Lu Yan gave Ning Anmiao a half - smiling look.
It was obvious that she really wanted to have this meal with Jiang Zhou. Her eagerness was palpable.
However, he didn't have the habit of helping others fulfill their wishes.
He only thought for a second and then refused without hesitation, "Thank you, but I still have something to talk to Lu Yan about. Let's make another appointment some other day."
As soon as he finished speaking, he caught the disappointment in Ning Anmiao's eyes, and his heart sank even more.
His eyes were cold. He immediately grabbed "Lu Yan"'s arm and quickly walked in one direction without the slightest intention of staying.
Jiang Zhou stood there, watching their departing figures, still feeling that something was off.
For some reason, it didn't seem to Jiang Zhou that Miao Miao was the one being wronged. Instead, it was that Lu Yan who seemed to be led around by Miao Miao.
--
After returning to the hotel booked the previous day, Lu Yan didn't come up to argue with Ning Anmiao. Instead, he turned around and poured two glasses of warm water first. He placed one glass in front of Ning Anmiao.
"I'm really sorry about today's accident," Lu Yan took a sip of water and slowly said with slightly parted lips, "Your design is really good. It's definitely at the level of the first - place winner."
When it came to this, Ning Anmiao helplessly pulled at her lips. Her smile was pale.
So what?
She still didn't win first place.
Lu Yan rubbed the wall of the cup, and his fair fingertips gently touched the water glass. "Now let's talk about the misunderstanding about me. Do you think I don't support you in doing design?"
Although Lu Yan was now in Ning Anmiao's body, when he asked this question, he still gave off an invisible pressure.
He was so imposing, and his aura had never changed.
Lu Yan was always like this, as if everything was under his control. He was so confident and calm that people couldn't help but sigh.
But this time, Ning Anmiao frowned. She didn't answer him directly. Instead, she said something else meaningfully, "You're very angry because I misunderstood you?"
"Yes," Lu Yan answered with a grunt from his nose and stared at her intently.
He was waiting for Miao Miao to apologize to him.
Angry?
She pulled at her lips with a sneer. "Are you angry just because of this?"
A hint of contempt flashed in her pupils, and her voice was cold. "When President Lu misunderstood me, I was no less angry than you."
"Lu Yan, do you think you're very wronged?" She suddenly laughed. The smile spread on her lips, but the laughter was only on the surface. "In these three years, have you ever really felt my grievances?"
The expression on Lu Yan's face instantly froze, especially when he heard that word.
These three years.
Yes, what on earth had he been doing in these three years?
In an instant, his emotions, which he had always been able to control well, actually had a few cracks, and there was a slight loss of control in his eyes.
"Miao Miao, I..." His voice was a bit hoarse. He opened his mouth to explain something, but it was so weak that all the words were stuck in his throat.
What he had experienced in these few things was just the daily routine that Ning Anmiao was used to.
Being misunderstood, being not understood, being framed...
What right did he have to ask her to apologize to him?
"Don't say anything," Ning Anmiao pinched the space between her eyebrows, and her heart hardened. "This is the last time. During the time when we've swapped bodies, I'll try not to trouble President Lu."
After saying that, Ning Anmiao got up and put on her coat. "I want to go out alone and calm down."
For some reason, the longer she stayed in the same environment as Lu Yan, the more difficult it was for her to breathe.
When she met Lu Yan's deep eyes, she just wanted to escape.
--
In the hotel, only Lu Yan was left.
The room was very quiet.
Lu Yan sat alone on the sofa. Thinking of the determination and coldness in Ning Anmiao's eyes just now, and then recalling Ning Anmiao's forced smile in the past, he suddenly came to his senses.
He woke up.
But it seemed that he woke up too late.
He silently got up, holding the completely cold water cup in his hand, and slowly walked towards the kitchen in the presidential suite.
He expressionlessly poured the water in the cup into the sink and refilled it with hot water.
Beside the hot water, Lu Yan suddenly caught a glimpse of a bag. There seemed to be a box of medicine in it.
He didn't have the habit of buying medicine, so it should be bought by Ning Anmiao.
He reached out and opened the bag, looking at the things inside.
His originally cold eyebrows began to gradually relax, and the corners of his lips began to slightly rise, showing a happy look.
Inside the bag was a box of throat lozenges.
...
Although Jiangzhou was not completely unfamiliar, the place they were in was relatively remote. Although Ning Anmiao was in a bad mood, she didn't dare to run around. She only dared to take a walk near the hotel.
Thinking of all that had happened today, Ning Anmiao just felt it was funny. She had never thought that a competition could be so dramatic.
Maybe God was using this way to persuade her to give up fashion design and go back to the Ning family to admit her mistake.
But once she made up her mind, she would never admit her mistake.
Thinking of the conflict with her father, Ning Anmiao's mood became even more heavy and solemn. She walked around outside for several times but didn't want to go back for a long time.
Just then, the phone in her coat pocket suddenly rang.
Ning Anmiao's first reaction was that it was Lu Yan's phone. She didn't plan to answer it. She took it out and waited for it to hang up automatically. But when she saw the note, she was slightly stunned.
It turned out that in her hurry to go out, she had taken out her own phone instead of Lu Yan's.
The person calling was Jiang Zhou.
Seeing that the call couldn't get through, Jiang Zhou didn't waste any time. He immediately sent a text message.
[Miao Miao, I saw that you were not very happy when you left just now. Did Lu Yan bully you?]
[If he bullied you, remember to tell Brother Jiang. Brother Jiang will support you.]
[Don't be afraid. No matter whether you go back to the Ning family or not, you're still the little princess in the Jiang family.]
[Miao Miao, Brother Jiang doesn't allow you to be unhappy. You should smile often. Do you understand?]
...
Looking at the text messages sent by Jiang Zhou one by one on the phone, Ning Anmiao's eyes were a bit moist. She felt indescribable touch and happiness.
She thought she was unlucky, but at this moment, she felt extremely happy.
There was still someone who loved her unconditionally. That was enough.
After adjusting her emotions, Ning Anmiao organized her words to reassure Jiang Zhou. Then she returned to the hotel room. That day, the two of them left Jiangzhou and returned to Mingcheng.
On the way back, the two of them didn't talk to each other again.
Days passed normally and methodically. Ning Anmiao still wore a Bluetooth headset and went to Xinghe to inspect the company's situation, while Lu Yan stayed at home.
One morning, a text message from an unknown sender suddenly came to "Ning Anmiao"'s phone.
"Do you want to meet? I want to tell you a secret about Lu Yan."