Chapter 67
I wanted to use my age to offer some advice, but the atmosphere at the scene was too tense, and the old men and women, who were worldly-wise and experienced, didn't say a word.
They looked at Jiang Li to the left, then at Qi Yang to the right, and finally exchanged a glance.
His expression seemed to say, "This little girl is quite capable."
Qi Yang suddenly spoke up: "President Jiang is joking."
"How do you know?" Jiang Li's lips curled up, breaking his usual lazy and talkative image, as if he wanted to argue to the bitter end.
"It's just a relationship," Qi Yang said with a forced smile, clearly sensing the different atmosphere. "President Jiang, you're such a big boss, you don't need to be like this, do you?"
Jiang Li chuckled lightly, and asked in a relaxed and calm tone, "Who says the big boss can't queue up for a number?"
The unfriendly atmosphere lasted less than two minutes.
Guan Nan awkwardly stepped forward and made an excuse to separate the two, but didn't know what to say. Suddenly remembering the debt she had just collected, she quickly said, "Well, come upstairs with me, I'll pay you back the money I owe you."
At this point, amidst the strange atmosphere, she added, "I just forgot, I still have cash at home."
Jiang Li lifted his eyelids, looked her up and down twice, and then reluctantly nodded, appearing extremely unwilling. His posture was both noble and arrogant.
Guan Nan was surprised that he agreed, and she had even prepared lines for him to return to "Coffee Wine".
She had no choice but to swallow her words and awkwardly led him upstairs.
Upon entering, Guan Nan was about to go back to the bedroom to get the money, but then she felt it would be impolite to just leave the person waiting after bringing them back, and it wasn't a good time to open the refrigerator either, so she vaguely asked, "Do you... want some water?"
"Is this your way of treating guests?" Jiang Liren tilted his head to the side before even sitting down.
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"If I say I don't want to drink it, then you won't pour it for me?"
Guan Nan wanted to say no, but stopped halfway, saying, "You have to boil the water first."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Li nodded casually.
Not knowing whether this meant to drink or not, and worried that her hospitality might be displeasing, Guan Nan reluctantly went into the kitchen to boil water.
She only remembered the things on the coffee table that she hadn't tidied up after she filled the kettle with water and plugged it in.
When Guan Nan came out, she saw him idly flipping through the scattered test papers and notes on the table. Lulu said that she couldn't find her high school materials anymore. Those were materials she had reserved for Lulu to film videos, in order to make the videos look more visually impactful.
It was piled high with all the certificates she had earned during her university years.
Lulu said that she couldn't find the things she had lost, so she searched for them all at once, but she didn't expect that these would catch Jiang Li's eye first.
The exam paper, densely packed with the name "Jiang Li," was held between his hands.
The time was clearly marked on the bottom of the exam paper.
——April 6, 2016
The two exchanged only a glance.
Guan Nan's alarm bells rang, and he immediately rushed forward to retrieve the item.
At that moment, her face was tense, her hands were trembling, and her tone was somewhat sharp: "Why are you touching other people's things?"
Faced with Guan Nan's reaction, Jiang Li wasn't angry. He leaned back on the sofa, gave her a meaningful look, and then asked sincerely, "When did this become someone else's?"
Guan Nan hurriedly packed her things without replying to him.
"And another thing," Jiang Li said, seemingly both unreasonable and self-righteous, "isn't that the exam paper with my name on it?"
Guan Nan ignored him and walked towards the bedroom with a large pile of test papers and notebooks in her arms.
Unbeknownst to them, a waist belt fell to the ground.
Jiang Li picked it up without changing his expression, stared at it for two seconds, his hands clenched into a fist with veins bulging, and slowly stuffed it into his pocket before sitting back down on the sofa.
This house seems to be full of secrets, with nowhere to hide.
Otherwise, why would she have been inside for so long, even when the water in the kitchen was boiling, without coming out?
In the room, Guan Nan couldn't convince herself that Jiang Li hadn't finished reading the exam paper.
Hecangyuan was still bustling, with the number of visitors increasing rather than decreasing, which made Guan Nan's helplessness and anxiety even more apparent.
Thinking of Jiang Li still in the living room, the test papers piled up on the bedroom floor, and the handwriting on them.
Judging from Jiang Li's words, actions, and expressions just now, Guan Nan didn't think that the other party hadn't seen anything, or that he would pretend not to have seen anything.
Guan Nan was at a loss, and for a long time she dared not open the door or leave the bedroom.
Until the door opened and then closed again.
Guan Nan was stunned for a moment, then peeked out the window and realized that it was already dark.
He's gone.
He was still feeling down just a second ago, and then he just left.
But then she thought about it again. She had invited the person over, saying she was going to pay back the money, but she hadn't even given them a sip of water, and her tone was so aggressive. She went into the bedroom and never came out again.
This blatant attitude of kicking people out is unbearable for anyone.
She was already used to being abandoned time and time again.
She silently put away the test paper, then picked up the lop-eared rabbit on the bedside table and pinched its gloomy face before standing up to open the door, only to find Jiang Li sitting there.
He sat quietly in the old, dilapidated room, his chair bent low over a small coffee table.
It felt as if we had been waiting for centuries.
Surprisingly, he not only didn't leave, but also started working outside.
Guan Nan paused for two seconds, puzzled, "...Why haven't you left yet?"
"You didn't tell me to leave." Jiang Li looked up, his tone innocent, but his behavior was even more defiant.
This statement is both reasonable and unreasonable.
In short, Guan Nan was speechless.
The room was dark, with only a faint light coming from the laptop. Guan Nan reached out and turned on the light. The instant the light came on, Guan Nan saw him subconsciously tilt his head slightly and close his eyes.
Because of the awkwardness just now, Guan Nan was also acting unnaturally, but when people are unnatural, they always try to distract themselves, and she noticed the Sprite on the coffee table.
Guan Nan frowned: "You opened my refrigerator?"
"It's open," Jiang Li didn't deny it. "You won't give me water, and you won't even let me find my own food?"
Guan Nan replied hesitantly, "Well... you can't just go through my fridge like that."
"Oh, I can't just look at the exam paper, I can't just rummage through the refrigerator, so what else can I just do whatever I want? Tell me, and I'll do as you say." Seeing her stiff face and unmoved expression, Jiang Li continued, "I didn't know you started liking Sprite."
As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Nan felt as if his entire body had been struck by lightning, and he instantly went numb.
For a moment, Guan Nan was speechless.
Surprisingly, Jiang Li didn't hold a grudge against her. He struggled to get up from the low coffee table, grabbed the bag from the corner, and headed into the kitchen without any hesitation.
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