Chapter 55: How to Cover Up a Lie

Yes, Jiang Yuan did not make a sound.

Chen Fengshi held her and jumped over the railing, put her on the ground, and turned back to pull Shen Ai, but she directly refused his help.

Little An was a very guarded person who did not let people take easy advantage of her, which Chen Fengshi found amusing; Shen Ai was actually also someone who did not let people take easy advantage of her, so her refusal to accept his help right now was naturally to avoid unnecessary touching, which Chen Fengshi did not find amusing at all, and even felt a little hurt, with the intuition that he was being despised mentally.

Shen Ai walked back to the railing, which was a bit high, so Chen Fengshi hurriedly said he would help her up.

“No need!” Shen Ai refused very crisply, and as if she was afraid he would act first and report later, she directly grabbed the railing, jumped up, stepped on the middle of the handrail, and her two long legs unexpectedly and nimbly swung right over!

Chen Fengshi was a bit surprised, and after crossing the railing, he looked at her and said: “Couldn’t tell, your movements are very agile.”

Shen Ai ignored him, and after getting over, she held Jiang Yuan to help her sit up, and found that her body was still constantly shaking, so she quickly comforted her softly: “It’s okay, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, it’s okay, your face is fine, still as pretty as ever, not disfigured at all, your arms and legs are just dirty, these two scratches are very shallow and won’t leave scars…”

Shen Ai’s voice and expression were really gentle, revealing a kind of patience that Chen Fengshi watched—and found incredibly beautiful.

Jiang Yuan’s eyes seemed to gradually come back to her senses, and she suddenly hugged Shen Ai, crying out with a “wah”, crying her heart out, as if turning all her fear and grievance into tears.

Chen Fengshi felt that although Jiang Yuan’s jump was unexpected, it probably jumped away the trouble. Experiencing this kind of deadly danger and thrill, she should have woken up. Compared to her life, what was a scumbag like him?

Chen Fengshi took down the clothes from the tree branch, thinking of leaving quietly, as there was no need to stay here and stimulate her.

Jiang Yuan hugged Shen Ai and cried like rain, and in her blurry vision, she saw Chen Fengshi’s departing back, and she suddenly snapped awake, hurriedly shouting: “Don’t leave!”

Only then did Shen Ai turn her head and see that Chen Fengshi’s shirt was draped over his shoulder, and he was already almost at the stairs going down the mountain.

However, she felt that Chen Fengshi should leave, so she advised Jiang Yuan: “Do you still think it’s necessary to say anything to him?”

Jiang Yuan gritted her teeth, and said with hatred: “You must make it clear today, did you choose Sister Yao, so you want to dump me?”

Chen Fengshi had already guessed the general idea from Jiang Yuan’s words before she jumped down just now, probably that Sister Yao suddenly greeting that group of tall, rich, and handsome guys at school who wanted to teach him a lesson had stimulated Jiang Yuan. Since she still wanted to ask clearly now, Chen Fengshi had no choice but to continue picking up the image he had shaped just now and keep playing the role.

“I’ve already said, every love interest that is in the present tense is a possibility, and Sister Yao is also a possibility in the present tense. Before getting a confirmed true love, I will not recklessly pin my hopes on any single possibility.”

Chen Fengshi finished speaking, and looked at Jiang Yuan coolly.

If just now he saw emotion born from Illusory Memory in Jiang Yuan’s pair of fox eyes, then now, he felt he could no longer see it, but he saw a kind of coldness hidden behind that gaze, a coldness that was trying very hard to be hidden, but whose temperature could still be felt, a little bit of chill.

Chen Fengshi felt it was bad; perhaps because of narrowly escaping death, Jiang Yuan had generated the idea of not accepting being the only one hurt, and wanting to take revenge.

He hoped he was just overthinking it, he hoped this coldness was just Jiang Yuan’s indifference towards a scumbag like him, having let go of the emotions from the Illusory Memory.

“Fine! Then I accept, I don’t care if you have other possibilities, I believe that after the test of time, I will inevitably be your final only one.” When Jiang Yuan said these words, Shen Ai was stunned, and couldn’t help but remind her: “Have you really thought it through? Do you still want to keep entangling with a person like him?”

Chen Fengshi was surprised, but also not surprised. He just felt it was a pity; Jiang Yuan’s words gave him the answer, she had not calmly let go, she wanted to fight back and take revenge.

“But I don’t like trouble, a woman like you who easily makes a fuss about committing suicide makes people feel very annoyed, your behavior just now has made me tired of you.” Chen Fengshi had never thought he would say this kind of thing to the opposite sex in his life, but even saying it out now, it was still ridiculous. He had never even been in a relationship, had not even gone through his coming-of-age ceremony, yet he was speaking such arrogant nonsense.

“Then you are just talking nonsense! You just took a fancy to Sister Yao’s family’s money! Otherwise, I don’t even mind, I’m willing to accompany you for your dreams, to be that true love you approve of, what other reason do you have to make excuses?” Jiang Yuan pressed step by step, clearly not giving up until she reached her goal.

Chen Fengshi was originally considering that with Jiang Yuan’s situation, if he didn’t agree, she would directly use other methods to take revenge, and if he agreed, she would feel she could directly find an opportunity to kill him, and thus wouldn’t act recklessly. Of course, if once he wasn’t careful and really gave her such an opportunity, the damage caused would definitely be a fatal blow, at least a critical hit level!

Choosing the lesser of two evils?

No, this reason was not enough.

If Chen Fengshi directly evaporated from her life circle, would he still need to be afraid of her looking for trouble? At most, she would run and tell his parents…

So, Chen Fengshi instantly thought of a beautiful ending reason.

“I am of course very happy that you are willing, but the fact that I am tired of you is true. Perhaps renewed contact could make me regain some good feelings, but I need a reason that prompts me to give you a chance to try.” Chen Fengshi’s gaze shifted to Shen Ai’s face, and then he smiled and said: “I’ve thought of a reason for you, Shen Ai is your good friend, to help you, to make you happy, he would definitely be willing to let me give him a kiss, that would give me quite some motivation. Obviously, I originally had the intention to develop Shen Ai into one of the possibilities as well, you would help me create the opportunity, right?”

Chen Fengshi simply wanted to like his own cleverness; based on his understanding of Shen Ai, he could say with great certainty—she would absolutely not agree!

Moreover, with such an unreasonable request, wouldn’t Jiang Yuan spray him in the face?

Therefore, when Chen Fengshi spoke, he had already thought up the posture of turning around and leaving the next moment.

But—Jiang Yuan unexpectedly aimed her gaze at Shen Ai! She unexpectedly looked at Shen Ai, looking at Shen Ai with eyes pleading for her help!

Chen Fengshi simply couldn’t believe there was such a shameless person! Was there anyone who would pit their friend like this? Was she even human?

Shen Ai was also dumbfounded, at first she felt Chen Fengshi’s request was simply shameless! But she also wondered, was it that he wanted to dump Jiang Yuan and deliberately made such an impossible request. When Jiang Yuan looked at her pleadingly, after her shock, she wanted to laugh.

And Jiang Yuan seemed as if she didn’t understand her smile, and unexpectedly opened her mouth to beg her: “Shen Ai, can you help me? You know how much I’ve paid for him, you know how important he is to me, right now only you can help me…”

“Enough!” Shen Ai didn’t wait for her to finish, and directly interrupted her. In her memory, she rarely did such impolite things. But now she didn’t hesitate at all, she stood up, looked at Jiang Yuan very angrily, and then looked at Chen Fengshi. “You two really suit each other, equally shameless! Jiang Yuan, our friendship ends here, I treated you as a best friend, but you actually treated me as a tool. Sorry, it’s my fault, in the past I didn’t see clearly and forced friendship upon you, it won’t happen again.”

“Shen Ai? Shen Ai! No, Shen Ai listen to me—” Jiang Yuan wanted to stand up and pull her, but Shen Ai directly said let go, shook her off, and then just walked away.

Jiang Yuan stood up, found her legs were still weak, and sat back down on the ground, calling out in vain, but could only watch Shen Ai walk down the steps.

Chen Fengshi gave infinite likes in his heart! This was Shen Ai, although gentle and kind, she was not a fool to be deceived and played with by anyone. She had principles, had character, and a clear mind, ah… Chen Fengshi felt that words of praise were endless, anyway she was just all kinds of good, he just felt she was very good!

“Shen Ai, I have to look at you with new eyes. For someone like Jiang Yuan, one indeed should make a decisive break.” Chen Fengshi praised Shen Ai ahead of him as he went down the mountain.

She suddenly stepped off the path, stood in the grass, making a gesture for Chen Fengshi to go first. And at this moment, Chen Fengshi saw that Shen Ai’s eyes were red, and there were tears in them. “You are also a shameless person, please keep your distance from me.”

He was stunned for a moment… yes, Shen Ai and Jiang Yuan had known each other for almost four years in college, and had always been so close, although they broke off relations today, with Shen Ai’s personality, she had given her true heart in the past, so how could she not be sad right now?

As for calling him a shameless person and so on, it was also a matter of course, but since Jiang Yuan’s matter was resolved, Chen Fengshi certainly had no need to continue playing the role, so he said directly: “It was just to stop her from continuing to pester me, I didn’t expect that even after saying that at the start, she would still agree. Although you still won’t believe it, I still have to say, the real situation is that I have no relationship with her or anyone else, it is entirely because of the Illusory Memory created by the Evil Ghost possession.”

Shen Ai held those tearful eyes, and just looked at him, looked at him, looked at him… without saying a word.

Chen Fengshi smiled helplessly and said: “Believe it or not is up to you, I am only making the necessary declaration. It’s getting late, be careful on the way. Bye.” He knew Shen Ai refused to share the road, which meant she refused to walk together, him hanging around was meaningless, so he just went first. However, since it was so late, how could he let Shen Ai walk down the mountain on a night road alone, and then walk back?

So, Chen Fengshi ducked into the woods by the roadside, jumped onto a tree, sat in the fork of the branches, and decided to be a very silly and very pure guardian angel behind the goddess.

Of course, Chen Fengshi didn’t forget to carefully check the situation on the tree to avoid snakes. But after checking, he was also curious, with a snake’s bite force, could it even make a cut on his body?

Perhaps Chen Fengshi’s words reminded Shen Ai, after thinking he had already walked far away, Shen Ai returned to the path, stood there in a daze for a while, and suddenly looked back.

She was worried about Jiang Yuan, even now, she still hoped for Jiang Yuan’s well-being. She accompanied Jiang Yuan out to climb the mountain and relax, but as a result, Jiang Yuan cried and complained to her on the mountaintop all night, talking about the situations of going on dates with Chen Fengshi time and time again, and finally talking about Sister Yao, and then making a fuss about committing suicide and not wanting to live.

Leaving Jiang Yuan alone in this kind of place now, no matter how she thought about it, felt inappropriate.

So she shouted towards the mountaintop: “Jiang Yuan, do you want to go back together? Walking the mountain road alone might not be safe, if you plan to go back, we can go the same way.”

Jiang Yuan on the mountaintop was originally pondering how to apologize to Shen Ai, she didn’t know Shen Ai could be so decisive, but she knew Shen Ai had a good heart, and kind people were often easily soft-hearted. Suddenly hearing Shen Ai’s voice, she was surprised and happy, and hurriedly shouted: “My legs are weak and I can’t stand up—Shen Ai, can you help me down the mountain?”

The two were shouting across a distance, so how could Chen Fengshi, who was actually hiding not far ahead, not hear them? He could only silently pray that Shen Ai wouldn’t be soft-hearted, and wouldn’t be used by Jiang Yuan taking advantage of her kindness…