Chapter 144 To Tell or Not to Tell
"Brother Yun, our food is ready. Go and wait for me. I'll go get something from Zhou Qiao and be right back." Xu Songning put the room key on the cleaning cart and left the room with light steps.
Xiang Yun agreed. After looking around the room, he lost interest in interacting with the others. He felt somewhat heavy-hearted, as if every time he uncovered a new clue, it would be immediately negated by something else.
Was it fate that he was destined not to find Lily, or was someone helping to cover it up?
Back downstairs, the waiter had already brought out all their food and was standing by, peeling the shrimp for them.
Xiang Yun glanced at the crayfish on the other tables, where the guests were peeling the shells themselves, but their table was being treated very differently.
"Did you peel it?" Xiang Yun asked the waiter standing to the side.
The waiter nodded tactfully. "I've practiced; my hand speed is incredibly fast."
Why don't other tables have this service?
"Sister Xu said your hand is injured and asked us to help you," the waiter replied with a smile.
Xiang Yun's mood couldn't get any worse. Xu Songning's concern for him was genuine, which made him feel somewhat guilty.
He took out his wallet to give a tip.
The waiter smiled and waved his hand, "Sir, Sister Xu has already given you a tip, so you don't need to spend any more money. I'll go back to my work now."
The waiter disappeared into the crowd, and Xiang Yun sized up the customers around him.
Many people come to Zhou Qiao's bar not only to drink, but also to try her specialty dishes. Many people joke that if the bar closes down in the future, Zhou Qiao can open a restaurant and bring all the original chefs with her, and the old customers will definitely support her.
Xu Songning came down shortly afterward, carrying a bottle of medicinal wine.
"Brother Yun, give me your hand."
Xu Songning rubbed some medicinal wine on her hands, rubbed her palms together to warm them, and then, following the posture Qin You had taught her, held Xiang Yun's wrist and gently massaged it to help the medicinal wine be absorbed better.
"I told you it's nothing," Xiang Yun said softly.
“I’m still worried,” Xu Songning said, looking down.
There were no obvious red marks on Xiang Yun's wrists, which reassured her a lot, but she still held his hands and pressed them for ten minutes.
"Here's the medicinal wine. Apply it to your hands again when you get home to make sure it's completely effective." Xu Songning grabbed a wet wipe and cleaned the medicinal wine that had been spread evenly on his hands.
Xiang Yun silently accepted the medicinal wine and pushed the shrimp in front of her.
Seeing that he seemed a little absent-minded, Xu Songning began to wonder if it was right or wrong for her to keep this from him. She hadn't dared to bring it up before, fearing that the colleague and neighborly relationship they had just built would be ruined because of it.
Now that their relationship is stable and Xiang Yun is responding to her flirting, does that mean she can actually tell him everything?
But all those lies I told were just to cover up this one thing...
If Xiang Yun finds out herself, her fate will definitely be much worse than if she tells him. Should we test the waters first?
"Brother Yun, what's your relationship like with your sister? It seems like she's a little afraid of you," Xu Songning asked indirectly.
Xiang Yun picked up a large shrimp and put it in her bowl. "My parents were very busy when she was little, so I basically raised her."
So this is what elder brother's authority is like.
Was your younger sister mischievous when she was little?
"Yeah, naughty. If you don't discipline her for three days, she'll be climbing on the roof and tearing off the tiles. She's not as demure as she seems; that's just her facade."
"Hahaha, is your little sister this naughty? You must have had a lot of trouble dealing with her when you were little. When I was little, I would wander around outside after school and not come home for ages. Does your little sister do that too, and then make up excuses to lie to you? When you get angry, do you hit her?" Xu Songning finally steered the conversation back to the question she wanted to ask.
Xiang Yun glanced at her and answered seriously, "My sister never lies to me. Do you know why?"
"……Why?"
“Because she knows where her brother’s bottom line is. She can make mistakes, she can cry and make a fuss, and she can come home late within my allowed limits. But if she lies, I will not forgive her.”
So, Xu Songning, you'd better not have been lying to me or hiding anything from me all along.
Xu Songning's resolve to tell the whole truth vanished like a cloud. No! Xiang Yun hated people who lied to him, so it was better to keep this a secret!
The meal was terrifying. After returning home, Xu Songning had a nightmare that very day. She dreamt that she was wearing the outfit Lily had worn that night and met Xiang Yun at the airport. Xiang Yun had a gloomy face and personally removed her mask.
Her face was exposed to the sunlight, and the secret she had been trying to hide was now exposed.
Just as she had expected, Xiang Yun was disappointed in her, kept his distance from her, and completely pushed her away from his side.
When Xu Songning woke up, he was covered in a cold sweat. The dream was really terrible!
Zhou Qiao privately messaged her to ask about the room key that day. After Xu Songning finished explaining the situation, Zhou Qiao fell silent for a moment.
Zhou Qiao: So he believed it?
Xu Songning: For now
Zhou Qiao: Captain Xiang isn't stupid. I think he'll find out about this sooner or later. You should be prepared.
Xu Songning was in a bind. Prepare yourself? What preparations? Prepare to be pushed away?
Zhou Qiao: Why do you always assume he'll push you away? If he really likes you, he wouldn't push you away. Wasn't he interested in Lily from the beginning? Lily is you, baby, what are you worried about?
Xu Songning was not optimistic about this matter. After asking Zhou Qiao for her opinion, she went to ask her mother, hoping that her mother could give her a different perspective.
After hearing Xu Songning's story, Ms. Xu, having been through similar experiences, understood most of it. However, she didn't expose her, but instead comforted her, saying, "Everyone has different standards for different people. No matter who is deceived, the first reaction is always anger. But if it's someone very important, even if you've been deceived, you won't have the heart to push them away. If you do push them away, it means your fate isn't strong enough, so just let go naturally. This world is vast, and some people, once separated, may never meet again. There's no need to worry about awkwardness."
Yes, if they really talked it out, Xiang Yun would feel like he had lied to him, and he wouldn't be able to accept it. The worst outcome would be that Xiang Yun moves away from here, and if they meet on the same frequency, they would pretend not to know each other. If they were even less lucky, they might not even meet on the same frequency.
If she keeps quiet about this, it's like a ticking time bomb is always strapped to them. How can she feel at ease being with Xiang Yun?
Xu Songning had an idea. On Xiang Yun's birthday, she would talk to him about it and at least take the rope off her neck. As for whether the outcome would be bad, that was something to consider later.
During her break from work, Xu Songning asked Zhou Qiao to accompany her to buy a gift.
A silver sedan was parked at the entrance of Xu Songning's residential compound. The back window was rolled down, revealing a helpless face.
Zhou Qiao shrugged, wearing large sunglasses. "Song Ning, I really have no way to send this big shot away. He insists that my hand injury hasn't fully healed and he wants to send him away."
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