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Chapter 56 56. The top male model invites you to a video call...
"Dr. Xie, long time no see. Are you here to see Chu Ran?"
"She's not here."
"Some supplies were intercepted on the road, and she went to the nearby town to get them."
Xie Churan's horse farm is large, and the planned land is located in a town adjacent to Suzhou. It happened to be a rare day of heavy snow, and the truck broke down. She sent a message early in the morning, saying that she would go there in person.
"Didn't she say she went there alone?" Xie Jingyang glanced at the snow outside and frowned.
"I'm not sure, but they said they'd be back in the morning. Why don't you call and ask?"
Mi Yanyan was thinking about Yu Wan and was still waiting for Xiao Yichi's reply. Although she greeted him, she couldn't help but glance at her phone.
It might be a bit rude, but since the other person is Xie Jingyang, it doesn't matter.
Xie Jingyang glanced at her, his eyes falling on the ground. He walked over and said, "Why are you out wearing slippers? It's wet outside, don't fall."
"I came out to answer a phone call and was about to go back."
No one answered Xie Churan's phone. He left a message and looked up to ask Mi Yanyan, "Have you had breakfast? I'll wait for you."
Mi Yanyan felt silently resisted. This kind of conversation was too intimate and obviously not suitable for a couple who had broken up for many years.
She and Xie Jingyang did not break up peacefully. The man in front of her spoke in a familiar tone, which probably showed that he had forgotten how embarrassing it was for them before.
On second thought, it made sense. Apart from the two of them, no one else had mentioned this matter.
As long as you are not condemned, you can pretend that nothing happened?
It turns out that it is extremely difficult to just laugh it off, but time can ease the feeling.
The premise is to stop seeing the bad people.
"No," she raised her phone, "I have something else to do."
"Is it serious?" Xie Jingyang looked at her solemnly.
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Yichi's call saved her life. She listened to the phone and heard that he had just arrived and Yu Wan was fine. He was just drunk and talking nonsense, and was vomiting in the toilet at home.
She breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you for your hard work so early in the morning."
Xiao Yichi was stunned. Why did Mi Yanyan speak so strangely and too politely?
Thinking that she was still studying in Suzhou, he said with concern.
"Don't wear skirts all the time in sub-zero weather. Remember to keep warm," Xiao Yichi yawned. "I'll go back after Wanwan falls asleep. Yichuan had an event until four in the morning yesterday and was so sleepy he couldn't even open his eyes."
"Okay, go back and drive slower."
The corridor was not long. After Mi Yanyan finished speaking, she arrived at the door of the room, took out the room card, swiped it, and closed the door.
Xie Jingyang glanced and saw that the caller ID was Xiao Yichi. He didn't expect that their childhood friendship could still be as good as before after so many years. They greeted each other in a very intimate tone early in the morning.
It turns out that the rumor that Mi Yanyan's marriage into the Shi family was just a marriage arranged by the elders was true.
She and Xiao Yichi are truly a pair of inseparable mandarin ducks.
Leaning against the wooden door, Mi Yanyan's tense back relaxed.
When Xie Jingyang went abroad, he said he would never return to Nancheng, and I believed his lies.
She vaguely heard a sound and looked through the peephole of the door in horror, but there was no one there.
After calming down, she realized that the phone was still on. Xiao Yichi called her name into the microphone. Mi Yanyan quickly picked up the phone and replied.
"Sorry, Chichi...I forgot to hang up."
"Just told me, why are you silent and not hanging up?"
"How is Yu Wan?"
Xiao Yichi was stunned again, feeling something was wrong. Wasn't this topic just discussed?
He asked alertly, "Xiaoyan, what happened? You're so distracted."
There was a moment of silence on the other end, and then he replied, "...I just met Xie Jingyang."
Xiao Yichi's impression of Xie Jingyang still remains from several years ago. After Mi Yanyan missed their small group dinner three times, he and Yu Wan keenly realized that something was wrong. Torture had no effect, so they agreed to go to the school to find out what was going on.
At that time, on weekends, Mi Yanyan was in the outpatient clinic with the professor at the Animal Hospital affiliated to the Agricultural University.
Nearing six o'clock, the two people hiding behind the bushes saw her skipping and jumping towards a man. The sunset glowed with a hint of red, clearly revealing her girlish thoughts.
Later, Mi Yanyan could no longer hide it, so she honestly confessed that she met Xie Jingyang when she went to another place to observe and study.
He is much older than Mi Yanyan. His family business runs hospitals abroad, and he specializes in cardiovascular medicine. He came back that time to visit his half-sister, Xie Churan, who lives in Suzhou.
I never thought that as soon as I got off the car, I saw Mi Yanyan in the chilly winter weather.
She was squatting by the fence, feeding a carrot to an Andalusian horse from Spain. The horse was docile, and she looked even more so.
Xiao Yichi paused and replied, "We met, so we met. You two should part ways amicably. If you don't want to bother with this, just come back."
He only knew that Xie Jingyang wanted to leave halfway through their relationship and tried to persuade Mi Yanyan to leave with her. For some reason, Mi Yanyan disagreed. When he asked her again, her answer was that she could not accept a long-distance relationship and wanted to break up.
"It's not a very amicable breakup..." Mi Yanyan replied.
"Huh???" Xiao Yichi brought Yu Wan back to the sofa, panting as he reached for his phone and put it to his lips, demanding, "What do you mean?"
"Someone told me that Xie Jingyang and her were in a relationship, but there was no concrete evidence, so I don't know if it's true or not."
"Xiaoyan, you're amazing. You hid such a big thing from me. If I had known, I would have never let him off."
Mi Yanyan had no way to verify the truth at the time, but Xie Jingyang insisted that he and Jiang Fei had nothing to do with each other, and that it was just the other party's wishful thinking. He also vowed to take Mi Yanyan abroad to meet his parents and register for marriage.
She had doubts and hesitations, but finally made a decision after hearing what her grandfather said.
She was unwilling to leave Nancheng. Xie Jingyang was not important enough for her to abandon everything and run away.
Xie Jingyang was not as sincere as he said. After all, he had already left before the agreed time.
"It's all in the past, let's not talk about it anymore. Just take good care of Wanwan."
"I can't leave for a while. If she vomits again, I'll take her to get an IV."
"Her medical insurance card is usually in the junk basket in the entrance. Please look for it."
"Don't worry, she's still conscious. I'll hang up now. Let's call."
After changing her shoes, she was still cautious and did not go out immediately. She sat on the edge of the bed and thought about it. This morning was really a mess.
He wanted to send a message to curse Qin Muchuan, but he found that he didn't have his contact information. Then he thought about the fact that Xiao Yichi and his friends had a crappy group called "Loving Family". If they were to suffer so much, Xiao Yichi would definitely not let his partner off.
After staying in the room for nearly half an hour, her stomach growled and she stood up, pressed the handle to open the door, and looked up to see the person who was pushed back by her door.
"What are you...doing at my door?"
Xie Jingyang was just about to knock on the door when he bumped into it unexpectedly.
He shook his hand and took a breath. Mi Yanyan was a little embarrassed because his hand was swollen.
"Xie Churan got into a dispute with someone and it sounded like he was about to get into a fight."
Understanding what he meant, Mi Yanyan suggested, "Why not ask two male colleagues to go together?"
"I just went there, and the accumulated snow has collapsed the shed on the west side. Everyone is cleaning up, and Xie Churan won't listen to me at all. So I wanted to ask if you could accompany me to try and persuade him."
Mi Yanyan was in a dilemma. She was also worried that her senior sister’s temper would easily lead to her being at a disadvantage. She pulled out the room card and urged him, “Let’s go.”
Before getting in the car, she saw Xie Jingyang fiddling with his fingers. The red part was now swollen. She felt a little sorry and asked, "Can you still drive?"
Xie Jingyang smiled and said, "It's okay."
The two of them drove towards the town following the navigation. The heater in the car was whirring, and Mi Yanyan just wanted to get to the destination quickly.
I always feel that it is not a good idea to be alone with my ex-boyfriend in private. Even if there is a reason, it is easy to cause misunderstandings. I thought about sending a message to Shi Jingzhou and took out my cell phone.
I ran into my ex-boyfriend.
Weird. Delete.
[My ex-boyfriend is the older brother of the horse farm owner. I ran into him by chance this morning.]
Deliberately. Delete. [Are you up yet?]
Let’s talk about something else more natural first.
"I'm sorry to have wasted your time." Xie Jingyang suddenly spoke in the silent car.
"Yeah." Mi Yanyan was very frugal with her words.
"I heard you got married..."
"Are we almost there?" Mi Yanyan interrupted him and glanced at the navigation. They were only 200 meters away from their destination.
Xie Jingyang's eyes dimmed, "I saw her."
A pickup truck and a medium-sized van were parked on the side of the road, with several boxes of fruit scattered on the ground. Mi Yanyan went to pick them up when a speeding car brushed past her.
"careful."
Xie Jingyang pulled her, and Mi Yanyan jogged inside. Seeing him pursed his lips, she thought he must have pulled her hand again.
"Don't worry about that for now. I'll clean it up after we're done."
Mi Yanyan nodded.
Xie Churan was arguing with someone with his hands on his hips, and when he saw the two of them coming over, his expression became even uglier.
"Chu Ran," Mi Yanyan ran over, "Are you okay?"
"These two cowards are asking for exorbitant prices from me. Just wait and see if you can!"
The cause was a sudden change in the weather, and the number of students staying at the Agricultural University increased sharply. The usual shopping company temporarily changed the delivery driver. Seeing that the road was difficult to travel and it would affect the delivery of orders in the afternoon, the driver used the excuse that the car broke down and wanted Xie Churan to pay more.
She was not short of money, but she would not condone robbery. The truck driver wanted to take some oil, but ended up kicking the steel plate.
During the argument, he vented his anger by smashing two boxes of fruit from Xie Churan, and because of improper placement, the horse feed got damp, which caused the quarrel.
"What are you doing here?" Xie Churan looked past Mi Yanyan and stared at Xie Jingyang.
"Don't argue with me yet. You two get in the car. I'll handle it."
"I need your help? Get lost."
Mi Yanyan knew that the brother and sister had been at odds since childhood, so the most important thing now was to solve the problem. Mi Yanyan pulled Xie Churan back.
"Some shameless person must have forwarded my Moments to him."
"It doesn't matter, if we meet, we meet."
The relationship between Xie Churan and Xie Jingyang has never been good. Xie Jingyang is obedient and filial, and never goes against his parents' wishes; his sister is straightforward and free-spirited, and as they are from a reconstituted family, she has always been unwilling to contact her brother.
However, she has a very good relationship with Mi Yanyan. Even though Mi Yanyan has been avoiding contact with her over the years, she has never stopped sending greetings.
“I grouped him with my family and couldn’t see any of the posts at all.”
"Things at home haven't settled down yet?"
"It's hard to explain. Luckily, he and his mother are abroad all year round, so out of sight, out of mind. But you, on the other hand, must be a little uncomfortable."
Xie Churan vaguely knew that their breakup was not pleasant, and he asked Mi Yanyan several times, and she always said that it was a peaceful breakup.
The affair between Xie Jingyang and Jiang Fei caused a lot of uproar at home. The time nodes were too tight, which made people have to think carefully about the twists and turns. Xie Churan was extremely disappointed with her brother who obeyed his parents' orders.
But there are not many people who can still consider each other's dignity after breaking up, and she likes Mi Yanyan from the bottom of her heart.
"It's okay." Mi Yanyan smiled.
I don't know how the other end negotiated, but after a while, the truck driver took the initiative to collect the things and moved them into Xie Churan's car. The weather was bad and the snowstorm was still going on, so she didn't bother to care about it anymore.
Only after the truck drove away did Xie Jingyang call them back.
"Xiaoyan, follow my car." Xie Churan said on behalf of Mi Yanyan what she wanted to say but was too embarrassed to say it out loud.
"Okay, be careful on the road."
"What's wrong with your hand?" Xie Churan saw that he was having a hard time pulling the door open, and it took him a long time to finally open it.
"It's okay, you guys go back first."
"Or..." Xie Churan threw the key to Mi Yanyan, "You drive mine, or drive Xie Jingyang's, and I'll take him back."
Mi Yanyan looked at the pickup truck in confusion. She had never driven such a big car and was a little scared.
"I don't feel comfortable letting her drive alone, so go on your way."
"...It's not your turn to worry about it." Xie Churan teased him.
Seeing that the two were about to fight again, Mi Yanyan quickly stopped them.
"Let me drive his car. Someone in the group just said that the kitchen is looking for you urgently. We don't know how to move these things back."
Xie Jingyang's hands were not very mobile, and the journey was only about twenty minutes, so there was no need to waste any more time.
"It's easy to slip on the ice, drive slowly." He got in the car and reminded.
"Well, this is my first time driving in the snow, too."
"I'm here, you can drive without worry. If it doesn't work, I'll take your place."
"Um."
Mi Yanyan had just fastened her seat belt when the phone in her pocket vibrated. Her eyes twitched and she took it out and avoided it.
——Top male models invite you to a video call.
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Author's words: Mi Yanyan: What stupid thing did I do???
Xie Jingyang: What on earth did she marry???