novelraw Chapter 865: As If Struck by Lightning!
Chapter 865: As If Struck by Lightning!
"As long as you’re okay." Leng Jian handed her the flowers and fruits, and then reached out to feel Zhang Lingying’s forehead. Only after confirming she didn’t have a fever did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Seeing her expression remain dumbfounded and her whole demeanor stiff, he raised an eyebrow, asking, "Why are you so surprised to see me? Didn’t I tell you yesterday that I would come to see you today?"
"..."
Zhang Lingying couldn’t come up with a response; she even felt a bit breathless.
She did know yesterday that Leng Jian was going to visit her today, but she didn’t know Lu Jing would threaten the doctor to let him out early, pack his bags, and move from the hospital into her home with a huff and a puff.
Now this was just great. She had just promised Leng Jian that she wouldn’t rashly get involved with someone else before understanding what love really is. Just a few days later, a wild man had moved into her house...
And got caught red-handed by Leng Jian!
No matter how she thought about it, Zhang Lingying couldn’t come up with a perfect reason to explain her relationship with Lu Jing.
The best strategy was not to let Leng Jian know.
"I might just be groggy from waking up. Why don’t you sit on the sofa for a while? I’ll arrange the flowers and get you a glass of water." Zhang Lingying placed the fruit on the coffee table and went to find a vase, clutching the bouquet.
Then she poured Leng Jian a glass of water. Just as she was about to prepare him a fruit platter, she heard him ask, "Do you have a guest?"
"Wha—what?" Zhang Lingying’s internal alarm bells went off, almost causing her to drop the apple in her hand. In her panic, she hugged it to her chest.
Leng Jian set down the glass of water and gestured with his chin towards the guest room, "Isn’t the guest room always closed? Why is it open today, and why is there a suitcase at the door?"
Only then did Zhang Lingying notice—it was Lu Jing’s suitcase!
Lu Jing had just unpacked everything from the suitcase into the wardrobe, but he hadn’t had time to put away the empty suitcase. It was just her luck that it was left at the doorway and got spotted by Leng Jian...
Before she could think of a reasonable explanation, Leng Jian had already gotten up from the sofa and was walking towards the guest room.
Zhang Lingying hurried to follow him, wanting to stop him, but worried that acting too tense might arouse Leng Jian’s suspicion, leaving her caught between a rock and a hard place.
In the end, she gritted her teeth and chose to do nothing.
After all, Lu Jing was hiding in the wardrobe now. Even if Leng Jian entered the guest room, he wouldn’t see anyone.
"A men’s suitcase?" Leng Jian stopped at the doorway of the guest room, suspiciously looking back at Zhang Lingying.
Her scalp tingling, Zhang Lingying forced a smile and feigned indifference, answering, "My dad’s always raised me like a son. I’ve always liked more masculine things, so what’s wrong with a men’s suitcase? I think it’s pretty good—big and stylish enough."
Leng Jian: "You also like men’s bed sheets and covers?"
Zhang Lingying: "..."
The beginning of one lie meant having to cover it up with countless others.
"I’ve been bored resting at home with a cold these days, so I started tidying up stuff. I just happened to straighten up the guest room that hadn’t been organized since I moved, thinking if guests come, it wouldn’t be a mess. I chose the bed sheets and covers at random."
"Oh." Leng Jian nodded, expressing understanding.
Before Zhang Lingying could catch her breath and make an excuse to lead him out of the guest room, Leng Jian had already raised his hand to point in the direction of the wardrobe, asking, "Then those men’s slippers—did you buy them on a whim too?"
"There aren’t any men’s slippers... Slippers???" Zhang Lingying’s gaze fixed on the area in front of the wardrobe where Lu Jing was hiding, staring at those slippers he hadn’t managed to hide in the wardrobe in time, as if struck by lightning!