Chapter 458 Dispute
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Wen Ni, who was gazing at the stars, couldn't help but turn her curious gaze to Lin Yi upon hearing this.
That look seemed to be asking Lin Yi, how could he have had a romantic entanglement with this Shen Jing?
"I didn't! It wasn't me!"
Lin Yi shook his head frantically, denying Wen Ni's conjecture.
Then, looking completely bewildered, he pointed at himself and looked up at Shen Jing. "Brother, are you kidding me? This should be our first meeting. We haven't even exchanged a few words, so how did we get onto the topic of relationships? Don't try to smear me like that."
"Ha! Even if you don't admit it, it doesn't matter. God will punish every scumbag who plays with feelings!" Shen Jing thought he was on the moral high ground. After saying this sarcastically, he turned around and walked to the campfire where Sang Rou and her best friend were without looking back.
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Lin Yi, who was inexplicably scolded, was full of questions.
“It’s burnt,” Wen Ni suddenly said.
"Burnt? What's burnt?" Lin's mind was still blank.
"string."
"Ahhh!"
Lin Yi suddenly snapped out of his daze. By the time he frantically grabbed water to pour it over the meat skewers, they had already turned into lumps of charcoal...
Before we even ate them, a batch of them were already ruined.
"Sigh, I wonder when we'll be able to enjoy this delicious meal." Anxi took out two pieces of Sachima (a type of Chinese pastry) and tossed them to Wen Ni, saying helplessly, "Have something to eat for now!"
"Hmm." Wen Ni took it with one hand and carried a chair over with the other, sitting down next to Lin Yi.
"Monkey, you didn't know Shen Jing before?"
"How would I know him?" Lin Yi looked completely bewildered. "You're crazy! It's like I stole his woman!"
"Big brother, so you don't know Shen Jing?" Peng Ze, who had just finished a drive and was having his fill of driving, returned with a few friends and overheard their conversation. "Then you probably don't know Sang Rou either, right?"
"What 'sang' or 'rou'? I've never even heard of them." Lin Yi shook his head decisively.
Wen Ni, standing beside him, slowly raised her eyes and looked at Peng Ze, "Why do you ask that? What is the relationship between Shen Jing and Sang Rou?"
"Ah~ that's a long story! Shen Jing must have misunderstood that there's something going on between my brother and Sang Rou, that's why he said those things earlier! After all, Sang Rou hasn't been in a good mood since you guys showed up today, and she keeps looking at you with resentful eyes~"
Pengze rummaged through the burnt skewers, but couldn't find a single edible one, before continuing.
“We all know that Shen Jing likes Sang Rou, but Sang Rou has always ignored him! You may not know, but Sang Rou is the daughter of Sang's Real Estate, while Shen Jing's family is just an ordinary working class. Apart from being good-looking, he is nothing special, so it is normal for him to be jealous of a rich and handsome guy like my older brother!”
"Sang's Real Estate?"
Upon hearing these four words, Lin nodded, looking as if he had just realized something. "So Sang Rou is the heiress of Sang's Real Estate who appeared out of nowhere?"
"Big brother is indeed the eldest brother, so knowledgeable and worldly-wise..." Pengze finished flattering him, but couldn't help but wonder, "But, big brother, what do you mean by appearing out of nowhere?"
“I remember the Sang family has always had an only daughter, and she hasn’t even started junior high yet. This one who suddenly appears must be his newly adopted daughter.” As the son of the powerful Zongheng Real Estate tycoon, it wasn’t surprising that Lin knew these things. But halfway through his sentence, he suddenly realized something and quickly added, “Of course, these are all just rumors. Rumors are mostly false! I don’t know anything about other people’s affairs!”
"Oh? So Sang Rou is an adopted daughter of the Sang family?"
"Sang Rou isn't a child of the Sang family?"
"But why would the Sang family suddenly adopt such a grown-up daughter? If you ask me, she might be... an illegitimate child!"
"Whatever it is, her origins are definitely illegitimate."
People immediately started discussing it and even making subjective speculations.
Peng Ze curled his lip, looked in Sang Rou's direction, and deliberately raised his voice, "Oh~! So she's just an adopted daughter of unknown origin? She always acts so arrogant and high and mighty, ignoring Shen Jing. I thought she had some noble status! She's nothing special after all. I really don't know who gave her that confidence!"
The students around them all turned to look.
Other tourists in front of the campfire also turned their heads curiously.
In an instant, everyone's gaze fell upon Sang Rou!
From Wen Ni's angle, you could see that Sang Rou's face turned completely red.
"Hey, what are you doing? What are you yelling about? Don't talk nonsense." Lin Yi angrily reached out and slapped Peng Ze. "Whether she is an adopted daughter of the Sang family or not, what does it have to do with you? In the end, isn't she still a child of the Sang family? The Sang family won't treat her differently."
"Sigh~" Pengze continued sarcastically, "An adopted daughter is an adopted daughter, just like a fake phoenix can never become a real phoenix!"
"That's right~ Hahaha!" Everyone burst into laughter.
Sang Rou, standing by the campfire, had a face flushed crimson. She suddenly stood up, clenched her fists and hung them at her sides, lowered her head, and walked quickly away without a word toward the mountain path outside the door.
"Sang Rou! Sang Rou! Where are you going? It's already dark! It's not safe on the mountain!"
Shen Jing called out a few times, but still worried, he took a step and chased after her.
The best friend who was sitting next to Sang Rou just moments ago, and who was as close as family, now that she heard that Sang Rou was an adopted daughter, she not only stopped pursuing her, but also started gossiping and whispering with the others!
“I always found it strange that Sang Rou didn’t look like a typical rich girl at all! She was so plain and unsophisticated. Turns out she’s an adopted daughter, that makes sense.”
"Yeah, I never see her use luxury goods. I even told others that she's very frugal, not at all like the extravagant rich people! So it turns out she's just an unwanted wild child?"
"Just a chicken, and I went to all that trouble to curry favor with it."
They were speaking when a pebble fell from the sky and landed in the campfire, sparking a burst of sparks!
Startled, they leaned back, their faces turning slightly pale.
"Regardless of Sang Rou's true identity," Wen Ni said, standing on the steps with one hand in her pocket, her cold gaze looking down at him. "Your treacherous and two-faced behavior is truly despicable!"
“I…we…”
"Who do you think you are? This is between us and Sang Rou. What right do you, an outsider, have to interfere?" The fake best friend stood up, pointed at Wen Ni, and then looked at An Xi. "Mind your own business. Two girls going out and spending the night with a rich kid, do you really think people don't understand what's going on between you? Rich people, they just play around!"
“If a person’s thoughts are filthy, then everything she sees will be filthy.” Anxi suddenly stood up, arms crossed, her face tense and serious. “The three of us are just good friends. What’s this talk of accompanying or not accompanying? You’re making it sound so vulgar.”
"Hmph, I have no interest in what kind of relationship you two have!" The fake best friend said arrogantly, linking arms with her classmate as they stood up and walked into the hotel. "Instead of saying I have dirty thoughts, you should stop doing dirty things yourselves... um!"
The fake best friend's words came to an abrupt halt because her cheek was suddenly pinched by a hand, making her look like a wrinkled bun!
"Hey classmate, if you can't control your mouth, I don't mind disciplining you." Wen Ni stood sideways, one hand in her pocket, the other pinching her fake best friend's cheek. She tilted her head slightly, a cold sneer appearing on her delicate face.
"Mmm!" The fake best friend tried to struggle.
But Wen Ni's grip tightened even more!
"Apologize for the slanderous things you just said about us."
"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!"
The fake best friend was in so much pain she kept crying out.
The classmates who were with the fake best friend didn't dare to go forward.
"Apologize."
"Ugh!!"
The fake best friend nodded frantically, her eyes filled with tears.
Wen Ni then let go.
"You fucking..."
Who would have thought that the fake best friend would start cursing as soon as she was released!
"Smack!"
Wen Ni decisively slapped him across the face.
This blow knocked the other person unconscious, causing them to fall to the ground. The fake best friend covered her cheek, her eyes still filled with incredulous shock!
"You...you hit me..."
"You deserved this slap for your rudeness and lack of remorse," Wen Ni said coldly, her eyes lowered.
"Do you know who my father is? How dare you hit me!" The fake best friend's eyes were bloodshot, and she was furious.
Who is your father?
"My dad is the owner of Tianyuan Commercial!"
"Oh, I've never heard of it."
Wen Ni was infuriating, but she calmly tossed a business card at her fake best friend's face and said, "Go back and tell your dad to come find me."
"..." The fake best friend's lips trembled.
They watched Wen Ni's figure disappear into the hotel.
Only a fake best friend picked up that business card.
“Baoxiangzhai…”
"Bao Xiangzhai?"
The other students immediately gathered around.
"A tycoon who suddenly rose to prominence in the jewelry industry!"
"Could she... be the daughter of the director of Baoxiangzhai?"
"No wonder they're so powerful, even more so than the Sang family!"
The students were astonished and made various guesses.
Baoxiangzhai has a hundred times more influence than Sangjia Real Estate, and Tianyuan Commercial is nothing compared to it!
The fake best friend's hand trembled, and she sat on the ground, howling in anger!
Lin Yi and An Xi exchanged a glance.
He shook his head and continued grilling skewers.
One hour, then two hours passed.
Lin grilled a lot of skewers and wrapped them up to save for Baron, but Baron and the others were still late!
It's raining.
Wen Ni held an umbrella in front of the door.
Drip, drip, the sporadic raindrops fell more and more frequently.
"It's been two hours, why hasn't Sang Rou come back yet?"
Lin Yi, carrying the grilled skewers, ran up the steps one after the other with An Xi. Looking at the sudden downpour and the deep mountain forest, Lin Yi couldn't help but frown with worry.
"I heard from the hotel receptionist that there are many wild animals, including snakes, that come out in the mountains at night," Anxi said, taking the skewers of grilled meat. "And the mountain roads are winding and difficult to travel at night. Could they have encountered some danger?"
"Should we go look for them?" The other classmates who were traveling with Sang Rou were also a little worried.
“What are you looking for? With Shen Jing with you, there’s nothing to be afraid of. If you ask me, maybe Sang Rou is in a bad mood right now, and Shen Jing is taking advantage of the situation…” another person chimed in.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"I'm not making this up! Shen Jing has been eyeing Sang Rou for so long, and she's ignored him. Now that Shen Jing knows Sang Rou is just an adopted daughter, not some high-class heiress, he'll definitely have a better chance of winning her over. It's not impossible for him to take this opportunity to win her over!"
Lin Yi heard everything they said.
Lin Yi became even more restless. Looking at the night outside, he immediately made a decision: "No, Sang Rou's departure was caused by my wrong words. If she really encounters any danger on the mountain during this time, I will also be responsible! Wen Shen, you and An Xi wait at the hotel. I will go up the mountain to check!"
“Wouldn’t it be even more unsafe for you to go up the mountain alone?” Wen Ni turned around, took another umbrella from the lobby, and handed it to Lin Yi. Then, without allowing any refusal, she stepped forward and said, “Let’s go, I’ll go with you.”
“I’m going too…” Anxi wanted to go as well.
"Anxi, you stay here to provide backup. If anything happens later, it will be easier to contact rescue services!"
"Okay... okay! Be careful!" Anxi gripped her phone tightly with worry, thought for a while, and then turned around to make a call.
late at night
It was raining heavily in Pingshan, and the higher you climbed, the colder it got. Moreover, there were no lighting facilities on either side of the mountain path, only two strong beams of light from flashlights that could barely illuminate the way ahead.
The main road is flanked by dense, dark trees.
Although the trees are somewhat bare and not as dense this season, you can still hear the rustling of branches when the wind blows, which is quite eerie and terrifying!
"Wen Shen, we've climbed halfway up the mountain, why haven't we seen them yet? Could something have really happened to them?"
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