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Chapter 104 - 104 104 Late
Chapter 104 - 104 104 Late
?Chapter 104: Chapter 104 Late Chapter 104: Chapter 104 Late The group didn’t stay long on the beach before they boarded the helicopter arranged by the production team to leave.
The current episode of the survival live broadcast also came to an end.
The guests and trainees were all tired, and the director, uncharacteristically considerate, did not squeeze more time out of them, so the public performance was set for a week later.
Everyone could go back to rest for a couple of days before starting to compose music and choreograph dances.
After getting off the helicopter, Luo Ning received a call from her mother, asking her to go directly to Ji Xinghang’s house for dinner.
Ji Xinghang also received a call from his mom, telling him to go home with Luo Ning.
This made him uncontrollably joyful, so he walked over to Luo Ning and asked, “Ningning, Aunt Jiang is at my place, my mom told us to go back together.”
Luo Ning nodded, “I know, I’ll take your car there in a bit.”
A sunny smile appeared on Ji Xinghang’s face, “Great!”
Just then, as he walked out of the passageway, the fans who were there to pick him up saw his smile and went wild.
“Ahh, Star baby!”
“Star baby looks so handsome when he smiles like that.”
Ji Xinghang usually adopted a cool, bold, and unrestrained style, so he almost never showed this kind of sunny smile in public.
Suddenly smiling like that, the fans were captivated.
Hearing the fans’ shouts, Ji Xinghang was taken aback.
Then he saw Luo Ning disapprovingly stepping a few steps away from him, “…”
He originally wanted to get closer, but his fans were too wild, so he had to go forward to appease them.
There were also quite a few Ning Fans who came, and upon seeing Luo Ning, they couldn’t contain their excitement either.
“Ningbao, Ningbao!”
“Ahh, Ningbao is still so beautiful even without makeup.”
“No makeup, no beauty filters, Ningbao’s natural beauty is so resilient.”
“Ningbao, we are here!” The fans, holding various cheering props, called out to Luo Ning.
Luo Ning walked over with a radiant smile, waving to everyone, “Hello, Lemons, thank you all for coming to pick me up.”
Then she gestured a shush sign with her hand at her mouth, “Let’s all keep it down a bit, so we don’t disturb other passengers at the airport.”
The fans expressed understanding and also made shush gestures, “Okay, we’ll be quiet.”
“Ningbao, could you sign something for us?” A devoted fan couldn’t help but look at Luo Ning with hope.
Luo Ning laughed softly, “Of course.”
“Let’s go sign over there.” She pointed to a quiet corner not far away.
“Okay.” The Ning Fans all nodded and made way.
Luo Ning led them over, signing one by one, and also agreed to take photos with them.
“Thank you for coming to pick me up, be safe on your way home, it was hard work!”
After the photos, she continued with a laugh, “I will paint a Luck Talisman on my Weibo tomorrow night and share it, just leave a comment with a ‘1’ under my Weibo post and share it to activate it.”
These were fans who genuinely liked her, some of whom had even traveled from other cities just to pick her up; she truly appreciated their affection.
Thus, she also wanted to do something for her fans.
She had been browsing through her phone’s Weibo earlier and saw many comments wishing for her to share more talismans, so she decided to use that as a way to thank the fans who came to pick her up.
The fans didn’t expect such a pleasant surprise, “Ahh, Ningbao, how can you be so nice.”
“We are so blessed, thank you, Ningbao.”
Luo Ning waved goodbye to everyone with a smile and then went to the parking lot with Xi Shu ahead of everyone else.
The fans whispered from behind.
“Ningbao, Mama loves you!”
“Wife, love you, love you!”
With Luo Ning’s reminders and a large fan-controlled scene, the Ning Fans were quite restrained. They didn’t shout loudly and even cleaned up and took away their trash before heading home.
Ji Xinghang was surrounded by Star Fans.
Tong Jia and the others also had fans pick them up, so they were interacting with their fans at this time.
Lu Xun had to take a connecting flight abroad because of some business and wouldn’t be back until tomorrow. His fans all knew this, so none of them came to pick him up at the airport; otherwise, the place would have been incredibly crowded.
When Ji Xinghang made it to the car park, it was already twenty minutes later.
He opened the car door and got in, then looked apologetically at Luo Ning and said, “Ningning, sorry for making you wait.”
He really hadn’t meant to delay; there were simply too many fans today, and he couldn’t get away for quite a while.
Luo Ning shook her head indifferently, “It’s fine.”
She was quite understanding about these kinds of things.
Before getting on Ji Xinghang’s nanny van, Luo Ning had sent Xi Shu home first, and Ji Xinghang had also sent his assistant home.
Now it was just the two of them in the car.
Luo Ning took out her phone and began to scroll through Weibo and the news, causing Ji Xinghang some discomfort.
In the past, whenever they were alone together, Luo Ning would never play with her phone but would instead find topics to chat with him about.
He pursed his lips and initiated a conversation, “Ningning, do you have any plans after finishing this variety show?”
Luo Ning continued to look at her phone, “I’m planning to film a movie.”
Ji Xinghang cautiously asked, “I have two scripts here that I feel are quite suitable for you, do you want to take a look?”
These two scripts were ones he had asked his new agent and a director friend to look for; the female lead roles were very appealing, and the stories were good, with the potential for success.
Hearing this, Luo Ning looked up in surprise, “Ji Xinghang, have you been having problems with your brain recently?”
Previously, not only would he not help her find scripts, but he was also completely unconcerned and inquisitive about whether she was doing shows or filming movies.
Ji Xinghang: “…” He felt that it was his past self that had been problematic.
He pursed his lips again and explained, “I’m sorry about the past, so I want to change. I won’t ignore you like I did before.”
Luo Ning had a hard-to-describe feeling in her heart. If Ji Xinghang had been like he was now in their past life, they wouldn’t have reached that final outcome.
After a moment of silence, she said, “It’s too late!”
“Ningning, I…” Ji Xinghang’s heart wrenched at those words, frantic to speak.
But Luo Ning interrupted him, looking at him seriously, “Ji Xinghang, you want to make amends, but I no longer need it.”
“My agent will find scripts for me, so you don’t need to make any futile efforts. You don’t owe me anything, and I don’t need your compensation.”
In her relationship with Ji Xinghang, the good she did for him was voluntary and initiated by her.
There’s no rule that says, ‘I like you, so you must reciprocate the same feelings and kindness.’
Of course, she had the right to choose to give up.
Ji Xinghang’s heart hurt so much that he even found it difficult to breathe. He wanted to say something, but he didn’t know how to start.
After Luo Ning finished speaking, she went back to looking at her phone, clearly not wanting to continue the previous topic with Ji Xinghang.
Ji Xinghang tried to speak several times, but each time he swallowed his words back down.
Just like that, the drive went by in silence, until they arrived at the Ji Family’s villa, where Ji Xinghang took the initiative to get out and open the car door for Luo Ning.
“Thank you,” Luo Ning said to him after getting out of the car, polite yet distant.
Ji Xinghang was reminded of the past, of times they went home together in the car.
It was as if he could once again hear her coquettish voice saying, “Ji Xinghang, help me open the car door, you’re the best.”
“Ji Xinghang, my hand hurts, I don’t want to pull the car door.”
“Ji Xinghang, you don’t care for me anymore, actually making me open the door myself.”
“Ji Xinghang…”
Ji Xinghang’s heart clenched even harder; he longed to hear and see Luo Ning’s coquettish voice and behavior when asking him to open the car door for her again.