Chapter 100: The Heartbeating Old Lover
Zhong Xiaofei's face suddenly turned red, all the way to the base of his neck, and his ears were burning. "Ah...... that......" He stuttered and didn't know how to respond.
Li Xiaoran waited for a while, seeing that Zhong Xiaofei still didn't respond, so she let out a soft sigh and said in a hushed tone: "As expected, you were just joking..." Her voice was filled with immense disappointment.
This faint sigh was like a needle piercing Zhong Xiaofei's heart, making his head spin and his blood boil. For a moment, he felt as if he had returned to the past few years when he and Li Xiaoran were deeply in love. At that time, Zhong Xiaofei's entire life revolved around Li Xiaoran. As long as Li Xiaoran frowned or sighed, he would fall ill with a cold. To make Xiaoran happy, he could use all his strength to do anything and say anything.
He once ran out 5 kilometers at 11 pm just to buy lamb skewers for Xiao Ruan.
Also stayed up all night queuing, just for a ticket of Xiao Yan's favorite star.
In short, he has done many crazy things for Xiao Rang.
Zhong Xiaofei took a deep breath, trying to calm down but still panting as he said: "Xiao Ran... I don't want to scare you... but the fact is just like this..."
There was no sound from the other end of the phone for a long time, and Li Xiaoyan's breathing seemed to quicken. After a while, she smiled sweetly: "Xiaofei, I understand...I'll go to Haizhou next week, let's talk in person then, okay?" It was clear that she was overjoyed.
"Good." Zhong Xiaofei felt dizzy and disoriented.
"Goodbye."
He hung up the phone, and Zhong Xiaofei was stunned, his mind wandering. The moment just now was like a soul possession, the soul from several years ago suddenly returned to the present, occupying Zhong Xiaofei's brain, making him say things that he didn't really want to say.
Why?
Zhong Xiaofei picked up the unfinished Coke on the table, tilted her head and gulped down a few mouthfuls, put down the Coke, panted heavily, and her mind seemed to clear up a bit.
Then he grabbed his phone and walked towards the balcony while dialing.
He dialed Xu Jiajia's number.
From Li Xiao Ran's words, it can be known that she has been in contact with the crazy woman all along, but what did they talk about?
No way, I have to get to the bottom of this.
"What's wrong with the dead? Has something changed and you don't want to treat me anymore?" Xu Jiajia's loud voice came from the phone. Zhong Xiaofei had promised her that this Sunday, he would take her out for a meal at Junyue Hotel, the best hotel in Haizhou, but today was only Wednesday.
"How could I? Am I the kind of person who would go back on their word like that?" Zhong Xiaofei replied with a smile.
"It's you!" Xu Jiajia said viciously: "If it wasn't for you, no one would be! Hmph, I've been prepared for a long time. Speak up, which small restaurant are you going to take me to? Advance notice, if it's something like a baozi shop or a lamian restaurant, forget it, I'd lose face!"
Zhong Xiaofei let out a soft sigh: "Crazy woman, why don't you believe me? I really haven't changed my mind. I've already booked a room at the Junyue Hotel and will be waiting for your arrival this Sunday. If you don't believe me, you can call the hotel to ask. I'll give you the phone number..."
"Really?" Xu Jiajia was slightly convinced, then chuckled: "Even if I'm being overly cautious, you're not Wu Xiaomon anymore, you're now a dignified deputy manager, with money to spare. The Jun Yue Hotel is nothing compared to that, right?"
"It's okay, I guess." Zhong Xiaofei smiled.
"You said I'm fat and you're panting! Hmph, speak up, what brings you to me today?" Xu Jiajia asked.
"Oh, can't you be gentler? Being so fierce, how will you get married? I was thinking of introducing a manager-level handsome guy to you at our company. He has a house and a car, a standard rich and handsome guy!" Zhong Xiaofei sneered.
"Cut! Come on! The men in your company are eunuchs, the women are palace maids, I'm not worthy of them!" Xu Jiajia burst out laughing and then asked with a straight face: "Dead man's head, speak quickly, what's going on?"
"It's nothing really, I just missed you and wanted to chat with you..." Zhong Xiaofei said with a mischievous grin.
"Get out of here! Are you going to talk or not? If not, I'm in trouble... It's working hours now, and if the boss sees us chatting idly, we're doomed..."
"Alright. I'll ask you, did you tell Xiao Ran that I'm not married because I've been waiting for her all along?" Zhong Xiaofei asked very seriously.
Xu Jiajia was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing: "So it's because of this? How? Did she explicitly tell you on the phone? Haha, how did you respond? I'm dying from laughter... looking at you trying to pick up girls again..."
"Crazy woman, what's so funny about this!" Zhong Xiaofei angrily growled: "Do you know that doing this can kill people?!"
"Who's it going to harm? Is it going to harm you? I don't believe that..." Xu Jiajia continued to smile.
"No, you'll kill Xiao Ran with that, what if she really believes it?" Zhong Xiaofei said seriously.
"Just believe it then." Xu Jiajia smiled indifferently: "Besides, even if I don't say anything, do you think she won't miss you? Let me tell you, I heard from people back home that in the past two years, there have been at least eight hundred men pursuing Xiao Ran, and her family's doorstep is almost worn out... but she doesn't look down on any of them. Tell me, who else do you think she's waiting for?"
Zhong Xiaofei was speechless, with a very complicated mood.
"Dead man, dare you say you don't have her in your heart?" Xu Jiajia asked.
Zhong Xiaofei muttered to himself.
Xu Jiajia burst into hysterical laughter again: "See, I told you? She still has feelings for you in her heart, and you still have feelings for her in your heart. Aren't the two of you a perfect match?"
"No," Zhong Xiaofei shook his head helplessly: "It's too late, it's already passed..."
"Get out, can't the past be relived? How are you so stubborn?" Xu Jiajia loudly scolded him: "In what way is Xiao Ran inferior to those stinky PR people in your company? Heh. Weren't you mesmerized by those PR people?"
Zhong Xiaofei didn't say anything.
"Alright, alright, I won't tell you anymore, I'm busy. Sigh, in this world, doing good deeds will get you struck by lightning! Good intentions don't get rewarded! By the way, if you two really do get together, you have to give me a matchmaker's fee. Did you hear that?"
"Here, here's 250 for you!" Zhong Xiaofei said with a bad attitude.
"It's 250, just 250!" Xu Jiajia laughed loudly and hung up the phone.
Zhong Xiaofei stood on the balcony, feeling a wave of annoyance in her heart. She put her phone back into her pocket, took a deep breath, looked up at the sun in the sky and felt that the sunlight was particularly dazzling.
"Ding dong." The doorbell rang.
Zhong Xiaofei opened the door. As soon as the door was open, two large bags of food were hung on his hands. "Oh my brother-in-law, help me hold them quickly, I'm exhausted..." Xiao Wei shouted and handed over the food bags to Zhong Xiaofei, then closed the door, sat down on the sofa with a thud, and exclaimed: "I'm dying from heat, I'm dying from heat..."
Zhong Xiaofei burst out laughing, carrying the food to the kitchen, opening the refrigerator and stuffing all the items that needed refrigeration inside. Seeing Xiao Wei had bought a lot of food, but there were no snacks, basically all household necessities, he felt a little touched in his heart. He knew Xiao Wei loved eating snacks, but today's purchases were basically all his favorite foods.
"Oh no, brother-in-law, where's the fish?" Little Wei rushed into the kitchen, shouting and yelling.
"What's that?" Zhong Xiaofei pointed to the water bucket beside her, Xiao Wei had bought a live fish, and Zhong Xiaofei had seen it earlier. When she entered the kitchen, she slipped it into the water bucket with a quick motion.
"Hehe." Little Wei giggled and squatted in the bucket, watching the carp swimming freely: "Fish, fish, soon you'll be cooked for me to eat..."
