Chapter 57.2. Puppy Love? The Played-For-A-Fool Kind (10)
Ji Meng calmed down a bit. Ji Chensi called Shen Wan, and the call actually connected. “Uncle Ji?” She wondered why he was calling her now, unsure if she was busy.
“Little Wan, how much longer will you be busy? Little Meng knows now. It’s not that uncle didn’t help you keep it secret, but I really couldn’t hide it. Little Meng is too smart. If I had lied to her, she would have gotten angry, and it would have been impossible to appease her. However, now she’s probably very angry with you.”
Shen Wan immediately felt a sense of “oh crap” and said, “Uncle Ji, you’ve really disappointed me. Aren’t you a successful businessman? Can’t you even tell a little white lie? You really… my goodness, how could you tell Little Meng the truth??”
Ji Chensi still felt a bit embarrassed. “I really can’t deceive Little Meng. She’ll get angry.”
“I’ll get angry too!!” Shen Wan said fiercely. “Who doesn’t have a bit of a temper? Uncle Ji, you’re really untrustworthy. I’m angry!”
“Little Wan.”
At this moment, Ji Meng’s voice came through the phone, extinguishing Shen Wan’s anger. “Little Meng.”
“Little Wan, are you so free that the test papers I ordered for you aren’t enough, so you’re running around outside in this heat?” Ji Meng’s soft voice sounded. “Where are you? I’m coming to pick you up.”
Shen Wan thought to herself: “188, what should I do? I’m a bit panicked! Little Meng sounds angry, and she wants to come pick me up. I feel like if she brings me back, she’ll make me sit at the desk and do test papers every day. Just thinking about that scene makes me unable to bear it. Oh right, if she’s angry when she brings me back, how should I appease her? Will telling her she’s beautiful and pretty a hundred times make her feel better?”
[188: “Wan Wan, humans are creatures with complex emotions. Even though I’m a system, I can’t accurately analyze humans whose emotions change constantly. As for how to appease her, you’ll have to improvise. The only thing I can do to help is provide you with ten thousand classic phrases for appeasing people. You can go through them before Ji Meng arrives. At least you’ll be able to handle the situation somewhat.”]
After saying this, 188 transmitted the ten thousand appeasing phrases to Shen Wan and then fell silent.
Shen Wan sat on the stool, looking worried. The three people beside her had spent the past few hours recounting all their misdeeds. Shen Wan felt their gaze and said, “You’ll be free in a moment.”
“But I’m a bit unhappy now.”
From a small house nestled in the mountains came heart-rending screams, scaring away all the birds and beasts in the vicinity.
Two hours later, the small house was surrounded by a group of men in sunglasses and suits. Ji Meng was led out of the car by Ji Chensi. After getting out, her eyes scanned the surroundings, finally settling on the small house. She immediately let go of Ji Chensi and ran towards the house. She pushed the door open forcefully and was stunned by the scene inside.
Shen Wan was sitting on a stool, holding a wooden stick. In the corner, three young men were tied up, facing the wall and squatting. Ji Meng walked up to Shen Wan, carefully examining her to make sure she hadn’t been harmed, and let out a small sigh of relief.
She frowned, looking at Shen Wan with displeasure. “How did they bully you?”
Hearing Ji Meng’s words, the three boys felt bitter. How had they bullied Shen Wan? For the past few hours, they were the ones who had been bullied. If they slightly displeased her, they were beaten and kicked. Their brains felt like they were about to be beaten out. Yet there was no visible damage on their bodies. Shen Wan surely hadn’t told them about another side effect of that ointment – it only healed injuries but didn’t stop the pain. At first, when applied, it felt refreshing, but after that came a burning pain that was unbearable.
Ji Chensi walked in and saw the three young men tied up, not looking particularly surprised. He glanced at the cameras and then fixed his gaze on Shen Wan.
“Uncle Ji, I’ll leave the contents of the cameras for you to handle. I believe you can give me a very satisfactory answer.” She had 188 process much of the content, ensuring it wouldn’t implicate her. If Ji Meng hadn’t discovered something was wrong early, she had planned to stay here for three to five days to teach these three a good lesson. She glanced at Chai Mu and Su Rong’s resentful looks and the corner of her lips curled into a faint smile. Did they really think that ointment was just for healing wounds?
How naive.
They would learn its true effect later.
Ji Meng grabbed Shen Wan’s hand and glanced at the wooden stick she was holding. “Throw that thing away now.”
Shen Wan was startled and immediately threw the stick to the ground. Her cowardly appearance truly shocked the three who had just been severely beaten. Was this really the same fierce little girl who had been hitting them with the stick earlier? Acting, she was really acting. She only knew how to act cute in front of Ji Meng.
“Little Meng, your dress today looks really nice. Did Uncle Ji have it custom-made for you?”
188 thought: Now let’s see how you handle this.
Ji Chensi thought: This looks bad.
Ji Meng glanced at Shen Wan, not letting go of her hand, and said in a flat tone, “Isn’t this the gift you gave me?”
Shen Wan: “…” She had already realized her mistake, but the words had come out too fast for her to stop.
“188, Little Meng is really angry this time, right?”
[188: “Then hurry up and appease her! Did you look at the ten thousand classic appeasing phrases I gave you earlier? Pick the nicest ones to say. Little Meng will definitely be happy. She likes it most when you praise her beauty.”]
Shen Wan had already been pushed into the car, with Ji Meng sitting beside her, still not letting go of her hand. Of course, Ji Meng wasn’t initiating conversation with Shen Wan and had even turned her head away.
Shen Wan: “Little Meng, you look really beautiful today.”
“Are you saying I didn’t look good yesterday?” Ji Meng turned her head and asked.
Shen Wan: “You looked good yesterday too.”
“Then tell me, do I look better today or yesterday?” Ji Meng asked unreasonably.
Shen Wan thought: This is a world-class difficult question!! Even with her current academic genius persona, she couldn’t answer this.
If she said today looked better, Little Meng would think she didn’t look good yesterday.
If she said yesterday looked better, Little Meng would naturally think she didn’t look good today.
If she said both days looked good, that would be even worse. Little Meng would definitely say, “So you think my appearance has no room for improvement?”
“Little Wan, answer my question.”
Shen Wan looked at Ji Meng with a bewildered expression. “Little Meng, you’re so beautiful that I’m dazzled. What did I say just now? What did you ask?”
188 thought: Dad is very impressed.
After being brought back to the villa, Ji Meng still didn’t let go of Shen Wan’s hand, but she wouldn’t initiate conversation. If Shen Wan said something, she would still respond.
Shen Wan: “Even when angry, you’re so cute.”
[188: “Wan Wan, if you don’t appease her soon, you might not be able to make it right.”]
Shen Wan realized: Oh right, her current task was to appease Ji Meng.
Next, Shen Wan’s mouth seemed to be coated with honey as she praised Ji Meng in every possible way. Originally, Ji Meng would have been very receptive to this, but now it wasn’t working. Shen Wan spoke until her mouth was dry, and finally, she could only look pitifully at Ji Meng. Her poor little appearance finally moved Ji Meng.
“Have a drink of water before you continue. Look at how dry your mouth has become.”
Shen Wan thought: Little Meng isn’t the gentle and cute Little Meng anymore. How cruel, actually wanting her to continue talking after drinking water.
“Little Meng, are you still angry?”
Ji Meng pursed her lips. “What do you mean by angry?”
“Angry means unhappy. Is it because I didn’t tell you about this that you’re upset?”
Ji Meng glanced at Shen Wan. “After talking for so long, you’ve finally hit the point. Did you think praising my otherworldly beauty would let you off the hook? Fine, since you know you were wrong, apologize and make a promise. Promise that you won’t do such dangerous things behind my back again, and won’t deceive me.”
“Little Meng, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have hidden it from you. I promise I will never do such dangerous things again. Actually, I was quite confident.”
“Regardless of whether you were confident or not, you’re not allowed to do it means you’re not allowed to do it.”
Faced with such a forceful Ji Meng, Shen Wan gave in: “Alright, I’ll do as you say.”
“Then write a letter of guarantee, sign it, put your fingerprint, and seal it.” Ji Meng let go of Shen Wan’s hand and went to the desk to get a notebook. “Write two pages.”
Shen Wan tried to negotiate: “How about one page?”
“Two pages.”
“Okay, two pages it is.” Shen Wan took the notebook and pen, sat at the desk, and began wracking her brains to write the letter of guarantee.
The corners of Ji Meng’s lips curved into a smile. “Then I’ll go get you a drink.” With that, she turned and left the room.
Before Ji Meng returned, Shen Wan received a call from Ji Chensi, saying that the information was very useful and he would ensure those three rascals were punished.
“Little Wan, they reported that you beat them for several hours,” Ji Chensi said with a laugh. “Later, when the police took them for a medical examination, there wasn’t a single injury on their bodies, not even internal injuries. But they kept complaining about pain. The police think they’re pretending to be hurt to escape their crimes. They also said there must be evidence in the cameras, but of course, nothing was found. There were only their own confessions of their crimes.”
“How could I possibly overpower them?” Shen Wan lied blatantly. “Uncle Ji is right, they’re just trying to shirk responsibility. Don’t let them off easy. They’re all bad people.”
“I know. I won’t let them off. I’ll help collect all the evidence.”
Not only that, but he would also deal with those three families slowly.
“What are you doing?” Ji Chensi heard a scratching sound and couldn’t help but ask. Actually, he believed what those three young men had said. Shen Wan was indeed very mysterious. As long as she never harmed his Little Meng, he could pretend not to know anything, wouldn’t investigate, and would even help cover for her.
“Writing a letter of guarantee. Little Meng wants me to write two pages. It’s absolutely ruthless.”
Ji Chensi couldn’t help but laugh, advising, “Then write it properly. Don’t be perfunctory. Little Meng isn’t easily fooled.”
His schadenfreude-filled voice made sure Shen Wan could hear it clearly. As soon as Ji Chensi hung up, she angrily muttered to herself. Fine, she’d write it. He’d better not regret it when she won over his precious daughter.
“Little Wan.” Ji Meng read the letter of guarantee, her expression indescribable. “I asked you to write a two-page letter of guarantee, but you spent a page and a half praising me. Although all the praise is true, did you think I wouldn’t know you were just padding the word count?”
“Then… should I rewrite it?” When you’ve done something wrong, you really have no confidence.
“No need,” Ji Meng put away the letter of guarantee and turned to place a stack of test papers in front of Shen Wan. She said seriously, “Don’t run around this summer vacation. These test papers should be enough for the entire holiday. I’ll sit beside you every day to supervise. Starting tomorrow, I won’t take afternoon naps anymore.”
Shen Wan: “You should sleep. I promise I won’t run off.”
“I know,” Ji Meng rested her chin on her hand, her beautiful eyelashes fluttering like tiny fans. “But I just want to watch you do the questions. What, you don’t want me to?”
“I do, I do. I’ll do them. As long as you’re happy.”