Fated Love With the Billionaire
Chapter 123 Delete

Chapter 123: Chapter 123 Delete

Former girlfriend?

Chen Ningxi’s first reaction was the one he dated before. Thinking back, they weren’t together for long, so not much could happen. Besides, since he was daring enough to say it openly, it definitely wasn’t about getting back together.

"What does she want with you?"

Cheng Qiaobei: "She came back to the country and wanted to see me, but I refused. I also told her I was married."

"..."

Wait a minute, something’s off here!

Chen Ningxi’s little radar immediately went up, "Did you just say she came back to the country? You’re not talking about your former girlfriend, you’re talking about your first love?"

As soon as the word "first love" was brought up separately, Cheng Qiaobei knew he had pressed Chen Ningxi’s angry button.

At this point, it was necessary to nip the root of any argument in the bud and quickly coax her,

"I’ve clearly told her I’m married, so you can’t be mad."

"Who are you morally blackmailing?" Chen Ningxi’s mind was quite sharp, "You’re intentionally confusing your former girlfriend and first love. What do you mean by that?"

Cheng Qiaobei felt guilty, "Don’t be mad."

Chen Ningxi remained expressionless, "I’m not mad."

She seemed genuinely not mad, calmly pointing at the building’s entrance, "I left my phone in the car, could you get it for me?"

You get fooled not because the other person’s acting is good but because you have zero guard up against them.

Cheng Qiaobei never thought Chen Ningxi would trap him one day, "I’ll go get it."

He had just taken a step away, and before he even pushed open the door to the building, he heard the elevator door behind him about to close. When he turned around, he saw Chen Ningxi calmly holding up her phone and saying to him,

"You catch the next one."

"Ning Xi,"

Cheng Qiaobei widened his eyes and hurried back, only to watch the elevator go up.

"...Oh dear."

When she got angry, it was completely undetectable, and when she acted out, it came with no warning. Cheng Qiaobei learned his lesson.

Watching the elevator numbers change continuously, Cheng Qiaobei stood silent for a moment, then turned toward the emergency stairwell.

Chen Ningxi waited for a long time without seeing him come up. If Cheng Qiaobei left, this matter wouldn’t end.

After waiting for two more minutes, she heard hurried footsteps from the stairwell. The next second, he appeared in front of her, breathing heavily, his chest heaving violently.

"You... you’re really something." Cheng Qiaobei held Chen Ningxi’s hand. She looked at the door behind him, "You took the stairs?"

Cheng Qiaobei laughed and corrected her, "Ran up."

"Why did you run?" Chen Ningxi quickly took out a tissue from her bag to wipe his sweat. Cheng Qiaobei smiled, "enjoying the service."

"!" Chen Ningxi suddenly stuffed the tissue in his hand and awkwardly said, "I’m not wiping you, wipe yourself."

Cheng Qiaobei leaned his face closer to her, "I ran and got tired, so you help me wipe it. Honey, look, it’s all sweat."

Following his words, she saw a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, but the curve of his smiling lips clearly reminded her that this guy wanted to use the ’suffering act.’

She pushed Cheng Qiaobei away and turned to leave.

"Hey, Ning Xi." Cheng Qiaobei followed closely, hugging her shoulder and tilting his head to observe her expression, "I was wrong. Don’t be mad, okay?"

Chen Ningxi stopped, "Did you intentionally confuse things?"

After careful consideration, Cheng Qiaobei replied, "To say I wasn’t thinking that way would be lying to you, but my consideration was not to influence your mood. If you’re not happy, you’ll get upset with me, and look, that’s exactly what’s happening now."

Chen Ningxi’s eyes moved slightly - his reasoning made sense, and she could accept that.

"Don’t be mad. I really refused her request, and I definitely won’t meet her." Cheng Qiaobei held her shoulders with both hands, "Alright~ honey, don’t be angry."

Chen Ningxi swayed, "You really refused?"

Cheng Qiaobei said, "Why would I lie to you? Making you upset then having to lower myself to comfort you, going to all that trouble, wouldn’t it have been better not to tell you in the first place?"

That’s indeed a logical point, but Chen Ningxi was still feeling uneasy.

She asked again, "Do you still have her number saved?"

Cheng Qiaobei hesitated, "...I do, but we don’t contact each other often."

"Not contacting often isn’t good enough," Chen Ningxi emphasized, "also, between the two of you on WeChat, Alipay, Douyin, anything, if you’re still friends, delete now."

Actually, she’d long wanted Cheng Qiaobei to delete all contact details about his first love. Previously, she thought it was too small-minded of her, but after today’s event, she couldn’t be blamed for being unreasonable anymore.

Displaying it made her nauseous, hiding it made her uneasy - who could live every day feeling like they had to guard against a thief? It’s exhausting.

Cheng Qiaobei didn’t hesitate at all, taking out his phone to start deleting everything in front of her, even the newly changed number was blacklisted and deleted.

"Is this good enough? Check it over."

Looking at the phone in mid-air, Chen Ningxi said, "You’re the one asking for it. I didn’t ask to check your phone."

Cheng Qiaobei directly put the phone in her hand, "Of course, it’s my request, look freely."

"I’m really gonna check, don’t try reverse psychology on me. When I really look, don’t say that you don’t trust me because I’m checking your phone." She was upfront to avoid being blamed later.

Cheng Qiaobei laughed, "I won’t. Look freely, I absolutely have no such thoughts."

Chen Ningxi didn’t stand on ceremony. If you pretend to be deep now, you might never have the chance to look at his phone openly later.

She looked through each app, indeed finding no information related to the first love. However, when she opened the ordering app to check delivery addresses, she saw a hotel delivery address with the contact name shining like Jiang Wanyi. Although she hadn’t asked for her name before, Chen Ningxi had a premonition that this was Cheng Qiaobei’s first love.

"Is that her?" Chen Ningxi asked.

Cheng Qiaobei nodded, "Yes."

"Can I delete it?" She raised an eyebrow, waiting to see if Cheng Qiaobei’s face showed even a hint of reluctance, which would mean his first love still occupied his thoughts.

Cheng Qiaobei’s expression was indifferent, "The phone’s with you, isn’t it for your inspection and adjustment?"

She lowered her eyes and deleted the address.

Finally, she felt relieved.

Taking a deep breath, she handed the phone back to Cheng Qiaobei, "Here."

"Don’t you want to inspect it more?" Cheng Qiaobei teased with a smile.

Chen Ningxi gave him a sideways glance, "Do you mean to imply there’s more you’re hiding?"

Cheng Qiaobei chuckled with annoyance, "Of course not."

"Then what more is there to inspect?" Chen Ningxi hooked her arm in Cheng Qiaobei’s, "Let’s go."

They had just walked in when Ye Yujun said, "Finally, you’re back. Hungry, Cheng?"

Cheng Qiaobei called out, "Mom, I’m not hungry, has Dad returned?"

Ye Yujun brought out a plate of fish from the kitchen, and Cheng Qiaobei quickly went to give a helping hand, "Let me, don’t burn yourself."

"Not yet, but he should be back soon."

Chen Ningxi came out after washing her hands, "Mom, call Dad and ask."

As soon as she spoke, the front door opened.

Chen Weichuan entered while changing shoes, saying, "Old Xiao caught me, and we couldn’t stop chatting. I couldn’t say I was in a hurry to get home - he’s my old boss, after all."