting for some time in the car, Xia Yang took off his helmet and saw a crowd of students gathered at the school gate. He frowned, not understanding, but then he heard the following conversation!
“So they’re together. Did Xia Yang deliberately lose to Young Master Ji?”
“Since they’re together, why have a match? Are they treating everyone like fools?”
“Too despicable, to ignore Young Master Ji. That’s too much!”
The surrounding area was filled with sarcasm and misunderstanding towards them!
Qing Tian dared not take off her helmet for a while. She had already heard the unbearable words from everyone. Hadn’t she always ignored such gossip? Why did she care about these words now?
At that moment, the three main characters, a man and two women, appeared simultaneously. Ji Xiangyu also happened to get out of his car. Ji Weiwei looked at Qing Tian and Xia Yang sarcastically and said, “Brother Yu, it seems you’re just cannon fodder, the cannon fodder that makes them.”
Ji Xiangyu looked at Ji Weiwei with cold eyes for the first time and said, “Can you say a little less?”
Ji Weiwei immediately pouted her lips aggrievedly and said unhappily, “Brother Yu, you’re so scary. You’ve never spoken to me so harshly before!”
Ji Xiangyu couldn’t spare Ji Weiwei’s feelings. For the first time, he walked through the crowd with a cold expression, ignoring Qing Tian’s existence, as if they were air!
He didn’t want to think about it anymore. He was truly tired.
If possible, please tell him what emotion is?
Qing Tian watched Ji Xiangyu walk away. Her feet moved, wanting to chase after him and explain everything, but what could she say? With what identity could she explain?
Qin Hailan, seeing the attention on Xia Yang and Qing Tian, was very displeased and said to Hailu, “Hailu, you and the sisters should take good care of this bitch!”
Upon receiving Qin Hailan’s order, Hailu’s lips curved into a smile as she said to her sisters, “Finally, we can vent our frustrations.”
Her subordinates, also eager and rubbing their hands, looked at Qing Tian!
