“Quick, look! She’s so pretty. Where did she come from?”
“Is she a ghost? Works have not yet started in that direction she came from. It is still deserted. Why would she come from there?”
“If there was such a pretty ghost, I wouldn’t mind trying! Heh.” One man let out a sleazy laughter.
“There are no ghosts in the world. I think she is just a lonely woman who came out to find men, and she got lost. So she ended up here.”
The effects of alcohol gave the men the audacity to say such things out loud. They did not care whether Ning Ran heard them.
Ning Ran did not hear all of it clearly, but she had heard enough to feel anxious.
The owner of the BBQ stall was a middle-aged woman. She turned away from the men and waved discreetly at Ning Ran. It was to warn her not to come over and provoke them.
Ning Ran was already on the brink of exhaustion. She hastened her steps and did not look at the BBQ stall as she walked past.
However, after a while, she heard footsteps behind her.
When she turned around, she saw several dark figures under the dim light. The men had followed her all the way there!
Ning Ran got really worried.
She tried to run, but her heels prevented her from doing that.
She removed her heels and threw them aside. Then, she started to run with all the remaining energy she had.
The men started chasing after her.
She had already walked a long way, and had depleted a lot of energy from throwing up just now. No matter how hard she tried, she was not able to run fast.
The men were getting nearer and nearer.
Just when Ning Ran was feeling hopeless, she saw headlights in front of her again.
“Help!” Ning Ran waved frantically.
The car swerved towards the workers.
The headlights from the car were blinding. Seeing that the car had no intent to slow down, the workers were terrified and scooted off.
That car maneuvered a perfect drift, and did a U-turn. It stopped next to Ning Ran.
This time, Ning Ran hurled herself at the car. “I was wrong! I shouldn’t have attended the class gathering. I shouldn’t have got onto Feng Minsheng’s car!”
Ning Ran was not stupid. She could guess the reason for Nan Xing’s anger, even though she was not aware that it was actually Nan Chen.
As such, when she saw the car, she immediately admitted her mistake, disregarding her image.
At that moment, staying alive was the most important thing to her. Dignity was worthless compared to her life.
The car slowed down, but did not stop.
Ning Ran ran alongside the car. “Help me! I was wrong!”
The car finally stopped.
The man alighted from the car, but ignored Ning Ran. He was walking in the opposite direction.
Ning Ran did not understand what he was doing, but she did not care. She rushed into the car and held on tightly to the handle after putting on her seat belt.
She was determined to stay inside the car no matter what!
The man finally came back, holding a pair of heels. He threw the heels towards her.
It was her shoes! She accepted it gratefully. “Thank you so much for getting my shoes back.”
The man was stunned. He was the cause of her misfortunes and yet, she was thanking him?
Hypocritical indeed!
No, I cannot pity her. I cannot pity this woman with loose morals.
Nan Chen’s fury sprang to life once again, when his mind traveled back to the scene of the vibrating BMW.
Ning Ran suddenly realized that the man’s expression was turning chilly. She kept quiet immediately.
But she was still holding tightly onto the handle. She was worried that the man would throw her out of the car.
“The person you saw tonight was Feng Minsheng. We were classmates in high school. We were also desk mates.”
Desk mates?! No wonder there was something fishy!
Nan Chen bit his lips.
Ning Ran realized she might have said something she shouldn’t. She stopped talking immediately.
But she had to explain herself! Otherwise he might find other ways to torture her further.
So she bit the bullet and carried on. “But there is nothing going on between us. We were only classmates for one year before he transferred to another school.”
So does this mean, something would have happened if he had not transferred?
You wished you had more time with each other? It’s a regret that the relationship did not come to fruition?
Was that what you were doing tonight? Making up for lost time?
Once a person was misunderstood, everything she said or did would be interpreted the wrong way.
Ning Ran’s intention was to clear the misunderstanding. But apparently, it had quite the opposite effect.
To Nan Chen, all that Ning Ran said was just a cover up. He even felt like she was trying to boast.
“Get out!”
What Ning Ran feared most had happened. This cold-blooded creature was really going to throw her out of the car!
“No!” Ning Ran held on to the handle for dear life.
“Get out!”
“No! I’d rather die than get out!”
“You don’t deserve to get married to my brother… someone from the Nan family, you shameless woman. You also don’t deserve to be my… the mother of the Nan family’s children. You are such a bad influence! Do not appear in front of me ever again. Do not appear in Flower City ever again. Just disappear completely!”
Nan Chen was too agitated, and he almost slipped up.
If it was a normal day, Ning Ran would have caught his slip up, but not today.
She was in a state of extreme fear. She did not want to be abandoned in a deserted area again. All she could think of was to stay in the car and not get chased out. Only then, she would be safe.
She did not dare to further explain tonight’s events, nor did she dare to continue defending herself.
“I was wrong! I really know my mistake. Please don’t ask me to get out, I beg you!”
Ning Ran started crying.
“You already saw. Those men were after me. If you had not arrived, I might have already been dead. You can’t leave me alone again!”
Ning Ran started sobbing uncontrollably. Nan Chen was stunned.
Slowly, he did not feel as angry anymore. Tears could actually extinguish the rage in his heart?
He even thought that he might have gone overboard. She was the one who committed a mistake, why did it feel like he was the one in the wrong?
He started the car again. Ning Ran was finally relieved. Luckily, he did not throw her out of the car. She was finally safe.
After the initial relief, her grief was gradually replaced with anger.
The as*hole dumped me at that deserted area and I almost got humiliated because of that. If I don’t get my revenge, I am not Ning Ran!
The sobs diminished. When Nan Chen turned to look at Ning Ran, he was surprised to see that this woman, who was just wailing a moment ago, had a menacing look in her eyes.
Was she just pretending to cry just now?
Did I get fooled by her again? This woman had an affair, and was crying because I taught her a lesson? I fell for her trick!
After Ning Ran realized that Nan Chen was looking at her, she tried to look pitiful again. After all, they had not reached the city area yet. It was not wise to fall out with him now.
Revenge is a dish best served cold. We shall wait and see! Ning Ran thought.
“Not crying anymore?” Nan Chen asked coldly.
“No. What happened tonight was a misunderstanding. I hope you won’t take it to heart.” Ning Ran said softly.
“What was the misunderstanding? That you and that man were doing something shady in the car? You mean I misunderstood?”
“There was nothing shady. It’s only a misunderstanding. You need to believe me! Boo hoo…” Ning Ran was building up the emotions to cry again.
If once was not enough, she had to cry another time. No matter what, she had to delay it until they reached the city area.
