Chapter 35

Well, since she had the phone number, adding him on WeChat wouldn’t hurt, right?

WeChat was more convenient than a phone number.

Besides, since Ke Xin had managed to add him, there was no reason she shouldn’t be able to.

So, she opened her WeChat contacts and tried to add the phone number.

However, strangely, when she saw the contact she needed to add, the add button was gray.

This indicated that she had already added Zhou Jingyu as a friend previously.

Wen Tang: ?

She looked more closely.

The large letter—Y???

She squinted again.

It was still… Y???

Even the profile picture was the familiar black image!!!

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Wasn’t this Gong Yue’s WeChat?

… Why was Zhou Jingyu also this???

Wen Tang couldn’t believe it and double-checked the phone number.

The number was correct.

She hadn’t made a mistake.

Wen Tang could hardly believe what she was seeing!

【What’s Gong Yue’s phone number? Send it to me!】

Wen Tang hurriedly texted Ke Xin.

A moment later.

Kexin responded confusedly: 【Tang Tang, why do you need his phone number?】

Wen Tang: 【Don’t ask, just send it!】

【1385068XXXX】

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Ke Xin: 【Oh, I just noticed, Gong Yue’s number and Zhou Jingyu’s number are exactly the same except for one digit!】

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Wen Tang also compared the numbers.

Indeed, there was only one digit difference.

Still not convinced, she went back to WeChat and searched for Gong Yue’s ID using the number Ke Xin provided.

The WeChat ID profile picture was an animated character, Luffy from One Piece, and the name was completely different from Zhou Jingyu’s!

Wen Tang: “…”

She was about to break down.

Taking a few deep breaths, at this moment, Wen Tang’s mind flooded with various scenes from her chats with him.

No wonder she felt something was off when meeting Gong Yue after chatting with him.

No wonder she felt he was different from Gong Yue, like Gong Yue was a completely different person.

No wonder, even though the chat was so pleasant, she never had the urge to look at Gong Yue more than once on the set.

It turned out… she had been adding the wrong person all along?!!!

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Opening Zhou Jingyu’s WeChat, looking at the familiar chat history, and scrolling up, she found all the naive things she had said, mistaking him for Gong Yue, pretending to admire him, showering him with compliments, encouraging him, and being all flirtatious.

Wen Tang fell into deep silence.

This was a social death scene.

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So… did he know who she really was?

Did he know she was Wen Tang?

She had mistaken him for Gong Yue, but did he know she was wrong and how did he view her, knowing she mistook him for someone else while chatting with her every day?

Also, did he think she was Wen Qing?

Who was Wen Qing?

Why did he think she was her?

Given the situation, Wen Tang realized that Wen Qing was not a small-time actress.

At this moment, Wen Tang suddenly remembered another person mentioned in the Baidu encyclopedia.

Zhou Jingyu, head of the Shengling Group.

… Wen Qing, daughter of the Qiyang Group chairman.

Only this identity could match him.

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So, he not only knew she had mistaken him for someone else but also knew she had been lying to him all along.

He had asked if she was Wen Qing, and she had answered affirmatively.

But she had used the name of the small-time Wen Qing, completely excluding the wealthy Wen Qing.

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No wonder he had been indifferent to her during that time.

Everything now had an explanation.

It turned out he already knew she was deceiving him.

And how could he be someone who could tolerate deceit?

But later, they seemed to get along so well.

Wen Tang stared at the WeChat chat interface with Zhou Jingyu for a long time, her mind in turmoil. Her hands hovered in the air for a long time before she hesitantly and heavily opened the toolbar and tapped on the voice call.

Even if it was just to explain the feelings she had invested in the past month.

She no longer cared about anything!

She needed to know the truth. She wanted to understand why he had been unusually patient and caring in the past few days, and if his sudden change in attitude was because… he knew who she really was!

In an instant, the WeChat ringtone echoed in the room.

Each ring struck Wen Tang’s heart.

Every second was torture.

Her heart pounded.

Zhou Jingyu did not pick up immediately, but he did answer eventually.

After a while, the sound stopped abruptly, and as the screen showed the call duration, Wen Tang, in a flurry, suddenly hung up the call.

No, she wasn’t ready yet.

She was feeling a bit flustered.

She was even afraid.

She was afraid of hearing Zhou Jingyu’s voice.

Almost at the same time Wen Tang hung up the call, she sighed in relief, and suddenly, the ringtone rang out again in the room!

Wen Tang was so startled that she nearly dropped her phone!

She saw the familiar profile picture on the incoming voice call and quickly tapped to hang up.

The room fell silent once more.

Soon, a new message appeared on the screen.

【Y: ?】

After a moment.

【Y: … Did you find out?】

When Zhou Jingyu gave his business card to Ke Xin, he had already prepared for Wen Tang to discover his true identity.

For some reason, Wen Tang seemed to have misunderstood him. Despite his good mood and available time, his messages remained unanswered.

If that was the case, he might as well lay all his cards on the table.

However, chatting online wasn’t his strong suit.

He could no longer be satisfied with just online communication.

He hoped to take things further with her.

After the message, Zhou Jingyu remained silent. After about two minutes, another voice call came through.

This time, Wen Tang answered.

Inside the phone, Zhou Jingyu’s cold voice came through, slightly different from usual.

But Wen Tang was so unsettled that she couldn’t quite detect the difference.

Zhou Jingyu: “Open the door. I’m outside.”

In the short time since, Zhou Jingyu had already arrived at her doorstep!

Wen Tang jumped up from the bed!

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At this moment, she suddenly realized that Zhou Jingyu wasn’t just the person she had been chatting with on WeChat for over a month—he was also her neighbor! They lived in the same building, door to door!!

Wen Tang went to open the door.

As the door swung open, Wen Tang saw Zhou Jingyu standing there.

He had changed into a different set of clothes.

He was impeccably handsome, with wide shoulders and a narrow waist, long legs, and an appearance so striking it was almost unreal. In an instant, he captivated all of Wen Tang’s attention.

Wen Tang stared at him, dazed.

At that moment, her emotions were a mix of feelings.

She blinked, forgetting everything else.

She just looked at him.

He was still the same person as before, but somehow, he felt different.

Zhou Jingyu looked at her too, and from such a close distance, he could see her face clearly. Her skin was as smooth as freshly peeled white eggs, her eyes were big and round, her lashes were long, and there was a small mole at the corner of her eye. She was indeed very beautiful, unlike any other actress he had seen.

Standing at the door, they gazed at each other for a long while, with Wen Tang still silent.

The gaze felt eternal.

Zhou Jingyu didn’t move; his clenched fists at his sides betrayed his current feelings.

He had never felt so much like waiting for the person before him to make a judgment.

After a while, Wen Tang moved aside to make space.

“Do you want to come in?” Wen Tang asked.

Zhou Jingyu shook his head: “No, it’s too late.”

He shouldn’t have come knocking so late. However, in a moment of impulse, he felt that some things needed to be said face to face to be clear.

If he wasn’t coming in, so be it.

After all, there were only the two of them on this floor.

Wen Tang had a ton of questions, but upon seeing Zhou Jingyu, she suddenly couldn’t remember anything.

“You… When did you know it was me?”

Finally, Wen Tang looked at Zhou Jingyu and asked.

Zhou Jingyu answered honestly: “Since I came back from Liuzhou.”

“It was because of your Moments and the cat.”

Wen Tang often posted about her cat on her Moments, and after seeing her cat, it was hard for him not to figure out the truth.

Wen Tang remembered that one night when she returned his clothes, her cat had run out of her house, which he saw.

So he had known back then?

She hadn’t expected the issue to come from her Moments and the cat.

Thinking back, when she had added him, she had been proud of her cat, believing it would help her maintain an image of someone who liked pets and was caring.

Wen Tang: “…”

Success or failure lies in the details.

However, Wen Tang was assertive, especially in front of those close to her.

She was not only rational but also determined.

“I lied to you, saying I was Wen Qing, and that’s my fault. But you knew I had mistaken you for Gong Yue, yet you didn’t come clean. Don’t you think you have a problem too?”

Wen Tang crossed her arms and glared at Zhou Jingyu, almost accusing him.

She didn’t think it was entirely her fault.

He had known all along but still watched her make a fool of herself. She didn’t know what kind of mood he had been in while chatting with her during this time when he knew the truth.

It was unimaginable.

Also, they were neighbors, living right across from each other, and she seemed to have never given him a pleasant look.

What did he think of her?

Every time she thought of this, Wen Tang’s heart twisted.

She couldn’t help but want to argue with Zhou Jingyu.

Fortunately, Zhou Jingyu was right in front of her, and his sudden appearance saved her a lot of thinking time.

But she didn’t realize that her angry and cold questioning was quite different from her usual way of getting upset. Her voice, though cold, carried a hint of petulance, not as harsh as it seemed. Her eyes, while fierce, lacked visible anger and looked somewhat pretentious. Her lips were subconsciously slightly pouted, resembling a child’s sulk.

Zhou Jingyu was confronted by Wen Tang. He pressed his lips together, not wanting Wen Tang to misunderstand anything. However, recalling why he hadn’t revealed his identity after learning it was her, he felt a mix of complex and secret dissatisfaction. At this moment, he couldn’t think of any justifications.

Wen Tang took Zhou Jingyu’s silence as an admission of guilt and was speechless.

“Humph! You did it on purpose!” she said angrily.

When she was angry, she immediately shifted to being the victim.

Girls seemed to be quite adept at this kind of thing.

He sighed and said, “It wasn’t intentional.”

Wen Tang’s large eyes stared at him, waiting for an explanation.

Zhou Jingyu had never been this close to any girl before, close enough to smell the faint scent of her bath products.

Zhou Jingyu lowered his head and spoke softly to Wen Tang, “It wasn’t intentional. It’s just that later on, I didn’t find the right opportunity to confess.”

“What if I hadn’t found out? Would you have never confessed?” Wen Tang questioned.

Zhou Jingyu helplessly said, “You ignored me.”

So, he had no choice but to find a way to let her know the truth.

Wen Tang made a sulky sound, not realizing that it was him. She had thought he was really Gong Yue and even considered blocking him.

However, whether it was Zhou Jingyu or Gong Yue, she couldn’t face him so quickly.

Zhou Jingyu sighed, “Wen Tang, I didn’t mean to deceive you.”

This time, Wen Tang was silent for a few seconds.

Then she looked up at Zhou Jingyu.

“Zhou Jingyu, wait a moment.” She had never been this conflicted before. Even with Zhou Jingyu standing right in front of her, admitting it in person, it felt unbelievable.

“Let me think about it. I don’t know what attitude I should take towards you now.”

In the end, Wen Tang said this.

Zhou Jingyu responded with a “mm,” not surprised by her reaction.

Back then, when he learned her true identity, he had also been conflicted for a period.

“You need time, as much as you need. But can you promise me one thing?”

Wen Tang looked at him, puzzled.

Zhou Jingyu reached out and gently ruffled her hair, something he had wanted to do for a long time.

“Let things happen naturally, and don’t overthink.”

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