Thinking of Mu Ning Jing's stuffy character, Shuxin suddenly stopped and asked her, "Do you know how to act cute and coquettish?"
Mu Ning Jing thought for a moment and shook her head.
Shuxin was speechless. She held her forehead for two seconds and said, "Forget it. Let's skip this. I'll teach you the simplest way. Pounce on him and tell him how much you love him with your actions. This way, you can test the effect of your treatment this time."
Mu Ning Jing hurriedly shook her head.
"Don't shake your head. Don't be afraid. Be brave and break through. I believe you can do it!" Shuxin looked at Mu Ning Jing with high fighting spirit. The excitement and eagerness in her eyes were too obvious. It seemed that the person who was about to break through was not Mu Ning Jing, but her.
Mu Ning Jing did not want Shuxin to worry, so she said in a low voice, "I'll try my best, but you must keep this a secret for me."
"No problem." Shuxin looked forthright.
The two chatted for a while and then separated.
Mu Ning Jing went to the supermarket after coming out of the dessert house. She bought a lot of Shen Tingxi's favorite dishes and began to prepare dinner when she got home.
At six o 'clock, Mu Ning Jing had already prepared dinner, but Shen Tingxi had not come back yet. She took out her cell phone and called Shen Tingxi. The phone rang for a while before it was answered.
Mu Ning Jing was habitually silent, and the other side did not speak either. Mu Ning Jing thought of Shuxin's words and that Shen Tingxi was still angry, so she took the initiative to break the silence. "I've prepared dinner. When are you coming home?"
Shen Tingxi was silent for a moment and replied, "I'm very busy. You can eat."
"I'll wait for you."
"… Don't wait. It'll be very late."
"I'll wait no matter how late it is."
"… I'm hanging up."
"Okay." It was the first time that Mu Ning Jing heard the busy tone from Shen Tingxi's phone. She felt a little sad. Shen Tingxi had never taken the initiative to hang up the phone before. Every time, he would let her hang up first. It seemed that he was really angry.
Mu Ning Jing sat quietly on the sofa, hugging her knees as she stared at the door in a daze. After some time, she got up to reheat the cold dishes on the table. Then, she returned to the sofa and maintained her original position as she stared at the door …
Mu Ning Jing didn't sleep well last night. On one hand, she couldn't calm down because of the fight with Lv Zhiwen during the day. On the other hand, she missed Shen Tingxi so much that she couldn't fall asleep.
Therefore, she did not know when she fell asleep on the sofa. There was movement at the door. Mu Ning Jing was startled awake. When she opened her eyes, she saw Shen Tingxi changing his shoes and entering the house. She hurried over. "You're back?"
Her tone and expression were as natural as a wife welcoming her husband home.
Shen Tingxi's eyes flashed with a trace of surprise. He remembered that when they were in the hospital, Mu Ning Jing had closed her eyes and refused to see him. Why did her attitude change completely now? It was as if what he had forced her to do had never happened.
Had she forgiven him?
"Wait a moment. I'll heat up the dishes. We can eat right away." Mu Ning Jing turned around and moved the dishes on the table into the kitchen one by one.
Shen Tingxi didn't stand at the kitchen door to watch her work as usual. Instead, he sat at the dining table and stared at the table in a daze.
Back to the morning.
After Shen Tingxi left home, he went to the company. He set up a bond company. On the surface, he was doing the business of a bond company, but he also took on some special tasks in secret. The gang was in the dark. This was the gang's business on the surface.
He sat in the office for the whole day, hesitating whether to call Mu Ning Jing and ask her when she would be back. Should he go and pick her up?
But when he thought of the red stain on the sheets in the morning, Shen Tingxi couldn't make the call no matter what.
In the past, he had a woman, but that was before he met Ning Ning. He didn't know what love was.
But it was different now. He had Ning Ning. If he had a relationship with another woman, he would feel very sorry for Ning Ning. He wouldn't have the face to see her again.
In the evening, when Mu Ning Jing called, he stared at the phone for a long time before answering. She said that she had finished cooking and was waiting for him to come home. She said to go home, but in her heart, was that their home?
This knowledge made him forget the resentment and anger in his heart when she left without a word and rejected his proposal for the third time. He wished he could grow wings and fly back to her.
But when he thought of what happened between him and Yu Anna in the morning … his feet felt like they were filled with lead. He couldn't move at all.
In the end, he could only harden his heart and tell her not to wait.
But she said that she would wait no matter how late it was.
This sentence made Shen Tingxi's heart surge for a long time. In the end, he gritted his teeth and hung up the phone. But he felt even more restless. He didn't read any of the documents sent by Dong Zai. He flipped through them irritably, put them down, flipped through them again, and put them down again.
After torturing himself like this for an hour, Shen Tingxi couldn't hold back anymore. He picked up the car key and drove back to Qin Garden quickly.
…
Mu Ning Jing put the heated dishes on the table and filled a bowl of rice for Shen Tingxi and herself. Then she sat down opposite Shen Tingxi and buried her head in the rice. She looked up and found that Shen Tingxi didn't touch the bowl and chopsticks. "Are these dishes not to your taste?"
Shen Tingxi stared at Mu Ning Jing. He wanted to say something but stopped. After a while, he looked away and picked up the bowl and chopsticks to eat.
The dinner table was surprisingly quiet.
In the past, Shen Tingxi always liked to put food in Mu Ning Jing's bowl. But today, he didn't do it even once.
In the past, Shen Tingxi would tell Mu Ning Jing about what happened during the day. Even if Mu Ning Jing just listened quietly and occasionally responded or gave him a look, he would still talk with relish.
But today, he lowered his head to eat and didn't say a word.
Mu Ning Jing wanted to say something, but she was used to silence and didn't know how to start. After looking at Shen Tingxi several times and seeing that he didn't look at her, she lowered her head and began to eat quietly.
After dinner, when Mu Ning Jing washed the dishes, she thought in her heart that she must take the initiative to talk to Shen Tingxi after washing the dishes. She didn't know how to coax people and she didn't dare to pounce on them. But it was necessary to express her attitude.
She was thinking seriously and didn't notice the movement behind her.
"Ningning."
Shen Tingxi suddenly spoke, startling Mu Ning Jing. The bowl in her hand was full of soap bubbles. With a whoosh, it slipped into the sink. She quickly fished it out and washed it. Then she turned to look at Shen Tingxi beside her and waited for him to speak.
Shen Tingxi didn't dare to look directly at Mu Ning Jing's eyes. His deep gaze fell on the bubbles in the sink. "You wash the dishes first."
Mu Ning Jing stared at Shen Tingxi's smooth profile for a few seconds. Then she looked away and continued to wash the dishes.
Shen Tingxi turned around and leaned against the countertop. He was a person's distance away from Mu Ning Jing. Mu Ning Jing faced the countertop while he had his back to it. He lowered his eyes and lit a cigarette. He smoked quietly. His ears were filled with the sound of Mu Ning Jing washing the dishes and the slight sound of porcelain clashing against each other.
It was obviously a very ordinary sound, but Shen Tingxi felt very comfortable when he heard it. There was a kind of warmth of home pervading his body.
He didn't dare to smoke too hard for fear of disturbing this quiet and beautiful moment.
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