Chapter 186: Not A Shred Of Dignity
Su Wanyuan was pretty pissed off anyway.
Because Gu Lanli told her that Jiang Ning was willing to get engaged to him right after high school graduation.
What the fuck was that supposed to mean?
Even if she didn’t like Gu Lanli, seeing the dog who used to orbit around her go to someone else’s side still made her really mad, okay.
Gu Lanli was really cheap too; Jiang Ning just crooked her finger at him, and he went eagerly.
Just like Xie Jingyan.
Not a shred of self-respect.
Su Wanyuan held back her temper and thought of Huo Chengxuan’s words.
She stayed calm; if one time didn’t kill her, there was still a second time. She didn’t believe that “Jiang Ning’s” luck could be this heaven-defying every time.
And the real Jiang Ning was now sitting on the windowsill.
Watching the show, she clicked her tongue in amazement. Look at Xie Jingyan acting all chaste, as if afraid Su Wanyuan would stick to him, moving that seat a meter away from him.
As if isolating someone like Su Wanyuan.
Her face was still red, with nail scratches on it.
You could tell she got blocked and beaten badly by “Jiang Ning” that morning.
Jiang Ning couldn’t help but sigh.
The original soul was truly born to be a villainess.
At this moment, in Class Seven.
As soon as “Jiang Ning” arrived, she declared her sovereignty, telling everyone about her relationship with Gu Lanli.
This high-profile announcement instead silenced Gu Lanli.
Sui Tang leaned forward, somewhat incredulous: “Cousin, what about Xie Jingyan? You’re not keeping him anymore?”
“Jiang Ning” furrowed her pretty brows deeply, a bit unhappy: “Sui Tang, can you not mention that bad luck thing? I feel like puking just hearing his name. Xie Jingyan isn’t even worth one finger of my Lan Li Gege.”
Sui Tang widened her eyes in disbelief: “Have you forgotten what Gu Lanli did to you? He even tried to frame you for cheating back then and get you kicked out of Ninth Middle School?”
Who knew “Jiang Ning” didn’t care at all: “So what? Aren’t I still perfectly fine at Ninth Middle School? Lan Li Gege was only like that to me because of that bitch Su Wanyuan’s stirring. Hmph, now if she dares come close again, I’ll beat her every time I see her!”
Sui Tang: “…”
She looked at Jiang Ning strangely from her heart.
Feeling that the person in front of her was both familiar and strange.
If it were before, Sui Tang wouldn’t have thought much of it.
But ever since Jiang Ning had reformed her, she had developed a sense of good and evil, and wouldn’t hurt others for no reason.
“Cousin… how did you become like this.”
Who knew this sentence was like stepping on “Jiang Ning’s” tail; her voice turned shrill, and she slapped Sui Tang without regard: “Whose side are you on exactly? What do you mean ‘become like this’? This has always been my temperament! I’ve never changed. I want to ask you, Sui Tang, why you’ve become so cowardly.”
“Jiang Ning” pointed arrogantly at He Shang: “And mixing with an illegitimate child like this, really lowering the class, losing my Jiang Ning’s face! Don’t call me cousin at school anymore; I find it disgusting.”
Sui Tang covered her face, her eyes red, looking at Jiang Ning aggrievedly.
He Shang couldn’t stand it from the side, pulled Sui Tang behind him to protect her, glared coldly at “Jiang Ning”: “Are you crazy? Do you know how worried Sui Tang was about you during the time you were hospitalized? She had no spirit every day, afraid something happened to you, didn’t even eat properly, lost several pounds. And you, you come back and slap her, and by the way demean me too. Did your brain get blown up by explosives?”
“Jiang Ning” pushed He Shang, said sternly: “What are you? Not even fit to carry my shoes, yet you dare yell in front of me. Sui Tang is my cousin; I can treat her however I want. Heh, nicely said she’s my cousin, bluntly put she’s just a obedient dog I trained well. You, a powerless illegitimate child, still dreaming of being a hero? Zhou Family’s assets aren’t that easy to seize; Zhou Yuchu isn’t someone who gives up easily.”
“Jiang Ning” revealed a smile, making her seem especially mean: “Are you prepared for revenge from Zhou Yuchu?”
She raised her chin, looking down loftily at the injured-looking Sui Tang: “If you don’t want to get implicated, stay far away from He Shang right now. How can you be this stupid, even fancying an illegitimate child? Are you blind to Zhou Yuchu’s fine family background?”
Sui Tang really cried this time.
Scolded to tears by “Jiang Ning.”
She wiped her tears, with a crying tone: “You’re not my cousin; my cousin wouldn’t treat me like this.”
Perhaps because Jiang Ning had been too gentle the previous few months.
Sui Tang could no longer accept that this mean and rude person in front of her was the cousin she loved and admired most.
It shouldn’t be like this.
She turned and ran out.
“Jiang Ning” cursed lowly, then raised her voice: “You’ll regret not listening to my advice!”
He Shang gave “Jiang Ning” a complicated look, ultimately choosing to run out and chase Sui Tang.
And Gu Lanli, who had watched the whole thing from the side, felt both confused and nauseous toward the “Jiang Ning” in front of him.
What the hell was going on…
“Jiang Ning” wrapped around him, hugged his arm, her voice coquettish: “Lan Li Gege, you’re still the best.”
Gu Lanli forced a smile, not knowing what to say for a moment.
…
The eve of New Year’s Day.
The school held another monthly exam.
Jiang Ning, who had made quite some progress before, fell back to last place again.
That math problem was written like ghost symbols.
Even Old Li started advising “Jiang Ning” not to treat the exam like a joke and to show her real level.
Jiang Ning was the national mathematics competition first place winner!
On par with the university overlord Xie Jingyan.
How could her math be bad?
In every previous math quiz, Jiang Ning’s math was almost full marks.
But in the latest monthly exam, she scored three points.
When it pissed her off, she demanded the Qingbei recommendation quota.
Old Li didn’t understand what she was up to, so he refused: “After you and Xie Jingyan refused the quota, Qingbei already took back the qualification. It’s not available anymore if you want it now.”
“Jiang Ning” was so angry she almost cursed.
What an idiot.
Not taking the shortcut, insisting on the regular channel?
Irritation flashed in her eyes.
She wasn’t that otherworldly soul; where would she know mathematics?
Not to mention math; she didn’t know a single question of what they were learning now.
It was all that otherworldly soul’s fault for messing up her life.
“Jiang Ning” walked out of the teaching building.
At the bulletin board, she saw Xie Jingyan.
He stood in front of the bulletin board, looking up at the two photos at the very top.
Red-background ID photos in school uniforms.
Jiang Ning in school uniform, high ponytail, smiling on her face, soft features, full of infectious power.
Next to her, Xie Jingyan with thick brows and starry eyes, slightly parted short hair, fair skin, also in school uniform, corners of his mouth curved in a faint smile.
This was the glory of the two of them pinned at the top of the school bulletin board when they won first in competitive mathematics.
“Jiang Ning” sneered: “You got such good grades, why didn’t you choose recommendation? But that’s good too; now you can’t go to university anymore.”
