CHAPTER 923: CHAPTER 923: SUN XIAOMENG’S GREAT HERO

"Brother Ye, you’re teasing me again. I’m here for something serious!"

Sun Xiaomeng scrunched her cute little nose and said sweetly, "I’m currently investigating a case, the follow-up to the Jade Pearl Nightclub drug trafficking case. But I’ve hit a snag and I want to ask for your help, can you come help me, please?"

Hmm? The Jade Pearl drug trafficking case? Isn’t that case closed yet? Ye Xuan felt a twinge of confusion and frowned to himself.

He lazily said, "Little Meng Meng, you want my help? What’s in it for me?"

"What do you want as compensation? How about I treat you to dinner?" Sun Xiaomeng offered.

"That’s no good! Trying to buy me off with a meal is too simplistic!"

"Then how about I buy you some clothes?"

"Still no good."

Ye Xuan shook his head again, "Just a piece of clothing, what do you take me for, a beggar?"

"Boo hoo, Brother Ye, you know my family situation. My financial capability is limited. I can only get you small gifts! Yet you dislike this and that, so unfeeling of you..."

"I’m just unfeeling, what can you do about it?" Ye Xuan scoffed.

Sun Xiaomeng simply put on a pitiful act, adopting a coquettish tone, "Brother Ye, be generous, hurry and help me out! Please? Otherwise, I really don’t know what to do."

"Hey, I don’t do unprofitable deals. Since you want my help, you’ll need to offer something substantial to satisfy me, or we can just forget it!"

Ye Xuan was completely unmoved, his ’shrewd trader’ nature shining through.

"You’re heartless, Brother Ye! It’s life or death here. You’re so cold! Hmph, someone like you wouldn’t last even an episode in a TV drama!"

Sun Xiaomeng puffed up her cheeks, angrily retorting.

Ye Xuan drawled, "I was considering it, but since you said that, I might as well hang up..."

"Hey, don’t! Brother Ye, I’m just joking with you... as long as you come to help me, I’ll... I’ll let you do whatever you want, okay?"

In her anxiety, Sun Xiaomeng blurted it out without thinking.

"Do whatever I want? Hehehe, anything?" Ye Xuan grinned wickedly.

Sun Xiaomeng: "..."

She muttered to herself, this big pervert, clearly up to no good! What she just said in panic, did she really have to agree to it? Isn’t this like a lamb entering a tiger’s den!

"If you don’t answer, I’ll hang up!" Ye Xuan continued nonchalantly.

Boo hoo, Ye Xuan, it seems I have no choice but to agree! Sun Xiaomeng was on the verge of tears, having to get herself involved just to get him to help.

"As long as... you don’t do that to me, I’ll... I’ll agree!" Sun Xiaomeng murmured in a voice as soft as a mosquito.

"Great! It’s a deal." Ye Xuan readily agreed, then asked, "Where are you? I happen to be free, I can come find you now!"

"I’m on West Road in Rongcheng. How about we meet at the park where we last gathered?" Sun Xiaomeng suggested after thinking for a moment.

"OK! See you later!"

With that, Ye Xuan hung up the phone.

Listening to the dial tone, Sun Xiaomeng breathed a sigh of relief, then put down and pocketed her phone.

Finally, she got him to agree to help, not an easy task!

However, thinking of that rascal taking advantage of the situation to coerce her, she couldn’t help but feel angry!

Turning to look at Bai Wenrou, who was scrutinizing her with an odd look, Sun Xiaomeng couldn’t help but feel perplexed, asking, "Sister Bai, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Xiaomeng, you... be honest, are you in that kind of relationship with Ye Xuan?"

Bai Wenrou raised her eyebrows, her tone slightly sour.

"What kind of relationship?"

Initially, Sun Xiaomeng didn’t catch on, but upon seeing Bai Wenrou’s peculiar gaze, she immediately realized it.

Her face flushed with a tinge of red; she lowered her head slightly, embarrassed, and replied, "Sister Bai, what are you saying? We have some flirtations, but it’s not that kind of relationship yet!"

Seeing Sun Xiaomeng’s shy expression, Bai Wenrou sighed inwardly, frustrated at her lack of progress, "Xiaomeng, what should I say to you?"

"I warned you not to get too close to this guy, it’s going to turn your life upside down! You’ll regret it later. But you... ah! Why won’t you listen to me? You insist on throwing yourself into the fire!"

Sun Xiaomeng replied quietly, "Sister Bai, it’s not like I want it this way, but I can’t control my emotions. What can I do?"

She wore a troubled look, "You know, he’s an inherently excellent person, naturally attracting attention! And he’s helped me several times, even taking efforts to treat my dad’s leg! Now, under his treatment, my dad’s leg has regained some sensation and might even walk again..."

"That’s been our family’s long-cherished wish and Ye Xuan accomplished it for us! So what should I do? Faced with such an outstanding man who has been so kind to me, how can I not be moved, not develop feelings for him?"

She spoke earnestly, "Sister Bai, I’m just an ordinary woman, not a nun reciting scriptures all day! I also long for the nourishment of love, hoping that one day, a great hero will step on the Seven-Colored Auspicious Cloud and come to my side! I don’t demand that he marries me, just let me feel a love of my own. Even if it’s brief, I’ll be satisfied! Now, such a man stands before me, how can I not be moved? How can I resolutely refuse?"

Hearing this, Bai Wenrou didn’t know what to say.

She didn’t expect that Sun Xiaomeng, who appeared carefree, had such a rich inner emotional world! Why hadn’t she ever noticed?

"Xiaomeng, I understand how you feel, emotions can’t be controlled! But have you thought about the future? Ye Xuan already has a girlfriend, and more than one woman! Will there be an outcome for you and him?"

Bai Wenrou’s expression was complex, her voice heavy.

Her words, while meant to advise others, were also a message to herself.

Getting involved with Ye Xuan misleads one’s entire life!

That statement wasn’t wrong at all.

Two young and beautiful girls, both entangled in this guy’s grasp, unable to extricate themselves...

Sun Xiaomeng said, "Why seek a definite outcome? Isn’t cherishing a beautiful journey more important! The purpose of travel is to enjoy the scenery and experience different customs. Does the destination really matter so much?"

"I don’t crave any outcome with him. Just being with him, enjoying the journey, and preserving a beautiful memory, tasting the sweet flavor of love and feeling happy, that’s enough!"

A smile spread across her face, "An outcome is the tombstone of love, I don’t care about that. Missing out on the joy of the journey to pursue an outcome, that’s the true regret in life. I’d rather forego the outcome than miss being with him and regret it forever!"