Chapter 257: Shocked Zhang Hao! Damn, He

"The Source Water Wasteland, haven't come here in a long time."

By the car, Xu Jingming gazed with emotion at the familiar wasteland in the distance.

The last time he left, he could say he was chased away by a rat tide.

Yet only half a year later, he could almost walk freely across the Source Water Wasteland.

"Only need to avoid higher mid-tier fifth-rank beasts; whether the Source Water Wasteland even has ten such fifth-rank beasts is doubtful."

Shaking his head, Xu Jingming pressed the auto-park button on the car key.

"Shhh—"

Behind him, the ice-blue sports car's scissor doors closed automatically and drove toward the nearest parking lot.

From Metropolis to Source Water City, taking the high-speed rail takes over an hour—not too long.

But from Source Water City's high-speed rail station, taking a regular taxi here still takes an hour.

So Xu Jingming simply borrowed Jiang Chuxuan's sports car.

This high-end sports car, with a top speed of over 400 kilometers per hour, took less than fifty minutes to drive from Metropolis to Source Water Supply Base.

More convenient than the high-speed rail.

"Autonomous parking with self-driving function! This is definitely Jiang's goddess's car!"

"I have a feeling my Jiang goddess is going to leave me..."

"Done, completely done!"

"......"

Jiang Chuxuan's artificial intelligence was added by herself; the original factory model had none.

This signature capability undoubtedly confirmed the car's origin.

This caused some of Jiang Chuxuan's fans on the square to cry out in anguish, wailing that their goddess was gone.

Had Xu Jingming's aura of pressure not been overwhelmingly strong, someone might have approached to demand answers.

Xu Jingming had anticipated this scene before arriving.

His relationship with Jiang Chuxuan would inevitably be exposed sooner or later, so he didn't care.

Besides, if he was with Jiang Chuxuan, why should he care about these people's opinions?

So he paid no attention to the murmurs.

Thus, under countless stares, he strode forward with steady steps into the Source Water Wasteland.

Jiang Chuxuan might have a boyfriend!

For some diehard fans, this was a thunderclap from a clear sky.

But for the general public, it was nothing much.

Especially for some adepts who ran their own online accounts, it felt like they'd smelled the scent of a trending topic.

Soon after Xu Jingming entered the wasteland,

a flood of explosive headlines appeared online, such as "Shocking! Jiang's Goddess Behind-the-Scenes Man Is Him!" and "Big News! Jiang's Goddess Has a Boyfriend!"

These spread rapidly through Jiang Chuxuan's various fan groups...

Jiangnan Province, Jiang'an Polytechnic University, Dormitory 3, Room 305.

Zhang Hao, just waking from his afternoon nap, yawned and climbed down from the top bunk.

He was about to wash his face with cold water to wake up and fix his hairstyle.

At that moment, another roommate, scrolling on his phone, suddenly let out a sharp cry:

"Holy shit! Ah Hao, look quick! Jiang's Goddess might have a boyfriend!"

"What?"

Zhang Hao's drowsy eyes instantly snapped wide open; he lunged to his roommate's side, exclaiming in disbelief:

"Liu Chang, if you're lying to me, you're done for!"

Like him, roommate Liu Chang was also a fan of Jiang Chuxuan, though he was often unreliable.

"Why would I lie to you for no reason? Here, look yourself."

Liu Chang quickly shoved his phone into Zhang Hao's face.

On the screen was an article titled "Shocking! Jiang's Goddess Behind-the-Scenes Man Is Him!"

The article's text wasn't long; a quick glance.

Zhang Hao understood the whole story at once, his brow furrowing:

"Driving Jiang's Goddess's car does suggest a close relationship—but is there a photo? Can we confirm it's real?"

As a diehard fan of Jiang Chuxuan, he'd seen articles like this before; most were fake news.

Without photographic proof, he wouldn't believe it easily—even with photos, it might still be fake.

"Scroll down, there's more."

Liu Chang muttered, "I'm not sure if that's really Jiang's Goddess's car."

He'd become a fan only after college, dragged in by Zhang Hao, and couldn't tell fine details.

"No problem, I can tell."

With a finger swipe, an image of an ice-blue sports car appeared in Zhang Hao's vision.

As a diehard fan, he'd seen Jiang Chuxuan's sports car many times before.

He could even recite the license plate number; he quickly confirmed its authenticity:

"License plate correct, body color right, no Photoshop traces—this is definitely Jiang's Goddess's car."

"No wonder you're the group admin of our school's fan club—you're amazing!" Liu Chang immediately gave a thumbs-up.

"Amazing my ass! I'd rather this were a fake photo."

Zhang Hao cursed under his breath, then said helplessly:

"Do you have a photo of that man? I really want to see who exactly managed to win Goddess Jiang's heart."

Unlike those extreme fans, he was the rational type—even if Jiang Chuxuan had a boyfriend, he would choose to bless them.

Of course, the prerequisite was that the guy truly had to be worthy of Jiang Chuxuan.

"It's right at the back."

Having been cursed at, Liu Chang ducked his head and added in a small voice:

"Just from looks alone, he really is handsome, and a great match for Goddess Jiang, but I don't have info on other aspects."

"Oh?"

Zhang Hao raised an eyebrow slightly, a little surprised.

You have to know,

when they're all guys, they absolutely will never admit another man is more handsome than themselves.

Liu Chang was even more so—even some big-screen stars would earn nothing more than a "so-so" from him at best.

If even Liu Chang said he was handsome, then the guy definitely wasn't ordinary.

Could he really be that handsome?

Zhang Hao was a little curious.

Among the guys he knew, the one with the highest looks was his high school buddy Xu Jingming.

Of course,

in front of him, he would never admit that.

Carrying a hint of curiosity, Zhang Hao kept scrolling down, and another few lines of text came into view:

"Gathering info isn't easy, please hit that follow button, and allow me to slip in a tiny little ad..."

"You f***ing—running an ad right now?!"

Zhang Hao nearly spat blood.

His finger hurriedly swiped down, skipping past seven or eight pages of ad content, before finally landing on a proper photo.

In the photo, a tall figure stood beside an ice-blue sports car.

Although it was only a back view, one could still make out that extraordinary bearing.

"Huh, why does that back look kind of familiar?"

Zhang Hao kept scrolling down, and another photo appeared—this time a front shot.

Although the angle was a bit tilted, clearly a candid shot, at least the face could be seen clearly.

Mm, this guy really was very handsome.

More importantly, Zhang Hao already knew him.

It was none other than his high school buddy!

"Huh?" Zhang Hao was completely dumbfounded.

He had never, ever expected that Jiang Chuxuan's boyfriend would be Xu Jingming!

Only after a good while did he come back to his senses and mutter to himself:

"Good lad! Hiding it pretty deep! Didn't say a word last time you came back for winter break! No, I have to make a call and ask."

Meanwhile,

Xu Jingming, who had already entered the Source Water Wilderness Zone, naturally knew nothing of this and couldn't take any calls.

He was seizing every moment to kill as many fierce beasts as possible......