Chapter 89 (First Release)

Anyway, Jiang Chengran didn't ask, so she wouldn't say anything either; it wasn't important. Ning Wanwan thought to herself.

Jiang Chengran naturally didn't notice the girl's guilty conscience; his attention was focused on her forehead.

Because she had run all the way, Ning Wanwan's face was still sweaty, her breathing was slightly rapid, and her face was a little red.

"...Is that so?" Jiang Chengran's expression was a little unnatural, and she regretted that she had casually asked Ning Wanwan to buy ice cream when she wanted to get revenge on her.

He frowned and lectured, "If there are so many people, why are you still queuing to buy it? Just come back and tell me, is it stupid of me to need one more bite of ice cream?"

Jiang Chengran's emotions were clearly calmed down, probably thanks to the ice cream. Ning Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Ning Wanwan was a little unhappy about being called silly, after all, she had gone through a lot of trouble to buy him ice cream.

She whispered, "Since we've already bought it, you can just throw it in the trash if you're not going to eat it."

Jiang Chengran: "...Why don't I eat? I just want to eat ice cream."

He took a big bite of the ice cream in his hand, and then took another bite.

The ice cream had clearly melted a bit due to the delay, mixing with the chocolate coating and sugar granules, which made it less palatable. However, as the young master Jiang, who never compromised his own comfort, Jiang Chengran didn't even flinch and quickly finished the ice cream in his hand.

"Let's go." Jiang Chengran casually put the last bit of the ice cream cone into his mouth, chewed it a few times, swallowed it, his Adam's apple bobbing as he looked at Ning Wanwan.

Ning Wanwan was still a little confused: "Ah...where to?"

"Are you crazy again? Of course we should go ride the Ferris wheel."

Jiang Chengran glanced at her with amusement. He seemed to be in a good mood, perhaps because he had eaten ice cream.

"We've already spent so much time at the amusement park and only managed to ride one ride. Now that we're here, of course we have to ride the Ferris wheel."

Ning Wanwan: "...Oh."

But she didn't really want to sit with Jiang Chengran... It would be inconvenient for her to do things like collect clues when she was with him.

"What are you still standing there for?" Jiang Chengran took a few steps forward, but when he realized that Ning Wanwan hadn't followed, he turned back with a troubled look on his face, grabbed her wrist, and walked towards the entrance of the Ferris wheel gate.

Ning Wanwan: "Wait, wait a minute!"

She shook off his hand.

Jiang Chengran paused, turned to look at her, and raised his eyebrows: "What, do you dislike me?"

Ning Wanwan: "No... I just thought of something... Where is Miss Lin?"

After all the trouble she had gone through, Ning Wanwan had almost forgotten about Lin Ruowei. Now she suddenly realized she hadn't seen her.

Given Lin Ruowei's tenacity towards the Jiang family, it's impossible for her to abandon Jiang Chengran and run off to somewhere else.

"Lin Ruowei, you mean her?" Jiang Chengran had obviously long forgotten about this young lady from the Lin family. If Ning Wanwan hadn't brought her up now, he probably wouldn't have remembered that she even existed.

But at this time, he didn't care.

"It's right behind here," Jiang Chengran pointed casually.

Ning Wanwan looked closely in the direction he pointed, and saw Lin Ruowei staring intently at them from a distance, being jostled around in the crowd, her resentment almost overflowing.

Ning Wanwan: "...Why is she standing so far away?"

Jiang Chengran said nonchalantly, "Oh, because she always comes over and chatters, which is really annoying, so I told her to stay away from me."

As for how Jiang Chengran got Lin Ruowei to obediently and keep her distance, he didn't say, but it was clearly not a gentle method.

Ning Wanwan: "..."

Ning Wanwan felt no sympathy for Lin Ruowei and would not normally speak up for her.

But if that's the case, wouldn't it just turn into a date between me and Jiang Chengran again?

That won't do.

Ning Wanwan hesitated for a moment, then tentatively suggested in a soft voice, "Why don't we let her come over? Aren't we together...?"

Jiang Chengran: "..."

He didn't really want to remember it.

I even felt a bit stupid for saying those things out of spite at the beginning.

You're just asking for trouble.

But ironically, he could tell that from the very beginning, Ning Wanwan really wanted Lin Ruowei to get involved.

"You care a lot about that Lin Ruowei?" Jiang Chengran suddenly asked, frowning.

Ning Wanwan: "Ah...I guess so."

You know, Lin Ruowei, the vicious female supporting character who had a very important role in the early part of the story, was related to the plot hole that had occurred in her own story. Before the incident at the amusement park, the plot point that she was most concerned about was Lin Ruowei's!

How can we not care about this in order to maintain the storyline?

Ning Wanwan thought her answer was normal; it was just a few words, and she didn't say anything more.

But for some reason, Jiang Chengran clicked his tongue and looked at Ning Wanwan as if she were an idiot.

“Ning Wanwan, there are some people you can’t trust. You may treat them as friends and good people, but they may not think the same way.”

Ning Wanwan: "...Huh?"

She looked up at Jiang Chengran in confusion, wondering if he was really talking to her.

Jiang Chengran must have misunderstood something, thinking he was the kind of person who genuinely wanted the best for Lin Ruowei.

Ning Wanwan admitted that her personality seemed a bit too soft... But was she really as naive and selfless as she appeared?

Jiang Chengran must be blind.

[Host, what you did was actually quite easy for people to misunderstand. Who would willingly give up the chance to date Young Master Jiang to someone else?]

The system's words startled Ning Wanwan.

It seems so, indeed.

So now I'm the one who gets the role of someone who sacrifices and dedicates themselves to Lin Ruowei without any regrets.

Ning Wanwan was speechless, and a little disgusted.

However, in the eyes of others, Ning Wanwan's silence seemed to prove something even more.

Jiang Chengran snorted coldly and continued to speak bluntly, wanting Ning Wanwan to see the true face of Lin Ruowei, the "friend" she cared about so much.

"Do you know what Lin Ruowei said to me while you were gone?"

"She spoke ill of you, encouraged me to take revenge on you, and her face was so vicious that I couldn't bear to look at her. Don't you mind at all?"

"You'd better open your eyes wider when judging people from now on! You really believe people like that..."

Jiang Chengran's tone was blunt, but Ning Wanwan wasn't surprised at all.

It's not like I don't know what kind of person Lin Ruowei is.

Ning Wanwan knew very well that Lin Ruowei was an untrustworthy person when Lin Ruowei publicly dragged her out as a tool to smear Shen Wu, showing no concern for the potential predicament a powerless girl like her might face.

However, she was only trying to maintain the plot and save Lin Ruowei's money, so even though Lin Ruowei was setting traps for her, she didn't feel anything.

"Let's not talk about this anymore," Ning Wanwan didn't want to continue discussing the topic of "Lin Ruowei not being a good person," "It's not good for her to keep standing so far away..."

Jiang Chengran stared at her in disbelief, raising her voice: "Ning Wanwan, you actually defended her and spoke up for her? Are you stupid?! Where is Ning Wanwan...?"

Why haven't I seen you treat me this well before?!

Jiang Cheng was so angry that she gritted her teeth, and her fluffy, curly red short hair seemed to become even more frizzy.

"You're going to drive me crazy!"

Ning Wanwan: "Jiang, don't, don't be so angry..."

Why are you so angry? And you seem inexplicably a little wronged.

Jiang Chengran: "You're so good to her, but look how she treats you?!"

Ning Wanwan explained softly, "I don't actually want her to be nice to me..."

It was just a transaction; she never expected Lin Ruowei to "remember her kindness" at all.

Rather, Ning Wanwan rarely has any extra expectations of others.

It's good enough if you can take care of yourself.

To everyone's surprise, these words only made Jiang Chengran angrier. Her bright red curly hair trembled like burning flames: "What! You treat her well and ask for nothing in return!"

Ning Wanwan: "..."

Jiang Chengran chuckled, revealing a very cold expression: "Fine, I won't bother with you anymore. Wait until she bullies you behind your back again, then we'll see where you can cry then."

Lin Ruowei approached at some point, and probably sensing the tense atmosphere, she boldly leaned closer: "What? Where are you going to cry?"

Jiang Chengran opened his mouth to say something, but Ning Wanwan beat him to it and whispered a vague reply: "It's nothing."

We can't really let Jiang Chengran stab Lin Ruowei again in public, can we?

That would not be the plot of "the male lead's ex-fiancée climbing up to the Jiang family", but rather the plot of "the male lead's ex-fiancée offending the Jiang family and dying before the male lead could retaliate".

That won't do! All that effort I put into delivering breakfast and love letters will have been wasted!

Ning Wanwan was unusually in such a hurry. Jiang Chengran glanced at her, crossed his arms, and let out another cold snort, but ultimately didn't expose her.

Ning Wanwan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and secretly glanced at him. Jiang Chengran immediately noticed her gaze, turned his head away with a cold expression, and looked like he didn't want to talk to her anymore.

Ning Wanwan awkwardly looked away, guessing that she had accidentally offended Jiang Chengran again, although she still couldn't understand why Jiang Chengran was so angry about something that had nothing to do with him.

Men's hearts are truly hard to understand.

system:【……】

The system, observing from the sidelines, understood perfectly. It found it absurd; wasn't Jiang Chengran just jealous? But it didn't voice its concern to the host, presumably because the host wouldn't want to hear such pointless talk.

It's outrageous that a human male could compete with a vicious female supporting character for a man's affections.

As a mature and stable system, it would never be so lacking in manners!

Lin Ruowei spoke first: "Young Master Jiang, are we going to ride the Ferris wheel?"

Jiang Chengran didn't say anything and went straight to the Ferris wheel's gate entrance.

Ning Wanwan glanced at the embarrassed Lin Ruowei, thought for a moment, and kindly said, "Yes."

Time ticked by, and she didn't want to linger under the Ferris wheel any longer.

But upon glancing at her, Ning Wanwan suddenly noticed that Lin Ruowei's face looked strange.

My face is so swollen it looks like I've been punched!

It looks like it hurts a lot.

Ning Wanwan suddenly admired Lin Ruowei's mental fortitude; she could still endure her spoiled princess temper like this.

Noticing Ning Wanwan's gaze, Lin Ruowei said irritably, "...What are you looking at?"

Lin Ruowei felt that today was incredibly unlucky; even a moth hitting her face had caused this.

Hopefully, nothing unexpected will happen next.

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Author's Note: Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants with nutrient solution between 17:55:51 on February 12, 2024 and 17:45:43 on February 13, 2024!

Thank you to the little angel who threw the landmine: Sweet Peach 1;

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