If The Moon Won’t Hold You

iu Xin was fired, the surrounding people have also become more cautious towards her…

In the evening, Cen Ning went home.

Aunt Chen boiled a big pot of soup tonight and asked her and Wei Pinfang to come over for dinner.

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“Ningning, I think you’re still too thin.
Come on, eat more meat.” Xu Wanying held out her chopsticks and put the meat in her bowl.

Cen Ning had her eyes lowered and was looking at her rice, but did not respond.

Xu Wanying: “Ningning?”

Wei Pinfang turned to look at her and patted the back of her hand holding the spoon.
“What are you thinking about?”

Cen Ning suddenly returned to her senses.
“Huh?”

Wei Pinfang said with dissatisfaction, “Pay attention when you eat.
What are you dazed for?”

Yan Xingzhi, who was sitting opposite, also looked up at Cen Ning, only to see that her ears were slightly red, and her eyes looked a little flustered.
He leaned back, picked up his glass, and took a sip of water.

Cen Ning: “I’m sorry… I just lost my mind.”

Xu Wanying smiled.
“It’s okay, are you too tired from tutoring recently?”

Cen Ning was not very good at lying, so she looked down to hide the guilty conscience in her eyes.
“It’s okay.”

Yan Guofeng: “Ningning, don’t go if you are tired, and rest at home for a few days during summer break.”

Cen Ning shook her head.
“Grandpa, I’m fine, I’m not tired.”

Yan Guofeng: “Child, you are so stubborn.”

 …

After dinner, Cen Ning sat on the sofa in the living room.
She was chatting with Yan Guofeng.
Later, when Yan Guofeng returned to the room, she sat by herself.
The matters in Tianying in the past two days have made her feel very entangled and complex, and some thoughts couldn’t come out of her mind.

Tired of thinking and she had a dry mouth, Cen Ning reached for the glass on the coffee table.
As soon as she touched the wall of the cup, the back of her hand suddenly became hot.

Looking up, she saw a slender hand covering the back of her hand.
The joints of that hand were strong, and the lines were particularly beautiful.

The owner of the hand was obviously reaching out to grab the cup, but he didn’t expect to collide with someone.
After a pause, he said, “It’s mine.”

Cen Ning’s eyes shifted slightly.
Only then did she realize that the water cup she had been drinking from was a little on the left, and the one in her hand was Yan Xingzhi’s.

“Ah… Okay.” Cen Ning let go of her hand suddenly, but the hand that was covering the back of her hand was still covering her own.
It was warm.
She could feel a thin callus on her fingertips, and the blood vessels on the back of her hand could be seen when the callus touched her skin shuddered inexplicably.

Cen Ning: “…”

After two or three seconds, he let go of her hand in a leisurely manner.
He took the glass and glanced at her lightly.
“Is there a problem at work?”

Cen Ning’s heart was beating wildly, and she hurriedly took a sip of water to suppress her shock, “Yes… but no.”

“Hm?”

Cen Ning calmed down and looked at him seriously.
“I want to resign.”

Yan Xingzhi: “Resign?”

“Mhm.”

“Why?”

Cen Ning hesitated and said, “Everyone has misunderstood me.
Before that, Liu Xin was fired by Mr.
Hao Jie.
The people in the company… they think it’s because of me.”

Yan Xingzhi frowned.
“So they are giving you a hard time?”

Cen Ning shook her head.
“They didn’t give me a hard time, instead they treated me very well, a little good, too good… not normal.”

Clenching the wall of the cup tightly, Cen Ning summoned a lot of courage and said, “Xingzhi Gege, everyone says that I have a backer and background, so I’m not easy to mess with.”

Yan Xingzhi raised his eyebrows slightly and said as a matter of fact.
“They’re quite sensible.”

Cen Ning: “…”

Yan Xingzhi saw her like this.
She looked like she was hesitating to say anything, and he reacted.
“You don’t like it? Does this affect your work?”

Cen Ning replied with difficulty.
“I don’t know how to stay there calmly with them like this… I don’t even know what I did wrong, and everyone won’t tell me.”

Yan Xingzhi slowly reacted.
“So, you want to tell me that when I asked people to take care of you, it was unnecessary and it even hurt you?”

“No, no!” Cen Ning was abruptly frightened into a cold sweat by his words, “It’s not your problem, because we were all at peace in the beginning! It’s because Liu Xin was talking nonsense before that made everyone assume other things.
“

After she finished speaking, she glanced at him cautiously.
“I don’t blame you, I just wanted to tell you I want to resign…”

Yan Xingzhi did not speak.

Cen Ning looked at his frighteningly cold profile and stretched out her hand to pull on the hem of his clothes.
“Gege… You won’t be angry, will you?”

Yan Xingzhi looked at her sideways, but he remained silent.

Cen Ning was about to panic.
“Don’t be angry, I know appreciation… I’m really glad you helped me, really.”

The pitiful and frightened little face, with a pair of big doe eyes trembling slightly, was funny and cute.

“Okay.” Yan Xingzhi eased his expression.
“I lacked some consideration in this matter.”

Cen Ning: “No…”

“If you want to resign, just resign.
That kind of place is not suitable for you.”

Cen Ning: “I will definitely find some place better.”

Yan Xingzhi patted her head smoothly.
“Don’t worry, take your time.”

“Mhm.”

She was still frowning, looking worried.
Yan Xingzhi could not hold back, and he stretched out his hand and pinched her face that seemed to squeeze water.
“Still hanging your face? When Grandpa sees it, he would think you were bullied or something.”

Cen Ning was pinched and became dazed that she raised her eyes and looked into his eyes, only to see that his expression was as usual.
However, there was a small smile in his eyes, and there was a little light in the smile, as if all he had been her figure in his eyes.

Cen Ning: “…Oh.”

The corners of Yan Xingzhi’s mouth pursed slightly, and he let go: “Go sleep early.”

After speaking, he got up and went upstairs into his bedroom.

Downstairs, Cen Ning still sat on the sofa.
She dazedly raised her hand and pressed her cheek.

“Cen Ning, where’s brother?” Yan Xingyao came in from outside.

Cen Ning: “Upstairs.”

“Oh.” Yan Xingyao turned around and was about to go upstairs, but after a few steps he turned around and asked, “Do you have a fever?”

Cen Ning: “Huh?”

“Your face is so red.”

Cen Ning was startled, and she quickly got up.
“No, it’s just a little hot.”

Yan Xingyao watched Cen Ning hurry out of the living room and head towards the annex where she lived.
He frowned.
“Hot? Isn’t the air conditioner on?”