The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 88 Rumors Abound

Chapter 88: Chapter 88 Rumors Abound

"Why... suddenly don’t want to join Mengyin anymore?" The senior almost bit her tongue in her excitement.

Fang Yuheng found it incredulous as well.

Hadn’t Jiang Man just been trying so hard to prove herself precisely to get a ticket into Mengyin?

Now that she had it, why wouldn’t she enter?

"Boss, we’re here! The Guitar Club is here!"

Just then, two clueless looking individuals, who appeared to be sophomores, squeezed through the dense crowd.

"Our Guitar Club is very welcoming to the boss joining us!"

The two seniors grasped Jiang Man’s hands, expressing their sincerest welcome.

Seeing that the Guitar Club had snagged a bargain, other clubs, unwilling to be outdone, all extended an olive branch to Jiang Man.

"Boss, consider our Dubbing Club! Our club also needs original background music, and you could be just the right person to bring it."

"Boss, how about checking out the Skating Club?"

"Since the Skating Club is being so shameless, shouldn’t our Baking Club also have a shout? Boss, look this way, look this way!"

A group of upper-year students crowded around Jiang Man, and pushed Wen Jingya and the others into the corner.

Seeing how popular Jiang Man was, Wen Jingya’s mouth twisted with irritation.

Do these people have no shame?

She had once stunned the audience with her pipa performance at the school’s New Year’s Eve party, yet she hadn’t seen so many people calling her ’boss’ back then.

Why, oh why did Jiang Man, who had just played half a song on the guzheng, receive such adulation!

"Team leader Wen? Shouldn’t we try a bit harder?"

"No need," Wen Jingya said with a furious glare.

"Adding her won’t change the overall level of our band. We are still sure to lose to Tsinghua Luoshen."

"True," the senior nodded.

Still, she felt it was such a pity. Jiang Man was cool, pretentious, and so talented. Her absence would be a loss for the band.

"Let’s just go with the Guitar Club." Jiang Man was nearly squeezed out of shape.

"Thank you for the favor, boss. We can also enter the district music competition. How about you lead us?"

The speaker was Fan Yisheng, the president of the Guitar Club.

Hearing his bold assertion, other members of Mengyin scoffed coldly.

"Your Guitar Club has never moved beyond the top ten, have they? Even with an addition like Jiang Man, it won’t change the fact that you guys are amateurs."

"Exactly! A band is about team efficiency, not something one person can carry on their own."

The people from Mengyin continued to grumble.

The Guitar Club members, not willing to take it lying down, retorted back.

Jiang Man disliked this kind of verbal sparring; she preferred to let her abilities do the talking.

"Manman, are you really sure? The Guitar Club has no future. Join us in Mengyin, where you can earn extra credits and scholarships every year. Doesn’t that sound appealing?"

Wen Jingya spoke up to Jiang Man.

Jiang Man, tired of the back-and-forth, asked the crowd to make way and walked straight out of the throng to the Guitar Club’s booth.

She pulled out an application form and wrote down her name on it.

"Wu Yingfan, let’s go," she gave Wu Yingfan a tilted-head invite.

Meanwhile, at a coffee shop nearby on the second floor inside the campus, Song Xiao sat by the window, having observed the events that had just unfolded.

"The kid’s really got an attitude!" he couldn’t help exclaiming, taking a sip of his coffee, his lips curving into an uncontrollable smile.

His presence at Beiyin Institute that day wasn’t a coincidence.

After the last issue with Zhang Yanyan, although Lu Xingzhou had warned her, he felt that wasn’t enough.

His brother Lu was too much of a gentleman, always too neat in his dealings.

Unlike him, born a scion, always taking the wild paths, sometimes acting ruthlessly and dirtily.

...

Jiang Man and Wu Yingfan left the club recruitment area, planning to explore the canteen and the library.

Suddenly, a man in black, complete with sunglasses and standing nearly two meters tall, emerged.

He was notably conspicuous on the campus.

"Miss Jiang, Mr. Song has a welcome gift for you at the start of the school year. Please follow me."

"Hmm?" Jiang Man raised her eyebrows, "Song Xiao?"

"Yes." The bodyguard nodded and pointed with his hand.

Jiang Man looked up, following the direction he pointed, and saw a man leisurely drinking coffee by the floor-to-ceiling window.

The man waved at her.

Soon, her phone rang.

"Hello? Brother." She spoke indifferently.

Song Xiao’s voice was gentle and doting, "Dear sister, remember to unwrap your school-start gift."

"Mmm." Jiang Man hummed.

After hanging up, she said to the bodyguard indifferently, "Lead the way ahead."

"What is he up to?" Wu Yingfan also looked back at the restaurant on the second floor not far away.

Jiang Man’s expression was indifferent, "I don’t know."

After a while, the bodyguard led them to a waterside location.

Since it was secluded, there weren’t many people around.

On the shore, two bodyguards in black stood left and right with a figure standing between them, shaking severely as if sifting chaff while holding a mobile phone.

"Zhang Yanyan?" Jiang Man furrowed her brows.

She didn’t go down to the shore, just watched from a distance.

Zhang Yanyan glanced at her, but because the distance was too great, Jiang Man couldn’t clearly see her expression.

She could only watch as she started to strip off her clothes one piece at a time.

"What the?" Wu Yingfan’s eyes nearly popped out.

Zhang Yanyan continued stripping and held up her phone at the same time.

Just then, a message popped up in the dorm group chat.

[Look quick! A third-year sister lost a bet and now has to live-stream a streak!]

[Wow, seriously?]

Jiang Man opened the group and saw a live stream link.

Upon clicking, she noticed the viewer count skyrocketing.

The screen filled with comments, almost completely obscuring Zhang Yanyan.

——What’s going on? Isn’t this disrupting public morals?

——Shush, what morals? If you don’t like it, just leave.

——It’s a lonely issue, if this gets big, she might be expelled.

——Why so daring? Playing too wild, huh?

——I heard, just heard, that she offended someone and got screwed by a big shot.

——Offended who? Offended who?

Jiang Man glanced at the comments, losing interest.

With such antics, if it attracts public attention, Zhang Yanyan really might not be able to continue school.

She wasn’t interested in Zhang Yanyan’s streaking; she just turned and walked away.

As for Wu Yingfan, it was as if his feet were leaden, unable to move.

"Aren’t you leaving? Had enough?" Jiang Man glanced back and shot him a look.

Wu Yingfan chuckled, "Song Xiao, that buddy is really something, plays dirty."

"Quite dirty indeed." Jiang Man agreed.

At the time, Zhang Yanyan was also dirty, intending to post photos of her and various men online to slander her.

Now Song Xiao was just doing the same, a taste of her own medicine.

[You’re ruthless, but thanks.]

Jiang Man picked up her phone and sent a message to Song Xiao.

Not long after this message was sent, the dorm group exploded again.

Someone tagged Jiang Man.

Zhang Ziqi: Sister Man, someone posted on the campus forum about you, claiming you didn’t take the college entrance exam and got in through backdoor connections, also saying that you’ve been kept by someone, not just one man!

Mao Lili: Sister Man, what’s really going on? You should clarify this.

"Damn!" Wu Yingfan glanced at Jiang Man’s phone and couldn’t help cursing, "Who’s spreading these rumors?"