Chapter 42 Like

Ruan Xingmian was hesitating whether to send Gu Xing the first photo of her and her baby.

The phone suddenly rang.

It’s Gu Xing.

Ji Ling peeked over and said, "I saw you were struggling for a long time, so I sent it for you. But don't worry, I withdrew it within two minutes. Promise me, if he asks you for it, don't give it to him. Let him worry about it for a few more nights."

How could she not understand men's fickle thoughts? Ha!

Ji Ling shook his head and his limbs were full of the word "proud".

Gu Xing, who hadn't sent a message in a thousand years, sent her three question marks and three periods in a row.

This shows how much his inner turmoil is.

She was so happy.

"Oh, come on. I sent him a photo, but why did he contact you instead of me?" She stood up and walked out, her tone rather joking: "I can't stand it. Young couples in different places still want to be close. You answer the phone. I'm going downstairs to get a glass of water."

"Put on a coat, Sister Ji Ling." She was only wearing a suspender pajamas, which was very cool.

"You're just a little old-fashioned." He said this and walked towards the cloakroom.

Ruan Xingmian answered the phone, her tone a little embarrassed: "Gu Xing."

Her pajamas were all long-sleeved home clothes. Although Gu Xing had stayed overnight with her so many times, she had never worn anything revealing in front of him.

Influenced by the harsh growing environment, Ruan Xingmian has always dressed very conservatively.

When she thought that Gu Xing had seen the photo, her face felt as if it had been roasted by fire.

"Mianmian, good evening."

Ruan Xingmian unconsciously softened her voice: "Gu Xing, good evening."

After a sweet silence.

Gu Xing asked softly: "What's for dinner?"

Under the neon lights of the city, a young man in a white shirt put one hand in his pocket, holding a phone and kicking small stones on the roadside.

Kick it over, hook it back, and kick it out again, all the attention is on the other end of the phone.

"I had steak and salad, and also drank double skin milk. When I was shopping, Sister Ji Ling bought a thumb cake, but she accidentally ate too much."

"Yeah." Gu Xing listened patiently.

"What about you? What did you and Teacher Qin eat?"

Gu Xing looked up at the city night sky with severe light pollution, trying to recall what he had eaten for dinner.

"I had a quick bite at the restaurant, and the teacher said the food was average. I rarely agree with him."

It is also possible that the master and the disciple are tired of each other and feel that they are not compatible.

"I'll send you some shops with good reviews. You can take your teacher to try them." Man is iron and rice is steel. How can you sell your physical and mental strength if you can't enjoy the food?

"Okay." He knew that Mianmian liked to study food, so he agreed immediately. It didn't matter whether he and the teacher could go to eat or not, he must bring Mianmian to try it in the future.

Gu Xing then asked her where she had been today, whether her feet hurt, and whether she had soaked her feet.

Ruan Xingmian answered them one by one.

There are occasional silences, but they are never awkward.

It seems that listening to each other's breathing is a sweet and romantic thing.

Time passed quickly, and Ruan Xingmian was still worried about Ji Ling who was drinking water downstairs, so he took the initiative to hang up the phone.

"Go back and rest early, don't stay up late."

"Mianmian."

Gu Xing just called people and refused to hang up the phone.

"Well, what's wrong?"

"Are you sleeping with Ji Ling tonight?"

Here it comes again, the familiar feeling of jealousy.

"Yes, sleep in her bedroom."

"A blanket?"

"No, two quilts. Sister Ji Ling said she would grab the quilt. Her bed is three meters wide, so we each sleep on our own."

"Yeah." Gu Xing responded and fell silent again.

"Hang up?" Ruan Xingmian asked tentatively.

Gu Xing answered the question irrelevantly: "Mianmian, do you miss me?"

His sudden question was a shocking blow, disturbing Ruan Xingmian's heart: "I thought, I thought..."

"Mianmian, I'm thinking of you." This is going on all the time.

The smell of Qin Zhen’s cigarettes, the cooking fumes, and the medicated oil he used.

Gradually covering up the smell of perfume picked up during the hug.

His eyebrows and eyes were slightly irritated.

He kicked away the small stones on the roadside.

"Let me send you that photo."

Ruan Xingmian admitted defeat.

Gu Xing not only knew how to use his face, but also knew how to lower his voice in exchange for Ruan Xingmian's softness.

After spending these days together day and night, Ruan Xingmian got to know Gu Xing better.

He is the kind of person who wants something but doesn't say it. He stares at you quietly, waiting for you to give it to him.

She knew very well that if she didn't give it to her today, Gu Xing would be able to talk until tomorrow morning, and how would Sister Ji Ling come back?

Ruan Xingmian's voice drifted up unconsciously: "Hang up first, I'll send you..."

"good."

It was hung so cleanly.

Gu Xing took two steps forward, picked up the stone that had been kicked away, and suddenly wanted to put it in his pocket and take it away.

Ruan Xingmian carefully sent the original picture. After sending it, she felt very hot all over. She threw away her hot phone, put on her coat and went downstairs to find Ji Ling.

A corner of the living room light was on, and Ruan Xingmian walked down the stairs.

When he looked up, he saw that the door of the nanny's room on the first floor was ajar, and there was light from inside. Ruan Xingmian saw Liu Ma's big head sticking to the crack of the door and eavesdropping.

She stopped subconsciously.

"Sister Ji Ling, whether you believe it or not, I have tried my best for you sincerely. I can no longer hide my love for you. Knowing that you will be home this week, I rushed back to see you after work..."

The voice is young and pleasant.

But how could there be a young man in the Ji family who would stop Sister Ji Ling at the kitchen door in the middle of the night and confess his love to her?

"Xiang Yu, I only treat you as my younger brother." Ji Ling's tone was relatively calm, but one could hear a hint of impatience.

"Who wants to be your younger brother, Sister Ji Ling? I've been away from home for work for a year. Are you really used to eating and shopping alone? We know each other well and grew up together. Why don't you like me?"

Ji Ling was puzzled: "Why should I like you?"

Liu Xiangyu is a white man wearing black-framed glasses. His face and neck became red when he got excited: "Because I have had a crush on you for many years. Haven't you noticed how good I have been to you over the years?"

He became more and more excited as he spoke.

"Stop!" Ji Ling raised her hand to stop him from getting closer. "I like people who are smarter than me, and this will never change. Liu Xiangyu, have you forgotten your identity? Do you think I should have a reluctant relationship with you just because we grew up together? Are you trying to emotionally blackmail me?"

Ji Ling picked up the phone on the table and prepared to retreat: "The result of the confession is clear and obvious - you were rejected by me, Liu Xiangyu."

She tapped the phone case, remembering Ruan Xingmian's concern for her.

"Also, only your parents are staff members of the Ji family villa. You are just an employee of the Ji family factory, not a relative of the Ji family, nor a friend of mine, Ji Ling. I hope you won't come here casually in the future."

Ji Ling quickly went up the stairs, looked up and saw Ruan Xingmian, and with lingering fear, he pulled her towards the room.

Running into the room, Ji Ling immediately locked the door and leaned his back against it: "I was so scared! I was standing by the refrigerator to get some water, and he suddenly jumped out and grabbed my arm, just like when we played together as kids."

Ji Ling patted his chest and said, "If I hadn't reacted quickly and shaken off his hand, he would have pulled me into his arms and hugged me the next second."

"Sister Ji Ling, you did a great job. Only a clear rejection can stop this kind of person from thinking about it."

Ruan Xingmian was also frightened to the point that his lips turned pale.

After Ji Ling recovered, the two walked to the bed, fell down with their arms open, one in front and one behind, and their heads touching.

"How come I can't tell that he has feelings for me? Am I that charming?"

Ruan Xingmian agreed very seriously: "Of course not, she's beautiful, she's smart, and smart, her family is rich..."

Ji Ling raised her eyebrows slightly: "You know I'm good enough, right? To be honest, if Gu Xing wasn't a piece of steel, I wouldn't necessarily lose to you."

She raised her hand to emphasize: "Also, if you hadn't changed your appearance and become a different person, you wouldn't be able to take down Gu Xing."

Before, Ruan Xingmian pursued Gu Xing for a whole year with a green-haired guy, but Gu Xing never even glanced at her.

If it weren't for Ruan Xingyue's sake, Gu Xing would have called the police a hundred times.

Ji Ling looked Ruan Xingmian up and down, and suddenly realized: "So Gu Xing likes this kind of obedient girl."

Ruan Xingmian's heart skipped a beat.

She really didn't know what Gu Xing liked about her.

A new message suddenly popped up on the phone, with only two words.

It took so long for Gu Xing to reply to the photos she sent him.

Ji Ling's curiosity got the better of him: "You sent it to him? What did he say?"

Ruan Xingmian didn't know how to answer. She forced a smile onto the corner of her mouth, and her dimples were full of shyness and embarrassment.

"He said he liked it."

Ji Lingru commented: "A stuffy guy, he might have been staring at me until now."

The two sisters went shopping all day and experienced Ji Ling's confession by the nanny's son, so they had no desire to sleep.

Ruan Xingmian tried to find out about the man who approached Ji Ling.

Her probing method was a bit clumsy, and Ji Ling gradually came to his senses: "You are asking about the men around me because you are afraid that I will be deceived by them?"

"Yes." After all, Sister Ji Ling, you are a fat sheep in the eyes of men.

Ji Ling felt a surge of warmth in his heart: "Don't worry, Mianmian, after your reminder, I am now on guard."

She couldn't help but ask Ruan Xingmian how she managed to catch up with Gu Xing: "Could it be that you have someone behind the scenes giving you advice?"

Ruan Xingmian looked down at her belly and thought that the baby was half the credit.

You have to ask Gu Xing to find out the other half of the reason.

The two of them chatted intermittently until the first crow of the rooster.

Ji Ling turned over and yawned: "I can't bring up any new topics."

Ruan Xingmian closed her eyes tiredly. She really couldn't sleep any longer.

"Speaking of your sister, I really don't understand her." Ji Ling suddenly turned over.

Ruan Xingmian opened her eyes, she wanted to listen.

When their eyes met, Ji Ling laughed out loud: "This topic will never end."

She asked Ruan Xingmian: "Should we sleep tonight?"

Ruan Xingmian hardened his heart and said, "Go to sleep. I'll chat with Ruan Xingyue tomorrow."

She didn't want to make staying up late a habit and give birth to a night owl to torture her.

Early in the morning, Ruan Xingmian, who thought he could sleep until he woke up naturally, was awakened by a knock on the door.

Then the door lock turned from the outside.

Ji Ling buried himself in the quilt, curled up into a ball, and it was unclear where his head was.

Ruan Xingmian stood up and subconsciously covered his bare shoulders with the quilt.

He opened his blurry eyes and stared at Aunt Liu at the door.

Aunt Liu stared with wide eyes: "Breakfast is ready, Lingling, bring your friends down to eat together."

Ruan Xingmian narrowed her eyes, too angry to say anything.

Ji Ling crawled out of the bed: "Did I tell you that I don't eat breakfast at home? Don't disturb me when I sleep."

"Lingling, my wife said that three meals a day..."

"Auntie Liu!" Ji Ling was furious. "Do you believe I can let you retire early?"

"Okay, okay, Aunt Liu knows, Lingling, don't be angry..." She took a step back, glanced at Ruan Xingmian on the bed, closed the door and left.

Ji Ling covered his ears and crawled back into bed, "Sleep a little longer, Mianmian. If you want to eat something, check the snack cabinet. There's food in there."

"Well, I still need to sleep."

Ruan Xingmian lay back on the pillow, trying to fall asleep again.

After taking a short nap for half an hour, Ruan Xingmian could no longer fall into a deep sleep. He sighed inwardly and got up quietly.

She was just as grumpy when she woke up as Ruan Xingyue, but she was more reserved and rarely showed it on her face.

Saw the "Mianmian Good Morning" at four in the morning.

Ruan Xingmian's mind gradually came to, and he gritted his teeth and replied: "Good morning or good night?"

After half an hour, no one responded. Ruan Xingmian roughly deduced that Gu Xing went to bed at four in the morning.

Mianmian: You stayed up late again.

Although she also stayed up late to chat, she wouldn't say anything unless Ji Ling told her, and Gu Xing wouldn't know.

Ruan Xingmian felt justified in scolding Gu Xing for staying up late.

The door lock turned again.

Ruan Xingmian stood motionless in the bathroom, put away his cell phone, and peeked through the crack in the door.

The person who poked his head in was Liu Laodong.