Chapter 1354: Chapter 1353: Should I Just Crash Into Them?

But at this moment, there’s noise coming from the mansion-side, and it seems like the butler is calling someone. To avoid being seen by him, Su Zining hurriedly hid behind a big tree.

Seeing the butler’s silhouette walking away, Su Zining finally breathed a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, the butler had followed him out. If he had been discovered and word reached old master Xiao’s ears, his reputation would have suffered.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Su Zining decided to leave first, fearing he would become the topic of gossip if he stayed any longer.

Unfortunately, there were no transportation tools here—not even a shared bike. The maids use the household’s special cars to go grocery shopping; there are definitely no shared bikes around.

Luckily, the mobile phone with the new number still had GPS. If that wasn’t available, it would really be over. Thinking of this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Opening the map and entering the location, he saw there were still 60 kilometers to the city.

This was truly a headache.

And for the evening banquet, he had spent almost all his money, so there was no money for a cab. He could only book the closest location and walk downhill.

Had he known, he would have gone downhill with Xiao Zhen. He didn’t expect things to be this awkward today.

Moreover, the difficulty of finding a path made walking exhausting. By the time he descended, his suit was pretty much ruined, and no cars could be found at the base of the mountain, just a cargo truck heading in the opposite direction.

"Today is really unlucky." Su Zining brushed off the weeds on his clothes, feeling absolutely shabby—worse than before. Had he known it would be this tough, he wouldn’t have rushed to come over.

He didn’t see Xiao Keyi; instead, he ended up looking like a muddy figure.

Frustrated, not knowing where to vent his anger, he kicked a stone by the roadside.

"Ouch!"

The pain on his face was sharp, twisting his expression, as he lifted his leg and shook it, watching his shoe fly off.

Moreover, the shoe was broken.

The front had split from its glue, separating the upper and sole, the leather damaged—it looked incredibly shabby.

"Damn it, isn’t the Xiao Family supposed to be high-class? Here I am, supposedly one of their esteemed members, and this is how they treat me."

The more he thought, the angrier he became, but with no transportation available, he could only limp and keep walking.

He finally spotted a tricycle, pulled out two hundred yuan, and had the driver take him to the city outskirts.

Yet upon arriving at Ku City, the driver refused to continue.

"If you wait here a little longer, there’ll be cars coming by. My electric tricycle is running out of power; I need to head home. But I’ll refund you a hundred."

Su Zining wanted to persist, but was directly pushed onto the highway by the old man.

And that hundred yuan was never refunded.

Clearly, the electric bike had plenty of power—it was just unwilling to run.

At this time, Jiang Na’s film crew happened to be there. After finishing their wirework scenes, they planned to celebrate and everyone got into cars heading to the city.

Unexpectedly, someone blocked their way in front, prompting the driver assistant to shout, "Seeing a car, shouldn’t you step aside? This vehicle isn’t meant for stopping!"

Feeling parched after finally seeing a vehicle, Su Zining realized he’d perish if he stayed longer.

And so, he stood right in front of the car. Regardless of their willingness to take him, they had no choice but to take him; Su Zining had resolved.

Seeing that Su Zining remained in place, the assistant was helpless and turned back, asking, "Boss, what should we do? There’s a homeless person blocking us, what should we do? Do we dare to drive forward?"

Director Wang chuckled, "You mean you dare? Not unless you want to hit him!"

The assistant was at a loss, "Director, stop teasing me—I can’t just plow through. My family can’t afford that; you better think of something."

Jiang Na was exhausted, sitting in the back seat. Hearing conversations ahead, she closed her eyes again.

Later, she noticed Director Wang seemed to get out for negotiations, and the man ended up in the trunk.

Anyhow, it didn’t matter; Jiang Na wasn’t curious.

"Nana, we’re here, let’s get off." Jiang Na’s assistant called.

Jiang Na opened her eyes—it was night already, the moon was out. Fortunately, street lamps were on, and all malls were bright.

Just as she prepared to leave, seeing Director Wang hadn’t gotten back, Jiang Na shouted while approaching, "Director Wang, you’re not thinking of skipping dinner with us, are you?"

"What are you doing in the trunk? Wow, why is there a person here?"

Jiang Na and Su Zining’s eyes met, instantly prompting unease.

"You..."

Jiang Na began to speak.

Su Zining hobbled past her in a hurry, "You’ve mistaken me for someone else."

The assistant straightened Jiang Na’s clothes irritably, "How can someone be like this? Clearly stranded without a car. Our director kindly gave him a ride, yet he’s so arrogant now. If it wasn’t for Director Wang in Ku City, he’d starve out there tonight."

Jiang Na felt her mind in chaos. Although others might not know him, Jiang Na recognized him—wasn’t it Su Zining?

And they had met yesterday. He had appeared rather cultured then, so why was he acting so differently today, and seemed so resentful?

Could old master Xiao have rejected Su Zining? That’s impossible; didn’t old master Xiao favor him? 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Director Wang shook his head, initially spotting the young man’s helplessness, thus volunteering assistance. Who knew the youngster would turn out so vile after exploiting him?

"Nana, it’s my fault for taking him in, but are you alright?"

Director Wang was quite worried, and Jiang Na shook her head, "I know that person, just met yesterday. It’s fine, let’s all have dinner."

Xiao Keyi had finished working by then and after hearing from the maid that Su Zining was also at the house, she didn’t want to go home and sat alone in the office.

Although very dissatisfied with Xu Ke’s pretentiousness, whether Su Zining was fate’s choice for her meant nothing; she simply didn’t like him.

Looking at the night view outside, this appeared the most tranquil.

Originally planning a birthday surprise for her grandfather, ended up with everyone feeling like this.

Instead, everyone was engulfed in awkwardness.

Observing the media’s portrayals, making her and Su Zining a match as though with compatible talents and beauty—the hype media created was senseless, totally unworthy of belief.

Regrettably, these media outlets were skilled in shaping narratives.

Moreover, another trending topic exposed Xiao Group’s branch chairman Xu Ke posing as the wealthy; everyone condemned Xu Ke for taking over.

Even Xiao Group’s official Weibo responded, not acknowledging Xu Ke as the branch chairman.

Today must have been very tough for him, right?

Xiao Keyi couldn’t help aching inside, wondering when they reached this point?