The Victim Comes Knocking, Interrogating the Blondie

At the Badminton Club, Jiang Linyuan listened as Liu Tingting finished telling a tear-jerking story.

According to her own account, a boy who was particularly fond of her had been pursuing her relentlessly lately, causing her quite a bit of distress.

Liu Tingting had rejected him multiple times, but the boy remained persistent, evolving from a "warm guy" into a desperate sycophant, all in the name of deep affection.

Hearing this, Jiang Linyuan instinctively felt something was off; given Liu Tingting's level of sophistication, could something like this really bother her?

Heh, she doesn't have much of a heart, but she sure has plenty of schemes.

Thinking this to himself, he still put on a concerned expression and asked, "Are you asking for my help, senior?"

Liu Tingting sighed again and shook her head.

"That's not the troublesome part. The trouble is that boy's girlfriend."

Jiang Linyuan was stunned.

Good grief, so he has a girlfriend! What kind of legendary character is this?

"Senior, do you mean to say that the boy pursuing you already has a girlfriend?"

Liu Tingting nodded.

Jiang Linyuan leaned back tactically.

As the saying goes, you can't hide love for one person, but if you love two, you'd better hide it well.

"Hasn't his girlfriend broken up with him yet?" he asked.

Liu Tingting rolled her eyes.

"He told me he was already finished with that girl, but she doesn't seem to think so. She's been coming to the Badminton Club to give me trouble these past few days."

Speaking of this, she sighed again, observing Jiang Linyuan's expression out of the corner of her eye.

"She's a freshman who just joined the Badminton Club recently, and I've been bothered by this for a while now."

Oh, now I get it.

The victim of a long-distance relationship has come knocking on the door.

Jiang Linyuan looked at Liu Tingting, still feeling puzzled.

After spending time with her, he had a decent grasp of Liu Tingting's level of play.

Who exactly was this hero capable of pushing her to such an extent?

"Senior, is that girl difficult to get along with?"

Jiang Linyuan asked the question directly.

Liu Tingting looked troubled.

"It's not that she's hard to get along with, it's just that she... has a unique personality."

"Aren't you coming to observe the Badminton Club training session tomorrow? You'll see for yourself then."

Unique?

Jiang Linyuan frowned. Could it be a second Su Muzhi?

The next day, when Jiang Linyuan arrived at the badminton court, he finally realized what Liu Tingting meant by "unique."

As soon as he entered, he saw a bold-looking woman standing in the center of the court with a cigarette in her mouth, appearing to be arguing with Liu Tingting about something.

"Zhuang Yan, smoking isn't allowed here. Many students can't stand the smell of smoke. Could you please put it out?"

Liu Tingting looked at the rugged woman before her, a forced smile on her face as she spoke in a soft, persuasive tone.

The woman standing in front of her took a deep drag of her cigarette and sneered.

"None of your damn business. I like to smoke. If you keep nagging, I won't just smoke—I'll smoke you."

Liu Tingting's expression stiffened, her face turning quite ugly.

This left Jiang Linyuan, watching from the side, dumbfounded.

666, this is a warrior! No wonder Liu Tingting can't handle her. Heck, even Sister Yu of the Northeast might not be able to subdue her!

Let me check her level.

[Target: Zhuang Yan; Bad Woman Quality: D]

Whoa, there's a twist!

Even though I smoke, have tattoos, and curse like a sailor, I am still an innocent and romantic good girl.

Is this kind of contrast even right?

Jiang Linyuan couldn't bear to look, shaking his head with a sigh.

"Hmm? Is a sigh really the first thing I get when you see me today, Jiang?"

Standing beside him, Su Muzhi fluttered her eyelashes, blinking her large eyes with the air of a model teacher.

"That won't do, you know. You're losing major points with me for that."

Losing major dung? That's a bit too hardcore, sister.

If you can't find it by the book title, try searching for the author. Maybe the name was just changed!

Jiang Linyuan turned his head to look at Su Muzhi.

Short skirt, slender waist, willow-leaf eyebrows—a beauty, truly a beauty.

Even if she was a total turn-off, she was still quite easy on the eyes.

"Ew, the male gaze is so disgusting."

As if noticing Jiang Linyuan's gaze, Su Muzhi covered her chest with both hands, struck a defensive pose, and looked him up and down.

Jiang Linyuan was amused:

"Junior Su, the first time we met, when you 'accidentally' spilled water to sneak a peek at my abs, your eyes were much more intense than mine are right now."

Su Muzhi raised an eyebrow:

"But that water really was spilled by accident that day, and besides, I don't want to look at your abs."

"You spilled water right onto my abs! If you didn't want to look at my abs, what were you looking at?"

Jiang Linyuan retorted.

Halfway through his sentence, he paused, looked down at his abdomen, and followed the line of his clothes downward.

Then he looked up, staring at Su Muzhi with a look of utter horror.

"You wouldn't be looking at..."

Seeing Jiang Linyuan act like this, the corner of Su Muzhi's mouth twitched.

How did this guy get so abstract?

"Heh, I have no interest in toothpicks."

"Have you even seen it? How can you call it a toothpick?"

Su Muzhi was a girl after all, and her skin wasn't as thick as Jiang Linyuan's. She was the first to break, wanting to end the conversation quickly:

"Student Jiang, if you keep saying things like that, I'm going to post about you on Little Red Book and claim you're sexually harassing me."

I knew it, you're a virtual keyboard warrior on the internet too.

"Fine by me. You post about me on Little Red Book, and I'll post about you on Tieba."

Jiang Linyuan shrugged indifferently.

At this moment, Su Muzhi glanced over, and a smile suddenly bloomed on her face again:

"Student Jiang sounds like he does this often. Have you posted about someone else before?"

As she spoke, she seemed to think of something. Her expression shifted, her lively eyes darted around, and she tugged on Jiang Linyuan's sleeve, asking in a low voice:

"Tell me secretly, have you posted about Shen Wanyu before?"

Oh, very good, very good—trying to slander me, are you!

Seeing Su Muzhi's attitude, Jiang Linyuan shook his head in disdain.

Then, his peripheral vision caught a familiar figure walking into the badminton court: Shen Wanyu!

Damn it, Su Muzhi, you really want me dead, don't you!

Bad woman! You are a truly bad woman!

Jiang Linyuan pushed Su Muzhi away and said righteously:

"Don't you dare slander me! Regarding the Department Head, I only have two words!"

"And those are..."

"Loyal! Ty!"

After saying that, he acted as if he had just noticed Shen Wanyu, pretending to be embarrassed as he lowered his head:

"Oh my, isn't this the Department Head? You didn't hear what I just said, did you?"

Shen Wanyu just watched Jiang Linyuan quietly, saying nothing.

After a while, acting as if she hadn't heard a thing, she said calmly:

"I'm just here to check on things."

With that, she pointed to the group of people behind her:

"You take these new members and familiarize them with the work of the External Relations Department."

Only then did Jiang Linyuan notice that there were several people following behind Shen Wanyu.

Among them was a familiar face.

Oh, the binary code girl.

Lin Yilin also saw Jiang Linyuan, broke into a smile, and waved at him excitedly.

Shen Wanyu noticed this, her brows furrowing slightly as she said mercilessly:

"I don't care what you and Su Muzhi are up to, but don't lay a hand on someone who just joined the department."

Jiang Linyuan waved a hand dismissively:

"Director, what kind of person do you take me for? Even a rabbit doesn't eat the grass around its own burrow!"

Shen Wanyu let out a scoff, stared directly into his eyes, and left him with a crisp, final remark.

"You had better hope so."

Having said that, she didn't even glance at Su Muzhi beside her and turned to leave.

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