303: Chapter 303 As expected of me!

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Hearing this seamless switch in acting, Jiang Ye was caught between laughter and tears. "Oh, Little Sister Su is finally willing to spare some precious time from her busy schedule to 'deal' with me?"

"Aiya~"

Su Ning's voice immediately softened by another eight degrees. "I have to put on an act in front of my Sisters! Give me some face~ You understand~"

"Cut it out!"

Jiang Ye snorted and got straight to the point. "What are you up to now? Why did you call me from so many strange numbers? If there's something to say, say it; if not, I'm hanging up!"

"Uh... there is something, there is something... Little Brother, I have a very serious question I want to consult you about..."

Su Ning chuckled and began to beat around the bush. "It's like this, I sent that 'Big Brother' of mine many, many WeChat messages today with a very sincere attitude, but he has ignored me the whole time. From your perspective as a man, what do you think the reason could be?"

"I don't know. Go ask him. Why ask me?"

"Then... Little Brother, just guess based on your intuition... Do you think he... did he actually see those WeChat messages I sent? Could it be... he turned on 'Do Not Disturb' for messages?"

"Figure it out yourself!"

Jiang Ye continued to play dumb, his tone cold. "I'm singing with friends right now, I don't have time to play riddles with you. I'm warning you, Su Ning, don't call me from any more different numbers!"

Su Ning let out an aggrieved "Oh" on the other end of the phone, dragging the sound out long and full of reluctance.

Hanging up the phone, Jiang Ye looked at the darkened screen, couldn't help but laughingly curse "drama queen," shook his head, and casually opened her WeChat chat box.

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Shijiazhuang, in a certain KTV hallway.

Su Ning listened to the busy tone from her phone, her little mouth pouting enough to hang an oil bottle.

She put down her phone dejectedly, opened WeChat once again, and worried over the half-written "Letter of Repentance."

[Brother, I have truly realized my mistake deeply.]

[I shouldn't have forgotten about you as soon as I got home. Five days! For five whole days, I didn't take the initiative to contact you! I truly deserve ten thousand deaths, I am heinous, unpardonable...]

Just as she typed this, the phone screen suddenly changed as a WeChat voice call request popped up.

Su Ning glanced at the contact name, quickly cleared her throat, and switched to her sweetest, softest, and most pitiful voice:

"Hello~~ Brother Ye?"

Calling him Little Brother on the phone but Brother Ye on WeChat voice—this was a tacit understanding between the two.

The other side of the phone was silent for two seconds before a low "Mhm" came through, showing no emotion.

"Yao Yao."

"Aye! Brother, I'm here!"

"If Brother remembers correctly, I've gifted you quite a few votes over time, right? How could you leave Brother hanging for five days?"

Su Ning was slightly stunned and blinked in confusion.

Eh?

Didn't that Dog man just have that "figure it out yourself" dead look on the phone?

How did he come to "settle accounts" right after hanging up?

She was murmuring in her heart, but she didn't dare to be slow with her mouth, quickly continuing to admit her mistake:

"Brother~ I know I was wrong! I was truly, deeply wrong, incredibly wrong! Didn't I get tied up with all sorts of things as soon as I got home? There are many relatives at home, many class reunions too, I..."

Just as she was planning to verbally report the core content of the self-reflection letter, a light cough suddenly came from the other end of the phone:

"Cough, seeing that your attitude in admitting your mistake is so sincere, this matter... let's just forget it. Don't let it happen again!"

"Brother... I really know I was wrong... ignoring you for five days was a huge mistak—"

Halfway through, Su Ning suddenly reacted, and her voice stopped abruptly. "Ah? ...For... forget it?"

Just like that... it's over?

Where was the expected storm?

Before her carefully prepared combo of acting cute, deep reflection, and material temptation could even be officially deployed, the enemy... surrendered?

Jiang Ye's tone on the other end was relaxed, even with a hint of a smile. "Yeah, didn't you already apologize? It's the New Year, forget it, forget it."

He paused for a moment, as if just remembering something, and naturally switched to a "doting" tone:

"By the way, Baby, what time does your CP Event on the 14th specifically start? I'll probably go find my girlfriend that day, so should I just leave after giving you your votes? What's the target this time?"

"Ba... Baby?"

"Tsk, Baby, what's wrong? Exactly how much is the target? It's fine, Brother will arrange it for you."

"One... one million sound waves..."

Su Ning lowered her head to confirm the avatar and contact name on the phone screen, her brain still in a state of chaos. "Is... is that okay?"

"Of course it's okay!"

Jiang Ye laughed heartily, his tone intimate. "Even if Baby wanted the stars, Brother would find a way to pluck them for you. Alright, I'll stop talking for now, I'm out singing, it's a bit noisy here~"

Su Ning let out a dazed "Oh," and listening to the busy tone from the phone, she didn't come to her senses for a long time.

She raised her hand to scratch her head, then put it down, and after a few seconds, couldn't help but scratch her head again, feeling like her little brain wasn't enough to process this.

No... what exactly is going on?

Because he's about to receive a Valentines Day gift, his anger vanished in a second?

That shouldn't be it. She had sent the WeChat message about the gift long ago; if it was going to work, it should have worked long ago!

Could it be that he really had 'Do Not Disturb' on and just saw it?

Or...

Was it really as he said, just because she apologized and softened her tone on the phone just now, plus the universal buff of 'it's the New Year,' he truly let bygones be bygones?

Su Ning frowned, rubbing her chin, thinking hard for half a minute, and finally decided—stop thinking!

Whatever! Anyway, the crisis is averted! Brother Ye isn't angry, and the Valentines Day votes are secured!

Happy ending!

"Tsk! As expected of me!"

She shook her head vigorously, tossing all the confusing mess to the back of her mind. A brilliant smile reappeared on her face as she pushed open the private room door behind her and shouted to her Sisters singing inside:

"Done! The Dog man has been handled by this young lady! Sisters, let's get hyped! Tonight's entire bill is on Little Sister Su!!"

"Whooo—!!!"

The private room instantly erupted with even louder cheers and whistles.