Chapter 694: Chapter 694: How do you expect to contend with me at this level?
“The Lu Qixi of the past would never have agreed to such a demand,” he chuckled again. “Of course, the me of the past wouldn’t have made such a request either.”
As Lu Qixi watched the handsome and scholar-like face of the man before her, her heart jolted unexpectedly.
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Ning Yichen raised an eyebrow and turned around indifferently, “Let’s go, it’s time for dinner.”
Lu Qixi was stunned in place.
This man… had just proposed that he financially support her one second ago, and the next second was casually inviting her to dinner?
“What is it?” He turned his head to glance at her.
“I remember… you clearly had a date with a woman that day,” Lu Qixi pursed her lips.
“Oh, that was just a front,” he explained calmly. “Do you mind?”
“…No,” she said weakly.
When she sat down at the dinner table, she suddenly felt somewhat dazed.
How did she get to this point with this man so suddenly?
She had clearly spoken such harsh words not long ago about wanting to cut ties with him!
After putting Xiaobao to sleep, Su Zixi went back to her own room and lay down.
She couldn’t help placing her hands on her lower abdomen, and as she imagined a life being nurtured there, her emotions surged with an indescribable thrill, and she ended up tossing and turning… into insomnia.
She picked up her phone from the bedside and, once again, realized she didn’t have anyone to talk to… She couldn’t contact her friends from the past with her current status.
Disheartened, she put the phone back.
Just then, the phone suddenly rang.
She immediately grabbed it, and upon seeing the caller ID, her heart fluttered.
This number was not saved in her contacts, but even after four years, she had never forgotten it.
Feeling her heartbeat quicken, she hurriedly steadied her breath and answered in an indistinct voice, “Hello, who is this?”
However, all she could hear from the other end was soft breathing. A long while passed with no one speaking.
Zhixi waited a moment before speaking up, “If you don’t say something, I’m hanging up!”
But the man still didn’t speak, nor did he hang up.
Zhixi gritted her teeth, and finally couldn’t hold back, “He Jingyao!”
Upon hearing her, the man laughed softly, “So, you knew it was me, huh?”
Zhixi, annoyed, buried her head in her pillow. Why couldn’t she ever keep her cool?
“…What do you want?” she asked, feigning calm.
“Why aren’t you asleep at this time?” his voice carried a hint of irritation, “Are you playing with your phone again?”
“…No!” Zhixi retorted irritably. “And why are you calling me at this time?”
“Oh, I dialed the wrong number,” he said with a nonchalant laugh. “Besides, I know you can’t sleep right now.”
Zhixi gripped the phone tightly, biting her teeth in silent fury, “Since you dialed the wrong number, I’m hanging up.”
He Jingyao chuckled again but remained silent.
However, Zhixi’s finger hovered over the end call button for a long while, ultimately finding it hard to press down…
“Can’t bear to?” The man chuckled once more, “Su Zixi, you’ve always been insincere. You’ll never change that. With such tricks, how could you ever compete with me, huh?”
Zhixi felt both angry and embarrassed; even though the man wasn’t in front of her, her face flushed beet red.