Chapter 157

A rat-a-tat came. The assistant anxiously shouted at the door.

“Mr. Chu, are you inside? The wedding begins!”

‘It’s too noisy…”

With a frown, Bai Weijin muttered in her sleep. Then she grabbed the quilt to cover her head, turned over in bed and fell asleep again.

Having received no reply, the assistant continued.

“Mr. Chu, the bride and groom are waiting for you. I’m gonna break in if you don’t answer me.”

There was a loud bang, and the door was broken into bits. Scared, Bai Weijin sat bolt upright, screaming, “What are you doing? I’m sleeping!”

With his mouth agape, the assistant looked at Bai Weijin with astonishment, so did people who followed him in.

‘What’s going on?’

Sitting on the bed, Bai Weijin rubbed her eyes and curiously scanned the room.

Suddenly, she felt a chill in her chest. Bai Weijin’s heart missed a beat. Her eyes slowly swept her body. ‘I hope it’s not so worse…”

Next second, Bai Weijin almost fell into a faint. ‘How come I’m naked!’

Clicks came. Bai Weijin looked up at the door, only to find that some onlookers took out their mobile phones and took pictures of her.

Bai Weijin went deathly pale. She wrapped the quilt over her body, rushing forward to slam the door.

‘What’s going on? I was just taking a break. How did it happen?’

Bai Weijin trembled all over.

At this time Chu Jiran also woke up. At the sight of Bai Weijin and himself both naked, he immediately realized that he must have done thing quite absurd.

“Weijin…” Chu Jiran called Bai Weijin’s name in a low voice.

Yet Bai Weijin seemed to have heard nothing, cowering against the door.

This hurt Chu Jiran deeply. He cast a loving look at Bai Weijin and held her in his arms in the hope of giving her some encouragement.

‘It’s… it’s too close…”

His action brought a warm flush to Bai Weijin’s face. This was not affected.

Just because both of them were naked!

Bai Weijin pushed Chu Jiran away with all her strength. She closed her eyes, yelling at her, “Put your clothes on!”

Chu Jiran didn’t realize he had nothing on until he heard it. With an embarrassed smile, he rushed to find his clothes.

Bai Weijin also put her dress on.

They looked each other in the eye. Both had no idea how to do with it.

“I… I’ll be responsible for it…” In a long while, Chu Jiran said this solemnly. His eyes were fixed at Bai Weijin, as a gesture of his determination.

‘Responsible? Isn’t the urgent task for us to find a way out and the wirepuller who aims to plot against us?’

Bai Weijin looked at Chu Jiran with astonishment, only to find that his ears reddened. It dawned on Bai Weijin that he must have misunderstood the whole thing.

She’d been married for months, so she knew at a glance whether they had an intercourse. Obviously, nothing had happened between them.

She hummed and hawed. Bai Weijin didn’t want to hurt Chu Jiran, yet she found it quite awkward to explain it to him. She had no alternative but to change the topic.

“Do you have any idea who set us up?” asked Bai Weijin.

‘Until this moment, are you still unwilling to go steady with me?’ Chu Jiran became dejected and answered in low spirits.

“Not at all. The man who tried to attack me last time is even unknown.”

Once he mentioned the attacker, Chu Jiran recalled Gu Yeyu was still in hospital. He finally came to his senses.

“Let’s go to the banquet hall,” Bai Weijin paused before saying, “When you get home, find a way to stop the news from spreading”.

“They also took pictures of us just now.”

Chu Jiran nodded.

With her hands holding the door handle, Bai Weijin took a deep breath. ‘Bai Weijin, you can do it, after all that you’ve been through.’

With a squeak, the door was pushed open.

The quick clicks of the shutter sounded. The reporters who were supposed to report the wedding came here as soon as they heard the news.

Photoflashes kept going on and off.

“Miss Bai, would you mind telling us the reason why you are in the same room with Mr. Chu, and both of you are naked?”

“Miss Bai, are you having an affair? How long has it lasted?”

Bai Weijin was bombarded with a lot of questions, and reporters all elbowed their way into the room. After all, there couldn’t be big news every day.

Bai Weijin finally realized what was happening. Faced with numerous reporters and their embarrassing questions, she had no idea how to react. ‘Why do things go on like this?’

Under normal circumstances, the news couldn’t have spread so fast. ‘There’s someone who has exerted a lot of behind-the-scenes influence!’

‘Who is the person? It must be Tan Xin! Only she hopes me to die!’

Bai Weijin was at a loss. Chu Jiran felt sorry about what she had suffered. He made a stride forward, giving her a big hug.

“We have the right to remain silent. If you keep pestering us, my lawyer will definitely sue you!”

His icy voice frightened some of the reporters. Several bold ones shouted, “Mr. Chu, is this revealing your guilty conscience?”

With a hard look, Chu Jiran turned away to look at the reporter. ‘How dare he!’

Then he reached out his hand, grabbing the reporter’s camera and smashing it down to the ground. All the reporters present were infuriated.

But no one dared to question him.

“Aren’t you going to leave here yet?”

Chu Jiran stood amid the crowd, as if a monarch scornfully looking down at the reporters.