Chapter 286: I'm Not a Pig, I Know How to Flirt

Wang Minning hugged her knees with both hands, sitting on the fire escape stairs, head lowered, silent.

Just asking her to help expose corruption, to serve the people; those who don't know think she's being asked to serve men, her expression both conflicted and resentful.

This made Lin Dongfan a little gloomy.

Lin Dongfan took a puff of smoke to steady himself, then slowly advised her: "Serving the people isn't something shameful; you really don't need to dwell on it."

"I'm also one of the people; you can try serving me first, then you'll feel the joy of serving the people." Wang Minning lifted her head to look at Lin Dongfan; at this moment she looked anything but resentful, more like saying, "Granny's unbeatable in talking back, never lost—want to give it a try?"

Seeing Lin Dongfan just smoking and not speaking.

Wang Minning gave another lovely smile: "Come on, I'm ready to be served by you."

"What kind of service do you want?" With the beauty before him, Lin Dongfan's mischievous mind instantly imagined her leaning on the escalator, panting.

Sin!

This is a public place, after all.

Lin Dongfan hastily put away his conquering fantasies, adopting a serious demeanor: "I think we should sit down and talk about the great heroism and the martial spirit of serving country and people."

"But I want to play idiom chain."

"Idiom chain?"

Lin Dongfan's mind went blank for a moment—what the hell does this have to do with that? Even an adult who can't control his adrenaline wouldn't play such a highbrow boring game.

Unexpectedly, Wang Minning asked again: "Want to try coaxing me? If you can coax me well, I'll surely let you achieve your wishes, start a family and career, excel through diligence, be thrifty in managing the household, then fall into decline and flee, fleeing in disgrace."

"Your waist strength is pretty good."

Lin Dongfan patted his own waist, seriously responding with a word.

Wang Minning glanced, intentionally or not, at Lin Dongfan's crotch, her face flushing with embarrassment as she quickly turned her head aside: "Do you usually serve the people with your kidneys?"

"Sometimes I also use my heart." Lin Dongfan took a slow drag of smoke, emphasizing calmly: "Whether it's kidney or heart depends on the other's needs; I'm a tough guy who meets any demand."

"A scumbag who's hard just by saying so."

The bashful, smiling Wang Minning, the flush on her face deepened a bit.

Neither felt comfortable meeting Lin Dongfan's gaze anymore.

She stood up and went downstairs.

Fleeing in disgrace.

Lin Dongfan hurriedly followed up: "Seriously, will you help me expose corruption or not? Now Gao Lu is clenching her teeth, refusing to talk, and Feng Yuqiu is also clenching her teeth, refusing to talk; my anti-corruption effort has hit a bottleneck."

"Is this you asking me to serve the people? This is you asking me to sever ties with my kin and stab my older sister in the back." Wang Minning said while walking: "My dad died early, my mom died early, my second sister married and had no contact. It was my older sister who raised me. If I knocked off my older sister, I'd be a poor orphan with no family—who would raise me?"

Saying that, Wang Minning suddenly stopped, turned back, and looked at Lin Dongfan with a cheerful smile.

That glance back, a smile.

This made Lin Dongfan almost blurt out: "Don't go, I'll support you."

Fortunately he hit the brakes in time.

Though the line is classic, if he said it himself, his scumbag traits would be off the charts—he'd never get past the wife test.

Lin Dongfan forced out a sentence through gritted teeth: "As long as it's a problem money can solve, it's no problem for me. As long as you help me expose corruption, I can guarantee you a worry-free livelihood for the rest of your life."

"Then come find me when I can't afford to eat."

This time, Wang Minning didn't stop and look back; she ran all the way from the twelfth floor to the first in one go, and by the time she burst out of the hospital building's doors, she was braced on her knees, gasping heavily.

Lin Dongfan, trailing behind her the whole way, was also exhausted to the point of being short-tempered.

Lin Dongfan pulled out a tissue to wipe the sweat from his neck: "You can't escape my Five Finger Mountain; submit to me, don't waste this wonderful youth."

"You might as well crush me to death." Wang Minning was still panting heavily.

Lin Dongfan looked at her disheveled state with a smile: "I feel like you're street racing, but I have no evidence."

"We've chatted for six or seven years; today I plucked up the courage to ask you out. I originally thought that meeting you would be like gold wind and jade dew meeting—surpassing countless worldly beauties. I never expected you'd not mess with me, but instead be dead set on messing with my sister; your brain must have been kicked by a donkey." Wang Minning glanced resentfully at Lin Dongfan; her breath should have steadied, she straightened her back and was about to walk off.

Lin Dongfan hurriedly caught up: "You artsy homebody girls, are you all this bold now?"

"No matter how bold the sentiment, it can't accommodate your donkey-hoof brain." Wang Minning said while walking: "I've figured it out—you don't care about me at all; you just want to use me."

"I object; your accusation has no factual basis."

"Feel free to quibble."

"How many people have ended up in graves or hospitals because of your sister—you just saw them. Those people aren't related to me, yet I care about them so much; how could I not care about you?"

"Then let me ask you a question."

"Go ahead."

"If your birth mother harmed someone, and I told you to report her, would she report herself?"

"My birth mother is dead."

"Suppose she were still alive."

"Suppose who? What relation does she have to my mother? Your logic is a bit confused."

"Sorry, I was wrong; blame me for not taking into account your pig-brain's comprehension. I should have realized earlier that in the world of pigs, everyone looks like a pig. I shouldn't have hastily treated you as a person."

"Ningdiedie, how's your mood now?"

"Great."

"Since you're great, then submit to me. Even if I'm a pig, I'm a pig with ideals. Please go home, rummage through boxes and cabinets, and help me gather some criminal evidence on your sister."

"If I become a lone widow, who will support me?"

"……!!!"

"This question—damn, how did it loop back again?"

Faced with Wang Minning suddenly stopping and turning back, Lin Dongfan could only give an embarrassed grin. Even if he were really a pig, he could tell that Ningdiedie had genuinely developed feelings.

A secluded young lady untouched by society's harsh blows, her eyes full of longing for sweet love.

Considering the urgency of the anti-corruption mission.

If I don't go to hell, who will?

Lin Dongfan steeled himself and gave her an answer that was neither yes nor no: "As long as you put righteousness before family, I'll have your back from now on—I'll see to it that you get whatever wind you wish for, whatever rain you wish for."

"You look at my eyes when you speak." Wang Minlei opened wide her dark, sparkling, big eyes.

Lin Dongfan met her gaze with a smile: "I saw in your eyes a man so handsome he'd make you drop your jaw—thanks for keeping this handsome stud in your heart."

"What else did you see?" Wang Minlei asked.

Lin Dongfan gazed carefully at her watery eyes: "Tears."

"Turns out you're not blind after all." Wang Minlei finally showed a hint of a smile, tears mixed in: "If someone forced me to betray you, I definitely couldn't do it. Likewise, now you're forcing me to betray my sister—I still couldn't do it. Do you understand? Why do you insist on making me choose between the two? I just want to live happily."

"……!!!"

Faced with this sincere and touching scene, Lin Dongfan was momentarily speechless.

He couldn't help wondering if he had really been too much.

"What does 'close as siblings' mean? It means standing by someone no matter what they do wrong, never parting, sharing weal and woe—that's what being close as siblings is."

"If kin can be easily betrayed, are they still kin?"

Lin Dongfan handed Wang Minlei a tissue sheepishly: "Sorry, I didn't consider your feelings. Just pretend I never said anything—I sincerely hope you stay happy forever."

"Pighead, you insist on making her cry."

Wang Minlei took the tissue, turned her head aside, and silently wiped her tears.

At that moment her heart felt warm.

But this warmth came fast and left just as fast; when she returned home and happened to see what her sister was doing, she was quickly shocked to the point of her heart turning cold as water.