Mu Jiu Chen: "..." So, in her heart, she had never considered him a man.
"So, you don't want to watch a movie with me?" Mu Jiu Chen asked, his face darkening.
Jiang Nuan, seeing him angry, was not afraid: "Uncle, wasn't what I said clear enough?"
Jiang Nuan thought for a moment and then added, "No, with your emotional intelligence, you probably wouldn't have noticed this issue."
Mu Jiu Chen: "..." Was she calling him emotionally stunted?
"Jiang Nuan, do you know how many women are lining up to be invited to a movie by me?" His voice was angry, the tail end curling with his strong dissatisfaction.
Jiang Nuan believed him, after all, Mu Jiu Chen's reputation was extraordinary: "Uncle, I know. I heard people online say that the women who want to marry you can form a line around Jinshi's third ring road!"
Mu Jiu Chen smiled proudly: "So, me inviting you to a movie is your honor?"
Jiang Nuan found it even more amusing and asked with a smile, "Uncle, what does the Yellow River refer to?"
Mu Jiu Chen was taken aback: "Why are you bringing that up? It's just watching a movie! I'm giving you face, you should at least understand basic social etiquette, young lady."
Mu Jiu Chen felt he was truly having a difficult time. He had personally extended an invitation, and this young girl was acting so disdainful.
Truly a strange creature.
Jiang Nuan: "Uncle, thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. You too will experience being disliked. Not everyone revolves around you, even though your charisma is incredibly powerful."
"So, my charisma didn't reach you?" Mu Jiu Chen felt truly wronged. He had said it himself, yet this little girl wasn't even giving him a little face.
"It did! Didn't I come with you for dinner? My thoughts are all over my face, Uncle, why didn't you see them?" Jiang Nuan was smiling happily, suddenly realizing that teasing Mu Jiu Chen was quite fun.
She could be a bit more unrestrained without any issues.
Mu Jiu Chen shook his head, looking at her face intently: "Sorry, I really didn't see them. Goodbye!"
He was angry. This was the first time in his life that Mu Jiu Chen had invited a girl to a movie and been rejected.
Heh...!
Heh...!!!
Mu Jiu Chen couldn't laugh for some inexplicable reason.
Jiang Nuan watched his somewhat dejected back, his solitary figure making her feel a pang of pity.
She jogged to catch up, "Uncle, although I can't accompany you to the movie, I can accompany you to watch other things."
Mu Jiu Chen didn't bother looking at her and walked ahead: "Watch what?"
"Watch..."
"J, are you there?" A voice suddenly came from the invisible earpiece in Jiang Nuan's collar.
Jiang Nuan: "What's wrong?"
Number One: "I've tracked your location to New Street. There's a perpetrator holding a little girl hostage, and the rescue is extremely difficult. Can you help me now?"
Jiang Nuan's gaze turned cold: "Yes."
Number One: "J, you're five hundred meters behind us, on the top floor. Our people can't get there in time. It's all up to you."
Jiang Nuan: "Understood!"
Mu Jiu Chen had stopped when she was speaking.
Seeing Jiang Nuan's serious expression, he was about to speak when Jiang Nuan preempted him: "Uncle, let's go shopping together next time. I have something to do, so I'll leave now."
Jiang Nuan turned and ran, her speed extremely fast.
Mu Jiu Chen, left behind: "..."
"Jiang Nuannuan, should I add iodine to my salt? To prevent intellectual disability from occurring. You dream of shopping with me, Mu Jiu Chen. Am I that easy to get an appointment with?"
Mu Jiu Chen was exasperated. This deaf and pretending-to-be-mute brat needed special education.
But why was she in such a hurry?
"Ah! Look quickly, someone seems to be jumping off the building on the rooftop."
"It really is! It looks like an adult holding a little girl."
"Oh dear! Which damn father is this? If you want to die, don't take the child with you."
More and more people around Mu Jiu Chen looked up at the rooftop.
Mu Jiu Chen also looked up, then thought about the direction Jiang Nuan had left.
"Damn it, Jiang Nuan is going to die." He cursed and ran after her.
Jiang Nuan arrived at the rooftop at the fastest possible speed. Seeing the man's back, she tried to calm her breathing.
Not far away, the little girl's mother was crying heartbrokenly.
"Yingying, my Yingying, let go of Yingying!"
Three or four men in suits, the building's security, stood beside the woman.
They stood by the woman, not daring to step forward.
Jiang Nuan slowly walked over, her gaze fixed on the man. On the way, Number One had already informed her of the situation.
The man holding the little girl hostage had had relationship problems. He had worked for over ten years and saved money to marry. He finally met a divorced woman willing to be with him. They had been together for two months and were already discussing marriage. He had paid a betrothal gift of 100,000 yuan, but the other party said she also needed a house. The man, seeing that the other party was sincere about building a life with him, gave her the remaining 300,000 yuan.
Overnight, the woman disappeared without a trace. The man was heartbroken, losing both money and love. Thus, he no longer wanted to live and wanted to do something stimulating.
He had been hiding in this building, dispirited, for two days. The little girl was picking up a ball in the fire escape when he took her hostage to the rooftop. At this moment, the man was mentally and physically chaotic.
Standing on the edge, one wrong move and both the adult and the child could fall.
Jiang Nuan was no stranger to such situations. She slowly approached, "Mr. Zhong, can you talk to me for a moment?"
Upon hearing that Jiang Nuan knew him, the man turned around abruptly, looking at Jiang Nuan. He was stunned. What a beautiful woman, but beautiful women were all deceitful.
Just like Lin Fang, who had cheated him out of all his assets, leaving him with nothing.
"Get lost, I don't want to talk to you." The man was very agitated, constantly backing away.
"No, Yingying!" Yingying's mother was on the verge of fainting.
The little girl, however, was not crying or making a fuss, biting her lip tightly as she looked at her mother.
"Alright, alright, I won't talk. But you must really want to know where Lin Fang is, right?"
"Lin Fang, that damn slut, she scammed all my money. Where is she? I want to kill her." He had been so desperate because he couldn't find Lin Fang's whereabouts.
Jiang Nuan: "She is already on her way to see you. Don't you want to hear her explanation about why she took your money and left?"
"Hmph! A骗子 (piànzi - cheat) is a骗子. What's there to explain?"
"What if she didn't cheat you?" Jiang Nuan slowly guided him out of his anger. As long as he calmed down, he would be safe.
"You want to cheat me again? I have no money left. You can't cheat me out of anything anymore. I just want to die. Once I'm dead, it will all be over. This little girl is too cute; let her die with me." The man smiled slightly and turned to jump with the little girl.
"Bastard." Jiang Nuan suddenly dashed forward and lunged. At the last critical moment, she fiercely grabbed the man's collar. The man fell backward violently, but Yingying in his arms was thrown out.
"No!" Jiang Nuan's pupils trembled, and she cried out, jumping after him.
Mu Jiu Chen went upstairs and happened to see Jiang Nuan jumping down. His dark eyes widened abruptly, his entire heart seeming to leap down with her. His expression turned frantic as he ran madly: "Jiang Nuan, you little rascal."