In Mu Yanluo's mind, she never even dreamed that one day she would send her arch-enemy Jiang Feng home!
This scene made her feel incredibly absurd, yet it indeed happened.
Throughout the entire journey, the two had no communication.
An unexpected encounter, Jiang Feng saved her life, and now letting her drive him home was considered square.
However, Jiang Feng also understood that today's incident caused such a commotion that it had probably already spread throughout the city.
He wondered if Nangong Qingcheng and the others had heard the news—probably not, they were in class, most likely unaware of this matter, right?
Jiang Feng wasn't concerned about anything else, just worried that Nangong Qingcheng would worry about him.
He took out his phone from his pocket to take a look, only to find that it was unusable.
This wasn't surprising; he could crawl out after falling into Binjiang, but the phone was water-damaged and naturally became useless.
"Did the phone get water-damaged?" Mu Yanluo noticed the helpless expression on Jiang Feng's face and finally broke the silence, asking.
"Yes," Jiang Feng nodded calmly.
"I have a spare phone. If you don't mind, I'll give it to you," Mu Yanluo said, without much thought, not knowing what was driving her.
Saying this, she drove with one hand and took out a phone from her small handbag with the other, handing it over to Jiang Feng: "Just replace it with your own card later."
Jiang Feng didn't stand on ceremony, reaching out to take it and said, "Thanks."
Mu Yanluo saw Jiang Feng take it so openly, and her heart couldn't help but beat faster.
She vaguely felt something was off... but she didn't think much about it and continued driving quietly.
Soon, the Volvo S40 entered South City, and under Jiang Feng's direction, Mu Yanluo drove him to his doorstep.
"Thanks, you can go now. See you later."
Jiang Feng got out of the car and said to Mu Yanluo.
Mu Yanluo hesitated to speak.
From beginning to end, Jiang Feng never asked for her name, leaving her feeling inexplicably empty.
...
Watching Mu Yanluo leave, Jiang Feng returned home. At this point, the house was empty; Nangong Qingcheng and the others hadn't come back yet, which was a good thing for Jiang Feng.
At least he didn't have to let them see him in such a sorry state.
Jiang Feng first threw away his burnt clothes and shoes, then rushed into the bathroom to take a shower, washing off the soot all over his body.
He glanced outside, it was nearly noon, estimating that Nangong Qingcheng and the others would be back soon, so Jiang Feng went back to his room and took a spare SIM card, putting it into Mu Yanluo's phone.
He didn't throw away Mu Yanluo's original SIM card but opted for dual SIM standby—having learned from the last incident of falling into the sea, he prepared several SIM cards with the same number for himself, to switch and use if one got damaged.
As soon as the card was inserted and the data was synced, a dozen text messages and missed calls appeared instantly.
All of these texts and calls were from Murong Qian, Feng Yueji, and Situ Yan.
Not seeing any calls from Nangong Qingcheng and Chu Feifei, Jiang Feng breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed they truly didn't know about this matter.
However, seeing a few of Zhang Qinyao's most recent calls made him a bit suspicious.
He immediately called Zhang Qinyao back.
"Brother Feng!" As soon as the call connected, Zhang Qinyao called out even before Jiang Feng could say anything, her voice sounded extremely emotional, even with a hint of a sob!
This wasn't surprising; in the last video footage, Zhang Qinyao saw Jiang Feng driving the bus into the river!
She feared for Jiang Feng's wellbeing, so she made several calls to confirm his whereabouts.
Having not connected the previous ones, she was feeling desperate, and Jiang Feng suddenly called back, how could she not be emotional?
"What's wrong?" Jiang Feng asked.
"Brother Feng, it's really you! You're alive! That's great, I knew you'd be alright!" Zhang Qinyao said in a trembling voice!
Hearing this, Jiang Feng frowned: "You already know?"
"Yeah..." Zhang Qinyao let out a bitter laugh, "Brother Feng, the impact of this matter is too big, it's already on WeChat public accounts, someone recorded it and uploaded it..."
At that moment, Zhang Qinyao told Jiang Feng everything she knew about the whole incident in detail.
After listening, Jiang Feng's face was expressionless, there are always people in this world who love to stir trouble while watching the spectacle!
They watch it themselves, but they also like to record it, it's just ridiculous.
"As of now, are you the only one who knows about this? Do Qingcheng, Fei'er, Shiyan know?" Jiang Feng asked.
"They probably don't know yet, I'm alone in the bathroom..." said Zhang Qinyao with a slightly flushed face: "Qingcheng and Shiyan are in class, as for whether Fei'er has seen the video, I'm not sure, I haven't contacted her..."
Jiang Feng nodded: "Alright, just knowing this yourself is fine, don't tell Qingcheng and the others, I'm fine here, don't let them worry, just act like nothing happened."
"Brother Feng, this..." Zhang Qinyao hesitated.
"Do as I say!" Jiang Feng's tone was cold and commanding.
"Yes! Brother Feng, I understand!" Zhang Qinyao took a deep breath, her emotions turbulent!
She didn't know if helping Jiang Feng hide this matter was right or wrong, but facing such a huge incident, Jiang Feng still acted so calmly, making her truly admire him.
"After school later, come over for a meal with Qingcheng and the others, I'll make something delicious for you. Remember to act as if nothing happened, and don't let Qingcheng and the others notice anything, okay?" Jiang Feng reminded her again.
"Understood!" Zhang Qinyao agreed heavily from the other side.
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Qinyao stayed alone in the bathroom, her mood unable to settle for a long time.
She squatted down after a while, hugging her knees with her hands, tears welling up in her eyes, her shoulders trembling.
...
In the villa, Jiang Feng set down his phone, just about to reply to a few messages from Feng Yueji and the others to reassure them, when he accidentally saw the phone's wallpaper and was immediately stunned!
The reason was simple—the wallpaper displayed a private photo of Mu Yanluo!
The photo was taken on a bed, and Mu Yanluo was wearing a very skimpy see-through nightgown, lying on the plush bed in a seductive pose...
Jiang Feng was dumbfounded!
The beautiful woman didn't seem like someone casual, so why would she take such a photo?
But then he thought it wasn't a big deal; it was her private phone, after all, given to him on a whim, not intentionally taken for his eyes.
Every woman loves beauty, and maybe that beauty was cold on the outside but passionate on the inside?
Jiang Feng didn't dwell on it, opened the album to change the wallpaper, and saw things that left him speechless!
It was full of Mu Yanluo's private photos!
The top one was freshly taken in the bathroom: after bathing, her skin had that unique radiant glow, with wet hair, standing in front of the mirror, a phone in one hand for taking the photo, the other hand covering her chest, she looked incredibly alluring!
Below, her slender waist wrapped in a towel, showing a clear outline, and the long legs beneath were dazzlingly white...
Jiang Feng quickly closed the photos, feeling increasingly embarrassed.
Just then, the phone suddenly rang.
Seeing the unfamiliar number, Jiang Feng knew it had to be Mu Yanluo calling, only she would know the phone's original number.
"Hello, what's up?" Jiang Feng, aware that she was calling about those photos, figured she probably remembered the personal photos on the phone after leaving and was calling to ask about them.
"Uh, it's, it's like this," as expected, Mu Yanluo sounded a bit awkward on the other end: "I suddenly realized that the phone I gave you was old, which feels really embarrassing to give someone, so I'll get you a new one. Are you still at home? I'll bring it over right now!"
What new or old, it was just a pretext for retrieving the photos!
Jiang Feng didn't intend to keep those sexy selfies, but at this point, having Mu Yanluo come back to switch phones was unlikely to happen!
He made an excuse to decline: "No need, this one's just fine. Oh, I formatted the phone when I got it, there wasn't anything important stored in it, was there? Not sure if you backed up anything, sorry."
"You formatted the phone?" Mu Yanluo immediately breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
"Yes, not sure if there were any important numbers inside, if so, I can help recover them for you."
"Ah... no need, don't recover it! There weren't any special numbers. It's fine, since you don't want to change it, let's not then, bye." Having said that, Mu Yanluo hastily hung up the phone.
On the road outside the villa, Mu Yanluo took a while to calm down, her face flush gradually fading, she nervously placed her phone back in her handbag before driving away.