Seeing Qi Xingzhou step in front of her, Jiang Ning took the opportunity to stand up and walked out from behind him.
She held up her cellphone and gestured to Shen Guang, "The message just now, I sent it to you."
Shen Guang stood frozen, his hands and feet ice-cold, looking at the somewhat familiar Jiang Ning but unable to recall where he had seen her before. His eyes were wary, and he did not speak.
Jiang Ning’s gaze fell on the patch of greenery not far behind him, "Go call your two roommates over. Aren’t you together?"
"You, how would you know that!" Shen Guang exclaimed in shock.
Jiang Ning kept a steady gaze and simply said, "Go quickly."
Her tone was faint, and to the ears, it felt imposing without anger.
Conveniently, Shen Guang was somewhat scared to confront the situation alone, and he turned around to find Bao Huai and Chang Sunhuang hiding behind the greenery.
Indeed, just now in the dormitory, Shen Guang did not dare to come alone, and Bao Huai, along with Chang Sunhuang, knew that the three of them were in this together, so they discussed it and decided that Shen Guang would go to see who the other party was and what their purpose might be, while Bao Huai and Chang Sunhuang would follow behind and act according to the situation.
Now, seeing that Shen Guang had actually come over, Chang Sunhuang immediately asked, "What’s the matter? Why so soon?"
Bao Huai also asked, "Is the person who sent the message those two? What did they say?"
"It was that girl who sent the message; she’s asking us to go over," Shen Guang replied, continuing before the two could get angry, "She didn’t say anything, her first sentence was to have me bring you both with me. She knows about your existence."
Upon hearing this, Bao Huai and Chang Sunhuang instantly regretted coming down with Shen Guang.
The two thought they had not hidden well enough and thus were discovered by Jiang Ning. After all, during the previous chat on the phone, the other party had not mentioned the two of them.
The three approached Jiang Ning as if bracing for death, Bao Huai and Shen Guang were just as timid, trembling inside, but upon seeing Jiang Ning’s fair and delicate facial features, he was startled and blurted out, "Jiang Ning?!"
Jiang Ning raised an eyebrow and glanced at him.
Bao Huai stared at Jiang Ning, his tone now certain, "You are Jiang Ning?"
His words, like a bolt from the blue.
Jiang Ning, who was recognized, had not yet responded when Shen Guang and Chang Sunhuang both turned their attention to her face.
Shen Guang, with a look of shock, realized why Jiang Ning looked familiar – wasn’t this the face he had seen often on his phone screen a while back!
Besides her appearance on a variety show a short time ago, which was captured by all-encompassing, high-definition beauty cameras, Jiang Ning’s other appearances on the trending searches were shot by passersby or security footage, so it was no wonder that Shen Guang had not recognized her at first glance.
When they decided to exploit the popularity of Miss Terminal Illness, the three had searched for a lot of information about Miss Terminal Illness on the internet, and they naturally also knew about the netizens’ speculation whether Jiang Ning was Miss Terminal Illness or not.
The three had previously scoffed at this claim; although Jiang Ning wasn’t fully in the public eye, she was somewhat of a public figure.
If she were Miss Terminal Illness, she would have admitted it long ago. Why keep hiding it and turn away such a significant opportunity for exposure?
But now, with Jiang Ning herself standing in front of them, they began to doubt their initial skepticism.
Bao Huai fought to suppress the panic within him and asked with calm, "Did you come to find us because we rode on the coattails of Miss Terminal Illness’s popularity?"
Upon reflection, this seemed to be the most rational explanation.
Of course, the three were also particularly hoping that Jiang Ning was approaching them for this reason and not because she had discovered something else.
Shen Guang and Bao Huai stood beside her, their bodies tense, hands clenched into fists.
The three held their breath, waiting for Jiang Ning’s reply.
Seeing that the three still intended to test and hide, Jiang Ning’s voice turned cold, "Still pretending? Which one of you is Little Zhou’s father? Deceiving the goodwill of netizens to use their donations for yourselves, you are all adults; surely I don’t need to remind you of the consequences of such actions, right?"
The chilly tone was very daunting.
Already terrified inside, Shen Guang and Bao Huai broke down and fell to their knees on the spot.