Chapter 271: You’ve Already Done It…

Inside the Mercedes.

The butler was driving.

Luo Chengming sat in the front passenger seat.

Shang Jie sat alone in the back, her gaze calm and distant as she looked out the window.

The rows of trees retreating behind them stirred a strange sense of melancholy in her.

After a long silence, she finally spoke.

“Uncle Chen, I’m sorry about what happened today.”

The butler immediately understood what she was referring to, and his tone turned anxious.

“Madam, please don’t say that. It was my fault for acting impulsively today.”

Hearing this, Luo Chengming chimed in from the side.

“President Shang, this isn’t Uncle Chen’s fault. He was just trying to help me bring her over. If it weren’t for that bitch Jiang Ning…”

“I would’ve already…”

“Already succeeded, is that it?” Shang Jie didn’t even turn her head, still staring out the window.

“Then what? Just like last time?”

“Take her to some gym or similar place, force her to give in?”

“And if she refused, you’d resort to other means?”

At that, Shang Jie finally turned her gaze back, slowly and deliberately.

She looked at the young man in the front passenger seat, her voice calm and steady.

“Luo Chengming.”

“Do you know how much effort your father had to put in to clean up your mess last time?”

“Just the bribe money alone was at least 800,000.”

“And that doesn’t include the medical expenses and emotional damages paid to that mother and daughter.”

“Over a million in total.”

“And now you want to do it again?”

Feeling her emotions starting to stir, Shang Jie took a deep breath to steady herself after speaking.

“Luo Chengming.”

“You are the eldest son of the Luo Family.”

“I hope you understand this.”

“Everything you say and do in public represents the entire Luo Family, not just yourself.”

At her words, Luo Chengming suddenly turned his head, his eyes locking onto the elegant woman in the back seat.

His narrow eyes looked unusually sincere.

“That’s why this time, I really just wanted to confess.”

The butler in the driver’s seat also quickly added, “Madam, the young master truly only wanted to confess.”

Hearing that, Shang Jie let out a rare laugh.

“A confession where you block someone in the street?”

“How is that any different from coercion?”

With that, she lost all interest in continuing the conversation.

Her gaze returned to the window, drifting off as she watched the cityscape pass by.

In truth, when Shang Jie first heard that Jiang Ning was involved in the incident, she had felt a wave of unease.

She was afraid that Luo Chengming, that reckless brat, had laid hands on Jiang Ning.

She had interacted with that girl more than once and knew she had a fiery temper.

Anyone who crossed her would get bitten back, hard.

If something really had happened, “no end until death” would’ve been putting it mildly.

Later, when she heard that the girl Luo Chengming had harassed was someone named Qi Wen, she finally breathed a small sigh of relief.

However…

When she learned that Jiang Ning had personally shown up with a stick, ready to break Uncle Chen’s arms in the middle of the street, her heart had leapt into her throat.

That slap in the Principal’s Office the moment she arrived wasn’t without reason.

Fortunately, after getting the full picture, she realized the situation was still within control.

Shang Jie already had a plan for how to handle it.

The only thing she wasn’t entirely sure about was the relationship between Jiang Ning and that girl named Qi Wen.

They were probably close friends, maybe even besties.

At that moment, Luo Chengming suddenly asked, “President Shang, do I really have to stay home and suspend my studies for a month?”

“What about my father…”

At that, a trace of mockery appeared on Shang Jie’s face.

“Now you’re scared?”

Then, perhaps realizing her tone was too harsh, she sighed.

“Don’t worry.”

“The company’s dealing with some things right now. Your father won’t be back anytime soon.”

Hearing this, Luo Chengming narrowed his eyes slightly and looked out the window.

He murmured softly, almost to himself, “He won’t be coming back, huh?”

——————

Back at school.

The sun was setting in the west, casting golden light across the sky.

But Miss Jiang had no mood to enjoy the beautiful scene.

Because she was currently experiencing something utterly absurd.

She had just come out of the Principal’s Office with Wang Jianguo and Little Qi.

They went downstairs and met up with Luo Shanshan and the others.

After chatting for a while, they were about to head out for dinner as planned.

But just as she was saying a few words to Wang Jianguo, before she could even introduce Secretary Wang to Sun Qian and the others…

Li Mingwei and Hu Gugu suddenly popped out of nowhere.

They started fussing over her, asking how she was doing, if she was okay, if she needed anything.

Miss Jiang was so annoyed she was this close to physically shooing them away.

Especially with that group of nosy girls nearby, all grinning like fools.

Miss Jiang was about to start cursing.

Just as she was finally about to get rid of Brother Li Mingwei and his sidekick…

Little Ge showed up too.

He walked right up to Miss Jiang like no one else was around, also full of concern and small talk.

Then—

“Hey, bro, who are you?”

“Class 7, Grade 10. Ge Hanwen.”

“Oh, so it’s you…”

Hu Gugu’s voice dripped with sarcasm, every word laced with disdain.

“Kid, focus on your studies. You’re only a freshman. Love and relationships are adult games—not for someone like you.”

However—

Faced with Hu Gugu’s snide remarks, Ge Hanwen chose to ignore him entirely. Instead, he turned to Li Mingwei and extended his hand.

“Hello, Senior. Nice to meet you. You must be the young master known as the Second-in-command, right?”

In that instant, the atmosphere turned absurd.

The girls from the Sister Group were practically buzzing with excitement.

“Are they gonna fight?!”

“I think it’s possible!”

Sun Qian and Luo Shanshan’s eyes lit up with a shared glint of anticipation.

“I don’t think so,” Zhu Hui said, adjusting her glasses.

But even as she spoke, she pulled out a sketchbook, clicked out a pencil, and started drawing right then and there.

As for Secretary Wang, who had a knack for courting disaster, she quietly began cheering for the side she favored.

Only Qi Wen silently walked over to Miss Jiang’s side.

She gently took her hand.

Feeling the warmth of her palm, Miss Jiang suddenly felt like she’d lost her mind.

What did these boys have to do with her?

Why was she wasting time on this nonsense?

So, she tossed out a single word.

“Heh.”

“You guys chat. I’m leaving.”

“Bye~”

With that, she turned around and, in full view of everyone, walked off hand-in-hand with Qi Wen.

Seeing this, Wang Jianguo, ever the sharp personal secretary, was the first to react.

She muttered under her breath with a grin, “When the snipe and the clam fight…”

“Tsk, what a pity…”

Then she cheerfully trotted off after her boss.

The other girls also waved their goodbyes with bright smiles and made their exits.

Well, all except one girl with glasses.

Before leaving, she tore out a page from her sketchbook and handed it to Li Mingwei.

He glanced down.

The drawing showed two furious bulls locked in combat.

In the distance, the back of a small fox was walking away.

——————

Night fell.

As Qi Wen’s graceful figure disappeared from view, Miss Jiang sat in the car and slowly rolled up the window.

At that moment, Secretary Wang gave a soft, approving hum.

“Boss.”

“Nice taste.”

“There aren’t many girls out there who are this sweet, gentle, and well-behaved.”

Naturally.

Miss Jiang couldn’t help but feel a bit smug.

However—

That ever-troublesome secretary just had to ask, curiosity gleaming in her eyes.

“But… Boss…”

“She doesn’t seem like the generous type.”

“What about little Qing at home?”

“And Boss Li…”

As he spoke, Secretary Wang began counting on her fingers.

“Hmm…”

“I heard Teacher Du will be back for a bit over Christmas break…”

“And then there’s that Peach Blossom Eyes girl from Ningzhou…”

At this point, the disaster-prone assistant suddenly let out a dramatic “Waaaooow!”

“Boss!”

“I think you’re even more impressive than some male bosses…”

“Boss, calm down! Calm down!”

“Let’s just pretend I didn’t say anything—ow! Ow ow ow! Not so hard, Boss…”

Two minutes later.

“Make Hongsheng Group think we’re planning something within the province…”

“Have PR dig up the negative press on that incident, then…”

“I heard they just signed a major contract recently. Get someone to look into the source of that order…”

“Hey, I’m talking to you here…”

Boss Jiang’s voice held a note of irritation.

But the Little Secretary, still pouting and clutching her chest, looked at her with a wounded expression.

“Boss~”

“You’ve pinched me, teased me…”

“Can’t you at least give me a raise next month…”

(End of chapter)