An Nuan hurriedly left the room.
Ye Jinghuai watched An Nuan's back as she left, and called Qin Jiang.
"She probably doesn't suspect anything," Qin Jiang said directly.
He thought Ye Jinghuai was asking about the people who had been following them today and whether they suspected anything.
"You know I was seriously injured, so it's unlikely I'd be casually strolling outside. And I was with An Nuan all day without showing any abnormalities. So they probably don't suspect us yet. Those people have left now anyway."
"Okay," Ye Jinghuai responded. "Go check if Xiao Nanchen got into some kind of trouble."
"What happened?" Qin Jiang's brows furrowed slightly.
"It probably has to do with Xia Qiqi. Go ask what the situation is and let me know if you find out anything."
"Alright," Qin Jiang hung up the phone directly.
He knew it.
One day, Xiao Nanchen would definitely die at that Xia Qiqi woman's hands.
...
An Nuan called Hu Feng.
Hu Feng lived not far from Ye Jinghuai's villa.
He was usually ready to come over at a moment's notice.
It wasn't that An Nuan wanted to bother Hu Feng so late, but after everything that had happened recently, she was also afraid to go out alone.
She got into the car and called Xia Qiqi.
"Warm warm," as soon as Xia Qiqi heard her voice, she sounded on the verge of collapse. "Are you here yet?"
"I'll be right there. Have you called an ambulance?"
"I called, they said they'd be here soon." Xia Qiqi cried out, "What if Xiao Nanchen dies? Will I get executed?!"
"...At a time like this, you're still thinking of yourself?"
Apparently she wasn't too heartbroken.
An Nuan said, "No, you won't. Just stay calm and wait for the ambulance."
"Okay." Xia Qiqi nodded.
An Nuan hung up the phone and said to Hu Feng, "Drive a little faster please."
"Sure," Hu Feng didn't hesitate and slammed his foot on the gas pedal.
It made An Nuan feel like he was even more anxious than her!
The car arrived at the accident scene very quickly.
An Nuan hurriedly got out of the car. The ambulance had also just arrived and was lifting the bloody man inside.
An Nuan ran to Xia Qiqi's side and dragged her onto the ambulance with Xiao Nanchen.
Sitting in the ambulance, Xia Qiqi's whole body was shaking.
There were still traces of Xiao Nanchen's blood on her, making her look somewhat hideous.
An Nuan held Xia Qiqi's hand tightly in her palm. "Nanchen will be alright, trust me."
Although she knew Xiao Nanchen wouldn't die, seeing him now, covered in blood and looking so weak, she still felt a little panicked.
Xia Qiqi just nodded, crying as she nodded.
She must have really been terrified.
The ambulance quickly arrived at the hospital.
Doctors and nurses were already waiting outside ready to receive them.
As Xiao Nanchen was lowered from the ambulance and placed on a mobile hospital bed, he was rushed furiously into the emergency room.
An Nuan and Xia Qiqi followed along.
"Ah!" Xia Qiqi suddenly tripped and fell.
Because her high heels were too high.
Running so fast just now, she fell flat on her face in an instant.
An Nuan quickly squatted down to help Xia Qiqi up. "Are you okay?"
Tears streamed down Xia Qiqi's face even more fiercely as she sobbed, "It hurts so much..."
"Be more careful," An Nuan said, somewhat helpless. "Getting anxious now won't help."
Xia Qiqi bit her lip, feeling extremely distressed inside.
In fact, although Xia Qiqi always said she hated Xiao Nanchen and Xiao Qiang, she couldn't really bring herself to harm them.
Deep down, she was kind-hearted.
It was just her mouth that acted tough.
Right now, Xiao Nanchen had gotten into a car accident because of her, so she naturally felt extremely guilty.
"Can you get up?" An Nuan gently asked her.
Xia Qiqi nodded.
An Nuan helped Xia Qiqi up from the ground.
The two of them limped their way to the emergency room entrance.
Xiao Nanchen had already been pushed inside.
"Warm warm, do you think Xiao Nanchen might die?" Standing outside the emergency room, the lights inside made Xia Qiqi feel a chill down her spine as she tremblingly asked.
She suddenly felt this whole emergency room situation was terrifying.
"Isn't that what you wanted?" An Nuan asked back.
Because she already knew the final outcome, she wasn't too nervous.
Xia Qiqi was stunned for a moment, then said slowly, "But I'm afraid I might accompany him in death."
An Nuan was also speechless at Xia Qiqi's response. She changed the subject slightly, "What happened tonight anyway? Why was Xiao Nanchen with you when you clearly dislike him so much?"
Xia Qiqi was silent for a while.
In fact, even if Xia Qiqi didn't say, An Nuan already knew.
She had found out in her previous life.
Tonight, Xia Qiqi had gone clubbing and partying wildly.
After all, there was only a week left until her wedding, so she was going out to play every night while she still could.
She had been having a great time partying tonight.
Suddenly Xiao Nanchen called Xia Qiqi, saying he had something to discuss with her.
Originally Xia Qiqi didn't want to meet up at first since she already disliked Xiao Nanchen. And she was about to get married and finally be rid of him. But she thought that since this would be the last chance to set things straight between them and to make Xiao Nanchen thoroughly give up, she agreed to go to the place Xiao Nanchen had asked to meet.
With this in mind, Xia Qiqi went.
The first sentence Xiao Nanchen said was, "Qiqi, don't marry Nie Ziming."
To be honest, she was truly disgusted in that moment.
She turned around wanting to leave immediately.
But since she had come to make things clear, she suppressed her inner revulsion and said, "If I don't marry Nie Ziming, should I marry you instead?"
"If possible..."
"There's no 'if'!" Xia Qiqi directly cut Xiao Nanchen off. "I have absolutely no feelings for you whatsoever. Don't think that just because I kissed you all those years ago that I actually had any affection for you. Admittedly, at that budding age, one tends to yearn for beautiful things. I can't deny your looks definitely have the power to attract young maidens. I think I was just blinded by your face back then and did something on impulse but completely meaningless."
Xiao Nanchen silently bore Xia Qiqi's sarcasm.
"I thought these years I've made it plenty obvious how I feel." Xia Qiqi said. "I already disliked you enough to begin with, don't make me dislike you even more."
Don't make me dislike you even more.
In fact, Xiao Nanchen knew that Xia Qiqi didn't like him.
Not only did she not like him, she hated him a lot too.
Originally... he had planned to give them his blessing.
Then, let Xia Qiqi slowly disappear from his life.
One day, as time went by, she would disappear completely.
But now... he was having second thoughts.
When there was only a week left until Xia Qiqi and Nie Ziming's wedding, he had come to stop their marriage ceremony.
In Xia Qiqi's mind, he was probably disgusting and vulgar now.
The night wind blew on their frail bodies.
In fact, Xia Qiqi didn't want to waste time talking to Xiao Nanchen either.
She truly had no feelings for him.
The only thing she possibly felt was some subtle emotional stirrings. After all, Xiao Nanchen had treated her really well.
Sometimes so well that she would mistakenly think Xiao Nanchen actually had genuine feelings.
But she'd rather believe Xiao Nanchen was only trying to get on her good side so he could gain a foothold in the Xia family.
Deep down, she had never truly accepted Xiao Nanchen before.
That kiss had also really just been an accident.
It was completely meaningless, with no emotions involved whatsoever.
