Seeing Qu Lingyuan being woken up by the ringing phone while she was sleeping, An Jingxuan complained in his heart: What a stupid teammate.
"It's okay, I have a meeting here, I'll talk to you later!" An Jingxuan was afraid that Qu Lingyuan would hear something he shouldn't hear, so he hung up the phone in a hurry.
Jiang Xinyue had just finished class and had just returned to the dormitory to lie down for a while when she saw the message on Weibo. She then called him to ask about the situation.
She looked confused after the call was hung up.
An Jingxuan had never hung up the phone so hastily before, without even saying "goodbye" or "bye-bye".
Maybe he was really busy today... After all, the call came quite suddenly.
Jiang Xinyue comforted herself.
After being awakened by the ringing of the phone, Qu Lingyuan opened her eyes drowsily, glanced around the office, and saw An Jingxuan sitting on her reception sofa. She thought she was dreaming and shook her head violently.
"Brother? Why are you here? Is there something you want to talk to me about? Why didn't you wake me up?" Her series of questions made it difficult to answer.
"Nothing, I just came by here after the meeting to see if you were slacking off. But you were sleeping and I caught you red-handed." An Jingxuan didn't mention a word about Tang Xu. His expression was calm and he was very good at pretending.
In fact, Qu Lingyuan could also guess why he came here. He was simply worried that she would be sad after seeing the news about Tang Xu.
Although An Jingxuan knew that she would find out about this sooner or later, at least for now, he would delay it as long as possible.
"Then I'm so unfortunate. The president caught me slacking off on my first day at work this week." Qu Lingyuan looked at An Jingxuan with a smile.
It would be better if Tang Xu’s affairs were exposed earlier so that she wouldn’t have to pretend all the time.
After taking a look at the missed calls on her phone, Qu Lingyuan asked Yi Ling to turn off the silent mode of her phone via air gestures.
Just a few seconds after turning off the silent mode, Tang Xu called.
When An Jingxuan heard the phone ringing, his heart jumped into his throat.
He didn't know what he was nervous about. His eyes were fixed on the phone in Qu Lingyuan's hand, praying that it wasn't a call from that person.
Qu Lingyuan glanced at him slowly, then muttered to herself: "Tang Xu? Over a hundred missed calls? Oh my God..."
Her voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for the people in the room to hear, causing An Jingxuan's entire body to stiffen.
After decisively pressing the answer button, Qu Lingyuan greeted softly and sweetly, "Hello? Ah Xu?"
An Jingxuan was heartbroken when he heard this. How could such a good sister of his fall for such a scumbag?
Tang Xu on the other end of the phone was stunned when he heard her voice.
The other party sounds in a good mood. There are only two possibilities: one is that he has already known the news but doesn't mind, and the other is that he has not seen the news yet.
Tang Xu felt that the first possibility was less likely.
The possibility of being forgiven for making excuses now would be even lower, so he decided to confess directly, perhaps there would still be a glimmer of hope.
"Yuanyuan... I..." He paused, his tone extremely disappointed, "There are some bad rumors about me on Weibo right now, but you have to believe me, those photos were maliciously photoshopped."
Qu Lingyuan sneered in her heart, but her tone and expression revealed an "I know nothing" attitude.
"What are you talking about? I fell asleep in the office and I don't know what's happening on Weibo." She changed into a comfortable position in her chair.
Tang Xu sighed on the other end of the phone: "Maybe someone doesn't like me and spread rumors about me online, even photoshopping the photos to look realistic. You can tell at a glance that those photos are composites. We never took any photos together."
To cooperate with him, Qu Lingyuan said indignantly, "Who is so despicable? They spread rumors about you just because they don't like you. I'll check Weibo right now. If someone really wronged you, I will definitely support you."
The premise is... someone really wronged you.
She turned on the speaker, then opened Weibo with her phone, and saw Tang Xu's news on the hot search list at first glance.
When she opened the Weibo post, she was "shocked".
"Oh my god, who is so vicious to photoshop a photo like this?"
Tang Xu had no idea there was another person in Qu Lingyuan's room, nor did he know she had already turned on the external speaker. He said very aggrievedly, "I haven't checked it out yet. The most important thing now is... Yuanyuan, will you believe me?"
Qu Lingyuan quickly glanced at An Jingxuan and said pretentiously, "Of course, those photos of you and I were never taken. It's obvious that someone is deliberately smearing me."
An Jingxuan couldn't stand it anymore, so he walked up quickly and snatched Qu Lingyuan's phone.
His voice was very low, like an angry lion, and he started to yell into the microphone of his mobile phone:
"Weren't you the one who was on the phone with another woman in the restroom of the hot pot restaurant that day? Don't bully my sister just because she's innocent. The Qu family is not someone you can afford to offend. As for those photos, they were half-true at best. Don't explain. I'm breaking up with you on her behalf. Don't contact Yuanyuan again."
An Jingxuan spoke very quickly when he was angry. Before Tang Xu could react, he had already hung up the phone.
Qu Lingyuan half-raised her hand in a daze, still holding the phone as before.
Her acting skills are very good. Her clear eyes are full of confusion, but her eye sockets are slightly red, and she looks like she understands but not really.
An Jingxuan felt heartbroken when he saw her, and without thinking, he hugged her in his arms.
"Do you understand?" He didn't know whether he should regret his impulsiveness. He just didn't want his sister to be manipulated by others.
Qu Lingyuan nodded: "Probably..."
Her voice was slightly choked, and she rubbed her little face against An Jingxuan's strong abdomen. She slowly raised her hands and grabbed the clothes around his waist.
This rub made An's body stiffen a little more.
He is a man after all. Although he has not yet realized that he has feelings for Qu Lingyuan, his subconscious reaction to this ambiguous and intimate action is obvious.
"We were having hotpot that day, and I went to the bathroom behind Tang Xu, and I heard him talking on the phone with another woman..." An Jingxuan calmed himself down and repeated everything Tang Xu said that day.
The two were silent for a while. Qu Lingyuan was unusually quiet, neither crying nor making a fuss, and had almost no reaction.
The more this happens, the more worrying it becomes.
An Jingxuan looked down at her. She had her head buried so tightly that his facial expression could not be seen at all.
"I actually wanted to tell you a long time ago, but after all, he was your first boyfriend, your first love. I was afraid you wouldn't be able to accept it, so I never dared to say it."
His voice was soft, as if a louder voice would scare away the little girl in his arms.
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