Shameless Gangster

Chapter 14B

Title: Give yourself some room for whatever you do in case we meet again　

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Since Jiang Xiaoning first called Xin Muran "shixiong"[1], it was rare to witness the flow of ordinary human emotions from this person; even when he was irate, his face was also that of calmness.

But recently, Jiang Xiaoning had discovered that Xin Muran's normally calm demeanor had started to fluctuate; he seemed to be more gloomy than usual, and he always appeared flippant and impatient.

Take this instance for example, when he pushed open the door, he saw Xin Muran sitting at a table beside the window and staring blankly at the laptop screen, shrouded with an intense air of despondency. Then Xin Muran looked up at him and the expression in his eyes became much colder.

"Xin Shixiong, you were looking for me?" Jiang Xiaoning was in a good mood and asked with a smile.

Xin Muran did not answer his question and instead asked, "You returned with your injury?"

Jiang Xiaoning's smile widened.

He really didn't do it intentionally, but when he thought of the gains from that distant trip, he just could not hold it. He had deliberately exposed his wound, suggested to Han Jia that he was in danger and left in a dejected manner; all those had depleted the colors from Han Jia's face, rendered his expression to sadness, made his sarcastic comments vanish and sank him into complete silence.

Seeing Han Jia like that, Jiang Xiaoning was conflicted and subtle; on one hand, he felt utterly awful and almost wanted to embrace him and apologize, but on the other hand, he was incomparably elated - feeling the joy and satisfaction that he had never felt in five years.

He knew that it was impossible for Han Jia to remain indifferent, and as long as he started to waver, everything was worth it. Perhaps next time Han Jia would keep him, apologize to him, kiss him and promise to return to his side once more; perhaps, at this moment, Han Jia had already regretted it...

Thinking of that, no, just thinking of Han Jia's name, Jiang Xiaoning simply could not restrain his own smile at all.

Xin Muran seemed to find his expression quite offensive to his eyes; his brows wrinkled in an imperceptible manner and his tone was soaked with unpleasantness. "It seems you still don't know what happened."

Jiang Xiaoning looked at his expression; it appeared that things were not trivial. He quickly asked, "What happened?"

Xin Muran glared at him coldly, "Aside from you, who else would meet with a mishap?"

Jiang Xiaoning was stunned by him and pulled back his smile. "Me?"

Xin Muran appeared to be too lazy to look at him again; his eyes shifted outside the window and his fingers unconsciously tapped the table as pondering on how to break it to him. In the end, he only said: "You did a very bad job regarding that task with Yu Xiujun."

"Hasn't that task been reported back as completed?" Jiang Xiaoning was puzzled, "And Yu Xiujun has shut up already."

Xin Muran's parlous glare swept over as he spoke leisurely, "Yu Xiujun is like a sticky candy that's glued to Wu Juzhang[2], taking every chance to dig into his personal affairs. She has been inquiring about the investigations in the city and her movements are so drastic that they're practically alarming the entire province. Wu Juzhang, himself, is annoyed beyond endurance, but it's not good for him to handle this matter personally and it was given to us. This was originally an extremely simple task..." Xin Muran practically glared at him with disdain and asked, "Jiang Xiaoning, what did I say when I divided the task to you?"