Chapter 189: Crazy Face-Slapping

Rejected 99 Times, the Aloof Campus Belle Comes On Strong

Boss Cutie

Jiang Muye squinted and said with a smile, "What are you thinking about? There were quite a few strawberry seeds. We can go plant them."

Leng Ruoli's thick, curling lashes fluttered with shyness. "I… I wasn't thinking anything! Then… then let's plant strawberries!"

"You said it. If they don't grow well later, I'm holding you responsible." Jiang Muye smiled faintly and directly stuck his neck out. "Come on, come on, start planting."

Watching Jiang Muye's movements, Leng Ruoli's face had gone red to the extreme. "Not that! The seeds!"

"The seeds are right here with me. You want to wait for me to sow them?" Jiang Muye said, full of amusement.

Leng Ruoli gently pushed Jiang Muye with her palm.

Having been teased, she directly covered her burning face with her hands.

Seeing the shy Leng Ruoli, Jiang Muye's interest only grew. He was just about to pull her over for a bit of intimacy when a strange face was suddenly reflected on the glass window.

The sudden appearance gave Jiang Muye quite a fright.

The man outside the window took off his sunglasses and fawned ingratiatingly, "Young Master Jiang, could you give me a chance to make amends? Let me treat you two to a meal?"

Jiang Muye's brows knitted tightly, and he refused coldly, "No need."

The person who had appeared was Li Ba. This guy had been pestering him relentlessly lately.

If he wasn't madly sending gifts to his company, it was famous paintings, all of which he had sent back. Yet the man still wouldn't give up, insisting on bothering his secretary to book a dinner, saying he wanted to treat him to a meal.

However, Jiang Muye had no good feelings toward Li Ba.

Too much of a snob.

Just the man's behavior of recklessly blocking his car was enough to displease Jiang Muye.

Leng Ruoli was also quite bewildered. She didn't know what was going on, but from Jiang Muye's displeased expression, she could tell this person wasn't very likable.

Li Ba said unwillingly, "We're all in the same business circle. We could totally create a win-win situation, so why make things so tense? I can do free product promotion for you as compensation. Think it over."

Leng Ruoli's aloof face lifted slightly. "If you keep pushing, it'll only get more tense. I said we don't need it, so we don't need it. If you keep pushing your luck, I believe you won't even have a chance to compensate."

Anyone Jiang Muye didn't like, she didn't like either.

Seeing Leng Ruoli help him, Jiang Muye felt immensely pleased. Standing against the enemy together with Leng Ruoli, he said coldly, "That's right. If you come looking for me again, I can absolutely call the police and say you've violated my privacy and engaged in illegal harassment."

Seeing that his fawning on Jiang Muye was useless, Li Ba's temper flared.

His eyes turned vicious. "Don't think that just because you're doing a little better now, you can act all high and mighty! I was just making a normal quote. If you don't want it, fine, but why kick a man when he's down! When the time comes, we're not done, and you'll be begging me!"

"Everyone knows who's the one kicking a man when he's down." Watching Li Ba's arrogant look, Jiang Muye felt utter disgust. "Stop yapping at me. If I wanted to throw something, even a tiny pebble could crush you to death!"

Back when Li Ba had opened his mouth wide to squeeze him dry, Jiang Muye had already decided he had no intention of having anything to do with such a petty man.

Yet the other party had come to curry favor with him time and again, annoying him. Now he had to let Li Ba taste a bit of suffering.

Boom—

Li Ba, who had been holding the car door, wasn't prepared. The car shot out, making him stumble and fall flat on the ground, eating a mouthful of dust.

"Ah, my tailbone." Li Ba clutched his back in pain.

He noticed astonished expressions coming from all directions, and passersby and students had started taking photos.

Li Ba's face was half red and half green. He hurriedly put his sunglasses back on.

He was a big streamer after all. Suffering this loss now was simply too unfair!

Li Ba thought that before Jiang Muye made a move to deal with him, he had to strike first.

Make Jiang Muye tangled up in troubles so he'd have no time to bother with him, and most importantly, vent his own anger. By then, Jiang Muye wouldn't dare do anything to him.

"Notify the troll groups. You have to ruin Jiang Muye's reputation!" Li Ba viciously ordered his assistant.

So during the time Jiang Muye and Leng Ruoli were watching the movie, Jiang Muye kept receiving notifications from his secretary. Besides pushing some news to him, she also sent him screenshots of Weibo trending topics.

Jiang Muye immediately clicked on the trending list.

Sure enough, he was at the top.

The top three topics were #GhostFruit#, #JiangsSnacksMoldExceedsLimit#, and #DriverDeath#.

All of it was rumors that Jiang Muye's driver was dead, and that the rotten, inferior fruit he transported was made into snacks and sold to the public.

This threw the public into a panic.

Quite a few people were directly led along by the rhythm, cursing on Weibo:

【I never imagined Jiang Muye could be so wicked! To actually do such a wicked thing!】

【I'm gagging. If it really is ghost fruit, I'm seriously going to throw up!】

【Can you do something decent for once? I used to be a fan of Jiang Muye. Now I've turned from a hater to a fan—a fan of his looks, a hater of his character!】

Jiang Muye's eyes suddenly turned dark.

"What's wrong?" Leng Ruoli sensed Jiang Muye's gaze fixed on his phone.

Jiang Muye pressed the phone down, then pecked a kiss on Leng Ruoli's red lips and said with a smile, "It's nothing."

He didn't want to disrupt Leng Ruoli's mood.

At least for this movie, he wanted to watch it properly with her to the end.

Leng Ruoli could tell Jiang Muye had something weighing deep in his heart. She was a little worried but pretended everything was fine.

She leaned on Jiang Muye's shoulder and tightly held his hand.

Ten at night.

The building of Jiang's Snacks Group was brightly lit despite the dim night.

Having sent Leng Ruoli back to school, Jiang Muye sat in the chairman's seat in the meeting room with a wild, untamed air.

Besides the secretary, the major shareholders, executives, and relevant department personnel were all present.

A secretary had already opened a laptop, ready to record everything Jiang Muye said at the meeting.

Jiang Muye raised his handsome face and said coldly, "No matter how much it costs, take down the negative trending topics. Send lawyer's letters for the serious rumors. Not one of them is to be spared."

The employees all trembled with fear and nodded. "Yes."

"Also, the Public Relations Department will issue a clarification announcement and directly buy the top trending spot. No—all top three topics have to be clarifications!" Jiang Muye's eyes were icy.

"Also, discuss and come up with the most effective PR plan. I want this matter to be minimized. If it can't be resolved within two days, I'll have no choice but to find someone more capable."

Jiang Muye's sharp gaze swept over the Head of Public Relations. The head's face was ugly, and he nodded awkwardly. "Yes."

His heart was filled with dread. The threat in Jiang Muye's words was already very clear.

At that moment, the Chief Secretary ran into the room and whispered a sentence into Jiang Muye's ear: "We've already found out who's behind this."

"Who?" A trace of icy cold flickered in Jiang Muye's eyes.