Inside the black Bentley.
Song Lan looked at that post on WeChat Moments.
[Wishing our Xiaoxi happiness every day! Also, @Zhao Ke, you promised to attend my birthday party next year, right? I've kept proof!]
Song Lan and Zhao Jiayuan don't have many mutual WeChat friends.
But Jiang Mingxi is one, Zhao Ke is one, Chen Chong is one, and the director of " Survival Challenge " is one too.
These people all liked this post on WeChat Moments.
I didn't just give it a thumbs up.
Chen Chong also posted a message on her WeChat Moments: "[Happy Birthday to Jiang Mingxi.]"
Zhao Ke also posted on his WeChat Moments: [Happy birthday, Xiaoxi! I'll take pictures of you in a few days~~]
Everyone used the same picture.
The photo includes Jiang Mingxi, Chen Chong, Zhao Jiayuan, Zhao Ke, and Xu Tao.
The five people laughed happily.
A birthday cake was placed on the table in the hot pot restaurant.
In the photo.
Jiang Mingxi's face was slightly flushed, and her eyes were bright. Song Lan couldn't help but touch Jiang Mingxi's face with her finger.
Today is Jiang Mingxi's birthday.
Song Lan felt a tightness in her chest, a suffocating discomfort. She couldn't get through to Jiang Mingxi, and no one answered Xu Tao's phone, so she simply called Zhao Jiayuan's cell phone directly.
"Hello?" Zhao Jiayuan's slightly drunken voice came through the phone.
I could faintly hear Chen Chong's voice, which sounded rather harsh, "Don't move around, sit still."
Song Lan paused for a moment, then asked, " Zhao Jiayuan, I'd like to ask Jiang Mingxi if you two are together?"
The person who answered the phone was Chen Chong. " Teacher Song, we just parted ways. Xiaoxi and his agent left."
Song Lan frowned, her lips twitched, but she didn't know what to say.
My heart skipped a beat for a split second.
Chen Chong clearly said that Jiang Mingxi and her agent left.
But only two words, magnified, were in his mind: gone.
They're gone!
Instead, Zhao Jiayuan's muttered voice came through the phone, "Who called? Song Lan? Ha! He's not at the hospital with his childhood sweetheart Linlin, why is he calling you? Let me tell you, Chen Chong, even if you like men, you can't like this kind..."
Chen Chong didn't let Zhao Jiayuan speaking, only saying into the phone, " Teacher Song, if there's nothing else, I'll hang up now."
After saying that, he paused for half a second and then hung up the phone.
All Song Lan could hear was Zhao Jiayuan's drunken voice.
You shouldn't look for a man like that.
Which one?
Which type is he?
Did Jiang Mingxi complain to them about something?
He explained the matter with Zhang Lin yesterday; he has no connection with Zhang Lin whatsoever.
He also clarified this on Weibo today.
Unable to reach her by phone or contact her, a sense of frustration and helplessness gripped Song Lan. Clutching her phone, her face grim, she dialed Jiang Mingxi's number again.
This time it actually got through.
Is it connected?
The moment the call was connected, Song Lan felt all the blood that had been frozen all day start flowing rapidly.
His fingers gripped the phone tighter involuntarily, his throat felt dry, and he could barely make a sound.
After Jiang Mingxi answered the call, there was a moment of silence, followed by laughter, "Hello? Teacher Song?"
Hearing Jiang Mingxi's voice, Song Lan's body, which had been under strict control, gradually relaxed. He immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, it's your birthday today. I've made up for the missed time. I'll celebrate with you again tonight, okay?"
Jiang Mingxi's voice was the same as before, with a hint of a smile, "No need, Teacher Song."
It's a refusal.
Song Lan frowned, gripping her phone. "I'll take Zhang Lin to the hospital..."
Jiang Mingxi interrupted Song Lan, " Teacher Song, my phone is about to die, I have to talk to you later, goodbye Teacher Song."
" Jiang Mingxi!" Song Lan called out urgently.
Bai Ge suddenly looked at him.
Jiang Mingxi didn't hang up immediately, "Hmm?"
Song Lan's breathing was a little erratic. "Don't be angry."
Jiang Mingxi laughed, "No, no, Teacher Song, you've misunderstood. Why would I be angry? Teacher Song has wronged me. I have to go now, I need to catch my flight soon, and my phone is about to die. I'll hang up now."
After saying that.
This time, Jiang Mingxi hung up immediately without stopping.
The phone beeped.
Song Lan gripped her phone, frozen in place.
Bai Ge looked at him with some sympathy.
The 29-year-old man's first relationship seems to be progressing slowly. "He's still angry. When you meet him later, explain things to him properly. Be gentle with your tone; he's so much younger than you, so try to appease him."
If you really want to talk.
Song Lan pursed her lips. "He said he had to catch a flight."
Bai Ge was taken aback.
Catching a plane?
Not coming back?
The car sped along the highway towards the airport.
Xu Tao looked at Jiang Mingxi with some surprise, "You really rejected him?"
Jiang Mingxi looked out the window, not turning to look at Xu Tao, only staring at the passing scenery. "I told you, I don't like messy relationships, they're exhausting."
Xu Tao sighed.
He didn't want to offer advice on this matter.
Dating is all about emotions; without emotions, what's the point of dating?
But Song Lan quickly called him.
As soon as his phone rang, Xu Tao glanced at the caller ID and hurriedly tugged at Jiang Mingxi's arm. "It's calling again! It's called me over a dozen times today. I can't keep ignoring it, can I?"
At the hot pot restaurant, in order not to spoil Jiang Mingxi's meal, Xu Tao pretended not to see the call and didn't answer.
This is another attack.
Jiang Mingxi thought for a moment and then accepted the answer.
" Teacher Song." Jiang Mingxi spoke first, before Song Lan could.
Song Lan took a deep breath, " Jiang Mingxi, about today's matter, I..."
Jiang Mingxi didn't want to hear Song Lan apologize. Song Lan hadn't done anything wrong; she had even video-called him while they were in the car, and later clarified the situation publicly on Weibo.
He's probably just being fussy and dramatic.
Interrupting Song Lan, Jiang Mingxi leaned her head against the car window, her eyes serious. " Teacher Song, when I'm in a relationship, I don't like being constantly disturbed. It gets really annoying."
Jiang Mingxi said bluntly.
Just like the way he pursues people, it's always direct.
"Today's events were indeed all accidents, but there were just too many accidents."
" Jiang Mingxi, there's absolutely nothing more to my relationship with Zhang Lin. I carried him in the hospital's underground parking garage because he wasn't fully conscious at the time," Song Lan still wanted to clarify. "Once I carried him to the lobby and put him on the gurney, I didn't touch him again."
Song Lan had a gut feeling.
What Jiang Mingxi said next was not what he wanted to hear.
He explained eagerly, then pressed, "Where are you flying to? I'll come over and celebrate your birthday tonight, okay?"
"No, Teacher Song, I have a schedule tonight and can't make it. Teacher Song, we haven't officially started dating yet, so let's just be friends. I think you're right, we haven't known each other long enough and we don't know each other very well. I was impulsive before, and it was wrong of me to cause Teacher Song trouble..."
Song Lan didn't want to hear a single word of this, " Jiang Mingxi..."
But Jiang Mingxi wasn't interrupted and insisted on finishing her sentence, "Goodbye, Teacher Song."