The villain heroine turned evil again after being saved by him

Chapter 113 Jiang Xiaoshu, please reply to me

The moon was at its zenith, and the frosty white moonlight shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows onto the ground.

There was no light in the quiet living room. In the moonlight, one could see a figure curled up in the corner of the sofa.

Xi Ruan hugged her knees and buried her head deeply in her arms.

Her long hair was spread out all around her, her shoulders occasionally trembled, and her rapid breathing could be faintly heard.

Xi Ruan actually didn't want to cry at all.

But whenever she thought of Jiang Lingsi prying her hands open, his cold eyes and back at the last moment, and that he really rejected her, she couldn't control herself.

She was full of confidence, felt good about herself, and thought that things would come naturally, but now they have become her wishful thinking.

She didn't even know how she got back. In a daze, it seemed that the rich guy arranged a car for her.

When she went upstairs, she went to Jiang Lingsi's house first.

But after ringing the doorbell and knocking on the door for a long time, until her hands were sore, she still didn't get any response.

She didn't know whether it was because he hadn't come back yet, or because he didn't want to see her, or maybe -

He didn't want to see her so he didn't come back.

All the messages sent to him and the phone calls made fell on deaf ears.

She couldn't figure out what was going on.

Obviously before, he had hugged her affectionately, kissed her face, and let her sleep in his arms.

He had taken her out on a date the day before and they had such a great time together.

They clearly agreed to wait for her to win tonight...

But why is this the result?

The words Jiang Lingsi said when he rejected her echoed over and over in her mind. Xi Ruan slowly raised her head, revealing her red and swollen tearful eyes.

She grabbed the phone beside her and typed the words she had sent countless times into the dialog box.

XR: [I didn’t take gratitude as love. ]

XR: [Really.]

XR: [I just like you. ]

XR: [I don’t need you to support me either. ]

XR: [Jiang Xiaoshu, please reply to me, please. ]

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Jiang Lingsi read all the messages silently, moved his fingers on the screen a few times, and finally put the phone directly on the table.

There weren't many people at the food stall at 3 a.m., only a table of middle-aged men drinking and chatting in the distance.

When Huoda arrived, he saw his son sitting in a chair with his head lowered.

He had his hands in his pockets, his posture not as casual as usual, and there was an inexplicable air of depression lingering around him.

Huoda shook his head, thinking that he must have seen it wrong, and walked straight over.

"Why did you call your father over here in the middle of the night?" Huo Da punched Jiang Lingsi hard on the shoulder to vent his anger.

However, what was strange was that even though he tried so hard, Jiang Lingsi didn't react at all and didn't even glance at him.

Huo Da really realized something was wrong this time. He quickly pulled a chair over and sat next to him. He leaned over to look at Jiang Lingsi's expression and shook him: "What the hell! What's wrong with you?! Why do you look like your father has died?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Da immediately said "Pooh" twice, "No, I am your father. Besides, you will definitely be happy if your biological father dies!"

Seeing that Jiang Lingsi still didn't respond, which was abnormal and scary, he looked around, trying to find the person who could arouse his emotions.

"Where's Miss Ruan? You didn't bring her out? My classmates said that you two must have made an appointment to confess your love to each other today. I thought you asked me to come out to show your love."

In fact, Jiang Lingsi doesn't like to talk about this. Although Huo Da doesn't watch the show often, he can't help but be discussed on the hot searches and in the classmates' group. It's hard for him not to know about these things.

When Xi Ruan was mentioned, Jiang Lingsi's eyelids finally moved.

He blinked slowly and said calmly, "Rejected."

“???” Hoda’s mind was suddenly filled with question marks.

He looked at Jiang Lingsi with an incredulous expression and said, "No way?! She rejected you?! Did we all misunderstand?? She doesn't like you at all!?"

Huo Da pressed his hands to his forehead, he couldn't believe that his son was so handsome and was so nice to Xi Ruan, yet he could be rejected!

"Is she blind? Or is she out of her mind? Is she so proud of herself after winning the championship that she thinks you are superior to her and that you are not worthy of her?"

Huoda thought about all the possibilities and became angrier and angrier. He rolled up his sleeves and looked ready to fight.

Just as he took out his cell phone to call Xi Ruan and scold her, Jiang Lingsi spoke again.

"I rejected her."

"I know she rejected you! Don't worry, Dad will definitely...!?"

"What did you say!?" Huoda's eyes widened. In just a few minutes, he felt that this world was mysterious.

"You said you rejected her!? Are you crazy!? Or are you out of your mind!? Did your stepmother give you some kind of neurotoxin?!"

"Anyone with eyes can tell that you like her to bits, and you actually told me that you rejected her!?"

Huo Da grabbed Jiang Lingsi's shoulders and shook them hard, staring at him closely.

"Tell me! Did someone swap your soul? From childhood to adulthood!! Over ten years!! You have been thinking about me for over ten years!!"

"Are you crazy or am I crazy?! I must be dreaming! This kind of thing can only happen in a dream!"

"..."

Huo Da had already started pinching himself to confirm whether he was dreaming, and Jiang Lingsi finally raised his head.

He scanned the code and ordered a few bottles of wine, which were delivered immediately.

"Drink with me." He pushed a bottle toward Hoda.

After grimacing and screaming in pain a few times, Huo Da finally realized that he was in reality. He took the bottle of wine, looked at Jiang Lingsi a few times, and sighed.

"What's the matter? Tell me." He knew that he must have called him over because he wanted to tell him what was on his mind.

Jiang Lingsi knocked the bottle cap off the edge of the table, picked up the bottle and drank half of it.

With a "bang", the bottom of the bottle hit the table heavily. Jiang Lingsi leaned back and stated in a flat tone: "Something happened to the company. Several investors suddenly withdrew their capital. The capital chain was broken and it was difficult to turn around. Now is the critical period for publicity and promotion. If it collapses, everything will be in vain."

"Lao Fan looked everywhere for investment but couldn't get anyone to invest. Finally, he told me when he had no other choice."

"We can only borrow money from loan sharks. If the game makes good money, everything will be fine. But if it doesn't... I'll probably have to live on the streets."

Huo Da was shocked when he heard this, and his hands unconsciously tightened their grip on the chair: "Why didn't you come to me for such a big thing? Why did you borrow a loan at high interest rates? "

Jiang Lingsi glanced at him, then looked back at the bubbles in the wine bottle. "How much money do you have on hand? How can you help me if you don't have money? Ask your parents for it? They don't like me anyway."

Huoda lowered his head in shame. He loved racing, which cost a lot of money, and was used to spending lavishly. He never saved money at all.

"Anyway, I will try to find a way to help you raise money during this period of time. Don't worry, your father will help you even if the sky falls!" Huo Da patted his chest and was already planning to sell his beloved car.

"No need." Jiang Lingsi saw through his thoughts at a glance and refused directly: "I have my own problems, I can solve them myself, I don't want any money from you, and besides, things haven't really developed to that point yet."

Hoda's cars are his favorite, and he doesn't want to cut off his flesh.

Huoda had his own plans. He understood that his son was too proud and seemed to care nothing but was actually very sentimental, so he would definitely reject him. Even if he wanted to give him the money, it would have to be through other means.

He stopped talking about this topic, opened the beer bottle cap, and turned to ask Xi Ruan, "So what about Miss Ruan? Did you reject her because of this?"

"..." Jiang Lingsi rolled his fingers, thinking of the scene of the two people hugging each other, especially Xi Ruan's eyes, and replied in a deep voice: "Not all."

"What do you mean?"

"She probably doesn't really like me." Jiang Lingsi lowered his eyes again, poured the wine into the glass and took two sips.

“??? What the hell!?” Huoda felt that he had suffered too many shocks that night and began to doubt his life.

"Jiang Lingsi! Are you kidding me!? Even if I'm blind, I can tell that she likes you with my ears!! How can you tell that she doesn't like you with your eyes!?"

"Two eyes." Jiang Lingsi took a sip of wine and continued, "I always help her. She must have mistaken gratitude for love and got used to my presence."

"When she meets someone she really loves, she will soon understand that gratitude is different from liking someone."

"..."

The air fell into silence. After a long while, Hoda spoke.

"Are you just going to let it go?" Huo Da tightly gripped the bottle, feeling a little bit sorry for Jiang Lingsi, "She clearly confessed to you..."

"Huo Da." Jiang Lingsi called him in a low voice, then leaned against the table and smiled softly, "If one day she leaves me——"

"Then I'd rather I never had it." He paused, and said the last words. The smile frozen at the corner of his lips looked bitter no matter how you looked at it.

"..."

Huoda opened his mouth and looked over with worry, but didn't know what to say.

He knew that he must have encountered something or seen something to say this, otherwise he would not say this lightly. And he himself has never been in a relationship, he actually doesn't understand it very well, so he dare not speak rashly.

Besides... Jiang Lingsi was deeply influenced by his mother when he was young.

Jiang's mother is a person who drinks love as if it were water. Before she fell in love, she devoted herself to her career, but after she fell in love, her whole world revolved around that man.

Jiang's mother always thought that her love was lucky and perfect. She got married with her first love, her husband was gentle and considerate, they gave birth to the fruit of their love, and she thought they would be together for life. Until she found out that everything was a scam, all her self-proclaimed perfection and romance were illusions, and all her years of dedication and deep love became bubbles and jokes. She couldn't bear such a huge blow and committed suicide.

Although Jiang Lingsi never said what his expectations for love were, he felt that under the influence of his mother, he was probably similar to her, hoping that the person he liked would return the same feelings to him and that they would be together forever.

So, if she didn't really like him, if she would leave him, he would rather they had never been together and never had those illusions, and he would not let himself be addicted to illusions and unable to extricate himself.

Huo Da sighed silently and patted Jiang Lingsi's shoulder gently.

At this moment, the usually arrogant and unruly young man rested his arms on the table, his head lowered, his black eyes shaded by his long eyelashes contained a dark light, and he looked extremely lost.

Huo Da raised the bottle and touched his glass. "No need to say anything. I'll drink with you!"

Jiang Lingsi drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. The two of them drank one glass after another, one bottle after another, and soon they were a little tipsy.

I don't know when the store started playing songs, and a weathered male voice sang sadly on the speakers.

"I am dismantling my own lies. I shouldn't have said that I didn't love her. If we really have a tomorrow, it's nothing but love and hate each other..."

Jiang Lingsi would not pay attention to this kind of music, but the man sang the lyrics so clearly that he understood every word.

"Fuck, who played this song?" He frowned in annoyance and shot a sharp gaze into the store.

Huo Da stood up unsteadily and comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll ask the boss to change the song right away."

Just as Hoda was about to leave his seat, a group of people walked towards them.

"Hey?! Isn't this Brother Si?! Why are you here?!" The red-haired young man in the lead made a surprised expression and came straight to Jiang Lingsi.

"Brother Si, I haven't seen you for a long time. Come, let me show my respect to you first." Red Hair took out a box of famous cigarettes and handed it to him, then took out a lighter and waited to light the cigarette for him.

He just received a message from his younger brother saying that he saw Jiang Lingsi drinking here. He was afraid that he was in a bad mood and came to vent his anger on them, so he hurried over, hoping to cheer him up, so that he wouldn't be beaten up for any reason.

Jiang Lingsi had done this before.

Jiang Lingsi glanced at the cigarette in front of him. Before he could say anything, Huo Da took the lead and squeezed over to knock away the red-haired man's hand. "Go away, your brother Si has quit smoking and he won't smoke anymore."

"Ah? You've given up?" Red Hair was startled, then he straightened up, then immediately smiled and complimented, "It's good that you've given up, it's good that you've given up, it's good for your health! Our Brother Si is awesome, he quit when he said he would! Awesome!"

Huo Da curled his lips and secretly rolled his eyes at Jiang Lingsi.

It is good for your health, but it is a pity that it is for someone else's health.

His little soft voice is too precious to be polluted by the smell of smoke.

Ever since Xi Ruan's throat was cured, this guy threw away all his cigarettes. When he went to his house, he even saw the balcony was full of messy clothes and sheets, which were washed beautifully. He was afraid that his own clothes would still have the smell of smoke that would sore his precious throat.

Huo Da sighed heavily again. They weren't even together yet, and his son was already like this. If they really were together, they would get deeper and deeper into it, and he might even give his life to her.

Ninety-nine percent of the time, he is also a love-brained person.

Hoda judged so.

Hongmao couldn't understand Huoda's expression, but that didn't hinder his determination to coax Jiang Lingsi. He simply pulled a chair and raised his hand to call the boss over.

"Brother Si, order whatever you want to eat. It's my treat today!"

"Come on, come on, brothers, sit down and drink with Brother Si! Make Brother Si happy! Let him feel our enthusiasm and warmth!"

A group of people ate and drank happily until the day began to brighten.

Jiang Lingsi didn't take a taxi. He walked alone on the empty street, enjoying the cool breeze. His drunkenness gradually dissipated.

[Host, the target of the mission has been experiencing a lot of negative emotions from last night to the early hours of the morning. Do you not care about it anymore?] The system spoke weakly. It had been sounding the alarm, but Jiang Lingsi had been telling it to shut up and hadn't taken any action, so it simply stopped sounding the alarm.

Jiang Lingsi glanced at the system interface and continued to walk slowly, [Isn't everything fine now? She just couldn't figure it out for a while, and she will be fine soon. ]

The system was very confused and couldn't help asking: [Why don't you be with her? She has confessed to you, she must like you. ]

Jiang Lingsi snorted, as if he was mocking the system, or mocking himself, [What do you know?]

Being despised by Jiang Lingsi again, the system angrily retorted: [I understand a lot! I just don’t understand why you, host, are so hesitant! Don’t you humans have a saying that says live in the present?! Since you like her and she says she likes you, why do you care so much? Isn’t it good for you to be together?! ]

[If you accidentally die someday, you will definitely regret not accepting her confession today, and you will regret it for the rest of your life! ]

"..." Jiang Lingsi lowered his eyes and was silent for a few seconds. He then said in a deep voice: [Stop browsing the Internet and looking at those nonsense.]

The system was so angry that it didn't want to pay any attention to him, it shrank back and remained silent.

Finally returning to the community, Jiang Lingsi walked into the elevator with a somewhat unsteady step.

Leaning against the wall of the elevator, his fingers moved to the panel. When he slid over the floor where Xi Ruan was, he paused noticeably, then pressed the button for his own floor.

The elevator slowly rose, and the numbers on the display kept changing. When everything stopped, the elevator door slowly opened.

Jiang Lingsi moved his legs and stepped out of the elevator, but just after turning the corner, he froze in place.

The corridor, brightly lit by the ceiling light, was in full view; the white tiles were so clean that they could reflect a person's shadow. However, right in front of his door, a young girl was lying on the ground, hugging her knees, her face pale!

"Xi Ruan!?"

A chapter of 4600 words.

This chapter mainly analyzes 04's inner pressure

Poor girl, I’ll ask for all 04 to be returned to me later, hum!