Ye Wangchuan watched them walk away in a hurry, ordered a glass of lemonade for the girl, replaced the half-drunk glass in front of her, and asked her softly, "Are you angry?"
"No." Qiao Nian silently picked up the cup, took a sip of water, and slowly put the cup down. His jaw line was smooth and cool. His tone was quite soothing: "I'm used to it."
“…” Ye Wangchuan paused, turned his head to look at her, and suddenly felt a little distressed.
Before he could say anything, he saw the girl's cell phone ringing.
Qiao Nian picked up the phone and saw that it was Jiang Zongnan calling. She didn't pick up the phone immediately. She looked at it for a few seconds before answering the call.
But the voice was not intimate: "Hello."
Not knowing what the person on the other end of the phone said, Qiao Nian glanced at the road outside and the sycamore trees planted on both sides of the road.
After a minute of silence, he said, "I'm going back to school soon. Let's go to the school gate. I'll call you later."
*
On the other side, Jiang Zongnan hung up the phone.
There was a heavy silence in the living room.
Tang Wanru watched him hang up the phone, took a deep breath, and said, "What did she say? Does she want to see you?"
"Niannian asked me to meet you at the school gate in half an hour." Jiang Zongnan seemed to have aged several years overnight, and there seemed to be a few silver-white hairs among his short black hair.
He was still wearing formal clothes, his hair was meticulously combed, and his rigid face showed a serious expression. Although he had a headache, he did not show too much emotion on his face. He was much more restrained than Tang Wanru.
When Tang Wanru heard that Qiao Nian was willing to see him, she immediately picked up the bag on the sofa and said, "I'll go with you."
Jiang Zongnan put the phone down and did not agree to her request. He said in a very tough manner: "What are you going to do? Are you going to accuse Nian Nian of being wrong again?"
Tang Wanru didn't say anything, but there was anger and dissatisfaction between her brows.
We are all family. Couldn't Qiao Nian have said something about the fact that she caused Xianrou to lose the qualification to enter Master Cheng's laboratory
Jiang Zongnan knew he was right when he saw the changing expressions on her face, and said unhappily, "Okay, you stay home, I'll go alone. Nian Nian only said she wanted to see me alone, it's not good for you to go with her. I'll go ask Nian Nian if she knows anything, I'll tell you when I have news. I don't think Nian Nian did it, she's never done this before, there's no need for her to do this this time."
Tang Wanru sneered, obviously not appreciating it: "She can do anything. Didn't she snatch the leading role of Xianrou's MV? Didn't she agree to Wen Ruxia's request just because Xianrou wanted to shoot that MV?"
Having said this, Tang Wanru was still not satisfied, and said solemnly, "And how could it not be her doing that with the Ninth Institute? The relationship between Xianrou and Qin Shao and the others is obvious. It is impossible that Qin Shao and the others were targeting Xianrou."
"Alright!" Jiang Zongnan was a little annoyed. He glared at her, with some anger rising between his brows: "The theme song was originally written by Nian Nian. Nian Nian must have been invited by Wen Ruxia to shoot that MV. Her agreement to Wen Ruxia's invitation has nothing to do with Xianrou. It's impossible that Xianrou wants to shoot that MV and Nian Nian must give it to her! She doesn't have such tolerance as a sister, and she still has the nerve to ask Nian Nian to give in to her in everything!"
"I'm too lazy to talk to you two, just think about it on your own."
After Jiang Zongnan finished speaking, he ignored her reaction, picked up his briefcase, took a step forward, and walked out.
(End of this chapter)