I'm In Love With the Guy I Grew Up With-Chapter 805: So-called Friends (1)

Chapter 805: Chapter 805: So-called Friends (1)
This reason is unrefutable.
Ning Xixi’s cherry lips slightly parted, and for a moment, she couldn’t find words to refuse. She hesitated for a bit, but eventually nodded.
Ji Yebai’s eyes contained a deep hue, and he involuntarily tightened his grip on the chopsticks as he thought of the things Lu Jinjin said.
...
After the meal.
Ning Xixi called Gu Chengzheng to take a day off, and after several tries, she finally found Ling Han’s contact information.
The phone connected with a series of beeps, and Ning Xixi inexplicably felt a bit nervous.
"Hello?" A lazy female voice came from the other end, to which Ning Xixi quickly responded, "This is Ning Xixi."
There was a sudden silence.
After a few seconds, Ling Han’s tone, not particularly pleasant, asked, "Why are you calling me?"
Ning Xixi felt a bit put off, "Um... I’m in Jiangcheng, do you have time? Want to grab a meal?"
"You’re treating?"
"...Yeah."
"Alright, send me the address," Ling Han agreed rather readily.
After hanging up, Ning Xixi thought about Ling Han’s preferences and booked a Sichuan restaurant online.
Towards noon, Ji Yebai drove her to that Sichuan restaurant.
Unfamiliar with Jiangcheng, Ning Xixi picked a somewhat secluded restaurant, and as Ling Han came in, she plopped down in her seat, complaining, "Why did you choose such a remote place?"
"I saw good reviews online." Ning Xixi pulled at the corner of her mouth, explaining, "Sorry about that."
She looked at Ling Han across from her, with her bleached blonde hair in waves and makeup that seemed low quality, making her face look greasy with a few pimples faintly visible.
Ling Han was also looking at her, curling her lips, and when her gaze slid to Ji Yebai beside her, her eyes instantly lit up, "Wow, handsome guy, hello."
Ji Yebai’s gaze was indifferent, and he nodded slightly as a greeting.
"Is this your friend?" Ling Han asked.
"My boyfriend, Ji Yebai." Ning Xixi subconsciously emphasized the word "boyfriend."
Ling Han’s face immediately fell, and she vigorously flipped through the nearby menu, muttering under her breath, "I thought you were pretty well-off, why bring me to such a cheap place..."
Ning Xixi: "..."
Back in middle school, she never told anyone she was Ning Jingshen’s daughter, and everyone thought her family was quite ordinary until one day, Ning Jingshen came to pick her up, with You Ran and Ling Han present, and they realized Ning Xixi was the Ning family’s heiress.
"I remember you liked Sichuan food..." Ning Xixi said softly.
Ling Han rolled her eyes, "I like Western food now. Remember, next time you treat me, take me to that kind of high-end Western restaurant!"
She called a waiter and ordered a table full of relatively expensive dishes, and Ning Xixi reminded, "There are only three of us, we can’t finish too much."
"Hey, why are you so stingy! Ji Handsome, as a man, of course, you should pay the bill, right?"
Ji Yebai said lightly, "Order whatever."
Those three words made Ling Han beam, and she only stopped after ordering a few more dishes.
"Are you studying now?" Ning Xixi tried to find a topic.
"Yeah, I’m at an arts school, studying dance." Ling Han said casually, "Unlike you, the heiress able to attend a Noble high school."
The bitterness in her words was palpable, and she continued, "You really have it good, with a rich dad and such a handsome boyfriend... Oh, Ning Xixi, your boyfriend must be from a wealthy family too. Be careful other women don’t steal him away, better have a kid with him soon to secure your place!"