Push Me Away When I Come, Don't Hold Me Back When I Leave - Chapter 118

Chapter 118: I Found Out Long Ago

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Although Xia Ruoming didn’t want to have too much interaction with Jiang Ruhua, she always found it impossible to refuse when Jiang Ruhua actively approached her.

The reason was that Xia Ruoming felt she owed Jiang Ruhua too much.

Although the past life was the past life, and now is now, Xia Ruoming’s heart still couldn’t get over it.

“You play the guqin very well.” Jiang Ruhua suddenly smiled, this was her first time sincerely complimenting Xia Ruoming, she felt Xia Ruoming’s singing was even better than the original singer.

Of course, this was partly due to her bias.

“Thank you for the praise, little princess. Getting your approval means I must be quite good at playing.” Xia Ruoming replied with a smile, knowing that little princess was genuinely complimenting her.

Xia Ruoming had long learned to distinguish between Jiang Ruhua’s real and fake smiles. In her past life, Jiang Ruhua only showed this kind of smile when she genuinely wanted to praise her.

Jiang Ruhua raised her eyebrows, seemingly surprised that Xia Ruoming unusually didn’t argue with her, since in the past, even when she said something nice, Xia Ruoming would always argue with her like a child.

“Well, I’m going to handle my business now. Be careful of your safety when you’re alone here. These masked people might seem friendly on the surface, but they’re definitely not good people. I know you like to drink, but it’s best not to drink alcohol at this kind of occasion.” Jiang Ruhua added a few words of caution before turning to leave.

“I know, little princess, I’m not a child anymore.” Xia Ruoming shook her head, thinking how the world had really changed. In the past, she was always the one worried about little princess, but now little princess was concerned about her.

After Jiang Ruhua left, Xia Ruoming returned to her spot in the corner alone. Although many people wanted to approach her, they ultimately gave up due to Ye Han’s presence beside Xia Ruoming.

After all, there would be other opportunities to chat about life, why bother trying when Ye Han was there?

Seeing Xia Ruoming lost in thought in her seat, Ye Han approached her again to chat.

“Hey, Xia Ruoming, you play the guqin so well, and I’m also interested in guqin. Why don’t we add each other as friends? Then I can ask you questions in the future.”

As she spoke, Ye Han directly took out her phone, indicating Xia Ruoming should choose either WeChat or QQ, giving her no chance to refuse.

“…” Xia Ruoming was completely speechless. What’s the deal? I clearly ignored you, why do you keep pursuing me?

But Xia Ruoming didn’t want to change seats, after all, having Ye Han beside her had blocked quite a few troublesome matters, it was choosing the lesser of two evils.

“Hey, you’re not deaf and mute, can’t you hear people talking? I’m asking to add you as a friend.” Seeing Xia Ruoming not responding again like before, she thought Xia Ruoming might have hearing problems and raised her voice a notch.

“…Sorry, I didn’t bring my phone, so I can’t add you.” Xia Ruoming was pushed to her limit and made up a rather poor excuse. Although her phone was on her, she couldn’t think of a better reason at the moment.

“Who are you trying to fool? What era is this, who doesn’t carry a phone?” Ye Han rolled her eyes, somewhat dissatisfied, “Then just give me your QQ or WeChat ID, I’ll add you myself, you just need to accept.”

“Um… actually, I don’t have QQ or WeChat, so let’s not.” Xia Ruoming said helplessly.

Ye Han directly gave Xia Ruoming a blank look, wondering how someone could be so bad at lying.

“Are you trying to fool ghosts? You’re sitting at this table, and you don’t have QQ or WeChat?”

Xia Ruoming felt completely hopeless. Miss Ye, there are so many good women in this world, what did I do to make you so obsessed after just one look? You could lock in with Xu Fengwu like in the past life… well, maybe you’d better not lock in with Xu Fengwu this life, finding someone else would be good too.

Of course, Xia Ruoming didn’t know that Ye Han always felt people who actively approached her had ulterior motives, and she maintained a strong sense of vigilance. Instead, someone like Xia Ruoming who she found pleasing to the eye and had no ulterior motives was exactly what suited her heart.

“No, really, I’m telling the truth. Look at my clothes, they’re all from street vendors, I can’t even afford a smartphone.” Xia Ruoming said while tugging at her jacket to show Ye Han.

“…”

Ye Han was also stumped by Xia Ruoming’s words. If she wasn’t lying, how could someone without money or background be brought in by Jiang Huaiyun? But if she was lying, her clothes were indeed cheap enough, something Ye Han would definitely never wear.

“It’s okay, I’ll buy you a new phone!” After being silent for a while, Ye Han thought of a new solution and shouted it out, attracting quite a few onlookers.

What’s going on, did the crazy lady already win over this new young lady? This doesn’t seem right.

“Um… I don’t accept charity, it would weigh on my conscience. I wouldn’t be able to sleep well at night.”

After saying this, Xia Ruoming felt she could barely keep it together and couldn’t make up more excuses. She could only turn her head away, covering her mouth and stifling a laugh.

“Then give me your phone number! No, if you don’t give it to me, it doesn’t matter. My Ye family has connections, I’ll find out myself! Just you wait!” Ye Han directly stared at Xia Ruoming with puffed cheeks. She had figured it out, this person simply didn’t want to have any contact with her.

Why not! Was she not pretty enough? Compared to those random fresh faces, she was much better, right? Even if she thought her reputation was too notorious, shouldn’t she get to know her first before making a decision? How could she just jump to conclusions like this?

“Cough cough…” Xia Ruoming had just taken a sip of tea when she heard Ye Han’s words, and almost spat it out, choking a bit.

Xia Ruoming stared at Ye Han with a somewhat resentful gaze, but Ye Han met her gaze without backing down.

A few seconds later, Xia Ruoming sighed helplessly.

She had indeed forgotten that Ye Han had this ability, there was almost nothing she wanted that she couldn’t get. But for something like her phone number, she wouldn’t even need to use her family’s power.

As if resigned to her fate, Xia Ruoming took out her phone, opened her QQ, and showed her number to Ye Han.

After adding Xia Ruoming, Ye Han watched her accept the friend request.

Only after seeing Xia Ruoming’s ID in her friend list did Ye Han nod with satisfaction.

“Actually, I knew you had a phone all along, I was just teasing you.” Ye Han’s face showed a trace of smugness, “Trying to fool me? No way.”

“Tell me… when did you figure it out?” Xia Ruoming asked curiously.

“Of course it was when you said you didn’t have WeChat. You probably don’t know, but my hearing is very good. When you finished playing the piano, someone exchanged contact information with you, right?” Seeing Xia Ruoming’s curious expression, Ye Han said leisurely, “I heard you say something like ‘my WeChat is…’ at that time. Following this logic, your second excuse was false, so the first excuse was probably false too. I thought I had guessed wrong when you said you didn’t have a phone, but just now I heard your suppressed laughter, and I knew you were definitely lying to me.”

After finishing, Ye Han struck a pose that said “I’m so awesome, hands on hips,” feeling that getting things through her own efforts was more to her liking.

Realizing that she had dug her own trap, Xia Ruoming, who was completely done, directly lay down on the table. She had already exchanged contact information with all the people she knew from her past life who could help her, so there was no point in staying at the party anymore. Xia Ruoming decided to play dead and slack off until the party ended.