coobybook Chapter 19 Reencounter with My Former Ex-Wife
Chapter 19 Reencounter with My Former Ex-Wife
To be honest, Su Jingtong's temperament, paired with this dress, really gave Jiang Yang a refreshing feeling.
However, it only lasted for a moment.
Su Jingtong frowned slightly when she saw Jiang Yang.
"Why did you come?"
"There was a slight problem with the car on the way," Jiang Yang explained casually. "What do you want from me?"
He tried to keep his tone calm and didn't show anything unusual.
Su Jingtong didn't notice Jiang Yang's unusual behavior and asked directly, "I heard that you were treated as a spy before, what happened?"
"It was just a small misunderstanding."
Jiang Yang recounted the events in a lighthearted manner, omitting the part where he exposed Song Qiang's corruption.
He didn't want to show off his abilities too much in front of Su Jingtong, after all, in Su Jingtong's eyes, he had always been an "unambitious" rural man.
Xu Dan listened from the side, glancing at Jiang Yang every now and then with a hint of curiosity in her eyes. This man seemed different from before.
Su Hanwen, on the other hand, looked serious, with his legs crossed, tapping the table absently, as if he was scrutinizing Jiang Yang.
In addition, the unfamiliar young man remained silent, simply watching Jiang Yang with deep, unfathomable eyes.
After Jiang Yang finished recounting what had happened, a brief silence fell over the private room.
"Misunderstand?"
Su Jingtong repeated those two words, her tone full of doubt.
"I heard you also translate foreign language materials for the county cultural bureau? You speak foreign languages?"
Jiang Yang nodded slightly.
"I know a little bit."
Xu Dan couldn't help but interject, "Jing Tong, Jiang Yang... he's getting better and better at pretending. Do you know when he started learning foreign languages?"
Xu Dan laughed after she finished speaking. She was close to Su Jingtong and knew everything about Jiang Yang. She didn't believe that Jiang Yang knew any foreign languages.
Su Hanwen, standing to the side, also scoffed: "Pretentious!"
The stranger remained silent, but the probing look in his eyes intensified.
Su Jingtong looked at Jiang Yang and couldn't help but shake her head, her face full of disappointment.
She didn't expect that even now, Jiang Yang would still be concerned about his pride and refuse to tell the truth.
Jiang Yang speaks a foreign language? That's simply a fantasy!
She'd been married to Jiang Yang for three years; didn't she know how cunning he was? There's definitely something fishy going on! Maybe there really is something fishy about the spy thing!
The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she felt, and the more determined she became to sever ties with Jiang Yang.
Su Jingtong suppressed her doubts and pointed to the empty seat next to her.
"sit down."
Jiang Yang sat down as instructed, his expression calm and composed.
Su Jingtong took a deep breath and began to introduce the stranger to him.
“You know my cousin and Xu Dan. This is Wang Yu, also a sent-down youth from Yanjing. He used to work in a neighboring county, but now he’s going back. His father and my father knew each other before, and they just happened to run into each other this time.”
"Why are you telling me this?"
A strange smile appeared on Jiang Yang's face as he looked at the young man named Wang Yu.
He knew that Su Jingtong was deliberately emphasizing Wang Yu's background, simply to discourage him from making a move.
Jiang Yang sneered inwardly. Did he really think he could be swayed by such a small trick? What storms hadn't he weathered in his past life? This pressure was utterly insignificant to him.
Therefore, he needed to act even more indifferent.
"You didn't call me here today just to introduce me to this new friend, did you?"
Jiang Yang's tone was somewhat cold before returning to its usual calm.
"If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
Seeing Jiang Yang so calm made Su Jingtong even more uncomfortable. She had intended to take this opportunity to teach Jiang Yang a lesson and make him realize the gap between them, but she didn't expect him to be completely unmoved.
She opened her mouth as if to say something, but at the last moment she didn't say anything.
Just then, Su Hanwen cleared his throat, breaking the eerie silence in the private room.
"Ahem, Jingtong, let me explain this."
He turned to look at Jiang Yang, his expression unusually solemn.
"Jiang Yang, Jing Tong's return to Yanjing will be within the next month. What... are your plans?"
Jiang Yang calmly glanced at everyone in the private room, his tone tinged with self-deprecation.
"What can I do even if I have plans? Do you think she'll stay for me?"
Su Jingtong was furious upon hearing this, her almond-shaped eyes widening as she glared at Jiang Yang.
"You... Jiang Yang, you're utterly hopeless!"
In her opinion, Jiang Yang's nonchalant attitude showed that he didn't take their marriage seriously at all! He hadn't taken the college entrance exam seriously, and she couldn't even get her father to arrange a job for Jiang Yang in Beijing!
"I did well on the exam, and I'll be going to Peking University. Do you believe me when I say that?"
Jiang Yang spoke calmly, yet with a resounding tone, staring blankly at Su Jingtong.
Su Jingtong couldn't help but laugh out loud, as if she had heard a joke.
Him? He can get into Peking University?
Xu Dan mocked him mercilessly: "Jiang Yang, stop daydreaming! If you're really a man, hurry up and divorce Jing Tong, don't hold her back!"
Jiang Yang remained calm and unmoved.
“I never said I wanted to hold her back. But we are husband and wife after all, and I don’t want to give up like this.”
He paused, then looked directly at Su Jingtong again. "If you're willing to stay, I'll go to Yanjing with you. Then, I can give you anything you want."
Xu Dan laughed again, laughing so hard she almost fell over.
"You're bragging without even thinking! Do you know what Beijing is like? You can't even afford a decent piece of clothing in a county town, can you? Look at Jingtong's dress, Wang Yu gave it to her, it cost over two hundred yuan! Over two hundred yuan, your whole family couldn't earn that much in a year, right? And you're talking about Jingtong's future? You'd better face reality!"
"Ok?"
Jiang Yang frowned, saying nothing, but inwardly he was somewhat surprised.
He didn't expect the dress he sold to be so popular. He sold it for a little over a hundred, but someone else bought it and resold it for double the price. This middleman is too greedy!
Wang Yu casually pulled out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes, took one out and handed it to Su Hanwen, then lit it for himself before slowly speaking.
"Money doesn't matter, as long as Jingtong is happy."
He took a drag of his cigarette, exhaled a smoke ring, and glanced at Jiang Yang, seemingly unintentionally.
"Jiang Yang, don't overthink it. Jing Tong and I have known each other since we were kids. I never thought we'd live so close. We just ran into each other a few days ago."
Jiang Yang sensed the provocation in his tone, but simply smiled faintly and turned to look at Su Jingtong.
"And you? Stay, or go back to Yanjing?"
His calm tone and gaze only fueled Su Jingtong's anger.
She felt that Jiang Yang was faking it and putting on a brave face!