269: Chapter 269, Part 2/3 - Part 1/3 - 3

Jiang Ye watched Lin Wanxing return to her room with a dazed expression after getting her water, then he turned his gaze back to Su Ning.

He cleared his throat, shook the laundry basket in his hand, and restated his point in a stiff tone:

“Stop talking about nonsense! I'm asking you one last time, are you washing these clothes or not? If not, I really won't bother with you anymore!”

In the current situation, it seemed that Jiang Ye's intentions had been completely seen through by Su Ning, and his plan was on the verge of failure.

But!

Never underestimate the depth of this Mr. Jiang's planning!

As the saying goes, when masters clash, they look three steps ahead.

In this wave, he seemingly stayed awkwardly on the third level, but in reality, his thinking had already reached the stratosphere!

The essence of Plan B lay in its dual-core drive.

If everything went smoothly and Su Ning ignorantly gave him the clothes, he would naturally complete the mission without shedding blood.

But what if his intentions were seen through, just like now?

No problem!

The 'special refined hobby' persona he had deliberately successfully built in front of Su Ning and Lin Wanxing this afternoon now became the key to reclaiming the foreshadowing!

Who was in front of him?

It was Yaoyao, who kept calling him 'Brother Ye'! It was Su Ning, who shouted 'Xiao Ge, Xiao Ge' all day long! It was the tenant living in his house who hadn't even paid that 5-yuan rent!

Could Yaoyao refuse Brother Ye's 'small request'?

Could Su Ning bear to watch 'Xiao Ge' suffer from his 'addiction'?

Could a tenant not give the landlord this 'face'?

The answer was obviously no; he didn't even need to hint!

The corners of Jiang Ye's mouth curled up as he waited for the drama-queen girl to have an epiphany after 'seeing through' him, and then, with a blushing face, obediently hand that bundle of 'warmth' to him, completing this perfect cooperation of 'the willing victim and the willing perpetrator.'

Sure enough.

In the next second, Su Ning seemed to be intimidated by his sudden forceful attitude, or perhaps her 'conscience was pricked,' feeling that she shouldn't make 'Xiao Ge' so 'embarrassed.'

“Fine, fine... so fierce... Here, here, take them and use them...”

She curled her lip and reached out again, throwing her bundle of pajamas, underwear, and socks all at once into the laundry basket Jiang Ye was holding.

【Monthly Mission 'Personal Treasures' Completion Progress: 2/3】

It worked!

Jiang Ye looked at the system prompt popping up in his mind and nodded with satisfaction.

Top-tier battle of wits, nothing more than this!

Compared to Mei Lang of Jiangzuo or Wolong Zhuge, his mental tactics and strategies were surely not far behind, right?

Having achieved his goal, he turned and walked toward the second bathroom, preparing to actually wash the clothes and play the scene perfectly to the end, leaving no loose ends.

But just as he took a step, his sleeve was suddenly pulled from behind.

“Hey, hey! Xiao Ge, Xiao Ge! Wait a second!”

“What is it now? I'm in a hurry to wash clothes so I can go to sleep!”

Su Ning gave a 'tch,' put her hands behind her back, and tilted her head to look at him:

“I know you're in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry yet! Let's... discuss something?”

Jiang Ye looked at her warily, suddenly having a bad premonition: “Discuss what? Speak up!”

Su Ning pointed at the clothes she had just thrown into the laundry basket and giggled:

“Xiao Ge~ Look, I've given you my things, so on the night of the 14th at eight o'clock, can you accompany me for an hour of voice chat? Just one hour! This...”

Jiang Ye's expression changed abruptly, and he raised his hand to cover Su Ning's chatterbox mouth.

Unfortunately, Su Ning spoke too fast, and he was ultimately a step too slow.

“...is the deposit.”

“...”

Jiang Ye's raised hand froze in mid-air, his expression instantly becoming extremely colorful.

“Xiao Ge? Why are you raising your hand?”

Su Ning looked at his abrupt action strangely and reached out to push his arm:

“Is it a deal? As long as you agree, in the future, all my clothes... will be given to you to wash! You can just return them to me when you're done with them!”

“...”

Jiang Ye slowly lowered his arm and stared blankly at the system interface in his mind.

The mission progress that was just 【2/3】 flickered for a moment and instantly reverted to a glaring 【1/3】.

At the same time, a red warning prompt popped up:

【Warning! It has been detected that there is a clear transactional nature in the process of obtaining mission items, which does not comply with the 'voluntary gift' principle. This acquisition is invalid, and the items have been removed.】

Looking at this line of text, the corner of Jiang Ye's mouth began to twitch frantically, and his whole face turned dark.

I'm screwed!!!

The first rollback actually appeared in this form!

He had guarded against everything, but he somehow failed to guard against this drama-queen girl's pervasive and opportunistic career-mindedness!

With a black face, Jiang Ye reached into the laundry basket, fished out Su Ning's pajamas, underwear, and socks, and stuffed them back into her arms:

“Wash them yourself! Do you really think I'm your nanny? I have to serve you? Dream on!”

Su Ning: “???”

With a pile of clothes suddenly stuffed back into her arms, she was completely stunned, looking blankly at Jiang Ye, who had changed his face faster than flipping a book. She was totally confused, her large eyes filled with bewilderment.

What's the situation?

Wasn't everything fine just now?

How did it suddenly...

Could it be that she had dragged it out for too long, the 'scent' had dissipated, and he was dissatisfied?

Or was it that she should have handed them to him personally, and throwing them into the laundry basket to mix with his clothes caused the scents to 'mingle,' so he was unhappy?

Seeing Jiang Ye turn to go back to his room with an expressionless face, Su Ning quickly grabbed his sleeve again:

“Hey, Xiao Ge, Xiao Ge, don't go! Then on the 14th you...”

“You what you!”

Jiang Ye rolled his eyes irritably, glanced at the clothes in her arms, and got angrier the more he thought about it: “Go figure it out yourself!”

After saying that, he gave a cold snort and went straight back to the master bedroom.

“?”

Su Ning looked at the closed master bedroom door, then looked down at the clothes she had regained. She couldn't help but clench her fists and throw several 'thump-thump' punches at the air, muttering under her breath:

“Dog man! Making people 'figure it out' again! So moody, is your 'man period' here? You're so hard to please! I'll beat you to death, you bastard! Beat you...”

Just as she was venting her anger by throwing 'bastard punches' at the air, and was getting into it—

With a 'creak,' the master bedroom door was suddenly pulled open again.

“Oh right, your plane ticket...”

Jiang Ye, remembering he had promised to reimburse the drama-queen girl for her round-trip plane ticket, had just poked half his body out when he almost got a punch to the face.

The air instantly froze.

“...This student, may I ask what you are doing?”

“!!!”

Su Ning was like someone hit by a freezing spell; her punching motion froze, and the expression on her face also instantly crystallized, leaving only her pupils shaking frantically.

Her brain overclocked within a thousandth of a second, her survival instinct instantly exploded, and with amazing reaction speed, she forcibly switched her hideous expression to one of solemnity, and her flailing fist smoothly became...

A slightly stiff martial arts starting stance.

“I... I... I'm practicing my boxing! Yes! Boxing! Sister Wanxing taught me a set of Military Combat Boxing! She said it can be used for self-defense! I... I'm reviewing it! Xiao Ge, does my form look standard? Should I show you?”

“...”

Jiang Ye looked at the drama-queen-possessed girl in front of him who was forcibly trying to save face, and the veins on his forehead throbbed cheerfully: “...Fine, practice, practice well.”

Seeing that she seemed to have fooled him, Su Ning breathed a small sigh of relief. Thinking of what he just said, she quickly pulled the topic back to the main point:

“Then... Xiao Ge, my plane ticket... First class 33...”

Jiang Ye glanced at her expressionlessly, his tone completely flat: “Oh, the ticket. Go to the finance department of the Jiang Group for reimbursement.”

After saying that, he didn't give her any chance to react or ask further questions, directly retracted his body, and 'bang,' closed the door.

“???”

Su Ning was petrified in place once again, looking at that door which had closed heartlessly for the second time, her head buzzing.

Jiang Group?

Finance department?

Wasn't that the script from the acting before?! Where is the actual entity, hey!!!”