Chapter 132 Responds to Softness but Not Hardness
Since they started dating, Xu Songning has never mentioned breaking up or acted out once; she tries her best to be understanding of Cheng Ou.
Because of the special nature of their professions, she always tried to understand Cheng Ou more.
After this dinner incident, Xu Songning realized that giving some people understanding is tantamount to giving them face.
Xu Songning felt heartbroken, but she would never go back to Cheng Ou, especially since Cheng Ou didn't care about her. After they broke up, he neither chased after her nor sent her any more messages.
Why would she care when the other party has gone to such lengths?
Consider your feelings wasted; seeing a person's true colors through one incident is still a worthwhile trade-off.
The "dog" made no move for the first month, but then it shamelessly came chasing after them in the second month.
However, for Xu Songning, the deadline had already passed. No matter how ruthless she was, she still left room for the other party. Unfortunately, Cheng Ou had no such awareness.
Just like his parents, he wanted to ignore her and force her to compromise.
Unfortunately, Xu Songning is only responsive to gentle persuasion, not force. Since you and your parents are on the same side, then never appear in front of me again.
When all other methods failed, Cheng Ou had no choice but to ask her uncle, Cheng Jianming, for help.
Cheng Jianming was annoyed by Xu Songning's harassment and thought she was throwing a tantrum, so he sent her a message.
Cheng Jianming: That's enough. It's just a job. Cheng Ou can find you something better.
It's just a job! Xu Songning once thought that Cheng Jianming was the person in the Cheng family who understood her the most, but in the end, Cheng Jianming just joined Cheng Ou in bullying her.
"Beep beep!"
The sound of car horns outside the window brought Cheng Jianming back to his senses. He was still sitting in the passenger seat, next to the mature Xu Songning.
He could no longer say those irresponsible things to her. How could he not realize that someone who could endure the hardships of working in this industry would give in for a man?
"Master has become confused," Cheng Jianming said, a bitter taste in his mouth.
Xu Songning unbuckled her seatbelt. The past was past, and she didn't want to think about it anymore.
I'm hungry.
Cheng Jianming got out of the car in silence. The two went to the private room. Zhao Yi and Assistant Teacher Li arrived first and did not dare to order food. They just waited for Cheng Jianming to come.
Zhao Yi was a shrewd person. He could tell from Cheng Jianming's unhappy expression that the two had not reached an agreement.
Cheng Jianming ordered several dishes and let them add their own. When it was Xu Songning's turn, she didn't add anything, so Cheng Jianming added a dish of stir-fried bullfrog with seaweed for her.
"I remember you used to love eating this."
Xu Songning took a sip of water. "That was before. I don't like it anymore."
"It's okay, it's okay, I love to eat it!" Zhao Yi quickly smoothed things over.
After overhearing the few words exchanged between the master and apprentice, Zhao Yi sensed that something was amiss. It seemed that Ming-ge was guilty about what happened back then, and had actually bowed down to the young girl.
When he thought about how some people called Xu Songning an ingrate, and how she knew but never refuted it or spoke ill of Cheng Jianming in front of them, Zhao Yi felt a little admiring of her.
Everyone had their own thoughts while eating this meal.
Finally, Cheng Jianming took out a box and handed it to her, saying, "Take this."
"don't want."
"A silk scarf as a return gift for your mother, to thank her for helping to bring the medicine."
Xu Songning had no reason to refuse the gift on behalf of her mother, so she had to accept it. The scarf box wasn't big, but it couldn't fit in her bag, so she had to carry it by hand.
As the group walked to the door of the private room, they ran into a group of people.
On the other side was the same setup as them: a university professor and several speakers. The other party was dressed in casual clothes, so their identities were not discernible.
"Hey, Teacher Cheng." The teacher across from them recognized Cheng Jianming, and the group started chatting again.
Xu Songning took the opportunity to slip away, and when Cheng Jianming tried to find her, she was already gone.
She was very uncomfortable during the meal just now, and barely touched her chopsticks.
Once outside, I realized I was hungry. I found a jianbing (Chinese crepe) stall nearby, ordered a set meal, and stood there waiting.
She opened her phone and found that Xiang Yun had sent her two messages.
Xiang Yun: Sister Xu, are you resting?
Xiang Yun: [Image]
Xu Songning took the jianbing guozi (Chinese crepe), squatted by the roadside, and opened the picture while eating it.
A lavish feast awaits him. What kind of banquet is he attending?
Xu Songning saw something familiar. He zoomed in on the image and saw a familiar sign on a white porcelain bowl.
She looked up and the words on the bowl matched the sign of the restaurant across the street.
Isn't this a coincidence? Xiang Yun is here too.
So, the thing I had on Wednesday was attending a banquet?
Xiang Yun walked out with a group of teachers, and several students, both male and female, stood beside him. The others wanted to take him out for drinks and arrange the next event.
Xiang Yun politely declined, saying, "I have a flight tomorrow and can't drink."
"If you can't drink alcohol, how about some tea?"
Just as Xiang Yun was about to find an excuse to escape, he spotted the person squatting across the street.
It's unclear whether it was the pilot's excellent eyesight that helped, or whether Xu Songning was simply too obvious to him.
He spotted the people and cars coming and going at a glance.
"Sorry, my people are here to pick me up." Xiang Yun pointed to the other side.
He didn't drive today; the school sent a car to pick him and another colleague up.
"Where are you? Are you trying to run away, making up an excuse? There's no one around."
Xiang Yun smiled and said, "No, that's not it. I'll give her a call."
Xu Songning was typing, and the jianbing guozi in his hand had oil on his fingertips, making it difficult to type.
Before I could finish typing, a WeChat call came in from the other end.
She swiped her finger and hung up the phone.
As Xiang Yun watched the call end, the girl next to him glanced at him and whispered, "Why did they hang up? It wasn't just some random excuse, was it?"
Before he could even speak, the phone rang again.
"Brother Yun!"
The phone volume was turned up quite high, and Xu Songning's clear voice came out from the microphone, attracting everyone's attention, who listened to their conversation.
Xiang Yun pressed the volume down and held the phone to his ear, while everyone else regretfully put their ears away.
"Look at the other side."
Xu Songning stood up in confusion. She glanced across the room and saw Xiang Yun in uniform, who waved at her.
The gloom in my heart completely disappeared the moment I saw Xiang Yun.
Xu Songning showed his first genuine smile of the day, "Hi, handsome captain."
"Come pick me up?" Xiang Yun's words were brief, as if he didn't want others to suspect anything and was trying to make it seem like the two of them had planned it beforehand.
"Okay, you wait for me."
Xu Songning hung up the phone, took a bite of the unpalatable jianbing guozi, and sighed to the vendor, "Sister, why don't we try something else? This jianbing guozi is a bit lousy."
The woman selling her goods blushed slightly, "Hey! You have to love what you do!"
Xu Songning walked quite a distance before throwing away the jianbing guozi, afraid of upsetting her older sister. But in fact, she was even more upset; she was already hungry, and now she was even hungrier.
Luckily, there was a handsome guy to feast her eyes on, otherwise the journey would have been really tough for her!
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