After The Honest Person Was Discovered For Simultaneously Pursuing Three People - Chapter 47

Chapter 47: Simultaneous Attack After the Three People Were Discovered…

A moment later, Xu Jun calmed down from his jealous rage. He had already confirmed that the man on the other side of the phone had been in a relationship with Tao Ning, but he could infer from the chat records that:

First, this man’s surname was Zhao, and his family background should be quite good.

Second, Tao Ning and this man met and fell in love in their hometown. After they broke up, Tao Ning didn’t tell him where he went. The man’s harassment was one-sided.

Third, Tao Ning’s feelings for this man were very strange. He clearly still had feelings for him, so why did they break up? What were the reasons?

His index finger unconsciously tapped on the table. The subtle tapping sound sank into his heart, turning into dark clouds covering Xu Jun. He frowned deeply, suddenly remembering the attitude of Tao Ning’s sister, who was very wary of the strange man who appeared next to her brother and also mentioned the word “Zhao.”

Xu Jun connected all the things related to Tao Ning and calmly peeled back the layers, considering the possibility of Tao Ning’s family background. After all, given the current social environment in China, homosexuality is a taboo subject, especially in remote and backward poor mountainous areas. It should have been Tao Yuan who found out about them and tried her best to stop them, which led to Tao Ning and that man breaking up.

But other reasons couldn’t be ruled out… Xu Jun spent half of his time observing Tao Ning and found that he would occasionally stare blankly into space. The duration of this was sometimes short and sometimes long, but after staring blankly, his emotions would fluctuate.

This was very strange, because when a person stares blankly, their mind is empty and comfortable. Afterward, their expression would be blank. Only when a person is fantasizing about certain things would their emotions fluctuate.

So what was Tao Ning fantasizing about that his emotions would fluctuate?

Xu Jun furrowed his brows. Tao Ning had lied to him twice, once because of his illness, and the other time because of this phone. Tao Ning had a natural simplicity and innocence. He wasn’t a person who would lie, not even as a joke.

Now that he had discovered the phone’s secret, why did he hide his true illness last time? …Could it be related to his breakup or occasional fantasizing?

Xu Jun couldn’t know.

He had just sent the message using a tone that was completely unsuited to Tao Ning’s personality, mainly to test how deep the man’s feelings for Tao Ning were. If he didn’t recognize it, then he wouldn’t have to worry about it. But now that he had recognized it…

Xu Jun took a deep breath. While thinking of a countermeasure, he began to check Tao Ning’s phone. He didn’t miss a single app until he found a tracking app. This tracking app was a manual command program. It required the person being tracked to activate it, and then the receiver could get the phone’s location.

For Xu Jun, it was very simple to crack or modify this kind of tracking app. With a cold look, he modified the core settings of the tracking program and changed the location to a school in another province.

The school was in a remote location, with a funeral home and crematorium nearby.

He also modified the messaging app. Five hours later, this location would be sent along with a message that said “I’m sorry.”

After doing all of this, Xu Jun charged the phone until the battery returned to its original state. He put it back where it belonged according to his memory. Finally, he wrote down the money he had earned these past few days, took the materials he needed for his tutoring job, and went out as if nothing had happened.

…

After receiving Xu Jun’s message that he was fine, Tao Ning was relieved. He didn’t want Song Yuceng and Xu Jun to have a grudge. Even if they couldn’t be friends, it was good for them to be strangers who didn’t bother each other.

But then he thought about his missions…

Tao Ning: System, what happens if they find out I’m targeting all of them at the same time?

System: Humph.

Tao Ning: What’s wrong?

System: I haven’t forgotten how you disliked my secret manuals last time. You don’t know, but I have so many secret manuals that talk about the consequences of being discovered for targeting multiple people at the same time.

Tao Ning thought for a few seconds and apologized humbly: I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to dislike your secret manuals… Sometimes, the secret manuals make sense.

For example, right now, he needed to know the consequences of targeting multiple people at the same time so he could prepare in advance.

The system pretended to cough a few times, and the sound of pages turning came from his mind. The system said: This one called Hehe, Three CEOs Above, Me Below says that if you get discovered by three people, your back and waist will hurt so much that you won’t be able to get out of bed for three days. And this secret manual called The Unhappy One says that if a carload of people discover you, your butt will hurt so much, and and and…

The system went on and on about the consequences of being discovered. Tao Ning summarized it and felt heavy-hearted. “So I’ll be beaten?” The consequences in the secret manuals were all about pain all over the body, with the main affected areas being the chest, waist, and butt. Sure enough, this mission was very difficult and also came with a risk to his life.

Although Tao Ning couldn’t quite imagine Zhao Jingqun, Xu Jun, and Song Yuceng beating him at the same time, he still felt it was very dangerous.

The system was stunned for a moment. “I think so, dummy. It seems like you have to be careful. You must not let them find out that you’re targeting all of them at the same time…”

Tao Ning nodded seriously, but he had another question: “What is ‘kǒukǒu’?” He had heard the system say it before but never asked. At that time, he wasn’t interested. Now, for the sake of his own safety, he had to ask more questions.

The system was a little embarrassed to explain: Actually, I don’t know either. This is a purification program that came with our smart AI when we were manufactured.

“Oh.”

Tao Ning didn’t ask anymore. He just knew that he had to be more careful in the days to come. The English corner was indeed, as Lu Jue said, a place where there were a lot of foreigners. When Tao Ning arrived, he happened to see a few blonde, blue-eyed foreign students gathered together. He had originally wanted to ask Xu Jun to teach him spoken English, but these past few days, Xu Jun had been coming and going early in the morning and late at night, and he even attended very few classes. A lingering tiredness always seemed to be on his face.

He seemed to be very busy. Tao Ning asked him what he had been doing and if Song Yuceng was still giving him a hard time.

Xu Jun shook his head and then looked at him gently, not explaining. But Tao Ning could feel his fatigue, so it was better not to bother him with such troublesome things.

Before Tao Ning even got close to them, one of the blonde guys pushed the others, a playful look on his face. Tao Ning didn’t understand this look. He greeted them softly in English: “H-Hello, I’m Tao Ning from Class 3-6. Can I be friends with you…?”

These foreigners all looked back. They saw the boy with a small face and black-rimmed glasses. Both the way he spoke and the way he looked were very country, but under the sun, his skin was so fair that it was dazzling. He looked over with his round eyes, like a naive little animal willingly walking into the dragon’s lair.

The blonde guy spoke softly to the others: “Look, isn’t this the guy who was with Tristan on the school forum? He said he wants to be friends with us.”

Oksen College had an independent forum. Tristan was Song Yuceng’s English name. Tao Ning didn’t know that a short clip of him and Song Yuceng on the rooftop had been filmed and posted on the forum, causing a huge sensation. It wasn’t just because of Song Yuceng’s personality and family background, which naturally brought a lot of discussion, but also those roses and that piano.

Because all the students at Oksen College knew that the rooftop was not only a famous stargazing spot but also a must-visit place for couples.

The title of the post was: That guy from the Song family took the country bumpkin transfer student to the lovers’ sanctuary. This eye-catching title quickly caused a sensation, and the post’s popularity went straight to the top three on the forum. The other top three topics on the forum were also inflammatory posts like “Who is the school heartthrob, Song or Xu?”

But Tao Ning, who was oblivious to everything outside and only focused on doing Olympiad math problems, knew nothing.

When the foreigners heard this, they looked at each other and giggled. Because their voices were very low and their speaking speed was fast, Tao Ning didn’t understand what they were saying. He politely introduced himself again. This time, he said his goal was to learn spoken English and that he could provide an equivalent exchange.

He could teach them Chinese and help them with other subjects. He could even charge a fee.

But throughout the entire process, only the blonde guy paid him any attention. He even extended his hand with a smile. “Sweetheart, my name is David. Your accent is so cute, but if you want to learn English from us, the fee isn’t cheap.”

Tao Ning tentatively extended his hand. David immediately grabbed it. The soft and warm touch made him praise nonstop: “Sweetheart, your hand is so fragrant.” He laughed and stroked it a few more times.

Tao Ning was stunned. He wondered if these foreigners were a little too enthusiastic? He pulled his hand back and nodded: “I can pay the tuition.”

David’s eyes darted around. “Then we have a deal. Let’s go, sweetheart. I’ll go teach you English now.” As he said this, he pulled Tao Ning into his arms. The sweet lemon scent wafted into his nose. David exaggeratedly sniffed. He then said: “Sweetheart, you really are a great treasure.”

The others around him saw this and cursed him for being disgusting.

David didn’t care at all. So Tao Ning was pushed toward the school gate. He felt that something was not right. He stopped and refused to walk. “…Where are we going to study?”

David, who was holding him and not letting him go, said: “Of course we’re going to a comfortable place to study, sweetheart. We’re not bad people. We’re classmates.”

“Okay…” The naive Tao Ning heard the second half of the sentence, and his hand, which was nervously tugging at the corner of his clothes, wasn’t so tight anymore. “O-Okay.” To him, any classmate or relative who hadn’t bullied him was a person he could trust. And these foreigners had him completely surrounded. He had nowhere to go.

“Don’t we need to go get some study materials?”

David pushed him into a Honda car and closed the door with a “bang.” “You don’t need to prepare anything, sweetheart, because that place is heaven. It has everything.”

Tao Ning’s heart was in his throat. While these people weren’t paying attention, he took out his phone and secretly sent a message to Xu Jun: Xu Jun, I need…

A hand suddenly reached over from next to him. Tao Ning, in his nervousness, hit send. David forcefully took the phone from his hand. His green eyes became heavy, and he laughed with a sinister look: “Sweetheart, you can’t use phones where we’re going to study.” He turned off the phone and threw it out the car window.

Tao Ning finally understood that he might be in trouble. He just didn’t know where these people were taking him. He calmed down and, using the distance between the cars outside and the time, calculated how far he was from the school. Fortunately, he had memorized the route the car was taking from the moment they left the school.

To not get lost in the past, he had memorized the entire map of the area within a ten-kilometer radius of Oksen College. When the car stopped, Tao Ning knew he was still near the school.

He was led out of the car by David. Tao Ning looked up. This place was relatively remote. The building in front of them had the words “Lan Jin Club” written on it in a low-key manner, which was the place Xu Jun had mentioned to him.

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