Chapter 67: Getting Caught During a Checkup
Just as Jiang Yun had expected, the cooperation process between the two afterward was extremely ordinary, and there were no extra interactions.
The entire song was not very long, so they quickly finished it despite some stumbling along the way.
“Phew, it’s finally done. Honestly, the pressure was pretty huge!”
Pu Tong nodded in agreement.
When you do something alone, you can basically do whatever you want and it doesn’t matter much. But once something involves cooperation, there is always a strange sense of responsibility.
It was just like the difference between ordinary homework and group assignments...
“I’ll check the melody.” Pu Tong took the simplified music score Yu Wanwan had written and prepared to review it.
“I was just about to ask you to look at it. I was worried I might have made a mistake somewhere...”
Her handwriting was elegant and neat.
Although it was handwritten, it was still very clear and easy to understand. It was already a qualified piece of sheet music that a singer could pick up and sing from.
The only flaw was that one section of the melody had some corrections written on it.
That was the exact part where Yu Wanwan had previously been unsure and tested it herself on the guitar.
Pu Tong looked at the score and quickly hummed through it to verify it. It was exactly the same as the original song in his memory.
“No problem. You did a great job!” Pu Tong rarely praised her so openly.
If he had done it alone, he probably would have needed at least two or three nights.
“It was nothing. I also learned a lot during the process...”
That was the truth.
Hearing a song once and personally recreating it were two completely different experiences. After going through the entire process, Yu Wanwan felt that she had improved a lot. She also couldn’t help but admire the excellence of this song again.
They were clearly the same age, yet he could write such an amazing song?
Pu Tong lightly played a section of the song on the guitar and didn’t find any problems, so he finally put the guitar down.
“Your guitar skills are really good...” Yu Wanwan said curiously. “It feels like something you couldn’t have learned in just a short time, right?”
“You’re pretty good at playing too.” Pu Tong avoided answering directly.
Yu Wanwan glanced at him and stopped herself from continuing to ask.
The two packed up their things and walked out of the recording studio one after another.
“You two are done?” Jiang Yun, who had been sitting nearby playing with her phone, asked. “That was pretty fast.”
A rare chance for them to be alone, and these two actually didn’t know how to make use of it?
“It’s time to go home and study!” Pu Tong muttered. “There’s still enough time to do two more questions.”
“Seems like... you’re right.”
She finally understood why these two had made no progress at all.
This guy had become completely obsessed with studying and had built a wall around his heart.
The three of them left the building and got back into the same car they came in.
“Where do you live? I’ll send you home.”
Jiang Yun fastened her seatbelt and turned around to ask. “It’s actually quite far from the city center.”
“This is too much trouble!” Pu Tong said.
Having her drive him home too meant another long trip there and back.
“I told you before, if you help someone, help them all the way.” Yu Wanwan interrupted.
“That’s what I said earlier.”
“Then I’ll trouble you...”
Pu Tong gave them his residential area’s name, then leaned back in his seat and began enjoying the night scenery outside.
The city lights outside were dazzling, and the endless traffic noise filled the streets.
Watching the night view from the car was a small but peaceful comfort.
Click.
Yu Wanwan quickly raised her phone and secretly took a picture.
“You’re taking pictures of the scenery again?”
“The night view is pretty nice, hehe...” Yu Wanwan openly raised her phone, showing the scenery outside.
She had even learned how to take pictures of other things to cover her real intentions...
“You two are both pretty good at guitar. Why not form a band?” Jiang Yun joked while driving.
Of course, she was only teasing. Who would become a famous celebrity and then go start a band?
“Good idea. I can be the guitar hero.”
“Guitar...”
Yu Wanwan was about to complain about his strange title, but she was interrupted by a ringing sound.
It was Jiang Yun’s car phone.
“Let me see...” She glanced at the caller ID, and her expression instantly became strange.
“Wanwan, it’s your dad.”
“Huh?”
Pu Tong and Yu Wanwan were shocked at the same time.
Stop the car! Let me get out!
If her father found out that she and Yu Wanwan were currently together, wouldn’t that be disastrous?
Avoiding trouble for a thousand days was better than letting it happen once...
“Auntie Jiang, you...” Yu Wanwan was also nervous.
She had already tried her best to make Pu Tong disappear from conversations with her father, but she felt that whenever her father mentioned Pu Tong, he still gnashed his teeth.
She knew her father well.
If he found out that she and Pu Tong were spending time together outside of school too, he would probably be furious.
“It’s fine, I understand!” Jiang Yun smiled. “I’m not the kind of bad woman who reports things!”
“You two just don’t say anything.”
She answered the call, cleared her throat twice, and adjusted her expression.
“Hello, President Yu. What’s the matter?”
“I just wanted to ask about Wanwan.”
The voice on the phone sounded refined and gentle. It could even be said to be extremely polite.
Pu Tong did not relax because of this tone.
He knew that the more gentlemanly someone appeared, the more dangerous they could be...
He unconsciously held his breath and didn’t dare make a sound.
It wasn’t because he was afraid.
It was just that being targeted by someone like this would be troublesome, and he was used to keeping a low profile.
“Judging from the surroundings, are you driving?” The man’s voice sounded surprised. “Why did you go out so late at night?”
“Isn’t it because your daughter wanted to eat fruit? The ones at home weren’t fresh anymore, so I went out to buy some for her!”
Jiang Yun lied smoothly without even changing her expression.
“Oh... Wanwan isn’t in the car, right?”
“No, she’s at home doing homework.”
Naturally, Yu Wanwan had no reason to follow her just to buy something, so leaving out her presence was the better choice.
Pu Tong glanced at Yu Wanwan and saw her curled up awkwardly in the corner, terrified that she might accidentally make a sound and expose them.
She noticed Pu Tong looking at her and carefully raised a finger to her lips.
“Shh.”
Pu Tong naturally didn’t dare respond.
Their eyes met, and the two silently acted like guilty thieves.
Why did it feel like they were secretly dating and suddenly getting caught during a room inspection?
“How is Wanwan recently? Hmm... Has she mentioned any classmates from her class?”
The voice on the phone sounded probing and cautious, as if he had already prepared himself before asking the question.
“She still mostly talks about those two. The girl from the Lin family and the little Japanese girl.”
Jiang Yun’s lie was flawless.
Although she clearly knew who he was actually asking about, directly saying that Wanwan had never mentioned him would only make him suspicious.
It was better to first give an answer that made sense.
“Then... what about the one from before, Pu Tong?”
Damn!
Pu Tong, sitting in the back seat, immediately sucked in a breath.
It had already been so long. Why was this guy still thinking about him?
Was this the vigilance of a father?
“If you hadn’t mentioned him, I would have almost forgotten about this person...” Jiang Yun laughed. “I haven’t heard her mention that name in a long time.”
“Really?”
The refined male voice suddenly became heavier.
“Why don’t you call your daughter yourself and ask her?”
Gasp...
If Yu Zhongheng really called right now, he would immediately know from the sound of the car that they were lying.
“That’s unnecessary. Just keep an eye on her.”
The man paused, then softened his tone.
“Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Yun...”
Xiao Yun?
Pu Tong’s ears instantly perked up.
Sure enough, relationships between bosses and secretaries were hard to explain.
“Ahem, if there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up!”
Jiang Yun immediately ended the call, not giving Yu Zhongheng a chance to say another word.
That was it?
He actually wanted to hear more.
Pu Tong glanced at Yu Wanwan and saw that she looked completely unconcerned...
“Don’t look at me. It’s not that kind of relationship.”
“I didn’t say anything...”
“You practically wrote ‘rich people have such interesting relationships’ on your face!”
Yu Wanwan rolled her eyes at him.
Pu Tong also didn’t want to continue discussing this topic, so he simply stayed quiet.
“You dared to suspect me. I should’ve exposed you earlier!”
“I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare.”
Fortunately, Yu Zhongheng did not continue doubting anything.
Not long after, Jiang Yun arrived at Pu Tong’s home.
“I’m here. Thank you, manager....Jiang”
Pu Tong opened the car door and got out.
“And thank you too.”
“You’re welcome.”
Yu Wanwan smiled and waved at him.
“See you tomorrow.”
Pu Tong nodded, carried his schoolbag, and walked into the residential area.
Only after Pu Tong’s figure completely disappeared did Yu Wanwan finally look away.
“I still don’t know exactly which unit he lives in...”
“If you really want to know, I can investigate.”
Jiang Yun restarted the car.
“That kind of information is actually very easy to find.”
“Forget it.”
Yu Wanwan looked at the endless night outside.
After all, even if she knew, she couldn’t go there.
It was better not to know.
(End of Chapter)
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