Chapter 57 Do you believe in ghosts?
Tan Xuan sat in the living room for a while, and Jiang Yingyue came out of the room with a shy look on her face. At this time, she simply combed her hair. Although she couldn't put on makeup without cosmetics, she tidied up a little and looked no longer so messy, especially her clothes. Although there were still some wrinkles, it was not a big deal.
Jiang Yingyue walked into the living room looking a little reserved, standing not too far from Tan Xuan, and said politely, "Thank you so much for last night."
"You're welcome, please sit down." Tan Xuan pointed to the sofa opposite.
"Thanks."
The living room was not small and the sofa was also very large, but the two people were not too close to each other. They sat at the farthest positions on the sofa, with a long coffee table between them.
"How do you feel now? Do you really not need to go to the hospital?" Tan Xuan asked.
Jiang Yingyue shook her head, "No, it's okay."
Jiang Yingyue rubbed her head, perhaps because the shaking was too intense and caused her discomfort.
"Can you pour me a glass of water? Just cold one will do." Jiang Yingyue said embarrassedly.
"No problem." Tan Xuan went to the refrigerator, took out a bottle of water and handed it to Jiang Yingyue.
Jiang Yingyue drank in small sips, very concerned about her image as a lady. She didn't drink quickly, but she drank a lot. She must have been very thirsty. After a while, she drank most of the bottle of water, leaving only a little at the bottom of the bottle.
Putting down the water bottle, Jiang Yingyue looked at the layout of the room and said, "This is your home, are all the others out?"
Tan Xuan shook his head. "There is only me in my family, no one else."
"Just you?"
"Yes, it's just me. You are the first person to come here after I moved in." Tan Xuan said with a wry smile.
"I'm sorry." Jiang Yingyue said to Tan Xuan with full apology. Even without asking in detail, she could tell from Tan Xuan's expression that this topic should not be continued. Not only do you have no family, but you don't even have any friends? Jiang Yingyue didn't dare to think about it any further.
"Nothing. What happened last night?" Tan Xuan answered and then asked.
When Jiang Yingyue mentioned what happened yesterday, she was angry. "We invited the client's people to dinner for a project last night. Everything sounded normal at the beginning, and the conversation was good. But halfway through, one of them said some nasty things under the influence of alcohol. I went to the bathroom halfway through, and when I came back I had two more glasses of wine. I felt dizzy and my heart was beating fast. I noticed that they looked at me with ill intentions, so I ran out under the pretext of something. I was afraid they would find me, so I ran from the private room on the third floor to the bathroom on the second floor to call you."
Tan Xuan frowned, "You called me, where is your sister Wang? Isn't she your colleague? Didn't she remind you at that time?"
Jiang Yingyue shook her head and smiled bitterly: "She was already drunk at that time, so she asked someone from Party A to take her back."
She was drunk and sent back. It sounds normal, but Tan Xuan could guess where she was sent. Whether she was really drunk or pretending to be drunk, the result should be the same. Tan Xuan shook his head and sneered in his heart. Sure enough, there are people who are not picky about food. That Wang Jie has someone thinking about her, so how can no one think about the one in front of him who looks much better than that one.
"Then how do you know my phone number? I remember we didn't leave our phone numbers with each other." Tan Xuan asked the question that puzzled him the most. He had only met Jiang Yingyue twice and had never left his phone number with her. It was Sister Wang who called the taxi last night. What's more, the numbers prompted in the system were all virtual numbers, and the number could not be dialed after each order was completed.
Seeing Tan Xuan's puzzled expression, Jiang Yingyue laughed, "You didn't tell me your phone number, but your phone number was left on the windshield of your car."
"So that's how it is." Tan Xuan also laughed. He didn't expect that someone found him through the phone number he left in the car when he was moving the car. He didn't know how she remembered his cell phone number.
After laughing twice, Tan Xuan turned serious and asked Jiang Yingyue, "So how do you plan to solve what happened last night? If it doesn't work, call the police."
Jiang Yingyue shook her head. "They are Party A's people. If I call the police, the cooperation between our company and them will be completely over. Besides, I haven't been hurt. It's better to have less trouble than more. Let's forget about it."
"Just let it go?" Tan Xuan looked at Jiang Yingyue in confusion. He was almost abused by someone, but she just let it go. Tan Xuan found it hard to understand.
Jiang Yingyue smiled bitterly and said, "What else can I do? Even if I call the police, the person won't be severely punished if he has no criminal record. But if that happens, my reputation will be ruined. How can I face people in the company in the future? If things go wrong, I might even lose my job. I haven't even finished my internship yet."
"That's right." Tan Xuan couldn't say anything about this situation. After all, he was a complete outsider and it was up to others to make the decision.
"By the way, how is Sister Wang now?" Jiang Yingyue suddenly thought of her colleague and became nervous all of a sudden.
"No, where's my phone? I need to call her."
"Well...she should be fine. I think I should not call her." Tan Xuan was embarrassed to say it too directly. What if Sister Wang took the initiative to throw herself into his arms, or if she was doing something that she didn't want to be disturbed. It would be so annoying to call her at this time.
"No, I must call her. I'm afraid she's in danger." Jiang Yingyue couldn't listen to Tan Xuan's persuasion at all. She stood up anxiously, but didn't know where her cell phone was.
"Your cell phone and your bag are on the bedside table in the bedroom." Tan Xuan pointed towards the bedroom speechlessly. Jiang Yingyue hurriedly ran the bedroom and closed the door. She was probably afraid that there would be some bad news and that Tan Xuan would be anxious.
"Well, you care about your colleagues, but do your colleagues care about you?" Tan Xuan shook his head and didn't say much. Maybe it was her colleague who drugged Jiang Yingyue yesterday, otherwise why hasn't he contacted her until now.
Soon the bedroom door was opened again, and Jiang Yingyue walked out of the bedroom with a grim expression.
Tan Xuan couldn't tell from Jiang Yingyue's expression whether Sister Wang was okay or not, so he asked, "How is she? Is she okay?"
"She's fine, she's sleeping. She even asked me why ."
"Haha, that's fine, you can rest assured." Tan Xuan said with a smile, thinking that the man must have been very tired last night. Then Tan Xuan asked again: "Why do you look like this? You look very unhappy."
Jiang Yingyue put her phone on the coffee table and said with an aggrieved expression: "Sister Wang said that those people from Party A couldn't find me last night and blamed her. They also asked me why I left without saying goodbye. Did I leave without saying goodbye? I almost..."
Jiang Yingyue stopped talking halfway because she was too embarrassed to continue.
"Didn't you tell her what happened to you yesterday?" Tan Xuan asked.
"No, she said a few words to me and then hung up. I didn't have a chance to say anything."
"Haha, I guess those guys didn't get the upper hand over you yesterday, so they took their anger out on your colleague."
"may be."
Jiang Yingyue didn't understand the double meaning of Tan Xuan's words and agreed unhappily. At this time, a "gurgling" sound came from her stomach, and she hurriedly pulled her clothes together in embarrassment.
"Are you hungry?" Tan Xuan asked. Unexpectedly, what eased the embarrassment was another embarrassment.
"No, no..." Jiang Yingyue wanted to deny it, but her belly betrayed her honestly.
"Haha, don't be embarrassed. I've been hungry since last night. Not only are you hungry, I'm hungry too. Wait a moment, let me see what's in the refrigerator."
Tan Xuan opened the refrigerator, took out a bag of noodles bought from the supermarket, took some vegetables, and went into the kitchen.
"It may be too late to do anything else now, let's cook some noodles."
"Okay, thank you for your help."
There was nothing to complain about Jiang Yingyue, a guest who was not even a guest. She was already thankful that Tan Xuan could save her. After sitting there for a while, she realized that she couldn't wait for others to serve her, so she went into the kitchen.
"Do you need my help with anything?"
"No, it's very simple. Just wait a moment. It will be quick."
Seeing Tan Xuan washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, frying the pot, and cooking noodles skillfully, his movements were done in one go, clean and neat, and soon a pot of hot soup noodles was ready . Jiang Yingyue couldn't help but ask curiously, "I didn't expect you can cook. You look more skilled than a woman like me."
Tan Xuan smiled and shook his head. "Really? You're flattering me. I've been cooking since I was a kid. I don't know if it tastes good, but it's edible."
Thinking of what Tan Xuan had just said about living here alone, Jiang Yingyue didn't continue the topic and helped to take the dishes and chopsticks.
Tan Xuan served two bowls of noodles and placed them on the dining table. He then took out a bag of pickled mustard tubers from the refrigerator and invited Jiang Yingyue to the table. "Eat it. I don't know if it suits your taste."
"Thank you, it smells delicious."
“Mm, it’s delicious.”
Jiang Yingyue couldn't help but praise it again as soon as she took a bite.
"If it tastes good, eat more." Tan Xuan smiled slightly. It has been a long time since anyone tasted his cooking. Thinking of his missing master who usually liked to eat noodles, Tan Xuan felt depressed again.
Jiang Yingyue was very careful about her image while eating. Although she was obviously very hungry, she ate slowly and in small bites. She looked very quiet, and no sound could be heard from her eating noodles. This was in stark contrast to Tan Xuan, who was eating across from her and was talking loudly.
After eating more than half a bowl of noodles, Jiang Yingyue's stomach had calmed down and she ate slower. She also had the chance to talk to Tan Xuan again and break the silence in the room.
"Why do you only take orders at night? Shouldn't you take more orders during the day?"
Tan Xuanyi tilted his head back and shoveled all the noodles in the bowl into his mouth. After swallowing most of it, he answered incoherently: "The roads are too congested during the day. I take orders at night without the pressure of traffic jams. It's a good job."
"I advise you to take orders during the day. It is dangerous at night." Jiang Yingyue advised again.
Tan Xuan shook his head. "It's the same whether it's day or night. As long as you concentrate, it's fine. If you lose focus, it won't matter whether it's day or night.
"No." Jiang Yingyue suddenly put down the bowl, looked at Tan Xuan and asked, "Do you believe in ghosts in the world?"
Unexpectedly, he was another impure atheist. Tan Xuan couldn't help but smile bitterly and asked, "Do you believe that there are ghosts in the world?"
Then, Tan Xuan shook his head again, "No one has ever seen a ghost, that's all nonsense."
"No, I have seen it." Jiang Yingyue said in a low voice with a serious expression.
