"I... I’ll come back after you and Xiaxia get married. Thanks to my sugar daddy for sponsoring my travel expenses."

Li Yang said in a deep voice on the other end: "If you leave this time, don’t come back again! I have things to do, I’ll hang up first..."

After hanging up, Li Yang ordered takeout, then lay down in the bedroom.

He knew that Xue Ning’s decision to leave was definitely premeditated for a long time.

How could he not know what her personality was like?

If she could easily make such a big decision, she wouldn’t be who she is...

So, Li Yang couldn’t talk to her nicely; the more he talked nicely, the more hope he gave her, the further she would go.

Say a few harsh words, give her a sense of crisis, force her to make another decision quickly.

If she still doesn’t come back, it means she always wanted to leave, not because of anything happening around her.

Maybe she wants to pursue pure love, maybe she wants to get married and start a family of her own...

Then there’s no point in holding her back. To put it bluntly, she felt aggrieved being with him.

The takeout hadn’t arrived yet when Xue Ning’s call came through, but Li Yang didn’t answer.

A few minutes later, Xue Ning called again, and Li Yang still didn’t answer.

He was thinking, who exactly made Xue Ning decide to leave.

His parents? They definitely didn’t know, or they would have scolded him by now.

His parents are normal people, they just want him to have a proper girlfriend and then get married.

They can’t imagine young people playing such tricks.

If it’s not his parents, then who would meddle in this matter?

Most likely it’s from Jiang Banxia’s side.

The wager isn’t over yet. Jiang Banxia doesn’t need to step in herself; if she wants to win, she just has to lose money.

With Jiang Banxia’s face, she couldn’t possibly say those things to Xue Ning.

The target is locked on Dou Ying and Jiang Yaoting.

These two have enough influence over Xue Ning to speak from a familial angle and make her compromise.

More than ten minutes passed before there was a knock on the door.

"Hello, it’s your takeout!" Immediately following, there was the voice of a man.

Li Yang went to open the door, ready to take the takeout, only to see Xue Ning holding the takeout box.

He glanced at the doorway but didn’t see anyone else.

...

"Hello, your takeout!"

Xue Ning raised the takeout above her head and handed it to Li Yang.

"Was that your voice just now?"

After taking the takeout, Li Yang asked.

"Yeah, I asked the delivery guy to shout, worried you wouldn’t open the door."

"Alright then, I’ve got the takeout, you can leave now."

After speaking, Li Yang was about to close the door.

But Xue Ning squeezed in directly, somewhat awkwardly saying, "I want to watch you finish eating before I go."

Li Yang asked, "Since when do takeout deliveries come with this service?"

"Yes, they do."

"I don’t need it!"

Xue Ning didn’t bring back her luggage, indicating she hadn’t changed her mind, and Li Yang definitely wasn’t going to relent.

Faced with Li Yang’s indifference, Xue Ning felt very uneasy.

"Yangyang, are you mad?"

She followed behind Li Yang, watching him sit on a chair, then squatted beside him.

She continued, "Aren’t you and Xiaxia getting married soon? I’ll come back after you get married. Also, as long as you have time, let me know in advance, no matter how far I am, I’ll sneak over to see you."

"Please agree to it..."

Li Yang was focused on eating, too lazy to bother with Xue Ning.

Seeing no reaction from Li Yang, Xue Ning grew more anxious.

So, while Li Yang ate, she had noodles.

It wasn’t until Li Yang’s phone rang that there was a slight interruption.

Since the call was from Wang Cuiping, Li Yang put it on speaker.

"Yangyang, have you called Ningning? Didn’t you say she’s coming back today? Why is no one answering her phone?"

"Huh? No one answered?"

Li Yang looked down at Xue Ning. She didn’t dare to pick up the phone, clearly putting herself in a dead-end, afraid to face this matter.

Wang Cuiping said worriedly, "Could something have happened?"

Li Yang quickly comforted her: "Nothing happened, I was just having a meal with Ning earlier. By the way, she brought her boyfriend, and we met."

"You met?" Wang Cuiping’s tone carried a hint of excitement.

"Yes, she was planning to come back, but then her boyfriend had some issues..."

"What issues?"

"Ning’s boyfriend’s family is wealthy, a proper wealthy second-generation. What’s more, the family is quite traditional, thinking they should visit his home before ours if they were to come over. So after the meal, Ning left with her boyfriend to go to his house first before coming to ours."

Wang Cuiping immediately said, "That makes sense. We thought Ning had already been to his house. But what’s with the phone not being answered?"

"Mom, the couple just met, they must have their own things to do. You can try calling later or tomorrow..."

"Alright. By the way, are you free these days, Yangyang? I saw that news..."

Wang Cuiping couldn’t help but voice her concern.

"It’s nothing, it’ll be resolved soon. They really value the feedback I provided and have already arranged someone to coordinate with me. Let Dad rest assured."

At this moment, Xue Ning lowered her head.

She was well aware of that online incident.

She even hesitated a long time because of it, wondering if it was inappropriate to leave suddenly at this time.

After all, Li Yang must be in a bad mood now.

Once Li Yang hung up the phone, Xue Ning spoke up, "I’m sorry."

Li Yang: "No need to apologize, I’ve already found an excuse for you. In the future, feel free to answer calls at home. After a few days, just find another excuse to say your boyfriend went abroad for work. Anyway, Miss Xue, being naturally beautiful, dating a wealthy second-generation boyfriend is no big deal, so let me congratulate Miss Xue in advance."

Xue Ning raised her head, almost bumping into the bottom of the table.

Her watery eyes and pitiful appearance made ’Li Yang’ prop up her chin immediately.