Chapter 175: Chapter 175: Encountering an Unreasonable Person at Dinner
Ningwan was unable to contact Wu Taotao and was very anxious.
So, she called Wu Wei again.
Wu Wei picked up quickly.
Ningwan hurriedly asked, "Wu Wei, where’s Taotao?"
Wu Wei’s voice was deep, he just said one word: "Here."
Then, as if interrupted by something, he paused for a moment before continuing, "She’s fine. There’s an event at school these past two days, it’s inconvenient for her to contact you."
Ningwan breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as she’s fine. I’ve been unable to reach her, and I thought something happened. But Wu Wei, you’re not lying to me, right? Is she really fine?"
Wu Wei said, "Why would I lie to you? My sister, would I not be more worried than you if something happened?"
That sounded a bit confrontational.
However, Ningwan didn’t argue with him and just hung up the phone.
"It’s nothing, there’s an event at school, she’s busy with school matters."
After hanging up, Ningwan told Ye Shao.
Ye Shao finally breathed a sigh of relief, "It’s good that she’s okay."
Ningwan observed his expression and frowned, "Shao, you and Taotao..."
"What? I don’t understand what you’re saying." Ye Shao was startled and immediately denied it.
Ningwan chuckled, "I didn’t say anything, yet you claim not to understand? Forget it, if you don’t want to talk about it, that’s fine. But Taotao and Leng Ziqing are getting along very well now. You’re still young, you’ll meet someone better in the future."
Ye Shao said nothing and turned back to his room.
Ningwan shook her head and began to alter the dress.
She wasn’t good at handiwork and had to take it out for alteration.
She cut off the bottom, changing the long dress into a short one.
It wasn’t very short, just a bit above the knee. It looked less elegant and more playful and cute.
"Miss, is this okay?"
"Yes, it’s good, just like that." Ningwan nodded.
With the dress altered, she had it packed up, took the bag, and headed out.
Wangyue left with her.
Xie Mingyu instructed that whenever Ningwan went out, she must be accompanied by protection.
Actually, this so-called protection was basically surveillance.
However, Ningwan did not refuse.
She was also afraid of encountering danger, so having someone by her side was a good thing.
When she went to get the dress altered, she didn’t dare let Wangyue know.
She simply said the dress didn’t fit well, so she had it altered.
Wangyue initially suggested they could get a tailor to come to the house, so there was no need to go out.
Ningwan winked at her: "Tong City has so much delicious food, so many snacks, don’t you want to go out and try some?"
Sure enough, being the foodie she was, Wangyue immediately nodded vigorously upon hearing about the food.
On the way, Ningwan bought her roasted chestnuts.
She had her wait at the door.
The reason being, it’s inconvenient to enter the shop while eating.
Wangyue waited outside, eating and waiting, so she didn’t know what Ningwan had altered the dress into.
Once the alteration was done, seeing Ningwan come out, she quickly wiped her mouth and put the chestnuts away.
"Miss Ye, is everything done?"
Ningwan nodded, "All done, thank you for waiting for me here. Is there anything else you’d like to eat? I’ll take you for a walk."
"The chestnuts are filling, I’ve almost had enough. How about we head back?" Wangyue suggested.
Ningwan raised an eyebrow.
"What, did Xie Mingyu call you?"
She understood Wangyue’s character well. Didn’t she also understand Wangyue’s appetite?
Just eating a few chestnuts, how could she be full?
When suggesting a walk, she was supposed to be the happiest.
Unless Xie Mingyu had called her to go back.
Sure enough, Wangyue gave a sheepish smile and nodded.
Ningwan rolled her eyes, "Ignore him, we’ve only been out for a short while and he’s already calling us back. Let’s not go back, let’s go for a walk and eat our fill before returning."
Wangyue showed an excited expression.
Clearly, she didn’t want to go back either.
The two of them went shopping in the mall, and then strolled through the local specialty street.
Learning that a new Western restaurant had opened nearby, Ningwan suggested they go for Western food.
She would host.
Wangyue was, of course, thrilled and immediately nodded, following Ningwan over.
Unexpectedly, the Western restaurant was quite crowded.
When they arrived, there was only one spot left.
Ningwan quickly reserved it.
However, just as they were being led to their table, a girl suddenly called out to them.
"Hold on, you two. We want that table."
Ningwan chuckled, turned around, and looked at the girl who called out to them.
She was a pretty girl, with skin white as snow, and big, somewhat deep eyes. Judging by her appearance, she probably had Western ancestry.
She was indeed a mixed-race girl.
However, her Chinese was so fluent, it seemed she had more genes from here.
Ningwan smiled, "Miss, we arrived first and reserved the table. Why don’t you wait a bit?"
"Why should I wait? You wait." The girl arrogantly said.
Ningwan chuckled, "Miss, speaking like that, isn’t it a bit overbearing? Why should we wait? Are you missing an arm or a leg? Or are you pregnant or born with a disease, that we have to give up our seats for the old, weak, sick, and disabled?"
"How dare you insult me." The girl widened her eyes, both ashamed and angry.
Ningwan said, "I didn’t insult you, I’m stating facts. If none of these apply, then sorry, we’re all born equal. Why should we let you have it?"
"Exactly so." Wangyue chipped in.
After the two had spoken, they turned to continue walking to their seats.
The girl, not only was denied the seat, but also felt humiliated.
Furious and angry, she rushed over to grab Ningwan’s shoulder, seemingly wanting to hit her.
But with Wangyue around, there was no way she’d let her touch even a single hair on Ningwan.
Wangyue grabbed the girl’s wrist and applied a bit of force, causing the girl to cry out in pain.
"It hurts so much, let me go, my hand’s broken."
"It’s not broken, it was just bent a little, how could it possibly break?" Wangyue smirked.
Then she released her.
The girl staggered back.
At that moment, a young man walked over and asked the girl, "Yanyan, what’s wrong? Why aren’t you going in?"
"Second brother, they bullied me."
This girl named Yanyan, upon hearing the voice, immediately turned around, rushed to the man’s side, and pointed at Ningwan and Wangyue accusingly.
The man looked over at Ningwan and Wangyue.
Upon seeing Ningwan, his eyes lit up.
Such a beautiful woman?
Skin like cream, snowy white, elegant and cold aura.
She was the kind of person you wanted to make cry upon seeing her...
And he wondered how breathtaking it would be if those cold eyes cried.
"Miss, what’s the issue here?" The man looked Ningwan up and down, with a licentious gaze.
Ningwan snorted coldly, and said coldly, "We reserved the table first, your sister was being overbearing, it’s not like we bullied her."
"So what if my sister is overbearing? She’s just like that. Since you don’t want to give up the table, how about we compromise and sit together? This meal’s on me." The man arrogantly suggested.