Chapter 326 I want to confirm one thing
Jiang Ning felt a jolt in his fingertips and immediately withdrew his hand.
"Alright, all done wiping."
A lingering sense of loss showed in his deep eyes, and Lu Junyan forced a bitter smile.
"You're trying to fool me."
"That's why I told you to wipe it yourself!"
Jiang Ning threw the tissue into the trash can and asked directly, "Any other clues about the Joker?"
Lu Junyan's bitter smile instantly turned into a sly one.
"That's it, we've run out of leads. I'll let you know if I find anything new."
You're kidding me!
Jiang Ning was furious.
However, Lu Junyan casually shrugged.
"Just consider it a joke I played on you!"
"you……"
Jiang Ning was quite angry with Lu Junyan, and she strode up the stairs.
Lu Junyan followed behind, his captivating eyes always reflecting Jiang Ning's slender back.
Gu Lanlan's rented apartment was in an old neighborhood without an elevator.
Jiang Ning climbed seven floors in one go.
Gu Lanlan wasn't home.
"I should have called her first."
Jiang Ning scratched his head in frustration.
"I was going to remind you, but seeing you rush upstairs like that, I figured it's good to get some exercise every now and then."
Hearing Lu Junyan's sarcastic remarks, Jiang Ning became even angrier.
She took out her phone and called Gu Lanlan, but the call didn't go through.
As Jiang Ning walked downstairs, she casually asked Lu Junyan:
"By the way, why do you want to hear me play the piano?"
Lu Junyan was taken aback, and his expression slowly turned serious.
He was overconfident back in high school.
He assumed that the piano sound he heard was the same tone that A Chu had played before, so the other person must be A Chu.
Therefore, he mistook Chu Qingxue for her and never even investigated whether Chu Qingxue had been detained in a juvenile detention center during junior high school.
It's more accurate to say that he trusted Chu Qingxue at that time.
It's more accurate to say that he believes in himself.
He never imagined he would mistake someone for someone else.
Therefore, there is no need for an investigation.
Now, he sent Xiao Zhang to investigate the relationship between Jiang Ning and the Lin family, but found nothing.
This time, he wanted to investigate but couldn't find anything.
Lu Junyan sighed.
"I want to confirm something..."
"What's up?"
Jiang Ning tilted her head, looking at Lu Junyan with a puzzled expression as he seemed about to speak but hesitated.
"you……"
Lu Junyan had just begun to speak when he abruptly stopped.
actually……
He has given up looking for Achu.
Compared to A Chu, Jiang Ning was the most important person to him.
Once, Lu Junyan thought he would never fall in love with any woman other than A Chu in his life.
But in the end, he still couldn't do it.
But……
What if Jiang Ning is A Chu?
Does that mean he never fell in love with anyone else from beginning to end?
Jiang Ning looked at Lu Junyan, not understanding what Lu Junyan was struggling with.
Just as we were about to descend to the first floor, Lu Junyan asked from behind:
"Jiang Ning, did you ever go to a juvenile detention center during junior high school...?"
The last two words were drowned out by the phone ringing.
Is the caller ID an unknown number or a landline?
Jiang Ning hesitated for a moment before answering the phone.
"Hello?"
"This is the Seventh Hospital. Are you Gu Lanlan's friend?"
...
When Jiang Ning and Lu Junyan arrived at the hospital, Gu Lanlan was receiving an IV drip and was still unconscious.
According to the doctor, Gu Lanlan collapsed downstairs at her home.
Having not eaten properly for several days, suffering from severe sleep deprivation and mental exhaustion, coupled with being caught in the rain, Gu Lanlan caught a cold and fainted on the spot.
It was Jiang Ning's neighbor who discovered her and called 120 for an ambulance. It was also the neighbor who told the doctor that Gu Lanlan was Jiang Ning's friend.
The hospital was unable to contact Gu Lanlan's family, so they tried to get Jiang Ning's phone number and contacted him.
Jiang Ning sat by Gu Lanlan's hospital bed, looking at Gu Lanlan's pale face, feeling a pang of sadness.
Jiang Ning has yet to reply to that WeChat message, "Can we still be friends?"
Gu Lanlan's fainting spell was her responsibility.
It was precisely because she hadn't been able to give Gu Lanlan an answer that Gu Lanlan came to find her despite the rain.
However, Jiang Ning checked his phone repeatedly, but there was no call from Gu Lanlan in his call log.
Jiang Ning couldn't help but think that Gu Lanlan might have deliberately stood in the pouring rain to wait for her after discovering that she wasn't home.
It was to punish himself.
Jiang Ning sighed.
In the end, she...couldn't bring herself to hate Gu Lanlan.
No matter how wrong Gu Lanlan was, she did not intentionally hurt her like Lu Junyan did.
"Lanlan..."
Jiang Ning grasped Gu Lanlan's hand.
Gu Lanlan's illness wasn't serious, but she was under a lot of mental stress, so she slept until dark.
Jiang Ning sat by Gu Lanlan's bedside the whole time.
Lu Junyan originally called the hotel to ask them to send over some food.
When the meal was delivered, Bai Yichen arrived.
"I bought dinner for Aning, so please take these things back with you!"
Bai Yichen and Lu Junyan faced each other, and the atmosphere in the ward suddenly became tense.
Lu Junyan, with a cold face, said to Bai Yichen:
"The food I ordered arrived first."
"So what?"
Bai Yichen smiled slightly, his smile as gentle and refined as ever.
But the look in his eyes as he stared at Lu Junyan was sharp as a needle.
“Ah Ning will definitely prefer the food I bought.”
How do you know?
Seeing that Lu Junyan was still not giving up, Bai Yichen shrugged and let out a disdainful laugh.
"Because you don't understand Aning at all."
These words cast a shadow of displeasure over Lu Junyan's already unhappy expression.
"If you don't believe me... tell me what dishes you ordered?"
"..."
Lu Junyan hesitated for a moment and looked at Jiang Ning.
Just then, Jiang Ning also turned to look at him.
"Garlic lobster, grilled beef tongue, black truffle foie gras, tuna salad, typhoon shelter crab..."
Jiang Ning's lips twitched as he listened to Lu Junyan rattle off the dishes like a menu.
The dishes were all very expensive and fancy, but they were really not suitable to eat in a hospital.
“Lu Junyan… I appreciate your kindness, but you should take these dishes back! I’d rather eat the dinner that Bai Yichen brought.”
Jiang Ning spoke the truth, but saw that Lu Junyan's brows were furrowed tightly, as if he didn't understand something.
These dishes... are clearly from Set Meal C that Jiang Ning ordered at Cloud Top in Country C.
Lu Junyan remembered that he asked Jiang Ning to order his favorite dishes, and Jiang Ning ordered this set meal.
So, does Jiang Ning like to eat these things, or does he not like to eat them?
"See? I didn't lie to you, did I?"
Bai Yichen's smile now carried a hint of victory.
"I'm here, you'd better leave!"
Lu Junyan ignored Bai Yichen and instead looked at Jiang Ning with a questioning gaze.
Jiang Ning's expression told him that his continued presence would only make Jiang Ning feel uncomfortable.
"Okay, I'm leaving then."
Carrying the food that had been specially delivered to Jiang Ning by a grand hotel, Lu Junyan walked to the door of the ward and heard Jiang Ning inside ask Bai Yichen:
"What delicious food did you buy for me?"
"Of course, these are your two favorite dishes... stir-fried pork with chili peppers and shredded potatoes with vinegar."
Lu Junyan suddenly stopped.
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