Chapter 725: Dismissal
"I didn't." Li Jingming retorted subconsciously.
But the slightly trembling voice revealed all his thoughts. His eyes were evasive and he didn't dare to meet Zhong Nianyao's eyes at all.
"Li Jingming, you've been following me since the beginning. You came here because you saw me alone, right?" Zhong Nianyao leaned back in her chair and looked at the nervous Li Jingming sitting opposite her. "I originally thought you were following us for some purpose, but it turns out you just wanted to eat my gigolo!"
"However, being a gigolo is not an easy thing. My standards are not that low. Look at you, you have nothing. Where on earth do you get the confidence to think that I like you?"
"No, no." Li Jingming didn't know whether he was trying to convince himself or others, "How could you not like me? In the past, you always followed me around. You clearly——"
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhong Nian Yao.
"Who hasn't been blind when they were young?"
After she finished speaking, she suddenly raised her voice, "How boring! I thought he was holding back some big move! Turns out he just wants to live off me. Forget about him, let's continue to have fun!"
Looking at Zhong Nianyao's actions, Li Jingming was still confused when he saw the man at the table next to them who had been lowering his head suddenly stand up and come to Zhong Nianyao's side.
When he saw the man clearly, his breath couldn't help but stop for a moment, and a nameless panic suddenly surged from the bottom of his heart. Because this was none other than the man who had been with Zhong Nianyao before. This was also Zhong Nianyao's fiancé, the third master of the Lu family - Lu Yichen.
Lu Yichen walked to Zhong Nianyao's side, leaned over, his eyes full of doting, and said with a chuckle, "Since you feel bored, let's go play something else!"
"Alright." Zhong Nianyao nodded. "I see there seems to be a place here where we can fish. Let's go fishing first, and then soak in the hot springs in the evening. We can use the fish we catch for dinner tonight!"
After saying that, she stood up, naturally took Lu Yichen's hand, and prepared to leave.
"you--"
At this point, Li Jingming still had something to wonder, "Did you do this on purpose to set me up?"
Zhong Nianyao turned around and gave Li Jingming a contemptuous smile. "Set you up? Take a good look in the mirror. Do you deserve it? But you said we did it on purpose, that's true."
"You've been following us since we left the restaurant. We're curious about your purpose, isn't it? I thought you were up to some evil plan to harm us, but who knew you were just trying to get a free ride on me?"
Li Jingming wanted to open his mouth to refute, but he didn't know what to say.
Zhong Nianyao didn't even look at Li Jingming again. She took Lu Yichen's hand and left the coffee shop.
After leaving the coffee shop, Zhong Nianyao couldn't help but complain, "Tell me, is there something wrong with Li Jingming's brain? Or in his eyes, am I just a fool who lets him deceive me at will?"
"If you don't like him, then don't mention him."
Lu Yichen reached out his hand, ruffled Zhong Nianyao's hair, and said with a smile, "Didn't you just say you wanted to go fishing? Let's go quickly! Otherwise, we really won't be able to eat dinner."
"Then hurry up and leave."
Zhong Nianyao smiled sweetly, took Lu Yichen's hand, and walked forward quickly.
Lu Yichen let Zhong Nianyao pull him, and when he saw Zhong Nianyao, his eyes were full of love.
Inside the cafe——
Li Jingming felt ashamed. If he had been so confident when he arrived, he felt even more embarrassed now. He had originally thought that with Zhong Nianyao's previous love for him, it would be easy to win her back. However, today, Zhong Nianyao's humiliation made him realize that Zhong Nianyao no longer cared about him.
At this moment, he was truly regretting it. If he had listened to his mother and accepted Zhong Nianyao from the beginning, he would definitely still be the eldest son of the Li family.
It’s a pity that there are no ifs in this world.
Li Jingming, who was full of frustration, took the shortest time to sort himself out and went to the restaurant again.
Originally, he asked for leave because he wanted to win back Zhong Nianyao. If he really won back Zhong Nianyao, then he would not need to continue to be a slave in the restaurant.
Now that Zhong Nianyao couldn't handle it, he had to go back to work. He really needed this job and couldn't lose it.
Otherwise, with his academic qualifications, it would be impossible for him to find such a high-paying job again.
However, what Li Jingming never expected was that after returning to the restaurant, he found that he had been fired for leaving his post without permission.
He wanted to explain to his manager that he had already asked for leave, but the manager ignored his explanation and let him go.
Forced to do so, Li Jingming had no choice but to settle his salary and leave the restaurant.
Li Jingming was devastated by the loss of such a high-paying job. However, he didn't realize that this was just the beginning. He would face even more hardships in the future.
In the fishing camp——
Zhong Nianyao looked at Lu Yichen who had just finished a call and couldn't help but frown, "Why didn't you turn off your phone when you were fishing? It's all because of you. All the fish ran away."
Lu Yichen glanced at the calm fishhook and smiled, "Okay, I'll turn off my phone now and won't make any more noise."
After saying that, he immediately turned off his phone in front of Zhong Nian Yao.
Seeing Lu Yichen's actions, Zhong Nianyao nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to fish seriously. She even signaled Lu Yichen with her eyes to stop talking.
Seeing Zhong Nian Yao's serious look, Lu Yichen couldn't help laughing, but he didn't say anything. He just sat down on the small chair next to Zhong Nian Yao and continued to fish seriously.
The phone call he made just now was to ask someone to deal with Li Jingming.
Of course, the solution he mentioned was not to kill Li Jingming, but to drive Li Jingming out of the imperial capital. Once he left the imperial capital, Li Jingming would no longer have any chance to jump around.
Since Li Jingming still can't recognize his identity and insists on appearing in front of them, don't blame him for being too cruel and determined to kill them all.
This can also be considered as revenge for what happened to Zhong Nian Yao back then.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
