Chapter 59: The One Who Should Regret It Has Never Been Me
Jiang Ning touched her chin. If she cleared this plot, she might gain ten progress points.
Gu Lanli gritted his teeth: “You’re truly rotten to the core. Su Wanyuan has no loved ones in the world and struggles to survive alone, yet you still target her. I’ve even agreed to our engagement, what more could you possibly want?”
Jiang Ning: “…”
Engage with him?
Jiang Ning looked ahead, and the future was pitch black.
Tonic!
She kept a straight face: “Is this the first day you’ve known how bad I am? Anyway, it’s her or me—choose. If you can’t choose, then don’t come to me.”
Gu Lanli sneered coldly: “You’re something else. Why can’t you learn to take a step back and leave yourself some leeway? Why must you fall into a predicament before regretting it?”
Jiang Ning spoke confidently: “Retreating isn’t in my dictionary—only advancing. Go back where you came from and don’t delay me showing off my grilled sausages.”
Gu Lanli watched wide-eyed as Jiang Ning walked to the grilled sausage stall.
She held up five fingers: “Give me five grilled sausages, medium spicy.”
Gu Lanli: “…”
He was so angry he turned and left. A roadside stall like this—he’d never eat there in his lifetime.
If it meant harming Su Wanyuan, he’d rather not reconcile!
After finishing her grilled sausages, Jiang Ning bought a cup of milk tea and got a serving of stir-fried cold noodles on the way. Only after eating until she burped did she return to the classroom.
Eight o’clock in the evening.
The first evening study session ended.
Jiang Ning idly gazed at the night scenery outside the window, her mind on Meng Jing, then unconsciously drifting to Xie Jingyan.
These two both have “Jing” in their names, yet their personalities are worlds apart.
Her baby was like an obedient puppy, while the one beside her was like a nutcase.
She shook her head. Every extra second Xie Jingyan lingered in her mind was an affront to her.
A slender hand reached in front of her.
Jiang Ning couldn’t look away anymore.
Then came the voice of the hand’s owner: “Do the worksheet.”
Jiang Ning: “…”
She instantly deflated.
She glared at him: “Did you turn into a worksheet demon? Your brain is full of nothing but worksheets!”
Xie Jingyan withdrew his hand: “No, after the founding of the country, it’s prohibited to become a spirit. If you’re free, do it. With your grades, you should pass this competitive mathematics preliminary round and prepare for the finals.”
Jiang Ning: “…”
Jiang Ning began reflecting on herself.
At first, she wanted to spend money to have Xie Jingyan teach her to study, then infect him with her laziness.
The result was she got even lazier, while Xie Jingyan’s grades improved by three points.
Was she wrong?
She’d dug such a huge pit for herself and still owed Xie Jingyan 110,000.
She couldn’t help looking at him.
Xie Jingyan caught her gaze, his fingers curling to tap the desk: “It’s in black and white—the six-month term. If you want to fire me early, compensate ten times the breach fee: give me 1.1 million, and I’ll let you off.”
Jiang Ning: “???”
Fine, fine, fine.
Who was the real villain here?
And now it was him letting her off.
“Sooner or later, I’ll call 110 to get you arrested.”
“Try it if you can succeed.”
Jiang Ning took a deep breath.
The next second, her mobile phone vibrated.
It was just break time now. Normally, knowing she was in evening study session, no one would call her.
Jiang Ning pulled it out and saw it was Chen Shuyan.
Ever since the last autumn outing, she hadn’t paid her any attention for a long time.
Jiang Ning had no intention of paying attention now either.
So she decisively hung up.
But the other side persisted relentlessly.
Kept calling her nonstop.
Jiang Ning frowned, her hand slipped and accidentally hit accept, and a scream immediately came through.
“Ah! Please, stop hitting me, no more, the call connected, I’ll get her for you, sob sob sob.”
Chen Shuyan sobbed, clutching the phone: “Ning Ning, save me, I’m going to be beaten to death. Come to Zero Degree Bar and save me.”
Jiang Ning stood up and walked out of the classroom.
Once she reached a place with no one around, she spoke with keen interest: “Yo, what’s going on, my best friend? How’d you make such a pitiful scream.”
“I don’t know them, sob sob, I was kidnapped. They said I know you and made me lure you to Zero Degree, or they’d beat me to death. I refused at first, but they were going to chop off my fingers with a knife. Ning Ning, save me this once. You have money and power—you can definitely handle it.” Chen Shuyan’s tone was pleading, her voice trembling on close listen, showing extreme fear. Her panic had driven her to seek Jiang Ning’s help.
Jiang Ning narrowed her eyes slightly, then smiled: “But I’m scared too. You’ve been beaten like this already. What if they’re my enemies? If I go, won’t they kill me?”
“No, no, they’re not from Jin Cheng—they’re from the Capital City. Ning Ning… sob sob sob, I don’t want to die. My family won’t care if I live or die.”
Jiang Ning couldn’t help but scoff. Only now in danger did she think of her?
But in the book, Chen Shuyan’s betrayal of her was without batting an eye.
Jiang Ning lazily blew in the night breeze: “Sorry, I’m going to evening study session—no time. Find someone else.”
Besides, these people from the Capital City specifically naming her to come—definitely nothing good.
Jiang Ning wasn’t that stupid, risking herself for an unrelated person.
“Ah!!!”
A scream erupted from the other side.
The call was hung up.
Jiang Ning felt a bit emotional.
But the next second, Chen Shuyan sent her a video.
Jiang Ning opened it.
What met her eyes was Chen Shuyan’s bloodied and mangled face.
The surroundings were very dark; her eyes were swollen from crying.
She tremblingly raised her hand—already missing her pinky finger. Her lips had lost color, her hair matted with blood stuck to her face.
“Ning Ning…” Chen Shuyan’s tears slid down.
Mixed with the blood on her face, like bleeding tears.
A man’s light laugh came from beside her.
“I’ve long heard you’re a heartless wolf. Even seeing your good friend in such a miserable state doesn’t move you.”
The man’s voice was rough and grating, not pleasant, but Jiang Ning could tell from the voice that the speaker wasn’t old.
Jiang Ning shrugged indifferently, raising her brows with a smile on her face: “People can’t empathize because the pain isn’t on them. Do whatever you want with her—your call. Just keep it quiet so you don’t disturb me.”
“Heh.” The other side seemed to chuckle lightly: “Since an irrelevant person can’t lure you here, what about him?”
The video shifted.
Revealing half of Jiang Yan’s face.
He was sprawled on the ground, lifeless.
Shards of a broken wine bottle mixed with blood on his body.
Jiang Ning’s lazy smile slowly turned cold. She narrowed her eyes: “Who the hell are you?”
“Won’t you know if you come? I have a gift for you.”
Jiang Ning tightened her lips, the night wind tousling her black hair. As the class bell rang, she suddenly flashed a brilliant smile: “Sure you want me to come? Don’t regret it.”
Laughter erupted from the other side.
“The one who should regret it has never been me.”
The video ended.
Jiang Ning pocketed her mobile phone and turned toward the school entrance.
Jiang Yan hadn’t come to class today because Father Jiang had asked for leave for him.
He’d apparently caught a high fever from his injury plus getting caught in the rain.
But why was he at Zero Degree? And beaten like that.
Typo correction awooo, new character unlocking soon~
