Chapter 140

Chapter 140

So this time, he pulled the same old trick again, launching into a long lecture as if Wen Miao had done something immoral and improper, convinced that he had everything under control.

But this time, things were clearly not going to go his way.

“What?!” Wen Miao put on an exaggerated look of shock. “Oh my god! Wen Tangtang is hurt? Is she okay?”

Wen Miao’s reaction was obviously far beyond Director Wu’s expectations. Her sudden raised voice even startled him.

But Wen Miao didn’t give him the chance to question her. Instead, she rushed anxiously to his side. “Director Wu! You’ve misunderstood. I’m Wen Xin and Wen Tangtang’s younger sister. My name is Wen Miao. We’re not in the kind of relationship you’re thinking of…”

Director Wu was caught completely off guard by this revelation and could only repeat blankly, “You’re his sister?”

Wen Miao widened her innocent eyes and asked obediently, “Yes. You didn’t know?”

Director Wu: …Like hell I knew!

This was clearly far beyond anything he had anticipated.

When he heard yesterday that Wen Xin was Wen Tangtang’s older brother, he’d already gotten a headache over how those two siblings could be lucky enough to get into the same school…

Back then, how could he possibly have expected that it wasn’t even two siblings, but three…

For a moment, he even felt dazed. Was this really A University of Science and Technology, one of the top universities in the country?

Had A University of Science and Technology declined into some trash school? Otherwise, how had it become so easy for all three of them to get in?

But right now, he didn’t have time to think about that.

He suddenly realized the situation had become tricky.

Because if they were merely friends, he could still brush things off by saying he hadn’t had time to reply or come up with some other excuse. But if they were actual siblings, then the nature of the matter was completely different. If this got reported to the higher-ups…

“Director Wu! Is my sister okay? Which hospital did they go to? Do you know? I’ll go right now…” As Wen Miao spoke, she started taking out her phone to call a ride.

“Hey, hey, hey, don’t panic. It’s nothing serious!” Director Wu hurriedly stopped her, then repeated himself as if afraid she wouldn’t believe him. “It’s nothing serious.”

Wen Miao held her phone and looked at the guilty-looking Director Wu. “Oh, that’s good. Then… do you know where they went?”

“Well, I’m not too sure about that.” Director Wu stammered as he changed the subject. “They left in a hurry at the time… How about this? I’ll ask around and find out what’s going on. Don’t panic.”

Director Wu picked up the phone on his desk and said he would make a call first to see if he could get in touch with Wen Xin.

Wen Miao knew he would never actually dial the number, but she didn’t stop him. She simply watched as Director Wu held his phone, turning it this way and that, swiping his finger across the screen.

While Director Wu had his head lowered, fiddling with his phone, Wen Miao deliberately pretended to look at his screen and used the opportunity to move closer.

The weather in November had started to turn cold, and a thin hooded down jacket was hanging over the back of Director Wu’s chair.

As Wen Miao found a chance to approach him, she took advantage of his distraction and casually dropped the listening device into his hood.

Wen Miao and Nan Mu had been afraid that if the listening device was too heavy, it would arouse Director Wu’s suspicion, so they had specifically bought the smallest and lightest one.

But precisely because it was too light, the device didn’t fall deep into the hood. Instead, it got caught on one of the folds. From Wen Miao’s higher vantage point, the black listening device was glaringly obvious against the white hood.
Wen Miao sucked in a sharp breath. While keeping an eye on Director Wu, she nervously tugged at the hat, trying to shake the listening device loose.

Halfway through, Director Wu suddenly shifted his position, scaring Wen Miao so badly her knees nearly gave out.

Only when she saw the thing fall and disappear from her line of sight did Wen Miao finally let out a breath. It felt as if her stalled heartbeat had returned to normal.

Thinking the job was done, Wen Miao straightened up. But the moment she lifted her head, she saw a frail-looking girl standing dumbstruck in the doorway opposite her, having taken in every movement she had just made.

She had seen it.

Wen Miao felt as if her whole body had been frozen solid. She stood rooted to the spot.

What now? What was she supposed to do?

Wen Miao’s mind spun frantically, and beads of cold sweat even broke out across her forehead.

But before she could come up with a solution, Director Wu turned around first and immediately spotted the person standing in the doorway.

“Cheng Jiamin!”

Director Wu’s eyes lit up, as if he had just seen his savior, and he hurriedly called her in.

But when his gaze touched Wen Miao, his expression abruptly stiffened, and he quickly put away that hint of delight. With a dark face and an unfriendly tone, he looked at the girl in the doorway. “You finally decided to show up… Didn’t I tell you the time last night? Dragging your feet like this! Do you still want to submit your application or not?”

He first gave the girl named Cheng Jiamin a scolding with a thunderous expression, apparently feeling that his temper should have been enough to cow Wen Miao. Only then did he turn back to Wen Miao. “Why don’t you head back first? I’ll help you get in touch with him later. Once I reach him, I’ll have him call you, all right?”

His tone allowed no refusal, and Wen Miao had no way to drag that girl outside right in front of Director Wu. So when her back was to Director Wu, she made a pleading gesture at the girl, then walked out.

After leaving the office, Wen Miao still didn’t dare leave outright. Instead, she pressed herself against the wall by the door, wanting to listen in on what the two of them were saying. More importantly, she wanted to know whether that girl would tell Director Wu about her planting something.

In the end, before Wen Miao could hear anything, Director Wu came out to close the door and caught her red-handed.

Their eyes met, and both of them froze for a moment.

In a flash of inspiration, Wen Miao slipped the hair tie from her wrist, dropped it down along her pant leg onto the floor, then crouched down and pretended to look for something.

“Oh… here it is. So that’s where it went.” Wen Miao picked up the hair tie and waved it in front of Director Wu. “I was wondering where I dropped it just now…”

Looking at her terrible acting, Director Wu’s face turned completely dark.

Wen Miao scratched her head. “Um… Director Wu, I’ll be going now.”

With that, she turned and fled, hurrying toward the stairwell.

When she reached the stairs, Wen Miao wanted to look back and see if he had gone inside. But the moment she turned her head, she saw Director Wu standing at the office door, staring at her without moving.

His gaze sent a shiver through Wen Miao. She didn’t dare look back again and kept her head down, running all the way downstairs in one breath.

Nan Mu, who had been waiting downstairs the whole time, saw Wen Miao panting for breath. “What happened? Did you get it done?”

Wen Miao hesitated, then told him everything that had just happened.

“So, right now, I’m not sure either…”

“Cheng Jiamin?”

Nan Mu mulled over the name Wen Miao had mentioned. For some reason, it sounded very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

While Nan Mu was still trying to figure out where he had heard that name, a girl ran up from behind and grabbed Wen Miao by the arm.