A super-rich tycoon? No, just call me the gentlemanly gigolo.

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Ye Cheng stopped and glanced back at him: "Oh? Looking for somewhere to make do? Like, how about getting a hotel room?"

She spread her hands, looking troubled: "But I didn't bring my ID card! I can't open it!"

"Sigh, I just can't do anything with you, you're so forgetful..."

Jiang Ye sighed, feigning helplessness, "Well then, I'll go book a room with my ID. Once I've booked the room, you can just go upstairs; the front desk won't stop you."

He paused, straightened his back, and added sternly, "Don't overthink it! I'm not trying to take advantage of you or anything! It's just that you don't have your ID, and it would be too conspicuous for me to book a standard room alone, which could easily cause misunderstandings. So, a double room is the most suitable... Don't worry, I'll sleep on the sofa or even on a makeshift bed on the floor! I'll absolutely guarantee your safety!"

Ye Cheng almost burst out laughing when she saw his serious expression.

"Come on! Don't give me that! Don't I know you? Once I get up there, are you going to say, 'Chengcheng, I'm so cold,' 'Chengcheng, the ground is so hard,' 'Chengcheng, I just want a hug, I won't do anything else,'?"

She suppressed a laugh and slowly delivered the fatal blow: "Have you forgotten? I rent a small apartment in the Tai'an Building, haven't you? No need for you to go to the trouble of booking a room!"

Jiang Ye: "..."

The expectation on his face vanished instantly.

Damn it! I didn't expect this woman to be on the third floor!

Seeing his embarrassed expression, Ye Cheng finally couldn't help but burst out laughing, feeling inexplicably happy.

Just as Jiang Ye was racking his brains, trying to prove himself as an upright, simple, and righteous gentleman with no evil intentions, a quarrel suddenly broke out not far from the police station.

"Zhang Wenhai! I'm already being very accommodating by coming here despite having no choice but to stop pestering me!"

"Wanxing, listen to me! I followed you... I really just wanted to apologize properly, but I couldn't figure out how to say it, my mind was so confused, so..."

Jiang Ye immediately raised an eyebrow, his gossip-loving spirit burning brightly. Forgetting all about the "hotel room project," he quickly tugged at Ye Cheng's sleeve:

"Let's go see a show! I never expected it to be a TV series..."

As the two walked out of the police station, they saw Lin Wanxing and Zhang Wenhai standing face to face under the streetlights.

Lin Wanxing's face was full of fatigue and disappointment. Her hands were in her down jacket pockets, and her body was slightly turned to the side, as if she didn't want to talk anymore.

Zhang Wenhai looked anxious, wanting to get closer but not daring to get too close, gesturing helplessly with his hands, desperately trying to explain something.

Upon seeing Jiang Ye and Ye Cheng emerge from the police station, their argument immediately ceased.

When Zhang Wenhai saw Jiang Ye, his face immediately darkened, and his eyes filled with resentment. He walked straight toward Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye frowned, instinctively pulling Ye Cheng behind him. He stepped forward and spoke first, "Dude, I advise you to calm down. If you dare to lay a hand on me, I'll lie down right now. If I don't extort your underwear, you've bought a lot of stuff!"

Zhang Wenhai: "..."

Zhang Wenhai was so speechless at Jiang Ye's incredibly roguish words that he couldn't catch his breath, and his face turned bright red.

He glanced at the other person's 1.8-meter height, then at the police station next door, and finally suppressed his anger. He snorted coldly, turned around and walked back to Lin Wanxing's side.

"Wanxing, let's not talk here. Let's find somewhere, I'll treat you to a late-night snack, and we can have a proper talk, okay?"

Lin Wanxing shook her head, her voice cold: "There's nothing to talk about, Zhang Wenhai. I'm really disappointed in you. I even prepared Christmas and New Year's gifts for you, but you..."

As she spoke, her voice choked with emotion, but she quickly regained her composure. She glanced at Jiang Ye and Ye Cheng beside her, seemingly feeling that it was inappropriate to say these things in front of outsiders, and then lowered her voice to say a few words quickly to Zhang Wenhai.

Zhang Wenhai's face grew even paler, turning pale and then flushed, but seeing Lin Wanxing's resolute attitude, he finally sighed heavily, said nothing, turned around, hailed a taxi, got in, and drove away.

The storm seems to have subsided for the time being.

Lin Wanxing stared at the direction where the taxi's taillights disappeared, stood there silently for a few seconds, and then turned around and walked towards Jiang Ye and Ye Cheng.

"Hello, the police inside just now explained the situation to me... Thank you. Although the way they did it was a bit... unusual, it was all because of me."

Jiang Ye waved his hand with a smile: "It's nothing, just a small favor, it's what I should do. It's just a matter of standing up for what's right!"

Lin Wanxing smiled, seemingly relaxing a bit.

She hesitated for a moment, then took out her phone from her pocket and said somewhat embarrassedly:

"Um... how about I return the 1000 yuan to you? My stuff... isn't worth much anyway."

Ye Cheng, who was standing next to her, raised her eyebrows instantly when she heard "1000 yuan". She subconsciously glanced at Lin Wanxing's long legs and her booted feet, and secretly compared them with her own.

Jiang Ye smiled, took out his phone, swiped his finger across the screen a few times, and displayed a QR code: "Whatever."

Lin Wanxing picked up her phone and scanned the QR code, then froze – instead of a payment screen, a friend request popped up.

She looked up at Jiang Ye in surprise, then at his very pretty girlfriend beside him, and inwardly curled her lip in disapproval.

Ha, another scumbag who dares to add other women on WeChat in front of his girlfriend!

However, since the other party had protected her all the way, Lin Wanxing didn't want to embarrass him in front of his face, especially in front of his girlfriend.

She hesitated for a moment, then said tactfully, "It didn't scan just now... could you please try changing the payment page again?"

Jiang Ye seemed not to understand her hint and shook his phone screen again: "You really don't need to pay the money back. Just consider it making friends, adding each other as friends. Judging from the situation just now... you and that guy, haven't you already broken up?"

Lin Wanxing glanced back in the direction Zhang Wenhai had left, her eyes dimming slightly as she shook her head: "We haven't officially broken up yet. He's actually..."

She paused, seemingly unwilling to discuss Zhang Wenhai further, then turned to Ye Cheng and tentatively asked, "This is... your girlfriend?"

Ye Cheng immediately let out a soft "humph" through her nose.

Looking at the woman's figure and appearance, and combining that with what she had just heard about the "1000 yuan" and the "reverse stalking" incident, she was prepared to hear outrageous terms like "sister," "classmate," "ordinary friend," or even "long-lost sister-in-law," but she never expected...

Jiang Ye surprisingly nodded, and said with certainty:

"Yes, my girlfriend, Ye Cheng."

Ye Cheng was slightly startled, as if she had been tickled by a small feather, itchy yet sweet.

But immediately afterward, her alarm bells went off:

wrong!

This guy is acting strangely. He doesn't even care about his "new prey" anymore, he just keeps trying to take me to a hotel, and now he's so readily admitting that I'm his girlfriend...

Could it be that my target tonight has been me all along?!

He's ignoring all the girls he wants to date and coming straight for me? Is he really that desperate?

Lin Wanxing looked at Ye Cheng with some surprise, but found that the girl's face did not show the anger, rage, or jealousy she had expected. Instead, it was a complex expression of "Holy crap!", "It's over!", "Oh no!" as if she was facing a formidable enemy.

She shook her head speechlessly, guessing to herself: She's probably a young girl who's been manipulated by this scumbag. How pitiful.

Thinking back to her utterly disappointing first love, Lin Wanxing suddenly felt a sense of kinship, as if they were "fellow sufferers," and felt it necessary to let the girl in front of her see the true colors of this man.

She smiled and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear: "Isn't this... a bit inappropriate? Adding other girls on WeChat in front of your girlfriend?"

Jiang Ye, without batting an eye, calmly replied, "Everyone has a love for beauty. Chengcheng is magnanimous; she'll understand."

Lin Wanxing looked at Ye Cheng again and was even more surprised to find that the girl still didn't have a strong reaction.

Aren't you angry? How much have you been fooled?

What would such a pretty girl want from him? It can't be that bad, right?