novelraw Chapter 025 No Explanation Allowed
Chapter 025 No Explanation Allowed
The next morning.
Art College, Room 306.
"It's exploded! It's exploded! Ningning, wake up! The sky has fallen!"
Wen Ning was still asleep when she was startled awake by Tian Tian's pig-like screams.
She sat up groggily, rubbing her messy hair.
"What happened? Did the cafeteria close down?"
"Ten thousand times worse than that!"
Sweetie shoved her phone right in Wen Ning's face; the screen's brightness was so blinding that she couldn't open her eyes.
"Look at the forum! Someone posted a rumor that you're being kept by a sugar daddy!"
Wen Ning was taken aback.
She picked up the phone and squinted at it.
The top post has a dark red "Explosive" label next to it.
The title is shocking:
[Late-night rendezvous with a wealthy tycoon! Is Wen Ning, the most beautiful girl in the art department, being kept by a sugar daddy? Pictures and evidence available!]
The main building is the same set of photos taken last night.
Rolls-Royce Phantom.
A man in a suit and tie.
An ambiguous head pat.
There was also Wen Ning's "reluctant" figure standing by the roadside.
The comments below have been up for thousands of posts and are utterly offensive.
[I knew it! How could someone who looks like that possibly behave?]
[She was showing off her relationship with Jiang Ci, the school heartthrob, just a few days ago, and then she got into a Rolls-Royce? Is she keeping Jiang Ci as a backup option?]
[My heart aches for Jiang Shen. He's got a green meadow on his head, and he can still ride a horse.]
[This guy looks like an old man, probably old enough to be her father. He's after her money, aren't all gold diggers like that?]
Wen Ning's fingers were a little cold.
She never expected that the meeting that terrified her last night would be seen as a "secret rendezvous" by others.
That was her nominal brother.
"Ningning, who is this?"
Sweetie was on the verge of tears, "Hurry up and post an explanation! This must be your relative, right? These keyboard warriors are so foul-mouthed!"
Wen Ning opened his mouth.
I was just about to say, "That's my stepbrother."
In my mind, that mechanical voice came on right on time.
【Ding--】
[Perfect plot point detected!]
[Task issued: Confirm your "vain and materialistic" persona!]
[Task Requirements: No explanations allowed! Not only do you not explain, but you must also project an attitude of "I am charming, I can move freely among men!"]
[Failure Penalty: One of the host's talents (drawing) will be permanently lost at random.]
Wen Ning's heart clenched.
Painting is her life.
If she can't paint, she really has nothing left in this world.
She bit her lower lip hard until she tasted a hint of blood.
System, you're really ruthless.
"Ningning?"
Seeing that she didn't speak, Tian Tian became even more anxious, "Say something! We're all waiting for you to clarify!"
Wen Ning closed his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, the panic in them was forcibly suppressed, replaced by a nonchalant, even slightly smug, expression.
She tossed the phone back to Tian Tian.
She threw off the covers, got out of bed, sat in front of the vanity mirror, picked up a comb, and slowly and methodically combed her hair.
"What's there to explain?"
She looked at herself in the mirror, her voice light and airy.
"The photos are really nice; they make my legs look really long."
Sweetie was stunned: "Is that the point? The point is they're saying you're being kept by a sugar daddy! Saying you're two-timing!"
"They have mouths on their bodies, let them say what they want."
Wen Ning picked up the lipstick and carefully applied it.
Her red lips were vibrant, but they couldn't hide the paleness of her face.
She turned around, raised an eyebrow at her stunned roommates, and uttered the line she didn't mean:
"That man was indeed very rich, and he definitely treated me differently."
"I'm charming, and I have suitors. What's the problem?"
As for Jiang
She paused for a moment, then said, "If he believes that, it just means he's not all that great."
My roommates were completely speechless.
Looking at Wen Ning's vain, "I'm not afraid of boiling water" attitude, I felt for the first time that this beautiful roommate was such a stranger.
……
At the same time.
A University Startup Incubation Park.
The air pressure inside Limitless Studio had dropped to freezing.
Even though the air conditioner was on warm air, Jia Pengxiu and Zhang Annian felt cold all over, and even their typing became stiff.
Jiang Ci sat at the innermost workstation.
There was no code running on the screen in front of me.
Instead, it remained on the interface of that forum post.
He stared at the photograph.
High-resolution image.
In the photo, the man is wearing an exquisite bespoke suit, and the Patek Philippe on his wrist reflects the light under the streetlights.
He placed his hand on Wen Ning's ear, in an intimate gesture.
Wen Ning kept her head down, looking obedient and compliant.
"Ci...Ci-ge."
Jia Pengxiu spoke cautiously, his voice trembling, "This must be a misunderstanding. These days, camera tricks are ridiculously bad; my sister-in-law isn't that kind of person..."
Jiang Ci remained silent.
His gaze was fixed on the man's hands.
His eyes were terrifyingly sinister.
He recognized the car.
That night, Wen Ning asked him to pick her up from the villa area. He had seen the same luxury car coming and going at the entrance of the community.
He also remembered Wen Ning saying, "My family is so annoying," and "They make me do things I don't like."
This man must be the "family member" she was referring to.
Stepbrother?
Was it someone sent by her stepfather who forced her to go on blind dates?
Jiang Ci tapped her fingertips lightly on the table.
The pace is very slow.
Each blow felt like a pounding on Jia Pengxiu's heart.
He didn't believe those nonsense stories about "being kept" or "being taken care of."
Although Wen Ning was capricious and spoiled, her eyes were clear.
If she were really after his money, she wouldn't have smiled so happily that night by the river because he said "it's on my way."
If she were truly two-timing, she wouldn't have clung to him like a kitten when she was drunk.
but.
This doesn't mean he's not angry.
He stared at the man's hand in the photo.
The hand that touched Wen Ning's hair.
Very dazzling.
It's extremely bright.
"cell phone."
Jiang Ci suddenly reached out his hand.
"Huh?" Jia Pengxiu was taken aback and quickly handed over his phone (Jiang Ci's phone was running a test).
Jiang Ci did not answer.
He picked up his own phone from the table, unlocked it, and dialed that familiar number.
beep - beep -
We waited a long time for the sound to play.
With each second of waiting, the air in the studio seemed to freeze a little more.
at last.
The call was connected.
"Feed..."
Wen Ning's voice came through.
He spoke very softly, his voice betraying a guilty conscience and a trembling voice.
He was completely different from the arrogant guy he was bragging about in the dorm earlier.
Jiang Ci leaned back in his chair.
Even over the phone, his voice was still chillingly cold.
"Did you see the post?"
Wen Ning was hiding in the shade of a tree below the dormitory building, clutching her phone tightly in her hand.
Hearing this question sent chills down her spine.
It’s over.
He came to demand an explanation.
[Host, don't forget the mission! No explanations allowed! Be proud!]
The system was screaming wildly in my head.
Wen Ning gritted her teeth and held back her tears.
She took a deep breath and said in a nonchalant, even slightly defiant tone:
"I...I saw it."
"What's up? Is Jiang University's campus heartthrob here to check up on us?"
"The photos are quite clear, there's not much to explain... it's just what you see."
It's just like what you see.
That's like dancing on a minefield.
There was a deathly silence on the other end of the phone.
Wen Ning's heart leaped into her throat.
She closed her eyes, waiting for Jiang Ci to erupt.
Go ahead and yell at her.
Let's break up.
That's for the best; a short, sharp pain is worse than a long, drawn-out one.
however.
There was no roar.
Jiang Ci's voice remained steady, only lower and deeper than before, like the sea before a storm.
"it is good."
He said one word.
"Where?"
"Downstairs in the dormitory building?"
Wen Ning paused for a moment, then said, "Ah...yes."
"Stand still."
Jiang Ci's voice carried an unquestionable command.
"wait for me."
"Beep beep beep—"
The phone hangs up.
Wen Ning stood frozen in place, holding the busy signal on her phone.
A gust of wind blew, and the cold sweat on my back felt completely chilled.
Waiting for him?
What are we waiting for him to come for?
Are you here to kill someone with a knife?
Or should I slap her in the face and break up with her?
She stared at her phone screen, feeling like it was a ticking time bomb.
This time, the system...
It seems like we've really gone too far.