Chapter 144: Preferring Sweet Girls Over Men

Upon hearing this, Shen Jie’s eyes widened in shock. "Professor Ruan, are you asking me to cover for you while you skip class???"

Ruan Cha nodded.

Shen Jie immediately raised his voice. "How could I do that! As a teacher, how can I collude with a student? Besides, as a model citizen with a clean record and high moral standing, it is absolutely impossible for me to—"

Ruan Cha tilted her head and looked at him.

The moment their eyes met, Shen Jie’s voice gradually faded away.

"Fine. But you have to guarantee that you’ll rank first in the grade on every exam. That way, even if we get caught, I won’t be punished too severely."

He surrendered to the forces of evil.

"Deal."

-

After settling things with Shen Jie, Ruan Cha skipped class in broad daylight.

The moment she stepped out of the school, she went to a bubble tea shop near the gate and called Su Ye.

"Su Ye."

"Boss," the woman’s voice on the other end was naturally sultry.

"I’m so frustrated right now, all because of Gu Zhenzhi."

"Still refusing to admit he likes you?" Su Ye let out a low chuckle, her voice sending a tingling sensation through the phone.

"Damn it..." Ruan Cha clenched her fist and slammed it against the table. "I’ve never met a man like him!"

"If that’s the case, stop dancing around it. Drop a bombshell to provoke him."

"How?"

"Go to Cheng Xiuyan. Why not use such a good resource? Since he refuses to admit he likes you, make him taste what it’s like if you were with someone else."

Ruan Cha got a headache just thinking about Cheng Xiuyan’s insufferably flirtatious nature. "I never even thought of him as a man."

"Then just pretend he is. Besides, in your eyes, you’ve always liked sweet girls more than men anyway."

Ruan Cha: "...Pretending he’s a man is really hard, ugh..."

...

After ending the call with Su Ye, Ruan Cha left the bubble tea shop.

Holding a cup of pink milk tea, she walked to an internet café not far from the school.

At this hour, the café was filled with internet-addicted teenagers who had pulled all-nighters. They were groggy and lethargic, but when they saw a girl with delicate, pretty features and a clean aura appear at the entrance, they all stood up from their seats, looking at her with sudden alertness.

Ruan Cha opened a private room.

Once inside, she turned on the computer, entered the internal website address for the base, and contacted Cheng Xiuyan.

The video call connected.

"Yo~ Little Cha-cha has finally deigned to check on this handsome guy who’s been working his tail off for you."

Cheng Xiuyan’s brazen, flirtatious voice came through the speakers.

Ruan Cha replied impatiently, "Can you speak properly? How is the investigation going?"

"I’m currently in the village where you and Aunt Feng Rong used to live. Recently, I heard a woman saying she knows some information about your mother, so I’ve been negotiating with her for the past few days. However, she specifically requested to see you."

"Which woman?" Ruan Cha thought for a moment. Her relationship with the people in that village was not exactly good.

"I’ll send you a photo."

Ruan Cha immediately received the photo. In it, a woman with sharp eyes stared into the lens, her slanted eyes looking incredibly arrogant.

The moment she saw the woman’s face clearly, Ruan Cha’s fingers tightened slightly. This was—

She lowered her eyes, staring blankly at the keyboard.

After a while, Ruan Cha looked up. "Bring her to Mo City with you."

-

At seven o'clock that evening.

Cheng Xiuyan arrived in Mo City.

After getting into the car Ruan Cha had sent to pick him up, Cheng Xiuyan immediately spotted Xirike sitting in the driver’s seat, looking at him as if he were a venomous snake.

Cheng Xiuyan curled his lips into a smile. "Xirike, have you missed your Brother Yan?"