Chapter 72 Chapter 72 Undercover
All men use similar methods. Tang Ningyue is a little tired of it and doesn't even have the mood to be perfunctory.
It was already mid-afternoon when Zhou Yuhe was sent away. Li Jinglang called her several times but she didn't answer.
Seeing Zhou Yuhe's car going further and further away, Tang Ningyue picked up her phone and called back.
What’s funny is that after the beep sounded for a few seconds, the other party actually hung up.
Tang Ningyue was almost laughing out of anger. It was obvious that he was looking for trouble, or perhaps taking revenge on her for letting Tao Yun be the lobbyist.
In short, he was unhappy and about to lose his temper.
【I'll come find you in the evening.】
She sent a message.
Before this, Tang Ningyue never thought that she would fall into this trap, especially against such a fool.
She admitted that she was indeed lustful at first, and she was still like that when she saw him now, but that was all.
We are all adults, and if there is no result, it should end. But she got stuck with this dog-skin plaster and can't get out of it.
The engagement day is getting closer and closer. We have been preparing for it for so long and the interests of several families are involved. We cannot mess it up and there must be no accidents.
Li Jinglang can give up everything for love, but Tang Ningyue is not such a person. No matter what happens, the first things to be abandoned for her are men and love.
According to Tang Ningyue, men have always dreamed of being heroes since ancient times, so of course they should be the first to sacrifice.
Tang Ningyue sent a message but received no response for a long time. She was already preparing to take a bus home for a nap when the other party suddenly replied with just a few words, all of which were rejections.
【I have to work overtime at night.】
Tang Ningyue sneered and replied: [Answer the phone.]
This time, the person on the other end didn't refuse. Instead, he answered the call quickly. However, he didn't say anything and even held his breath, deliberately trying to be angry with her.
"Li Jinglang?"
"Mute?"
"..." After a long silence, the other party seemed to lose patience and asked, "What do you mean today?"
"Whatever you think it means."
She was still as nonchalant as ever. After being in Nancy for so long, except for the last time when she was drunk, this was the first time that Li Jinglang had communicated with her normally, but she did not have a good attitude.
“…”
There was no sound from the other side again. It was extremely quiet on his side, but it was very noisy on Tang Ningyue's side.
Tang Zhaoming had just returned to school when Tang Ningyue brought Duan Jiayu over from Beining. The company arranged for Duan Jiayu to appear on a talent show, but Tang Ningyue had always been a person with high demands. Every day when she was free, she would watch Duan Jiayu practice, using the tactic of doing a lot of questions.
But in Li Jinglang's eyes, no matter what Tang Ningyue did, she was always surrounded by various men who were flattering and fawning, and just listening to their voices was annoying.
He was hiding in the corridor, answering the call in a low voice, and had to listen to the overlapping male voices on the other side. Li Jinglang stared at the thick glass window with some annoyance, and his hands kneaded the leaves of the money tree with force.
That broken tree is placed at the corner instead of at the door, it just gets in the way.
"I'll come to you in the evening and we'll talk." Tang Ningyue's tone was clearly a notification, and she had no intention of discussing it with him.
“.....”
Li Jinglang frowned and did not answer. Zhou Ruian was worried about him instead and kept looking in his direction from time to time.
He turned his body and faced away from him.
The leaf finally couldn't withstand Li Jinglang's action and broke into two halves. The green leaf looked like it had been bitten by an insect's tooth and was really eye-catching.
"What are you talking about?" Li Jinglang tore off the remaining half of the leaf. "You don't even want to have a good chat with me. You always just want to take care of me."
“.....”
Li Jinglang was right. Tang Ningyue had no intention of resolving the communication issue properly because it was useless. He wouldn't listen to anything she said. This was the only way.
Tang Ningyue had no choice. It was no use treating the situation coldly now, so she could only resort to this last resort.
"If you don't want to talk to me, I'll let Zhou Yuhe talk to you."
Tang Ningyue knew very well that she couldn't communicate with Li Jinglang over the phone. If she could meet him in person, she could calm him down temporarily. Arguing like this would only escalate the conflict.
“.....”
"Why aren't you talking?" Tang Ningyue's tone became frivolous again.
"I'll be waiting for you at home at nine o'clock in the evening."
“…It’s too late.”
"I have to work overtime."
The implication is that love may or may not come.
"....OK."
Tang Ningyue went along with his wishes and tried to appease him. She didn't know whether the other party would buy it or not, and it didn't matter.
But Li Jinglang felt a little regretful after hanging up the phone. He wanted to see her, but he didn't want to meet her on the grounds of ending their relationship.
When he first rejected Tang Ningyue, he was actually a little glad that he had learned not to fall into her trap, but in the end he could not resist her words and agreed to her so easily.
He spent the whole afternoon angry at himself for not living up to his expectations, but at the same time he was secretly looking forward to seeing her. He was a contradiction from beginning to end. It seemed that nothing went his way and things were always a mess.
He didn't work overtime that night. Before leaving, he watered the money tree. It was the first time he took a taxi back and he bought a bouquet of flowers on the way. He didn't plan to give it to Tang Ningyue, but just put it on the table because he was still angry with her.
It was almost seven o'clock when he finished cleaning the house. He went downstairs to wait for her early, but he didn't want to stand too conspicuously so that she could see him at a glance. He hid behind the sycamore tree, only half of his body turned sideways, quietly watching the passing vehicles.
There was a slight breeze in the evening, but it was still hot and humid. Li Jinglang stood downstairs for too long and his legs were a little numb. Just as he was lost in thought, Tang Ningyue got out of the car.
Li Jinglang never expected that it was Zhou Yuhe who personally brought Tang Ningyue here.
If he were in Beining now, in the past, he would have rushed forward and gone crazy, instead of hiding in a place like now, silently pinching his palm and watching the two people kiss goodbye.
He didn't know what Tang Ningyue said to Zhou Yuhe, but she was always capable and was just as relaxed now as she was before.
Tang Ningyue turned around only after Zhou Yuhe's car drove away. Li Jinglang subconsciously dodged backwards, but it was too late. He had already been discovered by Tang Ningyue.
"I've booked a restaurant nearby, how about we go get some late-night snacks?"
"I don't eat midnight snacks."
"Okay." Tang Ningyue looked around the buildings in the old community disapprovingly, "Let's go to your place. You lead the way."
Li Jinglang glanced in the direction Zhou Yuhe left.
"Does your husband have any objection to going to another man's house?"
Li Jinglang walked up to her with a gloomy face, and the pitiful look he had in front of her was gone.
"My husband is not a petty person."
"That's quite praiseworthy." Li Jinglang said sarcastically, and without continuing to argue with her, he turned and walked towards the apartment building behind.
Tang Ningyue smiled and said nothing, slowly following his footsteps from behind.
Li Jinglang walked very fast. When he turned a corner, he would wait for her for a while, but when he realized that she was looking at him, he would speed up again. After a few times, Li Jinglang realized that Tang Ningyue was deliberately walking slowly to tease him.
He didn't go any further, but simply stopped and turned to stare at her.
She was wearing strappy high heels and looked at the greenery in the community while walking. From time to time, she would stop to touch the cats and play with the dogs. It took her almost fifteen minutes to walk a three-minute distance. Li Jinglang couldn't remember how many times she stopped.
The mosquito control work in the old community was not done well. Li Jinglang subconsciously glanced at Tang Ningyue's exposed long legs. Fortunately, there were no signs of mosquito bites.
"The last person who walked this slowly here was the three-year-old granddaughter of Grandma Li next door."
Two meters away, Li Jinglang had a dark face and a sarcastic look.
"You have too little patience." Tang Ningyue walked over to him with her arms folded and stood still. "When you were a kid, you got into a tantrum, it was much more troublesome than this."
“.....”
Li Jinglang hated it most when she talked about her childhood. Whenever she mentioned her childhood, she was using it to blackmail him, trying to get him to agree to her unreasonable demands. If she showed him a friendly look, she would definitely have ulterior motives.
It is true that people cannot understand each other too well. Both of them know what the other is thinking, and they keep pulling and tugging, thinking that they can control each other, and neither of them is willing to give in.
"Hurry up, I have to go to work tomorrow," he said.
"My feet hurt." Tang Ningyue glared at him, "I can't walk."
Her hand was already on him, "Carry me."
"Tang Ningyue." Li Jinglang was furious. "The night before last, you were the one who told me not to come to you casually."
"What are you doing now?" Li Jinglang began to regret that he had cried all night last night. It was such a waste of his emotions.
Tang Ningyue smiled and held his neck tightly without letting go.
In fact, Li Jinglang looked really pitiful. After all, Ouyang Che betrayed him and went undercover for Tang Ningyue, and he was a good soldier. Li Jinglang had just said that he would go to her engagement party, and Tang Ningyue received the news the next second.
She didn't even dare to imagine how angry Li Jinglang would be if he knew about this.
"I'm just tired from walking, why are you angry?" Tang Ningyue didn't listen to him and insisted on hanging on him, letting him hold her in his arms and carry her on his back, refusing to get down.
Li Jinglang knew very well that she did this because she was afraid that he would cause trouble at her engagement party. Although he was resisting in his heart, he still stroked her back with his hand and supported her with one arm, letting her lean steadily in his arms.
Noticing his movements, Tang Ningyue felt relieved. She leaned her head against his neck, hooked her arms around his neck, and gently sniffed his scent.
"Hurry up, it's hot outside."
"You know it's hot... then why are you still..."
Before he could finish his sentence, someone came out of the community. Li Jinglang fell silent and quickened his pace.
His face turned red, and he was afraid that others would see him, so he took big steps. Tang Ningyue could even hear his extremely fast heartbeat.
"Eh..." She was restless and patted his chest again. During the time they hadn't met, he hadn't given up on keeping in shape.
"What again?" Li Jinglang frowned again.
"I told my husband..." She deliberately drew circles on his chest, "I'm not going back to sleep tonight."
“.......”
"Tang Ningyue." He was exceptionally calm this time. "I'm not a fool."
"I won't be fooled by you again."
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