Chapter 87: How Can You Repay Kindness With Enmity!
Jiang Ning sent Jiang Li to her room and left.
Now wasn’t a good time to chat anyway; Jiang Li was probably a mess inside.
It was already ten-thirty when she got back to her room.
The messages were still stuck at nine-forty; Meng Jing hadn’t replied to her.
Jiang Ning rolled around on the bed a couple of times and realized it had been a long time since she’d called him.
On a whim, she made a voice call to him.
But it was hung up the next second.
Jiang Ning: “?”
This was the first time; he didn’t pick up.
Jiang Ning got angry and was about to question him when a message came from the other side.
Chunfen: [Taking a shower.]
Jiang Ning: “…”
She felt like he was brushing her off.
Lingling You Nan: [Show me?]
Xie Jingyan, far away in the rental room: “…”
He looked up at the showerhead, then at the fogged-up hanging mirror.
He walked forward and wiped it with his hand; his bare arm quickly appeared in the mirror.
He slicked his wet hair back with one hand, revealing his smooth full forehead; water droplets slid over his refined features, and in the misty haze, his clear-cut features stood out even more, extending downward to his tight muscles.
Xie Jingyan braced both hands on the sink, looking at himself in the mirror with slightly furrowed brows: show her?
Show her my ass!
Could she handle it that well?
Why not ask Gu Lanli to show her.
Xie Jingyan felt that as an upstanding man, he had to put a stop to this kind of freeloading, especially from someone like Jiang Ning—a slag girl who’d look and then pull up her pants and deny it all.
Back when he still didn’t know Ning Zhaozhao was Jiang Ning.
The other side had wheedled and tricked him into taking multiple abdominal muscles photos for her.
Xie Jingyan felt like his brain must’ve been kicked for him to obey her every word like that.
A flush slowly crept over his pale cool-toned face.
It had been really embarrassing taking those photos.
But at the time, he just wanted her to be happy.
Xie Jingyan gritted his teeth thinking of these past events.
He decided to ignore her again.
As he turned to continue showering, his foot slipped, and he fell flat on his back.
…
Jiang Ning waited and waited, from wide awake to falling asleep, from sleeping to waking up to daylight outside, but still no photo from Meng Jing.
She sat up in a daze and ruffled her hair.
How could taking a shower make him disappear?
She typed viciously.
Lingling You Nan: [Where are you! I told you to show me the photo, playing dead, huh? Still gonna keep it or what!]
Then she tossed her mobile phone aside, got up to wash up, and went to the restaurant for breakfast.
When Jiang Ning went downstairs, Madam Jiang hadn’t gotten up yet; Father Jiang was eating breakfast, preparing to go to the company later.
He glanced upstairs and asked: “Where’s your older sister? Why hasn’t she come down?”
Jiang Ning glanced at the still-closed room door, thought for a moment, went back up, and knocked: “Older sister, breakfast now or later?”
After a few seconds, the door opened; Jiang Li was already dressed neatly: “I’ll go down with you.”
The two ate together.
Halfway through, a servant came in to relay: “Miss, there’s someone outside claiming to be your classmate, waiting for you at the entrance.”
Jiang Ning figured it must be Xie Jingyan and decided to let him stew, so she said: “It’s fine, let him stand; I’ll go out later.”
After Jiang Ning finished eating, Father Jiang went out with her.
Sure enough, Xie Jingyan was outside, but his movements were odd; he was leaning against the wall, with a bicycle parked beside him.
Father Jiang’s eyes lit up when he saw him: “Classmate, are you here for my daughter Jiang Ning?”
Xie Jingyan glanced at Jiang Ning, then looked down: “Yeah, I’m here to take her to school.”
Father Jiang was puzzled; his daughter usually had a driver, so why would this Xie classmate be picking her up.
“What’s going on here?”
Jiang Ning coughed lightly: “Um… he volunteered.”
Jiang Ning could hardly say she’d coerced Xie Jingyan; after all, though Father Jiang doted on his daughter, he wouldn’t allow her to bully people.
The original host had bullied Xie Jingyan for a year without the family knowing a thing.
Xie Jingyan kept his head down and said nothing.
Father Jiang quickly sensed something was off.
This Xie classmate clearly had the look of someone coerced by evil forces but forced to submit.
Xie Jingyan moved, limping to the bicycle; he patted the back seat: “Get on.”
Jiang Ning: “…”
Father Jiang: “…”
Father Jiang hurriedly asked: “What happened to your foot?”
Xie Jingyan sighed: “I fell by accident, but it’s fine. Even if my leg’s broken, I’ll get Jiang Ning to school. Don’t worry, Uncle.”
Jiang Ning: “…”
Impressive.
Was this kid here to pick her up or to screw her over?
Father Jiang’s look toward her had clearly changed.
He had a stern face: “Ning Ning! Have you been bullying classmates at school behind my back? Xie classmate just saved you yesterday, and you repay kindness with enmity!”
Jiang Ning: “…”
She felt completely unable to defend herself.
She quickly said: “Dad, it’s a misunderstanding. I didn’t bully him; I don’t even know what’s up with him.”
So she looked at Xie Jingyan, somewhat gritting her teeth: “If your foot’s hurt, why come here? Couldn’t you say something? Do you think I’d force you?”
Xie Jingyan pursed his thin lips, his peach-blossom eyes lowered: “Sorry, I was afraid you’d be angry.”
Jiang Ning: “…”
She felt suffocated.
Father Jiang was already angry: “You little brat, I send you to school, and you go bully classmates. Look what you’ve done to little Xie—hurt like this and still insists on taking you to school. You trying to give me a heart attack?”
Jiang Ning: “…”
She looked at Xie Jingyan with a blank face.
So good at acting.
Trash bags weren’t as full of it as him.
“It’s a shame you’re not in the entertainment industry acting.”
Xie Jingyan shook his head: “Don’t dare go in; afraid you’d blacklist me.”
Jiang Ning closed her eyes, feeling suffocated.
Fine, from today on, she’d have the image of a bully picking on the weak in her own father’s mind.
Xie Jingyan limped: “Let’s go; I can manage, it’s fine.”
Father Jiang frowned at his injured leg; if they really biked, that leg would snap.
He looked at Jiang Ning with a stern face: “You, take Xie classmate to school. If I hear you’re bullying classmates at school again, no pocket money for you this year.”
Jiang Ning: “…”
Such a vicious punishment.
In the end, Jiang Ning grudgingly pedaled the bicycle carrying Xie Jingyan to school.
“Xie Jingyan, you did that on purpose.” Jiang Ning panted up front.
Xie Jingyan sat in the back, comfortably enjoying the breeze: “I didn’t; how would I dare target you? After all, I’m not like Gu Lanli with someone to protect me. If I make it through today, will I even be alive tomorrow?”
Jiang Ning: “…”
“What nonsense are you spouting? You saying because of this, I’ll kill you tomorrow to silence you?”
He sighed, his tone gloomy: “Who knows? Your thoughts about Gu Lanli are easy to guess, but not about us. Maybe this is my bitter fruit; bitter fruit is still fruit, I’ll swallow it myself.”
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