Chapter 56: Finally, finally able to sleep…

Unfortunately, the answer was no.

“I’m coming up.” Shen Ai agreed without any hesitation. This was natural; even if a stranger asked for help, she would likely agree, let alone Jiang Yuan?

Chen Fengshi was not sure if Shen Ai would make up with Jiang Yuan after her apology, but he was certain of two things: first, from now on, Shen Ai would definitely not let her guard down around Jiang Yuan like she did in the past; second, Shen Ai would absolutely not agree to help Jiang Yuan and then let him kiss her. Let alone a kiss, she wouldn’t even agree to a hug.

Shen Ai supported Jiang Yuan down the mountain, walking very slowly.

Actually, Jiang Yuan had long recovered her strength, at least walking on her own was no problem at all. But she pretended she hadn’t, so that it would be easier to talk, and Shen Ai couldn’t just abandon her and leave without caring if she lived or died. So, as they walked down the steps, she said full of guilt: “Shen Ai, are you still angry?”

“I’m not angry, I am just utterly disappointed in you.”

“…I’m sorry, I don’t know what I was thinking just now. I clearly know you are someone who wants to save all your firsts for your future only husband, yet I still made such an unreasonable request. Shen Ai, can you forgive me? I—woo… my mind was really such a mess, I have given so much for him, and just now I was single-mindedly not wanting to break up, can you just treat me like a crazy person talking nonsense? You know I’m not usually like this, you treat me as a bestie, and I have always treated you as my best bestie too!” As Jiang Yuan spoke, she had already started crying.

Shen Ai held her, walking and thinking.

Actually, she was also thinking whether her reaction just now was too extreme. Although Jiang Yuan saying those things was indeed unforgivable, if she viewed her state of mind at the time as being confused, then it hadn’t reached the point of being absolutely unforgivable and unacceptable.

“Shen Ai, Shen Ai…” Jiang Yuan acted cute, pulling the corner of her clothes with one hand, shaking, swaying, and begging. “I was just a confused crazy person just now, can you stop holding my crazy words against me? Right now I don’t care about losing a bastard man, but I can’t not care about losing my best friend! Shen Ai, Shen Ai… I beg you, forgive me this once, forgive me this once…”

Shen Ai was soft-hearted after all, plus she felt Jiang Yuan’s state was really bad. She had suffered a heavy blow to begin with, her mind was a mess, and she had just been stimulated by a suicide attempt, so she sighed and said: “Alright, alright, I won’t hold it against you. If you really can let go of that scumbag, I’ll be happy for you.”

Chen Fengshi in the tree watched them enter his field of vision, watched them walk into the center of his sight, and listened to their conversation. This feeling of eavesdropping… he wouldn’t say whether it was good or not, he just wanted to say, no wonder the Overheard movie series was so good to watch.

“Shen Ai, I didn’t know before, I actually have such a strong desire for revenge.” Jiang Yuan said this out of nowhere. Before Shen Ai could even process it, she continued on her own. “Actually, after the suicide just now, I let it go. Compared to death, a scumbag and the past efforts are nothing. It’s really good to be alive, I have truly experienced the meaning of this sentence.”

“Then you?” Shen Ai listened and became even more confused about why Jiang Yuan had still begged him to stay just now.

“Just now when I saw him about to leave, a thought suddenly popped into my mind, a very angry thought—why? Why should a person like him be free and happy? Why should there be so many good girls being played by him in the palm of his hand? Why is he the one doing bad things, but I am the one committing suicide? I am the one who almost fell to my death? I am not reconciled, I do not accept it!” When Jiang Yuan said this, she clenched her teeth tightly.

“…Jiang Yuan! What are you thinking?” Shen Ai really felt her mind was even more messed up. Yes, she felt this questioning made sense, but there are bad people and good people in this world, and bad people will always have their downfall, why must she go to the trouble of torturing herself for revenge?

“I figured it out, I must die with clarity! First, I have to figure out whether what he said is true or false. If it’s true, I will endure to the end—the woman who makes him feel it’s true love, and marry him. Then—cuckold him, dump him, divorce!” Jiang Yuan spoke these thoughts, and felt it was simply too satisfying.

But Shen Ai felt this was simply too crazy and too not worth it. Wasn’t being harmed by a scumbag for so long enough? She still wanted to sacrifice her precious future life?

Chen Fengshi heard this in the tree, and was so shocked his mouth couldn’t close… Such a deeply scheming long-term revenge plan, Jiang Yuan was just saying it on a whim, right? It was impossible she could really persist in executing it for that long, right? Otherwise—this woman was too crazy, too terrifying!

“If he was talking nonsense, just wanting to dump me, deliberately playing with my feelings… then I will make him fall in love with me, then cheat on him, and dump him! Let him also taste this feeling of being hurt!” Jiang Yuan finished her thoughts in one breath, and then, she grabbed Shen Ai’s hand, and said with eyes full of expectation: “Shen Ai! You have to help me!”

“Me? Help you?” Shen Ai was angry and was about to lash out, but before she could shake off Jiang Yuan’s hand, she saw her say very excitedly: “Not helping like just now! How could I push you into a fire pit?”

“…I really feel it’s not worth wasting more time on a scumbag like this.” Shen Ai felt she must express her thoughts.

“I can’t be muddled, I really can’t, if I am like this I feel I simply can’t live my days. Shouldn’t someone teach a scumbag like him a lesson? Other victims just say it’s not worth it, and get scammed and played by him for nothing. But I can’t, I must make him get punished!” Jiang Yuan’s attitude was very firm.

After she finished, she directly and quickly said: “Shen Ai you have to help me! It’s very simple, I plan to tell him, I can help create opportunities for him, every time we go on a date you will be there, then he will have a chance to pursue you. This way, we get free food, free drinks, and free fun, and he agrees not to break up with me, after a few times, I’ll find a chance to date him alone, and naturally we won’t need to waste your time anymore.”

Shen Ai was silent, she was not very willing, but, for this level of help, how could she refuse as a good friend?

Jiang Yuan held her hands and said: “Okay, okay, it’s very simple. Shen Ai—although I am doing this for revenge, doing this thing is also equal to venting anger for so many victims, it’s also a good deed upholding justice in the world, you can just treat it as—punishing him on behalf of the moon together!”

Shen Ai couldn’t help but be amused, she had watched this cartoon when she was little, and felt the main character saying this line when dealing with bad guys was very imposing, so she relented and said: “Alright, but will he agree?”

“Whether what he said is true or false, with such a good opportunity to get close to you, how could he not agree? Besides, I am playing the role of the lovesick girl he gets to play for free, how could he not want such a bargain?” Jiang Yuan was very confident, but, her calculation really had a way, the benefits were visible, and the harms didn’t seem to have any, it was hard not to agree.

They walked far away, Chen Fengshi jumped down onto the road, keeping his distance and following behind.

He was also thinking.

Jiang Yuan was really impressive… even after hearing her, he was still very tempted.

He wasn’t after Jiang Yuan, he was after Shen Ai.

Originally he felt, there was no more intersection with Shen Ai, because Shen Ai would keep her distance from him. Now Jiang Yuan’s plan gave him an opportunity, was he going to watch the opportunity slip away… or grasp it?

Was he going to watch the opportunity slip away?

Or grasp it?

…

Chen Fengshi actually wasn’t struggling at all, because there was no need to struggle at all.

Who was Shen Ai? His goddess, an indispensable existence in his original future life plan. Now there was an opportunity, could he let it go?

At this time he also experienced Jiang Yuan’s feelings, being alive was indeed important.

Many possibilities and impossibilities are all based on applying experience, logic, or other people’s examples, or even speculation, but will the future really follow these?

No, so he encountered the Fungal Demon, so Shen Ai became an existence with no chance of intersection. So now, the impossible became possible again. Then, was his image impossible to reverse? Obviously, he could no longer say absolute things anymore.

So, after he returned to the hotel, he received Jiang Yuan’s call.

She talked about how much she loved him, didn’t want to break up, and said she was willing to fulfill his thoughts about Shen Ai, but Shen Ai couldn’t possibly sacrifice herself for anyone. So she thought of a compromise, she pretended it was his request, that Shen Ai had to come along every time they went on a date, this way he would have many opportunities.

Chen Fengshi pretended to ponder, and on the other end Jiang Yuan said, the reason she was willing was because she figured it out during the suicide, and was also moved by his desperate rescue. She felt he could disregard himself, rescue her so riskily, protect her, then her life was like a second chance given by him and so on… She also said she was sincere, to help him, to make Shen Ai believe, she even specially lied to Shen Ai saying…

Chen Fengshi was really impressed, if his mind was slightly more confused, he really wouldn’t be able to tell whether the words she said to whom were true, and to whom were false.

Fortunately he wasn’t confused, at a time like this simply combining people’s self-interested nature to judge, the answer was very clear.

But, he still agreed.

For Shen Ai… he had reason to believe, this decision might pit himself. But, he knew he couldn’t refuse.

Even if, he thought of the matter with Juzi, and felt he was already not perfect, not pure anymore.

Chen Fengshi was really tired, and should have gone to sleep long ago, so after turning off his phone, he fell asleep directly. This sleep lasted from six in the morning to five in the afternoon.

It was still because the alarm clock rang.

He had promised to treat the Big Guy couple, and the single Skinny to a good meal today.

This sleep was satisfying, it was just that while brushing his teeth he felt so hungry his chest was sticking to his back, that uncomfortable feeling was simply beyond words.

Chen Fengshi felt he had sweated a lot on his body, finding it strange that he was still so hot after turning on the air conditioner to sleep? So he took a shower, after that got dressed, finished packing and checked out, looking at phone messages during his free time on the way. There were still many victims tirelessly scolding him, and also information bombardments from drunkards acting crazy…

After that there were also Jiang Yuan’s, she had made a dozen or so calls, at first inviting him to lunch, later inviting him to a movie, then it changed to dinner, and now it changed again to going to the seaside park to play. In between were mixed many words asking him why he didn’t reply to messages and so on.

Chen Fengshi finished reading, didn’t rush to reply, and looked at others, finding Juzi had no messages. He felt it was strange, Juzi had originally said she would let him join the Mutual Aid Association group today, could she have forgotten? Besides this, he also had a slight strange sense of loss.

Alright, he had to admit, Juzi was very attractive, the key was, for him, she was already destined to be an existence that could not be forgotten.

“Little An?” Chen Fengshi miraculously found Little An also had a message, after clicking it open and reading, he didn’t find it strange anymore. “The one with precious power, the first piece of information needing cleanup provided by Huang has come out, this Association urgently needs volunteers.”