Chapter 31 Of course I like you
Jiang Ning sat on the sofa, hugged her knees, rested her left cheek on her knees, and quietly looked at the scenery outside the window.

A bright full moon hangs in the night sky, with stars clustered around it, revealing an unspeakable depth and brilliance, which corresponds exactly to the lights in the tall buildings. The city is so prosperous and people are busy.

In fact, there is very little time to sit alone and be quiet like this.

She almost forgot when was the last time she was alone to watch the night view.

The lights in the living room were not on and the sofa was soft. After coming back, she took off her heavy clothes. Jiang Ning was only wearing a pair of pajamas that reached her thighs. Her white feet were on the edge of the sofa, and she was curled up like a lazy cat.

Jiang Ning's hair was loose, and her delicate profile was filled with tenderness.

hum-

In the darkness, the phone suddenly rang.

Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, and fumbled out her cell phone from the gap in the sofa. However, when she saw the caller's note, her expression immediately became nervous. She quickly cleared her throat and nervously answered the call.

"Hey……"

"Yes, Mommy, I'm in the living room now."

"Yeah, I already know what you arranged. There was a meeting just in the evening... I will do my best."

"My sister is asleep now... The situation is better than before. I usually take her to the supermarket and other places. She is very well behaved. I believe she will be as lively as before in no time... I will discipline her, don't worry."

"Weekend? You're in such a hurry...Okay, I'll book a flight now... Already booked? Then I'll go back alone. Yaoyao isn't used to that kind of occasion. She can take care of herself."

Some exchanges.

Jiang Ning's expression changed a lot, sometimes frowning, sometimes looking disappointed and lowering her head.

After hanging up the call, she threw the phone aside, with an indescribable irritation welling up on her face.

For Jiang Ning, who has always been rational, such an emotional expression rarely appears on her face. This is thanks to her mother's strict discipline. She has learned various etiquette since she was a child, the most perverted of which is to control her emotions at all times.

You can’t quarrel, you can’t make a noise, and you can’t show your emotions on your face.

But now, she was really annoyed.

Although she was far away in Lanjing, her life was still controlled by her. Jiang's mother ordered her to go back to Mingzhu City this weekend in an irresistible tone. Of course, it was for those tedious matters, and maybe she would even introduce a man to her.

Jiang Ning could tolerate most kinds of domination, but not this one.

She couldn't imagine marrying and spending the rest of her life with someone she didn't like at all, and she was even less willing to become a clinger and sell out herself to achieve Jiang Ma's business plan.

Two years ago, when she brought Jiang Yao out, she agreed to Jiang Ma's condition, which was to try to contact those people.

Now, Jiang Ning is twenty-six years old and it is time for her to get married.

If possible, she even wanted to never get married and just be an ordinary associate professor in Lanjing, teaching classes every day, going home to listen to music, cooking a few of her favorite dishes, and spending every day in a plain and warm way.

In the dead of night, Jiang Ning held her head with her hands, grasping her hair, and finally let out a sad sigh.

Jiang Ning suddenly realized that in her more than 20 years of life, the happiest time in her life was the time she came to Lanjing. Not only did she have a job she liked, but she also enjoyed the sweetness of love by chance.

During the half year she was in love with Chen Yuan...she couldn't help but think of Chen Yuan again.

These six months have been the happiest.

When they first started dating online, after teaching and returning home, she would make an appointment with Chen Yuan to play games together at nine o'clock every night.

During the game, she clumsily tapped the screen, followed behind Chen Yuan, listened to his voice, and operated laboriously. She often lost completely and suffered a crushing defeat, but she was still very happy.

After finishing the game, the two would have a voice call, which was the part she looked forward to the most. Jiang Ning would deliberately insert herself into Shao Yuyin, speak softly and shyly, and chat about various topics.

It could be his vision of the future, his favorite pet, or asking him to sing a few songs.

Jiang Ning is rather reserved and won't talk about anything particularly irrelevant, but online dating inevitably leads to some things that are difficult to talk about. When talking about this, the two of them often hesitate and blush, but they both look forward to discussing this topic a few more times.

Sometimes, she would ask Chen Yuan to tell her bedtime stories at random, which was simply too childish.

He agreed.

Jiang Ning curled up in the bed, put on headphones, listened while biting her lips. For the first time, she felt pampered. She had never experienced this feeling before. It turned out to be so satisfying.

As long as she talked to him, Jiang Ning would completely forget her identity and everything about herself in the real world. She would only think of herself as a little girl, a little girl who longed to be pampered.

……

"I want to marry you……"

"What? Didn't hear clearly."

"I said...I want to marry you."

"Say it again."

"No more."

"Okay...actually I heard it."

……

Jiang Ning couldn't believe that she could actually say these five words to Chen Yuan.

If my sister knew about this, she would probably be so shocked that her eyes would widen, thinking that she was hallucinating.

Why are you so childish?
Clearly only a child would blurt out this sentence so easily.

Jiang Ning also wondered if she was losing her mind.

Who could understand? At that moment, at that second, she really wanted to be the wife of Chen Yuan, the imaginary person on the Internet who would only play games with her and tell her bedtime stories to coax her to sleep.

Is this love? She doesn't know.

Do people really deceive themselves?

Jiang Ning held up her chin with one hand, hugged her knees with the other, and stared blankly at the night view outside.

She regretted it.

After that breakup, she seemed calm on the surface and her life was going on calmly, but at this moment she knew that she regretted it thoroughly and thought she had just been deceiving herself.

She deliberately kept herself busy to ignore the relationship.

She saw Chen Yuan being very close to a very beautiful girl, so she became jealous.

She carefully hid the worthless ring in a jewelry box and was reluctant to throw it away.

She glanced around frequently every time she was in school.

She and Chen Yuan were in the same elevator. When he turned around and buttoned her shirt, she couldn't control her heartbeat.

Jiang Ning knew that all this showed that she had not really gotten over that relationship experience.

……

In the living room.

Jiang Ning took the phone, opened the memo, and clicked on several saved voice clips.

She could almost be said to be carefully putting the receiver close to her ear and listening to Chen Yuan's voice.

The dimly lit screen shone on her cheek.

Her eyes gradually brightened and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Of course I like you."

Chen Yuan's awkward, cold and unclear voice came from the receiver.

"I like you too."

Jiang Ning also heard her response at that time.

(End of this chapter)