Chapter 551: The Socially Afraid Student and His Overbearing CEO Boyfriend (5)
The socially anxious classmate and his overbearing boyfriend (Part 5)
Song Ning just took a look at Lance's wound and lowered his head.
As the hair fell, Song Ning's vision became dim, and his mood instantly became much lower.
For a moment, he even began to doubt whether he was dreaming.
Otherwise, why would someone come to me just to help him?
If everyone was really so nice, how could he have lived such a hard life until today?
When he thought of this, Song Ning's pupils dilated again.
He remembered that he had just hurried over to continue his part-time job, but after arriving he heard such bad news. This was the rhythm he was familiar with, this was his dark, disaster-filled life.
This is what he should...
"It's like this. I didn't have time to thank you yesterday so I asked a friend to help me look for you. I just found out that your part-time job is not legal at all. I don't want you to be harmed by such a person, and I don't want him to harm more people, so I asked a friend to help report him."
Lance weighed his words carefully, keeping his tone at a level that indicated the enthusiasm for his savior, but not too much.
"Sure enough, such social parasites were successfully reported. I just happened to be discharged from the hospital. Firstly, I wanted to treat you to a meal and tell you the good news. Secondly, my dear, you seem to be looking for a part-time job? I know some more formal channels. I wonder if you are interested?"
Song Ning's distracted eyes gradually became filled with confusion.
What, what?
He tried to sort out his confused thoughts for a while before he opened his mouth slowly.
"You want to treat me to a meal?"
Lance was stunned for a moment, and then a smile and tenderness flashed across his eyes.
He thought Ningning would care more about her part-time job now, but he didn't expect that in Ningning's heart he was really more important than her part-time job?
His tone became softer and full of gratitude but not too much. Lance patted Song Ning's arm gently in an adult manner.
"Yeah, after all, you saved my life, so it's normal to treat your benefactor to a meal, right? And this black part-time job is not good, and we can be regarded as getting rid of harm to the people by dealing with it. Shouldn't we celebrate?"
Song Ning was so confused that he even forgot that he had worked for half a month but had not received any wages. He nodded in a daze.
“Y-yes?”
"That's right. I have a friend who cooks delicious Cantonese cuisine. I wonder if you are free to have a meal with me?"
While Lance was asking, he had actually already reached out and lightly put his arm around Song Ning's shoulders and led him into the car.
It was not until he sat down in the hotel that Song Ning looked at the bright, clean hotel full of the atmosphere of fireworks, and his dazed mind finally gradually returned to its senses.
He subconsciously glanced around - it was just past dinner time, and there were two or three tables around, obviously families having dinner, chatting casually while eating in a relaxed and natural manner. On the table were various dishes with light flavors, which looked like large portions, unlike the restaurants he had seen on TV that were expensive and small in quantity and very unreasonably cheap.
Song Ning breathed a sigh of relief for some reason and gently pushed away the menu that Lance handed over.
"You, you can have some. I'm not picky. I can eat anything."
He immediately lowered his head to hide his nervousness.
Lance did not delay and ordered blanched Chinese cabbage, fish maw, pork tripe and chicken, and a bowl of raw pigeon congee.
After ordering, he immediately noticed that Song Ning breathed a sigh of relief again.
Fortunately, this man who looked very rich did not order a large table of food just to repay him, Song Ning thought.
Otherwise, if this man finds out that he has a poor appetite and can't eat much and wastes food, he will definitely be so angry that he will want to beat himself up.
Lance had some idea of what Song Ning was thinking. Even if it wasn't completely right, it was pretty close.
He had some impression of Ningning's personality in this world. The lack of positive responses for a long time led to her increasingly depressed personality. Also, she had stomach problems due to always skipping meals at home. Cantonese food was more suitable for Ningning at this time. Three simple dishes for the two of them would make Ningning feel no burden.
"I hope you don't think I'm stingy. I started from scratch and I'm used to being frugal. I'm also used to not wasting food."
Lance leaned back and put some distance between him and Song Ning, seeming a little embarrassed to explain.
"No, no, it's fine."
Song Ning shook his head quickly, but his head lowered even more.
Lance was not in a hurry to achieve results. He simply explained the matter of the old man and his son-in-law briefly. The focus was to tell Song Ning how bad what the father-in-law and son-in-law did was, and then slowly extended it to the other purpose of his visit tonight.
"But I was a little hasty in this matter. I reported it too quickly. If they investigate, your half-month salary may not be paid to you until the case is thoroughly investigated."
This is a lie. It is basically difficult to recover the money, and even if it is recovered, no one will remember the two hundred yuan that Song Ning deserved.
But Lance needed the money to make a statement.
He pretended not to see the despair in Song Ning's eyes, showing a rare embarrassment for an adult.
"I was a little confused about this matter and didn't do it well. I wanted to repay you but I made you lose your part-time job..."
Song Ning quickly shook his head, "No, it's not your fault."
He didn't know why, but he found it hard to accept seeing this man with such an expression.
I'm used to being misunderstood, but the person in front of me is obviously rich or noble. This person must rarely encounter such a thing, right?
Song Ning didn't want the man to misunderstand his thoughts, so he shook his head to create a slight breeze.
There was tenderness in Lance's eyes, but his face showed even more embarrassment.
"My dear benefactor, you are such a gentle and kind person, but this is the stupidest thing I have done in a long time. How could someone ruin the benefactor's job when he clearly wanted to repay him? My friend scolded me after he finished the job and said that I must find you a suitable part-time job to make up for it. I am so embarrassed by him now."
He looked at Song Ning's expression and saw his true intention.
"I wonder if you can give me this chance to make amends? Otherwise, I may remember this stupid thing I did for the rest of my life."
Song Ning really wanted to say no, a man like him was not worthy of being remembered by the person in front of him for a lifetime.
But when he heard the other person say that he was laughed at by his friends, he felt very sad for him.
It's obviously not this person's fault...
Lansdu saw Song Ning's conflicted look, but he just looked at Song Ning with expectant eyes.
After a long while, Song Ning plucked the fingers hidden under the table.
"Well, then don't remember it. Just tell me where there is a part-time job."
That was enough, he didn't deserve more.