Chapter 75 Chapter 75 Outsiders

Tang Ningyue has always been a person of action. The day after notifying Li Jinglang, she came to supervise his move. It was as if she had come specifically to put him in jail. She stood in the narrow corridor and stared at the moving company workers coming in and out.

In fact, there was no need to go to so much trouble to ask someone to come with his things. Once the suitcase was closed, there was nothing left to bring.

Tang Ningyue walked around the house. She couldn't even see the sunlight in broad daylight. It was amazing that Li Jinglang could live here for so long. It was as if he really treated this place as a box to store his body. He didn't care about anything, not even himself.

Li Jinglang was still hunched over, packing up his things. At first glance, they were all useless junk. Tang Ningyue had no idea what he treasured so much.

"Those things are so old, why not throw them away? Why are you still keeping them?"

Tang Ningyue glanced at the alarm clock on his bedside table, dissatisfied with the way he carefully put it into the box and then fiddled with it, wasting time.

“.....”

Li Jinglang didn't say anything, but looked up at her, his dark eyes staring straight at her, as if he could dig something out of her eyes.

"Why are you looking at me?" Tang Ningyue had obviously forgotten that she had never been a nostalgic person, and if she did, it was mostly just an act.

Li Jinglang stopped talking and remained silent like a snail. He shrank his head and held back all the words.

"It took you the whole morning to pack such a small amount of stuff, Li Jinglang." Tang Ningyue frowned, her pretty face expressionless, only filled with dissatisfaction with him.

"Why are you still keeping this thing when it's no longer usable?" Tang Ningyue was about to take out the alarm clock that Li Jinglang had just installed. "Can't I buy you a new one?"

“.....”

Li Jinglang remained silent, and didn't even think of arguing with her. He silently took the alarm clock back and put it back in the suitcase. He kept his head down, but his actions did not allow for any objection. Tang Ningyue had no way of saying goodbye to him.

"Okay, okay..." Tang Ningyue compromised, watching him put the airplane model into the suitcase, holding her forehead helplessly, "If you want to take it, then take it."

Seeing that he was upset, Tang Ningyue simply turned around, walked a few steps to the door, and called Duan Jiayu.

Tang Ningyue didn't want to get close to him, and Li Jinglang didn't stop her. He raised one eyelid to look at her and listened to her conversation with his ears perked up.

When Tang Ningyue came in the morning, she had been on the phone scolding people. Maybe she was not happy with her work, and her gentle face was almost embarrassed.

"Why are you doing this when I ask you to hype up your CP?" He started yelling as soon as the call was made, not even giving the other party a chance to argue. "She's already hugged you, and you're still avoiding her? I'm giving you a chance, right, Duan Jiayu? Do you still want to do this?"

Perhaps it was because time had passed that her true nature was revealed. This time, Tang Ningyue stopped pretending and became furious.

Li Jinglang, who was wiping the model in the back, looked up and glanced at her, then slowed down his movements again.

"You still know you can't afford the penalty? Then go ahead and do it. Did you agree to this plan at the time? Did I force you? Now you don't want to do it anymore?"

"What do you mean by different from what we discussed at the time? What's different? You can't blame the company's solution for your own problems. So, have you fulfilled your agreement?"

Before Tang Ningyue finished her scolding, there was a loud clang from behind, and the glass lamp on the table shattered to the ground, piercing Li Jinglang's hand.

"Okay, you think about it carefully and I won't tell you anymore."

Tang Ningyue hung up the phone in a hurry and rushed over. Li Jinglang was still picking up fragments on the ground with no intention of stopping.

"Go apply some medicine, don't do this!" She slapped his hand, "Are you stupid?"

The cut was not deep, but it was a long line running from the wrist to the finger. A blood mark hung on the hand, and blood kept oozing out.

"Does it hurt?"

Tang Ningyue held his hand and showed concern, but Li Jinglang's eyes kept changing as he stared at her, becoming unusually dark and gloomy.

He retracted his fingers, but she pulled them back again. Li Jinglang's heart suddenly sank.

"Which day of the week do you plan to visit me?"

Suddenly, Li Jinglang asked a question off topic.

“.....”

Tang Ningyue pursed her lips, glared at him impatiently, took out the ointment from her bag, and forcefully pulled his hand over to apply the ointment.

"Did any rust scratch you just now?"

“.....”

"Go get a tetanus shot later."

"fine."

He pulled his hand back, and the bloody wound became active again because of his action.

"What's wrong with you?"

"....." Li Jinglang lowered his head and wrapped his fingers roughly, but there was no expression of pain on his face.

"Will you lie to me?"

Across the broken glass, Li Jinglang returned to the previous topic.

"Why would I lie to you?" Tang Ningyue found it funny. "What on earth is there about you that's worth me lying to you?"

"If you're this sick and don't get proper treatment, you won't even be able to sell your heart, liver, and lungs for money."

"...Duan Jiayu listened to you so much, yet you still lied to him."

Li Jinglang raised his head and raised his eyelids, then stood up and continued packing his things.

"You're still feeling sorry for him?" Tang Ningyue smiled. "Don't you hate him the most?"

"Who was the last man you felt bad for? Sheng Shiyang?"

Blood seeped through the gauze and stained the arm of the cup held by Li Jinglang, leaving a shallow bloodstain. Tang Ningyue took a look and started nagging him again.

"I told you not to do it. Didn't I find someone to do it?"

She grabbed Li Jinglang's arm and pulled him back. "Come with me to the hospital to check your injuries."

“....”

"It's okay, I'm not that squeamish."

"Li Jinglang." She called his name word by word.

He usually had no room to resist whatever Tang Ningyue asked him to do. Even if the two of them quarreled and made a fuss, the only one who lost in the end was Li Jinglang.

So Li Jinglang had no intention of disobeying her order. He went to the hospital in her inconspicuous SUV and was pushed by her to see the doctor. He cooperated throughout the whole process, but he was not very willing to do so.

They went to a small clinic near the residential area. Li Jinglang sat on a bench with his head down. His injured arm was being pulled by Tang Ningyue. His body leaned forward, looking half-dead.

"Li Jinglang." She pinched his neck with her hands, pressing her tiger's mouth against his throat. "Who are you showing your displeasure to?"

She dressed very low-key today, wearing a baseball cap and light-colored trousers. She usually likes to wear earrings, but today her earlobes are bare. She didn't even put on makeup, as if she was afraid of being recognized.

I came to see him secretly, and it wasn't even for an affair, it was just to move.

"pain..."

He retracted his arms, not meeting her gaze, but burying his head in her belly.

“I’m bleeding…”

"Weren't you very tough just now?"

“.....”

Li Jinglang wanted to put his other arm around her waist, but Tang Ningyue rejected him again, saying that it was indecent behavior in public.

“I’m not moving...”

Li Jinglang's head immediately drooped, and his whole body was filled with rejection and displeasure that was about to overflow.

"You always throw tantrums. Can you be more mature?"

"Then you decide when to come see me..."

He refused to compromise and held on to her sleeve, refusing to let go.

"I'll come see you as soon as I have time."

"Lie to me..."

Perhaps because there were too many episodes of crying wolf, Li Jinglang simply could not trust her verbal promises.

"Okay, then I'll see you every Wednesday night after the meeting, okay?"

Hearing her give in, Li Jinglang's heart trembled, and he hooked her eyes and wanted to take advantage of her.

"I want the weekend." He bargained again.

"I don't have time on the weekends, and on Saturday morning I have to..."

"You just want to lock me up..."

"Okay." Tang Ningyue took another step back. "I'll go see you on Friday, the weekend."

"What if you didn't do it?"

“.....”

"What do you want?" Tang Ningyue was so angry that she laughed. From childhood to adulthood, he was still not satisfied.

"Give me the key to your house."

"I'll take you to my apartment in a moment to get your fingerprints taken."

"I'm talking about your and Zhou Yuhe's house. I don't want to record fingerprints. I want the spare key to your house."

“.....”

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Tang Ningyue never expected that Li Jinglang would make such an unreasonable request, so much so that she was in a bad mood during the company dinner in the evening. Duan Jiayu had just been scolded in the morning, and the entire team was not spared in the evening.

Of course, she would not appear to be the bad guy. She could even offer milk tea to comfort everyone after hearing her direct subordinates going crazy in the office, playing the good guy card.

"I know everyone has been working hard recently. After this self-produced variety show is finished, the cost of the canceled team building will be discounted per person, and the bonus will not be reduced by a cent. I just hope everyone can work hard and cooperate, and don't make things difficult for me."

Tang Ningyue regained her compassionate face and slapped everyone in the face. The rest of the people began to reflect on their own problems.

Money has been hard to make in recent years, but Tang Ningyue did not save costs by dismissing management, and even recruited a group of new people who were rejected because of the gap period. People in the industry said that she was not in a clear mind, but she still did her own thing.

Tang Ningyue has never been a kind philanthropist, but people's obedience is much more important than work ability. In such a high-pressure job with a reversed day and night, what she wants is people who are willing to work hard for her.

The bright lights in the office shone brightly on everyone's face. Everyone had different expressions and was silent. As soon as the lecture was over, the phone in Tang Ningyue's hand rang loudly. She glanced around, answered the call and went out. Only then did the people inside breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hello?"

Since Tao Yun came to Nancy, she has no longer cared about the lawsuit with her ex-husband. She has been hanging out with Ouyang Che every day, living a life of debauchery and revengeful enjoyment. She was still drunk when the phone call came.

"Have you been drinking again?"

"I'm sober now, okay?" Tao Yun smiled stickily, probably because she hadn't put down the wine bottle yet.

"Why don't you take a break at this hour?"

"Rest?" Tao Yun smiled. "My bastard ex-husband won't let me rest. He won't stop until he tortures me to death."

".....Aren't you the one who wants to divorce me?" Tang Ningyue turned the pen in her hand, her eyes dull.

When Tao Yun got married, it was a grand affair. People say that lovers will eventually get married. However, the two had been in love for so many years, but in the end, it was all in vain.

"Yes, I want a divorce, but he refuses to leave and says he won't let Ouyang Che go. The job I asked someone to find him in Nancy has all fallen through." Tao Yun paused, sniffed, and spoke sourly, "You know Ouyang Che is just a poor college student. How could he possibly defeat my bastard ex-husband?"

"Don't cry yet....What are you going to do now?"

"Xiao Che has been unhappy since he lost his job. You know he's not the type to live off others. I offered him money but he refused it and insisted on going to work. He's been so unhappy these past few days, it makes me sad to see him like that."

"so what?"

"Can Ouyang Che work for Mr. Zhou for a while?"

“…”

After going around in circles for so long, the mess was finally put on her shoulders again.

"Xiao Che went to apply for a job this afternoon. I was quite satisfied with him, but he was stopped when the meeting was about to begin. Maybe Zhou Yuhe wanted to ask for your opinion. After all..."

"He plans to work for Zhou Yuhe?" Tang Ningyue really thought this was a bit ridiculous.

"Oh yes, Xiao Che told Jing Lang about this. He has no objection, really."

“.....”

Tang Ningyue would rather believe that Li Jinglang was so angry that he had nothing to say.

The conversation could no longer continue, so Tang Ningyue hung up the phone, threw it into her bag, and prepared to go off work.

After working overtime until now, most people in the company have left after the meeting. Tang Ningyue is the last one to leave. The lights outside have been turned off, leaving only an emergency light.

Nancy is a city that never sleeps. At nearly half past ten, the lights outside were still brightly lit. The crowds of people who had just finished overtime had not yet dispersed. Several mobile stalls took this opportunity to move into the nearby alleys, and a few wisps of tobacco floated out from the alley entrances.

As usual, the driver came to pick her up today. Zhou Yuhe had already made arrangements for Tang Ningyue since the first day she arrived in Nancy. Apart from her own work, there was nothing else she needed to worry about.

"Yue'er."

The car door opened and Zhou Yuhe got out of the driver's seat.

"Why are you here?"

Zhou Yuhe skillfully took Tang Ningyue's bag and kissed her on the surprised cheek.

It wasn't surprising that Zhou Yuhe came to pick her up, but he had been on a business trip since he sent her off yesterday, so it didn't make sense for him to come back so soon.

"My business trip is too long. I want to come back and see you." He said, hugging Tang Ningyue gently again, "I can't stay in Singapore anymore. I really can't work without you by my side..."

"It's only a one-week business trip. You've been gone for less than two days." She patted his back.

The evening breeze is cool. Even when we huddle together, it seems that only the coolness comes out from the middle, without the warmth of summer.

"By the way, your friend, Tao Yun." Zhou Yuhe took the initiative to bring up the matter. "Do you know her new boyfriend?"

"It's okay." Tang Ningyue shook her head, thinking of Tao Yun's words just now, "You don't have to worry about it, don't worry about..."

"The company originally wanted to hire him." Zhou Yuhe interrupted him.

“....”

“But when doing background checks…”

"Did Tao Yun's ex-husband greet you?"

"No." Zhou Yuhe shook his head. "These are all insignificant people. They can't affect me."

“....”

Tang Ningyue's heartbeat suddenly began to accelerate, as if she could guess what he would say next.

“I found out that the last time I went to Bac Ninh University for a lecture, I took a photo there.”

He paused. "The person next to Li Jinglang in the photo, besides me on the left, seems to be Tao Yun's new boyfriend on the right."

“.....”

"Are they friends?" Zhou Yuhe asked knowingly.

"Not really, just classmates."

"What about you? Are you friends with them too? Or do you know them?" Zhou Yuhe didn't care about these people at all. He only cared about which side Tang Ningyue's circle of friends leaned towards and whether they stood with him.

"Do you still mind this kind of thing?"

"I'm just asking," he said. "I don't mean to interfere."

Zhou Yuhe sighed lightly, as if he could no longer make any demands since his first backdown and could only make concessions again and again. It seemed that his desire to build a circle of friends belonging to the couple was just a luxury, and he was still an outsider from beginning to end.