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Chapter 299 Zheng Zha: Brother Jie, I'm very disappointed in you.

Zhang Jie, you just wait until tomorrow!

Inside the pitch-black tent, Zheng Zha's eyes blazed with fury, shining brightly in the darkness.

Zhang Jie was holding Na'er in his arms, excitedly recounting what had just happened.

"Na'er, look, Zheng Zha even thanked me, hahaha."

"You..." Na'er felt very guilty, and there were also many loopholes in Zhang Jie's previous words. She was worried that Zheng Zha would guess that she and Zhang Jie had been eavesdropping from the beginning.

So, not wanting Zheng Zha to get angry with Zhang Jie again, Na'er earnestly advised, "Jie, Zheng Zha isn't stupid, he's just too lazy to use his brain. If you keep this from him, he'll find out eventually."

I think we should find an opportunity to be honest with him tomorrow. Anyway, we didn't do it on purpose. If we're sincere, and you helped him out tonight, that's great.

Knowing Zheng Zha's personality, he definitely wouldn't be petty.

Zhang Jie's laughter abruptly stopped as he carefully savored the events of the evening, especially Zheng Zha's heartfelt thank you at the end. Thinking back now, if Zheng Zha were to figure out the truth himself, Zhang Jie's eyes would begin to ache.

Zhang Jie scratched his head, his tone finally carrying a hint of guilt: "Uh... it shouldn't be that bad, right? I acted pretty convincingly, so it shouldn't arouse Zheng Zha's suspicion, right?"

“But you did mention ‘personal privacy’,” Na’er sighed. “And think about how you explained ‘personal privacy’ in the first place.”

"Back then," Zhang Jie said, carefully recalling what he had said not long ago. As the memory became clearer, his face grew paler.

"I said, Luo Li forgave Zheng Zha because he was sincere in explaining those messy things from the past."

Seeing that Zhang Jie remembered what she had said, Na'er sighed and said, "Zheng Zha was too flustered to think things through at the time. He should think about it carefully after he calms down... Jie, don't hesitate any longer. Let's go and apologize to Zheng Zha together tomorrow."

Zhang Jie felt a throbbing pain in his eyes, even more intense than when Zheng Zha had punched him twice. He sighed deeply, as if resigned to his fate.

"Sigh, that's all we can do. Tomorrow morning, I'll go and apologize with a bundle of thorns on my back. I hope Zheng Zha will do as you said, Na'er, and not hold it against me."

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Zhang Jie squatted down beside his own tent, his eyes fixed on the tent where Zheng Zha was.

When Zhang Jie saw Zheng Zha stretching and yawning as he emerged from the tent, he took a deep breath and forced himself to walk quickly over. He forced a slightly stiff smile and raised his hand to greet him, "Good morning, Zheng Zha..."

Zheng Zha turned his head at the sound of the voice and saw that it was Zhang Jie. The memory of last night instantly became clear, and his eyes, which had just been sleepy, immediately narrowed, a dangerous glint flashing across them. He curled his lips into a half-smile: "Good morning, Zhang Jie. Perfect timing, I also have something I want to 'have a good chat' with you about."

Zhang Jie felt a chill run down his spine from Zheng Zha's gaze. The phrase "let's have a good talk" sounded to him no different from "settle accounts." He quickly stepped forward, pulled out a cigarette from his pocket, and offered it to Zheng Zha before he could erupt, his tone filled with unprecedented sincerity and guilt.
"Zheng Zha, your sister-in-law and I have something to say to you. Would you do us the honor?"

Seeing Zhang Jie's obsequious smile, Zheng Zha knew that his guess last night was indeed correct; this guy had been eavesdropping the whole time.

Zheng Zha was furious and was about to refuse when he saw Na'er peek out from the tent, waving apologetically at him. Seeing this, Zheng Zha took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to punch Zhang Jie in the eye socket twice more, and said coldly, "For your sister-in-law's sake, I'll listen to what you have to say. Let's go."

After saying that, Zheng Zha strode towards Zhang Jie's tent, and Zhang Jie quickly followed with a smile.

A moment later, Zheng Zha, Zhang Jie, and Na'er sat in the tent, each with a cup of hot tea on their table, but no one touched it or spoke.

After a minute or two of silence, Zheng Zha said impatiently, "Zhang Jie, did you call me here just to sit with you? Speak your mind, or I'm going back to be with Luo Li."

Zheng Zha made a move to get up, but Zhang Jie quickly held him down, his smile becoming increasingly awkward: "No, no, no, brother, I'll tell you, I'll tell you."

He rubbed his hands together, exchanged a glance with Na'er, and finally took a deep breath, speaking with a sense of desperation: "Zheng Zha, last night... what happened last night was my fault. Na'er and I... we were indeed listening from the very beginning."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha's face stiffened. He looked at Zhang Jie in disbelief, then at Na'er's apologetic face, and finally looked at Zhang Jie with disdain, saying, "Brother Jie, you've disappointed me so much! You should take responsibility for your own actions! How could you... and sister-in-law, why did you do this!"

After saying that, Zheng Zha slapped his thigh and sighed deeply, his eyes filled with disappointment towards Zhang Jie.

Zhang Jie never expected things to develop so dramatically. He even forgot to explain himself and just stood there like a wooden doll.

Zheng Zha stood up, patted Zhang Jie on the shoulder, and said, "Brother Jie, I won't pursue this matter this time, on the condition that you don't tell anyone and there won't be a next time."

He then turned and left. Just as he was about to walk out of the tent, Zheng Zha stopped and thought for a moment. He felt that given Zhang Jie's personality, it was impossible for there not to be a next time. So he turned back and added, "If there is a next time, I hope you can take some responsibility, Brother Jie, and not let your innocent sister-in-law share the burden."

Seeing that Zheng Zha was about to lift the curtain and leave, Zhang Jie was still standing there like a wooden man. Na'er quickly got up to stop him and kicked Zhang Jie in front of outsiders for the first time without caring about her image.

“Zheng Zha, you’ve misunderstood Zhang Jie. Last night, I did eavesdrop on your conversation with Luo Li with him.”

At this moment, Zhang Jie, who had been kicked by Na'er, finally came to his senses and quickly pulled Zheng Zha back, who had already lifted the curtain.

"Zheng Zha! You've misunderstood! Here's what happened! Let me explain!"

Zhang Jie said that because his eyes hurt, he planned to boil some hot water with Na'er to use as a compress. After boiling the water, he accidentally overheard Zheng Zha's conversation with Luo Li when he passed by Zheng Zha's tent. Out of curiosity, he started eavesdropping.

Later, because Zheng Zha and Luo Li wanted to do something unspeakable, I couldn't stand it anymore and quietly left with Na'er.

But after they returned to the tent, they realized that the tent was not very soundproof, and since everyone had set up the tents not far apart, the noise Zheng Zha and Luo Li would make once they started exercising would definitely be heard by others.

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Zhang Jie stopped talking, and Zheng Zha continued speaking with a complicated expression.

"So you pretended to boil water, and deliberately passed by my tent again, making noise to remind me and Lori, right?"

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