Chapter 926: Zhang Xue and Gao Yang Break Up

Jiang Ran spoke up at this moment, "Zhang Xue, you don't need to be troubled. I just won't come next time."

"There's no need to argue with someone like him."

Jiang Ran was very straightforward about it.

But Zhang Xue's expression turned even worse.

As for Qin Chuan's resignation, she had actually been hoping for it deep down.

But as for Jiang Ran not coming...

First of all, Jiang Ran and Wang Qingzhao had come twice, and both times they had run into these dead-body incidents, which had provided rich and colorful content for her videos.

Secondly, she still remembered that last time, she was at the restaurant, eating dinner at night.

She had been harassed by a drunk, burly man.

Her own boyfriend, Gao Yang, after being intimidated, had hidden behind her like a shrinking turtle.

Furthermore, everyone else, including the entire restaurant full of people, either had the will but not the ability, or were simply watching the show like spectators.

Regardless of the reason.

Not a single person had stepped forward.

They all watched as she was about to be harassed by that burly man.

Only Jiang Ran, someone she had just met for the very first time, a complete stranger.

Had stepped in to save her.

Especially since, at that time, Jiang Ran was still injured, with several bandages wrapped around his body.

That was also why her favorable impression of Jiang Ran was completely maxed out in her heart.

Moreover, Jiang Ran back then had given her an endless sense of security.

He had sent that burly man flying with a single punch. She clearly remembered that her heart had been pounding faster than the firing rate of a Maxim machine gun.

She was looking for a boyfriend who could give her that sense of security.

Never mind whether he could fight or not, but at the very least, when danger came, he had to protect her.

But Gao Yang back then...

Therefore, Zhang Xue, whose favorable impression of Jiang Ran was maxed out, and was even starting to lean in another direction, naturally disagreed.

"I don't agree. I can't keep indulging your unreasonable demands anymore."

Zhang Xue was completely serious.

Gao Yang hadn't expected things to end up like this. His own girlfriend was actually refusing him for a man she had only met twice.

"Fine, then next time you can film it yourself! I'm done taking care of you!!"

Gao Yang said furiously.

Zhang Xue gritted her teeth. "Gao Yang, don't think I can't survive without you."

"The TikTok account is mine, and the person who appears on camera is also me."

"I can easily spend money to hire a few more people to film and edit footage."

"I'm irreplaceable, but you're replaceable."

"Qin Chuan was right. I'm the boss, not you."

"I can't keep indulging you anymore. If this continues, I won't have a single friend left by my side."

Gao Yang's eyes flew wide open.

He stared deathly at his girlfriend, the woman who had just spoken such heart-wrenching words to him.

"You're the boss? I always thought I was the boss. At the very most, I figured we were both the bosses."

"But clearly, I was being a bit too sentimental, wasn't I?"

Gao Yang slammed his hand on the steering wheel. "Fine! I helped you build up that account back in the day, and now you're killing the donkey after it's done grinding?"

"First sword upon reaching shore, beheading the one you love first?"

"Fine, fine, fine. If that's how it has to be, then I'm out of this team. And Zhang Xue, since I'm leaving this team, the relationship between us ends right here!"

Thump!

A stone fell into the ancient, well-like still lake water, instantly shattering the mirror-like surface.

Zhang Xue's lips trembled. Her entire body was trembling. Her beautiful eyes were filled with shock.

Even though her relationship with Gao Yang had been deteriorating recently, with cold wars and sleeping in separate rooms.

They hadn't reached the point of breaking up!

She had never even thought about breaking up!

She just didn't know how long the cold war would last!

But she had never expected... breaking up?!

"Fine! If you want to break up, then we break up!"

After the initial shock.

Zhang Xue clenched her silver teeth tightly.

This time it was Gao Yang's turn to be stunned, because he hadn't expected Zhang Xue to agree so readily?

Both of them were flooded with anger and all sorts of emotions rushing to their heads.

In particular, Zhang Xue remembered that when she and Gao Yang had first gotten together, she had told him:

"No matter how we argue in the future, never bring up breaking up. Don't casually threaten to break up over every little thing. I hate those two words, 'breaking up.'"

"If one day you really do bring up breaking up, I'll take it as you being serious. I absolutely will not beg you to stay. I'll agree to it directly."

Her eyes lowered. Zhang Xue felt that Gao Yang had probably long forgotten those words.

"Yeah, alright. When we get back to Nancheng City, we'll discuss the breakup, as well as the division of the TikTok account and everything else."

Gao Yang pushed open the car door and got out first. This young man, one meter eighty-five tall, with his long legs and huge strides, vanished in the blink of an eye.

Inside the car, there was dead silence.

The other three all stared at Zhang Xue in the passenger seat.

"Little Xue, are you sure about breaking up with Gao Yang? Are you being serious?"

"Me and Qin Chuan breaking up, I was completely serious, because I was already hopeless about him! He's addicted to online gambling. There's no saving him! And I can't save him! I already dumped over seven hundred thousand into paying off his debts!"

"But you and Gao Yang are different. I can tell your relationship hasn't been good lately, but you haven't reached the point where I was with Qin Chuan!"

"A relationship isn't easy to come by! You have to cherish it!"

As the saying goes, brothers urge reconciliation, but best friends urge separation.

So-called best friends can be good or bad.

Zhao Yiwan clearly belonged to the category of a good best friend. She was genuinely thinking about what was best for Zhang Xue.

"Yeah, you should cherish it, but it's not that I'm not cherishing it. It's that he isn't cherishing it."

"Besides, I have a reason why I have to break up with him. I've just been keeping it buried deep in my heart all this time."

Wang Qingzhao asked Zhang Xue, "What reason?"

Zhang Xue looked up and gave a bitter smile. "It's something I only just discovered recently."

"Before, I never looked at his phone. That was my way of showing trust."

"But during this period, I've been secretly checking his phone quite often."

"And that's when I found out... he's been cheating on me."

"He's been chatting with all kinds of edge-luring women online, and it even progressed to... meeting up in person at hotels..."

Her voice grew softer and softer, like a mosquito's buzz.

Jiang Ran, Wang Qingzhao, and Zhao Yiwan all had their expressions change.

Zhao Yiwan: "He... actually... if that's really the case... then he definitely deserves to be dumped... That's the one thing I can never forgive."

Wang Qingzhao: "Mm... in that case, there's no need to hesitate. A cat that's learned to steal can't be stopped from eating meat."

Jiang Ran scratched his head. "Honestly, your boyfriend's looks are better than the vast majority of guys, and on top of that, you're an internet celebrity who makes a decent amount of money. Your boyfriend definitely gets a share of that. So, with money and good looks, it's way too easy for him to find women."

Zhang Xue didn't say anything. She just silently nodded.

"Count it as a blessing in disguise. At least you found out before getting married."

Wang Qingzhao patted Zhang Xue on the shoulder and said in a deep, comforting voice.

Everyone got out of the car and took a short break at the service area.

After resting and using the restroom, they continued driving.

Because there was no Qin Chuan to take turns driving, they had to stop and rest several times on the way back to Nancheng City.

Of course, during their journey, on the city streets of a province near Jiangnan Province,

Jiang Ran was at that moment feeling incredibly bored, gazing out the car window at the scenery.

In Hua Country, the way to judge whether a province or city was wealthy and had a good economy.

Was to look at whether their various public buildings were tall, grand, and beautiful.

Of course, Jiang Ran didn't care about any of that. He just treated it as scenery along the road.

And at that moment, a strange scene appeared within that scenery.

A man covered in blood, riding an electric bike, passed by right next to their car.