Chapter 292: If You Can Be Stolen, It’s Not Worth Trying to Hold Onto
After parting ways with everyone else,
Shen Meng Jie found a convenient excuse and took her leave.
Han Xiao Jing and Wang Li Juan watched Shen Meng Jie slip away like she didn’t care, then went back to their dorms, each lost in their own thoughts.
Not long after she left, Shen Meng Jie didn’t wait much before—
A deep, affectionate call rang out just a few steps behind her.
That magnetic, gentle voice made Shen Meng Jie shiver involuntarily.
Quickly recomposing herself, she turned to look back.
And there they were—Ye Liang Chen and Xue Shao Hua—walking briskly toward her.
Throughout the whole process, Ye Liang Chen and Xue Shao Hua both heaved a huge sigh of relief.
“Thank goodness, thank goodness! Meng Jie, you’re okay—that’s the most important thing!”
Ye Liang Chen clenched his fists as he spoke: “If Long Ao Tian dares hurt you, I swear, I won’t let him get away with it!”
Xue Shao Hua didn’t say anything, only fixated on Shen Meng Jie with his soulful eyes, blinking slowly. Then he suddenly flicked his hair back, revealing the earring on his left ear.
He always believed that a heartfelt gaze could speak louder than a thousand words.
Plus, Shen Meng Jie even liked him back. How perfect!
“So, what are you two doing here?” Shen Meng Jie, a little tipsy, raised her blurry eyes and hesitated for a moment before quietly saying, “Actually, Long Ao Tian didn’t do anything to me.”
This was her way of explaining the message Ye Liang Chen had sent earlier.
“No, you’re saying that because you don’t really know Long Ao Tian,” Ye Liang Chen said grimly. “His heart is as dark as night. If I hadn’t been here today to scare him off, who knows what evil things he would’ve done? The kind that would make gods and mortals furious.”
“Shen Meng Jie, believe me. Someone who coerces our treasure girl, steals my Bai Yue Guang (White Moonlight), and snatches your little green plum—such a person is utterly heartless and inhuman!”
Xue Shao Hua, who had been silent all along, couldn’t help but speak up: “I can prove that. Long Ao Tian once beat us up for no reason. He’s really nasty. Don’t be fooled by his surface charm.”
It’s true—Long Ao Tian had hit him before, so when Xue Shao Hua said this, he looked especially sincere.
Shen Meng Jie chuckled slightly, watching the two of them as if she needed alcohol to say what she really thought: “You guys keep saying Long Ao Tian is terrible, that he stole the girl who used to like you.”
“You always say Long Ao Tian has no good intentions toward me, that you want to protect me. But what have you actually done?”
“If Long Ao Tian really is as bad as you say—if you truly want to keep me safe from harm—shouldn’t you be doing something about it? Or are you just all talk?”
“Honestly, you guys are no better than Long Ao Tian. At least I’ve met Long Ao Tian myself—he’s not as horrible as you make him out to be.”
After saying this, Shen Meng Jie gave a self-deprecating laugh and looked disappointed, ready to leave.
At this moment, her expression was full of disappointment, making Ye Liang Chen and Xue Shao Hua’s hearts tighten even more.
Actually, that was how they felt too.
Hearing her words, they immediately became anxious. Sharing a glance, finally, they hurried forward with seriousness.
“If I tell you I have a way to deal with Long Ao Tian, would you cooperate with us?” Ye Liang Chen asked sincerely.
Shen Meng Jie tilted her head lightly, her slightly drunken, enchanting eyes flashing with a glimmer of curiosity.
Seeing this, Ye Liang Chen continued: “Like I mentioned before—you can pretend to be fake and snake around Long Ao Tian. When he truly falls for you, you throw yourself into my arms. Let all his expectations turn to bubbles, completely crushing his psychological defenses!”
Xue Shao Hua stared blankly at Ye Liang Chen—“Fall into your arms?”—that was a huge departure from what he previously believed!
Shen Meng Jie chuckled softly: “But Long Ao Tian has already forced your treasure girl, right? Even if he doesn’t get me, he still has the so-called treasure girl with him, maybe even Bai Yue Guang and Xiao Qing Mei. I don’t think Long Ao Tian’s defenses are that fragile.”
Ye Liang Chen shook his head slowly, straightening his posture and fixing his piercing gaze on Shen Meng Jie: “How could I let you act alone?”
“In the process of you and Long Ao Tian pretending to be snakes and wolves, I will observe from a third-party perspective and record all the falsehoods he shows you.”
“I will expose Long Ao Tian’s ugly, deceitful face to all the girls he’s deceived, so they see his true wicked nature clearly. By doing this, everyone will see what kind of person Long Ao Tian really is.”
“In the end, Long Ao Tian will not only lose you but also the innocent, kind girls he tricked and manipulated.”
“This is the final step to break down Long Ao Tian’s psychological defenses!”
“This is also Long Ao Tian’s ultimate doom as a devil!”
Ye Liang Chen looked at Shen Meng Jie earnestly: “With your help, we can prevent more kind and innocent girls from being deceived by Long Ao Tian. Will you help us?”
“You aren’t Long Ao Tian’s first target, and certainly not his last…”
Shen Meng Jie paused as if she was lost in thought. Then she seriously looked up at Ye Liang Chen: “Is everything you’re saying really true?”
“More than real gold,” Ye Liang Chen said confidently, almost kneeling and swearing to heaven.
Seeing this, Shen Meng Jie’s pupils flickered: “Are you sure you can make the girls who see Long Ao Tian’s true nature willingly leave him?”
“If it’s really as you say—if it can save those girls who have been deceived—then I’m willing,” she said with determination.
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Even Shen Meng Jie herself didn’t realize how tightly her fist clenched or how much her heart pounded the moment she uttered those words…
“I know what you’re worried about—you’re afraid that all your hard work will come to nothing,” Ye Liang Chen said with a confident smile, flicking his hair. “I believe—after all, nobody wants to be continuously deceived, right?”
“And nobody wants to see themselves betrayed over and over again, right?”
Although Hu Yu Ying, being kind and naive, was unlikely to suspect her own feelings, Ye Liang Chen didn’t believe she could truly ignore Long Ao Tian’s fickle nature and not get hurt!
Everyone knew—the most vulnerable moment for a girl is when she’s heartbroken.
As long as he seized the opportunity to make Hu Yu Ying realize that he has been her protector all along, that he’s been longing to save her…
Then if something happened between her and Hu Yu Ying, it would be a natural thing, an inevitable course!
Plus, he also held her startup plan…
So, Ye Liang Chen was pretty confident.
Shen Meng Jie looked at Ye Liang Chen, but inside, she felt sympathetic toward Long Ao Tian.
She always believed—there’s no such thing as a cat that never tinkers with others’ mice.
Long Ao Tian was no exception; they were cut from the same cloth.
Maybe her repeated setbacks at Long Ao Tian’s hands had ignited her competitive spirit.
Maybe she just wanted to drag someone like Long Ao Tian down with her.
In any case, she’s never been a particularly good person, and she really wanted to see whether Long Ao Tian’s relationship with his little girlfriend was strong enough to hold.
If it could be stolen away, it was never good stuff to begin with, and not worth trying to hold onto…
