Looking at the figure at the door, Su Ling and Wen Wanyu wore strikingly similar expressions.
They were filled with bewilderment, shock, and incomprehension.
“Who are you?”
Wen Wanyu’s brow couldn’t help but furrow.
She didn’t lash out immediately; anyone who could barge in so arrogantly was clearly not a minor figure.
Ji Lingyuan ignored Wen Wanyu and walked straight to the table.
When she saw the contract on the table, her face instantly turned dark.
“You want to sign this?”
Looking at the way Su Ling held the pen, Ji Lingyuan’s face was filled with utter disbelief.
Su Ling felt a bit guilty and didn’t dare to look Ji Lingyuan in the eye.
“It’s not really a bad thing for me…”
Her debts would be paid off, and there was a chance her sister’s blindness could be cured.
No matter how she looked at it, she was the one coming out ahead.
“You’re crazy! You’ll be cursed to death!”
Ji Lingyuan was livid.
Seducing the Director’s Wife into an affair and even bearing an illegitimate child — Su Ling would certainly be reviled by everyone.
Furthermore, Ji Lingyuan knew very well that in order to protect his approval rating, the Bureau Chief would definitely make an example out of Su Ling.
By then, labels like “slut,” “shameless,” and “homewrecker” would follow Su Ling for the rest of her life.
“Don’t you still want to go to university? Once you sign this, do you know what it entails?”
Although Su Ling hadn’t told Ji Lingyuan about her desire to take the university entrance exams, Ji Lingyuan had her own ways of finding out and could naturally guess what Su Ling wanted to do.
“I know.”
Su Ling sighed and looked at Ji Lingyuan.
Ji Lingyuan’s eyes were currently filled with anxiety and confusion.
Su Ling’s expression was incredibly complex.
“Then why are you still signing it!”
Ji Lingyuan couldn’t help but raise her voice.
“Young lady, who exactly are you to her?”
Wen Wanyu spoke up now, her tone dripping with dissatisfaction.
For the sake of Meng Dalei’s approval rating, she had specifically come to find Su Ling.
She also believed that Meng Dalei could use this opportunity to harvest the sympathy of the masses on Azure Star, and perhaps his approval rating would even rise a bit more.
“I am her…”
Ji Lingyuan was suddenly stuck.
Right, who was she to Su Ling?
A customer? A boss?
Regardless of the identity, it didn’t seem like something she should be meddling in, right?
In the end, it seemed they were just strangers.
Ji Lingyuan felt a sudden surge of irritability.
“Mom.”
At that moment, a gentle voice came from the doorway.
It was Wen Ruyu.
Wen Wanyu looked at her, somewhat surprised.
“Why are you here? Didn’t I say I would handle things?”
Ji Lingyuan stared at Wen Ruyu, her face cold as frost.
“Heh, you’re the one who dragged her into this, aren’t you?”
“It was me, and I’m very sorry.”
Wen Ruyu admitted it quite gracefully.
She and Ji Lingyuan locked eyes, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly.
They both saw similar emotions reflected in each other’s gazes.
“However, since this matter started because of me, I should be the one to bear the responsibility.”
“Mom, I want to divorce that guy.”
“Nonsense!”
As expected, Wen Wanyu shouted in anger.
Behind her, Wen Qing also had a look of disbelief on her face.
At the same time, the gaze she directed at Su Ling became even more furious.
“Mom, don’t be in such a hurry. I also want to take Little Ling as my wife.”
“!”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present — whether it was Ji Lingyuan, Wen Qing, Wen Wanyu, or the officers outside listening in on the gossip — all stared with wide eyes, forgetting to breathe for a moment.
Especially Su Ling; she blinked her eyes, looking a bit dazed.
‘Wait, what are you saying? What do you mean by marrying me? No, no, no, I still think the deal Wen Wanyu proposed was pretty good.’
She really wasn’t afraid of being cursed at.
Su Ling was almost moved to tears.
‘Don’t mess with me like this.’
“Sister, I, I…”
“Sister?”
Ji Lingyuan’s ears twitched, and her gaze seemed to shatter.
‘You call her sister? Since when did you two become so close?’
“You! You!”
Wen Wanyu’s hand shook with rage.
She knew Su Ling’s status; Wen Ruyu marrying Su Ling would be more painful for her than being killed.
“Mom, I’m not negotiating with you. I’m informing you.”
Wen Ruyu grabbed Su Ling’s wrist and pulled her out of the room while everyone was still in a daze.
“Since that guy wants to splash dirty water on me, I’ll give him what he wants. I can’t let this little one handle it alone.”
Wen Ruyu pulled Su Ling along as they walked out of the Superintendent Department.
Outside the station, a crowd of independent media members had already gathered to dig for gossip.
They had been dozing off, but when they saw Wen Ruyu pulling Su Ling along, it was like a drop of water hitting a boiling pot of oil — the scene exploded instantly.
“Miss Wen Ruyu, may I ask what your relationship is?”
“Young lady, are you Mrs. Wen Ruyu’s affair partner?”
“Mrs. Wen Ruyu, by doing this, aren’t you letting the Bureau Chief down?”
“…”
Countless questions rushed toward them like a tide.
Su Ling’s scalp instantly felt numb, and she felt as if she couldn’t breathe properly.
At that moment, Su Ling felt a strong hand pull her into an embrace.
“Close your eyes. Don’t listen.”
It was Wen Ruyu’s voice.
Wen Ruyu’s embrace was fragrant, soft, and warm.
It was as if it possessed a kind of Magic; Su Ling gradually began to feel a sense of peace.
“Are you okay?”
After an unknown amount of time, Wen Ruyu’s voice sounded in her ear.
Su Ling slowly opened her eyes and realized that they had already reached the Lower City.
“There are fewer people in the Lower City, and those annoying media people won’t come here.”
Wen Ruyu smiled gently.
Su Ling looked at her mature and charming face, momentarily dazed.
“Thank you,” Su Ling whispered, lowering her head.
Just now, at the entrance of the Superintendent Department, with only a brief encounter, she knew she had been wrong.
Terribly wrong.
Like most people, she thought that being attacked by public opinion was a simple matter.
As long as she turned off her notifications and stopped going online, she could endure it.
But just now, at the entrance of the station, in that short span of time, she had felt a suffocating sensation, as if she were drowning.
She couldn’t imagine what kind of situation she would have fallen into if she had signed that contract and truly solidified her reputation.
“It’s fine. It’s your first time experiencing something like this. It’s normal not to understand,” Wen Ruyu said with a chuckle, pinching Su Ling’s cheek.
Hearing this, Su Ling looked up at her.
“Have you… experienced it many times before?”
She suddenly realized that Wen Ruyu’s composure in the face of such a scandal wasn’t just because of good mental fortitude, but because she had experienced it too much and had simply grown used to it.
“Yes, you get used to it after experiencing it enough.”
She spoke casually, but the grievances within were something Su Ling found hard to fathom.
Su Ling felt a pang of sadness in her heart.
Whether it was Earth or the Witch World, it seemed there was no difference, no matter which world it was.
“You bastard!”
At that moment, an angry voice rang out from behind.
It was Ji Lingyuan.
S and Z were behind Ji Lingyuan, looking completely drained.
Clearly, in order to chase after Wen Ruyu just now, they had been squeezed until not a single drop was left.
Ji Lingyuan grabbed Su Ling’s wrist.
“Let’s go. Come home with me.”
“Eh? Eh?”
Su Ling blinked, somewhat confused.
What kind of play was this?
“Miss, who exactly are you to the little one? This matter shouldn’t have anything to do with you, right?”
Wen Ruyu brushed off Ji Lingyuan’s hand and gave her a dissatisfied glare.
“Damn it, I’m her girlfriend, for heaven’s sake!”
Ji Lingyuan was extremely emotional right now.
She stared intensely at Su Ling, a hint of obsession flashing in her eyes.
“Su Ling, will you be my girlfriend?”
Her tone was filled with pleading.
“It’s not a deal. A real girlfriend.”
“Please…”