Chapter 260 I Am Her Boyfriend

"I am her boyfriend."

Such a statement wouldn't be shocking, but everyone gasped in shock when they heard it - because both men said it at the same time!

Xue Ning wanted to scream into her hands. What was this nonsense? The worst thing she wanted to happen was happening right in front of her eyes!

"Huh? You are both her boyfriends?" Chun Fei asked in confusion. Surely she must have misheard. "That can't be?"

"Why does she have two boyfriends and I can't even get one?" One young woman, Mei Yuan, lamented.

"Oh that poor man! He's been cucked!" Madame Lee exclaimed.

"Cucked? Are you sure? Maybe he just had one-sided feelings for Li Xue Ning!"

"Oh please, have you seen him? Which woman would stick with her boyfriend when confronted with someone like him?"

"Wait, so you mean the other guy must have been cucked! Oh god!"

"Wow, who knew the little Li daughter had such skill to seduce two men…"

"Aiya, why are you saying this like it's something to be proud of?"

"Yeah! That just means she's a playgirl!"

"A slut more like it!" Lao Wang exclaimed hotly, thumping his chest. "The nerve!"

"How dare she!"

"No wonder that man sent Mayor Poh and his wife to jail… she was manipulating him all this while!"

"Tsk tsk, this girl really has no morals!"

"Her parents clearly aren't doing a good job of teaching her!"

"Well, what can you expect, they're just noodle stall owners."

Great, just great. Xue Ning rubbed her temples as the crowd around her gave her increasingly hostile looks. They thought she was cheating on Wei Yan with Jingwei! As she shut her eyes, she missed the brief look of restrained smugness that crossed Wei Yan's face, before it was replaced with abject shock and sorrow.

He didn't want to back Miss Li into a corner, but that was a small sacrifice he had to make for his plan to work.

He'll make it up to her once they are actually dating! He's sure they would make a much better couple than her and Sun Jingwei.

Jingwei took a deep breath to calm himself down, trying not to beat the shit out of Wei Yan even if he really deserved it. He leaned down to whisper in Xue Ning's ear, uncaring of the flurry of whispers that emerged at his actions. From a certain angle, it looked like he was pressing a kiss to her cheek.

The crowd grew more outraged - this adulterous couple was too much! How dare they flaunt their relationship in front of everyone!

To Xue Ning's horror, the crowd didn't stop there. Some people even had the nerve to knock on the Li family house, demanding her parents come out to see her adulterous daughter.

"Oi! Noodle Li and your wife! How did you guys bring up your daughter! She's two-timing men now!"

"Come out! Don't hide away!"

"Yah, take responsibility!"

"What is it?" Her parents asked as they peered outside, only to blanch at the large crowd that gathered. It was like a mob out for a witch hunt! They were only missing the torches, pitchforks and rakes.

"Li Tai Xuan! Come out and see what a good woman your sister has grown up to become!"

"That poor man… saddled with such a terrible family!"

"What's going on?" Tai Xuan wondered, feeling pissed that his peaceful afternoon was disrupted with such nonsense. He had a feeling it was Sun Jingwei's fault!

"You and Xin Yu stay inside," Tai Cheng commanded. "Your mom and I will go out to see what's going on!"

A sane person would just hide away in their homes, but Tai Cheng and Yue Niang weren't too sane to begin with. They shared a look and then proceeded to grab their garden hose.

"Are you sure?" Tai Xuan asked, worried. "I don't think it's safe…"

"We'll be just fine," Yue Niang promised, her eyes ready to kill. Beating up Poh Jin Lian had awakened the long-dormant bloodlust inside her, and now there was a new chance to sate it. In fact, it was delivered right to her doorstep!

They had a bug infestation to take care of.

The people gathered at the front of her house shrieked as freezing cold water was doused all over them without any warning. They immediately scattered, but they didn't disperse. Instead, they remained glaring at the house even though they stood there with clothes soaked in water, hair drenched to the bone and dripping water everywhere.

"Sorry," Yue Niang said, not sounding apologetic at all. "I was watering the plants, didn't see you there."

"You shameless woman!" One of them screamed. Her coiffure was ruined!

"What did you expect? Li Xue Ning had to learn the bad behaviour from somewhere!" Another woman screamed. Some of the more perverted onlookers took a chance to ogle at her sexy underwear.

"If you have the guts, come out and face us!" They demanded hotly, and were greeted with another spray of the hose.

"Hey! Stop harassing my family!" Xue Ning roared.

"Why should we?" was the haughty reply given by the townspeople.

"Yeah, I'm not listening to someone that cheats on her boyfriend!"

"Hey, what do you want to do?" Jingwei asked her worriedly. "I'll follow your lead."

"I don't know," Xue Ning said, her mind whirling at all the possibilities in her head. She didn't want their relationship exposed, but she didn't like fake dating Wei Yan any more than Jingwei did. She hated lying, and it was the initial lie that snowballed into this mess! An angry mob was so close to beating down her house, and her parents were wasting water trying to get them to disperse!

It was one thing for them to turn against her, it was another thing for them to turn on her family. She had to put a stop to it now.

"Let's… just tell them the truth," Xue Ning said with a sad slump of her shoulders as she whispered back. Jingwei's heart nearly shattered at the look in her eyes. His darling looked so defeated! Even if they were arguing, he never wanted this despondent look to make itself at home on her face.

"I'm so tired of lying. If we don't come clean today, people will find out eventually."

"Alright," Jingwei agreed. "Whatever happens, we'll deal with it together." He then turned to the crowd and cleared his throat.