Chapter 46: Plot Progress 65
Xie Jingyan was completely unaffected and just kept his head down eating.
He ate very quickly.
He picked up all the spicy crispy duck from Jiang Ning’s bowl until only one piece remained.
Her eyes were about to shoot flames: “Xie Jingyan!”
The culprit finished his last bite of food and said unhurriedly: “Don’t shout so loudly, your sweetheart is watching.”
Jiang Ning choked. She was completely doing it to annoy Su Wanyuan, okay.
But she couldn’t say that, so Jiang Ning could only swallow this mute loss with tears in her eyes.
At least she managed to keep the last piece.
At this time, students from the next door Seventh Middle School came up from the mountain again.
Just like Ninth Middle School, both schools chose to have their autumn outing on the same day, and at the same location.
Students who knew each other would greet one another.
The teachers from both schools exchanged friendly words.
Xie Jingyan saw that the scenery here was nice, so he stood up and walked several steps forward.
He took out his mobile phone, snapped a photograph, and then sent it to “Ning Zhaozhao”.
Jiang Ning’s mobile phone rang the next second.
She gnawed on the duck bone and opened the message.
Huh, the top grade messaged her.
He usually didn’t play with his mobile phone at this time.
The message was just a picture…
But why did this scene look so familiar.
Chunfen: [My school is on autumn outing today. The scenery is nice, so I took a photo for you to see.]
“Pfft.”
Jiang Ning spat out a mouthful of food and coughed hard from choking.
She quickly looked around left and right.
What?
The top grade was nearby?!
Jiang Ning confirmed that Ninth Middle School didn’t have the person she was looking for, so was the top grade at Seventh Middle School?
Her doe-like eyes scanned through the crowd from Seventh Middle School.
Unfortunately, there were too many people.
She couldn’t spot the handsome guy at all.
She swore to herself that she’d never post photos online, or it’d be so embarrassing if she was seen.
Jiang Ning looked around but didn’t find a suitable candidate, so she gave up.
After she finished her last bite, she looked up and saw Jiang Yan staying together with Su Wanyuan.
She didn’t know what the two were talking about.
Then Jiang Yan shared his lunchbox.
Jiang Ning: “…”
“Jiang Yan!” she shouted delicately.
Jiang Yan’s hand that was about to hand over the lunchbox paused.
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Ning stormed furiously up to him.
She shoved the lunchbox that was about to be given to Su Wanyuan heavily into Jiang Yan’s arms.
“Su Wanyuan, don’t tell me the Gu Family didn’t prepare a lunch bento for you, so you have to eat my younger brother’s share.”
Su Wanyuan clenched her fists. Why was it that every time she did something, Jiang Ning rushed over like a dog smelling meat, just to make trouble for her.
She turned her head away: “I don’t want the Gu Family’s things. I didn’t ask Jiang Yan to give it to me either; he did it willingly.”
Jiang Yan’s hand gripping the lunchbox tightened.
Clearly, it was Su Wanyuan who said she didn’t bring a bento and apologized to him for her inappropriate words last time.
Jiang Yan softened for a moment and wanted to give her his share.
Jiang Ning glared: “What did I tell you when we left the house this morning? You forgot everything? You must eat lunch by my side at noon. Where are you going? If you dare give the Jiang Family’s food to outsiders, I’ll kick you out of the house!”
Su Wanyuan didn’t expect a lunchbox to make Jiang Ning so angry.
Her anger was visible to the naked eye: “Jiang Ning, don’t go too far. It’s fine if you hate me, but don’t target innocent people. A Yan didn’t do anything wrong.”
Jiang Ning looked at her provocatively: “Oh? Really? What if I just target you then? Jiang Yan is my younger brother. Since he was born into the Jiang Family, he has to listen to me. And…” Her gaze shifted to Xie Jingyan not far away, her lips curving into a smile as she leaned in and whispered: “I know you and Xie Jingyan are childhood sweethearts who grew up together, but you took Gu Lanli, so I’ll take the person you like, make him like me, tempt him to fall, then ruthlessly abandon him. I want to hurt him; he’s just a tool for my revenge against you two.”
Su Wanyuan’s eyes widened in disbelief.
She fiercely pushed Jiang Ning away, her eyes red with anger: “You’re too vicious. I’m going to tell A Yan about your scheme and make him stay away from you.”
Jiang Ning pursed her lips and smiled, acting arrogant and overbearing to the fullest: “Too late. He’s already in my grasp now. He won’t listen to anyone but me.”
Jiang Ning directly distorted the facts, omitting the pure financial transaction between her and Xie Jingyan.
Anyway, the male lead didn’t have a mouth to speak; he wouldn’t tell Su Wanyuan about it.
Sure enough, the next second.
A pleasant mechanical sound rang out.
[Ding, plot point +10, plot progress 65%.]
A voice like heavenly music.
Bringing Jiang Ning one step closer to her one hundred million.
After brushing it off, Jiang Ning walked away satisfied.
She even casually shoved a small bread into Su Wanyuan’s hand: “Eat it, poor child.”
Su Wanyuan angrily threw it on the ground.
She’d rather die than take anything from Jiang Ning.
She turned her gaze to Jiang Yan beside her.
Jiang Yan had already opened the lunchbox and was eating on his own.
His voice was calm: “Sorry, I’m not yet eighteen, so I can’t leave the family and survive on my own for now.”
“There are so many ways to leave a place, A Yan. You’ve said you hate this hellish place so much. Why not try breaking it?” Su Wanyuan couldn’t understand.
Jiang Ning had hurt him so deeply, yet he still chose to obey.
She’d even thought Jiang Yan was her kind all along.
Jiang Yan swallowed his meal and finally looked up at her, stating the fact lightly: “Wanyuan, my situation is just like yours in the Gu Family. We both hate it so much, so why not break it? Your reason is my reason.”
Su Wanyuan’s expression stiffened, then she fell silent.
Jiang Yan continued: “You should calm down and think about what you really want.”
Su Wanyuan blinked.
What did she want?
She, who accepted financial aid from the Gu Family, wanted to climb higher.
This was a circle she had never touched before.
When she saw Xie Jingyan, she wanted to reconcile with him.
They used to be so close.
She knew that the young Xie Jingyan had feelings for her.
But when they met again, those beautiful eyes were no longer bright and sunny, and could no longer hold her figure.
She feared change, feared that the person she liked would forget her.
What she wanted was really too much.
They rested on the mountain until one o’clock.
The group then set off again for Jiu Pei Farm.
Just not far from the foot of the mountain.
It was filled with fresh fruits and vegetables.
It was now September.
There were many kinds of fruits and vegetables.
Apples, pomegranates, grapes, pears, kiwis, and so on…
There were also many vegetables: pumpkins, spinach, taro, carrots, eggplants, bok choy, green beans.
The things inside weren’t for casual picking; you could pick as much as you could eat, but you couldn’t waste any. If caught, you’d be fined one hundred, and you couldn’t take away what you picked.
Due to limited time, as soon as they arrived, the teacher required everyone to find teammates and form groups freely.
Ten people per team.
Pots, bowls, and pans could be borrowed from the farmhouses; as for the stove, they’d have to build it themselves.
Not far from the farm was a dense forest.
Firewood for starting fires could only be picked up from the ground; public property couldn’t be damaged.
Vote begging~
