Girl, There's Something Wrong With You - Chapter 14

In a corner near the venue, Cheng Jinyang spotted the bored Miss Wang, sitting in the shadow unnoticed by anyone.

“Wanrou,” Cheng Jinyang exclaimed with great joy.

This is my brain, why is it doing nothing here?

Wang Wanrou turned to look at him, her eyes seeming to regain some life.

It was like sitting through an entire class in a daze and suddenly hearing the dismissal bell.

Cheng Jinyang rested his elbow and wanted to talk to her about the USB drive the Princess Sister gave him. But then he thought, he hadn’t even looked at its contents yet.

What if there were secrets that Miss Wang shouldn’t see? What would he do then?

Cheng Jinyang, oh Cheng Jinyang, the Princess Sister trusts you so much. Can you share that trust with others without reservation?

As he was about to speak, he held back abruptly and laughed a few times instead, already devising another set of words in his mind.

“Wanrou,” he smiled and said, “You seem a bit bored. How about I ask you a question?”

“Go ahead,” Wang Wanrou lazily replied.

“Guess why I’m here looking for you?” Cheng Jinyang thought, this time giving her no clues at all. If she could still guess it, he would call her the eternal goddess.

“To ask for strategies, what else?” Wang Wanrou said.

“How do you know I’m not here to chat?” Cheng Jinyang asked, puzzled.

“Is chatting worth stopping in mid-sentence?” Wang Wanrou retorted.

Okay, this wave was because my acting skills didn’t pass. Cheng Jinyang thought to himself and asked:

“Do you know what strategy I’m asking about?”

“Well, I guess you’re lost at the crossroads of fate, not knowing where to go next,” Wang Wanrou said leisurely.

Cheng Jinyang chuckled a few times, just about to say “You guessed wrong,” when suddenly he woke up.

“Lost at the crossroads of fate” was not a proper answer at all; it was completely gibberish!

So although Miss Wang didn’t know what I wanted to ask, she still saw through my malicious intentions…

“Wanrou, can I trust you?” he asked tentatively.

“Give me a reason why I’m not worthy of your trust,” Wang Wanrou asked coldly.

Cheng Jinyang fell silent for a while.

Right!

He suddenly realized a key point: from a purely self-interest perspective, Miss Wang was the most trustworthy of all.

Why? Because everyone else had their own factions. Without going into details here; Ah Zhi, Qingqing, Xiao Wangshu, and Jinqi each came from their respective prestigious families. If there was anything in the secrets Sister Xinnan gave that conflicted with their family interests or even posed serious harm, could they still be trusted?

Uncertain.

But Miss Wang was different because on the surface, she belonged to the Taiyuan Wang family, but secretly betrayed them.

She had no ties to faction interests; she was a “free person.”

Or, more pessimistically, “a lonely figure.”

“I understand,” Cheng Jinyang nodded.

Next, after he reviewed the information on the USB drive himself, if there really were no sensitive issues, he would boldly seek advice from Miss Wang’s insightful mind!

“If you’re not say it, I’m leaving,” Wang Wanrou stood up, her face showing no joy or anger.

“Where are you going?” Cheng Jinyang asked.

“To the side hall over there,” Wang Wanrou said.

“I’ll come with you.” Cheng Jinyang took a few steps with her, then as if sensing something, he turned back to look at the lively hall in the distance.

Outside was a place for young and handsome people to chat about romance and beauty, known as the “scenic spot”, while inside was the “political hall” where elders discussed serious matters and power division.

Due to the concentration of supernatural bloodlines determining power, and age determining bloodline concentration, it inevitably meant that even exceptionally talented younger generations had no hope of winning in power struggles against the older generation.

This led to a serious phenomenon of “gerontocracy”, where the power structure heavily favored the elderly.

Even someone as strong as Sister Xinnan couldn’t persuade her own biological mother, thus more power had to fall into the hands of her Yu family uncles—simply because they were older and had higher bloodline concentrations.

Sighing inwardly, Cheng Jinyang silently followed Wang Wanrou into the adjacent side hall.

One day, when I reach full level, I will completely eliminate all these outdated thoughts in the Great Jin Kingdom!

As for those elders from prominent families, they could either change their thinking or be replaced—your choice!

He thought passionately to himself as he entered the side hall, but before he could process anything, his arms were suddenly grabbed from behind.

“Jinyang.” Miss Qingqing’s uniquely sweet voice lingered near his ear, “Can you explain where you’ve been, who you were with, and what you were doing?”

Cheng Jinyang: ???

Cold metal handcuffs locked around his wrists, catching him off guard as he looked up to see Xing Yuanzhi sitting in a chair, with her arms crossed, legs crossed, head tilted back, staring at him with a mix of dark, disdainful, and angry eyes.

Meanwhile, Wang Wanrou acted as if nothing had happened and quietly walked towards the bookshelf against the wall.

Realizing this, Cheng Jinyang finally understood. He hadn’t told Miss Wang about the USB incident. Although she didn’t show anger or ask directly, she deliberately lured him back to the side hall knowing that Ah Zhi and Miss Qingqing were lying in ambush!

“Wanrou! You tricked me!”

“Now’s your chance to speak,” Wang Wanrou said casually, pulling out a book from the shelf.

“That’s right.” Miss Qingqing giggled, “Confession lightens the punishment, resistance makes it worse.”

Cheng Jinyang was speechless.

You two aren’t even talking about the same thing!

“What did you do? You still have a chance,” Wang Wanrou asked, her tone unchanged.

Cheng Jinyang suddenly realized a more serious problem: if he didn’t satisfy Miss Wang’s curiosity, she wouldn’t let Ah Zhi and Miss Qingqing overlook his evasiveness.

“Well, uh, I actually went drinking,” he had to abandon the car to save the general, revealing some harmless facts to conceal more sensitive secrets, “After arriving at the Cui Clan’s territory, Cui Jinqi sent me a message asking me to follow her orders…”

“Are you her dog? You do whatever she tells you?” Xing Yuanzhi angrily stood up, “Do you know how long we’ve been looking for you?”

“Um, well.” Cheng Jinyang sighed heavily, “Yuanzhi, you know I’m just too naive and kind-hearted. How could I have known Cui Jinqi would ask me out for drinks? And we ended up drinking for so long… I’m sorry for making you worry. I admit my mistake and I’m not going to defend myself.”

Taking this penitent attitude seemed to leave Xing Yuanzhi momentarily unsure how to respond, while Miss Qingqing coldly snorted and asked, “Just drinking? Didn’t she try to get you drunk or something?”

“Maybe.” Cheng Jinyang replied vaguely, “She also mentioned something about marrying into her family, but I refused.”

The girls’ expressions softened again. It turned out that Cui Xiaoniang had schemed to take Jinyang away early, and indeed it was to deceive him into accepting the marriage!

Fortunately, Jinyang didn’t fall for it!

“You refused to marry into her family, and she didn’t force you?” Wang Wanrou suddenly asked again, making Cheng Jinyang feel a cold sweat breaking out on his back.