Ruan Sisi was also looking at her, and there was no more trust in her almond-shaped eyes: "Xianrou, is what those people on Weibo saying true?"
Jiang Xianrou raised her head in panic and met her eyes.
Ruan Sisi looked at her with complicated eyes, mostly containing doubt, surprise, and disbelief, as well as a hint of well-hidden contempt.
Jiang Xianrou keenly captured her hidden contempt.
The look of contempt in Ruan Sisi's eyes was like a needle piercing her heart!
"Sisi." Jiang Xianrou was the first to avoid meeting Ruan Sisi's gaze. Her face turned pale, and she stood up in annoyance by pushing her chair away. She picked up the phone on her desk and said, "I'll go out and make a call first."
After saying that, she didn't wait for Ruan Sisi to continue asking her questions.
She fled the cafe quickly with her cell phone in her hand.
…
Jiang Xianrou didn't walk far before finding a secluded corner on the side of the road. She lowered her head and looked at the text message Jiang Zongjin sent her with a restless look.
The more I looked, the more flustered and uneasy I became.
She frowned, took a deep breath, pinched her palms to force herself to calm down, and dialed Jiang Zongjin's number back.
Three hours have passed since the incident happened.
During the three or four hours when the incident unfolded, Jiang Xianrou had been out of touch. Even when Mr. Jiang called her twice, she reluctantly answered the phone.
Afterwards, she quickly turned off her cell phone to prevent anyone from contacting her.
Her actions were equivalent to preventing anyone from finding her and asking her to come forward to clarify things for Qiao Nian online. This would not have been a problem, but now...
Jiang Xianrou made the first call, but Jiang Zongjin didn't answer.
She bit her lip, feeling increasingly insecure and extremely nervous.
She looked at the screen of her mobile phone, bit her lip, and shamelessly called Jiang Zongjin again. "Beep, beep, beep..."
No one answered this time.
Jiang Xianrou's expression could no longer be described as embarrassed. There was no trace of blood on her delicate oval face, and she looked extremely embarrassed.
People passed by on the road from time to time, and passers-by always couldn't help but look in her direction.
Jiang Xianrou knew clearly that these people didn't know her, but she still felt annoyed and irritated as if she was being spied on.
This anger and irritation reached its peak when she called Jiang Zongji three times but Jiang Zongji didn't answer.
She put down her phone in extreme anxiety and stood there blankly, not knowing how things could have turned out like this.
Just at this moment, her cell phone rang.
Uncle
Jiang Xianrou grabbed the phone like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw. Without even reading the caller ID, she immediately answered the phone: "Hello, uncle, I..."
"Xianrou, it's me."
Jiang Zongnan's voice came from the other end of the phone.
Jiang Xianrou seemed to have fallen from the clouds to the bottom of the valley again. She was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Dad, do you have something to talk to me about?"
"Where are you now?" Jiang Zongnan's voice came from the phone, but nothing could be heard.
Jiang Xianrou raised her head and looked at Tsinghua University across the street. She pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "My friend and I were drinking water in a cafe near Tsinghua University."
She was unsure and continued to explain: "You know her, Ruan Sisi. She came back from abroad. She came to visit the school today. We haven't seen each other for a long time. She asked me to come out and chat... We just sat down not long ago."
What she meant was that she didn't lie. She was indeed busy with departmental matters when Mr. Jiang called her, and she came out with Ruan Sisi later.
(End of this chapter)