Chapter 88: Chapter 63: Chen Yuan Is Forced to Accept Jiang Ning’s Benefit

But Chen Yuan couldn’t make excuses for her. All he could do, as his heart grew cold, was think, ’Perhaps she really has her own difficulties.’

Maybe her private persona was a complete contrast to her public one.

She had a cute and charming side, but also moments of being a cool, commanding woman. In every other respect, Jiangg Ning was exceptional, appearing endlessly radiant. In the eyes of the students, she always seemed to sparkle.

No one was perfect, and Chen Yuan knew he was no exception. Thinking about it that way, Jiangg Ning’s personality flaws actually made her seem more real.

Chen Yuan put down his chopsticks. He thought for a moment, met Jiangg Ning’s gaze, and said softly, “About me giving you a hard time in the office last time… let’s just say we’re even now. It’s mainly because my mom’s a teacher. She used to criticize me all the time and held me to a much higher standard than her other students. I was carrying the weight of all her expectations, and even though I was already trying my best, she never once praised me. That’s why I don’t like it when you use your status as a teacher to pressure me.”

“Is that so…” Jiangg Ning was completely taken aback. In the more than six months they’d been dating online, Chen Yuan had never told her any of this.

This was the first time he had willingly opened his heart to her.

Looking at his clear eyes and his innocent, eighteen-year-old face, Jiangg Ning suddenly felt a wave of immense guilt wash over her.

’So that was the real reason he was angry?’

Jiangg Ning pressed her lips together. She could empathize with how painful the pressure from elders in a family could be. She couldn’t dare to imagine if, in her shoes, Chen Yuan had been the one who was extremely controlling.

She would have escaped Jiangg Ruxue’s control with all her might, only to fall into another abyss…

It was unimaginable.

As this conversation unfolded, Jiangg Ning gripped her fork so tightly she looked like she wanted to stab a hole in the table.

’What on earth have I been doing these past few days…?’

Chen Yuan opening his heart to her solidified Jiangg Ning’s resolve. She had to be sure of her feelings!

But before she could even take any real action, her face was already burning up. She felt her entire body temperature rising, and her heart was pounding, THUMP-THUMP, THUMP-THUMP.

In the afternoon, she left the Landa University campus and made a special trip to the boutique where she usually bought her clothes.

She picked up the slip dress she’d been wanting to order.

Two months ago, while shopping with Jiangg Yao, she had picked it up and tried it on once.

It was no exaggeration to say that when she put on that slip dress, even her sister was stunned and couldn’t stop gulping.

Compared to her usual nightgowns, this slip dress was as sexy as… well, as *that* kind of clothing.

The kind you could only wear in the bedroom!

It was far too seductive; Jiangg Ning felt it didn’t suit her.

But now, it was going to be the ultimate weapon in her little experiment!

…

「That evening, at eight o’clock in the restaurant.」

Jiangg Ning’s eyes were shut tight, her trembling eyelashes catching a faint golden glow from the lights. With a clean, deft motion, she removed her hair tie, and her silky black hair instantly cascaded over her shoulders like a waterfall.

“It’s so hot…” she said to Chen Yuan, mustering her courage as her face flushed red.

“Is it?” Chen Yuan asked, puzzled. The temperature felt perfectly normal to him.

“Maybe I’m just dressed too warmly. I’m going to take off my down jacket.”

“Okay.”

Jiangg Ning’s hands were trembling with nervousness. She reached out, slowly pulled down the zipper, stood up, and tossed her down jacket aside.

Underneath, she was wearing a pure black, form-fitting sweater. The moment the jacket came off, her perfectly mature figure was revealed, exuding a heart-stopping beauty that was amplified by her cool, sophisticated aura…

Chen Yuan glanced up, his chopsticks pausing mid-air. He stared, slightly dazed. He was, after all, still young and inexperienced, and in that instant, he felt as if his heart had been struck.

Jiangg Ning was the “older sister” type of girl. This style of hers was several times more alluring than Jiangg Yao’s cute brand of charm.

The contrast it created with her usual reserved aura was the most devastating part.

Jiangg Ning pretended to be unbearably hot, fanning herself with a pale hand. She didn’t dare look at Chen Yuan, keeping her head lowered, but she could clearly feel his eyes on her.

’Thankfully, she didn’t hate it.’

She just felt an indescribable sense of shame… She squeezed her legs together, and even her delicate toes tensed up inside her high heels.

“It’s no use, I still feel uncomfortably hot all over.”

The curtain to the side was drawn tightly shut. In this space meant for just the two of them, Chen Yuan was at a loss for words.

He suddenly felt the atmosphere become incredibly charged, especially after Jiangg Ning said that.

“But your sweater isn’t that thick…”

“I don’t know. My back is starting to sweat. Maybe the food is a little spicy… I’ve never been able to handle spicy food. Forget it, I’ll just take the sweater off too.”

Jiangg Ning placed her hands on her waist, gripping the sides of her sweater. She couldn’t believe she was actually daring to go through with an experiment like this.

In all these years, she had never been in a relationship. Besides her sister, no one knew just how incredible her figure was.

But now, Jiangg Ning was about to reveal her most beautiful side completely to the young boyfriend in her very first romance. Now, one more person would be there to appreciate this beauty.

Chen Yuan watched, completely dumbfounded, as Jiangg Ning actually pulled off her sweater, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin in a brief flash.

Then, the sweater was tossed aside.

Jiangg Ning straightened up as if liberated, a vibrant blush rising on her cheeks. She was wearing only the slip dress, its two thin straps, which looked like they could snap with the slightest force, resting on her shoulders.

Her delicate shoulders, her exquisite collarbones that looked like works of art, and, looking further down, that breathtaking curve, pressed into a deep ravine by the movement of her arms.

Though her beautiful eyes held a hint of shyness, her posture was poised and graceful. Without a trace of self-consciousness, she picked up her chopsticks and continued to eat.

She knew that if Chen Yuan’s gaze lingered for even a moment, her figure would be on full display—especially with the sheer lace cutouts on either side of her waist. The delicate, silky fabric clung to her skin. The cool, stark black slip dress barely concealed her proudest assets.

Half-hidden, half-seen; a hazy mystique.

Utterly captivating.

Chen Yuan was feeling, in the most direct way possible, just how alluring a mature woman could be. She was worlds apart from the female classmates his age that he had seen.

He didn’t mean to stare blankly, but he was completely stunned.

’This dress is completely against the rules.’

It wasn’t something an ordinary girl would wear. Even between a normal boyfriend and girlfriend, it was something that could only be touched once they’d reached a certain point in their relationship.

At the same time, Jiangg Ning felt it…

A wave of irrepressible sweetness and shyness surged up from within, consuming all her thoughts. She began to find it difficult to think, and even her earlobes grew hot.

She could clearly feel Chen Yuan’s gaze.

In her peripheral vision, she could even see the astonishment in his clear eyes.

The crazy part was, she didn’t hate this kind of gaze at all. In fact, she wanted him to look a little longer, and then a little longer still.

Her heart immediately began to race, and the charged atmosphere seemed to dye the space between them pink.

After a moment, Jiangg Ning tilted her head up slightly, her lips pressed together, and noticed that his face had turned red too.

The night scene outside the window was beautiful.

But the view in front of Chen Yuan was even more stunning.

“Is it nice?” Jiangg Ning asked in a voice so quiet it was barely a whisper.

“Ahem—” Chen Yuan snapped out of his daze and quickly averted his eyes. He was starting to understand. “You did that on purpose.”

“No, I really was hot.”

Jiangg Ning crossed her long, slender legs. At this point, any movement she made exuded an incredible allure.

She found it amusing and suddenly thought Chen Yuan was very cute.

She didn’t quite understand why she was feeling this way. ’I think I’m… teasing him? Yes, that must be it.’

’So this is what it feels like to tease someone.’

Experiment, complete.

Jiangg Ning took a deep breath. She now understood completely. She had truly fallen for Chen Yuan.

From any angle, the way her heart fluttered was undeniable.

Jiangg Ning suddenly felt a sense of relief, all her previous unhappiness cast to the back of her mind. Moreover, she realized she had actually been desperate for this answer.

’You’d be happy for me too, right, sis?’

Under the soft lights, having figured things out, she gave Chen Yuan a coy blink.

However, Chen Yuan didn’t quite understand what kind of change had just occurred in Jiangg Ning’s mind…

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