"Ning Sheng".
Chen Ningsheng frowned slightly, looking at the woman standing in front of his house with a puzzled expression: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
The woman slowly stepped forward and approached Chen Ningsheng, her perfume wafting towards Chen Ningsheng and Xu Xinchen's noses: "Ningsheng, have you forgotten me? We used to be the best of friends."
A sense of unease rose in Chen Ningsheng's heart. He took a step back and pulled Xu Xinchen to his side: "Please just say your name directly, don't say such ambiguous things."
Chen Ningsheng's expression was very serious. How could he know who this woman standing in front of him was? She suddenly appeared out of nowhere and said that she used to be his best friend. What would Xu Xinchen think? He didn't want Xu Xinchen to misunderstand him later.
The woman was surprised that Chen Ningsheng genuinely didn't recognize her and wasn't just pretending, so a sad expression appeared on her face: "I'm Li Xueyan. You've really forgotten me? We used to be best friends."
Li Xueyan? Chen Ningsheng frowned slightly. This name did sound very familiar. If he remembered correctly, Li Xueyan... wasn't that the name of his father's best friend's daughter?
After thinking for a long time, Chen Ningsheng finally spoke softly, "Is your father Uncle Li? The Li Xueyan who used to be our neighbor?"
When Li Xueyan saw that Chen Ningsheng had finally remembered her, a light immediately ignited in her eyes, and she nodded excitedly.
He said to Chen Ningsheng, "Yes, that's right, it's me. You finally remembered?"
Chen Ningsheng shook his head: "I remember your name, but I don't remember if we were best friends." Chen Ningsheng said this as if he were explaining to Xu Xinchen.
Because his gaze was fixed on Xu Xinchen, and he saw that Xu Xinchen was a little shy and lowered her head in embarrassment, Chen Ningsheng lifted Xu Xinchen's chin and made her look up at him: "Really, I really don't think that she and I are the best of friends. We were just neighbors and our families knew each other. It's not as exaggerated as being the best of friends."
Li Xueyan was standing right next to Chen Ningsheng, and Xu Xinchen was completely relieved that Chen Ningsheng could still say such things. However, since Li Xueyan was nearby, she felt embarrassed to let Chen Ningsheng go too far.
He could only reach out and nudge Chen Ningsheng's shoulder, signaling him to look towards Li Xueyan: "Miss Li is still here, watch your words."
Chen Ningsheng chuckled: "If I don't explain it to you, you'll misunderstand me again. I don't have that much time to deal with other people. I only know that I need to take care of you."
Xu Xinchen wanted to laugh more and more as she listened. Regardless of what Li Xueyan's feelings for Chen Sheng were, Chen Ningsheng had absolutely no feelings for Li Xueyan, and she finally realized that. However, Li Xueyan's face, which looked pale and bluish, was really not a good sight.
In order not to offend her too much, Xu Xinchen had no choice but to take the initiative to speak to Li Xueyan: "Hello, Ms. Li, may I ask what business you have with our Ning Sheng?"
While speaking, Xu Xinchen didn't forget to do one thing: announce her identity to Li Xueyan across from her, so that Li Xueyan wouldn't mistake her for an insignificant passerby. From the moment they started talking until now, Li Xueyan had been looking at her with a deep, affectionate gaze.
He stared at Chen Ningsheng, completely ignoring her.
When Li Xueyan saw Chen Ningsheng say such things to her face, saying that they weren't familiar with each other, her expression was so ugly that she was about to cry. But when she heard Xu Xinchen take the initiative to greet her, she managed to hold back the sobs that were about to escape her lips.
She proudly raised her head and slowly extended her hand, which was covered in bright red nail polish, towards Xu Xinchen: "Hello, my name is Li Xueyan. I grew up with Chen Ningsheng since we were little, so you could say we're childhood sweethearts."
"Really? Hello, Miss Li. So what exactly do you want with Ning Sheng?" Xu Xinchen completely ignored Li Xueyan's words.
Chen Ningsheng had just denied being close to Li Xueyan in front of her, yet Li Xueyan still had the nerve to say that they were childhood sweethearts. Xu Xinchen really didn't know what to say to Li Xueyan.
Chen Ningsheng stared at Xu Xinchen quietly. Seeing that Xu Xinchen didn't take Li Xueyan seriously, didn't argue with him, and didn't say anything, he felt relieved and turned to look at Li Xueyan.
When Li Xueyan saw Chen Ningsheng turn around and look at her, she was overjoyed. She hurriedly reached out and waved to Chen Ningsheng, saying, "Ningsheng, we haven't seen each other for so long. Won't you invite me inside for a cup of tea?"
Xu Xinchen frowned deeply. What on earth was going on with Li Xueyan? It was one thing to ignore her questions time and time again, but now she actually said to her face that Chen Ningsheng should invite her for tea. Did she really think she was dead?
Displeasure welled up inside Xu Xinchen, who pulled Chen Ningsheng back a step and said coldly, "Miss Li, you're being far too presumptuous. After not seeing each other for so long, you immediately ask to go to someone else's house for tea. Who do you think you are? Why should we go along with you?"
Upon hearing Xu Xinchen's words, Li Xueyan put on a tearful expression, her eyes brimming with tears, and looked at Chen Ningsheng: "Ningsheng, are you just going to watch this woman scold me like this? Although we haven't seen each other for a long time, that's true, but we're still childhood friends who grew up together."
Chen Ningsheng was already overjoyed to see Xu Xinchen defend him, and he no longer cared about Li Xueyan. He directly said to Li Xueyan, "Ms. Li, I'm sorry, as you know, we haven't seen each other for so long, so we're a bit estranged. How about this, I suggest you go home first, and we can talk about it after you've calmed down."
Xu Xinchen was finally somewhat satisfied with Chen Ningsheng's way of handling things. She nodded, dragged Chen Ningsheng, took out the key, opened the door, and went inside.
Li Xueyan stood outside the door watching the two go in. She took a step forward, seemingly intending to follow, but she couldn't get in; Xu Xinchen blocked her at the doorway.
Xu Xinchen angrily pushed Li Xueyan outside, saying, "Miss Li, please have some self-respect. Ning Sheng has already asked you to go back! You can talk to Ning Sheng about anything after you've calmed down!"
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