Chapter 88 - Acting out a show of affection
Chapter 88 - Acting out a show of affection
The summer vacation of my second year of high school was only two weeks long and it passed in the blink of an eye.
Nothing major happened in the past two weeks. The only thing worth mentioning was that Ji Yuechi found out about Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong's affair. This is not too strange. After all, Ning Fei went to Duan Yunhong's home in Shenzhen to "spend the summer vacation" and did not hide it. It was only a matter of time before Ji Yuechi ran into him head-on.
Ji Yuechi was shocked, and then questioned Duan Yunhong, trying to gain some insight from this. Unexpectedly, Duan Yunhong didn't care about it at all. Ji Yuechi said he would tell his family, and Duan Yunhong said "It's up to you". As a result, when this news was exposed within the Ji family, it did not have much power.
Ji Zhenwei's father is no longer with us, he only has a mother. Although this mother's surname is Duan, she would complain that Duan Yunhong would have no descendants and the Duan family's bloodline would be cut off. But Duan Yunhong turned a deaf ear to it. No, he simply didn't listen to this mother's nagging. When Ji Zhenwei wanted to talk to him, he refused to see him or answer his phone calls. At one point, he even refused to talk to Ji Zhenwei about business. His focus is not on South City yet. Ji Zhenwei cannot threaten him, nor is it possible to threaten him - otherwise the Ji family would be cutting off its own arm. Therefore, this discussion about Duan Yunhong's sexual orientation was just a lot of noise but little action, and the Ji family could do nothing about him.
As for Ning Fei, his resume is too perfect. Although he had some disagreements with the Ji family, it was not a fundamental contradiction, and the Ji family could not attack Duan Yunhong by saying "then at least find a better partner". The most important thing is that Duan Yunhong warned them in front of Ji Zhenwei's whole family to stop thinking about Ning Fei and stop harassing Ning Fei. Ji Zhenwei felt that there was no need to use this matter to distance himself from his own people, so he no longer cared who Duan Yunhong's partner was.
Tang Huilan even had a casual chat with Ji Xingzhe in private that if Duan Yunhong had no descendants in the future, his assets would only be inherited by Ji Zhenwei's children. This is not a bad thing for their family, so there is no need to be too opposed to Duan Yunhong's hobby. On the contrary, the brothers Ji Yuechi and Ji Xingzhe can act closer in front of Duan Yunhong, so that when Duan Yunhong gets old, he can only treat these two brothers as his own children.
Ji Xingzhe pretended to agree reluctantly, but he was madly rejecting it in his heart, feeling like the sky was falling.
He was the only one who found it hard to accept that Duan Yunhong was "together" with Ning Fei. After the two met, Ji Xingzhe was worried all day long that they would "exchange information" and push Lin Shengjia to return to the Ji family. Now that their relationship has become even closer, it is hard for Ji Xingzhe not to imagine whether they are planning something behind the scenes.
Moreover, in Ji Xingzhe's opinion, Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong met at his birthday party, which meant that he was the one who introduced them to each other. This behavior of "digging a trap for oneself" made him very uncomfortable.
What was even more painful was that when Ji Xingzhe came to try to find out something, Duan Yunhong said something very "terrible" in a leisurely manner: "Let's talk about everything after you finish the exam."
Ji Xingzhe: “…”
From then on, Ji Xingzhe no longer dared to talk to Duan Yunhong, and even dared not to meet his eyes.
"He must have taken it as a 'death notice'."
Ning Fei heard Duan Yunhong's retelling on the phone and commented: "Your words only mean one thing to him, that is, you will expose Lin Shengjia's background after the college entrance examination."
"That's what I mean, so that he doesn't have to say those things in front of me that he thinks are tactful and clever, but are actually all nonsense." Duan Yunhong said, "He didn't dare to bother me before, but in order to find out what we are doing, he started to hang around in front of me again, as annoying as a pest that can't be eradicated."
"Why, does he still think that we got together to plot to expose his background?" Ning Fei flipped through a page of the teacher's version of the exercise materials in front of him and said happily, "Ji Yuechi even ran into us kissing by the car, could this be a staged act?"
"Ji Yuechi wouldn't specifically describe this scene." Duan Yunhong paused, and said in a calm tone, "But he said we were together, and I didn't explain too much. I can't say we were just friends."
"Oh, OK, that's what I told Lin Shengjia anyway. Let's save ourselves the trouble." Ning Fei didn't seem to care much about this topic. He replied casually and then went back to the previous topic. "But if you tell Ji Xingzhe this, it might inspire him to harm Lin Shengjia within this year. You really created a big hidden danger for me."
Duan Yunhong didn't care: "He can't find anyone to help him, what else can he do? He's just helpless and furious."
"That's not necessarily true. A cornered dog will do something even worse than jumping over a wall." Ning Fei responded, "If he can break his own leg, he can do something even more cruel to others. It's not impossible for him to risk his life. I have to remind Lin Shengjia to stay away from this lunatic. Sometimes giving in is not because of cowardice, but because you don't want to be dragged down by the other party."
"Lin Shengjia's parents already pick him up from school, what else can we do?" Duan Yunhong replied, "Ji Xingzhe can't win a one-on-one fight, and he doesn't have the guts to hire someone to kill him, so you don't have to worry about it. Do you really think he's a child who needs all-round protection? He's an adult at heart, and he should have been independent a long time ago."
"But he told me that recently Xie Baolin told his mother that he could help with the pick-up and drop-off." Ning Fei paused writing and drawing, propped up his chin, and looked at the cell phone next to him. "Why did Xie Baolin stay here? He hasn't been active for a long time, and he's suddenly willing to help. Something must be wrong. He wouldn't want to help Ji Xingzhe deal with Lin Shengjia, right? Anyway, Lin Shengjia's goal is to get away from the Ji family and go to a good university. If he makes Lin Shengjia unable to get into university, doesn't that also ruin his goal?"
"I don't know why he's staying here, and he's not interested. If you're worried that he might interfere, just tell Lin Shengjia not to trust him and ask his parents to pick him up." Duan Yunhong said, "If he's really allowed to do it, he'll definitely do it when the exam is approaching and he and his car slide."
"Yeah. It doesn't matter if he lives or dies, but it will be troublesome if Lin Shengjia gets into trouble." Ning Fei said with a click of the tongue, "Can't you just push him away? Don't you bandits have any 'territorial consciousness' or something like that?"
"If you must say, yes, but the conflict may not break out at any time." Duan Yunhong said, "They may try to force the other party out of the world from the beginning, or they may drag it out until the end. Just like you debt collectors may ask colleagues for reinforcements, the walkers may also temporarily partner up and help each other. When it is time to draw luck, they will start to compete with each other, with the purpose of snatching more luck."
"So he didn't squeeze you at first because he wanted to cooperate with you?"
"Impossible, there's no way he and I can cooperate." Duan Yunhong actually guessed that Xie Baolin probably wanted to watch the fun and try to take advantage of the situation. But he didn't want to discuss that guy too much, so he said, "If you're really worried, I'll have someone drive Lin Shengjia to and from school every day. Just say they're sending you and taking Lin Shengjia along."
"According to your plot, do I have to pretend to be affectionate with you?" Ning Fei thought it was troublesome, "Can't you just kick him out? Duan Yunhong, don't tell me you can't do it."
"It's possible, but why should I spend the extra effort and resources?" Duan Yunhong replied, "I am indeed helping you, but don't expect me to spend any extra luck."
"Tsk, then it's up to you." Ning Fei thought to himself that this man had clearly spent so much luck on changing his personality as soon as he entered the world, so why was he pretending to be frugal now? However, he had no right to force others to spend effort to drive them away, so he could only say: "But if Xie Baolin causes any major impact in the future, I will only hold you accountable."
Duan Yunhong said: "Isn't it your responsibility to prevent accidents? Are you putting the blame on me?"
"Then I arranged for you to kick him out. If you are not willing to do it, then isn't it your responsibility to deal with the aftermath?" Ning Fei replied confidently, "Also, since you want to act like you are in love, why don't you go to the Lin family for dinner with me this Saturday? And then we can act out the drama at the same time."
Duan Yun sneered: "Act? Okay, how far do you want to act?"
"What, you want to play a trick on me? Fine, I'll 'risk my life for you' no matter how far you want to go." Ning Fei also smiled.
"At most, Xie Baolin will go to you bandits to spread the word, but I won't be embarrassed."
***
On Saturday, all three “non-locals” from the Lin family, Ning Fei, Duan Yunhong, and Xie Baolin, were present.
As soon as he saw that Xie Baolin was really there, Duan Yunhong knew that Ning Fei was probably doing this on purpose, just to embarrass him. However, Duan Yunhong had already made preparations and began his performance in front of everyone.
He did not show his affection right away, but instead started to attack Ning Fei's teaching job.
The working hours are long, the content is rich, it is stressful and stressful, and the salary is low. Duan Yunhong said that Ning Fei was wasting his abilities and his life in this position, and it would be better for him to go to Shenzhen with him. I heard that the Lin couple were worried that Ning Fei was about to resign. After all, Lin Shengjia's English had finally improved, and it was all thanks to Ning Fei. He must not resign and leave Nancheng now.
Ning Fei quickly guessed Duan Yunhe's thoughts, and half-seriously argued with him, saying that he would never resign. The two of them were exchanging sharp words, and the atmosphere was tense, and it was indeed a bit tit-for-tat; if you say it was a show of affection, if you think about it carefully, it really did sound like a quarrel between a couple.
At the end of the conversation, Duan Yunhong pretended to give in: "Okay, I'll give you another three years. I want to see what you can do in this school. But with your way of wasting time, you might collapse before you even teach a few classes. I'll find someone to drive you to and from school. You don't have to ride that broken bike of yours."
Ning Fei glanced at him and said coldly, "It's none of your business. Doesn't Lin Shengjia ride his bicycle back and forth every day? I'm not worse than my students."
Duan Yunhong: "Why are you competing with a hot-blooded middle school student... OK, fine, then Lin Shengjia, you should also ride with him to and from school, so that he won't be arguing with me, okay?"
Lin Shengjia, who had been watching the whole thing without saying a word, said: "...Ah?"
——No, am I a part of your play?
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