Chapter 158: Am I That Delicate?
Wanyuan took a long time to sort out her thoughts.
So Xie Jingyan’s initial goal was to harm Jiang Ning.
And because he later liked Jiang Ning, for her sake, he stopped the plan to harm the Jiang Family.
And something about stocks, something Huo Family.
Could it be Huo Chengxuan?
Thinking about this period, even though she had been avoiding him, her mobile phone still kept receiving harassing texts from Huo Chengxuan.
She had blocked countless unknown numbers, but the other party was still tireless.
Like a cat teasing a mouse, testing her bottom line.
Wanyuan knew that a lunatic like Huo Chengxuan must not be provoked.
But Lanli was temporarily in detention for taking the blame for her.
Jiang Yan was still hospitalized, and he didn’t reply to her messages; there was no one reliable around her that she could use.
But she had to make Jiang Ning disappear, so either rely on herself or on Huo Chengxuan.
Wanyuan knew that provoking Huo Chengxuan would come at a great cost, but if her life was going to be like this, she might as well go all out.
Wanyuan stared blankly at the recording; should she release their conversation?
Would Jiang Ning still accept Xie Jingyan that way?
But if Xie Jingyan found out it was her behind it, would she never have another opportunity?
Wanyuan was extremely conflicted.
Just as she was lost in thought, her shoulder was suddenly patted: “What are you hiding here for?”
The sudden voice startled Wanyuan, causing her hand to shake; she watched helplessly as her mobile phone fell into the lake.
“No!!!”
Xin Yang, who was behind Wanyuan, was startled and saw her mobile phone drop into the artificial lake, splashing water; he stammered with his mouth open: “Damn, I didn’t do it on purpose.”
Seeing her about to jump into the lake, Xin Yang hurriedly stopped her in fright: “Isn’t it just a mobile phone? No big deal, I’ll compensate you, okay?”
Wanyuan’s eyes turned red with anger.
Was this about the mobile phone!
It was the recording she had painstakingly made.
Seeing her eyes red, Xin Yang felt a headache: “Hey hey hey, don’t cry. I’m not refusing to compensate. Besides, what were you sneaking around behind these bushes for, like a thief?”
Wanyuan pursed her lips, her tone stiff: “None of your business.”
Xin Yang was speechless: “I just saw Xie Jingyan and the others pass by. You couldn’t still be entangled with Xie Jingyan, could you? You know Lan Li is in detention, and the first thing he asked was about your situation. I really misjudged you!”
Wanyuan’s body stiffened; she was very afraid that Xin Yang would spill what she was doing here. She took a deep breath and choked out: “Isn’t it because I’m too sad that I hid here? And you scared me so much that my mobile phone fell into the artificial lake. It’s full of precious memories of me and Lanli. What can you compensate with?”
Wanyuan wiped her tears and pushed Xin Yang away before running off.
“Hey! I’ll buy you a new one. I didn’t do it on purpose.”
But Wanyuan ran very fast, and Xin Yang didn’t know if she had heard him or not.
Looking at the lake, he felt troubled; if it was precious memories, he really couldn’t compensate her for that.
Plus, it was cold now, and the water was icy.
Xin Yang thought for a moment and finally went into the water with a sour face.
Fortunately, for student safety, this school’s lake was built only one point five meters deep, with the water level right up to Xin Yang’s chest; he shivered from the cold.
Then he began bending over to grope around in the water.
There was a lot of silt below, and quite a few red carp; the water didn’t smell good, with a fishy stench that made Xin Yang’s eyes water. It was too intense.
After groping for more than ten minutes.
Xin Yang was about to give up when he finally found the mobile phone near the center of the lake.
He walked back, soaked to the skin.
With a sour face.
After climbing up, a pair of black leather shoes appeared in front of him.
Xin Yang looked up and met Jiang Ning’s curious doe-like eyes.
“Little Ning?” Xin Yang was drenched and didn’t dare let the water splash on Jiang Ning: “Why are you here?”
Jiang Ning pointed to the nearest building to the artificial lake; it was a bit remote here, right opposite the bathroom window.
“I was on the fifth floor using the bathroom and saw you in this lake. I thought you had fallen in, so I came specifically to check.” Jiang Ning looked him up and down: “What were you doing in the lake?”
Xin Yang held up Wanyuan’s dripping mobile phone and said irritably: “Wasn’t it because she was sitting by the lake feeling sad? I accidentally saw her and thought something was wrong, so I came to ask. Then she got startled by me, and her mobile phone fell into the lake.”
A gust of wind blew.
He shivered from the cold.
“Hold this for me first. I’ll go home and change clothes, or I’ll definitely catch a cold. I’ll come get it from you later and take it to the phone store.”
Xin Yang forced it into her hands.
Hugging his arms, shivering, he walked away.
Jiang Ning held Wanyuan’s dripping mobile phone with two fingers; it was covered in piled-up silt, and she frowned in disdain.
But Xin Yang still wanted to get it repaired.
Jiang Ning could only take it for her temporarily.
She returned to the classroom.
Xie Jingyan looked up from his math book and turned to her: “Why were you gone so long?”
Jiang Ning sat in her seat. Since it was morning self-study now and the homeroom teacher wasn’t there, no one minded them whispering.
Jiang Ning placed Wanyuan’s filthy mobile phone on the desk, her tone casual: “Wasn’t it because I saw Xin Yang in the artificial lake behind from the bathroom window?”
Xie Jingyan’s pen unconsciously tightened in his grip, his expression calm: “What was he doing there?”
Jiang Ning rolled eyes: “Wasn’t it because Wanyuan was hiding in the bushes, then Xin Yang startled her and her mobile phone fell into the lake? So that kid went into the water to fish it out on such a cold day. Now he gave the mobile phone to me; he’ll take it to the phone store to repair later.”
She furrowed her brows, looking at the completely waterlogged mobile phone: “Soaked like this, can it still be repaired? Might as well buy a new one.”
Xie Jingyan’s eyes flickered, his expression unchanged as he used tissue to wipe clean Wanyuan’s filthy mobile phone.
Jiang Ning looked at him puzzled: “What are you doing?”
Xie Jingyan wiped her hands with tissue again: “Afraid it’ll dirty your hands. Don’t touch this mobile phone for now; the silt has bacteria.”
Jiang Ning pursed her lips, but couldn’t hide the happiness in her eyes: “Am I that delicate? Just leave the mobile phone here with me for now; give it to Xin Yang later.”
Xie Jingyan took the mobile phone first: “Leave it with me. I’ll give it to Xin Yang later.”
Jiang Ning really didn’t want to touch the filthy mobile phone anymore, so she nodded: “Okay, don’t lose it.”
Xie Jingyan’s eyes held a smile: “Okay.”
Then he took out the exercise book he had prepared earlier from his schoolbag and handed it to her: “I know you can do all these problems, so no need to control your score so hard anymore just to pretend to be a ‘bad student’.”
Jiang Ning’s brow twitched, and she turned to meet Xie Jingyan’s smiling eyes, which seemed to see through everything.
She was at a loss for words and snatched the exercise book: “I really am a bad student; I just got smarter after my bloodline awakened.”
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