217: I know martial arts, so it's reasonable that I can tell you're a lesbian, right?

Huang Xian was stunned: "What? Keep watch?"

Wen Yating grit her silver teeth.

"Yes, keep watch."

"Help me keep an eye out down here. Don't let the security or the Chu family people find out."

"I... I'm planning to climb the wall and go directly to his room to have a proper talk with him."

Huang Xian completely lost her composure.

"Sister Yating! Are you... are you crazy?"

"You're going to climb a wall for him? Is it really impossible without him?"

"You're a big influencer with millions of followers! Can we have a little backbone..."

Wen Yating shook her head gently, her gaze somewhat distant.

"You don't understand, Xian'er."

"I always feel like he's different, very special."

"It's not that fake coldness or forced mystery; he really... just doesn't care about these things."

"The more he's like this, the more I feel there's something truly worth digging into and showcasing about him."

"I want to try one last time."

Looking at her serious expression, Huang Xian felt an inexplicable pang of bitterness in her heart, an indescribable emotion welling up.

She bit her lower lip, her tone tinged with jealousy: "Sister Yating, do you... do you like him?"

Hearing this, Wen Yating was first taken aback, then reached out to lightly pinch Huang Xian's puffed-up cheek.

"Silly Xian'er, what are you thinking?"

"I've only met him twice; how can we talk about liking or not liking?"

"The one I like is you, okay?"

She leaned in closer, her voice carrying a hint of coquettishness.

"Just help me keep watch, okay?"

"Just this once, I promise!"

Huang Xian's ears burned from this sudden intimacy and promise, and the slight awkwardness in her heart was instantly diluted.

She fidgeted for a moment before nodding reluctantly.

"Fine... alright."

"But you have to be quick!"

"If you're caught, there's nothing I can do!"

A smile immediately bloomed on Wen Yating's face, and she quickly planted a kiss on Huang Xian's cheek: "I knew Xian'er was the best!"

She didn't delay any further, turning and walking quickly toward the side of the villa where the greenery was thick.

The Chu family's perimeter wall wasn't particularly high, but the top had an anti-climb curved design.

She took a deep breath, tied her cumbersome skirt hem at her thigh to reveal two straight, slender legs, and took off her high heels to carry them in her hand.

A few steps back, a run-up, and a jump!

Her movements were surprisingly agile; in a few moves, she scaled the wall and flipped over into the courtyard.

Her foot slipped upon landing, and she almost sprained her ankle, but fortunately, she grabbed onto a nearby boxwood tree.

She patted her chest and composed herself.

When Ye Chen returned to his room earlier, she had observed which room he entered.

So.

After slightly orienting herself, she arrived beneath the room.

The villa's exterior wall had drainpipes and some decorative protrusions that could barely be used for leverage.

Wen Yating tossed her high heels into the bushes and began to climb up on all fours, barefoot.

Though her movements weren't professional, her body was flexible and she was brave enough that she actually managed to crawl onto the balcony bit by bit.

As soon as her bare feet hit the floor.

She reached out with anticipation to pull the handle of the floor-to-ceiling window...

It didn't budge.

She pushed harder...

Still didn't budge.

The window was locked from the inside.

Wen Yating: "..."

Fine, fine, fine.

Of all the things she planned for, she didn't expect the balcony door to be locked!

Wen Yating froze on the balcony, stuck in a dilemma.

Knock on the door?

What if Ye Chen didn't open it at all, or opened it and just threw her down?

Go back the way she came?

Then wouldn't the embarrassment and risk of climbing the wall be for nothing? She really couldn't accept that.

Just as she was biting her lip, caught in an internal struggle...

"Whoosh."

The floor-to-ceiling curtains in front of her slid to one side without warning.

Following that, there was a soft 'click' from the door lock, and the glass door was pulled open from the inside.

Ye Chen stood with his arms crossed, leaning against the doorframe, expressionless, just quietly watching her.

Their eyes met.

Wen Yating's heart skipped a beat, her face written with embarrassment.

"Hi!"

"Mr. Ye, what a... what a coincidence."

Ye Chen didn't speak.

Wen Yating's scalp felt numb under his gaze, her toes curled in embarrassment, and the smile on her face was becoming harder to maintain.

"I... I don't mean anything else!"

"I just felt like I didn't explain myself clearly downstairs, so I wanted to come up and talk to you properly about the collaboration..."

"I'm really sincere!"

"We don't have to film those clickbait things; we can film things that truly showcase the essence of traditional martial arts..."

"Enough." Ye Chen finally spoke, "Miss Wen, haven't I made myself clear?"

"I don't want to be famous, I don't want to be an influencer, and I certainly don't want to be put on that pedestal."

"Don't come back again, okay?"

Wen Yating said urgently: "But you're really suitable! You have this ability, you have this..."

"I'm not suitable."

Ye Chen interrupted her, his tone still flat but carrying an unquestionable firmness.

"You are suitable to be an influencer; that's your business."

"I'm suitable to be an ordinary person and live a quiet life; that's my choice."

"If you continue to pester me like this..."

Ye Chen tilted his head slightly, "I won't be polite anymore."

Wen Yating's heart tightened at his last words, but a stubborn streak rose within her.

She puffed out her chest and asked, forcing herself to be calm: "How... how won't you be polite?"

Looking at her forced composure, Ye Chen suddenly found it a bit amusing.

He leaned in a little closer and said slowly.

"I'll expose the fact that you and that little beauty keeping watch for you downstairs are lesbians."

"Do you think the general public would prefer martial arts or this kind of super gossip?"

Wen Yating's pretty face instantly turned beet red: "How... how do you know about my relationship with Xian'er?"

Ye Chen straightened up and crossed his arms again.

"My martial arts are so powerful, so it's only natural that my eyes are a bit sharper and I see other things..."

"It's quite reasonable, isn't it?"

Wen Yating: "..."

Awkward.

So awkward!

She had always thought her relationship with Huang Xian was well-hidden.

After all.

In public, the two of them always referred to each other as best friends, and they were extra careful in private.

Who would have thought...

It was seen through by Ye Chen at a glance?

What kind of eyes did this Ye Chen have?

It was one thing to be great at kung fu, but he could even perceive such secrets?

She opened her mouth, wanting to explain, but felt any explanation would be pale and weak.

A deep sense of frustration and helplessness welled up in her heart.

It seemed this collaboration was truly a no-go.

The other party not only had zero interest in her proposal but even held her greatest weakness.

If she continued to pester him, what if Xian'er really got dragged into it...

Wen Yating bit her lower lip, just about to give up and accept her fate...

Suddenly!

"Buzz... buzz..."

The phone in her jeans pocket vibrated violently without warning!

The vibration made her hip go numb, startling her completely awake.

She hurriedly pulled out her phone and swiped to answer.

"Hello, Xian'er, I'm over here..."

"Sister Yating! This is bad!"

Huang Xian's voice came from the other end, "Come down quickly! My... my brother is here!"

"Your brother?"

Wen Yating was stunned, her brain not quite processing it for a moment, "Huang Tian? What is he doing here?"

Huang Xian was so anxious her voice carried a hint of crying.

"I don't know either!"

"He... suddenly just drove over!"

"I asked him, and he only asked why we came to find Ye Chen!"

"By the looks of it..."

"His expression is really terrible!"

"Sister Yating, please come down! Let's get out of here quickly!"

Huang Tian?

Wen Yating held her phone, completely bewildered.

The eldest young master of the Huang Family, Huang Tian, was notoriously domineering and arrogant in the Yanjing circles.

But being domineering was normal.

After all.

He was a member of the Dragon Group.

But a few days ago, she heard something happened and he was supposedly suspended temporarily...

However, why would he suddenly run to the Chu family?

Wen Yating quickly reassured the other end of the phone: "Xian'er, don't panic, I'm coming down right now!"

Hanging up the phone, she looked up at Ye Chen, just about to speak...

Ye Chen had already stepped aside and jerked his chin toward the inside of the room.

"The door is over there."

"Thank you!"

Wen Yating felt as if she had been granted a great amnesty; she walked past Ye Chen barefoot, preparing to leave through the main door.

However, before she could open the door.

"Ye Chen! Get out here!!!"

A roar, like a clap of thunder, came crashing from outside the villa's main entrance.

It was Huang Tian's voice!

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, a flicker of surprise in his eyes: "Oh? Looking for me?"

He didn't linger, opening the door first and heading downstairs.

As a result, he ran into Chu Niubi at the corner of the stairs.

"Master! What's the situation outside? Who the fuck..."

As soon as Chu Niubi saw Ye Chen, he subconsciously started to complain.

But halfway through, he stopped abruptly.

Because he saw Wen Yating, barefoot, with slightly messy hair and a face full of panic.

"Holy shit?!"

"She... how is she coming down with you?"

"You guys didn't... hook up, did you?"

Barefoot!

Slightly messy hair!

Red face!

Hair all disheveled!

You didn't need Sherlock Holmes to see what the two of them had been doing!

"Don't talk nonsense."

Ye Chen's face darkened as he interrupted his imagination, "Let's go down and see what's going on first."

Chu Niubi was choked up, but the fire of gossip burned brightly in his eyes as he followed closely behind Ye Chen, his gaze darting back and forth between Ye Chen and Wen Yating.

Damn it!

Master is truly awesome!

In the blink of an eye, he slept with a million-follower influencer, though the time was a bit short...

But he definitely couldn't say this out loud, otherwise, it would concern his Master's dignity!

As soon as they got downstairs, they saw Bai Wanqing was also there.

She had just come out of the gym and asked with a puzzled look: "What's wrong? Who's outside?"

Ye Chen shrugged.

"Huang Tian is here, looks like he's looking for trouble."

Bai Wanqing didn't speak, but her elegant brows were already furrowed.

Logically speaking...

After the Wang family was wiped out last night, no matter how rebellious Huang Tian was, he wouldn't be so stupid as to look for trouble.

Ye Chen didn't say much more, but directly opened the door and walked out.

Seeing this, everyone immediately followed.