“Ding.” A notification chime rang out in the vast, quiet office.
The man wearing a low-key luxury watch picked up his phone. When he saw who the message was from, he straightened slightly.
He waved a hand, and the two rows of people seated beside the desk quietly filed out.
Xie Lan opened the message. The vixen had changed back into men’s clothes—and there was also Zhuang Mengmeng, Shengsheng’s friend.
After listening to the conversation, he let out a cold laugh.
Shengsheng would keep her distance from him, but this man…
Damn it, that look in his eyes was still just as disgusting…
Xie Lan slammed his phone down on the desk and braced both hands against its edge, his knuckles turning faintly red with the force.
Leaving him at the school was dangerous.
That vixen seemed to be in heat every waking moment.
Those ugly ear cuffs… and that deliberately styled mess of hair—both were an eyesore.
Xie Lan had already been in a bad mood all day, and seeing Lin Yun all dressed up and showy made him so furious he could have burst.
He’d looked into Lin Yun’s background. When he saw the information, Xie Lan had been surprised.
He gave a short laugh. Now he knew what to do.
But first, he needed someone to keep an eye on him.
Xie Lan scrolled through his contacts and tapped a profile picture showing someone’s back.
At long last, it was the weekend. Zhuang Mengmeng had planned to sleep until she woke naturally, but a ringtone dragged her out of bed first thing in the morning.
She was cranky when woken up, but the instant she saw who was calling, she became more or less alert.
Why was Shengsheng’s brooding boyfriend calling her?!
Zhuang Mengmeng answered. “Hello?”
The call lasted only a few minutes, but afterward Zhuang Mengmeng was still trying to process it.
Was he asking her to be his informant?
No, what he meant was simply that she shouldn’t let Lin Yun get close to Shengsheng.
He wanted Lin Yun to stay away from Shengsheng.
Zhuang Mengmeng pondered this.
Lin Yun and Shengsheng did seem like a better match. At least Lin Yun wasn’t as terrifying as Xie Lan.
The reward Xie Lan offered was very… tempting.
But she firmly turned him down!
Shengsheng could like whoever she wanted and choose whoever she wanted.
Even if she ended up with both of them… Zhuang Mengmeng would still support her wholeheartedly!
Xie Lan hadn’t gotten what he wanted from Zhuang Mengmeng, and his face had gone so dark it looked ready to drip.
In that case…
Jiang Wangsheng stayed in the dormitory from time to time. Since Xie Lan kept showing up at her rented apartment, she hadn’t been too keen on going back.
But these past few days, he hadn’t been so clingy.
As she sat gazing out the window, a shadow suddenly fell in front of her.
Jiang Wangsheng turned and found a boy she had never seen before.
He suddenly smiled, staring straight at her. “Hey, girlfriend.”
Jiang Wangsheng: “…”
“?”
“!”
Jiang Wangsheng glanced around, visibly flustered. At that moment, she was actually afraid the news might reach Xie Lan’s ears and she’d be in trouble.
“Don’t call me that. I have a boyfriend.”
Frowning, Jiang Wangsheng looked at the man in front of her with displeasure.
Ji Feng sat down beside her. Looking at the delicate profile of her face, he suddenly felt a stirring of desire.
“That’s right. I’m your boyfriend.”
“I’m Ji Feng.” He rested his chin on his hands, his eyes shining as he gazed at her as if she were a finely crafted work of art.
Ji Feng had a ruggedly handsome face, with sharp brows and bright eyes, and a hedgehog haircut. The silver jewelry hanging on his chest and the several rings on his fingers made Jiang Wangsheng want to get away from him.
She drew a breath. “I don’t know you. Please stay away from me.”
Ji Feng gave a laugh, his tone faintly mocking.
“You don’t know me? Huh? I’ve been transferring you tens of thousands at a time, and now you’re pretending you don’t know me?”
Jiang Wangsheng stared at him in astonishment, especially disliking the look on his face.
She stood up, gathered her things, and prepared to leave.
Ji Feng didn’t stop her. Instead, he leaned back, letting her pass by him.
A sneer lingered at the corner of his mouth as his sharp, suggestive gaze roamed over her chest, her slender waist, and the pale calves she hadn’t covered.
The man licked his lips. She was a lot more captivating in person than in the photos she’d sent him.
He stood too and followed her out.
Ji Feng was on the basketball team and was well-built and tall. He had no shortage of girls pursuing him, but who would have thought someone like him would get into an online relationship?
He’d never thought much of it before, but the instant he saw her photos, his grin stretched from ear to ear.
What a treasure.
When they reached a relatively quiet stairwell, someone grabbed Jiang Wangsheng by the wrist from behind, forcing her to stop with a stumble.
At the sight of the smiling man, disgust appeared for the first time on her face, where innocence and allure mingled.
“Let go! I don’t know you!”
The man raised a long index finger to his lips and motioned for her to be quiet.
“Baby, if you call someone over again… I’ll kiss you until you can’t stand it.” Ji Feng curled his lips, enjoying the changing expressions on her face.
He released her.
Jiang Wangsheng shook her head as she backed away, a hint of panic in her eyes. “I really don’t know you.”
Ji Feng looked at her rosy lips. He wanted to find out what they tasted like.
“Baby, we’re dating. Online. Are you pretending not to know me because you don’t like how I look?”
Jiang Wangsheng kept her voice calm. “I really do have a boyfriend. And you say we’re dating online—could it be that someone’s been deceiving you?”
Ji Feng gave a cold laugh.
He scrolled through his phone, then pulled up a photo and held it in front of her. “Baby, that’s you, right?”
She took a closer look. It really was her.
It was her ID photo. But how had it ended up on his phone?
“Yes…but…”
“Shh.” He gestured for her to be quiet, then pulled an envelope from his pocket.
“You wrote this, didn’t you?”
Before Jiang Wangsheng even took it, she recognized the envelope.
She glanced at what was inside and began to panic. “Yes, but…”
“Then that settles it.”
He took the letter back from her hand.
“That means you’re my girlfriend.” Ji Feng smiled. Every now and then, two little canines showed when he did, giving him an unexpectedly boyish charm.
Jiang Wangsheng backed away two steps, nearly pressing herself against the wall.
There was a security camera around the corner. She almost got goosebumps on instinct.
Even when Xie Lan wasn’t with her, he seemed to know her every move. She was starting to wonder whether he’d installed surveillance cameras around her.
Jiang Wangsheng took a deep breath and looked at the man before her. “First, an ID photo doesn’t prove anything. If you want one, you can find it on the college website. And as for our college’s love-letter contest, the letter you have is the one I wrote. I don’t know how you got hold of my entry.”
“Finally, if you’ve been deceived in an online relationship, I suggest you report it to the police.”
With that, she pushed past the man and went down the stairs on the other side.
Watching the woman’s slender, graceful figure retreat, Ji Feng ran his tongue over his upper teeth. A strange excitement flashed in his eyes.
Sharp-tongued…
What an adorable Baby.
Ji Feng had seen a video online from the school. It was taken down quickly, but he’d still learned that the girlfriend he was dating online went to the same school as him.
He’d been thrilled—until he finished watching the video and his expression turned dark.
It looked like she and one of the men in it were boyfriend and girlfriend.
And just now, he’d noticed the way she looked at the security camera.
Maybe she had a boyfriend in real life and an online boyfriend too, which was why she wouldn’t admit to knowing him.
Ji Feng carefully put the letter away.
It was fine. This was his first relationship.
He could be the other man.