Chapter 9: Can I Jump Up And Slap Them Silly?
Just one glance, and Jiang Ning confirmed it.
The one protecting Su Wanyuan was her childhood sweetheart Gu Lanli.
Jiang Ning looked at his silver-gray highlighted hair and involuntarily sucked in a cold breath.
So non-mainstream.
His body was covered in metal accessories, he was wearing black diamond earrings, his hair was styled perfectly with a shape and hair gel.
He was just short of wearing tight pants and boat shoes.
Jiang Ning’s lips trembled; why did she have to fall for a non-mainstream love brain? This shit was truly hard to swallow.
Little Honey couldn’t help but comfort: [……The second male lead’s face is still very handsome.]
Jiang Ning remained unmoved, staring fixedly at his head. Gu Lanli was so trendy it nearly blinded her.
She had a phobia of trendy guys approaching; she felt so inferior.
Sui Tang thought Jiang Ning was too heartbroken, seeing how her lips were trembling. She inexplicably got annoyed: “Gu Lanli, I’m only calling you brother for my cousin’s sake. Don’t be ungrateful. For this orphan girl, you actually dared to push her.”
Gu Lanli pretended not to hear.
People at school might fear the Jiang Family and Sui Family, but he didn’t.
The Gu Family was also one of the top families in Jin Cheng; his family background was no worse than theirs.
It was precisely because their family backgrounds were comparable that he had been entangled by Jiang Ning for so many years.
Thinking of this, irritation flashed in his eyes, and he treated Su Wanyuan even more gently: “Wanyuan, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”
Sui Tang had seen it very clearly just now; Jiang Ning hadn’t even touched Su Wanyuan, yet she inexplicably fell in front of everyone. Sui Tang wouldn’t comment on what was at play, but she had to admit Su Wanyuan’s scheming wasn’t low. She felt she had underestimated this orphan girl before.
She raised her voice: “Su Wanyuan deliberately fell to frame my cousin. Gu Lanli, are you blind? How does this woman compare to my cousin?”
Only then did Gu Lanli turn his gaze to Jiang Ning.
Her doe eyes were slightly red from pain, glistening with tears, and paired with her delicate, alluring face, she looked utterly pitiable.
He admitted Jiang Ning was very beautiful; in fact, in all of Jin Cheng, he couldn’t find another person as beautiful as her.
But strangely, he just didn’t feel anything for her; he even disliked her.
She had a beautiful exterior, but her heart was too ugly.
He sneered lightly, this time openly shielding Su Wanyuan behind him and lazily glancing at Jiang Ning: “Nowhere does she measure up.”
Sui Tang was furious: “Do you have a heart? My cousin has done so much for you without ever complaining, and now you treat her like this!”
Her gaze shifted and landed on Jiang Yan, who had come with Gu Lanli, making her even angrier: “Cousin, are you just going to watch them bully my cousin?”
However, Jiang Yan’s gaze was on Su Wanyuan. Seeing she was mostly fine, he breathed a sigh of relief, then met Jiang Ning’s eyes and quickly looked away, his voice indifferent: “She pushed her first. We’re not blind; we can see who the real victim is.”
Jiang Ning was about to crack.
Was this female lead halo really that strong?
[‘Little Honey, can I jump up and slap them a few big slaps?’] Jiang Ning asked calmly.
Little Honey: [No……No matter how the second male lead hurts you, you have to forgive him.]
Jiang Ning: “……”
Stupid novel.
But she absolutely wouldn’t suffer this anger in vain.
Jiang Ning sniffled, tears sliding from her eyes, looking heartbroken at Gu Lanli: “Lanli Gege, did you really mean what you said just now? For her, you don’t want me anymore?”
“You said before that when we grow up, you’ll marry me. Have you forgotten?”
Gu Lanli was stunned for a moment.
Then he burst out laughing: “Jiang Ning, how childish are you? You took words to coax you and remembered them for ten years. Disgusting. I have nothing to do with you, so stop clinging to me.”
He was too lazy to pretend anymore.
He had only been putting up with it somewhat because Jiang Ning helped him deal with Xie Jingyan; normally, it was like teasing a puppy—one sentence from him and she would go all out.
But now that Su Wanyuan knew he was the one behind it, Jiang Ning this pawn was useless.
Why keep something useless around?
Being associated with Jiang Ning made him feel like he was losing status.
He looked down at her condescendingly: “If you dare touch her again, Jiang Ning, I’ll make you regret provoking me.”
Jiang Ning glared with her beautiful eyes, biting her red lips: “Fine, fine, fine. It’s all her seducing you. Go die!”
With that, she picked up the crutch and threw it toward Gu Lanli. He instinctively blocked for Su Wanyuan, but the crutch smashed his forehead, drawing blood.
His gaze turned sinister, somewhat exasperated: “Have you made enough trouble? Don’t keep testing my patience.”
Jiang Ning shed unreasonable tears, showing no sign of remorse: “Not enough! I will definitely prove I’m a hundred times better than Su Wanyuan. You can only be mine! I will never give up.”
Ugh, she was about to vomit up last night’s dinner.
But it felt so good!
Jiang Ning watched Gu Lanli’s bleeding head with tears streaming, inwardly blooming with joy.
Little Honey: [……]
No wonder she was the evil gardenia flower—her revenge methods stayed in character while making others feel it was justified.
Gu Lanli carried Su Wanyuan away.
The people around looked at Jiang Ning with gazes of watching a show or sympathy.
This kind of drama played out every so often; they were all tired of watching it.
They also felt Jiang Ning deserved it.
Su Wanyuan must have had bad luck for eight lifetimes to encounter a troublemaker like Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning moved her leg, the pain making it somewhat numb; she must have sprained her ankle.
She looked at Jiang Yan in the crowd and pointed at him: “You, come here.”
Jiang Yan clenched his fists, mocking himself inwardly: Here it comes again.
Whenever she was upset, she vented all her anger on him.
What would it be this time?
Not allowing him to eat all day, or making him drink white liquor on an empty stomach until his stomach bled, or locking him in the school’s dark gym and not letting anyone open the door for him, or slapping him hard in front of the whole school while hurling filthy abuse?
Whatever it was, it wouldn’t let him off easy.
He walked numbly in front of Jiang Ning.
Even if bullied the worst way, he wouldn’t resist Jiang Ning, because if Jiang Ning was unhappy, Mom would dislike him even more.
“Turn around and squat down.” Jiang Ning continued directing.
Jiang Yan lowered his eyes and obeyed her.
Only then did Jiang Ning huff and puff as she climbed onto Jiang Yan’s back, wrapping her arms around her younger brother’s neck: “Take me to the infirmary. It hurts so much.”
Her voice was soft and coquettish, humming like a milky kitten.
Jiang Yan looked up in shock; the warmth on his back made him unable to distinguish dream from reality.
Jiang Ning said it hurt and wanted him to carry her—this was the first time he saw her so vulnerable, as if she had retracted all her prickly thorns, meek like a kitten waiting for a hug.
He quickly shook off the thought; he must be crazy to think that.
He was just too used to being bullied; a bit of kindness from the abuser occasionally made him think Jiang Ning had changed.
She wouldn’t change.
Jiang Ning, on the other hand, didn’t think so much.
She just treated Jiang Yan as free labor.
She looked at Sui Tang, who wanted to follow, and pinched her cheek: “Go to the classroom and attend class obediently. I’m fine.”
Sui Tang was a bit dazed.
What?
Attend class?
How could these two words come from her cousin, the school’s last place academic failure?
It wasn’t until Jiang Yan carrying Jiang Ning disappeared from sight that she dazedly reached out and scratched her hair.
This class……as a fellow academic failure, did she have to attend?
……
Little Honey watched the plot completion degree rise by 5% in the backend.
Somewhat relieved: [Host, your acting skills are great. I almost thought I was bound to a waste. Once this plot completion reaches one hundred, you’re free.]
