Chapter 23 Could it be that he likes me? ...

Ning Wanwan's hand hadn't even left the doorknob when she instinctively clung to the door, refusing to let go.

I have a feeling that something terrible is going to happen if I'm dragged back to the room!

Jiang Chengran tried several times but couldn't pull the girl off the door. Forcibly pulling her off would likely injure her.

After all, just by holding that slender wrist in his hand, he could feel how fragile this person was.

A being completely different from him.

Ning Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he didn't try to pull her any further, thinking that he had given up.

"What's wrong with you? Should I go and call someone over...?"

Before she could finish speaking, a sharp ripping sound rang out, and she was dragged into the room along with the door by a strong force!

Jiang Chengran actually ripped the entire door off!

It tore it so easily and effortlessly! Like tearing a piece of paper!

"What the hell are you trying to do?!"

Ning Wanwan was on the verge of a breakdown!

Is this the strength a human being can possess? Is the villain's brother even human?

This time, Jiang Chengran remained silent. He dragged the girl, who was trying to break free, into the room along with the door panel. As if he were carefully examining and identifying her, he leaned closer and stared at her intently.

Because of her position, Ning Wanwan was now facing a door behind her and Jiang Chengran's chest in front of her, leaving her with virtually no way to retreat.

She could even feel Jiang Chengran's rapid, undulating breathing, and his body temperature, which was burning hot even through the air.

He was panting heavily, staring at Ning Wanwan for a long while. He seemed to have recognized something, and his scarlet eyes cleared slightly. He then leaned closer to carefully smell her scent.

It's just like a wild beast figuring out how to best eat its prey before taking a bite.

Ning Wanwan: "...!!!"

Ning Wanwan panicked.

"System, what if he... really kills me?"

Could he be plotting how to kill her? He said he despised the weak and wouldn't even touch her, just throwing her away.

The system hesitated: [Host, haven't you shown enough weakness?]

Ning Wanwan, who was timid and playing herself without any acting skills, was shocked: "Isn't this weak enough?"

【Or, host, you could act even weaker. Oh, and I remember Jiang Chengran hates people who cry and whine at the slightest thing!】

Ning Wanwan's eyes lit up. This was the only way now, so she decided to give it a try.

But how do I cry it out?

Ning Wanwan paused for a few seconds, thinking of all the saddest things in her life, but that's how people are; the more urgent and critical the moment, the less they can control their emotions.

It's difficult. Should we just force ourselves to act?

Ning Wanwan held it in for a while, growing more and more anxious. When she had no other choice, she had to pretend to cry.

"Waaah, waaah." Words like these, which could be used in thoughts or messages, felt strangely shameful to utter aloud. She squeezed out a few dry words, then lowered her head, unable to continue her fake crying.

This is so fake!

However, it was precisely this fake "whimpering" sound that caught the red-haired boy's attention. He lifted the girl's chin with his hand, his gaze fixed on her face, as if trying to determine whether she was truly crying.

Ning Wanwan was thus forced to meet his gaze.

At this moment, the focused gaze so close at hand made Ning Wanwan, who was socially anxious, really want to cry.

"No..." Don't come any closer.

The girl's scarlet eyes reflected his gaze, her small face filled with panic and evasion. Under his gaze that gripped her tightly, a thin layer of tears even gradually gathered in her eyes.

He also saw how, in the girl's eyes, he appeared irrationally fierce.

Jiang Chengran froze for a moment.

For some reason, Jiang Chengran really didn't want to see herself as she was in the eyes of the girl, and she didn't want to see the girl afraid of her.

"Don't be afraid of me..."

The confusion in his eyes gradually faded, and reason slowly returned.

Ning Wanwan was unaware that he was slowly regaining consciousness. She still stared at him with tense and fearful eyes, as if afraid that he was really going to kill her.

Jiang Chengran felt half awake and half drowsy at this moment. His consciousness was as if it were veiled by a thin gauze, and he could not see clearly. He acted on instinct alone.

"I, I'm really scared of you, I'm very weak." At this moment, Ning Wanwan was still very dedicated and did not forget what she had to do. She tried her best to declare that she was very weak, hoping that Jiang Chengran would throw her out hard as soon as possible.

Staying here any longer is both dangerous and bizarre!

Ning Wanwan couldn't quite put her finger on what was strange, but she just felt that Jiang Chengran, without his rationality, was very aggressive, and she felt like a small dessert about to be eaten in front of him, unable to protect herself at any moment.

The girl was speaking in a soft voice, but Jiang Chengran, who was only half rational, couldn't hear her at all and didn't care.

But Jiang Chengran found the girl's trembling appearance quite adorable.

Has she really not done anything strange? Why has he become so strange?

At this point, Jiang Chengran didn't reveal that he had regained control of most of his actions. Instead, he deliberately interrogated and frightened her: "You really are very weak..."

"Then tell me, why did you even bother to break in if you're so weak? Did someone send you?"

"If you don't tell me, you're not leaving here."

Ning Wanwan: "!"

He must be threatening her! Like those scenes in TV dramas where he says, "I'll leave my life here." But in the original story, he was throwing her out, not leaving her alive! It's the other way around!

Ning Wanwan still clung to a sliver of hope: "You...you want to kill me?"

Jiang Chengran continued to intimidate her, and readily admitted, "Yes, that's right."

Ning Wanwan: "Waaah, waaah."

Ning Wanwan is sometimes oblivious to other people's feelings. She really couldn't figure out Jiang Chengran's true intentions. She only felt that Jiang Chengran really wanted to kill her.

This time she was really going to cry.

Why kill her instead of the original owner?

Could it be that he hates her even more now than he did in the original story?

Ning Wanwan was starting to doubt her life after such a difficult first time following the storyline.

Ning Wanwan pursed her lips, trying to calm her tense emotions and make herself calm down.

Don't panic, Ning Wanwan, it's just a little accident.

To survive, one must be able to find a way to stay alive!

"You're not saying anything." Jiang Chengran frowned, asking the question that concerned him most, "You hate me."

Ning Wanwan lowered her head, and just as Jiang Chengran's patience was about to run out, she finally spoke.

"Could you please let me go first?"

She paused, then said timidly in a soft voice, "You're too close to me... It's not easy for me to say anything like this."

It's hard to say what's hard to say.

Jiang Chengran was confused for a moment, then suddenly a flash of insight seemed to strike his mind, and he understood something.

Could it be because...?

He suddenly stopped, his ears turning red and his whole body stiffening, but because of the dim light, Ning Wanwan didn't notice his change at all.

She was still worried that such vague words wouldn't pique his curiosity at all, and hesitated whether she should make up something else to add.

The next second, Jiang Chengran actually let go of her.

Is it that easy? Ning Wanwan's eyes widened slightly.

"Speak." Jiang Chengran took a few steps back, crossed his arms but didn't look at her, awkwardly turning his gaze away.

Ning Wanwan took a deep breath and stammered as she answered his previous question: "I... I don't hate you."

Jiang Chengran's ears turned red, her brows furrowed deeply, and her face was full of rejection.

Haha, could it be that he actually likes me?

How dare someone so weak like me? Haven't you heard that I hate guys who look weak and frail? With that little body, you couldn't even withstand one punch from me, could you?

Ning Wanwan secretly observed Jiang Chengran's reaction. Seeing that he didn't speak, she had to add fuel to the fire and continue answering his previous question: "Actually, I didn't barge into the room because I was just passing by. It's because..."

Jiang Chengran's Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily, and she couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

“Because…” Ning Wanwan seemed to hesitate for a long time before finally blurting out the words in one breath.

"Because I want to see you!"

The girl's soft, delicate voice fell.

Jiang Chengran's eyes darted around, and her heart raced.

He wanted to see me, actually because he wanted to see me.

This is the first time someone has dared to confess their feelings to me face-to-face.

But I have no intention of dating; I just want to become stronger and stronger!

If we actually start dating, wouldn't that take up all my free time? I'm not going to spoil my girlfriend by spending all my time with her!

I can only spare a little time each week... wait, isn't a week too little... oh well, I'll just force myself and change it to every day...

Just as Jiang Chengran was getting lost in thought, Ning Wanwan took advantage of his distraction and quietly squatted down to pick up the poor door that had been torn down.

Great! He was still in a daze and didn't notice!

Ning Wanwan used all her strength and hurled herself at him in one go!

Jiang Chengran, who was accurately hit by the door panel: "..."

His beautiful romantic fantasies shattered, he was finally forced to pull himself out of his agonizing thoughts of whether or not to agree to the relationship. He clutched his forehead, swaying precariously, gritting his teeth, determined to grab Ning Wanwan.

"You're lying to me..."

Ning Wanwan waved her hands frantically: "No!"

Although she kept making things up but couldn't come up with anything else, and had to try her best to be vague in order to buy time, everything she said was the truth!

Jiang Chengran was actually quite surprised that her nonsense could actually distract her.

Jiang Chengran shouldn't have been affected by this attack.

However, he was already weak from exhausting his immune system to fight off the effects of the medicine, and then he was hit hard by Ning Wanwan. In addition, he was so angry that he realized he had been tricked.

After struggling to hold onto Ning Wanwan's wrist, he finally lost consciousness.

Ning Wanwan: "..."

Was he moving this fast before he lost consciousness?! If I hadn't knocked him unconscious first, it would have been a pipe dream for me to escape with my physical strength.

Thankfully, she fainted.

Ning Wanwan exerted a great deal of effort, prying the other person's fingers apart one by one, and ran out of the room as fast as she could.

As for Jiang Chengran lying on the ground, given his demonstrated physical condition, Ning Wanwan wasn't worried about him getting hurt at all! She'd rather worry about herself.

Having finally escaped, Ning Wanwan couldn't help but glance back at Jiang Chengran lying on the ground before leaving, and then at the metal gap that had been torn off the doorway.

This is absolutely not something a human could do!

I couldn't help but shudder again.

Run away quickly.

But she didn't know that the situation here would soon be discovered and reported to Jiang Chengran's older brother, Jiang Yuyuan.

-----------------------

Author's Note: The clips are coming up tomorrow! So I'm updating early today; tomorrow's update will be a little later, around 11:30 PM.

Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants with nutrient solution between 17:32:54 on December 9, 2023 and 11:59:32 on December 10, 2023!

Thank you to the little angels who threw landmines: 63196485, Meow Meow Meow~ 1;

Thank you to the little angels who watered the nutrient solution: Yimian (5 bottles); 63196485 (3 bottles); and the bookworm Kris, Yexiaobulun, and Kongxiang (1 bottle each).

Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!