novelraw Chapter 124: Give Me Back My Wife
Chapter 124: Give Me Back My Wife
Chen Xin had just swallowed a dumpling when he heard Xu Xiangbei speak like that and burst out laughing.
Liu Ningyan glared playfully at Chen Xin, maintaining her flawless smile: "Dr. Xu, you can eat things, but you shouldn’t just say anything. Can’t you be a bit more of a man and not just want a pretty woman to be your wife?"
Xu Xiangbei laughed smugly, "You wouldn’t understand even if I told you. Black Rose really wants to be my wife. If she hadn’t had something come up that day, she would’ve gone to a hotel with me."
Chen Xin stifled his laughter, stood up, and while wiping his mouth, fled outside: "Sorry, I need to go to the restroom. You two chat slowly."
From afar, the sound of Chen Xin’s hearty laughter could be heard, while Liu Ningyan had a slightly playful expression, glancing at Xu Xiangbei but helpless.
She smiled and said to Xu Xiangbei, "I need to go to the restroom too."
Seeing Liu Ningyan also heading to the restroom, Xu Xiangbei grinned cheekily: "You’re not short of money for the bill, are you planning to negotiate with Chen Xin and run away? No worries, I have money for the bill."
Liu Ningyan took out her pink Hermès wallet from her pocket, pulled out three hundred yuan bills, and pressed them under the plate: "I, Liu Ningyan, said I’d treat you to dinner, how could I leave you and run? The money is here, I’ll settle the bill when I return."
Xu Xiangbei laughed, "Haha, I was just joking, don’t take it seriously."
In the women’s restroom, Liu Ningyan encountered Chen Xin, who couldn’t stop laughing: "Girl, what’s so funny? Don’t laugh yourself to hiccups."
Chen Xin suppressed her laughter, "Ning Yan, is what Dr. Xu said true? Did you really agree to be his wife?"
Liu Ningyan stomped her foot, her face slightly red: "I didn’t! Don’t listen to his nonsense. I thought he wouldn’t be able to win the champion title in the mountain road race, so I casually agreed to a condition, but he actually won the championship and used it to blackmail me."
Chen Xin laughed heartily again, "Dr. Xu never imagined you’re Black Rose, and he praised Black Rose’s beauty right in front of you. I’m dying of laughter, isn’t it like scolding a monk for being bald? Who knew Jiangcheng University’s four beauties, two of them are you."
Liu Ningyan smiled awkwardly and pinched Chen Xin’s arm, "Crazy girl, keep it in check, don’t let him notice anything."
Chen Xin cried out in pain and escaped: "Even if I’m crazy, I’m not as crazy as you, playing personality disorder and creating Black Rose. Those Motorcycle Gang brothers of yours are looking for you everywhere."
Liu Ningyan looked at her beautiful face in the mirror, slightly wrinkling her nose. She wasn’t playing with personality disorder, but facing the icy pain engulfing her body, knowing she would die soon, she desperately created this crazy act.
She was the good daughter of the Liu Family, knowledgeable and demure, a model young lady, always top in exams yearly. But after knowing she wouldn’t live beyond her twenties and would suffer from illness, she began fantasizing about another self — the rebellious, wild Black Rose.
Becoming Black Rose, speeding on the motorcycle, allows her to forget her disease, forget her pain, needing nothing to consider, only pursuing thrills.
The mirror seemed to reflect another face, the smoky-eyed face of Black Rose, as if mocking her weakness.
After settling the bill, the three left the dumpling shop and returned to Jiangcheng University. Chen Xin went to the supermarket for some daily necessities, and Xu Xiangbei accompanied Liu Ningyan back to the dormitory.
The night breeze was refreshing, and in the distance, the dormitory lights flickered, the campus paths quiet and serene, leisurely strolling in it, creating lingering feelings.
Xu Xiangbei, still wanting more, gazed at Liu Ningyan’s stunning face, longing to take a few more glances, almost escorting her to the girls’ dormitory entrance: "Do you want me to walk you upstairs?"
Liu Ningyan smiled, "No, I’ll wait for Chen Xin to return and go up together, thank you Dr. Xu for saving my life. Just treating you to dumplings seems insufficient, feel embarrassed. Why not come to my house for a meal someday? My parents and grandpa are hoping you’ll visit."
Xu Xiangbei joked, "Haha, hoping I’ll come for a meal? Or hoping I’ll come to propose? Saving your life and just getting a meal in return seems dull, maybe you should promise yourself to me."
Liu Ningyan knew Xu Xiangbei was being facetious, her eyes smiling said, "For your life-saving grace, this little girl shall repay in the next life. For this life, only a meal is possible."
Xu Xiangbei intended to tease verbally for some advantage, but he unexpectedly found Liu Ningyan sharp-tongued, gaining nothing, resignedly shrugging his shoulders, about to leave.
Suddenly, more than ten people rushed out from both sides of the campus path, surrounding Xu Xiangbei in the middle.
One pointed at Xu Xiangbei: "Xu Xiangbei, you bastard, give me back my wife, where did you hide her?"
By the light, Xu Xiangbei recognized it was Chen Yonghao, with over ten burly men at his side, looking hostile.
Seeing Xu Xiangbei surrounded, Liu Ningyan showed no fear nor urgency, only knitted her brows slightly, watched quietly from the side.
Chen Yonghao drove away Sun Jiajia, and venting his anger, feeling worse when looking at the empty room, came out searching for Sun Jiajia.
The security at the entrance turned on the surveillance, showing Sun Jiajia sitting on the steps, later taken away by a man and a woman.
Chen Yonghao immediately recognized Xu Xiangbei and Ding Keke from the footage.
Knowing he couldn’t beat Xu Xiangbei, he sought help to confront him for his wife.
Xu Xiangbei scorned, "Ridiculous, your wife isn’t a wife; how do I know where she is? Besides, Sun Jiajia has been driven out by you, cut ties with you, she’s not your wife. Watch your words in the future, Sun Jiajia is still a young maiden, calling her your wife would ruin her reputation."
Liu Ningyan smiled and shook her head, Xu Xiangbei lecturing Chen Yonghao yet constantly calling other girls his wife.
Scolded without reason by Xu Xiangbei, old and new grudges flared in Chen Yonghao, he gritted his teeth in anger, relying on numbers, threw a punch at Xu Xiangbei’s face, only for his wrist to be lightly caught by Xu Xiangbei.
Xu Xiangbei sneered, "Kid, take a look in the mirror, do you match up to Sun Jiajia? Do you qualify to face me? Believe me, I’ll snap your arm."
With a slight force, Chen Yonghao’s face turned pale with pain, yelling: "Ow, cousin, he’s gonna break my hand."
Xu Xiangbei coldly laughed at the group of men, "Who’s the cousin? What if I break his arm, cousin he calls out? Calling elder cousin won’t help."
Suddenly, a strong wind shot forth, Xu Xiangbei’s countenance subtly changed, the opponent’s fist speed was faster than Liu Shanshui’s punch he had seen, more astonishing was the extended power within the punch, evidently embedded with Inner Strength.
The opponent was an Ancient Martial Artist, and the Inner Strength was quite thick, the strongest Inner Strength martial artist he had encountered since coming to Jiangcheng.