After finally shaking off that clingy pest, Jiang Nian ate and rested for quite a while before opening her phone to check her messages.
But something must have happened. Her messaging app was flooded with exclamation marks from friends and classmates, along with countless curious questions asking for gossip.
Looking at her overflowing inbox, she had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, when she opened Weibo, she found a slew of rumors about her.
[Business alliance or true love? Qiao Group heir pursues the Jiang heiress, come rain or shine!]
[Qiao Fei waits with flowers for his girlfriend to finish work. The loving couple is inseparable.]
[Devoted young heir waits day after day for love, finally winning her heart and making everyone envious!]
Those clickbait headlines left Jiang Nian utterly bewildered.
As she read the comments gushing about how perfect they were together and how much everyone shipped them, her expression went cold.
Shipping everything in sight will only hurt you.
But why had this suddenly become such a huge story?
Something felt off, so she had her staff investigate.
Sure enough, the Qiao family had released the news.
Jiang Nian scoffed at the deliberately misleading post Qiao Fei had put up on Weibo.
Trying to hitch your wagon to me?
She was just about to have her staff deal with the trending topic when a call suddenly came in.
Seeing "Jincheng" on the screen, Jiang Nian was puzzled.
Why was Wen Jincheng suddenly calling? Was he going to ask about the trending topic too?
She answered immediately.
"Hello, Jincheng?"
Someone answered, but it wasn't Wen Jincheng's voice.
"Hello, Nian? It's Fang Qiu."
Jiang Nian froze. Fang Qiu?
Fang Qiu continued, sounding rather annoyed.
"Wen Jincheng suddenly showed up at my bar to drown his sorrows. He's completely wasted and keeps