Chapter 46 Night Talk

  After a while, everyone was tired and went to bed. Ning Qingming also got into bed after tidying up for a bit, just as he was about to fall asleep, he heard Zhou Ling lightly tapping on the bed board above him saying: "I couldn't sleep, can I come down and chat with you?"

  "Come down!" Ning Qingmin guessed that Zhou Ling was unable to sleep because of Jiang Mingzhi's matter, so she lightly lifted the mosquito net and let Zhou Ling come in to talk.

  Zhou Ling's big eyes shone brightly in the dark, with a thousand words and emotions hidden within them. Ning Qingming immediately understood that Jiang Mingzhi must have confessed to her, and she had finally accepted.

  As expected, Zhou Ling bit her lip and whispered: "Mingzhi said that the day he held his fellow countryman's hand was to test me. If I got angry and ignored him, it would mean that I'm insincere and actually care about him. But if I still treated him as usual, maybe I really didn't care about him. These past few days, I've been cold to him, but he's actually delighted."

  "So, this time you confessed and she accepted?"

  Zhou Ling lowered his eyes and nodded slightly, "In the evening, Xiao Ye Sheng called me and said he had something to tell me, asking me to go to the classroom. I thought I was the propaganda committee member, maybe it's because of the May Day event and wanted to discuss with me, so I went there after dinner. When I arrived at the classroom, it was quiet, and just as I was wondering, Jiang Mingzhi came out from behind the door. I didn't even look at him and walked past, but he grabbed me after just a few steps." Zhou Ling stopped talking here, biting his lip.

  Ning Qingmin lifted her head with one hand, turned her body sideways, and stared at Zhou Ling. She saw that Zhou's big eyes were shining brightly, her eyelashes casting a fan-shaped shadow on her eyelids, her lips red and curved in a beautiful arc. The whole person seemed to be radiating light in the dark, looking like she was savoring a sweet treat. Ning couldn't help but smile inwardly, pretending to be serious as she asked, "Was she kissed?"

  Zhou Ling was shocked and gently patted Ning Qingmian's hand, "How did you know?"

  "Hey, how cliché, I guessed it right away. Only someone like you who's trapped in the situation would be confused." Ning Qing smiled "heh heh", "The scene must have gone like this back then. Jiang Ge pulled you into a kiss, and you pushed him away while saying 'aren't you holding someone else's hand? Why are you bothering me again?' Then Jiang Ge kissed you again, explaining the situation while kissing, and after he finished kissing and explaining, you surrendered too. Right?"

  "I suspect you were hiding outside the door and peeking! If not, you can be a screenwriter!"

  "Haha......" Ning Qingmin laughed and quickly covered her mouth, "Seriously, what's the feeling of being kissed for the first time?"

  "I was first a blank in my mind, and when I reacted, I felt numb all over my body, as if there were countless lightning bolts coming towards me from different directions." Zhou Ling said, seeing Ning Qingmin covering her mouth and laughing so hard that her whole body was shaking, she couldn't help but reach out to pinch the back of her hand, trying to stop her from laughing uncontrollably.

  "Hey, don't pinch me, save your energy for pinching your brother Jiang later." Ning Qingming pulled away Zhou Ling's hand and said with a smile: "Look at you, even the night can't hide the flush on your face."

  Zhou Ling pouted and said: "I'm telling you a secret, but you're still teasing me."

  "Alright, I won't tease you anymore." Ning Qingming put her head back on the pillow and then said: "Jiang Mingzhi confessed to you, how could he bear to let you come back after 9 o'clock?"

  "Hehe!" Zhou Ling said with a smile: "He secretly signed up for Mei Zai Hua Cheng with Xiao Ye Sheng, and both of them made it to the finals. Tonight at 10 o'clock, they have to rush to record the show, he said he hopes to get my support, so he asked Xiao Ye Sheng to help arrange a meeting with me."

  "Wow, beauty in Flower City! Those who made it to the finals will have a thick reward!" This time, Ning Qing turned around and let out a small scream, "If some film company takes a liking, they can even be packaged into stars!"

  Zhou Ling also covered her mouth and laughed, afraid of waking up Wu Mei and Mo Xiao Hong, and didn't dare to laugh out loud. She just whispered: "When Mingzhi participated, his talent show performance was drumming. He said he had learned it in high school before, but now it's a bit rusty, and thought he wouldn't pass. Who knew the judges gave him a pretty high score? Xiao Ye Sheng's talent show performance was singing. He usually hums songs in class, and his voice sounds good, so he passed very smoothly."

  Ning Qingming thought back to the past, it seemed that Jiang Mingzhi had participated in some activity and lost, and Zhou Ling even went to comfort him. As for Xiao Yesheng, he didn't have much intersection with himself, but at that time, he didn't participate in this activity with Jiang Mingzhi. Could it be that because of his own experience changing, Xiao Yesheng's experience also changed?

  Jing Qingmian didn't speak, Zhou Ling poked her with his finger and said: "Xiao Yesheng is really a good person, I just can't understand why you don't consider him? As for that Brother Guo, forget about it."

  I've been trying hard not to think about him! Ning Qing sighed, once thinking that Guo Shangliang was everything to her, without him, nothing made sense. But seeing him with Li Mingna recently, it didn't feel as bitter in her heart. Maybe, as people's experiences change and their horizons broaden, they become less fixated. Or maybe, she no longer secretly and foolishly pines for Guo Shangliang, but instead uses her time to learn, do business, and self-improve, looking at him with a different perspective, no longer thinking his abilities and charm are boundless, and thus not feeling as lost.

  Sometimes, fate is not in our hands, but being proactive and striving to improve ourselves is something that can be done with all one's might. By doing so, it may still be possible to turn the disadvantage of fate around.

  "Qingmin, I actually think you're a bit different from before." Zhou Ling also turned his head to look at Ning Qingmin, "In the past, he was always buried in books and didn't care about anything. Now he's more lively, more confident, and cuter too."

  "How come you didn't hear me say you're even more beautiful?" Ning Qing smiled lightly, "This is the most important thing."

  "This doesn't need me to praise, it can be seen from the eyes of the boys in the class. Zhou Ling also smiled lightly, "They just regret not having a chance to make a move!"

  "They didn't give me the nickname 'Potato Girl' and say I'm so rustic that I'm falling apart, did they? When did they start caring about me?" Ning Qing asked in surprise.

  "Geez, you're really slow! That nickname was from last semester, now your nickname is the authentic 'lady'." Zhou Ling narrowed her eyes, "As soon as Duan Shurong sees you, she turns up her nose. I know, she must be both envious and resentful, can't stand how you're becoming more and more stunning."

  Ning Qingmeng stretched out her hand and grasped Zhou Ling's, "Thank you for always being my good friend. Whether it was in the past when I wasn't so lovable, or now that I've become more radiant!"

  "Ah, I can't take it anymore. Go to sleep!" Zhou Ling smiled and pinched Ning Qingming's hand, "Sleep well, become even more beautiful tomorrow!"

  "You too!" Ning Qingming smiled and lifted the mosquito net, letting Zhou Ling out. After pressing down the mosquito net and pulling up the quilt, she lay on the bed, as if a new and strange emotion was rising up. It turned out that unknowingly, she had also become an object of attention for others.