Chapter 160 Little Mouth Speaks Loudly

"These really are your wedding rings? Wait, let me see, let me see what kind of rings were worth it back then..."

"Smack—"

Shi Nianzhi pushed Jiang Kai's hand away, "I won't show you."

Jiang Kai covered his hands, looking at Shi Nianzhi with some grievance, "Tch, stingy."

Shi Nianzhi put the ring box back and said casually, "I'm leaving."

Jiang Kai watched Shi Nianzhi's departing figure, his brows furrowing slightly. "Jiu Nian is still up there. Aren't you going to go see him?"

"He probably doesn't want to see me."

"......"

Jiang Kai was speechless. As a friend, he still had to go back to see Lu Jiunian.

The elevator went up and the doors opened when it reached the first floor.

Gu Zijian was wearing a light blue suit. He was looking down at his watch, not saying a word, and appeared somewhat aloof.

Jiang Kai looked like he'd seen a ghost. What happened? They were just in the parking lot, how did they suddenly end up on the first floor?

Does he have teleportation ability?

Moreover, she suddenly changed into a different suit, from light purple to light blue.

Although Gu Zijian is like a clothes hanger, looking good in anything, this scene was still too bizarre for Jiang Kai.

You're here too?

Gu Zijian looked up and saw Jiang Kai. He walked into the elevator. "I saw A-Nian's car on the way. It was wrecked like that. It must have been in a car accident. I just asked at the information desk. Fortunately, the injuries weren't too serious, which is a relief."

Jiang Kai replied absentmindedly, "Ah, yes."

He's a university professor, after all. If he can't figure out what's going on here, then he's wasted his brain.

It's obvious there's a mistake.

The parking lot...

It turned out to be Shi Nianzhi.

Jiang Kai gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath.

They look so alike, both in appearance and demeanor. As Gu Zijian's childhood friend, he couldn't tell them apart.

Shi Nianzhi has changed so much; she is completely different from the silly and foolish person she used to be.

Gu Zijian said something again, but Jiang Kai didn't hear a word he said.

He simply nodded and said, "Mm."

Watching Gu Zijian walk out of the elevator, Jiang Kai suddenly remembered something.

ring!

Jiang Kai quickly caught up, "Zijian, the ring, do you remember you left the ring in my car last time?"

Gu Zijian stopped in his tracks, as if he had just remembered something. "Yes, I had forgotten about it until you mentioned it. There was such a thing. What's wrong? Why are you so flustered? Did you lose it?"

When Gu Zijian said this, he didn't seem to care much, and even had a smile in his eyes.

Jiang Kai looked at Gu Zijian with a puzzled expression, and the hand that had been gripping Gu Zijian's arm tightly loosened its grip.

But aren't those rings Gu Zijian's wedding rings? Back then, he stood at the master craftsman's door for three days and three nights just to persuade him to come out of seclusion.

He only wanted the ring to be engraved so that it would be one of a kind in the world, just like his feelings for Lu Jiunian.

At that time, Jiang Kai was still secretly in love with Gu Zijian. When he found out about this, he was heartbroken and insanely jealous.

He will never forget these things, and thinking about them still makes his heart ache slightly.

How could Gu Zijian, who had poured his heart and soul into this project, appear so indifferent to these rings?

Instead, I thought of it while I was in the parking lot.

He said, "Of course it's beautiful, I risked my life for it," with such deep emotion.

"Jiang Kai?"

Seeing that Jiang Kai hadn't moved for a long time and looked like he'd lost his soul, Gu Zijian stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Jiang Kai's eyes.

"Um?"

Jiang Kai then came to his senses and withdrew his hand from Gu Zijian's arm. "Sorry, I didn't sleep well last night."

Gu Zijian didn't think much of it. His relationship with Jiang Kai was more like that of friends. He asked with concern, "Try to stay up less late, especially when you have classes and have to get up early. By the way, what about the ring? Is it in your car?"

"Oh, I left it at home. I'll give it to you another day. Oh, right, I have to go to class. Go see Jiu Nian instead. I'm leaving now."

"Okay, drive slowly."

They said goodbye like friends, but Jiang Kai seemed to be fleeing in panic.

Shi Nianzhi walked slowly along the riverbank.

Jiang Kai drove up from a distance, slowed down, and called out, "Zijian! Gu Zijian!"

Shi Nianzhi stopped in his tracks, turned around to look at Jiang Kai in the red sports car, and said in a slightly raised tone, "Hmm?"

"Where are you going? I'll take you."

"No need, someone will come to pick me up. You go and do your thing."

Jiang Kai stopped beside Shi Nianzhi, then suddenly looked up at her and said, "Why did you answer when I called you Zijian? You are clearly not him."

There was a hint of expectation in his eyes; he hoped that Shi Nianzhi would tell him the truth.

Shi Nianzhi raised an eyebrow, then chuckled softly, "Because I've become bad. I enjoy watching you all being completely fooled by me."

Is that all there is to it?

But is this Shi Nianzhi's revenge?

The hope in Jiang Kai's eyes vanished. He slammed the car door shut and walked over to Shi Nianzhi. "Give me the ring."

"Come and get it."

"You deliberately impersonated Zijian to take the ring from me, didn't you? You know how important this ring is to Zijian, and you still wanted to take it away. What a vicious thought."

Jiang Kai tried to snatch the paper bag from Shi Nianzhi's hand.

"Well, whatever you say goes."

Shi Nianzhi took a step back, then raised his foot and kicked Jiang Kai in the head.

Jiang Kai's expression suddenly changed. He quickly tried to block with his hand and even tried to grab Shi Nianzhi's foot to throw him over.

They've been trained, so they definitely have some skills.

But he didn't expect that Shi Nianzhi's kick to his head was just a feint, a quick touch before he withdrew, and Jiang Kai reached out and grabbed nothing.

The next second, he was kicked hard in the stomach and was forced back several steps.

Shi Nianzhi withdrew his long leg, then suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Jiang Kai by the collar, and tried to slam his head against the car door.

Jiang Kai closed his eyes tightly, feeling that he was doomed and would definitely have to be sent to the hospital with a concussion.

Just as they were about to hit the car door, Shi Nianzhi pulled Jiang Kai back forcefully and threw him into the flower bed by the roadside.

Jiang Kai's car was still running.

Shi Nianzhi opened the car door, gripped the steering wheel, and the fiery red sports car shot off like an arrow.

Jiang Kai pulled his head out of the tangled branches.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey—"

He spat out a few leaves, pulled the branch off his head, touched the fine cuts on his face from the branch, and then sat down heavily on the flower bed.

He looked at the busy road and suddenly seemed to have discovered something extraordinary.

Shi Nianzhi bought porridge and then went to the hospital.

He was undoubtedly too clever; he deduced from Jiang Kai's few words that Gu Zijian had gone to the hospital.

Sure enough, when the door to the ward was opened, Gu Zijian was sitting by the bedside with Lu Jiunian.

Hearing the door open, he turned around. His smiling face vanished when he saw Shi Nianzhi, and his eyes turned cold.

Shi Nianzhi acted as if he hadn't seen the look in Gu Zijian's eyes that seemed to want to devour him alive.

He came in and placed the porridge on the bedside table. "I guessed you had a mild concussion and would need to be hospitalized for observation. Anyway, it was my fault for driving carelessly this morning. I bought you breakfast, have some."

Gu Zijian gritted his teeth, "You were with him this morning?"

Shi Nianzhi lowered her head, looking down at Gu Zijian sitting in the chair, "Are you asking me, or are you asking him?"

This time, Gu Zijian practically spat out those words through gritted teeth, "What's the difference?"

"Of course there are, but if you ask me, I'm too lazy to tell you."

Shi Nianzhi spoke in a provocative tone.

Gu Zijian suppressed his temper and focused his gaze on Lu Jiunian's face. "You were with him this morning? Can I take that to mean you were together last night? Have you forgotten what you promised me?"

Shi Nianzhi moved a chair and sat on the other side of Lu Jiunian, opposite Gu Zijian, with a hospital bed between them.

He leaned forward, propped his chin up, looking like he was enjoying the spectacle.

Lu Jiunian's head was wrapped in gauze. The wound on his head was already very painful, and now that Shi Nianzhi was making such a fuss, the pain was even more intense.

Faced with Gu Zijian's questioning, Lu Jiunian calmly explained, "Zijian, it's not what you think. He just came to drive for me."

"So Shi Nianzhi approached you with ulterior motives?"

"......."

Lu Jiunian remained silent.

It seemed as if he had tacitly agreed with Gu Zijian's statement, which revealed Shi Nianzhi's ulterior motives.

Shi Nianzhi rested his chin on his hand, looking at Gu Zijian lazily. He said, "Lu Jiunian said that he and I would be family from now on. Since I am his family, what's wrong with me driving for him?"

Gu Zijian clenched his fist and pressed Lu Jiunian for an answer, "What did he mean by that?"

Shi Nianzhi leaned back, resting his hands on the back of the chair, stretching out his long legs, looking somewhat nonchalant. "It's just the literal meaning, is it that hard to understand? Or, shall I tell you what he said in his original words?"

Gu Zijian stood up angrily, "You speak!"

He said, "Nianzhi, I can support you for the rest of my life. I may not love you anymore, but I will take good care of you and make sure no one can hurt you. I asked, 'Am I your lover or your mistress?' He said, 'If you don't want to, I can be your family.'"

Shi Nianzhi shrugged, looking at Lu Jiunian with a nonchalant expression, "So why are you silent? Does that mean your promise to me is no longer valid?"

Gu Zijian's eyes were red. "Is everything he said true?"

Faced with interrogations from both sides, Lu Jiunian's head was about to explode. He bent over and gently pressed his temples.

After a while, Lu Jiunian lifted the covers and got out of bed.

Gu Zijian grabbed him, "Where are you going?"

Shi Nianzhi fanned the flames, but every word she spoke hit the nail on the head: "He doesn't want to explain anymore. He wants to leave. He doesn't want to face either of us right now. Gu Zijian, if I were you, I wouldn't pressure him. Anyone who pressures him at this time will only make him resentful."

He looked up, staring fearlessly at Lu Jiunian, his smile defiant, and asked, "A-Nian, am I right?"

Lu Jiunian suddenly looked at Shi Nianzhi with a cold gaze.

It was probably Shi Nianyi's constant chatter that ignited Lu Jiunian's old and new anger.

He shook off Gu Zijian and walked towards Shi Nianzhi, looking as if he wanted to kill her.