Unlike Yaoyao, Jiangg Ning had a more conservative personality. He knew that. But no matter how conservative, her reaction shouldn’t have been so extre. The Jiangg Ning he knew, gentle as a pool of spring water, wouldn’t have dared to lay a finger on him. Yet the force behind that high-heeled shoe she just threw...
A bruise would have been getting off easy.
’Could it be true, just like Yaoyao said? Did Jiangg Ning really want to kill !?’
At that thought, Chen Yuan gulped, a sudden fear creeping in.
’But no matter how conservative she is, she can’t be *this* conservative. I never felt it was to this degree before! I can understand that so parts of the body are sensitive areas and generally off-limits. It’s like a man’s waist, or the ticklish spots on his lower back.’
’Whatever the reason, it shouldn’t have been enough to make Jiangg Ning this furious.’
’Or maybe... he’d broken so special taboo? Or perhaps certain parts of Jiangg Ning’s body were like so magical sword from a legend—whoever touched it, she would have to devote herself to them.’ That line of thought was a bit too fantastical. Chen Yuan shook his head hard, trying to clear the strange idea from his mind.
This wasn’t ancient tis. All those outdated customs had long been abolished. No unmarried maiden these days would feel her chastity was lost just because soone touched her foot.
"Let’s talk about this calmly... I think—" ’Forget it.’ Chen Yuan was about to defend himself, but he swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue. This wasn’t the ti for explanations. The right move was to calm her down, just as he had with Yaoyao earlier. He said sincerely, "Okay, I know I was wrong. Ningning, please don’t be angry."
"Do I not look calm? Do I look angry to you!?" she retorted, pointing at Chen Yuan, her voice full of sha and indignation.
A cold rain pattered down outside. The weather must have been freezing, but the tense, hostile atmosphere on the dim balcony made Chen Yuan so nervous he was starting to sweat.
"You’re practically breathing fire..."
"And whose fault is that!" Jiangg Ning looked around for sothing else to throw. The only things on the balcony were a broom and a tennis racket. She reached for the tennis racket, a move that made Chen Yuan stumble back a few steps in fright.
"Wait—I honestly don’t know what I did wrong! Ningning, if you’re going to get revenge, at least let know what for."
"I’m not telling you."
"Then just hit ." Chen Yuan decided to stop dodging. He walked right up to her, turning his head away with the air of a martyr bravely facing his doom.
His offering himself up like that...
...actually worked.
Jiangg Ning just glared at him, her hand gripping the racket tightly, but she didn’t raise it to strike him. Her eyes kept flickering, as if her emotions were at war with her reason.
She desperately wanted to swing the racket and hit him, but she couldn’t bear the thought of him getting hurt.
Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere quieted down.
Chen Yuan squinted, peeking at Jiangg Ning’s expression. She awkwardly turned her head away, let out a "Hmph," and put the racket down.
"There’s no point in hitting you..." she murmured under her breath.
"Although I still don’t know what I did to make you so angry," Chen Yuan quickly said, seizing the mont of calm to soothe her, "I won’t try to argue. What’s done is done... You can vent your anger however you want. And next ti, I absolutely won’t get involved in the fights between you and Yaoyao."
"Vent my anger however I want? Are you saying I’m throwing a tantrum?"
"No, I just ant you should let out your emotions. It’s not good to keep them bottled up. You must feel a lot better now that you’ve thrown sothing at , right?"
"But I’m still annoyed. How are you going to solve that?"
"As long as it’s not about getting back together..." Chen Yuan hesitated for a mont, then took a deep breath. "I’ll agree to whatever solution you want."
"You’re that unwilling to get back together?"
Hearing this, Jiangg Ning’s gaze grew even more reproachful as she looked at Chen Yuan.
’But Jiangg Ning also knew in her heart that even if he agreed to get back together now, it would only be because he was forced, not because he sincerely wanted to.’
’A reconciliation like that, even if it ant she’d ’won’ against her sister, would be aningless. It wouldn’t be an honorable victory; it would be tainted by coercion.’
"Alright, then," she sighed. "But I can’t let you off this easily, Chen. How about this: you agree to one condition, and I’ll let today’s incident go and stop being angry with you."
"What condition?" Chen Yuan’s eyelid twitched. He could sll a trap.
Jiangg Ning pondered for a mont before looking up. "I haven’t thought of it yet, but I will soon."
"If you don’t tell what it is, how can I agree? What if you ask for sothing completely—"
"Don’t worry, Chen. I’m not that kind of person. The condition won’t be too difficult for you to accept. It’ll be a very reasonable one... I’m not Yaoyao, after all."
"Alright, then."
Her words made Chen Yuan breathe a sigh of relief.
’Ningning’s trustworthiness was still higher than Yaoyao’s. At least she wouldn’t play too many little tricks.’
"You’re forgiven, for now." She pursed her lips slightly, casting a sidelong glance at Chen Yuan, a hint of coy arrogance in her eyes.
"Then let’s not stay out on the balcony. There’s thunder and lightning outside, and it’s getting stuffy out here. It’d be better to go to the living room for so tea."
"Mhm."
"Let’s go." With that, Chen Yuan started walking toward the living room.
’It took so much effort, but I’ve finally managed to placate both sisters,’ Chen Yuan thought to himself. ’What a pain. I’ve said more in the last ten-odd minutes than I usually do in an entire day.’
’And this was just from them visiting once in a while.’
’If they started coming over every day... they could probably force a mute to beco a stand-up codian.’
"Hey—"
"What’s wrong?"
"My shoe..." Jiangg Ning’s pretty face flushed slightly. She tentatively touched the cold floor with the tip of her toe before pulling it back. In the dim, hazy light, her fair, delicate foot looked exceptionally beautiful.
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