Chapter 73 Chapter 73 Selling Pity

This time, Li Jinglang really didn't fall for Tang Ningyue's trick. It was not for any other reason. Tang Ningyue had been making phone calls and arranging various things since she entered his house. The company was so big, but it seemed as if it couldn't function without her.

After she finally finished that call, Tang Zhaoming called again. There was nothing important, just chatting, but he kept dawdling and refusing to hang up, talking about various things.

Li Jinglang never said that a person could be so needed.

He didn't eat dinner at night, or rather, he didn't eat much all day. He had no appetite. Ever since he received the call from Tang Ningyue, he had been feeling depressed and couldn't eat.

Nancy was feeling hot and humid, especially after standing downstairs for so long. She was hot and hungry. Li Jinglang didn't wait for the man on the sofa to pay attention to him. Unable to bear the stickiness on his body, he went to take a shower on his own, as if her presence was a normal thing.

Li Jinglang started to daydream as soon as he turned on the shower head. His mind was in a mess. Unexpectedly, as soon as the mist on the mirror started to form, he started to have hypoglycemia and almost fell on the slippery floor.

Tang Ningyue heard the noise outside and rushed to the bathroom, pushing the door open with force. Li Jinglang was lying naked on the floor, one hand still hooked on the sink. However, he had twisted his waist and had a big swelling on the instep of his foot, so he couldn't use any strength.

"Li Jinglang!"

Tang Ningyue screamed, and Li Jinglang's face turned red instantly. Compared with the physical pain, the shame at this moment was more obvious.

"Don't come over here..."

He subconsciously tried to stop her, but it had no effect on Tang Ningyue.

"Can you still get up?"

Tang Ningyue's hand had already touched him, completely ignoring his expression.

"I'm fine..."

Li Jinglang dodged for a moment, not wanting her to touch him.

His dodging action was so obvious that some of the water droplets on his body were shaken off.

Tang Ningyue didn't move and stared at him for a while.

“…”

Sometimes she really wanted to slap him. When she didn't see him, he would be desperate. When she came, he would be extremely uncomfortable, as if he would fall into her trap if he compromised a little.

It was as if she was just like a wild beast, capable of skinning him and eating him.

"You will die if you stay with me, right?" Tang Ningyue asked patiently.

"You don't want to be with me."

He leaned against the wall with his arms, refusing to lower his head.

"You came here today just to give me a sedative, didn't you? Do you want to be nice to me?"

"You can fool me for a while, but by then you and Zhou Yuhe will have run away. What will I be?"

"Are you treating me like a dog?"

“…”

Li Jinglang rarely spoke to her like this. Most of the time he remained silent, and would hold it in for as long as he could. When he couldn't stand it anymore, he would fly into a rage. It seemed like the two of them had never gotten along well.

"Then why did you come to the bar to see me?"

“…”

Why…

Because I miss her...

He couldn't say it.

When Tang Ningyue stared at him, she was always very different from her usual image. Li Jinglang didn't even dare to look at her for a long time.

The bathroom was small and narrow, a small space filled with mist and airtight, which, combined with Nancy's chronically hot and humid climate, made people feel uncomfortable all over.

This temperature is not suitable for getting too close, but it is only at this time that you can get so close.

"You don't want to see me?"

"Then I'm leaving now?"

Half of Tang Ningyue's skirt was wet, sticking to her calves, and some of the water from Li Jinglang's body was on it, sliding down her ankles all the way to her feet.

"I, didn't...that's not what I meant."

Seeing that she was about to get up, Li Jinglang suddenly grabbed the ribbon around her waist. The long ribbon slipped through his fingers, loosening half of the tie.

The scented ribbon slid across his cheek, making him feel itchy and making his heart restless.

"Can you get up now?"

"My back hurts..."

His tone softened, he tilted his face and looked down at the lump on his foot.

"You sprained your ankle?"

Tang Ningyue took a look and found that the injury was not serious. She tried to help him up. Li Jinglang wanted to stand up with her strength, but when he was halfway up, he suddenly caught a glimpse of his bare legs and the scene of a tall building rising from the ground, so he suddenly retracted his hand.

"Wait a moment...."

Meeting her puzzled look, Li Jinglang looked away a little.

"I'm dirty, let me shower again."

"Let me help you..." Tang Ningyue pretended to take the shower head.

“No, no…”

Li Jinglang refused and pulled his hand away. His fair face turned even redder than when she slapped him.

"It's not like I haven't seen it before, what are you afraid of?"

She glared at him.

“Don’t…” Li Jinglang had no choice but to hunch over and bend as much as possible to cover his face as she grabbed his hand. “Get up…get up…”

“…”

Li Jinglang fell and was now leaning against the wall in a mess. His face was so red that he wanted to bury his head in the sand. Tang Ningyue stopped teasing him and took a bath towel from the shelf to cover him.

"Then call me if you need anything."

"Um…"

After a muffled response, Li Jinglang could no longer make out anything else.

Tang Ningyue walked out in high heels, walked into the entrance without turning, and stopped at the bathroom door, staring at the situation inside through the frosted door of poor quality.

Li Jinglang took a shower for a long time without any intention of stopping. Tang Ningyue could see his outline clearly from outside. She turned sideways, curled her lips, and subconsciously took out her mobile phone to take a picture.

The flash was forgotten to be turned off, which alarmed the people inside, and Li Jinglang turned his back suddenly again.

"Why didn't you leave?"

"Li Jinglang."

She called him from outside.

“.....”

"I find you're not suitable for □□. I feel more comfortable looking at you like this."

“....”

Li Jinglang gripped the handle of the shower head and said nothing. He had nothing to say except swear words. After all, he was in this state now because of her, and she provoked him again.

"Li Jinglang."

"Hurry up and wash."

"I'm tired, I'm going to take a rest..."

"Um...."

After a long while of holding back, Tang Ningyue finally uttered a muffled sound. She lost the mood to continue communicating with him, so she walked across the entrance and lay down in his room.

After a long time, when Tang Ningyue was about to fall asleep on his bed, Li Jinglang came out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel.

He didn't twist his body too badly, he was just shy. After coming out, he didn't dare look up at her. He kept his head down, touching this and poking that, as if he really had something to do.

"Did you finish washing?"

Tang Ningyue looked at him with sleepy eyes.

"Um…"

"Come and lie down..." She patted the empty space beside her.

A single bed can barely fit two people.

Li Jinglang felt a little uncomfortable lying next to her after such a long separation. He tilted his head to glance at her and then looked away. He knew that she had bad intentions in coming here today, but he still avoided talking to her.

"I'm going to change into my pajamas first."

"Let you come here..."

“....”

"Don't worry, Zhou Yuhe didn't arrange anyone outside, and there are no media."

"Just the two of us."

“…”

Li Jinglang pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled bitterly, as if he had to respond to a joke.

"Yeah, I'm only fit to be in the gutter."

Under the flash lights, in the crowd, Zhou Yuhe was the only one beside her.

"What do you want to say?" Tang Ningyue frowned, looking displeased.

"Is it because he's rich?"

"Then why don't you want my money?"

"Didn't I explain to you that there are more than just the two of us."

Things in the business world are complicated and Tang Ningyue can't explain them clearly in a few words.

"What about us?"

"There are only two of us, so we can be abandoned?"

"Tang Ningyue, when did you become so righteous for the sake of the family's interests?"

"Are you such a person?"

"Or are you really in love with him?"

"Li Jinglang, I didn't stop you from drinking so that you could quarrel with me when you sober up."

Tang Ningyue didn't want to further intensify the conflict. This matter had no solution. Unless she was willing to give up Zhou Yuhe and return to him, Li Jinglang would always feel awkward like this.

"sorry...."

Li Jinglang couldn't control himself when it came to this kind of thing.

“.....”

The room was a few square meters and so small that only two people could stand in it. After squeezing in a bed and a table, there was no place for the moonlight to step. Half of it fell on Tang Ningyue and the other half was in Li Jinglang's hand.

The two were silent for a while. Li Jinglang suddenly remembered something, took out a card holder from a drawer beside him, took two steps forward and squatted in front of Tang Ningyue.

"I'll give you my salary card."

“And these…”

He pulled out the suitcase from under the bed, which contained various movable and immovable property certificates. He had wanted to give these things to her when they were in Beining.

"I don't want the shares and assets my father left behind, but I have nothing else to give you except this salary card."

"So you took it out and wanted to compete with Zhou Yuhe?"

Tang Ningyue propped up her head and looked at him. After all, he was just a kid in his early twenties, and even this way of expressing his feelings was learned from soap operas.

Li Jinglang looked at the person in front of him with a smile, and seemed to be in a much better mood. She didn't know whether it was the money that touched her or something else.

“I don’t compete with him…”

"I just want you to come see me once a week, okay?"

“It’s been too long…”

Tang Ningyue held her chin and showed no intention of agreeing.

Li Jinglang rolled his eyes. He had never thought that she would not agree even after he made such concessions.

He didn't know why, but his tears came particularly quickly now, especially when Tang Ningyue said something unpleasant. The tears would burst out and linger in his eyes for a long time, and he tried hard not to let them fall.

“Don’t be pitiful…”

She reached out to cover his eyes, and the wet eyelashes scratched her palms a few times, and fell off the moment she let go.

"Li Jinglang..."

Seeing him lowering his head, Tang Ningyue couldn't help but call him.

As soon as the voice fell, Li Jinglang raised his body and threw himself into her arms. His silent, hot tears soaked her thin clothes. He reached behind her and grabbed her belt, his body trembling as he exerted force.

"I won't let him."

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