Falling in Love With My Arranged-Marriage Husband
Chapter 190: 164: After such a long time of affection, he didn't let her lose

Chapter 190: Chapter 164: After such a long time of affection, he didn’t let her lose

Song Xiu’s feelings for Ji Sang were simple yet also complicated. Initially, it was merely admiration for his idol, which later turned into what he believed to be affection after others pointed it out.

Now, he isn’t sure if he has moved on from these feelings.

He still admires Ji Sang, and feels happy when he sees her, but… previously, the thought of her being with Fu Yisi used to make him feel gloomy, yet now it seems like he has come to terms with it.

Because Ji Sang smiles when she thinks of Fu Yisi, and she changes around him.

She is happy and blessed with Fu Yisi.

What’s wrong with that?

And now…

Song Xiu withdrew his gaze from Ji Sang and looked towards Wang Ting, only to accidentally meet her eyes, then watched as she turned her head away in a fluster.

Song Xiu lowered his head.

After that day at the café, he had started wearing a ring on his finger.

He hadn’t made any special announcement to his colleagues at the TV station, but since the two often entered and exited together, people couldn’t help but notice.

And naturally, they did not miss the matching rings on their fingers.

They would gossip and tease. Wang Ting would blush and shyly explain it was a coincidence. She couldn’t lie, and her true feelings were easily discernible.

But he never thought about taking off that ring.

Song Xiu wasn’t foolish. If he couldn’t realize Wang Ting’s feelings for him at this point, he would be too dense. He thought back to how they met, but he struggled to remember what Wang Ting initially looked like. She always seemed to be elusive around him.

It was only during that project with Sister Ji that he could boldly meet her gaze.

He didn’t know when Wang Ting started liking him, only that once while drunk, he heard her say:

“Song Xiu, I’ve secretly… secretly liked you for a long time, when… when will you like me?”

Her voice was soft and delicate, with a hint of crying.

At that moment, his heart trembled unexpectedly.

It felt as if someone had secretly adored him for many years from behind the scenes, and he almost missed it.

But fortunately, fate seemed to favor him, for who could have thought that a marriage arranged for family interests, which he resisted numerous times, would bring him such a great surprise?

Thinking of this, Song Xiu suddenly smiled.

He raised his hand and ruffled Wang Ting’s hair.

“After talking for so long, are you thirsty? Do you want some water?”

With that, Song Xiu stood up and went towards the tea room next door.

Ji Sang watched this scene, slightly surprised as she raised an eyebrow.

She didn’t expect the bright and cheerful Song Xiu she knew to act so caring and mature in front of Wang Ting.

That’s nice.

It seems that in City B, Song Xiu is truly starting to let go of her.

And Wang Ting was completely stunned.

She foolishly touched the spot where Song Xiu had caressed her head.

Her eyes widened in surprise as she finally realized, and Wang Ting laughed foolishly.

Her long-held affection seemed… not to have been in vain after all.

Ji Sang silently lowered her head to drink water, the corners of her mouth curling slightly, perhaps thinking of Fu Yisi working hard at the hospital.

…

After meeting Song Xiu and Wang Ting, Ji Sang went to find Lu Ming.

Since it was rare for her to visit the TV station and after taking a month off, she would have to go near the South Sea; she would likely have to put aside her work at the TV station for a while.

When Ji Sang arrived, Lu Ming was on a phone call. Ji Sang was about to sit in the small conference room next door when Lu Ming caught sight of her, gestured for her to come in, and even poured her a cup of tea.

Without meaning to eavesdrop, the office wasn’t large, and Lu Ming didn’t lower his voice because Ji Sang had come in. Only then did Ji Sang learn that the call was with someone from the Yi Family.

It was still about the orphanage.

As it involved the Yi Family and the orphanage, Ji Sang couldn’t help but focus her attention on this call.

Even if it wasn’t quite suitable.

When Lu Ming hung up the phone and saw Ji Sang’s slightly apologetic look, he smiled

“I originally wanted you to understand.”

Ji Sang pursed her lips

“I’m not working recently”

“I know”

Lu Ming smiled.

“It seems you care quite a bit about the orphanage.”

And… if he hadn’t misheard that time, Ji Sang had also come out from an orphanage when she was a child.

Perhaps it was her persistence towards photography that made Lu Ming always treat Ji Sang as a junior.

Deep in his eyes, there was that barely noticeable form of indulgence that an elder has for a child.

“Do you want to see? I have detailed data in my computer”

A message popped up on WeChat on his phone, Lu Ming casually took out his computer and handed it to Ji Sang

“Inside the orphanage file folder on the desktop.”

After that, Lu Ming took his phone and sat down behind the desk to deal with the items.

Ji Sang was slightly stunned,

Indeed, she wanted to know about the Yi Family’s orphanage, maybe, there could be some connection with those past events.

She looked down at the computer in her hands.

Lu Ming had been working on the computer just now, and an interface with a document opened was still up; Ji Sang initially wanted to minimize the window, but she accidentally caught sight of a familiar five characters.

Tianxin Orphanage.

Ji Sang’s pupils constricted, and she suddenly looked up towards Lu Ming.

Why does he have information on Tianxin Orphanage? Could he be investigating too? Why? What relations does he have with Tianxin Orphanage?

Ji Sang’s mind became somewhat muddled, quickly she looked down again, trying to organize her thoughts.

This action of looking up and then down was enough to draw Lu Ming’s attention,

“What’s wrong?”

Lu Ming’s gaze shifted downward, landing on the computer in Ji Sang’s hands, his eyes flinched slightly, and he put down his phone and walked towards her.

“I was dealing with some personal matters just now.”

Saying this, Lu Ming took the computer, operated it for a bit, opened the Yi Family’s orphanage file, and handed the computer to Ji Sang.

Coming back to senses, Ji Sang swallowed,

Still unable to restrain herself, she asked,

“Are you… investigating Tianxin Orphanage?”

Hearing this, Lu Ming was somewhat surprised and looked at Ji Sang with a frown.

“What is it?”

Ji Sang’s reaction was odd, Lu Ming, after all, had been street-smart for so many years.

Eyes slightly furrowing,

“You are also investigating Tianxin Orphanage?”

The use of ‘also’ was clever,

It answered Ji Sang’s question and at the same time… it was also a probe…

Ji Sang cast her eyes down, attempting to suppress her body’s instinctive reaction.

Chang Li had said, if she wanted to recall what happened back then, the most basic premise was to learn to control her reactions to those events.

Ji Sang steadied her heartbeat before she finally looked up and asked:

“Why does the deputy want to investigate this orphanage?”