0129 Confession (Secondary Chapter) (Two chapters combined, 4000+ words)
Xiang Nannan woke up with a splitting headache. The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was Song Yuchang and Cheng Jing sitting in the room, which startled her.
She touched the body under the covers, her clothes intact, and breathed a sigh of relief. Then, she propped herself up on the bed and asked with a frown, "How did you all end up here?"
Song Yuchang was so angry that he laughed out loud: "How did we get here?"
"Xiang Nannan, I originally thought you were just plain stupid, but now it seems you don't even have a brain!" He suddenly jumped up, his emotions running high.
Xiang Nannan was already feeling unwell, and after his sarcastic remarks, she immediately retorted angrily, "Are you sick? What's wrong with you so early in the morning!"
He really is insane.
Song Yuchang took out his phone, turned it on, and then threw it hard in front of her. With one hand on his hip and the other pointing at the phone, he said, "Look for yourself, look at the mess you've made!"
Xiang Nannan picked up her phone in confusion. In the photo, she appeared to be naked, lying in a man's arms with her eyes closed, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep after sex.
The further she flipped through the photos, the more alarmed she became.
Upon seeing the man's face, Xiang Nannan was stunned and immediately denied it, saying, "I didn't!"
She stammered in a panic, "I... I ran into him at the bar last night, and then we had a few drinks together..."
Xiang Nannan looked up at him and emphasized, "That's all!"
"That's all? Then where did these photos come from?"
Song Yuchang nodded with a sneer, saying, "You're really something, Xiang Nannan. Running off to drink with a man in the middle of the night instead of going home. It's one thing for others, but how dare you do that to someone like Cheng Qiyi! I think you've lost your mind! Always getting into these ridiculous things!"
He was resting at home last night when Qin Zilu called him in the middle of the night, waking him up and telling him to check his WeChat messages.
When he opened WeChat, he was shocked to find that Cheng Qiyi had posted photos of himself and Xiang Nannan in bed in their circle of friends. In the few hours he had been asleep, those explicit photos and vulgar chat logs had spread throughout the entire city of B.
He immediately ordered his men to suppress the matter by any means necessary.
Whether it was deliberate provocation or something else, Cheng Qiyi actually booked a room at a hotel under his name. When Song Yuchang found out, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He rushed to the hotel that night, dragged the man out, and beat him up until he was half dead and crying for his parents.
Xiang Nannan was the victim in this whole affair. Instead of comforting her, he turned around and scolded her. The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. Her voice was thick with tears as she shouted at him, "How should I know! This isn't the ending I wanted! I only drank a few glasses of wine because I knew what kind of person he was! I didn't do anything else! Don't try to slander me!"
"He makes you drink, so you drink? He makes you sleep with him, so you go too?!" Song Yuchang was so angry that his blood boiled, and he blurted out his words without thinking.
His words were so offensive that Cheng Jing, who had been watching from the sidelines, frowned, immediately stood up, pulled him away, and said in a deep voice, "Yu Chang, don't go too far."
Upon hearing this, Xiang Nannan nearly jumped out of bed, her eyes wide with disbelief as she stared at him. She rarely swore, exclaiming, "What the hell are you saying?! How can you be so disgusting?!"
With red eyes, she pounded the bed, screaming in despair, "So what if I slept with him! Who do you think you are! What right do you have to tell me what to do! Did I ask you to tell me what to do?!"
Although the two had bickered and fought since childhood, they had never said such harsh words to each other. Seeing that Song Yuchang was about to argue with her, Cheng Jing had a headache from the noise and hurriedly pulled him back, shouting, "Enough!"
"Both of you, shut up!"
He had just finished his night shift at the hospital and was already exhausted. Now, their noise was giving him a headache.
Cheng Jing took a deep breath and first scolded Song Yuchang: "You too, knowing that Nan Nan is feeling bad, you still said so many hurtful things. Who are you trying to make uncomfortable?"
Then he turned to look at Xiang Nannan, who was crying uncontrollably, and gently comforted her, "Nannan, he's just worried and confused, don't pay attention to him."
He explained that Song Yuchang was the first to receive the news last night and came to take her away. He also said that nothing happened between her and Cheng Qiyi, and that he deliberately took those photos of Xiang Nannan, who was wearing a strapless dress, pretending to be naked.
Upon hearing this, Xiang Nannan immediately retorted, "So what! Who cares what he thinks! Even if I rot away here, it's none of his business!"
Song Yuchang's face was tense, his fists were clenched tightly, the veins on the back of his hands were bulging, and he stared at her without saying a word.
Cheng Jing glanced at him, wondering what he was feeling. If she were in that kind of mess, she'd probably be devastated too.
Just as I was about to say a few more words, my phone suddenly rang.
It turned out that the patient he was in charge of had suddenly gone into shock after surgery, and the department asked him to go back and participate in the rescue.
Helpless, Cheng Jing told them before leaving, "Don't argue anymore, or I'll call Tai Qing over."
Tantai Qing also came last night. Seeing that Xiang Nan Nan was unharmed after things calmed down, he went back first.
Neither of them replied; one remained silent, and the other wept.
After Cheng Jing left, Xiang Nannan hugged the blanket, buried her head in her knees, her shoulders shaking, and cried so hard she could hardly breathe. She looked extremely heartbroken.
For some reason, Song Yuchang could never control his temper when he was with her.
He knew he had a bad mouth, but he just...
She must have been really upset. I've never seen her cry so badly since I grew up. After calming down, Song Yuchang felt even more guilty. He stiffly took a few steps, stared at her thin back for a long time, and then slowly sat down on the edge of the bed.
Xiang Nannan noticed his approach and, without even looking up, shouted sharply, "Get out of my way!"
His hand froze in mid-air. He pursed his lips, then slowly withdrew it, ignoring her resistance, and moved closer to her.
Xiang Nannan didn't want to get close to him, so she immediately threw off the covers and tried to get out of bed.
But the next moment, he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into his embrace.
As if she had touched something disgusting and repulsive, she suddenly struggled violently, yelling, "Get out! Disgusting! Don't touch me!"
Song Yuchang held her tightly in his arms, refusing to let go.
Seeing that struggling was useless, Xiang Nannan lowered her head and bit his hand.
Despite this, he remained completely still.
The man, who had been furious just moments before, now silently endured her biting.
Xiang Nannan only released her mouth when her mouth was filled with the taste of blood.
She glanced down at the gruesome, bleeding wound on his wrist, and suddenly felt utterly powerless. She then let go of his hand, covered her face in despair, and wept.
Ignoring his injured wrist, Song Yuchang rested his chin on her shoulder and neck, his face close to hers. His voice was low and menacing as he gritted his teeth and said, "If murder weren't against the law, I would have killed that beast Cheng Qiyi with my own hands."
At that time, he had already pinned that beast Cheng Qiyi to the ground and beaten him unconscious. If Tantai Qing hadn't intervened in time, he probably would have really killed him.
Even though he got himself into this mess, his emotions shouldn't be this extreme, right?
Xiang Nannan found him somewhat inexplicable.
Song Yuchang rubbed his face against hers, his cheek stained with some of her cold tears.
She wasn't used to his intimacy with her, so she pursed her lips and looked away, a strange feeling creeping into her heart.
"Are you crazy? What are you doing...?"
"Escape."
In Xiang Nannan's memory, since she was old enough to understand, Song Yuchang had never called her so gently. He had always called her by her full name, so she had always called him by his full name as well.
Hearing him call her name so gently suddenly gave her goosebumps and made her feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
However, his next sentence was even more jaw-dropping.
"Be with me."
Xiang Nannan was struck dumb; her first reaction was that he had gone mad.
"What nonsense are you spouting!"
She struggled violently, almost breaking free from his embrace.
Song Yuchang hugged her tightly, not letting her escape. He looked down at her and said earnestly, "Can't you tell? I'm confessing my feelings."
Xiang Nannan froze, her face blank, looking utterly incredulous.
Before the turmoil in her heart could subside, the man cupped her face in his hands, his warm breath spraying onto her skin.
"I like you, Qianqian."
“I’ve always felt that you were mine since I was little, so I’ve been waiting for you to grow up. But now I don’t want to wait anymore.”
The series of events filled him with a sense of crisis, and Song Yuchang even felt that if he didn't speak up now, he would never have another chance.
The unspoken love he had harbored for so many years had made him extremely uncomfortable.
He watched her grow up little by little. Even though they had always been very close, for some reason he felt like he was "trying to catch the moon with a monkey's eyes," and all he could touch was a phantom.
This news was so shocking that it was even more unbelievable to Xiang Nannan than being told that the world was going to end tomorrow.
"Shameless!" Xiang Nannan dared not look at him again. She spat at him and immediately turned her head away, staring blankly at the door, her face puffed up with anger.
"I would never be with a man who insults me!"
Xiang Nannan holds a grudge. He just said she spoke so harshly, but now he's putting on a show of "deep affection" in front of her.
Ugh! That's disgusting!
Knowing he was in the wrong, Song Yuchang immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, I spoke too harshly just now. I apologize to you, and it won't happen again."
Xiang Nan Nan proudly raised her head, giving him no reply.
Knowing that she needed time to process what he had said, he wasn't in a hurry to pressure her and was willing to wait for her to think things through on her own.
Song Yuchang was not as calm as he appeared on the surface. In fact, he was quite uneasy and even a little afraid that if he messed things up, the two of them might not even be able to remain friends.
Xiang Nannan sneered, "Didn't you just say I slept with other people..."
Before she could finish speaking, he covered her mouth with his palm.
His eyes were cold as he warned, "Don't say another word."
Song Yuchang regretted that he had been too impulsive just now. In that emotional state, he had said many things without thinking.
Xiang Nannan found his alternating hot and cold behavior neurotic. Just as she was about to push him away, he let go of her hand, his expression returning to its previous gentleness. He then reached over to the bedside to get tissues to wipe the tears and snot from her face.
Song Yuchang was wiping her nose when Xiang Nannan realized this and suddenly felt embarrassed, so she immediately snatched the tissue from his hand.
"I'll do it myself!"
She kicked him away, got out of bed, wiped her nose, and looked down to see that her strapless dress had fallen down more than halfway, revealing her white breasts.
Not knowing how much he had seen, Xiang Nannan immediately clutched her chest warily and ordered him, "Turn around, I need to straighten my clothes!"
"Okay." Song Yuchang obediently got up and turned his back to her.
While glancing to see if he was peeking, she quickly adjusted her skirt.
The belt around her waist had come loose, and because her hands weren't very dexterous, she had some difficulty tying it back herself.
Hearing her anxious voice, Song Yuchang asked, "What's wrong? Do you need my help?"
"No need!" Xiang Nannan said decisively, then stood quietly in place, fiddling with it herself.
After struggling for a while, she still couldn't tie the belt properly. Just as she was about to give up, a hand appeared on her waist.
She turned around and saw him bending down to tie the untied ribbon for her.
Xiang Nannan bit her lip and muttered, "I didn't ask you for help..."
Song Yuchang looked up at her and said with a smile, "Yes, so I came to help you myself."
She felt like he had become a completely different person, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.
However, she didn't stop him in the end because she needed to put her dress on properly.
"Are you done yet? Why are you taking so long..."
It was just a knot; Song Yuchang had already tied it, but he hadn't let go of it yet.
His slender, beautiful shoulder blades were exposed before his eyes, and, as if possessed, he couldn't resist lowering his head and gently kissing them.
A soft touch came from her shoulder blades, and Xiang Nannan felt as if she had been scalded by boiling water. She immediately jumped back, turned around to look at him, her eyes wide with anger, and her face flushed as she scolded, "What are you doing?! Don't touch me! There's no relationship between us yet!"
After saying that, she stomped her foot and went to look in the mirror.
Song Yuchang stood there, licking his lips sheepishly.
He was indeed a bit impatient.
My face in the mirror was a mess of red and black; all the makeup I'd carefully applied last night was ruined.
Xiang Nannan couldn't imagine how he could have said those things to her face, which was a complete mess...
She felt extremely embarrassed and shook her hand in frustration.
She was on the phone with the front desk asking them to bring up some makeup remover when she glanced up and suddenly saw him standing behind her in the mirror. Startled, she immediately frowned, turned around, and demanded, "What are you doing following me here?!"
Song Yuchang leaned casually against the pillar and said, "Let's see what you need."
"Hmph!" Xiang Nannan rolled her eyes at him, snorted disdainfully, turned off the tap, and turned to leave.
Later, he thoughtfully had his assistant buy her a new outfit and send it over.
"Change your clothes before you go back." He handed her a white cardboard bag.
He knew her preferences quite well and bought her a suit dress that suited her style.
“It’s not like I have to say yes to every guy who pursues me.” Xiang Nannan sat in front of the dressing mirror removing her makeup, glancing at him in the mirror, and said slowly and deliberately.
Seeing her slightly arrogant expression, Song Yuchang found her incredibly cute. A light smile spread across his lips as he asked her with a smile, "So, esteemed Miss Xiang Nannan, may I ask what I need to do?"
"I don't know yet, I might tell you next year." She pouted as she removed her lip makeup, speaking indistinctly.
"What's my number?" Song Yuchang suddenly moved closer, leaned down, and asked him softly.
"What?" Xiang Nannan turned around, frowning in confusion.
"Didn't you say that if you wanted to pursue me, you'd have to take a number and wait in line?"
She had completely forgotten about it, and only remembered it after he reminded her.
She glared at him and sneered, "Number 250!"
Cheng, he's cursing him again.
Perhaps because he had spoken frankly with her, Song Yuchang didn't feel upset about being scolded this time; instead, he felt somewhat pleased.
What would you like to eat for lunch?
"I'm not eating, I'm full of anger, get out!"
"This isn't good, wait... ouch!"
Before leaving, she kicked him hard a few times, then vented her anger by hitting him with her bag a few times before fleeing the "crime scene" at high speed.
Song Yuchang, grimacing and dragging his leg that had been kicked so hard, limped after her.
"Hey, wait for me!"
Author's note: Due to time constraints, the subplot will not be split into two chapters.
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