Pampered by My Ex's Cousin-Chapter 144 - 136: Forced Cohabitation (Eighty-Nine)

The man thought that Anning hadn’t remembered him yet, so he gave her a little hint, "Don’t you remember me? I even poured you a cup of hot water. You were so stubborn and refused to take it."

"No..." Anning opened her mouth wanting to deny that it wasn’t her.

Chicheng suddenly spoke up, interrupting her, "Xiang Yiqing, when was this?"

He furrowed his thick brows and squinted suspiciously at the man beside him.

Xiang Yiqing had been a player in their city’s basketball team before, and he was friends with both him and Qi Helian.

Xiang Yiqing replied, "That day you and Qi Helian were representing your ’elite’ team and had gone to Capital City for a match."

The Future Studio was a small game studio that Chicheng had set up before going abroad, located in an old warehouse near the eastern part of the Ji Family’s residence.

The location was remote and quiet; back then, he was completely invested in that studio, sometimes staying away from home for several days.

Seeing Chicheng asking about it, Anning quickly looked at Xiang Yiqing, trying to change the subject, "You’re here to look at my foot, right? It’s killing me."

At her words, Xiang Yiqing directed his gaze toward Anning’s foot and was startled, "Wow, it’s swollen like this, what happened?"

He set down his medical toolbox and hurriedly bent down to sit and examine Anning’s injury.

All the while, Anning was stared down by Chicheng’s gaze and didn’t dare to raise her head; she also forgot about the pain until Xiang Yiqing said it was okay. Only then did she realize it, with a twinge of pain knitting her brows together.

"Based on my professional judgment, there seems to be a slight fracture. Just follow the treatment method I told you, and you’ll recover," Xiang Yiqing said as he packed up his medical equipment.

As he spoke, he lifted his head to look at Chicheng, "If you’re not at ease, you could go get an X-ray to check."

Chicheng replied expressionlessly, "Although you might be a quack, your skills are more than sufficient for treating pig’s trotters."

Anning: "..."

Xiang Yiqing: "..."

Chicheng had always been blunt and didn’t fear offending people, so the number of people he had offended was countless.

Considering this, Xiang Yiqing eventually smoothed out his furrowed brow and turned his gaze back to Anning, "Young lady, so it was you who were looking for Chicheng that day. I thought you were like the other fan girls, there to look for Qi He."

Having grown up in that circle, Chicheng at the age of eighteen or nineteen was already a butterfly attracting bees and butterflies.

How did the topic come back to this again?

Anning frowned, her cheeks reddening again. Xiang Yiqing was certain that it was her that day; if she denied it any further, it would really prove her guilt.

So, better to keep silent. She racked her brain for what to say in case Chicheng asked her about it.

However, she thought it unlikely that he would ask.

"Then I’m leaving."

Xiang Yiqing knew Chicheng too well. After packing up, he quickly grabbed his case, greeted Chicheng, and prepared to leave.

Because he knew that if he stayed, Chicheng wouldn’t pour him a cup of plain water, and he might even choke on Chicheng’s words. It was better to leave sooner rather than later.

"Hmm."

Chicheng acknowledged Xiang Yiqing with a sound and watched him take a few steps away. Then he took a step forward, bent down, and sat next to Anning.

As his tall figure sat down, adding weight to her side, her heart sank, tense and uncomfortable.

Chicheng’s dark eyes locked firmly on Anning’s face, not uttering a word. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

The questions he wanted to ask hovered on his lips, but because he clearly knew that there could be millions of possible answers, none of which would be the one he wanted, he didn’t have the courage to ask them.

(Brother Yang has been out herding sheep these past few days, resulting in late updates, sorry. But now, during this period, the book has consistently been updated with four to five Chapters daily — it can’t be more than that. Good night, everyone, don’t forget to vote... xoxo...)