Pampered by My Ex's Cousin-Chapter 184 - 178 The Child is Mine (20)

His eyes sparkled with a dangerous glint.

Just as his gaze was about to shift toward Ji Anning’s stomach, Ji Anning realized, "No, on Friday I’m going to participate in the preliminary round of the chess competition."

Her hands lifted slightly, trembling, almost covering her stomach.

Forget it, just get through this and then leave the principal’s office.

Her back was soaked with sweat.

Ji Chicheng’s expression softened slightly, and then he looked at the principal, "Principal, actually I think having a talent competition is quite nice. A big cleanliness competition doesn’t really serve any substantial purpose."

He analyzed calmly, "Moreover, in group activities, conflicts easily arise among girls over the division of tasks, so maybe we should skip the big cleanliness competition."

Especially the last sentence, it was said nonchalantly.

Ji Anning almost spat blood, as others were already ready to go, yet he spoke so lightly.

But that was typical of him. To think from someone else’s perspective, to consider someone else’s feelings, that just wouldn’t be Ji Chicheng.

Thinking quickly, she looked toward the principal, hoping he was a reasonable, humane individual, not someone who would cancel the cleanliness competition just to flatter Ji Chicheng.

However, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"Now that Teacher Ji mentions it, I also think it’s the case," the principal agreed wholeheartedly with Ji Chicheng’s words, "Plus, there have indeed been past instances of large group activities where girls ended up fighting."

Saying so, he turned and walked toward his desk, "I’ll call the logistics department right now to cancel this activity."

Ji Anning hurriedly called out, "Principal..."

"I’m leaving."

Before she could finish speaking, the man beside her, with his tall frame, suddenly stood up, interrupting her speech.

She turned her head, looking up at him, somewhat angry.

Ji Chicheng wasn’t looking at her, but at the principal instead.

The principal picked up the phone, dialing while looking at Ji Chicheng with a polite smile, "Teacher Ji, please sit for a while longer, have some tea."

"No thanks," Ji Chicheng responded, striding towards the door.

Ji Anning, startled, came to her senses and also stood up, "Principal, I’m leaving too."

After greeting the principal, she hastened her steps and caught up with Ji Chicheng.

The two of them, one after the other, reached the staircase when Ji Anning saw that no one was around. She then coldly faced Ji Chicheng’s back and questioned, "Uncle, why did you do that?"

Ji Chicheng stopped, turned to look at Ji Anning, lazily raised an eyebrow, "What did I do?"

They were standing four or five steps apart. Fearing her voice might be too loud, Ji Anning descended two steps to close their gap before frowning and asking discontentedly, "I already said I was going to the competition on Friday and wouldn’t be working. What more do you want?"

Now a perfectly fine group activity was cancelled because of her.

’Ha,’ Ji Chicheng scoffed, "You probably don’t realize how antisocial you are right now, do you?"

Then he turned and continued downstairs.

Ji Anning was stunned.

He... he did it because he was worried that her absence from the work would lead to misunderstandings, so he persuaded the principal to cancel the activity.

Watching Ji Chicheng’s tall figure, a warm current surged through Ji Anning’s heart, uncontrollable.

What should I do?

She tucked her hands behind her thighs, clenching her fists tightly, holding her breath for a long time before finally releasing it suppressedly.

Ji Anning’s eyes shimmered, lost in thought when suddenly a ’ding’ from her phone brought her back to reality. She pulled out her phone, and the screen directly displayed the full text of the message, "Go ahead with her, I won’t be attending."