Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me
Chapter 245 - 244: Exposed (1 more)

Chapter 245: Chapter 244: Exposed (1 more)

Jin Ruiyang felt it was necessary to clear up this misunderstanding with the beauty.

"I’m not insane."

Xu Niannian looked at him with pitying eyes. I know, I know, you’re not insane. People who are insane always say that.

So Xu Niannian’s tone became even gentler, "I know, be good. How about Sister takes you to find the nurse?"

Jin Ruiyang’s stiff smile gradually petrified: "..."

This was a huge misunderstanding.

He couldn’t help but laugh and cry, "I’m not an idiot either, believe me."

After Jin Ruiyang said this, he realized that her gaze had shifted from pity to affection.

Her soft and charming voice spoke to him as if coddling a child, "Sister knows you’re not an idiot. Sister just wants to play with you, come..."

Xu Niannian reached out her hand, and Jin Ruiyang, about to explain, saw the delicate hand stretched toward him and shamefully showed a silly smile, grabbing it firmly, "Okay, Sister, let’s go play..."

He realized that this beauty had a different way of thinking from others, rejecting a handsome guy but growing fond of him after thinking he was an idiot.

So he decided to pretend to be an idiot to get close to her.

Xu Niannian felt helpless, indeed he was a little idiot.

What a pity.

Jin Ruiyang lightly held Xu Niannian’s hand, not daring to grip tightly, and beneath his gold-rimmed glasses, a sleazy glint appeared.

Inside, a thousand demons were telling himself to grasp it firmly, to touch, to knead, to pinch.

However, in reality, while Jin Ruiyang’s face turned red from the effort, he only managed to encircle her hand loosely, and without realizing it, slowly climbed up to grasp Xu Niannian’s wrist through her sleeve.

Only when he felt the fabric did Jin Ruiyang finally breathe a sigh of relief.

He despised himself, Jin Gouzi was right; he could flirt and tease, but when it came to action, he was as sleazy as a scared chick.

Apart from the incessant chirping and whimpering inside, he wouldn’t even dare to touch tofu crumbs, let alone tofu itself.

Being so close to a girl for the first time, Jin Ruiyang felt a bit faint and especially feared revealing his inner sleaziness and vulgarity.

He even suddenly felt the wrist he was holding growing hot, and he really wanted to let go.

Jin Ruiyang, struggling internally, had no idea that Xu Niannian’s eyes were filled with even more pity.

Yes, pity.

And regret.

Mostly because his conflicted expression was too funny.

If he weren’t an idiot, Xu Niannian would’ve suspected multiple personalities.

One moment he was the picture of refinement, the next comically hilarious, then again simplistically naive with a hint of vulgarity.

Xu Niannian planned to send him back to the ward; in her eyes, naive Jin Ruiyang was like a little kid.

Jin Ruiyang, without realizing it, was leading Xu Niannian towards his ward.

He lived in a private room, all by himself.

The door was wide open. Jin Ruiyang thought he must have forgotten to close it in his rush to get down, so he pulled Xu Niannian inside.

Unexpectedly, there were two nurses inside tidying up the room.

Seeing the nurses, Jin Ruiyang’s heart sank, and he hurriedly tried to pull Xu Niannian out.

However, the nurses were quicker than he was, and before he could push Xu Niannian out, one of the pretty nurses spotted him and exclaimed excitedly, "Mr. Jin, why are you back? Didn’t you get discharged?"

Jin Ruiyang’s smile froze immediately, and Xu Niannian, too shocked to think, blurted out without filtering her thoughts, "Discharged? Isn’t he an idiot?"

The female nurse frowned unhappily at Xu Niannian and said, "What’s with your manners? Mr. Jin just suffered an abdominal injury. How is he an idiot?"

Jin Ruiyang simply pressed his face against the wall. Was he no longer allowed to enjoy holding hands with a beautiful woman?

Of all the times to be exposed!

Xu Niannian was also stunned by the nurse’s explanation, "Then... didn’t you say earlier that his brother doesn’t let him wander off?"

The nurse replied as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, "Yes, because Mr. Jin has always been eager to leave the hospital. With such a serious injury, his brother certainly wouldn’t let him run off."

Jin Ruiyang: "..."

Some things aren’t explained when they need to be, and when they shouldn’t be, unnecessary explanations are offered.

He disliked these kind-hearted nurses. Couldn’t they be a bit colder and just let him go as if he were invisible?

Xu Niannian: "..."

So, she was tricked...

No, that wasn’t right; he did try to explain earlier, but in the end, he seemed to have deliberately deceived her.

And the reason she had misunderstood him as an idiot because of what the nurse said that day was because of the nonsense story he concocted just before the nurse came, leading to the misunderstanding.

Looking at the wrist he was holding, Xu Niannian unhesitatingly pried his hand off, grinding her teeth as she said, "Mr. Jin, this joke isn’t funny at all."

Jin Ruiyang, after a deep self-brainwashing session against the wall, turned back to face Xu Niannian with an elegant smile, and spoke in a deep, resonant voice, slowly and unhurriedly.

"I’m sorry, it was my fault,"

He lifted his hand, a hand with distinct knuckles and slender fingers, beautiful like those of a pianist, curved his fingers slightly and gently pushed up his glasses, presenting Xu Niannian with the warmest smile.

Without offering explanations or rebuttals, he simply stated that it was his fault, causing even the greatest of Xu Niannian’s grievances to dissipate.

Moreover, Xu Niannian didn’t really harbor any resentment toward him; it just felt like she had been played.

He had apologized, so sincerely, and so handsomely.

Xu Niannian begrudgingly forgave him.

"I accept your apology, Mr. Jin, but I hope you won’t make such jokes in the future. I’m leaving now."

Jin Ruiyang clenched his hand internally, calling out, "Don’t go. Once you leave, who knows when we’ll meet again—it could be in an eternity."

However, on the surface, he was like this...

His smile was as gentle as a spring breeze, and he was as polite as a gentleman: "Do you need me to take you there?"

Xu Niannian: "No need."

Jin Ruiyang: "Okay."

After Xu Niannian left, Jin Ruiyang was so frustrated that he felt like smashing a wall.

He decided to find Jin Yu and discuss strategies for wooing the ladies.

As for Xu Niannian, she had already picked up the medicinal oil and gone home.

Jin Ruiyang was long out of her mind.

The next day, Li Qingshui returned to see Xu Niannian, her face beaming with a brilliant smile.

Upon trying Xu Niannian’s suggested approach, indeed, the remaining villages became much more amenable to partnership discussions.

The three cooperatives that had been discussed previously had all but picked out Li Qingshui; she had no choice in the matter and was just focused on securing any cooperative agreement, regardless of location.

Following Xu Niannian’s advice, she and her elder brother went straight to the most central shops in each village to negotiate.

Since they offered 100 free trial sales, the shopkeepers agreed outright.

There are a total of 9 villages in Nancheng County, and they had already secured 7. Only 2 remained.

Li Qingshui planned to negotiate with those two today; she couldn’t contain her excitement and so she rushed over to tell Xu Niannian.

Upon hearing this, Xu Niannian asked Li Qingshui to summarize the required quantities from each village and report them to her, so she could decide when to start making Liuyue Su for supply.

Li Qingshui agreed and then left.

Jin Yu had not yet returned, and Xu Niannian took a trip to the shop.

The shop was at its busiest during mealtime, bustling with customers and nearly full.

Xu Niannian watched as Zhao Pang and Xu Sisi tirelessly carried bowls of noodles and dough from the kitchen.

Yang Cuihua was constantly cleaning and collecting dirty dishes and bowls.

Upon Xu Niannian’s arrival, they were too busy even to greet her.

However, Xu Sisi exclaimed excitedly, "Sister Niannian, you’re here?"

Seeing Xu Sisi there reminded Xu Niannian that it was the weekend again.

With Qin Feng and Chen Xiaorou in the kitchen, and only needing to cook noodles without frying dishes, they managed to keep up with the rush.

So Xu Niannian didn’t go in to cram with them.

She approached the counter and glanced over, Xu Zhiqiang was collecting money. When he saw Xu Niannian, he called out during a break, "Sis, you’re here?"

"Yeah, don’t mind me," Xu Niannian said with a smile.

In the dining area, many of the regular customers remembered Xu Niannian—after all, who could forget such a beautiful boss after seeing her once?

A few of the patrons said to Xu Niannian with a smile, "Hey boss, you finally deigned to come back. Make me a stir-fry, I’ve been craving the twice-cooked pork you make."

Xu Niannian smiled and shook her head, "I’m so sorry, big brother, but we’re only selling buttered noodles in the shop now, no more stir-fry."

"No more stir-fries, huh?" the big brother looked downcast, but seeing such a beautiful and gentle woman like Xu Niannian speak to him, he didn’t want to show his dissatisfaction.

Instead, he felt his face warm up with a smile from Xu Niannian.

He thought, which man could say no to such a face?

So, the big brother said nothing more and quietly took his bowl and sipped the soup.

In his free moments between taking payments, Xu Niannian took his ledger from the drawer.

On the ledger, the daily earnings were simply recorded.

Xu Zhiqiang didn’t note every sale individually; he counted the money after closing each day and then recorded the earnings.

He even meticulously noted the date, with the daily earnings following the date, written as so much and so many yuan.

Since he hadn’t been learning to write for long, Xu Zhiqiang’s handwriting resembled that of an elementary school student.