Chapter 23

Chapter 23: South City Villa (1)

Among the six of them, Han Xi Ping was actually the smartest, but he never used his brain on the right things.

He came up with a rotten idea. If they couldn’t beat Jiang Shi Yue, then scaring her would do, right? If brute force couldn’t solve the problem, then they had to rely on their clever brains.

“Zi Chen, get your sister to come with us to that South City Villa tomorrow, then have Chen Ze dress up as a ghost and scare her. Let’s see if she’ll still act up after that.” Han Xi Ping spoke maliciously, and he could already picture Jiang Shi Yue crying.

Just thinking about it made him want to laugh like crazy.

“No way. If she finds out I’m the one pretending to be a ghost, what if she beats me up?” Chen Ze, the one being asked to play the ghost, protested fiercely. He clearly remembered the fear of being dominated by Jiang Shi Yue.

Liu Zi Yan still felt lingering dread, but the joy of revenge made him a little inflated. “It’s fine. What girl isn’t afraid of ghosts? It’ll be good enough if she doesn’t cry. She won’t have time to hit you. You’re the shortest among us – you won’t look out of place as a female ghost.”

Chen Ze: …

Meng Han Chen agreed too, and he cut in impatiently. “Zi Chen is right. You forgot how she beat us? This is a huge humiliation. If we don’t get revenge, how are we supposed to survive in the world?”

Seeing everyone agree with his idea, Han Xi Ping couldn’t help feeling pleased. He quickly urged Jiang Zi Chen, who still hadn’t said anything in the group chat. “Zi Chen, call your sister out tomorrow. Otherwise, we’ll never get our turf back. We’ll be so embarrassed it’ll reach the Pacific Ocean.”

Jiang Zi Chen silently watched his brothers flood the chat. His face stayed cold, because he thought this idea was rotten and he didn’t want to join in.

But faintly, he also felt yesterday had been humiliating. He always saw himself as the boss among them.

Yet look at how Jiang Shi Yue had bullied him.

Did he still deserve to be called the number one guy on the streets?

If he kept thinking, he felt like he was about to permanently lose his smile.

Jiang Zi Chen thought for a moment and finally made up his mind to leave his room. Just then, he happened to see Jiang Shi Yue, who was about to go upstairs.

Jiang Shi Yue waved with a smile.

Jiang Zi Chen got goosebumps from that smile. He felt like he would get beaten again the very next second.

He coughed lightly and deliberately straightened his back, looking at Jiang Shi Yue arrogantly, though his tone sounded a bit awkward. “Um… My buddies and I are going exploring at South City Villa tomorrow afternoon. Do… do you want to come too?”

South City Villa – the moment she heard it, Jiang Shi Yue knew what it was.

It was a villa a family built for themselves. Because the owner committed suicide, and the location was remote, it had slowly been abandoned for twenty or thirty years.

There were even rumors that it was haunted.

“Aren’t you supposed to go exploring at night? Going in the afternoon is so boring.” Jiang Shi Yue raised her brows. She glanced at the clock, still smiling. “It’s 22:00. The timing is perfect. Let’s go do a night exploration of South City Villa tonight.”

Jiang Zi Chen: ?????

Uh… suddenly I didn’t really want to go anymore.

Jiang Zi Chen wasn’t very willing inside, but he felt like he was riding a tiger and couldn’t get off. He could only say, “Fine. I’ll ask them?”

As he spoke, he pulled out his phone and sent a message in the group chat. Everyone had been waiting for Jiang Zi Chen’s answer, but when they saw Jiang Shi Yue wanted to go tonight, they instantly went blank.

How to put it… the feeling was subtle. They wanted to dig a pit for Jiang Shi Yue, but now they suddenly felt like the pit had actually been prepared for themselves.