Chapter 726: Hou Ning
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
However, the moment he saw the person at the door, his expression instantly froze. Even his smile was stiff and unnatural.
The woman at the door had straight black hair that reached her shoulders. She stood upright from head to toe, exuding an aura. Her determined eyes were bright as she looked at Lu Ming in surprise.
Lu Ming stopped smiling and asked curiously, “Hou Ning? Why are you here?”
Hou Ning’s expression was instantly filled with confusion. When Lu Ming opened the door just now, he was obviously filled with joy. Joy that she had never seen before. It was a brightness that she had never seen before. She thought that after not seeing him for three years, Lu Ming had become gentle and loved to smile.
She did not expect that she would suddenly become the Lu Ming she was familiar with.
Hou Ning was not a fool. She did not answer Lu Ming’s question and only asked jokingly, “Who were you waiting for just now? Your girlfriend? Otherwise, why were you smiling so happily?”
Lu Ming forced a smile. “I thought the takeout I ordered had arrived.”
How could Hou Ning not tell that Lu Ming was lying? After all, they had been partners for a few years. If she could not tell this, it would be a waste of the tacit understanding she had cultivated for a few years.
However, Hou Ning was not an insensible person and did not insist on getting to the bottom of it. She just blinked and said, “Your old comrade is here to catch up with you. Why? Are you planning to block me at the door to entertain
Lu Ming looked at the house beside and then moved to the side in disappointment. He said softly, “Come in.”
After Hou Ning came in, she looked at the small apartment curiously and smiled. “You, Lu Ming, actually like an apartment renovated like this? I’m very surprised.”
Lu Ming looked at the apartment. After buying this apartment, it had been redecorated according to Lin Yin’s renovation. It was indeed not his style.
Lu Ming sighed in his heart. He poured a gla.s.s of water and handed it to Hou
Ning. He sighed and said, “People change. Their taste will naturally change.”
Hou Ning stopped drinking water for a moment, then smiled and said, “You’ve indeed changed a lot. You were so impressive in the army in the past. If your brothers saw you looking so depressed today, they would probably laugh their head off. To be honest, you look like you’ve fallen out of love. Tell me honestly, are you really dating behind our backs?”
Lu Ming only smiled faintly and said, “I’m really not .”
Hou Ning said with disdain, “You came out three years earlier than us, but you’re still the same as us. You can’t even get a girlfriend. You’re really a failure. If I had known this would happen, I would have agreed to Grandpa Lu’s engagement with you back then. This way, at least help each other and get rid of two single people.”
Lu Ming looked up at Hou Ning and said seriously, “Don’t make such jokes again. Let bygones be bygones.”
Hou Ning was stunned. She had said this many times in the past. Lu Ming had always smiled and said nothing. Why was it different today? Lu Ming looked like he was drawing a line and did not want others to misunderstand.
Back then, she and Lu Ming entered the army together and became comrades.
Perhaps it was because the two of them were close, but one year, Grandpa Lu joked that the two of them could try to be together. Lu Ming did not object at that time.
That was why Grandpa Lu jokingly took the gift list and said that they might as well get engaged during the New Year greetings. It was just that she was at the stage of being promoted at that time, so she rejected it.
The girls of the Hou Family would never give up their careers for a man.
Moreover, she felt that if the two of them really had feelings for each other, Lu Ming would not mind waiting for her for a few years. Hence, she had been friends with Lu Ming for so many years. In her opinion, this was the kind of ambiguous relationship that was more than friendship.
But now, something seemed to be wrong.
Lu Ming was really trying to cut ties with her just now!
Hou Ning smiled and said, “It’s just a joke. Don’t take it to heart.”
With that, Hou Ning stood up and said awkwardly, “What delicious food are you going to make tonight? I really miss your culinary skills after you left for three years. I want to have a good meal tonight. Otherwise, I’ll be letting myself down.”
Lu Ming’s good culinary skills were very famous in the army, but only they could eat it. The others could only watch eagerly.
Therefore, Hou Ning really wanted to eat Lu Ming’s food..