As he looked over and seemed to recognize her, Chen Jiaojiao opened her mouth to speak.
"How is your hand?"
Just then, a bus arrived behind her, and the driver long-honked, urging her to move.
Beep—
Xiang Yang heard nothing, afraid the bus would leave without him, so he quickly stood up and ran towards the back.
He was the only one to board the bus. The driver swiftly closed the doors, drove around Chen Jiaojiao in front, and pulled away.
Chen Jiaojiao stared at the passing bus, number 168, and was speechless.
How could this person be so rude? She tried to be nice and ask about him, but...
One-sixty-eight. She glanced at the bus route map next to her.
This bus went to the university town, and it was the last one.
This person wasn't a resident of the complex. Was he a student? Then why was he walking his dog in the complex that night?
Chen Jiaojiao's intuition told her that something was not simple.
Feeling guilty towards this young man, she decided to go and check.
If he was a poor student and she had caused him to be bitten by a dog due to her negligence, she wanted to compensate him somehow.
Chen Jiaojiao disliked owing others.
She followed him all the way to the vicinity of Xiang Yang's school before he got off the bus.
His phone was almost out of battery, so he had turned off his music and taken off his headphones.
He was walking briskly forward when a car slowly entered his field of vision.
The car window rolled down, and the same female voice returned to his ears.
"Hey, stop. Don't you feel anything after I've been following you?"
Xiang Yang stopped and turned to look into the car.
It was her again.
This woman was quite something, following him all the way from the entrance of the complex to here.
"Do you need something? Sorry, I didn't hear what you said earlier."
Chen Jiaojiao pulled the car over and got out, leaning against the car.
"What could it be? It's about you being bitten by a dog that day... Aren't you a resident of that complex?"
After being bitten by the dog that night, the student's mother had also noticed the abnormality on Xiang Yang's arm and asked him what happened.
Xiang Yang simply said he had fallen by accident.
As a university student, he knew he had to go to the hospital for a rabies vaccine immediately after being bitten by a dog.
However, it was too late that day, and he had too many classes in the past two days. He didn't want to lose his hard-earned tutoring job after school.
So, he planned to wait until Sunday to go.
None of his roommates had noticed anything unusual about him. Chen Jiaojiao was the first person to show such eager concern.
However, he was old enough to take care of himself and didn't need anyone's concern.
"I'm a student at South University, and I tutor in your complex. The injury is fine now, thank you for your concern."
Tutoring, Chen Jiaojiao realized.
"So, have you been to the hospital for the vaccine?"
"Yes, I have."
Xiang Yang thought the conversation could end here, but Chen Jiaojiao said again.
"I'm sorry. I haven't had this kind of experience before, so I don't know how many injections there are in total, or how much each one costs."
"Your living expenses as a student must not be much. I bear half the responsibility for what happened."
"How about this, tell me how much you spent, and I'll pay you back half."
This woman, with her bright face and hot figure, and her fiery demeanor, looked like a formidable woman, but she turned out to be quite decent.
Xiang Yang couldn't help but chuckle at her sense of responsibility.
"No need, it wasn't much. It has nothing to do with you; it was my own carelessness that day."
"It's so late, and I've troubled you to come all this way. Hurry back."
She was just a student working in the complex; it wouldn't do to ignore her being bitten by a dog.
Perhaps he was a man and too proud to ask her for money.
Chen Jiaojiao insisted.
"Don't be shy with me. Responsibility is responsibility. I'm a reasonable person; don't let my conscience bother me."
"Tell me the cost quickly, and I'll transfer it to you."
The more she insisted, the more awkward Xiang Yang felt as a man.
"Really, no need. It's not much money; I can afford it. Hurry back."
With that, he turned and started to run.
Chen Jiaojiao watched him run, "You really don't want it?"
"Really, no need. Hurry back!"
It was a small incident, and once it passed, Chen Jiaojiao didn't dwell on it.
Unexpectedly, by sheer coincidence, she got drunk with Jiang Nan Fang that evening, called for a designated driver, and ran into him again.
The three of them had drunk quite a bit. Before she lost complete consciousness, Jiang Nan Fang declared the pleasant day over.
She still had to go back to be with her children.
A Cheng and his brothers had been following not too far behind; Jiang Nan Fang was aware of it.
That was why she dared to go out and play so unrestrainedly today, not even picking up the children.
Since Zhan Bei Jue remembered that he was the biological father of the children and wanted to show off, she would give him a chance.
After all, she wouldn't mind a few more people helping to look after the children.
Seeing her stagger out of the bar, A Cheng immediately went to her.
"Madam, I'll take you home."
"Where are the children?"
"At home. My brother is with them."
Jiang Nan Fang walked to the car and waved to the two of them.
"Forgive me, their mother, I have no choice. I'll be going ahead; let's meet another day."
Just then, Xiang Yang arrived in front of them, wearing the fluorescent vest of a designated driver company, riding a small electric scooter.
His young, handsome face was illuminated by the hazy red light of the bar signs, making him look particularly vibrant.
Chen Jiaojiao recognized him at a glance.
Xiang Yang arrived at the destination according to the mobile navigation, stopped the electric scooter, and looked down at his phone.
After a moment, his gaze fell on the two of them. Perhaps he recognized Chen Jiaojiao too, looking surprised and a bit shy.
"Which one is Ms. Chen? I'm the designated driver."
Chen Jiaojiao, holding the heavily intoxicated Zhou Jinbei, took a step closer to him.
"It's me, I called for the designated driver. Don't you need to go back to school this late?"
It was already ten o'clock at night. After finishing this job, Xiang Yang had to return to school.
Chen Jiaojiao's question made him a bit awkward.
"I'll go back after I drop you off. Where is the car? I'll put the electric scooter in."
Chen Jiaojiao handed him the key and pointed in the direction of the car.
He nimbly folded the electric scooter and put it in the trunk.
Looking at his young and earnest profile, Zhou Jinbei pinched Chen Jiaojiao's face.
"Where did this handsome young man come from? Do you know him?"
Chen Jiaojiao looked at his profile.
"I've met him once. He tutors in our complex for students."
"Why is this kid so short of money? He tutors and also drives for a living."
"What? Are you feeling sorry for him?"
Zhou Jinbei smiled at her meaningfully.
"Do you think everyone is like you, born with a silver spoon in their mouth? Many people can't even afford tuition fees and spend their days working hard to earn a living."
"As if you've experienced that kind of life."
Chen Jiaojiao nudged her with her arm.
"Let's go. If we delay too long, it'll be troublesome for him to get back to school. Get in the car quickly."