See It Through to the End

Jiang Jinran couldn't help growing curious.

Just who was this big shot who refused to meet Lu Wanning...

Lu Wanning curled her lip, looking increasingly irritable. "If his surname weren't Jiang, I wouldn't want to follow your arrangements and meet him!"

Jiang Jinran froze.

Oh-ho.

She'd come to feast on gossip, only to find herself on the menu.

She hadn't expected to turn into a melon-munching badger in a restroom, gorging on gossip beside the toilet.

Keep it coming. She liked this.

"I know, for the family and for you, I should try to please him, even make him fall for me," Lu Wanning's voice kept coming. "But he keeps refusing to meet me. What am I supposed to do..."

Jiang Jinran pursed her lips in thought.

Jiang Yuehan had been refusing to meet Lu Wanning?

That wasn't right...

That wasn't how the novel's plot went.

What exactly had gone wrong to make Jiang Yuehan choose something completely different from what he did in the novel?

"But, brother, I do have a way to settle this once and for all." Lu Wanning's voice was airy, her tone carrying an inexplicable confidence. "Since Jiang Yuehan doesn't want to see me, just don't tell him I'm coming... Meet him alone, then add a little something to his drink... I'll come over afterward..."

Jiang Jinran's eyes widened at once.

Oh-ho.

So this was the kind of character Lu Wanning was?

"I don't mind." Lu Wanning chuckled. "I might even come out ahead. Jiang Yuehan is a seriously handsome guy, after all. You know how much I love all kinds of handsome guys. I'm on a date with a cute guy right now..."

"Since Jiang Yuehan won't bend to anything, we'll have to use special methods." There was even a hint of resentment in Lu Wanning's voice. "So he can't blame us. The main thing is that there's profit to be had from the Jiang Family... If Jiang Yuehan can give me what I want afterward, I wouldn't mind putting a little more effort into him."

"You know how hard it is for me to settle down."

Jiang Jinran felt that Lu Wanning's words contained rather a lot of information, and her brain was slowly digesting it.

So, according to what Lu Wanning had said, the person in the most danger right now-

Was her big brother who'd come with the package, Jiang Yuehan!

Strictly speaking, this wasn't something she ought to worry about.

She'd never considered relying on her "foreknowledge" to save the Jiang Family members from their fates.

That would be too exhausting, unsuitable for a salted fish who wanted to lie flat.

Saving enough money was her top priority right now.

But now that she knew Jiang Yuehan was about to be plotted against, she couldn't remain completely indifferent and stand by with folded arms.

She ought to tell Jiang Yuehan about this.

"Okay, eight tonight at the Vienna Hotel. It's settled, then." Nearby, Lu Wanning gave a soft laugh, then hung up.

Jiang Jinran pressed her lips together, still carefully controlling her breathing.

There was a snap.

Lu Wanning pushed open the restroom door and swaggered out.

Jiang Jinran stayed where she was for a while. Only after making sure Lu Wanning was far away did she slip out on tiptoe.

Once she left the café, even the air felt much fresher.

Jiang Jinran took two deep breaths, then took out her phone and started making a call.

Although she and Jiang Yuehan weren't particularly close, at this moment, she couldn't just watch her jump into a pit of fire.

For some unknown reason, the novel's plot had changed completely. Jiang Yuehan hadn't fallen in love with Lu Wanning yet, and Lu Wanning even had to resort to special methods to get close to Jiang Yuehan...

It was getting more and more surreal.

A monotonous busy tone came from the phone.

Jiang Jinran called several times, all with the same result.

Seriously? At a critical moment like this, she couldn't get through to Jiang Yuehan or reach him at all!

Jiang Jinran furrowed her brows, suddenly feeling a surge of agitation.

She couldn't stop Lu Yunxiao and his sister from acting. The only thing she could do was tip Jiang Yuehan off.

Unable to reach him by phone, Jiang Jinran decided to go home first.

In the novel, Lu Wanning had also deliberately approached Jiang Yuehan at her brother Lu Yunxiao's suggestion.

As Jiang Yuehan's friend, Lu Yunxiao could create plenty of opportunities for them to meet.

Both siblings harbored ulterior motives, and their goals were much the same: to get Jiang Yuehan under their thumbs and profit from him.

Jiang Jinran rushed home without stopping.

As soon as she entered, she asked a servant whether Jiang Yuehan was home.

Unfortunately, the servant told her that Jiang Yuehan had already been out for some time.

Left with no other choice, Jiang Jinran tried calling once more-

Still no answer.

Jiang Jinran turned off her phone screen, her lips jutting out slightly.

By this point, she'd already done everything she could reasonably be expected to do.

It wasn't her fault that Jiang Yuehan was impossible to reach...

Hey, you're about to lose your virtue!

Your phone just had to fail you at the critical moment!

Jiang Jinran stopped thinking about it and went into the dining room to have something to tide her over.

The dining room clock showed that it was six thirty.

Jiang Jinran recalled what Lu Wanning had said-

Eight tonight, the Vienna Hotel.

There wasn't much time left.

Could Jiang Yuehan already have gone to the Vienna Hotel?

After a fierce internal struggle, Jiang Jinran still decided to see her help through to the end...

Cursing inwardly, she asked the driver to take her out.

She was putting so much effort into this. If she managed to see Jiang Yuehan later, she would demand a hefty sum of money!

I must owe your whole damn Jiang Family!

Every last one of you is a handful.

Although the driver was puzzled, he followed her instructions and drove Jiang Jinran to the Vienna Hotel.

In the driver's eyes, Jiang Jinran was still only a child. He wanted to go in with her-

But Jiang Jinran flatly refused.

Don't air the family's dirty laundry, get it?

The driver counted as something of an outsider, too. This wasn't anything to be proud of to begin with, so the fewer people who knew, the better.

Besides, she wasn't really only thirteen.

It was just a trip to a hotel. A piece of cake.

Jiang Jinran told the driver to wait in the hotel's outdoor parking lot, then entered the Vienna Hotel alone.

As soon as she stepped into the lobby, Jiang Jinran realized a very serious and practical problem-

She didn't know the room number.

Without the room number, how was she supposed to find Jiang Yuehan?

It was all for nothing.

Clinging to a sliver of hope, she called Jiang Yuehan again. This time-

That damned phone had been switched off!

Jiang Jinran gritted her teeth helplessly and put her phone back in her pocket.

She turned and headed into the corridor to one side-

"Shenshen, go home first. Don't stay up too late studying tonight, and don't forget to turn off the light..." In the corridor, a woman wearing a hotel cleaner's uniform was gently reminding a boy who stood more than half a head taller than her.

The boy's eyes were lowered, his expression cool and detached.

He nodded slightly, his voice clear as a cold spring. "I happened to be passing by, so I came to check on you. If there's any tiring work, I'll help you finish it before I go."

Jiang Jinran's gaze landed squarely on the boy.

Well, well.

Wasn't this the novel's male lead, Lu Tingshen?