Rebirth of the Cannon Fodder in the Entertainment Circle

Chapter 238 - 238 237 Change

?Chapter 238: Chapter 237 Change Chapter 238: Chapter 237 Change The following day, after Luo Ning finished shooting her scenes, she prepared to have the driver take her to the Ji Family.

Today, a dinner was arranged for both families to officially acknowledge their godparent relationship.

As soon as Luo Ning left the set, she saw Ji Xinghang standing not far away, his car parked beside him, obviously here to pick her up.

Seeing Luo Ning emerge, Ji Xinghang took the cigarette from his mouth, extinguished it, and threw it into the trash can.

Then he proactively opened the passenger-side door, “Ningning, this way.”

Luo Ning nodded at him and then got into the car.

The first glance she had of Ji Xinghang revealed to her that he had changed a lot.

The change was mainly in his demeanor; he used to have a kind of disdainful coldness, a cool aura, clearly exhibiting the vitality and unrestrained boldness of someone in their twenties.

But having not seen him for just one day, his whole person seemed much more calm and restrained, and even exuded an indescribable sense of melancholy and world-weariness.

This wasn’t something that could change in a short amount of time.

Remembering what Aunt Lan had said and seeing Ji Xinghang now made Luo Ning even more certain of her speculation.

Once in the car, Ji Xinghang stole several glances at Luo Ning, as if he couldn’t get enough of her, but with restraint.

If this were before, his secret looks would be open and unabashed, afraid that Luo Ning wouldn’t notice.

Luo Ning felt quite uneasy about Ji Xinghang’s change.

However, she really wanted to know something, so she took the initiative to speak, “I heard from Aunt Lan that you had a dream the night before last, a dream in which I jumped off a building.”

Ji Xinghang, who was driving, nearly hit the brakes upon hearing this.

Then he pulled the car over to an empty space not far away and stopped.

He asked, “I’d like to smoke a cigarette, do you mind?”

Luo Ning shook her head, “I don’t mind, go ahead.”

Only then did Ji Xinghang roll down the window and light a cigarette.

After a while, he began to speak, “I didn’t just dream of you jumping off a building, I dreamt a lot of things.”

“Every little moment from our childhood until now, I’ve dreamt it all over again, and then I also dreamt that we never broke up, I…”

He roughly recounted the events of his dream, ending with the part where he learned of Luo Ning’s suicide.

His eyes turned red again, but this time he held back his tears.

Luo Ning didn’t show any sign of surprise after listening, because what Ji Xinghang had dreamt was indeed what had happened in their past life.

It seemed that Ji Xinghang had also indirectly undergone reincarnation, right?

But if it was reincarnation, then he must have died too.

So she asked, “Did you die of old age, or…?”

Ji Xinghang’s body shuddered involuntarily upon hearing Luo Ning’s question.

It meant that Luo Ning wasn’t surprised by his dream, so his premonition must be real.

His dream was about real events that had happened; more precisely, they were their past lives.

Not only had Luo Ning experienced it before, but she had also come back.

He fell silent for a moment and then said, “I also died by jumping off a building.”

This time, Luo Ning showed a look of surprise, turning to look at him, “Why?”

Considering Ji Xinghang’s luck and the status of the Ji Family, it seemed unlikely that anyone could force him to jump.

Ji Xinghang pursed his lips, “I suddenly felt life was meaningless, so I jumped.”

Luo Ning: “…” It was indeed something Ji Xinghang could do, just so wilful.

She frowned slightly, “Have you thought about what Aunt Lan and Uncle Ji would do after your suicide by jumping off a building?”

Remorse showed in Ji Xinghang’s eyes, “I didn’t think that much at the time, just felt that I should atone for my sins. So I jumped.”

“I don’t regret jumping off the building, but I do feel guilty for letting my parents down.”

At that time, even though his mother had severed ties with him, one should know that she would probably be heartbroken if he had jumped to his death.

And his father, in a past life he was very rebellious, often deliberately angering the other party or intentionally doing the opposite of what was expected, and he had never truly been filial.

Luckily, it was still not too late for him to make amends now.

In this life, he would definitely not upset his parents again and would be filially dedicated to them.

Luo Ning could guess why Ji Xinghang jumped; she sighed, “You really didn’t need to do that.”

“Both of us had problems at the time, so even if I died, you wouldn’t need to atone for anything.”

If she had decided to break up with Ji Xinghang sooner, maybe things wouldn’t have turned out that way.

But she just couldn’t let go in her previous life, years of feelings weren’t something she could sever just like that.

And she was quite stubborn, so once she set her mind on Ji Xinghang, she decided that as long as he didn’t propose a breakup, or cheat, she would cling to the relationship.

Who could have predicted it would end like that?

The key point was that she had never wanted to jump, she was completely out of control.

“I can’t accept that you would commit suicide by jumping. With your personality, I feel you would never make such a choice.”

Ji Xinghang spoke with evident pain, “But you did exactly that, I can’t even dare to think about how desperate and pained you must have felt, and I bear a great responsibility for it.”

Hearing this, Luo Ning didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

All those years of feelings weren’t fake, Ji Xinghang did understand her quite well.

“I really didn’t intend to jump, but at that time, I completely couldn’t control myself.”

“From the rooftop to jumping down, I was like a bystander, as if someone else was controlling my body, so you don’t need to feel so guilty.”

“If it weren’t for uncontrollably jumping, no matter what setbacks I faced, I would never have chosen that path.”

She even added disdainfully, “Besides, how ugly must it be to fall from a building! How could I possibly make that choice?”

Ji Xinghang turned his head and peered intently at her, “Are you saying you jumped off the building against your will, like you were being controlled by someone?”

Luo Ning nodded, “It’s not like, I was indeed controlled and pushed to jump.”

She didn’t tell Ji Xinghang that they once lived inside a book, as it was, after all, too unbelievable.

Ji Xinghang finally understood, “I see, I knew you wouldn’t do it.”

“Even if you were ready to leave me, you wouldn’t possibly leave Aunt Xin and Xixi.”

Otherwise, Luo Ning wouldn’t have asked him immediately whether, at the time of the jump, he had thought about his parents.

Luo Ning nodded in agreement, “Yeah, how could I possibly leave my mother and brother to commit suicide? I’m not insane.”

“That’s really strange. I was the same way in the dream, often unable to control myself from being good to Bo Xiangxiang.”

“And there were also some things that happened which felt like insurmountable forces.”

He told Luo Ning about the weird things that had happened, like the plane incident.

Luo Ning thought to herself, the power of the book was not something you could resist, “It’s indeed very strange, but those things are in the past. Just treat it like it really was a dream.”

In a previous life, her and Ji Xinghang’s entanglement was brief, and although the power of the book constrained and controlled them, leading to many misunderstandings and hurts between them,
But apart from the part about Bo Xiangxiang, since entering the entertainment circle, Ji Xinghang had truly been a dog to her.