Chapter 68: Entanglement "Isn't it okay if I just listen to you talk?" ...

"Let it go?" Jiang Zong chuckled, his deep voice carried through the night wind. "Why should I let it go?"

Why should he let it go?

Qiao Ruoying trembled twice and didn't know how to respond to Jiang Zongye's words.

Yes, what right does she have to ask him to let it go?

"If you don't let go, I can't respond to you with the same emotion." She opened her lips, and her voice became more muffled.

"You're afraid of hurting me, right?" Jiang Zong also paused, knowing her inner thoughts very well.

Qiao Ruoying...is kind after all, she doesn't want to keep anyone hanging.

If she feels there is no hope, she will never give others hope, so as to avoid being misunderstood.

"Yingying," he called her in a low voice, "This is my decision. I agree."

Even if she is cold to him and ignores him now, it doesn’t matter. It’s just a little bit of coldness from her. If he can’t stand it, is he still a man?

As long as she belongs to him in the end.

Jiang Zong also felt that ever since he heard her voice, his emotions seemed to surge up little by little from the sea of ​​his heart, finally surrounding and wrapping his heart, until it was wrapped tightly and airtight.

Qiao Ruoying was annoyed with him. Sometimes Jiang Zong was just like that, shameless and stubborn. She hardened her heart:

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first."

"Don't hang up."

Jiang Zong also spoke, his voice was deep and textured, with a hint of command in it.

"Just listen to you talk, okay?"

Jiang Zongye tilted his head to one side, holding the phone between his ear and shoulder, his sharp jawline looking a little thin.

He carefully caught her breathing coming from the receiver.

Soft, fluffy, and thin, it felt like the tickle left by a kitten's tail brushing against one's palm. But the kitten's tail is so playful, always slipping away from its owner's palm.

“…”

Qiao Ruoying thought to herself, there’s nothing much I can say.

She turned her head to look at the Mickey Mouse clock on the wall and refused, "Not good, I'm going to bed."

"It's only past nine o'clock now. You wouldn't go to bed so early. You'd usually lie on the bed, playing with your phone or watching variety shows."

Speaking of "chasing variety shows", Jiang Zong also remembered how much she liked the pretty boy star Ge Yunfei, and felt a little sad in her heart.

So sour and angry.

Is this little girl still lying in bed watching that pretty boy’s variety show?

“…”

Hearing him bluntly point out that she would lie in bed and play with her cell phone, Qiao Ruoying thought embarrassedly, please don't expose me!

They are all polite words. It would be bad if they were exposed.

"You, you know this." Qiao Ruoying's breathing became uneven after he revealed her secret.

"How could I not know?" Jiang Zong also whispered, with a hint of hoarseness in his voice.

He was too familiar with everything about her, too familiar.

I know that when she sits on a chair, she will stretch until her bones become soft, and she will make a thin "hmm" sound in her throat, which is so long that it makes people feel itchy in their hearts.

Knowing that she was reaching ecstasy, her nails would dig into his back, the soles of her feet would curl up, and all ten little toes would be curled into round little pearls.

His breathing, deep and shallow, was transmitted to her through electrical signals, as if he was still by her side. Afterwards, a little hot sweat appeared on his forehead, and his sharp Adam's apple kept contracting and dilating.

Her heart started beating wildly and she felt that it was not right.

Men and women who break up should not say such intimate words.

At this time, Jiang Zong was heard saying over there: "You moved, so you didn't receive the things I sent back?"

"What are you sending back?" Qiao Ruoying asked in confusion.

In the past few days, she had been busy moving and hadn't even looked at the information from the courier station, so she didn't know that Jiang Zong had sent the four large boxes she had packed back to her.

"Those four big boxes you sent me."

Qiao Ruoying understood now. She said angrily, "I sent it to you, why didn't you accept it?"

Jiang Zongye's voice was faint.

"There's no reason to take back what I've given away."

Qiao Ruoying was no match for him. When she thought of the exquisite and gorgeous clothes and bags, which she guessed were still lying in the express delivery station of Golden Home, she became anxious.

Those things, all in all, were worth millions. She was so worried about losing them after sending them back and forth. If she had known earlier, she should have returned them to him in person.

However, given Jiang Zongye's stubborn personality, it would be strange if he was willing to accept it in person.

“What if they are lost?”

Qiao Ruoying snorted angrily.

Really, this is obviously his property, but he doesn't feel sorry for it at all.

"It's lost, it's not worth much." Jiang Zongye's voice was cold. He was still angry when he mentioned that she had sent all the things back.

This Qiao Ruoying, does she really want to "draw a clear line" with him?

Then he couldn't let her really make a clean break.

"Qiao Ruoying," he called her by her full name, his tone adding a touch of intimidation. "Why are you sending back something I gave you?"

"I didn't ask you to return the things, but you returned them so proactively that you didn't even leave a bag."

Not only did he order Li Zheng to send the box back to her, he also checked the usage of the gold-faced sunflower card on his mobile phone and found that Qiao Ruoying had only transferred one million.

Of all the things he gave her, she was only willing to take the one million.

Jiang Zong also remembered that Mina had once revealed to him that "Sister Xiaoying had a scumbag ex-boyfriend, and that ex-boyfriend kept pushing their family to pay for their little daughter's study abroad living expenses", and he understood.

Qiao Ruoying loves her family so much.

I'm afraid she transferred this one million for her sister's study abroad?

If her sister didn't need the money, she probably wouldn't even take one million.

Qiao Ruoying weakly argued, "You should return things after breaking up. Besides, I don't need those things, so it's better to return them to you."

"..." In the freezing cold air, Jiang Zong also snorted softly, and some snow still fell on his shoulders, which was brushed away by his long fingers.

He was almost amused by this little girl.

She said she didn't need to pay him back, but he didn't need to either.

"How can you not use them? You can still carry your bag, wear your clothes, and even wear your rings. The clothes you wore before were made of poor quality fabrics, had a poor texture, and weren't breathable. They were uncomfortable to wear."

"And give it to me, what use can I have?"

"Also, you should take Lao Chen's car whenever you want. Don't squeeze into the subway all day. It's so uncomfortable to be squeezed in such a huge crowd. Even if you don't take it, he will still drive to pick you up every day, and he will run an empty car."

Jiang Zong also loosened his collar and started to attack.

“…”

Qiao Ruoying was speechless.

It sounds like Jiang Zong cares more about her "consumption downgrade" than she does?

Do you care more about her than whether her commute is crowded, whether she is tired after get off work, and whether the fabric of her clothes is worn out?

This relationship seems to be reversed.

Shouldn't the less well-off spouse be the one worrying about "consumption downgrades" after a breakup? Jiang Zongye actually worried that she wouldn't be able to wear clothes made of softer fabrics and better tailored to her body, that she wouldn't have a fancy Hermès bag, that she wouldn't feel comfortable on the crowded subway...

There is a corner in my heart that seems to be quietly blooming something.

However, she herself was not worried at all.

"I enjoy those things sometimes, but I don't miss them when they're not there. I'm fine now."

If she has money, she will enjoy it; but if she has no money, she will still live well and comfortably.

For her, there is no difference between carrying a 150,000 yuan Hermès Birkin and a 15 yuan canvas bag.

“…”

Jiang Zong also thought, with Qiao Ruoying's mentality, her parents were actually worried that she was a gold digger? I'm afraid she wouldn't even bother to accept the money they gave her.

It’s okay that she’s a gold digger.

If she liked his money, he just happened to have so much money that she couldn't spend it in several lifetimes.

Jiang Zong also paused and continued:

"Then you should return the bag and ring. It won't be good for me either."

"What's wrong?"

Qiao Ruoying asked back. Good fellow, he still doesn’t want the money even though I gave it back to him?

In fact, she was a little conquered by Jiang Zongye's train of thought, and wanted to hear what other reasons he had for his "sophisticated arguments".

"If you return it, people will think I'm stingy. When I'm in a relationship, I have to take back even the things I gave to the woman intact."

"Your actions will make others mistakenly think that I am a stingy person."

“It also has an impact on the company’s reputation.”

“…”

Listening to Jiang Zongye's words, Qiao Ruo couldn't help but reach out and touch her belly with her cell phone. She was trying so hard to hold back her laughter that she was about to get internal injuries.

I wanted to laugh out loud.

Yes, yes, she "tarnished" his pure and honest life, making others mistakenly think that he was stingy and a miser.

After Jiang Zong finished speaking, Qiao Ruoying said in a clear voice:

"How could that be? Our President Jiang is not a stingy person."

"Now Taehyung's afternoon tea snacks are the most abundant and delicious, and this has spread throughout the industry. Several of my college classmates said in the graduation group that they covet the group's snacks and want to switch jobs here."

Although her college classmates were joking, there was a certain seriousness in their remarks. This was because the food at Taehyung Group was widely considered the best among large companies.

"There is one more thing," Jiang Zongye twisted a vajra between his fingers. He took this vajra from his briefcase and wrapped it around his fingers along with the braided rope.

He said in a hoarse voice:

"I will not return the things you gave me on my own initiative."

? ?

Did she give him anything?

Qiao Ruoying thought about it carefully and recalled that when she and Qiao Ruoqi went to Yonghe Palace to pray, she bought a vajra for Jiang Zongye and specially asked a master to consecrate it.

She thought, if you don’t want to return it, then don’t return it.

"Well, I'm not that stingy. I'll ask Mr. Jiang to return it to you."

Asking him to come back would be like stroking the tiger's butt. She would never do such a stupid thing.

"What should we do with the things sent to Golden Home?" Qiao Ruoying yawned and asked.

The two talked for a long time, but one of them was unwilling to take it back, and the other was unwilling to take it back.

Seeing this, Jiang Zong also said: "Don't worry about it, I'll have someone collect it."

In that case, he would first collect the boxes and put them in the large flat for safekeeping. After all, what was hers was still hers.

From now on, she will have to accept it even if she doesn't want it.

-

There are still more than two weeks until the New Year.

When the Spring Festival statutory holiday arrives, the whole country will be on holiday.

The Taiheng Group's New Year's Eve party was scheduled for two days before the official holiday. During these days, every department, including the Design and Administration departments, had been busy rehearsing the show.

Ever since Jiang Zongye caught Qiao Ruoying and Wang Zhi rehearsing street dance together last time and called Qiao Ruoying away through Mary, the head of the design department, Mary also knew that this little assistant in the administrative department was the girlfriend of the company's big boss.

Mary still felt a lingering fear when she recalled how Jiang Zong called her out with a sullen face.

She wondered in her heart, seeing her girlfriend dancing hip-hop with another man, maybe the boss would think he was cheating on her?

So, how could Mary dare to let Qiao Ruoying and Wang Zhi be her dance partners?

She planned to swap Du Xinrong and Wang Zhi and arrange for Du Xinrong and Qiao Ruoying to dance together.

Qiao Ruoying knew her concerns and whispered directly into Mary's ear:

"No, he and I have broken up."

Broke up? What?

Qiao Ruoying and Jiang Zongye broke up?

Mary was so surprised that her mouth couldn't close, and she looked like she had gotten some great news.

Judging from how much Jiang Zongye cared about Qiao Ruoying that day, it couldn't have been Jiang Zongye who proposed the breakup. So it must have been Qiao Ruoying who proposed it?

Mary just wanted to give Qiao Ruoying a thumbs up.

You are so awesome, sister. You even dare to dump a big boss.

Since Qiao Ruoying said so, Mary decided not to change her dance partner and let Wang Zhi and Qiao Ruoying continue to be in the same group.

During a break in dance practice, Du Xinrong came to talk to Qiao Ruoying.

"What's going on? Didn't Mary say that your boyfriend was jealous of you dancing with Wang Zhi and wanted me to switch with him?"

"It's okay, I have broken up with my boyfriend now." Qiao Ruoying answered her briefly.

"Phew, that's good." Du Xinrong breathed a sigh of relief. For her, changing dance partners would require her to adjust again, which was too troublesome. It was better not to change.

Zeng Fan was sitting not far from them. When she saw Du Xinrong coming to talk to Qiao Ruoying, she pricked up her ears. When she heard Qiao Ruoying say, "They've broken up," she snorted in her heart.

Look, what did she say?

He was a gold digger and ended up with nothing. There was no way that old, fat, ugly man would marry Qiao Ruoying.

But she was more curious about what Qiao Ruoying had gained from this relationship. For example, asking for a house from that man as a breakup fee was not too much, right?

"Yingying, have you really broken up with your boyfriend?" Zeng Fan's voice suddenly came out.

"Yeah." Qiao Ruoying met Zeng Fan's gaze and nodded.

She didn't understand why Zeng Fan's eyes had been flickering when he looked at her recently.

It was as if Zeng Fan had learned some great secret.

"Did he give you anything as compensation? An Hermès bag? A villa?"

Zeng Fan kept asking. She wanted Qiao Ruoying to get compensation, but she also didn't want to.

Qiao Ruoying thought for a moment and replied, "He wants to compensate me, but I don't need it."

“…”

When Qiao Ruoying said she "didn't need it", Zeng Fan almost rolled her eyes. She didn't believe that Qiao Ruoying didn't want anything. It must be that old fat and ugly sponsor who didn't give it to her.

Thinking about how Qiao Ruoying had accompanied her financial sponsor for a while in vain, sacrificing her youth and body, and now she had nothing in return, Zeng Fan felt an indescribable sense of schadenfreude in his heart.

"Come on, girls and boys, let's end our break and have the last rehearsal."

Mary looked at her watch and asked the employees who were resting to stand up and continue rehearsing.

The employees stretched comfortably and returned to their seats in a relaxed manner.

Dynamic music sounded, full of rhythm and tempo; Qiao Ruoying and Wang Zhi stood face to face; in time with the drum beats, Qiao Ruoying put her hand on his shoulder.

-

Top floor, president's office.

Jiang Zong also calculated the time and saw the time when the design department and the administrative department were rehearsing a dance together, so he planned to go to the rehearsal room.

Before getting on the elevator, Jiang Zong also went to the bathroom.

He looked at himself in the large mirror, and ran his slender fingers through his hair, smoothing it down even more, creating a perfectly disheveled and charming state;

He tightened his collar again, straightened his tie more neatly, and made the knot fuller.

Li Zheng, who was waiting on the side: "..."

After breaking up with Miss Qiao, Jason seems to have more image concerns.

The elevator goes down.

Jiang Zong also thought, the last time they quarreled, he had already told Qiao Ruoying that he didn't like her dancing with other men, so this time, she should change her dance partner, right?

Qiao Ruoying...shouldn't go against him.

However.

Under the floor-to-ceiling glass window, accompanied by the powerful and low music, Qiao Ruoying put her hands on Wang Zhi's shoulders, twisting her delicate and graceful figure, extending her shoulders and twisting her hips. In every move, the natural charm unique to women was displayed to the fullest.

The look she cast towards the front of the stage was both clean and sharp, yet full of charm.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Zong's heart also sank.

He really wanted to rush in, pull her out and stop her from dancing with another man, but reason made him hold back.

Three minutes later, Mary received another call from Li Zheng.

After Mary hung up the phone, she walked over to Qiao Ruoying, patted her shoulder, and lowered her voice: "Queenie, go out for a while, someone is looking for you."

“…”

Qiao Ruoying's heart skipped a beat, and she thought, does Jiang Zong have another objection?

She walked to the locker, put on her coat, and walked out under the inquiring gazes of her colleagues in the rehearsal room.

Li was waiting for her at the corner of the rehearsal room and said softly, "Ms. Qiao, Mr. Jiang is waiting for you. Please follow me."

On the fifteenth floor of the group, there is a secluded small terrace.

Jiang Zongye was originally sitting at the coffee table. When he saw her, he immediately stood up and stood tall.

Behind him, potted plants such as dieffenbachia, philodendron, and kudzu are covered with glass, and they thrive even in winter, remaining evergreen.

Qiao Ruoying's eyes fell on the green leaves of the philodendron, and she suddenly remembered a time when Jiang Zong also bought fluorescent green tools to commit crimes. They were very indulgent at that time, and he knocked her against the mirror, making her speechless. She felt as if her soul was being peeled off bit by bit, hanging in the air, wanting to fall down, but then rushed up again, tossing and turning.

Her eyelashes trembled.

This kind of thing seemed to have happened in the previous life, and suddenly became so far away.

"Yingying," Jiang Zong also called her nickname. His deep and clear voice hit the glass cover, reflected, and rebounded, making it magnetic and muted, as if there was a magnetic field.

"Why are you still dancing with that boy?"

There was a hint of displeasure in the man's tone, and if you sipped it carefully, you could taste a strong hint of vinegar.

This posture is very much like the boyfriend of the wife coming to "demand an explanation" from his wife.

“…”

"Didn't we break up?"

She has broken up with him, so isn't it her freedom to dance with whomever she wants?

Jiang Zongye said in a cold tone: "But the last time we had a fight, I told you that I don't like you dancing with him."

What made Jiang Zong angry was that he felt she didn't take his words to heart.

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The author has something to say: Lao Jiang: Wife, you spend my money, spend it as much as you can [sunglasses]

Xiaoying: Spending money after breaking up is not good. [helpless]

Lao Jiang: Who says you can’t spend money after a breakup? You can spend money even after a breakup. Hurry up and spend it as much as you can! [Oh oh oh][Oh oh oh]

Revision Notes: Asi edited the first two chapters, deleting some of Lao Jiang's psychological dynamics. Two minor details were added: Lao Jiang obtained Mina's contact information and learned from her about Qiao Ruoying's sister's fate, as well as Xiaoying's perception of the significant disparity between their family backgrounds; and Lao Jiang returned the clothes and bag Xiaoying had sent him. These are the two major changes. The other changes are to make Lao Jiang's interactions with Xiaoying more domineering.

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