Chapter 204: He Loves Jiang Ning’s Soul
However, what answered her was a silence.
A sense of powerlessness surged in Jiang Ning’s heart.
Didn’t he say he didn’t like her? Why is he so persistently looking for her…
She looked at the heavy gate.
This place seemed like a prison cage, without any light.
That once impoverished and destitute youth now had gradually grown his wings.
……
Jiang Ning’s disappearance was like a stone sinking into the sea.
Father Jiang and Madam Jiang were driven out of White Manor.
They wanted to ask about Jiang Ning’s whereabouts, but they couldn’t even see Xie Jingyan.
Because of his current identity, there were many people protecting him around him.
And Madam Jiang learned from Jiang Yan that Jiang Ning was not dead, and only then did she recover.
Not dead is good… not dead is good…
If her daughter died, Madam Jiang didn’t know what she would do.
Father Jiang was also full of self-blame: “If I had discovered their ambitions earlier, it would have been good. Xie Jingyan has wolfish ambitions, hidden so deeply. I even thought he matched well with my family’s Ning Ning and considered having him as a live-in son-in-law. Now thinking back, he doesn’t deserve it!”
Madam Jiang sighed: “Saying more now is useless. The primary task is to find Ning Ning. Let’s go ask little Li to beg Manager Meng, and have Manager Meng help us.”
Father Jiang also had a headache: “Madam, it’s useless. Don’t forget that Meng Su is Xie Jingyan’s biological uncle. The two are related by blood. How could he possibly help us find Ning Ning.”
Madam Jiang was somewhat angry: “Then what about the fact that my daughter saved Meng Xingcan? We didn’t ask for anything from them. I just want to find my daughter. What’s wrong with that? Where is my daughter? Such a big living person, just disappeared like that.”
Tears streamed from her eyes, and she pounded her chest: “My poor daughter, good people don’t get good rewards.”
Father Jiang was at a loss for words, stroking his chin: “Madam, have you noticed a strange problem? Our Ning Ning’s personality changes back and forth. I really don’t understand why she went to sell off that lifesaving straw belonging to Xie He. She used to have a very good relationship with that girl.”
Madam Jiang glared at him with red eyes: “So what if it changes back and forth? Girls are inherently moody. Talking more about the sold item won’t help. Instead, let me do a bone marrow match test with that little girl. If I match, I’m willing to donate to save that little girl.”
Father Jiang looked at her speechlessly: “Do you really think this is something you can match just by wanting to test? The probability is higher among loved ones. For strangers like us with no blood relation, achieving a bone marrow match is extremely difficult. Otherwise, why do so many leukemia patients die every year? They searched for that suitable bone marrow for a full five years, and finally saw hope… Sigh.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll go back and ask him. If it really doesn’t work, we’ll call the police.”
Calling the police was also the last resort.
Madam Jiang pursed her lips: “I’ll give you one more week. You must find Ning Ning.”
……
Time moved to March.
The grass grows and orioles fly, peach blossoms bloom brilliantly.
It was the perfect season.
And Jiang Ning had been trapped in this villa for a week already.
She thought Xie Jingyan wanted to know how to bring her back from the different world, so he would sit down with her to discuss it. But she hadn’t even seen a shadow of him.
The three meals a day were still provided.
None of the meals were repeated.
For a moment, Jiang Ning couldn’t tell if she was here to suffer or to enjoy.
In front of her was the crispy duck she liked, and she ate it angrily.
She said to the aunt cooking nearby: “Can you help me contact your young master? Just tell him I know how to find her back.”
The cooking aunt nodded, coldly and formulaically: “Miss Jiang, please wait a moment. We will tell the young master.”
Jiang Ning was tired of hearing this.
She asked suspiciously: “Did you really tell him? Why doesn’t he come?”
The cooking aunt: “Already relayed. The young master has his own ideas. We won’t interfere.”
Jiang Ning: “……”
In front of a computer.
Xie Jingyan watched Jiang Ning in the camera. He had observed her for a week, from her gestures, demeanor, to her micro-expressions when speaking and her preferences. He confirmed…
Ning Zhaozhao was back.
But she seemed to resist him a lot.
So much so that Xie Jingyan had to observe her every day, afraid that one blink and she would disappear.
He even suspected it was his own problem that caused Jiang Ning to disappear.
He wanted to wait for Jiang Ning to admit it herself—that she was back.
Why was it so difficult?
Did she want to leave?
Wasn’t staying good?
He wouldn’t blame her for his sister’s matter, even facing this face. Xie Jingyan accepted it.
He loved Jiang Ning’s soul.
Regardless of this body.
Even if she changed to another face, Xie Jingyan would recognize her at a glance.
Just like that day on the mountain top.
She was tied up tightly, and the first eye contact with Xie Jingyan brought an indescribable feeling surging in his heart.
The person he loved seemed to have returned.
But as days passed one by one, Jiang Ning grew increasingly anxious. She looked at the time, as if afraid of something.
Was it time to return to the original world?
If she missed the time, could she not leave?
Xie Jingyan selfishly wanted her to stay.
One hundred million…
He would earn it too.
He could give it to her.
Three more days passed.
Jiang Ning had started smashing things, not eating or drinking.
After being hungry for a whole day.
Xie Jingyan finally appeared slowly.
Jiang Ning sat on the sofa.
She looked at him coldly and sneered: “I thought you wouldn’t show up. Are you so afraid of me dying?”
Xie Jingyan avoided her gaze, his voice indifferent: “I’m not afraid of you dying. I’m just afraid this body gets ruined, so the person I love can’t find her way back. So before she returns, you can’t have an accident.”
Jiang Ning pursed her red lips: “I said it already. She has left and won’t come back. Why does it have to be her? Your future is so long, the person suitable for you is in the future.”
Xie Jingyan refused to back down and retorted, staring tightly at Jiang Ning: “Then why me? Why was I the mission target? Made me fall in love with her, then abandoned me without hesitation. My future has already been destroyed by her. She can be good to everyone—why be so bad to me? What did I do wrong?”
Jiang Ning looked at his eyes full of hostility, like the cold ice of the twelfth lunar month, without any warmth. She was questioned into silence.
She lowered her head to look at her own toes.
Actually, she also wanted to ask why this mission chose her?
Actually, in that car accident, dying just like that would have been fine.
She wouldn’t have to be so tired.
“You didn’t do anything wrong. I did.” Jiang Ning said.
Xie Jingyan’s throat bobbed slightly. He hurriedly lowered his eyelashes to hide the sadness deep inside.
“So, can she come back?”
Jiang Ning turned away, unwilling to look at him anymore: “I said, she won’t come back.”
Xie Jingyan turned and left: “Then stay until she’s willing to come back.”
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