Only after her death did I realize that she was the white moonlight of a billionaire CEO.

Chapter 193 Yes, I want to pursue you again.

After leaving the private room, Li Xi ran all the way to the hotel lobby on the first floor, then turned and ran to the large lawn behind the lobby, where she dialed Jiang Xinghe's number.

The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered until it stopped ringing.

Suppressing her agitation, Li Xi dialed Jiang Xinghe's number again.

This time, the ringtone rang for a long time again.

Just when Li Xi thought no one would answer, the call went through.

"Sister Xi?" Jiang Xinghe's voice came from near and far, and there was still a commotion on the other end.

Li Xi's throat tightened, and she asked him in a hoarse voice, "Jiang Xinghe, you haven't answered the phone. What have you been doing?"

"I just went for a night run in the park."

Jiang Xinghe couldn't help but complain to her, "Some people complain that I don't have abs, so to get them, I've been going to bed early and waking up early lately. I do strength training on an empty stomach in the morning and run six kilometers every night..."

"But as soon as I left the park, I was drawn in by the aroma of stinky tofu. I was buying stinky tofu when it got noisy over there, so I didn't hear your call."

After saying that, Jiang Xinghe used a bamboo skewer to stick a piece of stinky tofu into his mouth.

One bite and the juices burst forth, doubling the deliciousness.

Jiang Xinghe remarked, "No wonder foreigners say that China is unsafe at night and that people shouldn't wander around in parks."

"With so many tempting foods, it's really not safe to go out at night."

Jiang Xinghe kept muttering and complaining.

After talking for a while, he realized that it was inappropriate.

When did Li Xi become so patient?

They're all willing to listen to her nonsense.

"Sister Xi, is there something important that you called?" Jiang Xinghe asked, filled with curiosity.

Li Xi looked somewhat dazed.

"Jiang Xinghe, it feels so good to hear you rambling on and on."

"Huh?" Jiang Xinghe, holding the stinky tofu, was dumbfounded. "Sister Xi, what's wrong?"

"I thought something had happened to you because you weren't answering your phone."

Jiang Xinghe couldn't help but chuckle, "Are you kidding me? In this peaceful and prosperous world, how could anything so easily happen?"

"Jiang Xinghe," Li Xi's tone turned serious, "Are those people still making things difficult for you?"

Jiang Xinghe didn't understand what Li Xi meant. "Which people?"

"Those who want to take Mr. Edward's research results from you."

Jiang Xinghe was silent for a moment before answering a completely different question: "Brother Zhen even knows this?"

“He not only knew that when he agreed to let you move into Lanting Apartments, he was using his power to protect you.”

Jiang Xinghe had actually guessed that Gu Huaizhou was secretly protecting him, but he didn't expose it.

He was somewhat puzzled, "Sister Xi, you said we're not related, so why is Brother Zhen protecting me?"

"Because he cherishes talent."

“His mother is a research researcher, and he greatly respects and admires your mentor, Edward.”

"He once told me that you were very talented."

Jiang Xinghe was so embarrassed by the praise that he felt embarrassed.

Realizing that his biggest secret had already been exposed to Gu Huaizhou and Li Xi, Jiang Xinghe breathed a sigh of relief.

Knowing that Li Xi was concerned about him, Jiang Xinghe said, "Those people haven't been bothering me much lately."

"Furthermore, the things my mentor entrusted to me before his death are no longer in my possession."

Li Xi was taken aback. "It was stolen?"

“No,” Jiang Xinghe said. “I am outnumbered and it is not safe for me to keep that thing. After weighing the pros and cons, I gave it to my uncle.”

"Mr. Lanyu?"

"Yes, my uncle is more resourceful and capable than I am."

"My uncle has already spread the word that he has that thing. Those people who made things difficult for me before have all gone to Southeast Asia."

Lanyu absorbed all the flames of war onto him, and Jiang Xinghe was completely safe.

Upon hearing this, Li Xi finally felt relieved.

"It was indeed the wisest thing to hand over Mr. Edward's research results to Mr. Lanyu."

Jiang Xinghe is right. He is outnumbered and powerless, and cannot protect his mentor's research results at all.

Rather than carrying a treasure trove while surrounded by wolves, it's better to entrust Edward's research findings to the strongest and most trusted family member.

So, does this mean that the crisis of Jiang Xinghe's death has been resolved?

Jiang Xinghe leaned against the stone bollard at the park exit, ate a piece of stinky tofu, and then asked, "Sister Xi, why did you suddenly think of asking about this?"

"Jiang Xinghe, I once had a nightmare."

Jiang Xinghe chuckled. "What does it have to do with me?"

"Ah."

Jiang Xinghe joked, "Did I get killed by those guys in your dream?"

"...You are dead, but I don't know who was responsible for your death. But you weren't murdered; you died in a car accident caused by drunk driving."

“That’s impossible.” Jiang Xinghe shook his head and said, “You know, I won’t drive if I’ve been drinking.”

Li Xi certainly knew.

Last year, the two of them went to a rooftop restaurant for French food, only had a small drink, and when they went home, Jiang Xinghe refused to drive and hired a designated driver.

The funny thing is that the designated driver himself had been drinking and was arrested by the traffic police. The two of them even became a trending topic on Douyin (TikTok) in their city because of this.

It was precisely because of this little incident that Li Xi began to doubt the authenticity of Jiang Xinghe's 'drunk driving death' in his previous life.

Could a law-abiding citizen who always calls a designated driver after drinking alcohol die from drunk driving?

At that time, Li Xi suspected that the people who killed Jiang Xinghe were members of the Jiang family, but this idea dissipated after the deaths of Jiang Zhulang and his son.

However, when she learned at the dinner party that it was already May, she still felt a strong sense of unease.

Now that he has learned that Jiang Xinghe has handed over Edward's research results to Mr. Lanyu, Li Xi should be completely at ease.

But she was still very uneasy.

Am I just too nervous?

"Sister Xi."

Noticing that Li Xi's condition was not quite right, Jiang Xinghe suppressed his smile and tentatively asked, "Tell me about your nightmare. When did it happen?"

"May."

Li Xi couldn't remember the exact time, only saying, "It should be early May."

Jiang Xinghe died in a car accident, and Jiang Qingkong, who was already preparing for her wedding with Xie Xingyun, insisted on postponing the wedding.

Therefore, Li Xi had a fairly deep impression of this matter.

Upon hearing Li Xi's reply, Jiang Xinghe's gaze deepened.

"I see."

"Sister Xi, I promise you, I will not drink a drop of alcohol this month."

"no sooner said than done?"

"a man of his words!"

"it is good."

After hanging up the phone, Li Xi stared blankly for a while before turning around and returning to the lobby.

From afar, she could see Gu Huaizhou standing quietly at the entrance of the lawn, waiting for her.

As Li Xi approached, Gu Huaizhou silently observed her expression. After a moment, he said with certainty, "You are uneasy."

"Xixi, what makes you feel uneasy?"

Li Xi did not hide anything from Gu Huaizhou; she told him about Jiang Xinghe's fate in his previous life.

Are you worried that Jiang Xinghe will also be unable to escape his fate in this life?

“...Hmm.” Li Xi pressed his temples and said hesitantly, “Logically speaking, now that Jiang Zhulang and his son are dead, and Edward’s research results are no longer on him, the crisis of death he was facing should have been resolved.”

"But my intuition tells me that something is wrong."

"So I'm very worried about him."

In his previous life, Li Xi and Jiang Xinghe were only nodding acquaintances, and they spoke very few times.

But things are different now.

When she moved out of the Xie family home, it was Jiang Xinghe who accompanied her to find a new place, helped her move, and kept her company during her loneliness.

Jiang Xinghe also helped her a lot in scheming against Xie Xingyun and the Xie family.

Li Xi had long regarded Jiang Xinghe as her best friend.

Knowing that Jiang Xinghe might be facing a life-or-death crisis, how could she remain indifferent?

Gu Huaizhou completely understood her feelings. He asked Li Xi, "Have you told him about your worries?"

Nodding, Li Xi said, "He did, and he promised he wouldn't drink a drop of alcohol this month."

“That kid is shrewd; now that he knows about this, he’ll take it to heart.”

Gu Huaizhou put his arm around Li Xi's shoulder and led her to the underground parking garage. "I will have Chu Xu send someone to keep an eye on him secretly, so that if there is any danger, it can be stopped in time."

"We should go home now. Grandpa is having his first chemotherapy session today, and he probably won't be able to sleep tonight. I need to go back and keep him company..."

*

Jiang Xinghe did indeed take Li Xi's reminder to heart.

After finishing the bowl of stinky tofu, he sent a message to his assistant, reminding him to cancel all the drinking parties scheduled for the month.

At the same time, he also lied on his social media, claiming that he had severe gastric erosion and that his doctor had ordered him to abstain from alcohol for six months.

As soon as he posted this on his WeChat Moments, his cronies gloated and sent him all sorts of photos of themselves partying in bars.

Jiang Xinghe remained completely unmoved by this.

Although he enjoys drinking beer at home, he doesn't like going to bars or clubs to drink with rich young men.

Perhaps because he was bullied badly during his school years, he grew up in a lonely and stumbling manner, and didn't really like getting together with a group of people to drink and play drinking games.

His only hobby is racing.

He has several WeChat groups, but only the few guys in the "useless group" are people he truly treats as friends.

The other group members are just having fun.

Jiang Xinghe got up, wiped the sweat from his neck with a towel, and rode his motorcycle back to Lanting Apartment along Dongzhouhe Avenue.

He saw Xie Jian crossing the street at the zebra crossing in front of Lanting Apartment.

She had her long hair tied into a cool wolf ponytail, wore a warm gray tracksuit, and had a pair of headphones around her neck.

It looks cool.

drip-

Jiang Xinghe pressed the horn in response to Xie Jian's words.

Xie Jian stopped, turned her head, and looked at him with a cold gaze.

Upon seeing Jiang Xinghe, Xie Jian was slightly taken aback, and then his cool, indifferent eyes revealed a look of tension and unease.

Xie Jian in high school always looked nervous and uneasy when she looked at people.

Because she was afraid of being bullied, she always felt that everyone who got close to her was going to beat her up.

Xie Jian is actually a very insecure person. She never shows her face when she streams her games, even though she is actually very beautiful.

She has an oval face and a pair of captivating peach blossom eyes.

When Jiang Xinghe first encountered Xie Jian in the men's restroom, locked in a stall and soaked to the bone by a mop, he was immediately struck by the beauty of her eyes beneath her messy short hair.

But those eyes never smiled; they were always gloomy, uneasy, and timid.

The night Gu Huaizhou was kidnapped, Jiang Xinghe was also kidnapped by Ying Chengfeng.

Before losing consciousness, he subconsciously sent an emergency distress signal to a phone number he knew by heart.

He was actually gambling.

I bet Xie Jian hasn't changed his number, I bet Xie Jian still remembers their agreement, and I bet Xie Jian will call the police to find him if he sees the distress signal.

Even if Xie Jian forgets their promise, it doesn't matter.

If he died, that text message would be his last message to Xie Jian.

When he woke up again, he saw Xie Jian.

A cool, seemingly invincible, and indifferent stranger's thank-you note.

But Jiang Xinghe knew very well that Xie Jian hadn't changed; her indifference and cool demeanor were just the role she had created for herself.

She had to live according to the character's setting in order to make herself look like a normal girl, like a girl who had never been hurt.

When the night is quiet and she no longer needs to wear a mask, she is still that sensitive, insecure girl who longs to be loved and protected.

She remains the same Xie Jian who remembers their promise.

...

When the green light came on, Jiang Xinghe crossed the intersection first, made a U-turn at the nearest intersection, and waited in advance at the underground food entrance of the shopping mall behind Lanting Apartment.

Xie Jian crossed the sidewalk next to Lanting Apartment and headed straight for the underground food court, where she bumped into Jiang Xinghe, who was guarding the entrance.

Xie Jian paused, then subconsciously put her earphones on her head and turned to walk back the way she came.

"Thank you for the letter," Jiang Xinghe called out to her retreating figure.

Xie Jian was wearing headphones, and the whole world was quiet.

She walked with a brisk pace, very fast.

But Jiang Xinghe was faster than her.

He rushed up behind Xie Jian in a few strides, took off Xie Jian's headphones, and put them on his own head.

But there's no sound coming from the headphones...

There was no internet connection at all.

Xie Jian was annoyed and embarrassed. She reached out to grab the earphones, but Jiang Xinghe hid them behind his back and said to Xie Jian with a teasing smile, "Are you hungry? I'll treat you to something to eat."

Seeing that Jiang Xinghe refused to return the earphones to her, Xie Jian simply gave up on them and turned to continue walking back.

Jiang Xinghe caught up with Xie Jian again, stood in front of her, clutched his stomach and said, "I'm so hungry! I heard there's a coconut chicken restaurant that opened in the food court. How about I treat you to some?"

Xie Jian looked at Jiang Xinghe suspiciously, and finally spoke, "Isn't your favorite food mala tang?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xinghe laughed even more heartily, "So you still remember."

Upon hearing this, Xie Jian fell silent again.

How could I not remember?

Back then, they were both poor, and the two of them would always share a bowl of spicy hot pot and a casserole.

The vegetables in the mala tang (spicy hot pot), and the glass noodles and meat in the clay pot, were all Xie Jian's. Jiang Xinghe usually just drinks the soup...

"I have a bad stomach, and the doctor told me I have to quit drinking, smoking, and spicy food."

Jiang Xinghe rubbed his stomach and said, "But I really hate eating bland food. Will you eat with me?"

Xie Jian knew that Jiang Xinghe had a stomach problem. It was very serious when he was in high school, and he often had stomach pain so bad that he looked pale.

Xie Jian eventually went to the coconut chicken shop with Jiang Xinghe.

While waiting for her food, Xie Jian kept her head down playing on her phone, playing a match-3 game.

She was simply feeling uncomfortable and nervous, so she played this to pass the time.

Jiang Xinghe did nothing but keep looking at Xie Jian.

Xie Jian felt her fingers go numb from being stared at by Jiang Xinghe.

Xie Jian finally breathed a sigh of relief when the staff brought the coconut chicken to the table.

She had just picked up her chopsticks when she suddenly heard Jiang Xinghe say, "I always thought that when I grew up and made money, I would definitely take you to a restaurant in the mall to eat well, until you were full and stuffed."

"I've thought about this for many years."

"I never thought it would come true."

Xie Jian felt a pang of sadness, and the steam from the coconut chicken made her peach blossom eyes mist over.

She lowered her head and said softly, "Jiang Xinghe, we broke up a long time ago. Don't bring up the past anymore."

"Not suitable."

Not suitable?

Jiang Xinghe frowned and asked her, "Do you have a boyfriend?"

Xie Jian shook his head.

Jiang Xinghe then asked, "Do you have a girlfriend?"

Xie Jian was taken aback, still wondering what kind of girlfriend Jiang Xinghe was talking about, when she heard Jiang Xinghe say, "I'm talking about the kind of girlfriend who marries you and sleeps with you."

Xie Jian's expression changed slightly. "My sexual orientation is normal."

Nodding, Jiang Xinghe concluded, "So you're single now."

Xie Jian is definitely single.

Someone like her would never be in a relationship.

Jiang Xinghe decided to be direct: "Since you don't have a partner, and I'm single too, and I've always had feelings for you, there's nothing inappropriate about it."

Xie Jian was so frightened that she couldn't even hold her chopsticks properly.

"you..."

"That's right, I want to pursue you again."