Chapter 26: Stalking
Hearing Little Honey’s voice, Jiang Ning pretended not to hear it.
Sigh, just thinking about it makes my conscience hurt so much.
Wait until she has done enough mental preparation.
The day passed with Jiang Ning half asleep, half distracted, and half listening to the lesson.
Old Li hinted at her with his eyes several times, but stopped short of speaking each time.
He racked his brains but still couldn’t figure out how Jiang Ning solved those competitive mathematics problems.
Harboring doubts, he called on her more often in class, but she answered correctly every time.
Even when going to the blackboard to write the solution steps, she was clear and logical, and could even simplify a very difficult math problem, leaving Old Li amazed and sighing that she was a natural talent for learning math.
But.
She not only slept in math class, zoned out in English class, drew in Chinese class, but also did other things in all other subjects besides listening to the lesson.
All the teachers called on her to answer questions, and she could always answer them.
Old Li didn’t know how she, who was last place in the whole school, managed to take those exams.
Perhaps some people… are clearly geniuses but just like to stay at the tail end.
Jiang Ning finally made it to the end of school, asked Old Li for leave to skip training class, and left.
When leaving the school gate, she received a call from Madam Jiang.
It turned out that her troublemaking grandmother had been admitted to the hospital.
She had originally been sent to the countryside, but she insisted on jumping off the car midway; her life was not in danger but her leg was fractured, and now she was staying in Jin Cheng People’s Hospital.
As the daughter-in-law, Madam Jiang could only grit her teeth and go see her.
She wouldn’t be back until very late today.
Jiang Ning’s eyes lit up: Great.
So she told Jiang Yan to go back first, and made an excuse that she was going shopping with Sui Tang and would return later.
Jiang Yan was too lazy to care about her and wouldn’t even pay attention to her whereabouts.
While sitting in the car.
Jiang Yan still couldn’t hold back and called out to her: “Jiang Ning.”
Jiang Ning turned back, her brows and eyes puzzled: “Something wrong?”
Jiang Yan pursed his lips, thinking of the morning’s events, he still said slowly: “You… be careful of Gu Lanli, he has bad intentions.”
Normally, if he dared to say bad things about Gu Lanli, he would definitely be scolded bloody.
This time, even if scolded, it didn’t matter; he had already warned her, so consider it repaying the favor of that bread.
Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled at Jiang Yan: “Got it.”
The youth’s ear tips inexplicably heated up, and he hurriedly urged the driver: “Let’s go.”
Jiang Ning hadn’t expected that Jiang Yan would still be willing to warn her.
She usually wasn’t nice to him and sometimes ignored him altogether.
Just now she had even seen Jiang Yan’s reddened ear tips—was he shy?
Pretty cute.
Sui Tang ran over from behind: “Cousin~ Are you waiting for me?”
Jiang Ning turned back and saw Sui Tang pulling He Shang along.
A black line slid down her forehead.
It could only be said that Sui Tang this child was really too honest; she told her not to bully He Shang, and now she took him everywhere.
“What is this?” Jiang Ning asked with slight hesitation.
Sui Tang looked at He Shang happily: “I’m sending classmate He home; I think it’s pretty good, and I can go to the Zhou Family every day to see brother Yuchu.”
Jiang Ning: “…”
What an exquisite love brain.
He Shang sneered coldly: “No need for you to send me; I can walk myself.”
Sui Tang panicked: “No, you haven’t forgiven me yet; I must go with you.”
He Shang was also quite annoyed by this sweet and naive girl using him as an excuse to secretly watch that bastard Zhou Yuchu every day.
What was he, a tool person?
“I forgive you; don’t follow me anymore.”
Sui Tang: “…”
How could that work? She had already found the fun in sending He Shang home.
She tightly hugged He Shang’s arm to prevent him from running away, looking heartbroken: “I can’t forgive myself; as soon as I think of what happened that day, how I treated you, I want to slap myself to death. Please give me a chance to atone.”
Done, and added: “Until I forgive myself, I won’t bother you anymore.”
He Shang: “…”
Jiang Ning: “…”
She rubbed her forehead; this was fine too—as long as she didn’t go cause trouble for He Shang, Jiang Ning didn’t care, so she waved at her: “Go on, treat classmate He well; the better you treat him, the more your brother Yuchu will like you.”
Sui Tang’s eyes lit up, and being someone who super listened to Jiang Ning, she nodded heavily.
He Shang felt somewhat indescribable.
His gaze at Jiang Ning also became strange.
Jiang Ning gave him a kind smile, then found Xie Jingyan’s figure and followed him.
Seeing this, He Shang cast a three-second sympathetic glance at Xie Jingyan.
The force on his arm increased, and Sui Tang’s voice was jubilant: “Classmate He, let’s go.”
He Shang’s face darkened: “Don’t drag me; I can walk myself.”
Sui Tang said softly: “Oh~ Sorry.”
He Shang: “…”
He really couldn’t get mad at this sweet and naive girl.
Truly invincible.
……
Jiang Ning held two starch sausages in her hand, following Xie Jingyan from a distance.
She wanted to see what he did every afternoon running off so fast.
Seeing him board the bus.
Jiang Ning hurriedly put on her hat and stepped on as well.
Since it was after school.
The bus was packed with people, even the aisle was full.
Jiang Ning paid, then was pushed forward by the crowd.
Her feet weren’t steady, and she almost fell flat on her face.
Only by grabbing a schoolbag did she steady herself.
As soon as she looked up, she quickly lowered her hat, dodging Xie Jingyan’s scanning gaze.
Jiang Ning felt lucky inside.
Good thing she was wearing her school uniform.
She stood clinging to Xie Jingyan’s schoolbag, keeping her head down the whole time; plus the height difference, even Xie Jingyan couldn’t see her face clearly.
Little Honey: 【Host, what are you following the male lead for?】
Jiang Ning: 『I need to figure out what he’s doing every day; otherwise, how can I implement my evil gardenia flower plan? Don’t I have to disrupt his studies?』
Little Honey: 【That’s true… but you haven’t done your fourth mission yet.】
Jiang Ning: 『I will… just wait a bit; wait until his sister’s condition improves, at least finish one treatment course?』
Little Honey: 【Okay.】
Jiang Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
The bus stopped.
Xie Jingyan squeezed through the crowd and got off.
Jiang Ning hurriedly followed.
She discovered he entered a high-end residential community.
He showed proof, and the security guard let him in directly.
Jiang Ning followed behind him but was stopped by the security guard: “What are you here for?”
Jiang Ning pointed at Xie Jingyan’s back view: “I’m his classmate; I’m with him.”
The security guard was still cautious: “Do you have proof?”
Jiang Ning shook her head, looking pitifully at Xie Jingyan’s back view: “Then why can he go in?”
The security guard: “No proof, no entry; he’s a tutoring teacher hired by one of the residents inside.”
Doing family education?
Jiang Ning could only wait outside.
It was only five o’clock now.
Jiang Ning touched her belly; two starch sausages weren’t enough to eat.
But she was afraid of missing Xie Jingyan if she left, so she found a corner to hide and quietly observe.
At six-thirty, Xie Jingyan finally came out.
He boarded the bus again.
Jiang Ning followed once more.
This time, there weren’t many people on the bus.
Seeing Xie Jingyan sit in the front.
Jiang Ning kept her head down and sat in the back.
Half an hour later.
Jiang Ning was almost lulled to sleep by the rocking when Xie Jingyan got off.
