I'm In Love With the Guy I Grew Up With

Chapter 509 I Regretted It 2

A single sentence, like a bucket of bone-chilling ice water, was poured over Ning Xixi’s head.

Why... would Ji Yebai deny their engagement? Deny their relationship?

Ning Jingshen, however, breathed a sigh of relief, "This kid, he does have some conscience, not dragging you into it. Otherwise, the Ning family would have been doomed..."

Ning Xixi looked at him with red eyes, and Ning Jingshen, struck by her clear and sorrowful gaze, inexplicably thought of Song Weiyang.

Irritation enveloped him, and he waved his hand impatiently, "When you realize your mistake, come back to the country! I’ve already arranged a school for you there. Don’t blame dad for being heartless, just be obedient, and dad will always treat you as his daughter."

Ning Xixi shook her head, "I won’t go."

She wanted to find a way to help Ji Yebai, even if she had little ability, she would still try. Not like a deserter, hiding abroad when the Ji Family was in trouble!

"I didn’t ask for your opinion!" Ning Jingshen said sternly, "Da Ming! Da Zhi!"

Two black-clad bodyguards entered from outside the door and immediately grabbed Ning Xixi’s shoulders.

"Take her away."

"Yes!"

Lu Qinghe gently said, "Xixi being alone abroad is too unsafe, Old Ning, you won’t be at ease either, constantly worrying... I have an assistant, not only fluent in several languages but also skilled in combat, let her go first to take care of Xixi, what do you think?"

Ning Jingshen was moved, "Thank you for this, despite how rudely the girl treats you, you still consider her welfare."

"It’s what I should do, alas, she doesn’t treat me like a mom, but I still have to treat her like my daughter!"

Ning Xixi watched her masterful acting, pulling at the corner of her mouth, her smile bitter.

She was led away by the bodyguards, and in the sickroom, Lu Qinghe and Ning Jingshen exchanged some personal words before she excused herself.

"Where’s the cellphone?" she quietly asked the bodyguard outside.

The other person pulled out Ning Xixi’s phone, which had just been snatched, and respectfully handed it over.

Lu Qinghe took it, found Ji Yebai’s number, and her delicate, well-maintained fingers danced up and down—

[I regret it.]

After typing these four characters, she threw the phone into the toilet in the restroom and pressed the flush button.

...

Ji Family.

The company was extremely busy, even the old man personally came to oversee things.

After a several-hour-long meeting finally ended, Ji Yebai pressed his temples with his fingertips and stood up.

"Yebai, Xixi must have some other reason that she couldn’t come..." Ji Yemo, unable to fathom the expressionless Ji Yebai’s thoughts, couldn’t help but come over to comfort him.

Ji Yebai indifferently said, "It’s better that she didn’t come."

Otherwise, exposing her in front of the media would harm her.

The words he said about "having nothing to do with her" were also to protect her.

"It’s good that you can think this way." Ji Yemo patted his shoulder, "I have to go now. Ji Family has a tough battle to fight in the coming days."

"Okay."

Everyone left, and the conference room became empty.

Ji Yebai picked up the mobile phone that was face down on the table, his fingertips white and slightly trembling because of the force being applied.

The screen stayed on the message interface.

Xixi wife: I regret it.

His Adam’s apple rolled, emotions surged tumultuously almost like a tsunami pressing down on him—

Regret? Regret what? Regretting their engagement? Or regretting... being with him?