Chapter 375: Chapter 245: Almost Killed by Ningning’s High Heels
"The rain looks nice, doesn’t it?" Chen Yuan scraped together a topic even he found awkward, and he regretted it the moment the words left his mouth. The air immediately sank into an awkward silence.
Out on the balcony, the air was thick with a tension so heavy it felt frozen.
He had come over to placate Jiangg Ning. Having just managed to comfort Yaoyao, he originally thought this would be an easy task—to get the two sisters to make peace. But the moment he approached, Jiangg Ning immediately turned her head away.
’I guess I was being too naive.’
In the dim, narrow space, Chen Yuan gazed at her delicate profile and could faintly make out the tracks of her tears.
Seeing this, he was suddenly at a loss for words. Guilt washed over him. ’I should have come over to comfort her right away, even if it was just to offer a few simple words. But I didn’t. I just let Ningning stay out here all by herself for so long.’
’When a girl says she wants to be left alone, it’s usually not true. No one actually wants to be ignored and forced to deal with their emotions by themselves.’
It was obvious Jiangg Ning wasn’t the type to make a scene, which only made her sorrow seem all the more lonely and helpless. A single, simple glance filled with a hint of resentment was all it took to leave Chen Yuan completely stunned.
She didn’t answer, her eyes flashing with defiance.
"I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have touched you. I misunderstood what was happening when you two were fighting... I thought you were the one getting bullied, so I jumped in. The truth is—"
"Did you see?" Jiangg Ning cut him off, her voice low.
"See... what?"
"My clothes. You know what I’m talking about," she said, her voice barely a whisper.
"You wouldn’t believe me if I said I didn’t see anything, but I really didn’t get a clear look. It was just a blur that flashed by in an instant, I swear."
"You didn’t just see. You touched. You even squeezed with your hand."
"...I did?"
"That was the first time in my life anyone besides Yaoyao has ever touched me there. I feel so humiliated."
"What about before?"
"That was when we were dating. It’s different now," Jiangg Ning suddenly turned her head and stared into his eyes, her expression serious. "You’ve taken another first from me. If I were going to marry you, that would be one thing, but what if I’m not? Didn’t you say you don’t want to get back together? Then why would you do something like that to me?"
"I didn’t do it on purpose."
"Whether you did it on purpose doesn’t matter. You still did it."
Jiangg Ning seemed particularly unyielding on this issue. She believed that everything she had should be reserved for her future husband. That was why she had been so careful all these years, not even dating. She cared deeply about having a proper title and status in a relationship. freeweɓnovel.cøm
To her, any intimacy without the foundation of a formal relationship was impure.
Moreover, Chen Yuan had no idea what kind of physical reaction his touch had elicited from Jiangg Ning. It was a secret about her body that only her identical twin, Yaoyao, knew. Not even Jiangg Ruxue was aware of it.
This physical secret was the true reason she was so mortified.
"Okay, I was wrong. I’m apologizing again. I’m sorry for doing something that upset you." Chen Yuan suddenly felt things were getting thorny.
"No, it’s not that I hate you touching me. But you haven’t said you like me even once since we broke up, and yet you did something like that... You’d better get back together with me right now. That would make things official, and then I wouldn’t mind what happened."
"Huh?"
Jiangg Ning was far more ruthless than Jiangg Yao. With one sudden, decisive move, she had backed him into a corner.
"I... I can’t get back together with you. We already agreed to part on good terms and leave it at that. Then you two suddenly show up tonight, and this happens... You can’t put all the blame on me. Besides, I already apologized."
"Then you’re just shameless! A degenerate!" Jiangg Ning suddenly grew furious, her cheeks flushing crimson. In a childish fit, she picked up one of her high heels, raised it high, and hurled it at Chen Yuan.
The slender, nude-colored high heel traced a graceful arc through the air.
It hit Chen Yuan’s shoulder with a THWACK, making him cry out in pain.
Jiangg Ning bit her lip, her voice catching in a sob as she spoke, utterly mortified. "You already touched it, so why did you have to squeeze it...? Don’t you know that’s a girl’s private area? You can’t just touch it whenever you want... I’m so mad I could die!"
The ever-gentle Ningning had never treated Chen Yuan this way before. He was completely baffled, hastily dodging her attacks. ’Ever since I touched her... that private area,’ he thought, ’it’s like Ning has become a completely different person. I can’t figure her out at all.’
One high heel apparently wasn’t enough. She deftly slipped off the other and raised it, ready to throw.
"Don’t, don’t, don’t!" he yelled.
「In the living room.」
Yaoyao was slightly surprised when she heard the commotion. She poked her head out to take a look and muttered, "Jeez," her eyes filled with curiosity. freeωebnovēl.c૦m
’Are they actually fighting?’
Yaoyao had found Chen Yuan’s beef jerky somewhere and was now stuffing it into her mouth, her cheeks puffed out like a little hamster’s as she chewed slowly.
All that crying earlier had made her a bit hungry.
Curious as she was, she didn’t go over. Yaoyao knew full well that her sister was in a terrible mood, and she didn’t dare poke that bear, lest she get caught in the crossfire.
’Better let our dear young master enjoy this one all by himself...’
This was the first time Chen Yuan had ever witnessed Jiangg Ning in full-blown combat mode. He ducked his head to dodge the second flying high heel, twisting his body and lifting a foot as he cried out in a panic:
"Ningning, calm down!"
"How am I supposed to calm down?!"
’Something’s not right about this reaction.’
Chen Yuan thought to himself as he watched her, her expression so intense it looked like she might bite her lip until it bled. He suddenly realized this was far more complicated than he’d imagined.