Chapter 40: Exposing the Ugly Truth

  "You're misunderstanding..." Xing Ye's words were cut off by Song Siyan, "Auntie, don't be angry, your daughter is young and our classmate is notorious for being a smooth talker who can sweet-talk people, it's only natural that she wouldn't be able to escape his grasp."

  "Siyan," Wu Jing called out to Song Siyan, she just wanted Liang Huiru to know that Jia Kai was dating her daughter, and let her discipline her daughter to break up with Jia Kai, but didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble for Jia Kai. "It's their mutual affection, don't say more."

  Looking at her aunt who was about to blow her top, Xing Ye shook her head weakly at Song Wu and the others, thinking that it was pointless not to explain.

  At night, in a low voice, she told her aunt about the encounter with Wu Jing when she and Jia Kai went to pick out gifts together, as well as the fact that Song Siyan had asked Jia Kai out on a date but he hadn't gone.

  Liang Huiru is not a foolish person. As soon as she heard, she understood why this girl deliberately looked for trouble and deliberately slandered her son.

  "I said so, how could my son be such a rogue?" Liang Huiru looked at the two gossiping girls and said loudly.

  Wu Jing and Song Siyuan stared at each other in shock, for a moment they didn't react, this seemed different from what was expected!

  "Smiling in the starry night, she said, 'You've got it wrong, Yu Jia Kai is not my boyfriend but my cousin, and this woman is not my mother but Yu Jia Kai's mother. If he has any issues at school, well, you can just talk to my aunt directly.'"

  Song Siyan suddenly blushed and her face was utterly lost. She's probably never going to be able to show her face in front of Yu Jia Kai again for the rest of her life.

  Wu Jing reacted quickly, her face unnatural as she said: "Ah, misunderstanding, Xing Ye don't take it to heart, sister apologizes to you, and next time sister will invite you and Yu Jia Kai to dinner, consider it an apology. What do you say, Song Siyan?"

  Song Siyan responded with a vague "uh-huh", silently cursing in her heart, You're the one who knows how to be human, Wu Jing. If you hadn't told me she was Yu Jia Kai's girlfriend, I wouldn't have ended up in this embarrassing situation! All the good things are said by you alone, but the bad things are left for me to do. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but give Wu Jing a look with an unpleasant expression.

  Wu Jing also felt Song Siyan's hostility. With her beautiful appearance and wealthy family background, Song Siyan had always been the leader among girls, while Wu Jing had always played the role of a little follower in front of her. Well, since she made a fool of herself today, she would have to think of ways to coax her more when she got back, and for now, she couldn't afford to offend this young lady from a rich family.

  But now I know that the girl is not Yu Jia Kai's girlfriend, thinking carefully, it seems that I didn't say anything bad about Yu Jia Kai just now, as long as I make up with Yu Jia Kai's mother, there is still a great hope for myself.

  She was naturally intelligent, but unfortunately, her family background was ordinary and couldn't provide her with the life she yearned for. So, she couldn't let go of any opportunity to change her situation. Yu Jia Kai was indeed a man of excellent character, but his family background made her even more satisfied. This was still a secret in school, and if not for seeing his file herself, she wouldn't have known about it. If she could marry into the Yu family, would she still need to look at Song Siyan's face? Would she still need to fight with those graduates for a job like a madman, working overtime day and night for a monthly salary of only a thousand yuan?

  "It's okay," Xing Ye didn't know Wu Jing's thoughts and didn't want to have much to do with her.

  "It's settled then. I'll get my sister to let Yujia Kai know another day, you can't not go," Wu Jing decided to first build a good relationship with Xing Ye, using her identity as a sister to enter Yujia Kai's life.

  "Off you go," Song Siyan gazed at Wu Jing's flattering smile, almost gnashing her silver teeth in anger, "Aren't you ashamed enough already?"

  After finishing speaking, he ignored Wu Jing and the classmate who went to the fitting room to change clothes, turned around and walked out.

  Wu Jing awkwardly smiled at Xing Ye, politely bid farewell to Liang Hui Ru, and quickly chased after Song Siyuan.

  Li Xueqin watched the two of them hastily leave, and sighed: "Nowadays girls, how come they put their hearts in such places?" Turning around, she smiled at Liang Huiru: "Jiakai is already twenty, a sophomore, I'm afraid he'll also have to find a girlfriend soon. The day you become a mother-in-law isn't far off."

  "Ah, no way! I need to have a good talk with him. It's fine if he wants to fall in love, but not with this kind of girl. One has eyes on top of her head and backstabbing others, the other has too many hearts, none of which are good intentions."

  Li Xueqin nodded with Xing Ye, if it's really a girl like that, then it's better not to have one.

  At this time, Liang Huiru couldn't care less about buying anything else and hurried home, letting Xingye breathe a sigh of relief.

  After arriving home, Liang Huiru rushed straight to Jia Kai's room to do ideological work on him.

  Xīng yè bǎ gāng mǎi de yī fu bào huí fáng jiān, kàn kàn jiā kǎi yī rán jǐn bì de fáng mén, yǐn yuē tīng dào jiā kǎi de tǎo ráo shēng, xīng yè xīn dao, biǎo gē ya, bù shì wǒ chū mài nǐ ya, zhǐ shì bù xī shēng nǐ, wǒ yòu zěn me jiě tuō ya! Guài yě yào guài nǐ nà yǎng mù zhě yě tài jí pǐn le, cì jī dào jiù mā le.

  The sedan sped along the highway to the provincial capital, Xing Ye looked at Jia Kai driving and said somewhat anxiously: "Actually I can just take the train myself, it's a lot of trouble for you to drive."

  "I've told you several times, it's more convenient for us to drive. Besides, if you go alone, how can we be at ease?" Jia Kai said while driving.

  "It wasn't just me last time," Xīng Yè muttered under his breath, knowing it was pointless to say anything now that the two had already left Tiān Yún Bǎi Lǐ.

  "Last time was unavoidable, but now that we're here, how can we let you go alone? Besides," Jia Kai glanced at Xing Ye "I also want to meet Hui Ye, we're close in age, and we'll definitely become friends, or if he's willing, maybe even family."

  Xing Ye stopped talking, because school starts in September, so he had to go see Hui Ye first. After his uncle and aunt found out, they let Jia Kai, who was already on summer break, accompany him, which is also a kind of recognition for Hui Ye.

  The two of them had lunch at a highway rest stop and arrived in the provincial capital at 2 pm after a short break.

  Jia Kai found a hotel for the two of them to stay in, "This hotel was introduced by Tian Yang, he's from the provincial city, it's a pity that he can't leave the company now, otherwise he could have taken us on a good tour."

  The starry night nodded clearly, and at the beginning, he was in the same car as Tianyun, now their small company is said to be about to bear fruit. Not only Hao Tianyang, but also several other classmates did not return home during the summer vacation, but chose to stay in the company day and night to fight hard.

  Xing Ye called Li Nanfang at night, but the phone was answered by his colleague, who said that Li Nanfang had gone on a mission and asked if there was anything he could pass on. When Xing Ye asked when Li would return, the colleague also couldn't confirm, so Xing Ye hung up the phone.

  Xing Ye took a short rest and went to find Jia Kai at night. Jia Kai was also on the phone, and he hung up when Xing Ye arrived. Jia Kai told Xing Ye, "On my way here, Dad gave me the phone number of one of his friends in the provincial city. His friend has arranged everything for us, and tomorrow morning someone will come to take us there together."

  He had already made arrangements under the starry night, so he didn't ask anything else.

  Jia Kai asked her if she wanted to go out for a walk, and Xing Ye saw that it was still early, so she agreed to take a look around the nearby area.

  They chose a hotel in the bustling city, walking through all sorts of shops, but neither of them had anything to buy, so they didn't go in. After passing an intersection, Jia Kai pulled into a small alley.

  "This is the famous flea market in the provincial capital, and it's also an antique street," Jia Kai introduced to Xing Ye. "Tian Yang and Jun Jie both told me that there are all kinds of antiques, jade stones, stamps, and paintings here. Some people have found treasures here and made a fortune overnight, while others have lost everything."

  At night, it's true that the shops on both sides of the street are all antique dealers, and even the roadside is lined with small stalls one after another.

  "Lost? Is there still a casino?" Xīng Yè asked, puzzled.

  "It's not a casino, but those who play with jade and emeralds have a saying about 'gambling on stones', and those who buy and sell antiques are even more so, relying on their intuition. I don't know the specifics myself, these masters would be clearer, I've also heard them say some things."

  The two of them were just strolling around, not entering any stores, but casually browsing some small stalls. Xīng Yè stopped in front of a small stall covered with a plastic sheet and squatted down to flip through the stamps on display.

  "How come you're interested in stamps?" Jia Kai asked in surprise.

  "Not really, I just saw these few and they looked a bit familiar, like I've seen them somewhere before, but can't quite recall now," said Xing Ye, pointing at one of the stamps.

  It's really familiar, but I don't think I've ever been in contact with anything like a stamp album.