Chapter 40 Chapter 40 His Room Card

It had been a long time since Li Jinglang had cried all night like this. There was no sound, just tears flowing silently. The tears wet the pillow and the area under his eyes was swollen and hurt without touching.

When he woke up, the room card was still next to his pillow. He looked at it in silence for a long time, then hid it in the drawer.

Zhou Su has been staying at home these days. Li Jinglang couldn't control his emotions but was afraid that she would notice, so he turned the hair dryer to the maximum after taking a shower in the morning, just to cover up the incessant sobbing.

It was embarrassing to cry like this, so he wanted to hold it back. He tried hard to hold it back for a while, but the tears only came more violently. In the end, he didn't even have the strength to lift the hair dryer.

He turned off the hair dryer and put it away without even looking up at the mirror. He didn't even like his haggard face.

After all, I didn't even have breakfast, so I took an ice pack from the refrigerator and calmed down for a while before I felt better.

He didn't know what he meant to Tang Ningyue. He said he liked her, but she pretended to be stupid. He felt upset and collapsed, so she ran away. Now, she treated him as a slut who was worse than the men around her.

It's not that she hasn't acknowledged her boyfriends before, but when it comes to him, she has nothing but a room card, which is more humiliating than anyone else.

On the first day of school, Li Jinglang was absent-minded the whole day, but Lu Yi was very happy and said that he made a lot of money by tutoring with Ouyang Che during the holiday.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier that you had this connection? Are we good brothers now?" As soon as Lu Yi arrived, he sat down on the chair next to Li Jinglang, put his arm around his shoulders, and the two of them leaned close to talk like good brothers.

"......" Li Jinglang didn't care much about these trivial matters. He lowered his head and flipped through the book in his hand without saying a word.

"But the child in your relative's family is very well-behaved. He is not as difficult to manage as you said. He is very cute." Lu Yi kept talking, and Li Jinglang had a headache listening to him.

"Ouyang said thank you for helping him find this job and wants to treat you to a meal as a thank you. How about we go to the barbecue restaurant across from the school after class?"

“.....”

Hearing Ouyang Che's name, Li Jinglang had some reaction, but not much, just touching his upper lip to his lower lip, "No need."

"Hey, we're in the same dormitory, you..."

Lu Yi had said half of his words when Ouyang Che, who had been standing at the door, walked in. He stopped in front of Li Jinglang, put his hands to his lips, and coughed lightly twice. His expression was not very natural, but rather unfamiliar and polite.

"Go ahead. I really want to thank you this time."

“.....”

Hearing the unfamiliar voice, Li Jinglang finally looked up and saw his roommate whom he had only met a few times.

Ouyang Che's family was poor, and he received subsidies from the school every year. His conditions were the worst in the class.

Lu Yi, also a local, had asked Ouyang Che to stay at his house while he worked, but he refused. Ouyang Che, with his strong pride and stubborn personality, always took matters into his own hands and refused to accept any help. Li Jinglang hadn't lived in the dorms often before, and the two had rarely met. Li Jinglang was aloof, and many girls at school admired him. Ouyang Che didn't have a good impression of him, thinking he was too arrogant. But after receiving his help this time, Ouyang Che didn't want to owe him a favor.

"Need not."

Li Jinglang still had the same cold attitude towards everyone, and his eyes were not warm at all, otherwise he would not have no other friends in school except Lu Yi.

“.....”

Ouyang Che was frustrated and didn't respond. He just met his gaze and stared at each other in silence as if two people were confronting each other.

Both of them are stubborn, but Li Jinglang is the kind of stubborn person who has to get whatever he wants and have it all, while Ouyang Che is the kind of stubborn person who has been afraid of being looked down upon and losing to others since he was a child.

Li Jinglang's eyes were cold, his movements were sluggish, and the sunlight shining on him offered no warmth. Ouyang's gaze, however, was fiercer than the sun outside, and his entire body was filled with a sizzling energy.

Does Tang Ningyue like this?

Li Jinglang frowned, feeling that he was a bit annoying.

"Hey, hey, hey, no." Lu Yi noticed the strange atmosphere between the two and hurriedly interrupted, "Isn't this a treat? It's a good thing, hahahahaha, what are you two doing?"

"...If you don't want to come, forget it." In the end, Ouyang Che took a step back first. "Just consider it a favor I owe you."

"....Hey, good brother, why bother talking about debts? We are all family." Lu Yi waved his hand and spoke first for Li Jinglang.

Ouyang Che looked at Li Jinglang again, but he still maintained his original posture, indifferent.

"Then I'll go to class first."

Instead of trying to please someone, Ouyang Che turned around and told Lu Yi that he was planning to withdraw.

"Ouyang."

Suddenly, Li Jinglang called him.

There is little sunshine in winter. Today, there was finally some light, but it was quickly covered by dark clouds again.

Ouyang Che turned around in confusion, only to see Li Jinglang stand up from his seat, walk two steps to his side, slowly raise his arm, and hand over a black card between two fingers.

"You dropped something."

“…”

When Ouyang Che saw what was in Li Jinglang's hand, his face turned red and his heart was beating like thunder. He didn't even dare to look at Li Jinglang's expression carefully. He quickly took the room card from his hand, thanked him casually, and left in a hurry.

"....." Li Jinglang looked at his back coldly without reacting.

"Why are you so nervous?" Lu Yi hadn't reacted yet. He only saw Jiu Lu Yi's escape posture. He asked Li Jinglang, "What is it? Did you drop the harness?"

"Get out." Li Jinglang turned around, glanced at him and cursed.

"Oh, what's there to be shy about?" Lu Yi approached Li Jinglang disapprovingly, "That's right. After all, Ouyang still hasn't had a girlfriend. He's probably the only virgin in the whole dormitory..."

"......" Li Jinglang didn't want to pay attention to him and shook off his hand on his shoulder.

"But let me tell you, do you know why Ouyang is not working at the resort anymore?" Lu Yi approached Li Jinglang mysteriously again, with a gossipy expression on his face.

Li Jinglang's eyebrows twitched, and he subconsciously responded, "...Why?"

"Because..." Before he could finish his words, there was a rustling sound outside and the professor came down the corridor.

"Oh, the teacher is here." Lu Yi patted Li Jinglang's shoulder, "We'll talk later."

“.....”

He stopped talking midway. Li Jinglang was absent-minded throughout the entire class, his mind was in a mess and about to explode.

The room card that Ouyang Che dropped was from the same hotel as the one Tang Ningyue gave him, but the room numbers were different and they were on two different floors.

The more Li Jinglang thought about it, the more he collapsed. Coupled with Lu Yi's weird words just now, he really couldn't help but think of Tang Ningyue.

So she not only gave him his room card...

Li Jinglang's face instantly lost all color. He bit his lower lip tightly until he tasted a faint smell of blood and then he relaxed slightly. He subconsciously looked up at the blackboard and felt dizzy. The feeling of nausea suddenly came up again.

He was so scared that he sent a message to Tang Ningyue without waiting to ask Lu Yi clearly.

He didn't get straight into the topic. He was too embarrassed to open his mouth and exchanged a few pleasantries first. He swallowed nervously and his fingertips were shaking while typing.

Are you working?

After sending the message, Li Jinglang quickly put his phone into the desk drawer. He didn't know what to be so nervous about. He put his hands on the table and stared at the projection screen to listen to the class, his eyes fixed on it, but he didn't hear a single word.

I just felt dizzy.

After holding on for a while, Li Jinglang picked up the phone again.

Unlock, open.

She didn't reply.

.....

Li Jinglang swallowed, took a breath, and sent another message.

Are you busy today?

This time he didn't put the phone back, but waited for her to reply.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes.

Still no reply.

Maybe she is really busy today and has no time to reply to messages.

When are you free?

Li Jinglang sent another message, but still received no response as expected. He continued to wait, his fingers sliding across the screen helplessly to hide his emotions, switching between several apps, and finally opening the Moments after a long time.

He rarely checked his Moments and never posted anything. He didn't care about other people's affairs at all. The last time he opened his Moments was before Tang Ningyue went abroad.

The Moments consist of posts by his few friends about eating, drinking, and daily life.

He scrolled down absentmindedly until he saw Ouyang Che's photo.

Ouyang Che had just won an award in the American Modeling Competition. He took a photo with his instructor and posted it. He had a sunny smile and was full of energy, exuding a positive attitude, like a seed sprouting in spring, very different from Li Jinglang.

Staring at his photo, Li Jinglang couldn't help but click on it, zoom in, and carefully examine it, but he couldn't find out what was so beautiful about Ouyang that was more beautiful than him. He was even worse than that guy Duan Jiayu.

Li Jinglang was annoyed to death.

He returned to the message interface, but Tang Ningyue still didn't reply to his message.

He stared at her profile picture and began to subconsciously think wildly, suspecting that Tang Ningyue was flirting with other men now, maybe with Xu Qing, or maybe with Duan Jiayu, but whoever she was with would not prevent her from teasing other men.

Did she contact Ouyang Che again? Was he a step too late? Did they already...

Li Jinglang couldn't think anymore. His heart was beating very fast and his temples were throbbing.

He sent another message to Tang Ningyue.

[Do I still choose the cake for you on your birthday? ]

He was being subtle; he really wasn't thick-skinned enough to explain things clearly. Lu Yi was right, too. It was his fault.

This time, Tang Ningyue replied immediately: [Just come here.]

"......" Li Jinglang bit his lip, and his anger inexplicably grew even stronger.

Is there nothing else she can say to him besides this?

【Am I the only one? 】

Tang Ningyue replied quickly this time: [Do you want to be with someone else?]

【That’s not what I meant.】

【I want to have a good chat with you, do you have time? 】

Finally, Li Jinglang asked this question again, trying to struggle again.

I'm very busy.

“…”

It was considered a rejection, and Li Jinglang sighed again.

After class, Li Jinglang didn't move. He leaned back in his chair and thought about it. He felt that his eyelids, which had been iced in the morning, were starting to ache again.

"Let's go eat?" Lu Yi had already thrown the bag on his back and was always proactive about going to eat.

“.....”

Li Jinglang looked up at him, and it was obvious that he had forgotten the unfinished words.

He wanted to ask, but couldn't bring himself to ask. He wasn't a gossipy person and usually didn't care about other people's affairs. The last time he suddenly showed concern for Ouyang Che, he had already aroused Lu Yi's suspicion.

But he was really feeling suffocated.

"You just asked why Ouyang Che doesn't work in the resort anymore?" Li Jinglang struggled for a while before asking.

"Ah?" Lu Yi had obviously forgotten the casual chat just now, and he had not yet recovered from the sudden pull of Li Jinglang.

Li Jinglang stared into his eyes, slightly tightening the muscles of his fingers. His expression did not change, it was still the same, but he didn't look like he was chatting with others.

Like a question.

"Him?" Fortunately, Lu Yi was carefree and didn't think much about it. "He's so fair and tender, and there are so many rich people where he works. He's so busy all day that the words 'lack of money' are almost written on his face." He covered his mouth with his hand and leaned in: "Rich women at the resort are always asking for his contact information..."

"You don't know, he originally decided to take time off to be a tutor. He didn't want to quit his job and planned to earn two salaries. But I was waiting for him at the school gate on the day he went to tutor..." Lu Yi moved closer, almost touching Li Jinglang's ear, but was pushed by him. He stood up again, but still talked to him warmly, "There is a Cayenne parked at the school gate!" Lu Yi's voice rose.

"....." Li Jinglang glanced at him and turned his head speechlessly, "Get to the point."

“Here comes the point, here comes the point!”

"A driver got out of the Cayenne and handed Ouyang Che a card. You didn't know that the card was actually a room card!" Lu Yi seemed to have discovered some shocking secret, and his words were jolted in surprise.

"This is the first time in my life that I've seen someone hand over a room card! Brother Lang!"

"Have you ever seen anything so explosive?"

“.....”