Chapter 18: Love Comes Suddenly

Chapter 18: Love Comes Suddenly

"Hahaha, Song Xilan is so cute, looking pitiful, I just want to pinch her little face."

"It's not Song Xilan who did anything wrong, why should she be lectured?"

"Better safe than sorry. It's better for girls to receive safety education, otherwise, it will be too late to regret when something really happens."

"Look at Jiang Jingru, she does have some misguided views, but this is also related to her leaving her parents at a young age and living independently in the song and dance troupe, having missed out on proper guidance."

Fortunately, other patients came to find Song Anhui, which saved Song Xilan. Song Anhui finally let her go: "Here’s the prescription; you can go get the medicine now."

Song Xilan quickly took the prescription and left.

But her thoughts kept drifting back to Jiang Jingru.

Because Zheng Qiaoling admired Jiang Jingru, thinking she was good-looking and sang well, Song Xilan also had a good impression of her before.

Knowing what happened to her, she felt quite sorry for her.

I wonder who the man that left her was...

Wait, could it be... Jiang Chengxiao?

Song Xilan suddenly remembered what Zheng Qiaoling told her on New Year's Day: "Last night I waited for you but you didn’t come out, so I went backstage to find you. You’ll never guess who I saw! I saw Jiang Jingru. Sadly, I didn’t get her autograph because she was talking to a tall, bearded man at that time. Then I saw the man holding your lunchbox, so I just focused on getting your lunchbox back and didn’t have time to ask for her autograph."

Zheng Qiaoling was quite regretful!

So, Jiang Chengxiao and Jiang Jingru already knew each other. That night she thought he was an old beggar, but actually, he was waiting for Jiang Jingru to finish her performance!

Why he was dressed so shabbily, who knows, maybe he just has that hobby.

And the next day, they went to the café together.

Recalling Jiang Chengxiao’s icy demeanor towards Jiang Jingru that day, and Jiang Jingru’s sorrowful expression, Song Xilan felt that she had guessed the truth.

At that time, Jiang Chengxiao must have wanted to abandon Jiang Jingru, and she was desperately trying to win him back.

And he just walked away from her and went with me, and I even kindly accompanied him to find a hotel!

Reflecting on her own mixed feelings later, Song Xilan felt extremely uncomfortable.

No wonder he’s called the villain, he is indeed a bad person.

Song Xilan left the hospital and headed straight to work.

Although her mother said she had asked for leave for her, the leader said yesterday that the sales department was scheduled for inventory today.

Inventory days are always hectic, it’s best not to take time off unless necessary, otherwise the workload will be divided among others.

Although she is the daughter of the factory director, even if she asks for leave, others dare not say anything, but unnecessary extra work always ticks people off. She didn’t want to start off on the wrong foot with her colleagues.

Returning to the sales department, the manager expressed concern: "Didn’t Xiao Song take the day off because she wasn’t feeling well? Why didn’t you rest at home?"

Song Xilan showed the medicine bag in her hand: "I just picked up my medicine from the hospital and took it, I’m fine now. Today is inventory day, I was worried everyone would be swamped."

"Oh, sweetie, we’re used to being busy." Although they said so, the manager and colleagues smiled more warmly.

Inventory is just part of the routine in the sales department.

A small inventory check is done every quarter, and a comprehensive inventory is conducted at the end of each year.

Song Xilan has been here for half a year and has already experienced two small inventory checks and one year-end comprehensive inventory, so she has some experience.

This time is an exception. They had just completed a comprehensive inventory before New Year's Day, so it shouldn’t have come so soon again.

But yesterday, the supervisor noticed discrepancies during the account reconciliation, where the records and the actual stock didn’t match. Now, it’s unclear whether there was an issue during the last inventory or if something went wrong afterward. In any case, the source of the discrepancy needs to be identified.

At the same time, daily operations and sales must continue without interruption, so everyone is tense.

Song Xilan is a high school student with a flexible mind and quick calculations. Her coming back to help naturally pleased everyone.

Song Xilan quickly got absorbed in her work until someone called her, "Xiao Song, someone is looking for you."

Song Xilan looked up and was surprised to see the notorious Jiang Chengxiao standing there.

Jiang Chengxiao had actually planned to endure a few more days, wait for his job assignment, and then meet her naturally.

Otherwise, if they kept running into each other like this, he would start to feel like a stalker.

But the previous encounters were genuinely coincidental, and he really didn’t want her to misunderstand.

Actually, his visit to G City had only one purpose: to deliver a watch from Lin Guangshan to his fiancée.

On the night before New Year’s Day, he had just gotten off the train after a long journey, looking disheveled and not giving it much thought, so he went straight to find Jiang Jingru.

Upon learning that she was performing on stage, to avoid startling others with his disheveled look and not wanting to make another trip the next day, he chose to wait outside the auditorium. Who would have thought he would encounter the plump girl!

If he had known he would meet her, he would have checked into a hotel first after getting off the train, tidied up, shaved, and changed into presentable clothes before waiting.

At the time, he didn’t think much of it—just a fleeting encounter.

He originally planned to leave the next day, but coincidentally, fate seemed to detain him there. The train he bought a ticket for had a malfunction and was delayed.

With nothing to do, he strolled the streets and suddenly caught a whiff of roasted meat. Turning around, he saw a girl standing at the roast meat shop, gazing wistfully at the roast goose displayed inside.

The moment he saw her round, beautiful face, Jiang Chengxiao suddenly understood the void he had felt since the previous night.

It seemed destined that something was waiting for him here!

And at the moment she was about to fall, he reached out and held her, making up his mind to stay.

Love came unexpectedly, but he seized it keenly. Jiang Chengxiao has always been a man of action. For him, there is only doing or not doing—hesitation is not in his vocabulary.

Song Xilan might not have realized it herself, but that night, she had written her workplace and name in fine red paint with a thin brush on the bottom of the lunchbox she gave him.

So, without hesitation, when the military transfer office arranged a job for him, Jiang Chengxiao requested to work at the Limin Food Factory.

With his qualifications, he could have been assigned to a better unit, but he insisted on going to the Limin Food Factory.