The conversation suddenly took a turn, and Ning Rongrong did not understand what he meant at first. She simply asked directly:
"Dad even taught you lessons, Brother Jiang Xuan? What was it?"
Hearing this, Jiang Xuan coughed lightly. After hesitating for a moment, he ultimately said:
"Uncle Ning once warned me that life was unpredictable, and a move once made could not be regretted. Once you made a choice about the road ahead, you should not give up lightly."
The moment those words came out, Ning Rongrong froze for a moment, disbelief appearing in her eyes.
She understood.
Jiang Xuan's words could be considered a tactful rejection of the confession she had only just gathered all her courage to make.
Yet before she could say anything else, the bathroom door suddenly opened.
Qian Renxue emerged from the bathroom, wrapped in nothing but a bath towel, most of her body still glistening with moisture. She quickly walked up to Jiang Xuan and said proactively:
"Jiang Xuan, can you help me dry off?"
The smile hanging on Qian Renxue's lips made her feelings obvious.
After hearing Jiang Xuan's response to Ning Rongrong, she was truly overjoyed!
What did that mean?
It meant Jiang Xuan had feelings for her too!
Her earlier actions had not been pointless one-sided efforts. Their feelings were mutual!
To Qian Renxue, Jiang Xuan's response to Ning Rongrong was no different from declaring her victory!
That was precisely why she had not even bothered to dry herself before wrapping herself in a towel and rushing out of the bathroom to enjoy the fruits of victory.
Yet things did not develop quite as she had imagined.
Faced with the "reward" she had offered him, Jiang Xuan merely gave her a casual glance before tactfully refusing:
"You came out at just