Chapter 45 Chapter 45 Fiancé
There is actually no such thing as happiness in Li Jinglang's life creed. As long as the source of pain can be solved, he will be happy.
The day I went to meet Tang Ningyue, it was the first snow after the beginning of spring.
Without any warning, after the weather had warmed up for a few days and some people had even started wearing short sleeves, heavy snow suddenly fell.
The streets that were already filled with colors have now turned white again, as if spring was just a dream that everyone had while taking a nap.
The hot spring hotel that Tang Ningyue chose is very famous in Bac Ninh, but it doesn't have a good reputation. Everyone has ambiguous smiles on their faces when they talk about it.
Even though it was a place where rich people went for fun and excitement, Li Jinglang didn't care and went there with the black room card in hand.
He actually made a lot of preparations before coming, and even secretly did a full body skin care the day before. He did this secretly, and no one knew about it. He would blush just thinking about it.
From the lobby to the elevator, watching the red numbers jump, his heart also jumped up and down. He himself couldn't explain what he was feeling.
It was just that the snow was falling heavily outside, but his whole body felt like it was on fire, and every part of him was scorching hot.
Li Jinglang never thought that there would be such a day in his life, a day that was difficult to talk about and would be unforgettable.
The elevator only took a dozen seconds to arrive, which was not enough time for him to prepare himself mentally. As he was swallowing nervously, he met another acquaintance.
Meeting Ouyang Che in the corridor was something he had not expected.
When the two men faced each other, Ouyang Che was the first to lose his composure. His flushed face and breath-holding state showed his panic.
He opened his mouth but in the end remained speechless, saying nothing. His eyes kept hiding, and he pretended to be calm despite being panicked, just like his usual behavior at school.
“.....”
Li Jinglang remained silent from beginning to end, his expression did not change, and he didn't even show any intention of speaking.
"I...."
Unable to hold back his inner defenses, Ouyang Che was the first to give in. He looked helpless, like a mistress who had just been caught.
"Baby..."
Before Ouyang Che could finish his words, a delicate female voice came from the corner of the corridor. Li Jinglang saw that Ouyang Che's expression was obviously frozen on his face, and this time it was a complete collapse.
After just a few seconds, he could no longer control his expression and became completely calm, as if he was ready to accept everything.
The sound of high heels hitting the soft carpet was not obvious. As soon as the graceful woman with long curly hair appeared, she put her hand on Ouyang Che's arm. She said coquettishly and pressed tightly against his bare chest.
"Why didn't you come over? Cub."
".....Just about to go over." Ouyang Che echoed the woman beside him, watching her hand reaching into his open collar. He remained motionless and let her do whatever she wanted.
“.....”
Li Jinglang didn't continue watching this blushing and heart-pounding scene. For some reason, he felt a little guilty.
Without stopping, Li Jinglang pretended not to see them and walked straight past them.
No greeting, no words spoken, just like strangers.
He treated the flirting sounds of the two people as the howling of wind and snow. He had never thought before that he actually had a kind side.
I don’t know if it was because of this incident, but Li Jinglang became depressed after entering the room.
Tang Ningyue did not arrive early as agreed. When he came in, the room was still dark. Only the floor lamp next to the open-air hot spring outside the balcony was on, and steam was rising from it.
Li Jinglang took another bath and started to feel uneasy when she still hadn't come while he was drying his hair with a towel wrapped around her.
After much hesitation, he sent her a message.
Where have you been?
He sat on the edge of the bed, drinking ice water and looking at the night view outside the window, waiting for her news.
I have to say that the location Tang Ningyue chose is really a great place to enjoy the scenery, but she didn't come.
She hasn't come yet.
Tang Ningyue has always been very busy with work, and she is focused on these things. Li Jinglang did not make things difficult for himself, nor did he bother her. He just waited silently.
There was a pot of Clivia on the desk next to him. He leaned over with his cell phone in hand and unconsciously fiddled with the leaves.
Before he knew it, he had counted all the leaves, and she still hadn't replied to his message.
Unable to wait any longer, Li Jinglang called her.
There was only one beep, and then the other party picked up the phone.
A moment of excitement almost broke the leaves of the Clivia, but he suppressed the little excitement.
"Where have you been?"
"I'll pick you up."
"Okay?"
After a series of questions and answers, he seemed a little anxious.
“....”
The person on the other end did not respond immediately. Instead, after a few seconds of silence, a gentlemanly and polite male voice replied to him.
"Hello, I'm Tang Ningyue's fiancé, Zhou Yuhe. Her phone is with me. If you need anything, I can pass it on to you."
“....”
The thick layer of snow piled up on the eaves outside finally couldn't wait any longer and fell heavily to the ground with a heavy muffled sound.
"Where did she go?"
Li Jinglang remained calm, with a white coating on his fingers as he held the phone. His tone was steady, and only his body was shaking slightly.
Fortunately, the training she gave him these days was surprisingly effective.
He could actually still bear it.
"Dealing with some personal matters."
There was caller ID on Tang Ningyue’s phone, but Li Jinglang didn’t know whether the person on the other end knew who he was.
"Then tell her for me that I'm still waiting for her."
For some unknown reason, Li Jinglang blurted out these words.
"Excuse me, who are you?"
"Brother." The voice through the electric current made him feel that the feeling at the moment was not real, hazy, like a nightmare.
The other party chuckled with a contemptuous attitude.
"...As far as I know, her only brother, Tang Zhaoming, should be in Singapore right now. May I ask who you are?"
"Isn't my name on the phone?"
"I need to confirm your identity."
“....”
Li Jinglang's heart was once again covered by the wind and snow. He opened his mouth but could not say anything.
He could only hear the harmonious sound of wind and snow outside.
"Zhou Yuhe, where is my phone?"
Suddenly, a female voice came from the other side.
“....”
As soon as the voice fell, there were two beeps and the phone was hung up.
The only light in the room disappeared as the screen went out, and all the displayed items, including Li Jinglang, fell into darkness.
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At this moment, the lights in the hotel where Zhou Yuhe was staying were still on.
Tang Ningyue was rummaging through his territory for the specialties he brought from Singapore, calling his name while unpacking them.
Hearing her call, Zhou Yuhe hung up the phone, deleted the call history from his mobile phone, and followed the sound of the flushing tank to flush away everything that had just happened.
"Here it is?" Zhou Yuhe came out of the bathroom and handed her the phone. "You dropped it in the bathroom while taking a shower just now."
"I have something else to do. I have to go first." Tang Ningyue held the boxes of colorful cakes she had picked out and nodded at him. "I want to give a few boxes of these to my friends. Do you mind?"
"I'll have someone send it to you." Zhou Yuhe took a tissue and said while slowly wiping his hands, "It will be too much trouble for you to carry it."
"No trouble." Tang Ningyue shook her head. The ones she picked were the ones Li Jinglang liked to eat. The last time they went hiking with him and had breakfast at that breakfast shop, she saw that he liked them very much.
Tang Ningyue was concentrating on packing snacks and had no time to pay attention to the man next to her who was staring at her closely.
Zhou Yuhe was actually quite unhappy.
From the time the two families started discussing the marriage until they attended a business banquet together, Tang Ningyue acted like an outsider.
Every time he tried to talk to her, she was busy doing something else.
Zhou Yuhe knew very well that she was dissatisfied with him because she didn't sleep with him and didn't succeed.
Since he didn't say anything, she naturally didn't force him.
Adults always have extra tacit understanding on this matter.
Although Tang Ningyue had a reputation for being fickle, once the news of her marriage proposal got out, people still came knocking on her door, even though it was all her father's doing and had nothing to do with her.
Many people found the Tang family, and many families even traveled thousands of miles to Singapore to ask her father for marriage, but most of them had no follow-up.
She doesn't want those who are not good-looking, those with bad figures, or those who have been in many relationships. Although Tang Ningyue has never said these requirements in person, everyone has talked about them based on her conditions for choosing men.
However, marriage is different from love, and everyone always thinks that her requirements will be different, so there is still a constant stream of people coming to her door.
Tang Ningyue said in front of the media - she has to be suitable for marriage.
But Zhou Yuhe knew very well that her agreement was definitely not just because they were suitable for marriage, but also because - he was a virgin... He was embarrassed to say this, and Zhou Yuhe had never asked about this, but he was a smart man, and trying to figure out people's hearts was something he often did.
The two had not known each other for long, and the engagement was hastily decided when Tang Ningyue went to Singapore for vacation. Zhou Yuhe said that he fell in love with her at first sight.
As for Tang Ningyue, maybe it was because he was too bored at that time, or maybe he had just resigned and had a fight with his mother and was short of money, or maybe he was really the most suitable person to marry out of all people.
In short, it’s definitely not because of love.
Her eyes are always affectionate when she looks at everyone, but they are also always empty and without any content, only some transactions in bed.
After all, it was just the third day since they met, when Zhou Yuhe asked her to go on a Ferris wheel and wanted to have a love affair that started with holding hands, she already wanted to sleep with him.
But according to her usual temperament, she would probably find an excuse to break off the engagement once the novelty wore off. After all, she had done this kind of thing before. Zhou Yuhe had already learned about this when he was doing the background check.
But she said that she broke off the engagement because she was too young and still in her rebellious period. Now she is serious. After all, her father's family is much more prominent than her mother's, and the men he found are of better quality.
"This time, I really mean it."
Tang Ningyue said this to him when they were standing at the door of the hotel. Zhou Yuhe is now glad that he did not fall for it, otherwise he would not even have the chance to stand here.
He was going to marry her.
But she seemed to have almost forgotten about him. After all, she picked up the wrong person when she went to the airport to pick him up.
He didn't want to become a souvenir of her vacation.
He is my fiancé.
"That Sheng Shiyang." After looking at her for a long time, Zhou Yuhe suddenly said, "He came to see me this afternoon."
"Is it solved?" Tang Ningyue replied without raising her head.
"Um."
"That's fine." Tang Ningyue stood in front of the mirror and adjusted her collar, nonchalantly, "Is there anything else?"
"Don't let this kind of thing happen again." Staring at her back, Zhou Yuhe felt a little worried.
"Okay." Tang Ningyue agreed readily, but her hands did not stop moving and she started to fix her hair again.
"Who are you going to meet now?"
"You care about me?"
"We're getting engaged, aren't we?"
"It's not decided yet."
"I'll order it one day."
"Let's wait until that day." Tang Ningyue smiled.
"...You just promised that the Sheng Shiyang incident wouldn't happen again." Zhou Yuhe paused, "Is that true?"
"When you proposed to me in Singapore, didn't you say you would always believe in me?"
"Haven't you forgotten me?" Zhou Yuhe took out a bracelet, walked over to her side, and gently put the glittering bracelet on her wrist. "Do you still remember what I said?"
"I just forgot what you look like." Tang Ningyue spoke the unpleasant truth, "I haven't forgotten your monthly scheduled transfers, and...your gift." She smiled and shook the bracelet on her wrist at him.
Her patience with him was basically all given by him voluntarily.
Also, resource donation.
“....”
Zhou Yuhe smiled and was actually glad that he often transferred money and gave her gifts so that she did not completely forget him. He used to think that he was a sucker, but now thinking about it, it seemed to have some effect.
"Then I'll come back to see you often in the future." He stroked her wrist as he spoke, his tone like a kind and loyal husband.
"Making money is more important." Tang Ningyue pulled her hand away, her cunning look making people love and hate her.
"I don't want you to forget me." He stared into her eyes with some grievance.
"Then just follow me..." She slipped her hand between the two buttons of his shirt.
Before she touched his sensitive area, Zhou Yuhe grabbed her hand first.
"Didn't we agree that this would be done after the wedding?"
“.....”
Tang Ningyue's face turned completely unhappy. She had already said many versions of the question before, such as whether he was not capable or whether he was an ancient person. She was so exhausted that she was too lazy to pay attention to him.
"I really have to go." She pulled her hand back and walked away quickly with a smile on her face.
It would be fine if you didn't let her touch it, but there are plenty of people who are eager to do it.
"When will you come back?" He asked her again.
"No."
Tang Ningyue smiled and waved at him.
"You should go to bed early too."
“Only when you have enough rest can you make good money.”
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