Growing Fond of You, Mr Nian

Fang Qi sighed internally.

Was there nothing else apart from eating?

Nian Xi wasn’t a glutton after all.

No wonder he was single.

Nian Xi raised her brows and said, “How do I contact you? You don’t even have a phone.”

Jiang Yuning was stunned. That was a good reason. He never realized it in the past, but now he understood how not having a phone could be a huge inconvenience. “I have… I have a house telephone,” he said.

Nian Xi was bemused. “Do you think it’s the office? What landline? This isn’t the eighties or nineties. Everyone has WeChat, mobile wallet services, and video chat functions on their phones. I’m not nagging you, but you really ought to get yourself a phone. You have a poor sense of direction anyway. People could contact you more easily if you had a phone.”

Jiang Yuning pursed his lips. He never bought a phone because he hated to be disturbed by other people, and he hated talking to other people. “Then… will you contact me?”

Nian Xi choked immediately.

“If you contact me… I’ll get one.” Jiang Yuning shrugged. “If you won’t, then I won’t buy a phone.”

He was practically saying that she was the only reason why he would buy a phone.

Nian Xi was stunned. Did he have to be so straightforward? After all, someone else was present.

And why did he want her to contact him anyway? Couldn’t he be the one who contacted her?

Fang Qi was trying hard to hold back his laughter and said, “You’ll find out if you buy a phone. If you don’t, you really won’t stand a chance with her.”

Jiang Yuning thought hard about it before concluding that Fang Qi was right.

He was going to get a phone.

And wait for her to contact him.

“Give me your phone number.” Jiang Yuning pushed his notebook to her and gestured for Nian Xi to write.

She looked at him and shook her head helplessly. She wrote down her handphone number and her WeChat handle for him.

Jiang Yuning took the notepad from her and stared at the username she had just jotted down. “What’s this? What kind of telephone number is this? There are alphabets in it.”

Nian Xi was about to vomit blood. She couldn’t be bothered to explain it to him and said, “Go figure it out yourself.”

“Oh…” Jiang Yuning kept his notepad carefully.

Fang Qi looked at him sympathetically. He was still a long way from getting a girlfriend. He couldn’t even figure out a WeChat username. He had a lot of learning and catching up to do!

…

After lunch, Nian Xi left along with Fang Qi. They had received the report from the forensic medical department and were about to discuss the case.

As the car pulled away, Fang Qi remarked after Jiang Yuning disappeared from sight, “Jiang Yuning is a pure and innocent good man. He still has it for you.”

Nian Xi looked down at their notes, pretending as if she didn’t hear him.

When the car stopped at the traffic light, Fang Qi snatched her notebook away from her and said, “Nian Xi, I’m serious. You’re not so young anymore, and you broke up with Feng Jichuan about a year ago. You should get out there and get into a new relationship. Stop spending all your time at work. You’re such a young girl but you’re acting like an old hulk.”

“Who’s a hulk?” Nian Xi glared at him.

“I’m not pushing you to get married. I just don’t want you to miss out on a good man who has just appeared in front of you.” Fang Qi started the car again and said, “Fine. It’s up to you. You gave him your WeChat account anyway.”

Nian Xi blushed. What was she thinking when she gave him her WeChat account?!

He didn’t even know what it was. Troubling.

…

At one-thirty in the afternoon, Uncle Han came to pick Jiang Yuning up when he saw him carrying his little notebook and daydreaming.

Uncle Han was worried and asked, “Did you have a nice lunch with Miss Nian?”

…