The reason Jiang Ning ended her live stream wasn’t to deceive her viewers, but because she truly saw the incoming call notification pop up on her phone.
And the call was actually from Qi Xingzhou.
After turning off the live stream, Jiang Ning quickly answered Qi Xingzhou’s call, "Hello? Qi Xingzhou?"
"Mhm, it’s me." Qi Xingzhou nodded obediently from the other side of the screen and then asked seriously, "Ning Ning, are you at home? I’ve brought you something delicious."
Jiang Ning guessed it immediately, "Is it the little cookies made by Auntie Ji? I’m not at home, I’m outside."
After she finished speaking, the phone went silent for several seconds without a reply from Qi Xingzhou, who seemed not to have expected Jiang Ning to be outside. He remained silent for a while before asking, "Where outside? Can I bring it to you?"
Of course, Jiang Ning wouldn’t let Qi Xingzhou come all the way to deliver it to her, "I’m at Capital City First People’s Hospital right now, just about to head back. It will take about thirty to forty minutes by car. Didn’t you have driving practice today?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Xingzhou’s tone became urgent, "What’s wrong? Are you sick?"
"No, someone else is hospitalized. I came to visit the hospital and then handled some other matters."
Thinking of Lou Yingyan, whom she had saved in the hospital today, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but sigh, "I should have brought you with me. I caught another bad guy."
Qi Xingzhou, unaware of the existence of the System and the Merit Apple, laughed like a silly roe deer upon hearing that Jiang Ning wasn’t sick, his whole person seeming dim-witted and with a voice pure and clear, "It’s good you’re not hurt. Next time, let’s go catch bad guys together."
He had just finished his driving practice and stood at the edge of the expansive training field, holding the phone and talking to Jiang Ning earnestly. His upright posture and smiling eyes stunned the crowd not far away.
These were students who had signed up for the same driving school as Qi Xingzhou, although they didn’t have the wealth of the Qi Family, with VIP one-on-one teaching, and a small training field dedicated to him.
The others were all registered in the standard manner, with five or six people squeezing into one car to take turns driving.
Naturally, Qi Xingzhou, who kept to himself, easily attracted the attention of others.
In the past few days, there were some who tried to approach him for a conversation or a ride share, but they were all rebuffed by Qi Xingzhou’s expressionless handsome face.
Even two girls who tentatively came forward to add Qi Xingzhou on WeChat were intimidated by his dark eyes and indifferent expression and ran away in shame.
Everyone even discussed privately: This guy looks handsome and outstanding, but he’s actually not easy to get along with at all!
Until now, seeing him talking on the phone, they didn’t know what the person on the other end had said to make his face show so many changes - now cautious, now happily pursing his lips... His facial expressions were as vivid as a spilled palette beside him, like a pure-hearted high school boy in love for the first time, completely focused on the other person, with none of his previous coldness and aloofness!
Especially the two girls from this morning who had mustered the courage to ask him for his WeChat, watching Qi Xingzhou completely immersed in his phone conversation, felt their hearts shattered.
Qi Xingzhou still didn’t know that his image in the eyes of some onlookers had changed dramatically, and even if he did, he probably wouldn’t care.
He carefully calculated in his heart for a while and then proactively reported to Jiang Ning, "In three more days, I’ll be able to schedule the test for stage two. I’ve already practiced the subjects of stage two very well and my instructor said I don’t need to practice driving every day anymore."
The crazy hint from the Qi Family’s little mushroom: Any time not spent driving, he could be catching bad guys with Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning instinctively praised him, "That’s amazing! I remember when I was learning stage two, I practiced reverse parking for almost a week!"
Reverse parking is the hardest part of stage two, so Jiang Ning practicing for less than a week was actually quite impressive.
Qi Xingzhou’s handsome face blushed, and he asked a bit nervously, "Is it okay if I wait for you at the gate of your community in half an hour?"
"Sure, see you later." Jiang Ning replied.
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Ning turned the key in the ignition, ready to head back.
She hadn’t checked Douyin, so she was naturally unaware of the storm that had erupted on the internet over what she had said in the live stream.
This morning, the topic of Jiang Ning working at Huo Corporation had just surged on social media, plus Huo Corporation and some media outlets had deliberately led public opinion, causing many netizens to believe that Jiang Ning and the Huo Family had reconciled and were on good terms again.
The dramatic personal history between Jiang Ning and Huo Miao, as well as the dirty water Huo Miao had tried to splash on her, and the Huo family Members’ attitude towards Jiang Ning... knowledgeable netizens remembered it all too well!
In their view, it was Jiang Ning who had managed to crawl out of that mire, so why go back?
Isn’t it good to be unique and beautiful?
Especially in the comments section, those remarks like, "No matter how the Huo family Members treated Jiang Ning before, she and they are always family," "If the Huo family Members realize their mistake, they can still be forgiven, everyone makes mistakes when they are new to life" made their blood pressure rise, but they held back from retorting because Jiang Ning hadn’t made a direct response yet.
Now, netizens who had gotten a reply from Jiang Ning felt great satisfaction, to hell with being one family! The Huo family Members want to come back? Dream on!
There were also many shrewd netizens who picked up on the true meaning in Jiang Ning’s words:
[Haha, no wonder I saw so many brainless comments in the section this morning, they were all paid fifty cents each]
[This self-directed drama, Huo Corporation has done a good job]
[So funny, I wonder which naive little fool was really fooled into buying Huo Corporation’s stuff, whoever placed an order, hurry up and cancel it!]
[Boycott! Huo Corporation’s stuff will never deserve a spot in my shopping cart!]
[Hahaha, Jiang Ning is so nice, treating us like family, sharing everything, even turned off the gift reward feature so we wouldn’t spend money, unlike a certain someone with the surname Huo, only trying to scam money from our pockets.]
Soon, Huo Corporation’s official account was besieged, and the staff, upon seeing this, immediately called Huo Li, "President Huo, there’s trouble. You... you see the news online, the netizens are angry!"
Jiang Ning raced all the way home, and her phone rang several times while she was driving, all from the same person.
Jiang Ning glanced at the phone but didn’t pick up Huo Li’s call.
Having just spoken out about her true relationship with the Huo Family in front of so many in her live stream, Jiang Ning had guessed Huo Li would definitely contact her.
In fact, the contact was even later than Jiang Ning had anticipated.
Since it’s not safe to take calls while driving, Jiang Ning ignored them without any guilt.
She drove up to the entrance of her residential community and immediately spotted Qi Xingzhou standing outside, waiting for her.