Beg Me to Remarry
Chapter 504: Sprinting in the Deep Night

Chapter 504: Chapter 504: Sprinting in the Deep Night

"You talk as if without Fu Han, you could easily handle He Xing. That’s not the case, right?" Xia Cheng snapped back without any courtesy.

It proved that it wasn’t just women who had venomous tongues; when men did, they could be far more vicious.

Xia Ning was left speechless for a long while and ended up sitting on the sofa, huffing angrily.

On the contrary, Xia Cheng acted as if nothing had happened, took off his shoes, lay on the sofa, and continued to scroll through videos of beautiful women on his phone, the volume turned up high, utterly indifferent to Xia Ning’s face, which was darker than the bottom of a pot.

The more Xia Ning thought about it, the angrier she became. Finally, she stood up abruptly, took her phone, and walked towards the door. She grabbed her coat and keys from the coat rack by the door and left without looking back.

Not until the sound of the car starting up did Xia Cheng raise his head to glance outside. His impatience became even more apparent, but in the end, he didn’t say anything. He just instructed the servant to clean up the shattered tea set on the floor and said nothing else.

Xia Ning got her driver’s license at eighteen, motivated by Fu Han, who had gotten hers right after her eighteenth birthday. Not wanting to be outdone by Fu Han, Xia Ning quickly got hers as well.

A City at night was bustling, but the so-called city that never sleeps referred to the lively city center, not the villa area where the Xia Family resided.

The suburbs were quite desolate, with only a street light every few meters along the road to prevent the area from becoming too dark.

Although Xia Ning had had her driver’s license for many years, she didn’t get many chances to actually drive. To showcase the style of a delicate lady and to match up with He Xing better, she was always chauffeured.

Another red light ahead. Today was particularly unlucky for Xia Ning. Every intersection she approached turned red, and she had already overstepped the line at the red lights twice in a row. This time was no exception.

It seems that when a person is down on their luck, even drinking cold water can cause a toothache.

But for Xia Ning, even if she got points deducted, it didn’t matter; Xia Guoxiong would handle it. He wouldn’t let Xia Ning have any blemishes on her record, or else people would say she wasn’t fit for He Xing.

After an extremely unpleasant drive, Xia Ning finally arrived at her destination—Qin Nuan’s upscale complex.

She had previously investigated Qin Nuan, so she knew where she lived. As for getting inside, for a lady like Xia Ning, who was clad in designer brands from head to toe, it was too easy. She just had to act cute and coquettish to the security guard at the gate, claiming she had forgotten her access card, and she could slip in smoothly.

As for finding her way after, she could repeat the same trick. When encountering a passerby, she merely asked for directions, and the strangers, seeing a pretty young girl, would readily offer to take her to her destination.

Xia Ning politely asked the stranger to stop at the entrance of Qin Nuan’s building, then she headed straight for the elevator. She had to see Qin Nuan immediately.

However, her urgency didn’t mean that others felt the same. She waited outside the door for a full five minutes before Qin Nuan finally opened it.

Honestly, while waiting outside, Xia Ning already knew there was someone else in Qin Nuan’s apartment. She even silently prayed that it wasn’t Xia Guoxiong inside; that would be too embarrassing.

The person who opened the door wasn’t Qin Nuan, but Yi Lixing.

Yi Lixing had obviously seen Xia Ning through the peephole already. Dressed casually, he greeted Xia Ning with a smile, "Miss Xia, I didn’t expect to meet you here."

Xia Ning knew about Yi Lixing’s ties with the Xia Group and that it was precisely because he sold He Group’s bidding documents and planning proposals to the Xia Group that they were able to develop so quickly.

But Xia Ning just didn’t like Yi Lixing, one could even say she despised him; to this, Xia Cheng’s response was incisive, "That’s because deep down you feel you belong to the He Family. It’s from He Family’s perspective that you dislike Yi Lixing so much."

For the first time, Xia Ning felt that Xia Cheng, usually not the sharpest tool in the shed, made a lot of sense; his words were spot-on and revealed the truth.

"I didn’t expect to see you here either. I’m looking for Qin Nuan, where is she?" Xia Ning’s tone was very unpleasant, and she didn’t even grant Yi Lixing a proper glance.

Yi Lixing just smiled, seeming not to mind Xia Ning’s tone, and stepped aside, making a welcoming gesture, "Miss Xia, Qin Nuan is currently in the shower. Would you like to come in and wait?"

Xia Ning looked past Yi Lixing into the apartment, where the living room curtains were tightly drawn, soothing music playing from the sound system, and cushions were strewn carelessly on the floor. The sofa was wrinkled; but most importantly, there was a strange smell in the apartment, and next to the trash can was a pile of scrunched-up tissues.

Any adult would likely guess what had happened before, especially since Xia Ning, unluckily, heard the tail end of it just outside the door.

Thinking of something, her face turned slightly red as she hesitated, unsure whether to enter. She always felt that the Yi Lixing in front of her seemed dangerous.

Yi Lixing smiled again. He seemed to be trying hard to appear affable, but unfortunately, his face was a patchwork of blues and purples, possibly from being beaten, which made any expression he wore somewhat chilling, "Miss Xia, you don’t have to worry. I won’t do anything to you. After all, I’m still working for your family right now."

"You have a point," Xia Ning acknowledged, knowing it wasn’t good to keep standing at the door. If a passerby spotted her, it would be more troublesome, especially since she was somewhat of a celebrity, albeit one who had appeared in only one film. But to enter like this was a bit shameful. She stood her ground and said, "Even if you tried, you couldn’t do anything to me. Before I came here, I told my father, and they all know I’m here."

Without responding to Xia Ning’s words, Yi Lixing simply smiled again, turned, and walked in first, gesturing to the Tea Room without looking back, "Miss Xia, would you like tea, coffee, or red wine?"

"Tea is for old people, I only drink red wine at night," Xia Ning replied, not shy about making herself comfortable. She looked at two single-seat sofas and chose one that seemed reasonably clean to sit down on.

From her angle, she could see Yi Lixing’s back as he proficiently took out a bottle of red wine from the cabinet, followed by the corkscrew and wine glasses. Considering how familiar he was with the place, he might as well have been the owner who had lived there for years.