Chapter 144 No Loss or Debt
"Western Banquet?"
"Xiyan, what's wrong?"
Lu Xiyan was brought back to his senses by An Ning's voice. He looked up and saw a pair of fair and slender hands holding a small bowl filled with hot soup, which they carefully placed in front of him.
"It's okay." He smiled.
"It's okay, the soup just spilled." An Ning gently stroked his hand as if to comfort a child, "It's not just children who can't hold the bowl. Don't take it personally."
Lu Xiyan looked at the sweet smile on her face, and his heart suddenly warmed. He put a piece of fresh golden ear sashimi on her plate and said, "You haven't eaten for a day. You must be hungry."
An Ning drank two mouthfuls of soup, then suddenly remembered something and put down the bowl and spoon. "Western Banquet."
"Hmm?" Lu Xiyan raised his eyes and picked up another piece of crispy-skinned and tender duck and put it in her bowl.
"Do you know the professor couple that Mr. Han just mentioned?"
An Ning said puzzledly, "Researching a result is a very time-consuming and energy-consuming endeavor. Once a research and development is successful, it will be put into scientific experiments or medical applications. Why would they develop such a great patent and then keep it to themselves, refusing to sell it even at a price of hundreds of millions?"
"That's just what I heard," Lu Xiyan said slowly. "Industry insiders say that after something happened to the couple, they completely gave up their research and even sealed their research results."
An Ning thought for a moment, "Then can you find out where the couple lives now?"
"Do you want to visit them?" Lu Xiyan asked.
"Yeah." An Ning nodded, "Let's see if we can gain anything."
Lu Xiyan took her small bowl, scooped two spoonfuls of braised lobster with dried mushrooms, and placed it in front of her. "Do you want to keep Hao Wei's production line in Qichuan?"
An Ning looked at the small bowls piled up in front of her. "Although this is my first time here, I always feel that this place is very friendly and familiar. It would be best if Hao Wei's production line here could be preserved."
"Of course, it's not entirely because of this reason."
She looked up at Lu Xiyan, "Perhaps this couple is interested in selling the patent, and Ou Teng happens to be able to buy it. Then this patent will become Ou Teng's unique resource, enough to lead other companies in the medical sector for decades, especially Zhenghong Group."
Lu Xiyan understood. In the final analysis, she was thinking about him.
He asked jokingly, "Are you afraid that I will lose this bet and lose my position as the Lu family's successor?"
An Ning smiled faintly, "I know you don't care about the position of successor, but I also know that you have a desire to win."
She knew Lu Xiyan very well. He was not a person who cared much about fame, wealth and status, but since he signed the betting agreement, it proved that he definitely wanted to win.
Whatever the spoils of victory might be, he would win.
"I really don't want to lose, but I don't have an absolute obsession with winning. I know my limits."
He looked at An Ning, his eyes full of calmness and tenderness, "But if you want to visit that couple, I am willing to accompany you."
Lu Xiyan's words both reassured An Ning and gave her confidence.
It was as if he was absolutely sure about everything, enough to put her at ease.
An Ning looked at him and felt as if she was supported by an invisible force.
With Lu Xiyan around, her dead world seemed to be slowly reviving.
"Xiyan." She pursed her lips, "Can you lend me some money?"
Lu Xiyan was slightly startled, then he put his wallet on the table and pushed it to her, "Take as much as you want."
An Ning saw that he looked normal and didn't ask her why she wanted to borrow the money. She took the wallet in her hand and asked, "Aren't you going to ask me what I want to borrow the money for?"
Lu Xiyan picked up some food for her as usual, his deep eyes were calm, and the corners of his lips were slightly raised, "Since you asked for it, it must be useful to you, just take it."
An Ning opened his wallet and found a stack of black and gold bank cards and a small amount of cash, as well as a stack of blank checkbooks.
She took out a check and was about to close her wallet when she suddenly saw a corner sticking out from the inside of the wallet, which seemed to be a photo.
She gently pulled out a corner of the photo and found that it was covered with marks from tape and looked severely damaged.
After pulling out less than a quarter of the wallet, An Ning's breathing suddenly stopped and the hand holding the wallet shook uncontrollably.
She was so familiar with this photo that she could recognize it just by looking at the colors in the corners.
She pulled out the photo with trembling hands, and her eyes suddenly turned red.
It was the photo of her participating in the couple photo competition and being torn to pieces by Lu Xiyan.
She thought the only photo of him in her wallet had been thrown into the trash long ago.
Unexpectedly, the fragmented photos had been glued together bit by bit, without even a trace of damage.
The two people in the photo, whose love was overflowing, were pieced together perfectly, just like the relationship between her and Lu Xiyan that was separated by time and misunderstanding was pieced together by his own hands.
Tears were about to fall, and my hands holding the photo were shaking badly.
Of course Lu Xiyan noticed her movements and expressions, his eyes falling on the photo that was stuck together with thick tape.
He smiled, but his voice was a little hoarse, "Don't you like it?"
"Didn't you tear it apart?" An Ning held back her tears, her voice trembling, "You picked it up and put it together again?"
Her eyes were red and she looked like tears were about to fall, she looked like a bullied little white rabbit.
"You haven't even done what you promised me, how can you just give up so easily?" He raised his hand and gently stroked her cheek, "Don't cheat this time."
An Ning's tears fell and dripped into his palm, "It's hard to fight, right?"
"It's not difficult."
He tore it, he deserved it.
Seeing that she was in a good mood but now crying again, Lu Xiyan changed the subject and pointed at the paper check she took out, "Don't you want the money?"
An Ning wiped away her tears and put the photo back into his wallet, covering it tightly as if she was afraid of losing it.
Then she took out a pen and a piece of paper from her bag. As soon as she put them on the table, the pen was taken away by Lu Xiyan.
Lu Xiyan picked up the blank check again, signed his name without hesitation, and placed the check and pen in front of An Ning.
The signed blank check meant that he was willing to give her whatever amount she asked for.
An Ning picked up a pen and wrote the amount on the check, then wrote a line of words on a piece of white paper, and then handed the paper to Lu Xiyan.
Lu Xiyan took it and took a look at it, frowning slightly, and said in an unhappy tone, "IOU?"
An Ning picked up the check in her hand, her eyes still red, and said with a smile, "I agreed to borrow it from you, a total of five million, I will pay you back."
Lu Xiyan was unhappy when he heard this, and just as he was about to tear up the IOU -
"If you tear it off, you have to stick it on again." An Ning spoke in time, with a slight threat in her voice and eyes.
Seeing his unhappy expression, An Ning smiled and said with a firm look in her eyes, "Xi Yan, I want to be with you again, the kind where I don't owe you anything."
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