Chapter 27: I’ll Chase You Later

On the way back.

Ning Qiutang sat behind the boy.

The long night was filled with gentle moonlight.

She stared at Jiang Sheng’s back, her eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment. Even though he was good to her now, it couldn’t erase the past grievances and hatred.

When they reached the Ning family’s house.

Jiang Sheng sat in the car, watching her take off her helmet and hand it back to him.

“Get some rest early.”

Ning Qiutang raised her eyes, her watery, clear eyes like gemstones soaked in water. She took out a thumb-sized glass bead from her pocket, inside which was a preserved small rose.

There was a hole in the middle, making it a pendant.

“It came as a buy-one-get-one-free when I was playing games.”

“Childish and cheap.” Jiang Sheng’s noble hands wouldn’t accept it.

Ning Qiutang’s long eyelashes fluttered slightly, seeing that he wouldn’t take it, she was about to retract it: “Why are you saying that? Forget it if you don’t want it.”

At the moment she was about to retract it, Jiang Sheng snatched it away. The young man’s expression was arrogant: “I didn’t say I didn’t want it, can’t you be more persistent?”

Ning Qiutang pouted, not wanting to indulge him: “No, I’m going back.”

Jiang Sheng didn’t stop her, watching her retreating figure, he took out a cigarette and lighter from his pocket, lit it and held it between his fingers, but didn’t smoke.

Ning Qiutang quickly went home, and when she entered the house, she looked back at the young man who was still lingering at the entrance.

Jiang Sheng seemed to sense it and looked over. The girl’s heart felt as if it had been scalded by his cigarette, and she quickly closed the door.

The night was quiet.

He extinguished the burning cigarette with his bare hands, his eyes darkened as he put on his helmet and drove away.

Upstairs.

Ning’s mother stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the scene downstairs.

“Wife, why aren’t you sleeping yet?” Ning’s father touched the bed beside him, finding that his wife wasn’t there, he woke up and sat up, looking at her standing there.

Ning’s mother turned around, looking at her husband who doted on her, and said: “Our daughter is back.”

“That’s great, I told you they are still young, that boy from the Jiang family will definitely send our precious daughter back.”

Ning’s father felt thirsty and got out of bed to pour himself a glass of water.

Ning’s mother walked over to pour him water and asked: “Did you listen to what I told you before? If our precious daughter doesn’t like that boy from the Jiang family, we can’t push her into a fire pit.”

“I heard you, wife, don’t worry, as long as our daughter breaks the engagement, I will give up this family business, and I won’t let our daughter suffer any grievances.”

Ning’s father hugged his wife to comfort her, not to worry, finished drinking the water and pulled his wife to bed.

Ning Qiutang washed up and lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep.

She realized that things were getting out of her control, Jiang Sheng who was entangled with her, Shen Wanwan who was determined to oppose her.

So only by leaving completely, could she avoid being dragged down to hell and experience the pain of losing everything again.

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The next day, when she arrived at school, she didn’t see Jiang Sheng who was supposed to be there.

Maybe he was too tired from playing last night, and the young master Jiang hadn’t woken up yet.

Ning Qiutang breathed a sigh of relief, the extra breakfast could be eaten as lunch.

On the way to the classroom, she still encountered someone she didn’t want to see.

Shen Wanwan approached with Shu Hui.

Ning Qiutang glanced at her warily, she was really not afraid of death, after yesterday’s beating, she still dared to come.

“Ning Qiutang, I won’t let you get away with yesterday’s incident.” Shen Wanwan arrogantly threatened.

Shu Hui stood beside her, condescendingly accusing: “Don’t think that you can do whatever you want just because you have money and power. This is school, you actually did that to your classmate, you will be punished sooner or later.”

Shen Wanwan’s face was swollen, but she still couldn’t recognize her own position.

Ning Qiutang rolled her eyes at them: “We’ll see when that day comes. Until then, I can easily kill you.”

“If you’re smart, you’ll just leave. Stop trying to get my attention, you pathetic idiot.”

She was fed up. If you want to die, then let’s see who’s tougher this time.

I might as well be reborn again.

She walked ahead quickly, not wanting to stay with them for another second.

Shen Wanwan sneered, “You don’t know what kind of person you’ve messed with. I’ll crush your self-esteem and make you beg for mercy.”

“Wanwan, aren’t you going to call the police?” Shu Hui stood up for her. How could they get away with this?

It’s wrong to hit people.

Shen Wanwan smiled ambiguously, “Shu Hui, I want to call the police, but they… forget it, just bear with it.”

“We’re graduating soon. I just want to have a good time.”

“You’re too kind. It’s because you’re afraid of them that they’re getting more and more arrogant.” Shu Hui felt sorry for her being bullied like this.

Shen Wanwan acted like she didn’t care, letting Shu Hui stand up for her.

Upstairs.

Jiang Sheng leaned against the corridor, watching the girls downstairs.

His fingers were wrapped around the small rose crystal ball Ning Qiutang gave him last night. His face was gloomy and obscure, as if he was thinking about something.

“Third brother, why are you up so early?” Chen Jinshi brought breakfast, still half-asleep.

Jiang Sheng glanced at him coldly, “You’re about to take the college entrance exam. How can you sleep so soundly?”

“Well, I can’t help it. If I don’t get into college, I’ll just go home and inherit the Chen family’s fortune.” Chen Jinshi said with a pained expression.

He handed the breakfast to the boy who was handsome and flawless at all times.

Jiang Sheng’s gaze followed Ning Qiutang’s figure as she went upstairs. When she reached the third floor, their eyes met.

The boy smiled faintly, beckoning her with his hand.

Ning Qiutang took a deep breath and went over to him, feeling like she was about to die.

When she reached him, she smiled brightly and took out her breakfast box from her bag: “There are crab roe buns today, and the red sugar glutinous rice cakes I like.”

Chen Jinshi, who was biting into a meat bun, came over and glanced at the open lunch box. It was all her favorite food: “You brought breakfast for Third Brother, and you brought all your favorite food?”

Ning Qiutang reluctantly shoved it into Jiang Sheng’s arms: “What’s wrong with it being my favorite food? If you don’t want it, give it back to me.”

She wasn’t willing to give it to him anyway.

Chen Jinshi: “Wow, everyone knows you like the Crown Prince, but if you didn’t know, you’d think the Crown Prince was chasing you.”

Jiang Sheng took the lunch box and looked at her resentful face: “I’ll chase you later.”

Chen Jinshi: “???”

Ning Qiutang: “Huh?”

Jiang Sheng’s wild and unruly aura was strong and aggressive. His handsome and dissolute features were always cold and indifferent. Even when he said such heart-fluttering words, there was no sincerity in them.

“What, I can’t chase you?”

“No, you don’t have to. I’m going back to class!” Ning Qiutang’s heart beat uncontrollably. She didn’t dare to look at him and ran away in a panic.

Chen Jinshi looked at the Crown Prince in shock: “Look at how scared you’ve made the little girl. She’s about to lose her soul.”

Jiang Sheng took a piece of red sugar glutinous rice cake from the lunch box: “It’s so bad.”

He ate one piece after another.

Chen Jinshi: My name is Chen Jinshi. I originally thought my Third Brother was truly emotionless. If he hadn’t finished the bad breakfast, I would have believed it.