Chapter 339: Chapter 339: Quite the Smooth Talker
Chen Jin glanced up and said unkindly, “Ye Xuan, peeking at soone’s privacy is not nice, and neither is suddenly approaching like that, you surely know that, right?”
Chen Jin has always been blunt in speech and never worries about offending anyone.
Besides, she never liked Ye Xuan to begin with.
The more she looked at him, the more she felt he was the epito of hypocrisy.
Having said that, she switched seats with An Mi.
All of a sudden, the whole table fell silent, an odd and awkward atmosphere filling the air.
A look of discomfort showed on Ye Xuan’s face, but he still endured it.
“Sorry, I wasn’t thoughtful enough,” he offered an apology.
Just as Chen Jin was about to speak, Wu Xiaomin, who was beside her, suddenly said, “Ye Xuan didn’t even touch her, why are you being so prissy?”
Chen Jin let out a cold sneer, “Right, right, right, you’re not prissy, anyone can touch you, our Mimi is too innocent, she really can’t compare to you on that, I do admit.”
Wu Xiaomin stood up abruptly, “You dare insult ?”
Chen Jin feigned innocence, “Don’t twist my words. Ask everyone present, did anyone hear use a single word to insult you? My goodness, you can’t just falsely accuse people like that. Bells on your feet too jingly, you chew over wherever they ring!”
This commotion imdiately attracted the attention of the patrons at the next table.
This was a restaurant near the school, and most of the diners here were students from the school.
Seeing the situation, Ye Xuan quickly tried to stop the dispute, “Alright, let’s all say less, we ca out to eat, not to argue.”
Wu Xiaomin imdiately shut up.
Chen Jin didn’t speak because she didn’t want to lower herself to argue with her; after all, she was indeed not worthy of being her opponent.
Arguing with such a person would only bring down her own IQ and status.
Just ten minutes after the food was served, An Mi’s phone rang.
She answered it and imdiately called out, “Hello, sis, what’s up?”
Wan Muqi on the other end was stunned for a mont, then chuckled softly, “I’m here.”
An Mi said, “Alright, sis, I’ll be back soon, don’t worry.”
Wan Muqi laughed softly, responding tenderly, “Okay.”
Everyone saw An Mi’s anxious face and looked at her with puzzlent.
“Mimi, what’s wrong?” Chen Jin asked.
After hanging up the phone, An Mi said nervously, “Um, there’s a little issue at ho, so I’ll head back first. You guys enjoy your al.”
“Then I’ll go with you,” Chen Jin replied, “I’m worried about you going alone.”
Ye Xuan also offered, “How about I accompany you back? I have a car, and I can just give you a ride.”
An Mi refused, “No need, thank you, it’s fine with Jinjin accompanying . The other classmates are still here, so Ye, you should stay.”
After speaking, she turned to the others and apologized.
The group didn’t say much, just told her to be careful.
After all, her anxious look just now didn’t seem feigned.
An Mi finished speaking and got up to leave with Chen Jin.
Chen Jin didn’t dare to let out her laughter until they were out of the restaurant’s door.
“Oh my gosh, Mimi, I think you should switch to the drama departnt; it’s perfect for you. If I hadn’t known about your plan in advance, I would have thought it was real,” Chen Jin said.
An Mi stealthily looked back and, seeing that nobody was following, let out a long sigh of relief.
“Alright, stop joking, let’s hurry up and go,” An Mi urged as she pulled on her.
Chen Jin asked, “Is Mr. Wan coming to pick you up?”
An Mi replied, “He said he’s here.”
“Then I won’t disturb your date; I’m heading back to the dorm,” Chen Jin very considerately said, “Finally, I can leave this la get-together. I’d rather order takeout than eat here.”
“How about I stay and finish eating with you before going back? Let’s find another place to eat,” An Mi suggested.
Chen Jin refused, “No, no, no, I don’t want to be a third wheel. Go have dinner with Mr. Wan. I’ll go back and find Zhuzhu and them; they probably haven’t eaten yet.”
No sooner had she finished speaking than Wan Muqi appeared.
“Look, your man’s here, hurry up and go,” Chen Jin nudged her with her chin and said, “I wish you two have so breakthroughs on your date.”
An Mi: “…”
After her words, Chen Jin left.
An Mi walked over to Wan Muqi.
She pouted at the man, “I’m hungry.”
She really had only taken one bite when his phone call ca.
Wan Muqi took her hand and said, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to eat so at.”
“Okay.”
…
As soon as An Mi and Chen Jin left, the drama club’s gathering ended right after the al.
Originally, Ye Xuan had planned a movie-watching session, intending to announce it midway through the al, but he lost interest in organizing it after An Mi left abruptly.
Wu Xiaomin didn’t rush back but followed Ye Xuan closely instead.
At this mont, Ye Xuan didn’t want to see her.
“Ye Xuan, wait for ,” Wu Xiaomin was struggling to keep up with his pace.
She jogged and caught up, grabbing his hand.
But the next second, she was shaken off by Ye Xuan, “Wu Xiaomin, can you stop following ?”
Wu Xiaomin was stunned by his scolding, and soon her eyes started to redden.
Ye Xuan beca even more irritated at the sight.
“Ye Xuan, have you forgotten what happened last Saturday? Are you planning not to take responsibility?” Wu Xiaomin bit her lower lip, her eyes red as she questioned him.
Upon hearing this, anger enveloped Ye Xuan’s face.
He said, “Wu Xiaomin, we’re all adults here. For sothing that was mutually consensual, why should I take any responsibility? If you had been unwilling, you could’ve resisted, but you didn’t. Instead, you were very proactive and enjoying it, weren’t you?”
Her face flushed, and Wu Xiaomin bit her lip harder.
She said, “But you knew I liked you.”
Ye Xuan scoffed, “So what? I have to like you just because you like ? Aren’t you being too egotistical?”
Wu Xiaomin: “How could you treat like this… I gave you my first ti.”
Ye Xuan said, “In today’s society, who knows if it was really your first ti.”
Tears instantly welled up in Wu Xiaomin’s eyes.
She took a deep breath before speaking again, “Is it because you like that slut, An Mi?”
Ye Xuan frowned, “Mind your language.”
Hearing him defend An Mi, jealousy raged within Wu Xiaomin.
“Ye Xuan, let tell you, An Mi will never fancy you! Did you know? She’s kept by a sugar daddy!” she said.
“What did you say?” Ye Xuan’s brows furrowed, “Wu Xiaomin, you can ss around with food, but not with your words!”
Wu Xiaomin sneered, “Why would I lie to you? I’ve seen her several tis getting out of different luxury cars. Maybe she has more than one sugar daddy. Just look at the branded clothes and accessories she wears; can a jobless college student like her afford them? If soone said she wasn’t supported by n, I’d never believe it, even in death!”
The more Ye Xuan listened, the uglier his expression beca.
Indeed, Wu Xiaomin’s tone didn’t seem like she was lying, and he himself had seen it a few tis before.
But at that ti, An Mi’s explanation was that they were family mbers.
Could she have been deceiving him?
Seeing the look on Ye Xuan’s face, Wu Xiaomin knew he took her words as truth.
Moreover, she wasn’t lying; she indeed had seen An Mi coming and going from various luxury cars multiple tis.
As for the idea that An Mi was innocent, Wu Xiaomin wouldn’t believe it for a second.
She had also looked into An Mi’s background; both her parents were divorced, and her father was just an ordinary worker.
All of this was enough to indicate that her family wasn’t well-off.
“If you still don’t believe it, you can verify it yourself in due course,” Wu Xiaomin said.
Wu Xiaomin wasn’t worried at all about Ye Xuan exposing An Mi’s secrets.
In fact, she would rather he did just that.
Wu Xiaomin took the opportunity to continue, “Ye Xuan, I an no harm, I just don’t want you to be fooled by An Mi’s appearance and get hurt in the end. An Mi is just a gold-digger, she’s not worthy of soone as outstanding as you.”
Ye Xuan gave her a dark look, “This matter is none of your business; take care of your own affairs.”
Having said that, he turned and left without hesitation.
“…”
On the other side.
“I’m full.”
An Mi put down her utensils and even let out a burp.
Wan Muqi looked at her, sowhat concerned, and said, “I’ll walk you back to school later.”
The restaurant wasn’t far from the school, about a half-hour walk away.
His main concern was that she had eaten too much for her to digest well, as the stomach and intestines are usually weaker at night.
Seeing her eating so happily just now, he hadn’t stopped her.
An Mi knew what he was worried about, and feeling indeed a bit too full, thought a walk might help with digestion.
She nodded, “Okay.”
“What about your car, then?”
“Just leave it here, I’ll co drive it later.”
He wasn’t in a hurry to use the car.
“Oh, alright then.”
After sitting for a while, An Mi glanced at the ti and said, “Let’s head back now, if we walk slowly we should get there in ti.”
The man humd in agreent, casually picked up her backpack, and then held her hand as they left the restaurant.
An Mi noticed that he really liked holding her hand.
As long as there were no people he needed to consider around, he would always hold her hand.
Standing in the moonlight, looking at the brightly lit city, An Mi suddenly felt that beautiful sights were everywhere in this world.
For many people, beauty is just a patch of “clouds.”
In fact, a large part of the beauty in people’s hearts depends on who is by your side.
As long as you’re with soone you like, everything you see feels beautiful and joyful.
And at this mont, she was really enjoying the ti spent walking with him.
“Did you solve the issue you talked to about today?” Wan Muqi asked.
An Mi relayed exactly what happened in the rehearsal room today to him.
An Mi: “It’s not completely resolved, but it’s not too serious now.”
Although Wu Xiaomin beca a bit more restrained after Ye Xuan arrived, she had a feeling Wu Xiaomin would continue to cause trouble.
An Mi stopped walking, looked up at the man, and asked, “If she continues to pick on , can I really sue her?”
In truth, even An Mi wasn’t sure about the things she said today.
She had only read so of An Rui’s books at ho and hadn’t finished them, understanding only a little about legal matters.
Wan Muqi said, “You can, anyti you want, I’m here for you.”
An Mi looked at him and suddenly realized that having a boyfriend who studied law wasn’t so bad.
Sotis, you don’t necessarily have to resort to violence; using the law can be more effective in punishing so people.
“I’m a bit curious,” An Mi suddenly said. “You say you’re so capable, you must know so loopholes in the law, right?”
Wan Muqi held her hand, squeezed the soft flesh in her palm, and said, “What’s up, thinking of doing sothing bad?”
An Mi: “Of course not, I’m a law-abiding good citizen, how could I think of doing bad things? But what about you, probably a lot of people co to you, wanting you to help them exploit loopholes in the law, right?”
Wan Muqi said, “Are you asking if I’ve ever been involved?”
An Mi pouted her lips; indeed, that was exactly what she ant.
“You’re indeed the king of legal affairs, sharp at reading people’s hearts.” An Mi tossed him a casual complint.
The man tapped her forehead with his other hand.
“Do I look like a bad guy?”
An Mi’s eyes swiveled, “Although people say one’s appearance reflects their heart, it’s impossible to live without disguise. Hence the saying, ‘know the face but not the heart.’
“You’ve got quite a slick tongue,” Wan Muqi laughed and said. “People who co to for lawsuits are varied, but I don’t just take any case.”
An Mi asked, “Then what’s your standard for taking cases?”
Wan Muqi: “I consider the nature behind the case, the plaintiff and the defendant. In most cases, the plaintiff is the victim, and the defendant is the guilty party. But sotis, the defendant isn’t necessarily the bad one, nor are they necessarily guilty.”
After hearing his explanation, An Mi nodded, “I understand now.”
And she understood one more thing – there was a reason why this man had carved out his own niche in the legal world.
Her eyes were sparkling like stars, twinkling brightly.
The man was stared at by her so intently that his Adam’s apple bobbed a few tis.
With a gentle tug, he pulled her into his embrace.
“I want to kiss you, what should I do?” he said tenderly, holding her and looking down at her with a gaze full of affection.
An Mi glanced back at the roadside, which seed to be still quite empty.
So, she tip-toed and gave him a peck.
“There, kissed you,” she said.
Wan Muqi was slightly taken aback.
It seed like she had beco more proactive recently.
The person who was shy enough to blush at a single flirtatious remark was now so daring.
He squinted his eyes slightly, “Wasn’t that a bit perfunctory?”
An Mi blinked and said, “Perfunctory? Not at all.”
After that, she suddenly pushed him away and deftly escaped his embrace.
Since Wan Muqi wasn’t holding her very tightly, a bit of effort from her was enough to break free.
“…”
At the school entrance.
“How about you just drop off here; I can go in by myself,” she said.
At this ti, there were still many people coming and going in the school.
She was worried about being seen.
If it were dayti, she might still have an explanation, but being seen at night felt like it would make any explanation suspiciously like protesting too much.
Wan Muqi made a sound of acknowledgnt, “Go on then, rember not to space out while walking.”
“I got it,” An Mi muttered grumpily, “You can be quite naggy sotis, you remind of my dad.”
The man narrowed his eyes, “What did you say?”
His hand that was about to release her suddenly gripped tighter.
An Mi smiled, “Nothing, I was saying you’re a kind person; handso, warm, and attentive.”
“…”
An Mi also heeded his advice and didn’t space out while walking.
When she was about to reach the girls’ dormitory, she felt soone approaching her from behind.
She quickened her pace; just around the corner was the girls’ dorm.
But in the next second, her hand was grabbed.
Almost reflexively, she broke free with a twist of her hand, chopping at the person’s head, then using her elbow to press down on the opponent, twisting their arm behind them and locking it in place.
“Ouch!”
Ye Xuan cried out.
“An Mi, it’s … release first,” he said.
An Mi’s quick counter-grab occurred at such a speed that Ye Xuan couldn’t react at all.
Plus, he had never expected An Mi to have such a move up her sleeve.
Hearing a familiar voice, An Mi frowned.
Imdiately after, she released him.
When Ye Xuan was freed, he rubbed the hand that had just been twisted to the back by An Mi with his other unhurt hand.
It really hurt…
An Mi looked at him with a cold gaze.
She didn’t feel embarrassed, nor did she feel a shred of guilt.
It was his fault for stealthily following behind her.
“What are you doing here?” An Mi asked coldly.
She didn’t believe it was a coincidence; they were almost at the girls’ dorm at this point, such coincidences were too far-fetched.
Unless he had just sent soone back, he must have been waiting here on purpose.
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