Chapter 4

Chapter 4

That night, after I got back to the dorm, I logged into QQ and anxiously messaged her: “Yaoyao, why did you blow up at the teacher like that? What about your illness? You haven’t even gotten the money yet.”

“Spare me your fake concern. You deliberately let everyone know I asked you to borrow money, didn’t you?”

“Yaoyao, is that really what you think of me? I didn’t have enough money, so of course I had to ask other people to borrow some! Is being sick something you’re not allowed to talk about?”

After sending that, I turned off my phone, pulled the covers over my head, and went to sleep.

In my dream, Lu Jingnian’s face grew clearer and clearer. His face was covered in my blood as he stared at me like a vengeful ghost come to claim my life.

Strangely, I wasn’t afraid. Instead, I forced my eyes wide open, trying to remember his face. Even in the dream, I clawed wildly at anything I could grab, wanting to drag him down with me.

When I woke up, my fists were clenched tight, and sweat had soaked through my nightgown.

Lu Jingnian, in this life, I will repay every bit of pain you inflicted on me a thousand times over, ten thousand times over.

Our Chinese teacher, Qin Yu, was a very responsible person.

After she discovered Song Shuyao was pregnant, she didn’t make it public, but she immediately found the homeroom teacher and contacted Song Shuyao’s parents with him.

They were thinking that although Song Shuyao had dropped out, she was still a minor, and they were afraid something might happen to her.

Song Shuyao’s father was the type who cared deeply about saving face but couldn’t keep anything to himself.

He grabbed Song Shuyao on the spot and cursed her out.

Before long, all the neighbors nearby knew, including a classmate who lived very close to Song Shuyao’s family.

Naturally, there was no way Lu Jingnian wouldn’t find out.

He took three days off in a row.

After he returned to school, Lu Jingnian strode straight toward me, looking like he was out for blood. I was sitting at my desk doing problems when he casually picked up a stack of books beside me and hurled it at me. “Cheng Yuan, I never thought you were this kind of person.”

I dodged easily, then stood up and slapped him across the face. “Are you insane? What kind of person am I?”

My slap left him frozen in place.

When he came back to his senses, his entire face flushed red with anger.

He lunged forward, raising his fist to hit me.

But the boys beside him held him back tightly.

I stood there looking utterly puzzled as I asked, “Lu Jingnian, explain yourself. What did I do to you?”

“Cheng Yuan, you know exactly what you’ve done! I’m warning you, if you try any more petty tricks, I won’t let you off.”

“Oh! I asked you to explain, and you won’t? You can’t even say what I supposedly did, so what kind of tantrum are you throwing right now?”

Lu Jingnian wanted to speak, but in the end, he hesitated and swallowed the words back.

It seemed he didn’t want anyone to know that he and Song Shuyao had crossed the line behind everyone’s backs and gotten her pregnant.

He merely shook off the classmate holding him, straightened his rumpled jacket, and said, “It’s nothing. I just personally dislike you. I have a problem with you. I will never like someone like you in this lifetime. Are you satisfied now?”

“Hahaha! Do you even hear yourself right now? What does whether you like me or not have to do with me? Who do you think you are? Where did you get such a big head?”

“Cheng Yuan, you know what I’m talking about.”

Looking at how certain he was, I only found it laughable.

It seemed Song Shuyao had told him about our past chats long ago.

The two of them were both so confident. Song Shuyao thought she was amazing for winning over the person I liked.

Lu Jingnian never doubted whether what Song Shuyao said was true. He confidently believed that I must like him.

“What do I know? You really never manage to explain yourself clearly. Also, if you truly have some complaint about me, I suggest you calm down first, think about what you want to say, then find a piece of paper of the right size and write down every single thing you’re unhappy about.”

“Even if you change, I still won’t change my opinion of you.”

“No, you’re overthinking it. What I mean is, when you go die, you can tuck it under your tongue. Maybe in your next life, you’ll finally learn how to speak properly.”

“Cheng Yuan!”

“Stop saying my name over and over. When it comes out of your mouth, even my name starts to sound disgusting.”