Chapter 30: Chapter 30 - 30 "I am her boyfriend.

Wen Li excused herself by saying that the first day of classes was very hectic, so she stayed out until evening with Xiao Yu before returning to the Ji Family residence.

After two or three days, she encountered Ji Tingyang outside the school.

The weather was scorching hot, and after strolling in the park for a while, Wen Li and Xiao Yu decided to seek refuge in a large shopping mall to enjoy the air conditioning.

Xiao Yu bought her an ice cream. After taking a bite, Wen Li sat on a mall bench, swinging her legs with a joyful demeanor.

The ice cream melted quickly in the summer heat, a few drips trickling down, making her palms sticky.

Xiao Yu took out a wet wipe for her to clean her hands.

Wen Li smiled, about to speak, when suddenly she was engulfed in a shadow.

She looked up, and after she saw who it was, her smile abruptly froze on her face.

“Didn’t you say your classes were heavy today?” Ji Tingyang’s profound eyes shifted, staring at the small hand Xiao Yu was holding, the surrounding atmosphere turning frighteningly oppressive.

“I… I…” Wen Li immediately withdrew her hand, her mind seizing up as if its gears were jammed, unable to articulate anything.

Xiao Yu, entirely unaware of the danger, glanced at Ji Tingyang in confusion, “Wen Li, who is this?”

Could he be a relative from Wen Li’s family?

Ji Tingyang scoffed lightly, pulling Wen Li to his side, “Tell him, who am I?”

Wen Li’s heartbeat suddenly accelerated, as if her heart was going to leap out of her throat. Facing Xiao Yu’s gaze, she stammered nervously, “He, he is a friend…”

As soon as she said that, she felt the coldness radiating from Ji Tingyang intensify, the grip on her wrist tightening as if he intended to twist her wrist off.

“A friend?” Ji Tingyang eyed Wen Li’s tense cheeks, his voice lowering mockingly at her ear, “Do you want to tell him that for the past two years you’ve been living at the house of this ‘friend’?”

Wen Li turned pale, pleading softly, “Please, don’t tell him…”

A sneer curled at Ji Tingyang’s lips, his eyes growing darker and more ominous.

Xiao Yu, oblivious to the storm brewing between them, raised a smile and reached out to Ji Tingyang, “Hello, I am Wen Li’s boyfriend, Xiao Yu.”

Ji Tingyang’s expression darkened, glaring at the extended hand without moving.

Xiao Yu awkwardly retracted his hand.

Knowing she couldn’t persuade Ji Tingyang, Wen Li thought about how to get Xiao Yu to leave first, her anxiety causing her to break into a cold sweat.

Just as Xiao Yu’s expression gradually turned puzzled, a clear, infuriated voice resounded from behind her.

“Ji Tingyang! I asked you to pay the bill, how come you vanished in the blink of an eye! If you don’t like shopping with me, then I won’t ask you again!”

The person stormed up to Ji Tingyang, angrily stuffing the bags she carried into his arms.

The load was so heavy that Ji Tingyang had to let go of the hand he was tightly holding onto Wen Li to embrace it all.

The menacing aura around him also completely withdrew, as if the chilling atmosphere just before had been just Wen Li’s misconception.

“I was just coming to say hello,” Ji Tingyang said obediently.

Upon hearing this, the newcomer finally noticed Wen Li standing there, her tone slightly surprised, “Wen Li?”

Wen Li pursed her lips, “Miss Lin.”

Seeing Ji Tingyang subdue his aura, she knew the newcomer must be Lin Xu; it was no wonder Ji Tingyang appeared at the mall.

Only she could make Ji Tingyang so docile and patient while shopping with a woman.

Lin Xu greeted her, and when she saw the guy standing next to Wen Li, she raised an eyebrow.

Xiao Yu noticed Lin Xu’s gaze, introducing once again, “Hello, I am Wen Li’s boyfriend, Xiao Yu.”

Boyfriend?

Is that the male lead of the novel?!

Lin Xu remembered because her antagonist son held a grudge against Wen Li’s beloved male lead, he used many overt and covert ways to deal with him.

As a result, the male lead had suffered a lot initially, and his feelings for Wen Li deepened. Later, he started a company from scratch, and within less than two years, he entered the top five national enterprises.

As the saying goes, a gentleman’s revenge is not too late even after ten years.

Once he had both money and power, the male lead immediately started to suppress Ji Group. However, the antagonist couldn’t defeat the male lead and was doomed to fail.

Eventually, Ji’s went bankrupt, and Ji Tingyang was also thrown into jail, ending his short life.

Now, seeing Xiao Yu and Ji Tingyang standing together, Lin Xu instantly became alert.

“I’m hungry, take me out to eat,” Lin Xu said to Ji Tingyang.

She feared Ji Tingyang, in a fit of anger, might mock and suppress Xiao Yu, intending to separate the two.

“I…” Ji Tingyang glanced at Wen Li, hesitating for a moment.

“You just ran off to pay the bill, and now you don’t want to take me out to eat. If you don’t come now, I will never go shopping with you again, and take your stinking card back!” Lin Xu spoke petulantly, turning around to leave.

Ji Tingyang became scared, didn’t dare to delay, and immediately followed, “Without my card, how will you shop?”

“I’ll go out and earn money myself!”

“Working is very tough, earning money at home alone is enough.”

“Pfft…”

The two of them walked farther and farther away, Wen Li’s body, which had been tense all this time, finally relaxed, and she sighed with relief.

Xiao Yu glanced at Ji Tingyang’s retreating figure and mentioned casually, “When he heard I’m your boyfriend, that man’s face changed.”

“How is that possible…” Wen Li’s heart skipped a beat, tension rising again, “You didn’t see the woman who just came by; she definitely has a girlfriend, don’t talk nonsense.”

Xiao Yu thought for a moment, then agreed.

That man still needed to earn money to spend on her, other than a girlfriend who else could he pamper that way.

“I thought too much,” Xiao Yu said apologetically, “Do you still want ice cream? I’ll go buy it for you.”

Wen Li shook her head, no longer having an appetite.

“Then where else do you want to go, shall we continue walking around?”

“Let’s just sit here for a while,” as Wen Li took her phone out and answered while powering it on.

After seeing the message, her voice suddenly stopped, and after a long pause, she said, “I suddenly have something to take care of, I need to go home first.”

“Then I’ll take you,” Xiao Yu stood up.

“No need! I can go back by myself!” Wen Li refused, seeming very anxious as she walked towards the exit of the mall.

Xiao Yu didn’t even have the chance to say goodbye.

Once in the taxi, Wen Li looked at the text message on her phone again; it was from Ji Tingyang.

[If you’re not back at the villa in half an hour, you will bear the consequences.]

Wen Li’s hand holding the phone trembled slightly; she just knew Ji Tingyang wouldn’t let her go easily.

She clenched her hand beside her, and suddenly remembered what Xu Wei had said to her.

If Ji’s project data is leaked, Ji’s will suffer a major blow, and Ji Tingyang, troubled by the company, will no longer have the ability to trap her.

With this thought, it seemed like a chord in her heart was plucked.