Chapter 162 - 162 Chapter 161, Holding Her Hand?
162 Chapter 161, Holding Her Hand?
She suddenly felt wronged, and her eyes turned red.
Since he was still thinking about his ex-fiancée, why did he break off the engagement? Why did he have to go on a blind date?
“No… No…” Li Lei explained in a fluster.
“Then what is it?” Meng Xiaoning asked in a low voice.
Li Lei sighed, “It’s just that the time is too short. I always feel that something isn’t quite right. Besides, I’ve only been with that one person before. When I was with her, I gave her my heart and soul. She really hurt me deeply, so now…”
Li Lei didn’t finish his sentence, but Meng Xiaoning understood.
He was afraid, afraid of getting hurt again.
“I’m not that kind of person. Not to mention that you’ve already retired from the army, even if you’re still in the army if I were to be with you… Then I would only be with one person,” Meng Xiaoning said in a low voice.
Because she was a little shy, there was a sentence in the middle that she decided to vague out.
At her age, she couldn’t be considered young anymore. Ever since her fiancé passed away, someone spread a rumor saying that she was unlucky and that she was destined to restrain her husband’s fate.
That was why, after so many years, very few people had introduced her to anyone. Even if they did, it would be those crooked people.
They were either old or disabled. Of course, she didn’t like that kind of person.
She didn’t know any boys of the same age around her either. In the clothing factory, most of them were female workers.
Li Lei was the best person she had met in so many years. No matter how shy she was, she wanted to work hard to catch him.
“But…” Li Lei raised his head and was about to say something when his eyes suddenly stopped.
Meng Xiaoning waited for a while, but Li Lei didn’t finish his sentence.
She could only raise her head and look at Li Lei.
She saw Li Lei looking at a certain place in a daze.
Following Li Lei’s gaze, she saw a man and a woman walking toward them side by side.
Meng Xiaoning asked curiously, “Is that someone you know?”
Li Lei took a deep breath and retracted his gaze. He said in a low voice, “That woman is my ex-fiancée, that man is her other partner, I’ve seen him before.”
The man standing next to Liang Yufang was actually Xiao Wang whom he had seen that day.
He did not expect that Xiao Wang could still be together with Liang Yufang after such a thing.
Hearing Li Lei’s words, Meng Xiaoning’s heart instantly started to ache for him.
Therefore, the way Meng Xiaoning looked at Liang Yufang also became unfriendly.
Liang Yufang and Xiao Wang were chatting and laughing. When they raised their heads, the two of them also saw Li Lei and Meng Xiaoning.
After seeing the scene of Li Lei and Meng Xiaoning together, Liang Yufang bit her lip. She looked a little aggrieved and a little surprised.
Li Lei immediately said to Meng Xiaoning, “Let’s go!”
Meng Xiaoning also nodded and was about to leave with Li Lei.
“Stop right there!” However, Xiao Wang suddenly said angrily behind him.
Before Li Lei could react, Xiao Wang rushed up, grabbed Li Lei’s collar, and was about to hit him.
Li Lei’s skills were much better than his. He pushed him away with a backhand, “Are you crazy?”
Xiao Wang looked at Meng Xiaoning and snorted, “You’re despicable. In order to get back the 600 Yuan, you actually bullied the two, mother and daughter like this. Are you even human?”
Liang Yufang followed behind Xiao Wang and pulled him, “Forget it, forget it, let’s go!”
Li Lei looked at Liang Yufang coldly and didn’t say anything.
Xiao Wang reached out and pointed at Li Lei’s nose, “You’re a bastard, no one does things like you. Sooner or later, you’ll get your retribution.”
Before Li Lei could say anything, Meng Xiaoning, who had been standing next to him, suddenly stepped forward and stood in front of Li Lei, she suddenly reached out and slapped Xiao Wang’s hand away, “Who do you think you are? What right do you have to point your finger at people? Also, who are you calling a b*stard? What did he do? Is he so despicable?”
No one had expected that Meng Xiaoning would suddenly step forward. Everyone present was stunned.
Li Lei looked at Meng Xiaoning’s thin and small figure with a surprised and touched expression. He did not regain his senses for a long time.
Liang Yufang pulled Xiao Wang along. She immediately saw the way Li Lei looked at Meng Xiaoning.
She was screaming crazily in her heart: Why? Did that woman deserve it?
Xiao Wang could make a move when he was facing Li Lei, but when he was facing a woman like Meng Xiaoning, he could not do the same, right?
He snorted coldly, “You two have been together for a long time, right? Did Li Lei break off the engagement with Yu Fang because of you? He even used such a despicable method to get back the dowry! Miss, I advise you to think carefully. He can do the same to Yu Fang, and he can do the same to you!”
“You don’t have to worry about us, I think you should think carefully so that you won’t be fooled.” Meng Xiaoning curled her lips, she looked at Liang Yufang, “Since you’ve already broken off the engagement, there’s nothing to do with each other. Don’t provoke each other in the future!”
Xiao Wang didn’t expect Meng Xiaoning to be so stubborn, “You…”
He took a step forward in excitement.
At this moment, Li Lei reached out and grabbed Meng Xiaoning’s hand, pulling her behind him, then, he looked at Xiao Wang and said, “I, Li Lei, have never cared about lying. There’s no need for me to lie. I don’t know how she explained it to you, but listen carefully. Before I retired from the army, I never say anything about calling off the engagement.”
Although Xiao Wang was just an insignificant person, Li Lei didn’t want Meng Xiaoning to misunderstand, so he took the opportunity to explain.
“I even retired for her, I could have stayed in the army. I came back to marry her. After all, she waited for me for three years. It wasn’t until I found out that she was dating someone else behind my back that I had the idea to break off the engagement and take back the dowry.”
Li Lei paused for a moment, then looked at Liang Yufang, “We’ve already moved on. You know who’s right and who’s wrong. I advise you, that no matter who you lie to, it’s best not to affect me. Otherwise, I won’t let you off.”
After saying that, he took Meng Xiaoning’s hand and left the scene.
Liang Yufang watched from behind as the two of them left hand in hand. Her teeth were almost crushed by her.
Moved on? On what basis? Li Lei, Why are you so ruthless? Three years of love, and you’re moving on just like that?
She stared hatefully at the two people’s tightly clasped hands. She didn’t even see Xiao Wang’s puzzled gaze.
At the same time, Meng Xiaoning also stared at the their tightly clasped hands.
She could not believe it, was Li Lei was holding her hand?
The two people quickly arrived at the place where Li Lei put his bicycle. Only then did Li Lei realize that he had been holding Meng Xiaoning’s hand the entire time.
As if he had been electrocuted, he hurriedly released his hand, “I’m sorry, I… I didn’t realize…”