Chapter 22: Face-slapping
The half-smile on his face also made Ji Minghuan feel inexplicably guilty.
Ji Minghuan wanted to reach out and grab Nie Yao's hand, but he pulled back. He smiled awkwardly and said hello, "Master Jiu, weren't you at the banquet? Why are you out here too?"
"The banquet is too boring, so I came out for a walk..." Li Jinxing smiled faintly, his eyes moving back and forth between Nie Yao and Ji Minghuan.
"You two, are you hiding here on a date?"
Ji Minghuan was about to nod in agreement when Nie Yao immediately denied it, "What kind of meeting? I was just about to leave, but he blocked my way!"
"Really?" Li Jinxing raised his lips slightly, his gaze falling on Ji Minghuan, who was sitting opposite Nie Yao. He said calmly, "Mr. Ji, you're not meeting guests at the banquet, so why would you do something like blocking someone?"
Ji Minghuan looked slightly embarrassed and quickly explained, "Master Jiu, you misunderstood. There was a small misunderstanding between A Yao and me. She was angry with me..."
He mentioned Nie Yao in his conversation and acted so intimately on purpose, causing Nie Yao to shake her head and think that this man was really shameless!
"There is no misunderstanding between you and me, and we are not the same kind of people!" Nie Yao said this coldly, then turned to face Li Jinxing and gave him a look for help.
Li Jinxing understood and said with a faint smile: "Since you are in a hurry to leave, and I have nothing to do, I will give you a ride..."
"Okay, thank you!" Nie Yao breathed a sigh of relief and directly took Li Jinxing's arm.
"Mr. Ji, goodbye!" Li Jinxing nodded coldly to Ji Minghuan, and left with Nie Yao.
"Wait—" Ji Minghuan hurriedly stopped the two people who were about to leave, staring intently at Nie Yao holding Li Jinxing's hand, and asked in a low voice: "Ayao, what exactly is going on between you and Jiu Ye?"
Nie Yao was too lazy to explain to him. She just felt that Li Jinxing's appearance was a big help to her. She deliberately moved closer to Li Jinxing, raised her chin and smiled as she replied, "It's because of what you saw!"
Ji Minghuan's expression became increasingly ugly. How come he never knew that Master Li Jiu, who rarely had any women around him, would be with Nie Yao?
And what surprised him the most was that Mr. Li Jiu did not deny Nie Yao's statement!
Ji Minghuan took a deep breath and said slowly, "Master Jiu, you probably don't know that I'm A Yao's fiancé. She's just mad at me..."
"Are you engaged?" Li Jinxing asked this, which immediately stunned Ji Minghuan.
Seeing Ji Minghuan's reaction, Li Jinxing knew what was going on and said calmly, "Since you're not engaged, don't call yourself your fiancé anymore. Telling others about it will only make you a laughing stock!"
Ji Minghuan's face turned red after hearing what he said. Even if Mr. Li Jiu's tone was calm, he could still hear the sarcasm in his words.
Nie Yao also felt that Li Jinxing's words were a vent for her, so she followed his words and said, "Ji Minghuan, I don't want to have a fiancé for no reason in the future and affect my boyfriend! Also, don't call me A Yao from now on, we're not that familiar!"
After she said this, she didn't even look at Ji Minghuan again, and quickly left the hotel by pulling Li Jinxing's arm.
Ji Minghuan stood on the dimly lit path, watching Nie Yao and Li Jinxing leave arm in arm, his fists clenched subconsciously.
With Ji Minghuan's qualifications, there were always many people who wanted to marry him. He was willing to call himself her fiancé for the sake of the Nie family's reputation, but she slapped him in the face like this!
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