Chapter 12

Should he tell Song Shiwei about the inner voice or not? Most importantly, should he tell her he could hear her thoughts? If he told her, would it cause some butterfly effect in the plot that followed?

He still couldn't be entirely certain what consequences these things would bring, so he felt it was better not to tell Song Shiwei.

He stood there for a long time before finally closing the door gently and turning toward the spare bedroom next door.

He would sleep for a while first. There was still a big show to come tonight.

Jiang Ye tossed and turned in bed while his phone played footage of Wen Chuxue's room.

He kept praying that Wen Chuxue wouldn't do anything to disappoint him.

Time ticked by, second by second. Wen Chuxue lay motionless in bed, as though she were asleep.

Jiang Ye stayed awake keeping watch until three in the morning, but Wen Chuxue still hadn't moved from her bed.

He finally relaxed, anger simmering inside him. Song Shiwei's words were bullshit. She was the only one who believed those so-called inner thoughts. It was all nonsense. Chuxue was such a lovely girl. How could she possibly steal his family's secrets?

Tomorrow morning, he would make sure to put Song Shiwei in her place. She was misleading everyone with her wild claims and alarmist talk. Only his parents and the others still believed her so firmly.

He slowly closed his eyes and drifted off amid excitement and apprehension, inwardly picturing his wedding with Wen Chuxue in a state of excitement.

But he had barely been asleep for a few seconds when Song Shiwei's inner voice rang out in his mind again.

[Seriously, is she nuts? Wen Chuxue actually got up in the middle of the night and went to Jiang Xun's study?]

[Does she really have to be in such a hurry? Can't she wait a few days? Isn't she just asking to get caught?]

[Should I pretend to sleepwalk and scare her to death?]

[All right! That's what I'll do. If he won't let me sleep in peace, she can forget about stealing anything.]

Jiang Ye: ?

He jolted violently, then hurriedly picked up his phone to check. A chill ran through his entire body. Wen Chuxue's bed really was empty!!

Cold sweat instantly broke out on his back. Where on earth had Chuxue gone? Had she really gone looking for something in his eldest brother's study, just as Song Shiwei's inner voice had said????

Before his panic could subside, a scream came from the study downstairs. "Aaaaaah! A ghost!"

The sound had come from... from the direction of the study!!

[Hehehe, this little rat really managed to scare Wen Chuxue!]

[Everyone else should be awake now, right? Hurry downstairs and eat some melon!]

Jiang Ye grew even more panicked. Wen Chuxue had actually gone to his eldest brother's study?

Then had she really stolen his eldest brother's...

He didn't dare think any further. He hurried out of bed and ran downstairs without even putting on his shoes.

Downstairs, Father Jiang, Mother Jiang, his eldest brother, Song Shiwei, and Wen Chuxue were all in the study.

Documents lay scattered across the study floor. Clearly, there hadn't been time to tidy them up.

Wen Chuxue was still clutching a document, and Jiang Ye's expression changed at once.

[Next, please enjoy the moment love-brained Jiang Ye's defenses crumble.]

[Wow! Wen Chuxue hasn't even had time to hang up yet. Hurry up and answer it. Let's see who's on the other end.]

Jiang Ye glanced at the deathly pale Wen Chuxue, then at Song Shiwei. Striding forward two steps at a time, he picked up the phone Wen Chuxue had dropped on the floor.

A familiar name was displayed clearly on the screen: "Huo Xiuzhu."

"Hello? Chuxue, did you get it?" Before he could speak, the person on the other end said urgently, "If you've got it, hurry up and send me pictures. Remember to put everything back properly. Don't let anyone find out." ??

Jiang Ye...

So Wen Chuxue really had come to steal documents?!

So everything Song Shiwei had just said was true?!

When Wen Chuxue saw Jiang Ye, she was nearly scared witless. "Aye? Why are you here?"

"Why can't I be here? This is my home. Tell me, why can't I be here?" Jiang Ye stared at Wen Chuxue with bloodshot eyes filled with hurt. "What did you just say? And what are you doing in my brother's study?"

Chapter 12: Chapter 12

◎You even shocked a love brain awake. Honestly, you're something else.◎

Jiang Ye stared at Wen Chuxue with bloodshot eyes, seemingly waiting for her next move. It could even be said that he was waiting for her to give him a reasonable explanation.

[Let me think. How will Wen Chuxue explain this? Surely she won't say she was sleepwalking.] Song Shiwei thought gleefully.

The next second, Wen Chuxue said as though nothing were out of the ordinary, "Aye, I sleepwalked here. Where is this?"

Jiang Ye: ...

He felt as though he had eaten shit. Only an idiot would believe something like that.

Now he believed it. Everything Song Shiwei had said was true. He was a complete fucking idiot!

"Wen Chuxue, tell me yourself. What exactly are you doing?!" he demanded through gritted teeth, his fists clenched tightly.

Deep down, he still had a sliver of genuine affection for Wen Chuxue. He hoped she could give him a reasonable explanation so he could forgive her.

Even if they couldn't be boyfriend and girlfriend anymore, they could still be strangers. There was no need to make things so ugly between them.

Song Shiwei was utterly speechless. [Seriously, at a time like this, his love brain still hasn't woken up? Send him off to dig wild vegetables. He's beyond saving.]

"Aye, do you trust me?" Wen Chuxue tried to reach for his sleeve, but unexpectedly, Jiang Ye instinctively moved away.

"Don't tell me you came into my brother's study just to have a look. Then what's that in your hands, and who were you calling?! Don't tell me this was another one of your schemes to get my family to accept you," Jiang Ye said calmly.