Chapter 212: The Abstinent Gigolo 12

Tang Wan was completely dumbfounded when she heard Little Cutie’s scream.

“What? Favorability -100?! What happened?”

The moment she finished speaking, Little Cutie’s notifications started ringing out again one after another.

“Ding! Xi Jingtong’s favorability +30!”

“Ding! Xi Jingtong’s favorability -10!”

“Ding! Xi Jingtong’s favorability +20!”

“Ding…”

“Ding…”

Within less than a minute, Xi Jingtong’s favorability fluctuated like a roller coaster, rising and falling repeatedly before finally stabilizing at +40.

Tang Wan: “…”

What exactly happened to him?

She hadn’t done anything that should make him hate her, right?

…

At that moment, Xi Jingtong suddenly looked at her.

“Can you lend me your car? I’m going back to pack my things.”

Tang Wan nodded immediately. “Of course. Do you want me to come with you?”

“No.” Xi Jingtong shook his head lightly. “I don’t have much to bring.”

Tang Wan let out an “oh” before casually adding, “By the way, send me your bank account later.”

“I know.” Xi Jingtong nodded faintly.

Then he took her car keys and left.

After going downstairs, he pulled a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lit one. Leaning against the car, he smoked quietly, his expression indifferent.

He truly hadn’t expected fate to be this absurd.

After so many years, he had ended up together with the victim from that abduction case.

No wonder the name Wanwan had sounded vaguely familiar when he first heard it.

So she was Tang Wan after all—the young miss of the Tang Corporation.

The little girl who, at only four years old, had rushed forward with a childish sense of justice to save him.

Only… after that incident, he had paid a terrible price himself.

A trafficker’s kick had ruined his lower body.

At the time, he had been too young to understand what that truly meant.

Back then, the Tang family had exhausted every possible connection, contacting famous specialists across the country in hopes of repairing the damage.

Unfortunately, the injury had been too severe and delicate. The damage was irreversible.

In the end, the Tang family compensated him with one million yuan.

And because of that money, he and his grandmother had managed to survive peacefully for over ten years without worrying about basic necessities.

When he grew older, he gradually understood the importance of what he had lost.

Of course he had regretted it before.

But he also knew clearly that Tang Wan was not at fault.

The resentment that had surged through him earlier was only a momentary burst of anger.

Besides…

Tang Wan’s current situation was no better than his own.

Thinking of this, Xi Jingtong suddenly felt that perhaps their reunion really was fate’s arrangement.

…

After crushing the half-finished cigarette beneath his shoe, Xi Jingtong let out a quiet sigh and opened the car door.

Half an hour later, the car stopped in front of his rented house.

He had once owned a home himself, but he’d sold it long ago to pay for his grandmother’s treatment. Now, he could only afford to rent an old private house.

Pushing open the worn wooden door, Xi Jingtong walked inside.

The moment he entered, he noticed that his room had been ransacked.

Looks like a thief had come by.

But he didn’t care much.

After all, he had nothing valuable to steal.

The only reason he came back was to retrieve the medical records.

Walking to the desk, he picked up the medical file that had been tossed onto the floor.

One of the records had already faded badly with age.

After opening it, the contents written inside were unmistakably the examination report from years ago—the record detailing the injury to his lower body after that kick.

Xi Jingtong silently took out a lighter and burned the medical record.

Afterward, he packed away his grandmother’s files, locked the door, and left.

At the same time—

“Ding! Xi Jingtong’s favorability +20. Current favorability: 60,” Little Cutie announced.

Tang Wan looked bewildered.

“What the hell is going on with him?”