Chapter 70: Chapter 0070: Stingy Ghost?_1
 

“You’re going to be the death of me, do you actually want to see your cousin die of anger before you’re satisfied?” Yang Xinyi’s face swelled red with rage.

“I didn’t do it on purpose.” Tang Ning hung her head low.

“Call that stingy Ghost and explain.” Yang Xinyi ordered.

“I’m too scared.”

“Scared or not, you have to call. You made this mess, so you must explain it yourself.”

“Cousin-in-law is too scary, I’m afraid he’ll spank me again. Cousin, please make the call yourself. If I call, cousin-in-law might not come back, but if you call, he’ll definitely return. Men are prone to make mistakes when they’re angry, and it’s not impossible that, in his anger, he could go to a bar and look for a one-night fling. So, you need to think carefully,” Tang Ning said.

After finishing her words, Tang Ning bolted back to her own room without looking back.

“This is so infuriating.”

Yang Xinyi stood frozen in place, taking out her mobile phone, indecisive.

“This guy’s getting too big for his boots. If I make the call now, won’t he be even more arrogant in the future?”

“But I did mess up. Kicking someone out in the middle of the night wasn’t the right thing to do.”

“What does that have to do with you? That was Tang Ning’s fault.”

“It’s just a phone call, won’t cost me an arm and a leg…”

In her mind, two arguments were clashing. Eventually, Yang Xinyi decided to make the call.

Ye Xiong is probably fuming right now, and just like Tang Ning said, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to lose his senses and go looking for another woman.

With this thought in mind, Yang Xinyi took a deep breath, steeled herself and dialed the number.

Stay calm, she thought, pretend like nothing had happened.

She secretly decided to merely explain the situation; whether he’d come back home or forgive her was his own business. This incident would also reveal whether he was a broad-minded and generous man.

“Who would’ve thought the most romantic thing is growing old with you, slap by slap…”

From the next room, sudden ringing of a cellphone startled Yang Xinyi.

But the call was quickly disconnected. Yang Xinyi wouldn’t have heard it if she hadn’t been right by the door.

Yang Xinyi walked over and pushed the door open, only to see Ye Xiong lying leisurely on the bed, playing with his phone. There wasn’t a trace of anger to be seen.

Seeing Yang Xinyi enter, Ye Xiong chuckled, “Wife, it’s so late and you’re not sleeping, could it be because you can’t sleep without me by your side?”

Looking at his carefree demeanor, Yang Xinyi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

To think she had been worried about him being angry; he didn’t seem the least bit perturbed.

To think she had been afraid that he lacked generosity and magnanimity, yet he hadn’t taken the slightest offense at what had just transpired.

Heartless and carefree, life is easy for someone like him—it’s just his nature.

“Who told you to come back?” Yang Xinyi lifted her eyebrows, feigning anger.

“It’s the middle of the night, where else could I sleep?” Ye Xiong climbed out of bed and walked over to Yang Xinyi, taking her hand and whining like a child, “Wife, don’t be mad, okay? I was just teasing you earlier because you yelled at me so loudly. Tang Ning told me you were sick, so I sped through two or three dozen red lights, crossed thousands of miles, braved the stars and the moon, and traversed mountains and waters to save you, only to be scolded and kicked out as soon as I got back. Do you think it’s easy for me?”

Ye Xiong said this with a pitiful expression on his face.

“Cut it out, do you look like you’re pitiful?” Yang Xinyi gave him a sideways glance.

“If I’m not pitiful, that’s the frost in June, the romance of the wind and snow…”

“Enough, stop showing off your idioms in front of me, go back to school for a few more years then talk,” Yang Xinyi was on the verge of breaking down.

Just as she was about to leave, she realized that at some point, he had grabbed her hand and was avidly caressing it as if it were a treasured possession.

Tsk tsk, my wife’s hand is really beautiful, smooth and tender, with long, slender fingers. If it were holding my little brother below… Ye Xiong’s mind began to run wild with imagination.

“What are you doing, let go.” Yang Xinyi’s anger flared up.

Just now, this guy was bragging and showing off his use of idioms, only to delay time and attract her attention, so he could touch her hand and sneak a feel.

Ye Xiong quickly let go of her hand, laughing, “Wife, how about you don’t go back to your room tonight and sleep here instead? If it’s a big deal, you can take the bed, and I’ll sleep on the floor.”

“I must be sick. I have a fear of germs, afraid that I’ll vomit so much in your bed it’ll turn the world upside down, and I’ll ramble on without end…” Yang Xinyi rolled her eyes, mimicking his use of idioms, and then turned to walk out of the bedroom.

“Indeed, it’s no wonder you are a top scholar. The way you use idioms is nothing short of miraculous, like the work of gods and ghosts, changing the colors of the heavens and earth. I admire it, truly,” Ye Xiong raised his thumb in approval.

Yang Xinyi’s legs weakened, and she nearly fainted from anger.

Early the next morning, Ye Xiong came downstairs for breakfast on time.

Seeing him come down, Tang Ning’s head drooped, and she avoided his gaze.

At her feet lay a travel bag, it seemed that after breakfast, she was going to the airport to return to her home in Kyoto.

“Little cousin, could it be that you can’t bear to leave your cousin-in-law and don’t want to go back?” Ye Xiong teased as he sat down.

He shouldn’t have said anything, but once he did, Tang Ning’s eyes turned red, her lips pouting, looking extremely aggrieved.

“Enough with the act, cousin-in-law forgives you for last night’s incident,” Ye Xiong felt that it was beneath him to get into a petty fight with a high school girl who hadn’t even graduated.

“I apologize to you here, cousin-in-law was wrong, I shouldn’t have spanked you.”

Hearing him say that, Tang Ning’s previously pouting lips immediately turned up into a smile, “Just apologizing and it’s over? Do you know how much physical and psychological harm you’ve caused me this time?”

“What would you have me do?” Ye Xiong smiled.

“Eighty thousand, for my mental and physical damages,” Tang Ning quickly said.

Turns out this young girl had been remembering the eighty thousand yuan he had swindled from her, and it looked like she had been opposing him at every turn recently to get her money back.

Ye Xiong took out his wallet, pulled out a bank card, and threw it on the table.

“Eighty thousand yuan, not a penny more, not a penny less.”

Tang Ning threw herself at the card, holding it in her hands, and in her excitement, planted a kiss on Ye Xiong’s face.

Seeing this, Yang Xinyi’s eyebrows shot up in anger. “Xiao Zhang, you’re not a child anymore; how can you be so reckless?”

“He’s my cousin-in-law; what’s wrong with a little kiss? Cousin, you’re not jealous, are you?” Tang Ning giggled.

“Jealous of your dead head, hand over the card,” Yang Xinyi reached out her hand.

“No, this is what cousin-in-law compensated me with,” Tang Ning clutched the card tightly, refusing to let go no matter what.

“Cousin has already compensated you with eighty thousand, and now you’re taking another eighty thousand. You’re still a high school student; what do you need so much money for?” Yang Xinyi’s voice grew stern as she reached for her phone. “Give it or not? If not, I’m calling aunt.”

The mere mention of calling her cousin made little Tang Ning deflate, and with a drooping head, she handed the card back reluctantly.

Yang Xinyi confiscated the card and then said to Ye Xiong, “Send her to the airport, the noon flight.”

“Mission guaranteed to be completed,” Ye Xiong saluted.

“Still not convinced, are you? Believe it or not, I can confiscate that eighty thousand from you too?” Yang Xinyi saw Tang Ning still in a daze and put on a stern face.

“You can’t confiscate it because I’ve spent it all,” Tang Ning pursed her lips.

“What, spent it all?” Yang Xinyi nearly died of anger. It had only been a few days, and she had already spent all the money?

“Cousin-in-law, let’s go,” afraid that Yang Xinyi would probe further, Tang Ning quickly dragged Ye Xiong away.

(Thanks for the rewards from “Tasty and Flavorful,” “Wind”, “South China Tiger.”)