Chapter 229: Aren’t You Moved At All?
Xie Jingyan didn’t expect Jiang Ning to be so direct, and her expression showed no shyness, even carrying a few more traces of profound inscrutability.
Yes… it’s profound…
Xie Jingyan’s back, which had been leaning back, straightened involuntarily.
Seeing the atmosphere turn a bit awkward, he picked up the conversation, his tone not warming up much either: “You think it’s that easy?”
At the very least, he couldn’t let Jiang Ning think he was the impatient one.
A bit too reckless.
Jiang Ning nodded honestly: “It’s indeed somewhat difficult.”
Xie Jingyan with a stern face: “So what are you planning to do next?”
Jiang Ning: “…”
Still want to hear her assassination plan?
Is she that stupid?
“I’m not interested in this matter for now.”
Xie Jingyan: “???”
He asked instinctively: “Then when will you be interested?”
Jiang Ning: “…”
She looked at the cold-faced man on the screen with a strange expression.
Couldn’t help but roll her eyes: “You’re really seeking death on your own doorstep.”
Xie Jingyan: “…Hm?”
Jiang Ning’s expression was a bit listless as she looked at Xie Jingyan’s upright and noble face, then suddenly burst into laughter: “I was joking. Because I’ve done so many good deeds, the heavens decided to give me another chance at life. Otherwise, how could I suddenly appear in this world? So people should do more good deeds, accumulate merit to protect themselves, and great fortune will follow.”
“Hanging up now, bye.”
Jiang Ning hung up the telephone.
She clutched her stomach. Although Little Honey had blocked her pain, after eating fried food today, she still felt a bit nauseous.
In the end, she couldn’t hold back and went to the bathroom to vomit.
Undigested food mixed with a pool of blood.
Jiang Ning drank water and rinsed her mouth.
Then she sat on the sofa, leaning back, looking at the ceiling.
“Little Honey.”
The yellow small light orb appeared.
It circled around Jiang Ning distressedly: “Host, go do the mission. You’ll get better soon.”
But Jiang Ning shook her head: “I don’t want to do this mission. I don’t want to shatter him, and I don’t want to sleep with him.”
Little Honey was at a loss for words, somewhat uncomprehending: [This is a great opportunity for healing. And think about it, there’s one hundred billion… Doesn’t that move you at all?]
Jiang Ning sighed softly: “Once I had a chance to get one hundred million, but I didn’t take it either.”
Little Honey fell silent.
Jiang Ning continued: “I’m not sure if I still like him or not, and I’m not sure if after these ten years, he’s still as passionate about me as he was back then. Is he still the Xie Jingyan who saved me regardless of being burned by the big fire? Or the youth who crossed half of Jin Cheng just to send me to school? I’ve only spent a short ten months, but it’s his ten years, Little Honey. When people make choices, they should be responsible for them. I want to be responsible to myself and to Xie Jingyan. To me, sex has never been a transaction.”
Little Honey’s voice couldn’t help but lighten up: [Host, I finally know why everyone can’t forget you.]
Jiang Ning raised an eyebrow: “Why?”
Little Honey: [Guess~]
Jiang Ning couldn’t figure it out. She clutched her stomach, eyes curving in a smile: “Little Honey, I’m not sure how much longer I can live, but I hope you can help extend my time a bit more. I need to complete what I promised Officer Dong and send those girls home.”
Little Honey disappeared, and Jiang Ning returned to the room. Yuan Yuan was sleeping soundly, snoring softly. Her sleeping face was very cute.
Thinking of Sui Tang, a flash of worry crossed Jiang Ning’s heart.
Can’t get in touch?
Could something really have happened?
The next day, Jiang Ning took Yuan Yuan to the film crew again.
Wei Jin didn’t come today, so his scenes weren’t shot and were delayed.
The director dared to be angry but didn’t dare speak up.
There were rumors he was accompanying Miss Sui.
In the industry, it was common knowledge that Wei Jin was kept by Sui Youran, but online, Wei Jin still maintained a single persona.
Jiang Ning stayed at the film crew for a day.
But today she was a bit unlucky and got caught.
The director made her work overtime because there was a night scene that night, needing to shoot until ten o’clock.
Jiang Ning looked at Yuan Yuan, feeling troubled. She herself didn’t mind as an adult, but Yuan Yuan had been with her here all day.
At six-thirty in the afternoon, Jiang Ning received the news that Xie Jingyan was back.
So Jiang Ning sent him the address here and successfully handed Yuan Yuan back to him.
Yuan Yuan climbed into the back seat.
Xie Jingyan rolled down the car window, his distinctively jointed hand resting on the steering wheel, and said slowly: “Not coming together?”
Jiang Ning shook her head: “I still have work. You take Yuan Yuan back first. I’ll be very busy this period and might not be able to take care of Yuan Yuan anymore. If you have to go on a business trip next, just leave Yuan Yuan with Jiang Yan… He should be in the capital city too, right?”
After all, Jiang Li had reached the film empress position.
With Jiang Li there, the Jiang Family shouldn’t be too bad off.
“Jiang Ning, if I give you one hundred thousand a month, can you help me take care of Yuan Yuan?”
Xie Jingyan spoke, his voice cool.
Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, and tears unhelpfully flowed from the corners of her eyes.
Damn!
Why didn’t he mention this condition on the first day she came?
She had risked her life for Director Dong’s ten thousand, and now he was tempting her with one hundred thousand a month.
Jiang Ning still gritted her teeth and refused, going against her conscience: “Haha… I actually like this job of mine that pays eight thousand a month more. It’s tiring but happy!”
Jiang Ning felt like if she kept talking, she would cry.
“I’m heading off first.”
She finished speaking and jogged back inside. Xie Jingyan watched Jiang Ning’s back view, his fingers lightly tapping the steering wheel, his dark eyes deep in thought, before finally rolling up the car window after a moment.
Yuan Yuan sat in the back, pouting: “Hmph, Aunt lied. She doesn’t like going to work at all.”
Xie Jingyan finally got interested: “She told you that?”
Yuan Yuan shook her head, looking mysterious: “I overheard it secretly. When Aunt was cleaning the dressing room, she cursed the director as an octopus dead for three months. She also said this crappy shift even dogs wouldn’t go to.”
Yuan Yuan was a bit puzzled: “Daddy, do doggies have to go to work too?”
Xie Jingyan: “…”
He hesitated: “Dogs probably don’t want to go either…”
Yuan Yuan crossed her little arms like an adult, her little face puffed up, looking sulky: “Hmph, I don’t like it there either. They all bully Aunt, don’t let Aunt rest, don’t let Aunt eat properly. Seeing Aunt not fighting back, they even put glue on her stool. I got angry, Daddy. Can you help Aunt chase away those bad guys?”
Yuan Yuan got more and more upset as she spoke.
The glue part was luckily spotted by her sharp eyes.
She reminded Jiang Ning, or else Jiang Ning would have sat right on it.
Not only would it ruin her pants, it might seep into the skin, and she’d have to go to the hospital.
Hearing this, cold intent flashed in Xie Jingyan’s dark eyes. He drove the car, his voice gentle: “Yuan Yuan, can you tell Daddy more about what happened these past two days?”
Encouraged, Yuan Yuan spoke even more vigorously.
Plus her memory was good, so she recounted everything from the past two days without holding back.
Xie Jingyan lowered his eyelashes, and from Yuan Yuan’s fragmentary words, he reached a conclusion.
Jiang Ning had been targeted by someone.
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