My Wife Is a Superstar novel Chapter 499

Nan Chen had piqued Ning Ran’s curiosity, and she was unable to wait till tomorrow to hear more about it.

She got up and followed after him as he walked into his bedroom.

“Come on, just tell me! What benefit would they have reaped? What advantage would they have gained? If you tell me, I’ll understand immediately! I’m not stupid…”

Ning Ran entered the room to find Nan Chen already lying in bed.

She felt rather dazed. Why the hell am I following him into the bedroom?

Is this one of his tricks again?

“Do you really want to know? Lie down, then. I’ll tell you slowly.” Nan Chen patted the empty space next to him on the bed.

Ning Ran stumbled backwards. “No, thanks!”

“See how fickle you are! Haven’t we slept together before? If you lie down, I promise to tell you,” Nan Chen said.

“I—” Ning Ran hesitated a little.

“The bed in your room is nowhere as comfortable as this one. Come on, lie down,” Nan Chen continued to coax her.

“No, it’s fine. I think I’d better return to my room.”

Ning Ran turned around to leave, but Nan Chen sat up in bed and grabbed hold of her. As he hugged her tightly to his chest, he said, “Just lie down!”

Ning Ran hadn’t expected this. Her mind went blank and her heart started to race.

Ning Ran hated how weak she was being. Every time Nan Chen hugged her, her heart would start beating like that of a young girl’s. Whenever that happened, she couldn’t help but feel a little scornful of herself.

Slowly, her heart calmed down. Ning Ran stopped struggling in his arms and lay her head against Nan Chen’s chest. “Fine, can you tell me now? Why did they want me to frame you?”

Nan Chen felt a little annoyed. Why is she still pestering me about this instead of enjoying this moment with me? What an unromantic woman.

“I’ve already told you. Some of the companies under Nanshi Corporation are overseas companies. These companies can be short-sold. Do you know what short-selling means?”

Ning Ran replied, “Yes, I do.”

Nan Chen sounded surprised. “You do?”

“Excuse me, I’ve been to university, and I majored in finance, you know! Back then, my mom was preparing me to take over the company. However, she got into an accident soon after,” Ning Ran said.

“Yes, you’ve been to university, but you never graduated from it,” Nan Chen retorted.

“Doesn’t matter, I still understand a lot of things related to finance. Short-selling means speculating that stock prices are going to fall, while the opposite means speculating that stock prices will rise,” Ning Ran replied.

“Good for you. Thank goodness I’m not talking to an idiot. Otherwise, I don’t know how we’re going to be able to communicate,” Nan Chen said.

“You’re the idiot,” Ning Ran said crossly.

“Since you know the mechanics of stock-buying, can you still not understand what’s going on? And here you are, still denying that you’re an idiot?” Nan Chen frowned.

“Alright. I think I get it now.”

Determined to prove that she wasn’t an imbecile, Ning Ran started to think hard about a few questions.

She didn’t like to use her brains. She only did so when special occasions called for it, so people tended to mistake her for being slow.

“I got it.”

Ning Ran disentangled herself from his limbs and sat up in bed. She sat by Nan Chen’s side and looked down at him, feeling rather triumphant.

“Those people betted that your companies’ stock prices were going to fall before forcing me to betray you. Once that happened, the news is bound to get out to the public regardless. You would have made headlines.”

“After that, your investors would start panicking and selling their shares, resulting in a huge fall in your company’s stock price. Those people would thus gain a huge sum of profit, right?” Ning Ran asked.

Nan Chen didn’t reply. Instead, he continued to gaze at her.

“Did I explain something wrongly? I think I explained it very well.”

Nan Chen pulled her down to lay next to him again. “Yes, you’re right.”

Ning Ran cheered up immediately. “I knew it! See, I…”

Before she could finish speaking Nan Chen pressed a kiss to her lips.

Caught unaware, her mind blanked out again.

The kiss was fierce, making her felt a little breathless, and her lungs started to hurt a little.

Ning Ran finally pulled away and took deep, gulping breaths.

However, Nan Chen didn’t stop. He flipped around and pressed her to the bed, before pressing his lips to hers again.

Ning Ran’s mind felt as though it was made of mush. All she could see was darkness. In her mind, a man was trying to take off her clothes. As his hands slithered all over her body, he took the form of a venomous snake.

She felt a little sick to her stomach.

With as much strength as her small body could manage, she pushed him away from her and yelled, “You b*stard! Get away from me!”

She cursed him out angrily.