Chapter 96: Once The Arrow Is Shot, There’s No Turning Back
Jiang Ning just felt mentally exhausted.
If she had known this scumbag would end up chasing after her instead, she would never have broken off with him, even if beaten to death.
Even if she was tired of dealing with it, she wouldn’t become a lapdog; she just wanted to kick him away directly.
Now that she had kicked him away not long ago, he was clinging even harder.
“Ning Ning, I don’t need you to agree right away, but I hope you can give me some time. I have something to tell you.” Gu Lanli’s voice was humble and pleading.
Little Honey, observing in secret: [Host, are you satisfied now… This time you’ve really turned the second male lead into a chasing-wife crematorium.]
Jiang Ning: “…”
Little Honey: [You should hurry and go with the second male lead. The male lead’s gaze can already eat people, wuwuwu. What kind of messed-up plot is this? Are we reading the same book?]
Jiang Ning: “…”
She hadn’t even read this trashy novel.
But Jiang Ning still chose to listen to Little Honey.
So she turned her steps toward the school’s flower bed: “Let’s go.”
Gu Lanli couldn’t hide the joy in his eyes as he trotted happily behind Jiang Ning.
Xie Jingyan watched the two walk away and couldn’t help but let out a cold scoff.
He took out his mobile phone and immediately sent a message to Jiang Ning.
Chunfen: [Baby, I’m going to evening study session. What about you? What are you doing?]
Jiang Ning had only walked a few steps when her mobile phone rang. She opened it and saw the top grade was messaging her.
She instantly felt a bit guilty.
Ling Ling You Nan: [Just finished eating. I’m taking a walk on the sports field.]
Chunfen: [Alone?]
Jiang Ning glanced to her side; Gu Lanli was following her.
Ling Ling You Nan: [Yeah, alone. Baby, you go to class. I’ll wander around a bit and head back to the dormitory.]
Xie Jingyan’s gaze was very cold.
If he didn’t know this was Jiang Ning’s alternate account.
He would be the fool kept in the dark.
He had poured out his true heart to her, but what about Jiang Ning? She was coaxing and deceiving him online. Once she chased after Gu Lanli, would she kick him away, toy with his emotions, treating him like what?
A toy for casual amusement?
His eyes darkened in a terrifying way.
Until the class bell rang.
Only then did Xie Jingyan look up at the night sky, with irritation in his brows that even he hadn’t noticed.
The full attendance record he had maintained for nearly two months was gone because of Jiang Ning.
“Yan Ge, you’re here. I went to Class 1 looking for you. Your classmates said you hadn’t arrived yet, so I was planning to wait for you at the school entrance.”
He Shang’s voice suddenly came.
Xie Jingyan instantly suppressed his emotions, returning to his cold and distant demeanor in a second.
“Looking for me for something?”
He Shang was used to his attitude. Seeing no one around, he pulled Xie Jingyan to a wider place.
He said softly: “That lord in the capital city said the person he sent has already moved into the Jiang Family. Yan Ge, we can start taking action.”
Xie Jingyan’s gaze sharpened slightly: “Directly moved into the Jiang Family?”
He Shang nodded, his expression somewhat emotional: “I’ll tell you another piece of news. I found out the real identity of that rich man who suddenly approached us a year ago.”
He swallowed: “The person in power of the Huo Family in the capital city, Huo Yu.”
To them now, such a top wealthy family was like a deep abyss giant beast, far from something unnamed small fries like them could touch.
But the fact was.
A year ago, Huo Yu’s people found him and had him contact Xie Jingyan.
They gave them a mission to bring down the Jiang Family, and after success, they would get one million.
They had already given a deposit of five hundred thousand.
That five hundred thousand, Xie Jingyan had given it all to Xie He for treatment, but her illness was a money-swallowing beast that could only be sustained with money.
As for He Shang’s five hundred thousand, he gave it to the woman who raised him from childhood, then cut ties with her. Afterward, He Shang was recognized back into the Zhou Family.
Huo Yu…
Huo Chengxuan…
Xie Jingyan lowered his eyes, his mind clearly connecting these events into a line.
From Huo Yu finding someone to approach He Shang and then to him.
Giving him money to deal with the Jiang Family.
Xie Jingyan’s eyes surged with shock; could it be that Huo Yu already knew he was…
“Yan Ge, what are you thinking? How could the person that lord in the capital city sent directly move into the Jiang Family? Bringing down the Jiang Family wouldn’t be a piece of cake then?”
Xie Jingyan furrowed his brows, his dark eyes sharp: “I know who the person he sent is.”
He Shang was full of question marks: “Who?”
“Jiang Ning’s older sister who disappeared for eight years and reappeared, Jiang Li.”
“Ah?”
He Shang didn’t know Jiang Ning had an older sister.
He only knew she had a younger brother who wasn’t favored.
“Jiang Li… Jiang Li… Why do I feel like I’ve heard this name somewhere?” He Shang rubbed his temples, trying hard to recall, but couldn’t: “Who is it?”
“The third-tier star who was exposed recently for interfering in someone else’s marriage, causing that man’s wife to attempt suicide from depression. The wife didn’t die, but once it was exposed, her career was ruined, she announced her retirement from the industry. She’s Jiang Li.”
With Xie Jingyan saying this, He Shang suddenly realized: “Right, right, it’s her. No wonder it felt so familiar; it was her.”
“She turned out to be Huo Yu’s person. That’s too incredible.”
Then he turned hesitant: “I see you’ve been getting along pretty well with Jiang Ning lately. Have you made peace with her?”
“No.” Xie Jingyan denied.
He Shang felt a bit pained instead. He sighed to the sky, thinking of how Sui Tang had nervously wiped his wounds that morning, asking if his forehead hurt.
He couldn’t help but give a bitter laugh: “Why doesn’t she act even a little bad? Why be so good to me? It makes me hesitate to make a move; my conscience will condemn me. I still hope Sui Tang would be like the first time we met, dragging me into an alley to beat me up, and keep treating me like that forever. Then I wouldn’t go soft. Yan Ge, what should I do… Will Sui Tang end up hating me?”
He Shang just thought of that sweet and naive girl’s bright, smiling eyes filled with bone-deep hatred for him, and his heart ached inexplicably.
He couldn’t name this feeling, but it made him waver, so he came to Xie Jingyan to firm up his resolve.
“He Shang, look back at the path. Why did you get here? What’s your goal? Don’t forget.” Xie Jingyan stated calmly.
He Shang took a deep breath: “What about you? Once you bankrupt the Jiang Family, aren’t you afraid Jiang Ning will hate you?”
“Hate me?” He suddenly chuckled lightly: “I should be the one hating her. The original plan was to bring down the Jiang Family and then send her on her way, but now I’ve changed my mind.”
“What?” He Shang was stunned.
Xie Jingyan just gave him a faint smile and said no more about his plans.
The sports field was quiet, the post-rain night breeze carrying the scent of fresh grass and earth.
Xie Jingyan walked toward the teaching building.
“We currently have no means to deal with a colossal entity like the Huo Family. If he investigated you and me thoroughly, he must know I have a grandmother and a sister, and perhaps he already knows my sister is receiving treatment at Jingya. This matter, once the arrow is shot, there’s no turning back.”
He Shang also knew this reasoning.
Without Huo Yu, he never would have returned to the Zhou Family.
He Shang clenched the hand at his side; he too had someone he cared about.
In his heart, he said sorry to Sui Tang.
Is there any baby looking forward to the part where Ning Ning goes offline? (doge)
