Did his hand pressing there hurt her?
A scene flashed in Ning Chen's mind of himself pressing Ning Jing onto the bed.
Without a second thought, Ning Chen snapped back to reality, his gaze shifting away from Ning Jing, his Adam's apple bobbing.
Ning Jing, having not heard Ning Chen's response for a long time, cautiously raised her head. She saw Ning Chen pursing his lips, his eyes flickering.
Before Ning Jing could muster the courage to ask Ning Chen what was wrong, Ning Chen suddenly turned and left in a hurry.
He left Ning Jing staring blankly at his retreating back, an ineffable sadness filling her heart.
Outside the hospital building at this moment, Father Ning had slowly calmed down, but Mother Ning paced back and forth endlessly, as if she couldn't stop.
"Zhizhi," Father Ning finally couldn't bear it and pulled Mother Ning to a stop.
Father Ning had expected Mother Ning to be very agitated, but to his surprise, Mother Ning's lips curled upwards, her eyes shining with excitement.
"This is great, we don't have to marry off our daughter."
"Ning Chen has received quite a few love letters since he was young.
He never threw them away in front of people, but it was a lot of work for the household servants to help Ning Chen throw them out box by box. I've never seen him keep a single one.
After he joined the army, his branch of service didn't have many female soldiers.
He looked so abstinent and detached, unlike you, who started pursuing me in your twenties.
I was afraid this kid was planning to live a solitary life forever. I never expected that the person this kid liked was actually Jingjing.
Now that I think about it, it was probably obvious all along."
Mother Ning pulled Father Ning along, growing more and more excited as she spoke.
Father Ning avoided Mother Ning's gaze and sighed softly.
"Is it enough that Ning Chen likes her? She's the child of an old friend of mine. I didn't bring her here to be Ning Chen's child bride.
In any case, we have to keep an eye on Ning Chen. If that girl doesn't like Ning Chen, we can't force her."
Father Ning's expression was solemn as he thought, if Ning Chen's feelings weren't so deep, it would be easier to resolve.
But Father Ning recalled Ning Chen's look just now, as if he wanted to meld the person into his very bones, and coupled with Ning Chen's almost bottomless pampering of Ning Jing over the years.
A deep furrow formed between Father Ning's brows.
The men of their Ning family were all stubborn.
Mother Ning fell silent for a moment and also sighed, "This is really true. That girl doesn't seem to have any feelings for Ning Chen."
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"I'm telling you, I was so scared today."
"Ah? What happened?"
In the evening, at quitting time, "Chasing Tea to the End," a milk tea shop near the police station, was bustling.
After Yun Shuxian and Mu Qi finished giving their statements at the police station.
Yun Shuxian sent Ning Jing a message. Upon learning that Ning Jing was alright and that the birthday banquet had been canceled early, Yun Shuxian told Shan Gong to go rest by himself and pulled Mu Qi into the milk tea shop next to the police station.
"Boss, I'd like a brown sugar boba milk tea, a bull demon black brick milk tea..." At the counter, Yun Shuxian looked at the menu with all sorts of mouth-watering items, wanting to try everything.
Mu Qi was pulled by Yun Shuxian to the sofa. The milk tea shop was packed, and the noisy chatter made Mu Qi frown.
Until the conversation of two women nearby unintentionally reached Mu Qi's ears, Mu Qi's impatient expression slowly subsided, turning somewhat solemn.
"You don't know, I've been under so much pressure lately. My boss always finds fault with me for no reason." A woman in a suit said, not far from Mu Qi.
"And then?" the woman opposite, wearing a beret and holding a milk tea straw, asked.
"Then I told my boyfriend," the woman's lips thinned into a straight line as she brought this up.
"He said it was your problem?" the woman in the beret opposite asked, then took a deep sip of her milk tea, looking a little expectant of the woman's answer.
The woman shook her head, "He said I should quit my job and he'd support me."
"Then he's pretty good, isn't he?" The person opposite heard this answer, adjusted her beret, and looked a little confused.
"This is such a terrifying nightmare. Even thinking about him saying that now makes my whole body tremble."
"Nightmare?" The woman opposite pressed the brim of her hat down again, looking even more confused.
"Isn't it? Think carefully about what he means.
He wants me to be a housewife.
It's just that I'm still young these past few years, and I still have some looks. My soul is still keeping up with the times.
But if I become a housewife, maybe for the first few years, relying on my looks, I could still barely be a decorative vase.
But after a few years, when this face of mine loses its beauty, and my soul can no longer keep up with the times.
By then, he'll definitely be tired of me. Maybe I'll also become anxious and depressed due to not keeping up with the times, having no income, and no friends.
It's highly likely he'll dump me then. Think about it, after being disconnected from society for so many years, feeling depressed and anxious.
Maybe I'll jump from a tall building, and you won't see me anymore."
After saying that, the woman rolled her eyes and gulped down a mouthful of milk tea.
"Mmm... makes sense." The opposite woman's beret tilted, but she didn't care, her eyes filled with emotion as she admired the woman's eye-roll.
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Mu Qi's chest tightened, and he silently repeated these words in his mind, his gaze following Yun Shuxian's figure.
Even as Yun Shuxian finished ordering and walked towards Mu Qi, Mu Qi's anxious and tense mood had not eased.
"Handsome, can we add each other on WeChat?"
The girl in the beret noticed Mu Qi, hesitated slightly, and walked over to Mu Qi with her dating QR code.
She had naturally noticed Mu Qi's gaze was clearly fixed on Yun Shuxian, but she still held onto a sliver of hope.
What if she was just his sister?
What if he was just a bit socially awkward and only looked at people he knew?
Handsome guys can be socially awkward too!
Mu Qi didn't speak, his eyes fixed on Yun Shuxian who was approaching.
"Sorry, he's married." Yun Shuxian used her ring finger on her right hand, which was wearing a ring, to hook Mu Qi's left ring finger, which was also wearing a ring.