Chapter 50 Naïve

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A documentary was playing on TV, with a continuous narration that filled the air amidst the sounds of the two men confronting each other.

Sometimes silent, sometimes staring at the other person, sometimes tense and ready to fight, but it was all one-sided on Wen Yining's part.

She noticed that the jerk opposite her wasn't in a hurry at all; he didn't get angry or upset.

He spoke threatening words in the most composed tone, and no matter how she reacted, his effortless demeanor remained unchanged.

The dog seemed to sense that the atmosphere between them was becoming increasingly tense and uneasy. Judging from their tone, it knew that the two were arguing, and it even tried to bark a few times to try to mediate. It tilted its head back, observed its owner for a few moments, then looked at Wen Yining, stood between the two, and circled around twice. When no one paid any attention to it, it continued to bark.

Wen Yining glanced at Tianlang distractedly, her emotions swayed by him, unable to calm down.

He stared intently at her, "He can tell what happened just by looking at you."

"It's none of your business."

She didn't bring concealer, and the powder couldn't cover it up at all. If she were to see Chen Jiabai today, she would definitely have to wear a turtleneck.

"How about I call him and ask him to come pick you up?"

Wen Yining knew immediately that it was intentional. "Are you sick? Do you wish he would find out it was you sooner?"

"No, if he knew we were together, he would probably be resentful. That's just how most men are; the more someone tries to take them away, the more they crave to conquer them."

"If you bring it up yourself, he won't dwell on it."

With his newfound friendship with Chen Jiabai, he wasn't embarrassed, nor was he afraid to confront Chen Jiabai directly.

However, this makes it easy for the two of them to feel resentful. Chen Jiabai's entanglement is not a good thing; instead, it makes her waver constantly.

She chuckled and said, "Isn't that just describing yourself?"

From the day he first hinted at it to her, Wen Yining was convinced that he was after novelty and excitement. She knew she was beautiful, but there were plenty of beautiful women in the world.

“If I weren’t Chen Jiabai’s girlfriend, you wouldn’t have done these things, right?”

He lazily sank into the sofa and said to Tianlang, "Let's go play on the balcony."

I tossed a toy ball over.

He took a drag on a cigarette, tossed the pack back onto the coffee table, tilted his head slightly, lit it, and watched the smoke rise slowly.

"uncertain."

Wen Yining smelled a faint nicotine scent, but it was different from the one she often encountered outside. It was very faint, not pungent, and barely noticeable. She glanced at the cigarette pack, but she had never seen it before and didn't know what kind of cigarette it was.

I sat down weakly, deliberately sitting on the sofa some distance away from him. Confronting someone like him was mentally exhausting, and all I wanted to do was rest. I hadn't had a good rest yet, having only eaten one meal.

But the door was locked, and I couldn't leave...

"Not necessarily, aren't you just like that?"

He countered, "Are you sure you want to see him now?"

She remained silent.

"How about I call him over and have him come pick you up?"

She stopped him speechlessly and helplessly, saying, "Can you please stop having this episode?"

He unlocked his phone, checked recent calls, and saw the red missed calls. The first one was Chen Jiabai, followed by Shen Zongjun and his colleagues.

His tone was slow and deliberately malicious: "You don't even need to take your clothes off right now. Any man would know what we did on the crap yesterday."

"..."

"He'd better see what I've done to your genitals."

"..."

She's not that shameless. Today is indeed the best time to get back together, but since he's threatening her like this, she definitely can't choose today.

She compromised, saying, "I won't look for him anymore."

Shen Yueze had been waiting for her to say this, and he hummed in satisfaction.

She stared intently at his phone screen, which was still on dialing Chen Jiabai. Her heart pounded with every sound from the receiver, her fear that the call would be answered.

She couldn't take it anymore. "I've already said I don't want to see him anymore, why are you still calling! What are you going to say when you finally get through?!"

He may be shameless, but she is. She is indeed afraid of being discovered by Chen Jiabai, but what she fears even more is that the object of her affections happens to be his good brother.

Shen Yueze didn't let her grab the phone. He glanced at her indifferently and said, "They called me five or six times yesterday. What's wrong with me calling back once?"

Wen Yining felt he was doing it on purpose and loudly accused him, "Then why did you have to..."

She was speaking when the other end answered, and she quickly stopped.

Shen Yueze turned on speakerphone, chuckled softly, looked up at her resentful face, pinched her cheek, leaned in, and was about to kiss her when she pushed him away forcefully.

Next, I muted the TV because it was too noisy.

Wen Yining's mind went into overdrive, her attention focused entirely on their conversation, afraid he might reveal something.

Chen Jiabai sounded quite tired, as if he hadn't slept all night. "You finally answered. What did you do last night?"

Wen Yining's heart was in her throat as she stared intently at him, watching for his words.

Shen Yueze didn't look at the screen; his gaze remained fixed on her face the entire time, never wavering, his eyes playful and flippant. "Didn't you hear me? Having your nightlife."

Chen Jiabai wasn't surprised that he had a girlfriend, and didn't ask. Instead, she confided in him about her own situation, "Wen Yining suddenly broke up with me without giving a reason. It was so inexplicable. There had to be a breaking point, right? It was past midnight. We didn't argue or have any disagreements."

"Maybe he still minds what happened with Youyou."

"That happened so long ago. She's not that kind of girl. After we made up, she never held a grudge again. Why is it so difficult to have a serious relationship..."

He then swore a bit, fueled by his emotions.

Shen Yueze: "In that case, let's split it up."

The living room was unusually quiet. She wanted to turn up the volume of the documentary and went to get the remote, but he pressed it down, refusing to give it to her, deliberately letting her hear it clearly.

It was so infuriating that she was so nervous, with the illusion that she might be discovered at any moment. She didn't dare to make the slightest sound, and even her breathing became much softer.

Chen Jiabai said irritably, "Hmm, if it doesn't work out, then we'll break up."

"Break up with her, find someone who's clingy, otherwise what will you do after marriage? Do you have the patience to coax her every day?"

"Didn't you never object to us being together in the first place?"

"When did I express an opinion?"

Even when it came to giving gifts, it was Ye Qingchi and the others who came up with the idea. He didn't say anything, but he did have some recollection of the whole process.

Chen Jiabai sighed, "Everyone says that long-distance relationships will break up sooner or later. This isn't even a long-distance relationship yet, we've only been apart for a week, and an accident has already happened."

He was really busy; when he was busy, he could only take Wen Yining out twice a month at most.

"I bet Wen Yining is dating someone at school."

After all, there are quite a few handsome guys in there.

Shen Yueze gave a perfunctory "hmm," then looked at her meaningfully.

He slipped his hand inside her clothes and began to do it skillfully; she wasn't wearing anything underneath, which made things easier for him.

Wen Yining dared not make a sound, gripping his strong, thin forearm, feeling both comfortable and uncomfortable, frowning, unable to push him away.

He'd wanted to do this for a while, but there hadn't been a suitable opportunity. His phone was left aside, freeing up his right hand as well.

She was incredibly nervous. He asked in a low voice, "Can Chen Jiabai recognize your voice?"

She cursed at him in a low voice, and he told her to speak louder, preferably so that the person on the other side could hear, which would save her trouble.

Even if Chen Jiabai were an idiot, he could tell who was making the noise on the other end, but it was too faint, fragmented, and disjointed to tell.

That tells you that Shen Yueze is currently playing with women.

The call didn't last long; Chen Jiabai wisely hung up.

She didn't expect that he would pin her down on the sofa and have sex with her again before she left.

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Wen Yining didn't go back to pack her luggage. Shen Yueze threatened her, saying that if she moved out without permission, he would tell Chen Jiabai what had happened last night.

I went back and changed into a clean set of clothes. I specifically looked for a pair of loose-fitting casual trousers, a high-necked short-sleeved shirt, and a light jacket on top. Then I threw my dirty clothes and his two pieces of clothing into the washing machine.

When I looked in the mirror, my face was pale and bloodless, and I looked very weak. My complexion was worse than usual. This was due to staying up late and straining my mind for two consecutive nights, all caused by Shen Yueze.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but curse a few times under my breath, then touched up my makeup with a little lipstick before heading out.

She zipped her coat up all the way, put on her baseball cap, and took a taxi back to school. The driver, seeing her coming out of an upscale residential area, even asked, "The property prices here must be very high."

She thought about it and couldn't explain it clearly. Shen Yueze's family bought it earlier, and it wasn't as expensive then as it is now.

Moreover, food delivery is not allowed to enter. Food delivery has become popular in recent years, and many people order it, but this community is very strict and does not allow entry.

I walked here the past few days. It wasn't so sunny at night, and it only took about twenty minutes to walk there. I could buy some food along the way. But the UV rays were strong during the day, and I would get a tan.

Moreover, my lower body hasn't fully recovered yet, and any movement while walking will cause pain.

I only turned my phone off silent mode after class.

Unread messages and phone calls carried a strange sense of pressure, and for a moment, she didn't even know who to reply to.

I can't see Chen Jiabai for now, otherwise that bastard Shen Yueze will have another episode and dare to mess with her while listening to Chen Jiabai talk on the phone.

The dance teacher and Zhao Xiqing tagged her in the group chat that afternoon, asking, "Is your stomach feeling better? Are you coming today?"

She made up another excuse: "I have a slight fever and feel weak. I just took fever reducer. I'll go if the fever goes down."

Zhao Xiqing asked with concern, "Is the fever because you're on your period? It's easy to get sick at this time of year. You should rest for a few more days."

She gripped her phone, lowered her arm, and sighed. Sure enough, it proved true that once you tell one lie, you need countless others to cover it up.

But she still has some pain down there. She hasn't even looked at herself yet. It's not serious, but it's been there for a while. She doesn't know how many days it will take to recover.

While replying to my brother's message, another call came in. The ringing immediately made me nervous. I felt a little guilty when I heard the voice, but the contact name wasn't Chen Jiabai.

Chen Mo.

She zipped up her light jacket again, left the campus, and went to see her best friend.

Chen Mo drove a Tesla and parked it in the same spot where Chen Jiabai used to park. The window was open, and Wen Yining approached but found no one inside. Just as she was about to reach for her phone to contact Chen Mo, Chen Mo came out of her school and said, "I even went in to look for you."

"How did you get in?"

Chen Mo looked worried. "What happened to you? Why did you break up with my brother? I couldn't reach you yesterday. Chen Jiabai almost called the police, you know?"

Wen Yining suppressed her unease and guilt, hesitated for a few seconds, unsure how to explain that Chen Mo and Chen Jiabai were related, but their relationship wasn't very good.

After hesitating for a moment, she said only, "Actually, it's nothing serious. It's just that I don't have feelings for him anymore. There's no other reason for the breakup. I didn't like him that much to begin with."

If she truly liked Chen Jiabai, she would be jealous, possessive, and miss him when they couldn't see each other, instead of only considering his family background.

She finally understood the honey trap incident; she didn't care who Chen Jiabai had slept with.

Chen Mo looked at her conflicted and resentful expression for a while, half believing and half doubting, "Really? I always thought you two had a good relationship, especially you. You acted like you really liked him, just like a couple in the throes of new love."

She didn't reply; it was just an act.

It was over 30 degrees Celsius today, and Chen Mo was wearing a light, knee-length dress, yet she still felt unbearably hot. She wondered why Wen Yining was still wearing a coat. "Take off your coat, aren't you hot?"

Wen Yining got into the passenger seat without taking off her clothes, but turned the air conditioning down a bit so it was facing her. "He has a good personality, he'd be a good boyfriend, and he's not a womanizer."

She's a girl who's not very secure, so she tends to trust honest and traditional types more.

Chen Mo found a restaurant and sent him a message saying, "I saw you, and nothing unexpected happened."

"I've already sent it to him."

"What did he say?"

"I called, but I haven't answered yet."

Once inside the private room, the restaurant staff gave them menus and poured tea. She ordered a drink and told Chen Mo, "Don't order too much, I'm not very hungry."

Chen Mo didn't listen and ordered a lot of things. "This place isn't expensive. Didn't you say you've been very tired lately? Let's nourish your body."

He hissed, "I still think it's too sudden, you two just broke up like that??"

"He went on a business trip yesterday and won't be back until tomorrow or the day after."

Wen Yining paused, then asked unexpectedly, "He's away on a business trip?"

"Yeah, he didn't tell you?"

"It's also possible that I mentioned it, but forgot."

She didn't listen to the voice message, but probably mentioned it in yesterday's message, so she picked up her phone and looked through it.

Several messages are disjointed, most likely because that bastard Shen Yueze deleted parts of them...

At noon in his living room, even though he knew Chen Jiabai wasn't in Beijing, he still threatened her to call her over...

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A note from the author:

Can Shen Yueze help these two get back together...?