Stand-In Boyfriend Fu Zheng Ji

Chapter 460 I Understand This
Zhang Ling was a little dazed for a moment because of Li Xiang's words.

She seemed to recall something interesting.

So a happy smile inadvertently appeared on his face.

So Li Xiang pretended to be very sleepy and yawned to remind him:

"Zhang Ling, it's getting late. If you don't have anything else to tell me, go back to bed and have a rest. If you want to see Xiao Douzi again before returning to Wuchuan tomorrow, we have to get up early."

Zhang Ling finally came to her senses and muttered stubbornly:
"Do I need your reminder? Really! I shouldn't have come out just now. Now look what happened. He will definitely misunderstand my behavior. He will misunderstand that I care about him."

I care just because I care.

To be honest, even Zhang Ling herself still can’t figure it out.

She is already engaged to Li Xiang.

Moreover, she and Li Xiang have already formed a family of three because of Xiaodouzi.

The three of them should have been like a real family long ago.

Care for each other, support each other, understand each other...

But the fact is that she still often treats Li Xiang as an ordinary friend and colleague.

Deliberately keep a certain distance.

It feels like it’s because of Qi Diaozhe.

Once bitten, twice shy.

I never dared to accept Li Xiang wholeheartedly.

So even the slightest sign of trouble would make her panic and immediately push Li Xiang away.

To this!

Zhang Ling is also very conflicted.

As my relationship with Li Xiang deepens.

The feeling of guilt in her heart became stronger and stronger.

Because Zhang Ling had once questioned her innermost self without being disturbed by anyone.

Ask her what she thinks of Li Xiang?
An absurd answer kept echoing in her ears.

That is, she used Li Xiang as a tool to deeply torture Qi Diaozhe.

In other words, her outward attitude showed that she had already severed all ties with Qi Diao Zhe'en.

But deep down, Zhang Ling still felt unwilling to accept Qi Diaozhe.

In particular, I was unwilling to give up waiting for Qi Diaozhe for so many years.

It was so cheap to kick Qi Diaozhe away from him.

No matter how you think about it, it's too kind to Qi Diaozhe.

So Zhang Ling subconsciously had the idea of ​​using Li Xiang to torture Qi Diaozhe.

Perhaps the person who truly understands Zhang Ling is Qi Diaozhe.

That's why Qi Diaozhe was still willing to continue pursuing Zhang Ling even after being ruthlessly rejected by her.

That's because Qi Diaozhe knew that Zhang Lingruo had completely vented the grievances that had accumulated in her heart for many years.

I guess I would naturally choose to get back together with him.

At that time, you will have truly achieved your goal.

After all.

For Zhang Ling, perhaps the deeper the love.

The hatred generated becomes deeper.

It can also be said that Zhang Ling did not really let Qi Diaozhe go.

Let yourself go.

This is equivalent to treating her past with Qi Diaozhe as a past that can never be returned to.

Correct!
Sometimes Zhang Ling did fantasize about forgiving Qi Diaozhe.

Then she reunited with the reformed Qi Diaozhe.

Although such thoughts would seem ridiculous to her most of the time when she is calm!
After all, it was true love.

It is not easy to let go in the true sense by simply saying "let it go".

Coincidentally!

The relationship between her and Li Xiang is similar to that of Zhou Yu fighting Huang Gai.

One was willing to fight, the other was willing to be beaten, and they reached a natural understanding.

That's why Zhang Ling was able to use Li Xiang to punish Qi Diaozhe as she wished.

But Zhang Ling has a conscience.

The more times I use Li Xiang.

Zhang Ling's conscience made her feel even more guilty towards Li Xiang.

This is why he instinctively wanted to push Li Xiang away.

But something happened that caught Zhang Ling off guard.

That is, Li Xiang's strong love for her is real.

It is also because of this sincere love.

So the kind-hearted Zhang Ling didn't want to hurt Li Xiang from the bottom of her heart.

I don’t want to be like Qi Diaozhe.

In the end, he became a scumbag who plays with people's feelings.

How to do?
Little did she know that she had decided from the beginning that she would never let Qi Diaozhe off easily.

In the end, it unintentionally turned into a situation where she would never let herself off easily.

Why do you say that?
Because on the surface, it seemed that Zhang Ling was using Li Xiang to punish Qi Diaozhe.

But in fact, she felt extremely tormented in her heart.

On the one hand, her conscience would not allow her to continue to hurt Li Xiang's feelings;

On the other hand, she managed to successfully punish Qi Diaozhe with the help of Li Xiang.

But she felt great satisfaction and pleasure after punishing Qi Diaozhe.

But it is far less lonely and painful than what she caused.

That's right!

You certainly didn't see it wrong.

After punishing Qi Diaozhe, she felt more lonely and painful.

Because every time she punished Qi Diaozhe, she would recall the loneliness and pain she had experienced over the past decade.

How could she not feel lonely and miserable?

That's why she wanted to let Qi Diaozhe go completely.

That's because Qi Diaozhe was completely let off.

Only then did Zhang Ling feel truly relieved and liberated.

Only then will Li Xiang have the opportunity to completely enter her heart.

So it’s not so much that Qi Diaozhe was let off.

It would be better to say that she was creating an opportunity to fully accept Li Xiang.

at this time.

Li Xiang must have heard Zhang Ling's muttering clearly.

So I say with some intention:

"Zhang Ling, what did you say just now? Your voice was too soft! I couldn't hear it clearly."

Zhang Ling said with a somewhat panicked expression:

"Did I say anything? No, I didn't. I think you must have heard me wrong. I didn't say anything."

"Oh!"

Li Xiang saw that Zhang Ling was trying to cover it up and didn't want to say anything.

I saw Zhang Ling standing at the bedroom door in her pajamas again.

Worried that she would catch a cold.

So I kindly urged her to go back quickly.

Maybe the tone of voice was a little uncomfortable.

So he clearly felt that Zhang Ling was very angry and slammed the bedroom door shut.

Accompanied by the sound of a door slamming.

Li Xiang couldn't help but shudder all over.

Some confusing soliloquy:

"Is Zhang Ling angry? Why? Alas, as expected, a woman's heart is as unpredictable as the sea. This mood change is too inexplicable."

now.

Zhang Ling seemed to have the ability to understand Li Xiang's thoughts.

Li Xiang was just about to lie on his back and sleep again.

unexpectedly!

The bedroom door that had just been closed was opened again.

Zhang Ling poked her head out and stared at him fiercely, questioning:
"Hey, what were you talking about?"

In fact, Zhang Ling wanted to ask whether Li Xiang had just said "good night" to her?
Because she vaguely heard it the moment she closed the door.

Then she thought again and felt ashamed for the violent way she had just closed the door.

I originally thought that I just needed to confirm that Li Xiang said "good night".

Then she took the initiative to apologize to Li Xiang for her rude behavior of slamming the door just now.

Li Xiang mistakenly thought that he was overheard when he just said Zhang Ling was "incomprehensible".

So I looked at Zhang Ling's face with some fear and said, "Good night, good night."

He felt that it would be safest to take the initiative to say "good night" at this time.

On the one hand, women in love generally regard "good night" as a subtle way of expressing their love.

He just accidentally forgot.

It should be made up immediately when it is mentioned.

This can also help Zhang Ling get rid of some of her anger.

On the other hand, it can be heard from Zhang Ling’s uncertain tone just now.

Zhang Ling probably didn't hear clearly what he was saying to himself.

Saying "good night" proactively was also to induce Zhang Ling to think that what he just said was "good night".

After confirming that Li Xiang said "good night", Zhang Ling was stunned for a moment.

to be frank.

Sometimes there is a difference between wanting to do something and actually taking action to do it.

Maybe you will hesitate to take action due to laziness, face or other reasons.

So much so that I finally decided to give up doing it.

However, Zhang Ling was worried that Li Xiang would misunderstand her because of her change in attitude.

Hesitated whether to apologize to Li Xiang.

When she thinks of the teachings her father gave her since she was a child.

In the end, her principles defeated her hesitation.

She mustered up the courage to say "I'm sorry" to Li Xiang.

But before Li Xiang could respond, she felt as if she had done something wrong.

He immediately returned to the bedroom and closed the door.

What is particularly noteworthy is that Zhang Ling deliberately controlled the force when closing the door this time.

Pull on the door as gently as possible.

Li Xiang heard the three words "I'm sorry" clearly.

But he seemed to be in a daze, as if he didn't hear clearly what Zhang Ling said.

When the door closed.

He then said to himself again, somewhat puzzled:

"I'm sorry! Why did Zhang Ling say sorry? I can't understand!"

Maybe Li Xiang was used to the sound of Chen Jian slamming the door violently.

That's why I didn't think it was wrong for Zhang Ling to violently close the door.

But Li Xiang recalled Zhang Ling's shy look when she said "I'm sorry" just now.

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise up in a graceful and happy arc.

I prayed silently in my heart that I could see Zhang Ling so lovely every day in the future.

Zhang Ling doesn’t need to remain shy for too long!
He is not greedy.

Just one moment is enough to be happy.

too much.

Instead, he is afraid that he will get bored due to aesthetic fatigue.

The next day.

Maybe Zhang Ling is shy because of the unfamiliar environment.

I woke up just as the sky was beginning to get light.

Although she was still feeling very sleepy.

But I just couldn't fall asleep again.

I looked at the chat history of XX software on my phone with some boredom.

I thought to myself that I always go to bed late every day just to have a few words with her.

I wonder why I didn’t reply her message last night?
She might have remembered how Li Xiang had a cold last night.

So almost subconsciously I sent a message asking if Mi Shen was also sick?
Note that she explicitly uses the word “also” in her phraseology.

As a senior engineer, Li Xiang's mobile phone has an automatic power-on setting.

It just so happened.

His cell phone turned on.

He has always been cautious and afraid of disturbing others.

I always turn off the phone's startup ringtone.

What he didn't expect was that the familiar message alert tone suddenly rang.

Although there is a bedroom door between us.

He also jumped from the sofa to the ground and stood up instantly because of this sound.

unexpectedly!

In a panic, he knocked the cup of water that was originally on the coffee table to the ground.

Zhang Ling was first surprised to hear an unfamiliar cell phone ringtone in the room.

Then I heard an unusual noise coming from the living room.

She immediately sat up from the bed and asked loudly:

"Li Xiang, is that you? Are you okay?"

Only then did Li Xiang realize that his reaction just now was a bit extreme.

It's just a cell phone reminder ringtone.

What does this mean?
It seems to represent nothing.

Because in this era, it is common for people to own two mobile phones.

Especially someone of status like Li Xiang.

Because there are too many work calls.

One cell phone is clearly not enough.

There was absolutely no need for him to be so nervous.

It is actually a very normal thing.

If he showed his nervousness, things would instantly change.

It seemed as if the purpose of using an extra mobile phone was to do something shameful.

For example, Fei Ke, played by Jing Boran in the recent TV series "New Life 2024", is quite similar.

Maybe Zhang Ling just hasn't gotten the answer yet.

This made her think too much that something really happened to Li Xiang.

So Zhang Ling jumped out of bed immediately without any hesitation.

Rushed towards the bedroom door.

The moment the door was suddenly opened, I could feel a cool breeze sweeping over my body.

Maybe Zhang Ling was worried about Li Xiang from the bottom of her heart.

So her body did not shiver at all when the cool breeze hit her.

When he saw Li Xiang, he asked with concern:

"Hey, Li Xiang, are you okay?"

Maybe Li Xiang wanted to prove that he was fine.

He tried his best to take two steps towards the corner of the coffee table naturally.

Then he leaned over, picked up the remote control on the coffee table and turned on the lights in the living room.

Then he looked at Zhang Ling with a silly smile, waved his hand and said:
"Look! It's all right, it's all right, I'm all right."

"What happened just now?"

Li Xiang just said "Oh" first.

Then he pointed to the cup of water on the coffee table and explained:

"I was just about to go to the bathroom. I wasn't paying attention and knocked over the cup on the coffee table."

Zhang Ling also glanced at the water cup.

It was also basically confirmed that Li Xiang was really fine.

Then, an unhappy expression appeared on her face and she asked:

"If you're alright, then why didn't you answer me when I asked you just now? You were unwilling to do so!"

Li Xiang smiled with a bit of bitterness and shook his head and explained:

"No, Zhang Ling, don't misunderstand me. I was just about to reply to you when I accidentally slipped on the water stain on the ground and fell unconscious."

Apart from the sound of the water cup being knocked over, Zhang Ling did not hear any other unusual noises.

So he looked at the water stains on the ground with some obvious suspicion and asked:

"is it?"

Because she didn't see any signs of someone slipping from the water stains on the ground.

Seeing that Zhang Ling was suspicious, Li Xiang pretended to be in a hurry and said:
"Oh, no more. I can't hold it anymore. I have to go to the bathroom first."

As he spoke, Li Xiang began to walk further and further towards the bathroom and continued:

"Zhang Ling, if you have anything to tell me, please wait for me for a moment."

Even though Zhang Ling shouted "Wait a minute" in an imperative manner.

And asked Li Xiang to explain this issue before leaving.

But Li Xiang acted as if he didn't hear it.

He rushed into the bathroom without looking back.

Time passed minute by minute.

Li Xiang's behavior made Zhang Ling very confused.

The way he rushed into the bathroom before was as anxious as if he had taken a laxative.

No matter how she thought about it, she felt that Li Xiang would come out soon.

But Li Xiang's actual condition seems to be a patient with very severe constipation.

Once you go in, it's like going to a execution ground and it's very difficult to get out.

As long as he doesn't mind the smell of the bathroom.

And you can sit comfortably on the toilet in the bathroom.

Li Xiang’s behavior had no impact on her at all.

It's time for breakfast.

She didn't want to encounter the troubles of Qi Diaozhe and Mr. Ma again early in the morning.

So I asked the hotel waiter to deliver breakfast to the room.

When I saw the food delivery boy pushing the food cart, he smiled strangely as soon as he walked in.

Zhang Ling suddenly felt something was wrong and remembered that the area around the sofa was full of snotty tissues thrown around by Li Xiang.

"Oh no! How could she forget to clean up first? This time the waiter misunderstood her deeply."

Zhang Ling has always been reluctant to explain these trivial things to strangers.

But today I had the urge to explain.

However, she just opened her mouth to explain that Li Xiang just had a cold.

After hearing the explanation, the waiter said, "I understand."

Zhang Ling felt that the waiter seemed to have a deeper misunderstanding.

Because the waiter seemed to have seen similar scenes many times.

So he took the initiative to comfort Zhang Ling, saying that they were all adults and there was no need for explanation.

Zhang Ling cried out in her heart:

"You ask me to understand? Clearly the misunderstanding has deepened!"

So she regretted her explanation.

I silently swore in my heart that I would never make a similar mistake again.

The waiter quickly cleaned up everything around the sofa and coffee table.

As requested, I placed the breakfast on the coffee table and left.

Zhang Ling looked at the breakfast on the coffee table.

Another feeling of embarrassment welled up in her heart.

I was wondering how to ask someone who is squatting in the bathroom to come out for breakfast?

This doesn't seem to be a good wording!
She thought for a moment and then shouted very quickly:
"Hey, Li Xiang, I asked the hotel waiter to bring in breakfast. Do you want to eat?"

Maybe it's because of the extremely fast speaking speed.

As soon as she finished speaking she realized there was something very wrong with what she had said.

At first glance!
It was clearly to make Li Xiang squat in the bathroom to eat breakfast.

And Li Xiang seemed to be waiting for her call at the door.

As he walked out the door, he asked with some doubt:
"Zhang Ling, the meaning of what you just said is a little hard to understand. I want to ask, do you want me to come out for dinner?"