After hanging up the phone, Lu Anning looked at Tang Jingyuan and suddenly laughed out loud: "Aren't you afraid that she will torment you again?"
"Some methods, if used too often, become tiresome. I'm not a doctor!"
Tang Jingyuan took away the dishes and chopsticks, and really didn't pay any attention to Ye Lingfei anymore. Lu Anning stared at Tang Jingyuan's black phone screen, feeling much more relieved.
It turns out that I still care.
Ye Lingfei was hung up on and almost threw the phone with a ferocious look on her face, but she regained her composure at the critical moment.
Lu Anning dared to do this, probably because of Tang Jingyuan's instructions. If she continued to pester him in the same way, it would only annoy Tang Jingyuan. Too much is as bad as too little. For now, she could only endure it.
Just as Tang Jingyuan said, Ye Lingfei didn't make trouble again after that. On the day Lu Anning returned to work, Ye Lingfei happened to come back as well. In front of all the colleagues in the department, she apologized and presented a bottle of Chanel perfume as a small gift of apology.
"I was so anxious that I lost my mind. Please don't take it to heart."
Colleagues were all speculating about what kind of fight had occurred between the two. Lu Anning accepted it with a faint smile and said calmly, "How can he not be confused if he has pneumonia? You're being so awkward."
Who can't act?
Ye Lingfei pretended to be helpless, sighed deeply, and brought up the old matter again.
"I blame myself for speaking too quickly. I really thought Jing Yuan had told you everything. Maybe you don't know that Aunt Tang is Jing Yuan's taboo. Only a few of us childhood friends know a little about it. In the past, whenever he was unhappy, he would tell me about it. I didn't expect..."
Ye Lingfei hesitated to speak, and when Lu Anning didn't respond, she lowered her voice and said, "I'm worried about you, too. Jing Yuan's uncles used to say that ordinary women shouldn't even think about catching their eye. They've got to marry someone of equal social status. I thought that since you and Jing Yuan were already married, he'd probably mentioned it to the Tang family. Now it seems I took it for granted."
Lu Anning looked at Ye Lingfei, thoughtfully.
The Tang family refers to Tang Jingyuan's mother's side of the family. It's said that he grew up in the Tang family, went abroad in his teens, and when he returned, he became a figure that Old Master Pei feared. Ye Lingfei knew this because the Ye and Tang families in Kyoto were old friends.
Lu An Ning remained silent. Ye Lingfei knew that her goal had been achieved, so she pretended to comfort Lu An Ning.
"You're both married now, so don't worry too much. It's you two who will be living together anyway, and Jing Yuan has made up his mind. Even if your uncles are unhappy, they won't do anything to you for Jing Yuan's sake. Who knows, maybe when the right opportunity comes, Jing Yuan will take you back to the Tang family to meet the elders."
Ye Lingfei spoke seriously. Lu Anning smiled faintly and asked, "Are you so sure they will be dissatisfied with me?"
Ye Lingfei was speechless and immediately changed the subject: "That's right! Actually, if you can make Xiao Rui like you, the Tang family shouldn't be too critical of you. You should have met Xiao Rui by now! This kid just has a bit of a strange temper."
Lu Anning recalled the time he spent with Tang Rui and frowned, "Is it strange? I feel like he's very obedient."
Ye Lingfei couldn't help but twitch her lips, as if she recalled some terrible scene. Her whole body trembled involuntarily, and she looked at Lu An Ning with disbelief.
"So, you and Xiao Rui get along really well. Then you should know that he has a birthday at the end of this month! Then you must celebrate it for him and give him a surprise. He will definitely be very happy then."
"You don't have to worry about these. Director Ye, if there is nothing else, I have to prepare for work."
Lu An Ning ordered Ye Lingfei to leave, and before she left, she reminded Lu An Ning: "Secretly, Xiao Rui likes vanilla ice cream cake the most. Don't forget it!"
Lu Anning took note of it, but she didn't think Ye Lingfei would be so kind as to tell her about Tang Rui's preferences. If these were useful, wouldn't she have used them to please Tang Rui long ago?
I'm afraid there's something fishy going on here that she doesn't know about!
Tang Jingyuan hadn't told her much about Tang Rui's past, and all Lu Anning knew were some of his habits at home. Now that he'd changed schools and only came home once a month, she and Tang Rui had even less time to spend together. Getting that boy to open up to her wouldn't be easy in just a day or two.
Ye Lingfei's words reminded her that Tang Rui had lost his mother when he was young, and Tang Jingyuan didn't look like a careful person. If it was really his birthday, she should indeed prepare well.
All children like surprises and gifts.
After get off work that day, Lu Anning took the initiative to ask Tang Jingyuan to go home together. When Tang Jingyuan saw the message, he realized something was wrong.
In the car, Lu Anning diligently brought the ice cream to Tang Jingyuan's mouth. She had bought it specially, and it was vanilla flavor.
Perfect with ice cream on a hot day!
Tang Jingyuan looked at the dessert in front of him with some disdain, but he couldn't refuse Lu Anning's enthusiasm, so he reluctantly took a bite. In the past, he never ate these things.
"How's it? Comfortable, right? You still have to eat vanilla ice cream in the summer."
The familiar taste evoked something deep in Tang Jingyuan's memory. He stared at the ice cream in Lu Anning's hand for a long time.
"Vanilla flavor, you like it too?"
Lu Anning noticed the word "also" in the words, looked up at Tang Jingyuan, and happened to catch the confused and complicated emotions in his eyes. In just a moment, he returned to normal.
Lu Anning glanced back at the ice cream in his hand and asked tentatively, "What's wrong with this ice cream?"
Tang Jingyuan gave Lu Anning a meaningful look: "Nothing. Very good!"
Tang Jingyuan hid it well, but Lu Anning still noticed his strangeness. It seemed that besides her, there were other people who also liked this taste.
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