If you're not going to marry me, why are you flirting? If you dare run away, I'll sever yo

Upon reaching the door, Qi Nan was forced to follow.

He didn't know what had gotten into his mother. She suddenly came over, saying she was there to visit him, but after getting engrossed in chatting with Xia Ningqi, she completely ignored her own son.

"Come on, Ningqi, try a bite and see if it's good."

Jiang Qin opened the lunchbox and took out the cookies she had baked herself, which were also studded with chocolate chips.

Looking at the cookies handed to her, Xia Ningqi took a small bite. The next second, her eyes lit up, and she immediately nodded and praised, "Auntie, your cooking is really good. These are the best cookies I've ever eaten."

"Haha, whatever you like."

"Come on, try another strawberry one!"

Xia Ningqi was slightly overwhelmed by Jiang Qin's enthusiasm, so she looked up at Qi Nan, clearly hoping that he would say something instead of just standing there like a block of wood.

no way.

Qi Nan was forced to speak up, "Mom, didn't you come to see me? Why are you only fussing over her?"

"I came to see you. Seeing that you are still alive, I am already relieved."

Qi Nan remained silent.

I guess I'm not their biological child after all. What does it mean to just stay alive? Is there nothing else I can care about besides just being alive?

After a while, the atmosphere changed from relaxed to serious.

"Ningqi, has that brat been bullying you lately?"

"Not recently..."

Qi Nan complained in a voice only he could hear, "I'm just thankful she doesn't bully me, how could I dare to mess with her..."

"I'm sorry, Ningqi. I didn't discipline him enough before. If I had known he had done something so outrageous to you, I would have stopped him beforehand."

Xia Ningqi didn't know how to answer. After a moment of silence, she said calmly, "Auntie, you don't know, so it's not your fault. It's all Qi Nan's fault."

"So what do you think of him now? If you don't want him hanging around in front of you every day, I'll make this brat move out right now."

Move away?

A flicker of panic crossed Xia Ningqi's eyes.

"No...no..."

Jiang Qin looked puzzled. "Ning Qi, don't worry. As long as that kid moves out, I promise I won't let him bother you anymore."

Xia Ningqi was really anxious and blurted out subconsciously, "No, I won't let him move out."

Why?

"Because...because he hasn't paid off his debt to me yet, so don't think you can just wash your hands of it."

Qi Nan was startled.

Seriously? How did I end up with debt at such a young age, and it's the hardest kind of debt to repay—a debt of gratitude...?

Jiang Qin's lips curled up slightly.

"That's easy. I'll let him stay here to pay off your debts from now on."

"what?"

Qi Nan never expected that he would be sold off like this.

"Mom! Even if we have to sell the property to pay off debts, you should at least ask how I feel."

"Even if I ask, you'll still have to listen to me in the end, so it's better not to ask at all, to save me from wasting my breath."

Qi Nan's face darkened.

This statement, while having some merit, also seems quite unreasonable.

Xia Ningqi asked softly, "Really?"

"Of course, if you want, I wouldn't mind letting Qi Nan marry you, so he can atone for his sins for the rest of his life."

Marry...marry me?!

Xia Ningqi's head was burning hot, almost steaming.

Qi Nan pulled Jiang Qin aside.

"She's not my biological mother, do you want me dead?"

"How could that be? I can tell she's a good girl, at least more pleasing to the eye than that Lin Xiaoxiao."

Although it's the truth, I still can't marry Xia Ningqi. Isn't that playing with my life?

He subconsciously glanced at Xia Ningqi on the sofa.

He noticed that she was clutching the hem of her clothes and staring intently at his face.

Qi Nan thought she was angry, so he immediately spoke up to explain, "Don't take what my mom just said to heart. That's just how she is; she always says unrealistic things."

Xia Ningqi pursed her lips. "So you mean you don't like me?"

What? What is all this about?

Qi Nan immediately slid to his knees, "Grandma, don't misunderstand. It's not that I look down on you, it's that I'm not good enough for you."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Qin was filled with disappointment and gave Qi Nanbang two punches.

"Beep beep~ Beep beep~"

Qi Nan's health bar was almost empty, and he collapsed to the ground, severely injured.

Then, Jiang Qin moved closer to Xia Ningqi and intimately put her arm around her shoulder.

"Xiao Qi, don't listen to this brat, he's missing a screw in his head."

Xia Ningqi lowered her head, "It's okay, Auntie. Anyway, it's really impossible for him and me."

"You can't be so absolute in your statements."

Xia Ningqi remained silent.

She knew perfectly well that marriage was a two-way process, something that couldn't be forced.

...

We chatted briefly for a while longer.

Jiang Qin drove away.

Only Qi Nan and Xia Ningqi remained in the same spot.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

He still needed to visit the factory in the afternoon. Although he had verbally agreed with the boss, he still needed to check it carefully before deciding whether to sign the contract, just to be safe. After all, Qi Yunrui's company had just suffered a shock and was short of money. Part of the 200,000 yuan was earned through second-hand platforms, and the other part was his previous savings. Although it wasn't a lot, he still needed to be extremely cautious.

"Don't stay out too late in places like bars; you still have to study when you get back."

Review?

Qi Nan asked in confusion, "Is it really necessary to be in such a hurry?"

"Seven subjects. We have exams in ten days. Even if we can review one subject every day, it will still take seven days. Do you think that's urgent or not?"

"Stop talking, my head is already spinning."

Qi Nan recalled his miserable experience as a medical student in college, filled with endless pharmacology textbooks and anatomy textbooks thicker than life itself. He almost fainted.

"Stop complaining. This is what happens when you don't pay attention in class."

"Yes, yes, you're a good student, everything you say is correct."

Qi Nan didn't argue, because he really hadn't been paying attention in class; he'd only been catching up on sleep and slacking off.

-

After they separated.

Qi Nan went directly to the factory and spent the entire afternoon inspecting it.

The contract was signed only after repeatedly confirming that there were no problems.

By the time I left the factory, the sun had already set.

Qi Nan dialed Wang Qiang's number, but before he could speak, the other end spoke anxiously first.

"Oh no, Brother Nan, our platform was reported today. They said we're operating illegally on campus."

"What?"

Qi Nan frowned. "Who reported it?"

"It's 'Feifan.' I don't know which leader they know, but suddenly the higher-ups started cracking down on them. They're all second-hand platforms, but they're completely fine, while we're being forced to take down our listings and undergo rectification, with a whole bunch of rectification requirements."

...