So What If the Beautiful Campus Belle Loves Money? (29)

Hua Jinchen watched Gu Yanshen leave, and the pent-up anger in his chest finally eased a little.

Seeing Shi Zheng stand firmly on his side made him lift his chin in triumph, like a peacock that had won a battle.

"Let's go." He opened the car door and ushered Shi Zheng into the back seat.

Everyone who had stayed behind saw the whole scene unfold from beginning to end.

They exchanged glances, their eyes filled with disbelief and deep wariness.

Gu Yanshen... that lofty, untouchable Gu Yanshen had actually offered to give Shi Zheng a ride?

And she had turned him down?

Yet Shi Zheng had managed to navigate between the two men and even soothe Hua Jinchen, who had clearly been on the verge of flying into a rage.

Hua Jinchen... he had fallen hard!

No ordinary gold digger could have pulled that off!

This Shi Zheng was no simple woman!

After this incident, both Shi Zheng's importance and the danger she posed rose several notches in their eyes in an instant.

From now on, anyone who dared treat her casually as a "plaything" would probably have to think twice.

The car slowly drove away, leaving the onlookers behind with all sorts of expressions on their faces.

Shi Zheng sat in the front passenger seat.

With a smile that was not quite a smile, she said, "Baby, I'm guessing plenty of people have sat in your passenger seat before?"

Hua Jinchen paused as he was about to fasten his seat belt and looked up at her.

A faint smile rested on her face, and he couldn't tell from her tone whether she minded or was merely teasing.

He turned his head and fixed her with a penetrating gaze. "If I said no, that you're the only one who's ever sat there, would you believe me?"

Even Hua Jinchen thought the question sounded a little absurd once it was out of his mouth.

Why was he so anxious to explain himself to Shi Zheng?

There had long been rumors about his conduct. How could she not know?

She probably wouldn't believe his explanation at all, and in the end he would only make a fool of himself.

Even so, for some inexplicable reason, he wanted to see her reaction, to see how she would answer.

Shi Zheng didn't seem to have expected him to ask that either.

She froze for a moment, then her beautiful eyes curved into a smile.

"I believe you," she answered without hesitation.

Hua Jinchen's heart gave a sudden jolt, as though something had bumped against it, neither too hard nor too softly.

He had imagined many answers, but never this one.

How could she... believe him so easily?

Only in the next second did Hua Jinchen realize he had voiced the question in his mind. A barely perceptible hint of embarrassment flashed across his face.

Hearing this, Shi Zheng tilted her head slightly. "Because you're my boyfriend. If I don't believe you, who else can I believe?"

"Even if you really did lie, I believe you must have your reasons, your own difficulties."

"Everyone lies, don't they?"

"If you don't want to tell me now, or you still can't, that's all right. I can wait. Whenever you feel you can and are willing to tell me the truth, I'll listen then."

"Until then, I'm willing to believe every word you tell me."

She looked at him, her gaze attentive and accepting, as though she could embrace all his imperfections.

After landing that combination of punches, Shi Zheng refused to believe she couldn't win Hua Jinchen over.

Favorability, go up!

Hua Jinchen gazed into her open, smiling eyes and felt the warmth in his chest surge even more fiercely, almost drowning his reason.

His throat felt a little dry, and his hands tightened unconsciously on the steering wheel.

[Hua Jinchen's current favorability: 75.]

When Shi Zheng heard the system notification in her mind, a glimmer of a plan fulfilled flashed deep in her eyes.

See? Sometimes men were just that easy to coax.