Chapter Thirty-Nine Pursuing Chen Jing

  Lao Xiao's words suddenly stimulated me, and I said loudly: "What? How can I not dare to confess?"

  Lao Xiao laughed with a somewhat lewd expression: "Stop pretending to be a big shot, I've seen it all. Do you like Chen Jing or not? Let me tell you, kid, Chen Jing is very beautiful and has an extraordinary background, but you also saw her 'do not approach' attitude, so don't get too worked up."

  I was quite surprised at Old Xiao's words and asked: "Why do you think Chen Jing is impossible for me to pursue?"

  Old Xiao burst out laughing again and said: "Want me to make a bet with you?"

  I frowned and said, "What's the bet?"

  Lao Xiao took a glance at the door and said in a low voice, "If you can get Chen Jing to invite you out for a midnight snack tonight - you haven't eaten dinner yet, right? Let's make a bet on that. If Chen Jing invites you out for a midnight snack, I'll give you... five hundred yuan. How about it?"

  I laughed at Old Xiao's words: "What if Chen Jing hadn't invited me to have a midnight snack? Do I also need to give you 500 yuan?"

  Old Xiao shook his head: "That's not necessary, if Chen Jing can't take you out for a midnight snack, just do one thing for me."

  I secretly wondered: how did Old Xiao know that I didn't have any money? Otherwise, he should have also asked me for money to bet.

  Lao Xiao seemed to have noticed my doubts and explained himself: "Actually, I also like someone very much, but I just don't dare to confess. So I don't want your money, I just need you to help me deliver a letter."

  I caught the drift of Old Xiao's words, but after sizing him up, I felt he was deceiving me: Old Xiao is at least seventy years old, how could there be someone he likes but doesn't dare to confess? He must be deceiving me.

  I didn't say anything and just nodded: "Alright, it's settled then! But you have to tell me where Chen Jing is right now."

  Old Xiao smiled and said with a happy look, "He pointed to the room next to me: 'Just over there, see you later! I'm old and tired, need to sleep early. Tomorrow morning I'll come ask for the result, we made a bet, no backing out of it!"

  I nodded vigorously and followed Old Xiao out of the room in big strides, coming to the next room, and was about to knock on the door.

  Lao Xiao looked at me with great satisfaction and turned around and really left.

  I couldn't help but hesitate, and I was a little afraid of being rejected by Chen Jing. This wasn't because of the awkwardness between me and Old Xiao, but rather, I didn't want to lose the opportunity to get close to Chen Jing.

  But thinking of Old Xiao's triumphant expression, I steeled myself and really knocked on Chen Jing's door.

  Chen Jing was indeed in the room. Although this is an office, it can also be used as a resting place. Chen Jing is now resting inside.

  Disturbed by me, Chen Jing seemed to be angry, but one sentence from me immediately changed her attitude.

  I said to her: "Have you eaten? Why didn't anyone teach me to go eat?"

  Chen Jing looked at me with a puzzled expression, making sure I hadn't eaten before saying: "Didn't someone send you a boxed lunch? How come, can't you eat it?"

  I innocently shook my head: "How was I supposed to know? Was it because I was asleep?"

  Chen Jing looked at me and said after a long while, "It's already this late, I'm afraid there won't be any food left. How about this, I'll treat you to some midnight snacks outside?"

  My heart was secretly delighted, and I thought to myself: it's really true that if you think about something, it will come true, even the heavens are helping me... But my mouth hesitated for a moment before saying: "Midnight snacks are expensive, I don't have much money..."

  Chen Jing laughed: "I said I'll treat you, not that you should treat me. Listen carefully! You're really a petty ghost."

  I innocently said: "How can you treat me to a meal? You're a girl, I'm a boy, of course the boy should be treating the girl!"

  When I finished speaking, Chen Jing nodded and said happily: "That's it, you're treating me to dinner."

  I immediately felt "the more you say the more likely you are to lose", and hurriedly covered my mouth, saying pitifully: "I only have 100 yuan, is it enough?"

  Chen Jing suppressed her laughter and said seriously: "Not enough. However, you can stay at the night stall after we finish eating and help with serving dishes until you pay off your debt."

  I let out an "ah" and quickly said: "Then you can treat me, I don't care about men or not, filling my stomach is the most important thing..."

  Chen Jing nodded and said, "That makes sense, let's go!"

  So I and she really came down to a roadside night snack stall, after selecting a location to sit down, Chen Jing said: "You haven't eaten dinner, you should order something filling. How about an omelette fried rice?"

  I feel really hungry, looking at the steaming hot pot in front of me, I didn't hesitate: "Bring some more delicious and filling ones, what do you think is suitable?"

  Chen Jing laughed: "How's the beer? Are you guys used to drinking beer at school? Beer can fill your stomach and tastes good too."

  I suddenly had a feeling of being unable to cry or laugh. My intention was to eat lamb skewers, but now it's become beer... what is going on here?

  Chen Jing didn't care what I thought and took the initiative to order some delicious but not filling dishes, and also ordered a bowl of egg fried rice for me.

  This night market stall, including the boss, only had two people, so even in a good business situation, serving dishes had to slow down.

  We waited for a full twenty minutes before we finally got something, and that was beer.

  I picked up the beer and looked at it, saying with a sigh: "Air is just like beer, I don't know if there's anyone else in this world as miserable as me. If there is, we can be friends!"

  Chen Jing let out a "heh" and started laughing, she also picked up a bottle of beer, looked at the beer just like me and said: "Beer is just air, how about I make friends with you?"

  I raised my beer and laughed: "A toast to invite the bright moon, Chen Jing is my friend. In this life, for you alone, I won't get drunk with just one cup of wine."

  Chen Jing was taken aback for a moment, then also laughed and said: "Sitting on the roadside at midnight, Jin Cang accompanies me in laughter. Not that I don't know my heart, which path should I take?"

  I frowned: "What future? The road is under my feet, I don't believe there's no way to go. Chen Jing, I just like you, I don't want to deceive myself, and I dare not tell you, you know, what I like is you as a person, not your family background..."

  Chen Jing quietly looked at me, waiting for me to finish speaking. Suddenly, she put down the beer bottle in her hand and stretched out her right hand towards me.

  Her hands were smooth, with slender fingers like scallions, and the tips of her fingers were long and beautiful. But I didn't know what to do, and asked vaguely: "What's wrong? Was I wrong?"

  Chen Jing smiled and withdrew her hand: "Didn't you see anything on my fingers?"

  I took another look at her hand and nodded: "There's a ring."

  Chen Jing looked at me and saw that I still had no reaction, so she said: "Don't you know what the ring represents?"

  It wasn't until then that I reacted and said reluctantly: "They all said you didn't have a boyfriend..."

  Chen Jing interrupted me: "Who said that? Don't I know whether or not I have a boyfriend? To be honest with you, I do have a boyfriend, and my boyfriend is much more mature than you, and even more handsome!"

  I feel like I've lost all appetite, even the beer that I usually crave doesn't appeal to me anymore. I just stare blankly at Chen Jing, not saying a word.

  Chen Jing also quietly looked at me, and after a long time, she sighed softly and said: "Yu'er is a very good girl, she is deeply in love with you, you must cherish her well. As for me, I will be your sister, your sister for life, you hurry up and eat something, or else it will get cold again."

  I took a deep breath, shook my head and said: "Don't want to eat anymore. You have it."

  Chen Jing frowned: "Nonsense, if you don't eat, Old Xiao will ask about it tomorrow, how did you win his 500 bucks?"

  I was taken aback, and then I knew Chen Jing had overheard my conversation with Old Xiao. So I said: "No big deal, I won't take the money, just deliver the message for him. Chen Jing, I won't force you to be my sister if you really have a boyfriend. I won't make things difficult for you and will back off, not bothering you again. But if you're deceiving me, I'll show up again and definitely chase after you..."

  Chen Jing suddenly stood up: "I didn't cheat on you, I really have a boyfriend now. Whether you eat or not is none of my business, now I'm going back to rest, what you want to do has nothing to do with me."

  She finished speaking and walked back with big strides. But after walking a few steps, she stopped again, turned her head and said: "I will send someone to protect you immediately, and you won't have to look for me again."

  I really wanted to cry, but I didn't. I endured it and said loudly: "I won't give up unless you really have a boyfriend."

  Chen Jing walked away without looking back, leaving me alone at the night market stall in a daze. I don't know if this is heartbreak, but I have a feeling of heartbreak because my inner self is very sad and lost.

  So I picked up a bottle of beer and drank it all in one breath, then picked up another bottle of beer.

  At this time, I heard someone say to me: "Don't drink too hastily, be careful not to get drunk."

  As I turned my head, it was Old Xiao. Old Xiao's expression was somewhat smug, and he continued to say: "How about it, is this considered you losing or me winning?"

  I shook my head and stretched out my hand saying: "Give me your letter then."

  Old Xiao burst out laughing: "No need, I've already sent it over myself earlier. But you're really something, Chen Jing has never invited anyone to have a midnight snack before, and you're the first! However, what did you say just now? Why do I see Chen Jing with an angry face, still crying?"

  I was taken aback and immediately said, "Is she crying? What is she crying about? I didn't say anything. She said she has a boyfriend now and told me not to look for her again, I'm the one who wants to cry!"

  Old Xiao sighed and said, "You don't know, I've known Chen Jing since she was very young. You can say that I watched her grow up, so I understand Chen Jing better than you do. Four years ago, Chen Jing suddenly announced that she had a boyfriend. At the time, Old Chen scolded her for having a premature relationship and never allowed her to be with him. He even took the opportunity to transfer Chen Jing away from her original position and completely separated her from her boyfriend. But just recently, Chen Jing received news that her ex-boyfriend is now married, and his wife is actually one of Chen Jing's classmates and close friends... We've all advised Chen Jing about this, but unfortunately, she won't listen to us. Whenever we mention it, she becomes very sad and angry. Ah... Chen Jing still hasn't forgotten her past boyfriend; she still loves him. I wanted to match you with Chen Jing because I hoped you could help her forget the past and start a new life, but unfortunately, you also failed..."

  I listened carefully to Old Xiao, feeling very depressed. It turned out that he had been using me as a tool all along - a tool to curry favor with Chen Jing. I didn't want to speak and instead started drinking again.

  The taste of beer isn't that great, but at this moment it's my delicacy. I drank a whole bottle in one breath and then looked at another one, hehe, smiling to myself.

  Old Xiao shook his head and didn't say anything else, then turned around and left.

  I stared at the beer in front of me, picked up another bottle and took a sip, secretly feeling down. What's going on? How did I end up so miserable? The first time I truly liked someone, only to be told she loved a married man. Is it my fate to be unlucky, nothing has been going right for me lately.

  I gulped down beer after beer, forgetting to eat anything, and soon I was a bit drunk. Drinking on an empty stomach, combined with my already gloomy mood, it's no wonder I got drunk.

  At this time, my phone rang, and I was too lazy to answer it, so I put it aside and ignored it. The boss of the night snack stall looked at me and whispered, "When your phone rings, you should answer it, otherwise your girlfriend might really ignore you."

  I looked at the boss, shook my head and said with a big tongue: "Nothing, she's not my girlfriend..."

  The boss found it strange and turned his head to look at the back of me, saying in a low voice: "If she's not your girlfriend, why is she always waiting for you over there?"

  I let out an "ah" and quickly turned my head to see someone standing behind me, and it was indeed one of my female friends. However, this person wasn't Chen Jing, but rather a friend I hadn't seen in a long time.

  I quickly stood up, because I was drunk and almost fell down. The boss hurriedly held me steady and said kindly: "Don't move, be careful not to fall."

  I rubbed my eyes and looked at the friend in front of me, saying unexpectedly: "You... how are you here?"

  This friend came forward and supported me, thanked the boss on my behalf, and didn't sit down with me again until the boss had left.

  She never spoke to me, as if she didn't hear what I said.

  I wanted to drink more, but she suddenly snatched the bottle out of my hand. I wanted to ask her what she had been up to lately, but she just looked at me silently, not saying a word.

  She just gave me a glass of cold water and then very domineeringly asked me to drink it all at once. The cold water in winter is particularly refreshing, I had just drunk it down and suddenly felt refreshed, the whole person was instantly awake.

  "It's just a girl, do you have to be like this? Want me to pour another cup of cold water on your head?"

  I calmed down a lot and said slowly: "I really like her, but why did she fall in love with someone else's husband? This world... is too unfair."

  The friend in front of me laughed, looking very happy: "This is what you said was wrong, and it has nothing to do with the way of the world. It can only explain one thing, that is, you and she are not suitable for each other! By the way, do you still remember who I am? You won't have forgotten, will you?"

  I looked at her: "Where did you go? How could you just disappear like that? Are... are you okay?"

  This is Li Huanhuan, the person I've been constantly thinking about. I don't know how she ended up here or how she managed to find me.

  Li Huanhuan looked a bit haggard, and it seemed that she hadn't been doing well lately. She said: "Since I left the hospital that day, I discovered that the people from the Wanlong Society who were trying to kill you had found me. In order to throw them off my trail, I could only leave without saying goodbye. I fled all over the place until just recently when I finally managed to shake them off completely."

  "I asked in puzzlement: 'Then how did you know I was here?'"

  Li Huanhuan said seriously: "I'm not specifically looking for you. I just passed by here and happened to see you. Besides, I'm not you, getting drunk like that for a woman."

  I felt very embarrassed and couldn't help but say: "Can't you just not treat me like this? I'm feeling terrible, don't you know how to comfort me at all?"

  Li Huanhuan suddenly sneered: "Comfort you? Is it necessary? What am I to you, why should I comfort you?" She suddenly burst into tears again, and the tears flowed down her cheeks: "You're so heartless! I've suffered for you, but you're here flirting with girls. Do you know how hard it is for me too? How come you don't even try to comfort me a little bit?"

  I remembered what she said when we were together before, and I felt a bit embarrassed: "You... how do you want me to comfort you? Why don't we eat something together..."

  Li Huan looked at me with a confused face, and suddenly laughed: "You, why don't you know how to please girls? Like you, forget about pursuing Chen Jing, even if it were me, you wouldn't be able to pursue me either."

  "What? What do you mean?"

  Li Huanhuan lightly touched the table and picked up a pair of chopsticks, eating while saying: "Hurry up and eat, I'll take you somewhere later."

  I feel a bit of a headache, probably from drinking beer and cold water on a big winter's day, I'm a little catching a cold. But now I'm really hungry, so I stop thinking about Chen Jing's affairs, just like Li Huanhuan, starting to eat midnight snacks.

  Having hot pot for a midnight snack, warm and cozy, before we knew it, we had already devoured almost all the food. Just from this meal, my intoxication came back, and I felt a bit dizzy again. At this point, I also felt very full, so I stood up to get ready to pay the bill.

  Chen Jing angrily walked away, so she didn't even settle the bill. I could only use up my last 100 yuan to pay for it.

  Luckily, what we ordered wasn't expensive, so 100 yuan was enough. The boss is a very nice person, and when I left, he even gave me a cup of tea to sober up.

  Li Huanhuan naturally stretched out his hand to support me, and as we walked, he said to me: "Don't think about Chen Jing anymore. There are many good girls under the sky, I'll introduce you to a few another day."

  I nodded dazedly, and I don't even know how I answered. But I felt that my answer must have made Li Huanhuan a little angry, because she suddenly let go of her hand and stopped supporting me, almost making me fall over.

  Li Huanhuan hastily supported me again, scolding: "You have the ability to drink so much wine, don't fall down and make a fool of yourself..."

  I was startled by this and also sobered up a bit, saying apologetically: "I didn't drink that much either..."

  Li Huan glared at me: "Not drunk enough? I have nothing to say. Let's take a taxi, you wait for me, I'll go get the car."

  I heard Li Huanhuan's words and suddenly thought of something, and said loudly: "Did you drive here? Where did your car come from?"

  Li Huanhuan gritted her teeth, took a few steps forward, and with a burst of strength, pulled me along as we both started running.

  I involuntarily followed Li Huanhuan as she ran, almost falling over several times, but managed to hold on each time.

  Coming to a Volkswagen car, Li Huanhuan opened the door and pushed me in first, then sat in the driver's seat.