Chapter 432 It's a video call
"I've completely forgotten... whether I've ever said thank you to you before?"
Ning Junzhe's question left Jiang Ning stunned.
"Did I do anything that you need to thank me for?"
If Jiang Ning remembered correctly, it had been a long time since she had seen Ning Junzhe.
Ning Junzhe smiled gently, a smile that bore a resemblance to the one he had shared when they first met.
"I am very happy now... If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't be who I am today... So..."
As Ning Junzhe spoke, he took something out of his trouser pocket.
It wasn't a jewelry box, but a small, exquisitely designed paper bag about the size of a palm.
Jiang Ning raised her eyelids, looking at Ning Junzhe with some confusion in her eyes.
"This is a thank-you gift for you... It's not worth much. Last time I went to Mingxin Temple with my wife, I also got you a talisman for protection."
Jiang Ning accepted the amulet, feeling a surge of warmth in his heart.
In fact, she has always felt that she has treated Ning Junzhe very badly.
In order to extinguish Ning Junzhe's feelings for her, she always treated him with indifference, even cruelty.
"What did you accept behind my back?"
No sooner had Ning Junzhe left than Lu Junyan approached Jiang Ning and asked casually.
"What do you mean by 'behind your back'?" Jiang Ning turned her head and glanced at Lu Junyan. "What gifts I accept is none of your business!"
"It's alright... but tonight I'm your bodyguard, so I have to keep an eye on your every move."
Lu Junyan's words made sense, since he was the only one here who knew that Jiang Ning was being targeted by Joker.
In the event of an emergency, the bodyguards would not be close enough to Jiang Ning to protect her immediately.
Jiang Ning still remembers that when Joker first tried to snipe her, it was Lu Junyan who protected her.
"Do you think... the Joker will really come?"
Jiang Ning leaned close to Lu Junyan's ear and asked in a low voice.
Lu Junyan remained silent.
Logically speaking, this welcome banquet should be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Joker.
However, even now, he hasn't received any contact from the bodyguards he arranged.
In other words, no one has discovered the Joker yet.
Joker didn't manage to get into the banquet hall either.
Before the banquet began, Lu Junyan asked Yuan Pei to provide a list of all the service staff for the banquet, which included detailed personal information about them.
Lu Junyan memorized everything after reading it once.
At this moment, there were indeed no unfamiliar waiters in the Emerald Banquet Hall.
"You don't need to be so paranoid. Maybe the Joker won't even come tonight..."
"Okay." Lu Junyan nodded to Jiang Ning. "I'll listen to you."
The last three words were spoken lightly by Lu Junyan, yet they stirred a ripple in Jiang Ning's heart.
Lu Junyan is much more obedient now than he was in the past.
Jiang Ning couldn't help but imagine the scene of a wolfhound being domesticated into a domestic dog.
"What are you laughing at?" Lu Junyan asked.
"I wasn't laughing at anything!" Jiang Ning shook his head.
"But why do I feel like you're talking badly about me behind my back?"
Just as Lu Junyan was whispering to Jiang Ning, Mo Yan walked over in a very open and generous manner.
"I heard you two haven't remarried yet! Why are you acting so intimate in public?"
It had been more than two years since I last saw Mo Yan. He was still the same as before, pushing up his gold-rimmed glasses. When he smiled, he had both a refined and elegant demeanor and a cunning, fox-like quality.
Jiang Ning raised the champagne in his hand to Mo Yan.
"I haven't congratulated you yet! Happy wedding... But why didn't you invite me to your wedding?"
Lu Junyan told her about Mo Yan's marriage. At that time, she and Lu Junyan were both in Country C, busy fighting against Lin Wanrong.
Jiang Ning believed that she and Mo Yan had some connection. She originally planned that if Mo Yan called or sent her an invitation, she and Lu Junyan would return to Country A to attend Mo Yan's wedding.
As it turned out, Mo Yan didn't invite her at all.
This made Jiang Ning feel that the little boat of her friendship with Mo Yan seemed to have capsized without her realizing it.
"You are the last person I want to invite to my wedding."
Jiang Ning was completely bewildered by Mo Yan's bluntness.
Why?
"Because I'm afraid that if I see you, I won't be able to resist running off with you, and that would be too unfair to my wife!"
Jiang Ning was amused by Mo Yan's joke.
However, considering that Mo Yan did not invite her to his wedding, Mo Yan may not be joking, but serious.
Jiang Ning was very happy at the welcome banquet tonight.
Because she met several friends she hadn't seen in a long time.
She felt relieved to know that they were all doing well.
"Yuan Pei, thank you for going to such lengths to invite them all here to welcome me."
Jiang Ning approached Yuan Pei and thanked him.
However, Yuan Pei waved his hand repeatedly.
"This isn't my doing... I mentioned in the industry that I wanted to throw a grand welcome party for you and Brother Lu, and then they contacted me on their own initiative... Do you know how much we cried when you faked your death? Now that we know you're alive, of course they want to come and see you!"
Jiang Ning knew that Yuan Pei wouldn't lie to her.
"Even so, it's all thanks to you. Without you hosting this welcome banquet, it would have been difficult for me to see so many old friends at once."
Praised by Jiang Ning, Yuan Pei smiled broadly, his face turning red.
If Jiang Ning was somewhat reserved at the beginning and found it difficult to control her guard against Joker's assassination attempts, she has now completely relaxed.
Moreover, with Lu Junyan staying by her side every step of the way, she felt much more at ease.
Time passed by, and the welcoming banquet was drawing to a close.
Just when Jiang Ning thought that Joker wouldn't come tonight and wouldn't harm her, her phone suddenly rang.
Sometimes, a person's intuition is frighteningly accurate.
The moment the phone rang, Jiang Ning suddenly had a bad feeling.
She hadn't even seen the caller ID yet.
Subconsciously, she looked at Lu Junyan beside her.
Lu Junyan happened to look at her at that moment.
Yuan Pei stood in front of the two, not understanding why the ringing of a cell phone made Jiang Ning and Lu Junyan both show signs of tension.
"Excuse me, I need to take this call."
Jiang Ning turned around and walked to a corner of the banquet hall, avoiding the crowd.
Lu Junyan followed closely behind.
When Jiang Ning took out his phone, he found it was a video call.
She answered the phone, and an image immediately appeared on the screen—
It's not a Joker scene.
Jiang Ning's eyes widened.
"Lanlan!"
The image shows Gu Lanlan, bound hand and foot, with a handkerchief stuffed in her mouth.
Lu Junyan also saw this scene.
Although Gu Lanlan couldn't speak, it was obvious that Jiang Ning was watching her on the other end of the phone.
So she struggled and shook her head desperately.
Jiang Ning understood this signal—
Gu Lanlan told her not to come.
"Jiang Ning, Lu Junyan..."
Finally, the camera turned to the Joker.
The joker was sitting in a chair, playing with his pistol.
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