Chapter 102: Car Accident
The school bell rang.
Xie Jingyan was late again.
This was his second time being late this semester, all because of Jiang Ning.
“Yes, she’s in my class, and we’re deskmates.”
Upon hearing “deskmate,” Wei Jin’s eyes lit up: “Buddy, can you help me out? I just need you to pass one message: can she come with me to Josen’s concert this weekend? I have two tickets.”
Xie Jingyan kept a cold face and pushed his bicycle away directly.
Wei Jin was a bit dumbfounded: “Hey! Buddy! Does that mean you agreed or not?”
He scratched his hair, utterly baffled!
Whatever, he’ll figure out a method himself.
Xie Jingyan returned to the class, and the first period had already started.
He was ten minutes late.
The first period was English.
The English teacher didn’t make things difficult for him and just let him in directly.
He sat down at his seat.
Jiang Ning propped her chin watching him: “Does parking a bicycle take that long?”
“Finding a parking spot took some time.”
Jiang Ning: “…”
A beat-up bicycle, and the bike shelter was full of spots—did he really need to look?
“I think you’ve given up on the full attendance bonus completely.” Jiang Ning grumbled and then focused on the lesson.
Tomorrow was the second monthly exam of the semester.
It would last two days in a row.
Jiang Ning thought about it: Jiang Yan had already noticed her abnormality, so for this monthly exam, she needed to maintain her original level—at least control her score, not too outstanding, not too poor, just average was fine.
Meanwhile, Xie Jingyan had thrown Wei Jin’s request to the back of his mind.
The day passed quickly.
Since Xie Jingyan’s leg had healed, Jiang Ning no longer needed to take him.
Soon it was the next day for the Grade 3 monthly exam.
Except for mathematics, Jiang Ning controlled her scores in all other subjects—some passing, some failing.
After two days of exams, it was Friday.
These past few days, Xie Jingyan had ridden his bicycle every morning to the villa district to pick her up.
The wind at the end of October already carried a chill.
The ginkgo leaves by the roadside had turned yellow, golden and exceptionally beautiful.
The day before yesterday, Madam Jiang had Jiang Li accompany her to the hospital for a checkup—mental illness; Madam Jiang had depression and mild schizophrenia, so sometimes she would be very irritable, other times she would cry in pain.
Although the mother and daughter still had nothing to say to each other, Madam Jiang had listened to Jiang Ning and stopped beating and scolding Jiang Li, and stopped trying to drive Jiang Yan away.
The house had been peaceful for two days.
Halfway through riding his bicycle, Xie Jingyan suddenly braked.
Jiang Ning grabbed Xie Jingyan’s school uniform tightly, a bit displeased: “Why did you brake suddenly? We haven’t reached the school yet.”
“There’s a car accident up ahead.”
Jiang Ning poked her head out from behind Xie Jingyan.
Seeing two familiar faces, she raised her brows in surprise.
There were two people in the car accident: Gu Lanli and Su Wanyuan.
From the looks of it, Gu Lanli had nearly been hit by a speeding small car, but Su Wanyuan rushed over and pushed him away, getting her leg hit instead—several scratches on it, with the wound oozing blood.
Gu Lanli was a bit at a loss beside her, squatting next to Su Wanyuan and half-holding her: “Wanyuan, are you okay?”
Su Wanyuan shook her head, looking at Gu Lanli with worry in her eyes: “I’m fine, what about you? Are you hurt?”
Gu Lanli’s mood was a bit complicated.
He had just been riding his motorcycle when he suddenly saw a candy store.
He remembered that Jiang Ning really liked the milk candy from that store.
So, as if possessed, he got off to buy some candy.
Planning to give it to Jiang Ning at noon.
But while crossing the road, a small car came speeding, and Gu Lanli couldn’t dodge in time—it was Su Wanyuan who suddenly rushed out and pushed him away.
The small car braked in time but still lightly grazed Su Wanyuan’s calf, causing her injury.
Seeing Gu Lanli silent, Su Wanyuan sniffled: “As long as you’re okay, that’s good.”
Gu Lanli suddenly felt a pang in his heart.
Even after he had treated her like that, she still cared about his safety.
When he was in danger, she rushed over first thing.
Looking up again, he saw Jiang Ning standing outside the noisy crowd, as if none of this had anything to do with her.
Gu Lanli felt like his heart had been struck hard.
If it were before, Jiang Ning would have run up concerned.
Instead of watching the excitement from this neither near nor far distance like now.
He gritted his teeth, picked up Su Wanyuan, and got on his own motorcycle: “Wanyuan, I’ll take you to the hospital, don’t be afraid.”
Su Wanyuan tightly hugged Gu Lanli’s waist: “With you here, I’m not afraid.”
The two left under everyone’s gazes.
The at-fault driver quietly slipped away, and the crowd dispersed.
Jiang Ning poked Xie Jingyan’s waist with her finger: “Su Wanyuan got into a car accident.”
“Mm, I saw.”
Jiang Ning was chilled by his attitude: “That’s it?”
“She didn’t die.”
Jiang Ning: “…”
Very good.
She finally saw it.
This book’s male lead seemed to really hope the female lead would die.
Was this the core of an angst novel?
Too melodramatic…
“When she’s dead, you’ll regret it.”
Xie Jingyan sneered and ignored Jiang Ning.
But because of this incident.
Su Wanyuan’s financial aid might come back again.
She was too exhausted to complain about Gu Lanli anymore.
This dead scumbag.
…
At this time, in Jin Cheng People’s Hospital.
Gu Lanli registered for Su Wanyuan.
After the doctor examined her, he said there were no bone injuries, just flesh wounds—apply some medicine and it’d be fine.
Gu Lanli breathed a sigh of relief; as long as she was okay.
Looking at Su Wanyuan again, her belly growled; Gu Lanli was stunned and couldn’t help laughing: “You didn’t eat breakfast?”
Su Wanyuan pursed her lips, shyly lowering her head: “I, I haven’t eaten all day.”
Hearing this, Gu Lanli pursed his thin lips, finally sighed, raised his hand to touch Su Wanyuan’s head: “You can’t go back to the Gu Family, but I have a house under my name—you go live there. Wanyuan, thank you for your selflessness in saving me, so I’ll restore the Gu Family’s financial aid to you until you go to university.”
Su Wanyuan’s eyes brimmed with hot tears, her voice choked: “Lanli… I… I saved you not for the financial aid, I just… just…”
Gu Lanli’s gaze softened for a moment: “I know everything; it was just because you didn’t want to see me hurt, right? Wanyuan, I swear, I, Gu Lanli, will never let you down in this lifetime.”
Just now, Gu Lanli had figured it out.
Rather than chasing something impossible to salvage, better to cherish the person by his side.
Jiang Ning had said such harsh words, already telling him there was no possibility between them anymore.
So since Su Wanyuan had turned back, he should forgive her this once.
“I’ll go buy you breakfast; you rest here for a bit.”
Su Wanyuan nodded, watching Gu Lanli walk away; her smiling face instantly turned cold.
She took out her mobile phone and transferred twenty thousand to the at-fault driver—this was all her savings.
Su Wanyuan: 【I’ve sent the money; hope you keep your promise and never appear before me again.】
After sending this message.
She blocked the at-fault driver.
This was just a play she had self-directed and self-acted, all to win back Gu Lanli.
Su Wanyuan slightly curled her lips: was the first task completed?
Then, she would proceed to the second one.
She wanted to change her destiny.
Beg again.
