Chapter 97
“If you dare to drink in the future, don’t touch me!” Xin Nuo said coldly to Xu Heran.
Xu Heran wrapped herself in the blanket, looking innocent. “What’s wrong?”
Pearl didn’t understand, Pearl was puzzled, Pearl didn’t do anything.
“Heh.”
Alcohol could amplify emotions and Xu Heran’s strength.
Xin Nuo had been feeling frustrated since she woke up feeling like she was shattered. But this matter had a significant reason behind it, so Xin Nuo could only silently be angry.
She got out of bed, walked into the bathroom, and saw marks on her body deeper than any time before…
“Clank.” Xin Nuo placed the mouthwash cup on the countertop, staring at her eyes in the mirror.
“Xu… He… Ran!”
From outside the room, a loud response came.
“Nuo Nuo, I’m going to buy some food. Don’t miss me!”
Xu Heran dashed for a hundred meters, ran out of the house, feeling extremely pleased with herself.
She had stayed in this hotel many times before. She pressed the button for the restaurant floor, ordered familiar dishes, and while waiting for the food, she took out her phone to check for new messages.
Cui Queen Mother: “You need to release your album in the second half of the year. Your fans are constantly demanding you to work on your career in the comments under your Weibo posts.”
Xu Pearl: “Okay.”
“You’re actually replying to messages?” Immediately, a message from Cui Qi came through. “Find some time to update your social media with your recent status. There are already people online saying that after your last incident, you found the meaning of life and decided to quit being a star to become a martial arts actor.”
Xu Pearl thought for a moment. “I guess that’s not impossible.”
“And there are people saying that you’ve felt the cruelty of the world and have collapsed to become a rich young lady.”
Xu Heran looked at it. “Shouldn’t it be someone else collapsing, not me?”
“Enough chit-chat, get to work!”
“Alright.” Xu Heran stood up, took the takeaway box from the smiling server’s hands, casually took a photo, and opened Weibo.
SGS Xu Pearl: “Had a great day today, enjoying some good food.”
Before long, fans and certain idle individuals began liking her post and leaving comments.
“Xu Pearl! You still remember to come out! Don’t you know how much Mommy misses you?”
Xu Heran immediately replied, “I know, Mommy.”
“QAQ Pearl, are you okay?”
“It’s not just okay, it’s beyond that.”
“What did you eat?”
“Xiaolongbao, fresh wontons, and tea eggs. Good morning, Yueting!”
“Pearl!”
“Bark bark!”
Xu Heran rode the elevator with a cheerful smile. Upon returning to her room, she saw the hotel manager holding a bouquet of large red roses, looking embarrassed as they stood outside the door. Xin Nuo’s gaze fell on the bouquet, her expression inscrutable.
Xu Heran frowned and walked forward. “What’s the matter?”
The hotel manager hurriedly explained to Xu Heran, “Well, here’s the thing. Someone sent a bouquet of flowers to the hotel, specifically for Miss Xin Nuo.”
Xu Heran reached out and took out the card to read.
The card had only two words.
“Good morning.”
“In the future, for things like this with unknown origins, just reject them outright,” Xu Heran said with a cold expression.
The hotel manager quickly explained, “The person who sent the flowers only said they were for Miss Xin Nuo, and then they left. We didn’t stop them.”
“Dispose of them,” Xin Nuo said with a smile. “If the sender doesn’t dare to sign their name, it’s not worth remembering. Please just get rid of it for me.”
“Of course,” the hotel manager quickly responded. “Sorry for the disturbance.”
After the hotel manager left with the flowers, Xu Heran asked in confusion, “Who sent these?”
The face of a man from yesterday flashed through her mind. “Could it be…”
Ji Yichen.
The name crossed Xin Nuo’s mind, and she chuckled.
“Do you think it’s him, Nuo Nuo?” Xu Heran asked.
No need to think, it’s him.
The man who claimed to fall in love with her at first sight, who was obsessed and determined to have her. In reality, the initial her was nothing more than a tool he used to break off his engagement. But later on, this man claimed he had truly fallen for her. It was quite ridiculous.
Who else would do such a boring thing except for him?
“Probably.” She took a deep breath and turned to enter the room.
Xu Heran was so angry that he immediately exclaimed, “A scumbag who has a fiancée and still messes with other girls!”
“Does his fiancée know what kind of person he is?”
Xin Nuo wasn’t sure.
She remembered in her previous life being locked up in a villa on the outskirts, and it was a stranger who had released her. That woman was Ji Yichen’s fiancée. Xin Nuo only found out about her identity later. They had only met once, and Xin Nuo remembered that she was beautiful and sophisticated.
“I’m going to find Xu Jiamu and ask her for Ji Yichen’s fiancée’s phone number.” Xu Heran felt it was necessary to inform another victim.
“Be careful not to fall into a trap set by him,” Xin Nuo warned.
Xu Heran turned around, glaring angrily at Xin Nuo. “Are you still siding with him?”
Xin Nuo froze, then raised her hand and gave Xu Heran’s head a firm pat.
“Calm down!”
Xu Heran placed the takeout box on the table and crossed her arms.
“I am calm.”
Where’s the calmness?
She was fuming inside.
Xin Nuo poured water for Xu Heran and spoke gently, “You had dealings with him yesterday. Just a bouquet of flowers isn’t enough evidence to conclude that Ji Yichen is the one who sent them.”
“Be careful that he accuses us of being presumptuous.”
In her previous life, she had been mocked by people around the man like that.
“So what should we do?” Xu Heran was so frustrated that she downed the water in her cup. “I feel like there’s no one else but him!”
Xin Nuo didn’t speak. She took out paper and a pen, holding the pen in her left hand. Xu Heran looked at her curiously, “What are you doing?”
“Writing a letter,” Xin Nuo whispered.
Xu Heran walked over and stood beside her, watching as Xin Nuo wrote “Watch out for your fiancé” with her left hand.
“Do you know who to send it to?” Xu Heran asked.
Suddenly, Xin Nuo looked at Xu Heran and smiled, her eyes crescent-shaped. “Then we’ll have to call in our little Pearl.”
“Explain.”
A sleepy voice came through the phone.
“Sis, you’re still not up? Doesn’t the overbearing CEO need to get up for work at this time?” Xu Heran asked with a smile.
Xu Jiamu put down her hand and glanced at the time, her voice cold. “Xu Heran.”
“I’m sorry! I didn’t want to disturb you while you’re sleeping, but I need to ask you for a favor.” Xu Heran immediately said, “Do you know the address of Ji Yichen’s fiancée?”
“?”
“Well, today Nuo Nuo received a bouquet of roses, and I suspect Ji Yichen sent them!” Xu Heran slammed the table. “He’s trying to make a move on Nuo Nuo!”
Xu Jiamu sat up from the bed, rubbing her forehead.
“I understand.”
After getting the address, Xu Heran and Xin Nuo had dinner and carefully packaged the gift. When they came downstairs from the elevator of the underground parking lot, a black car suddenly drove over and stopped in front of them.
The car door opened, and a sharply dressed man holding yellow roses stood before them.
“Miss Xu, Miss Xin.” Ji Yichen nodded apologetically, “I deeply apologize for yesterday’s incident. This is a gift I’m presenting to both of you. I hope you’ll accept it.”
Among the yellow roses was a box from a certain jewelry brand.
Xu Heran looked at Xin Nuo, her expression showing surprise.
Huh?
Could it be that she guessed wrong?
Xin Nuo remained expressionless, gazing at Ji Yichen with his sincere eyes, slowly curving her lips.
Indeed, this was Ji Yichen.
Cold-blooded and cunning, a venomous snake wrapped in an elegant package.
The morning’s red roses were undoubtedly also from him. Or rather, he had calculated everything well in advance, anticipating that they wouldn’t accept the red roses and would speculate about the sender’s true identity. There must be his name inside this gift. He even calculated that they would use the special passage and deliberately waited there, offering a bouquet of yellow roses symbolizing pure friendship to express his sincerity.
She and Xu Heran, two naive young girls around twenty, would naturally feel guilty about accepting the gift at this moment, and this would help ease the tension between them.
What a pity.
Xin Nuo sighed.
Unfortunately, she was reborn, and she had long recognized Ji Yichen’s true nature—a chocolate coated with poison needles, ready to damage one’s throat.
“No need.” Xin Nuo held Xu Heran’s hand and whispered.
Xu Heran immediately tightened her grip on Xin Nuo’s hand, nodding and showing the innocent expression of a nineteen-year-old girl.
“Yeah, we’re allergic to yellow roses, so we won’t accept it.”
Translator: Glariosa
Editor: Sinensis
Proofreader: Ruu
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