Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 449 - 6: Cannon Fodder Stepsister Doesn’t Want to Die (6)
The monthly exam is over, and coincidentally, there’s a break on Saturday and Sunday.
A sweet and gentle female voice from the broadcasting station sounded once again.
"This year’s school arts festival will hold events from next Monday to Friday. The events include a three-day school sports meet and a one-day school arts performance. An awards ceremony will be held next Friday.
This arts festival is the grandest event in the 150-year history of our school. We hope all students will participate enthusiastically and actively sign up. Registration is by class, and interested students can collect registration forms from their literature committee representative.
This concludes the campus broadcast. I’m the school host, Qiao Chuweng."
"I’m the school host, Jiang Ci."
This was the first time Jiang Lai heard Jiang Ci’s voice since she fell from the stairs.
The young boy’s voice was clear and gentle, with precise articulation and a hint of laziness.
Many students stopped to listen quietly. Jiang Lai put down her pen, closed her eyes, and gently massaged around her eyes as Little Buding taught her. This helped her relax quickly and alleviate fatigue.
Behind her, Shen Weizhou sat with his backpack, originally planning to go cycling with friends. Time was almost up, but he remained in no hurry, watching Jiang Lai’s rounded head.
"Hey, you should also explain to me why you wanted to break up."
The classroom was empty, and the summer’s orange sunset cast through the glass onto the desks.
Jiang Lai turned her head, her gaze calm.
"I don’t like you, and you don’t like me. If you’re upset because I initiated the breakup, I can give you a chance to publicly dump me."
Shen Weizhou was left speechless.
Jiang Lai’s gaze was too pure, as if she could see through all his thoughts.
Indeed, that’s exactly what he had been thinking. From childhood to now, how many times had he been the one dumped in relationships?
He was handsome, his family was wealthy, and most importantly, he was generous and knew how to make girls happy. Which girl who dated him wasn’t head over heels?
But Jiang Lai, who at first was just like any other girl, now seemed to see everything too clearly.
"I’m not..."
"Are you going to say you like me?"
"Dream on! What’s there about you that I’d like?"
"Then that’s settled. Let’s stop torturing each other. I’m heading back."
Jiang Lai’s arm had almost healed. The cast was just removed recently, and although her right hand was still weak, she struggled to close the window. Seeing this, Shen Weizhou pulled the window shut from behind, then silently grabbed his backpack and left.
Back home, Jiang Zhen Sheng had just returned from the hospital. The middle-aged man had more white hair and looked quite exhausted.
"How is Mom?"
"Hmm, the surgery went well. The tumor has been removed, don’t worry."
Jiang Lai knew Jiang Zhen Sheng was trying to comfort her. Removing a pancreatic tumor wasn’t so simple, or the mortality rate wouldn’t be so high.
But the first phase of the surgery was surely successful. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
Jiang Lai bought some fruits and went to the hospital, keeping Mao Fang company for a while. After Mao Fang fell asleep, Jiang Lai got up to leave, and as she passed the eye clinic on the second floor, she saw a familiar figure.
The ever-unchanging black hoodie, white jeans paired with canvas shoes, with his slightly bent back, his large hoodie hood covering half his face, but Jiang Lai still recognized him; it was Jiang Ci.
He also saw Jiang Lai. After a glance, his eyes turned cold as he turned and left.
Jiang Lai, with nothing else to do, followed behind Jiang Ci as he walked out. She watched as he, wearing headphones, walked down the street. As the green light turned on at the crosswalk, just as Jiang Ci was about to step forward, a sudden strong wind swept past his ear, and his body was forcefully pulled back by a hand, narrowly missing a swiftly passing food delivery electric bike that ran the red light.
This wasn’t the first time he’d nearly been hit, unable to see things coming from his left eye.
He turned, seeing Jiang Lai, his brows furrowing, surprise and disdain flickering in his right eye.
"You still dare to wear headphones when you can’t see? Are you tired of living?"
"Wouldn’t my death be just what you want?"
Jiang Ci wasn’t the slightest bit polite to Jiang Lai.
Still, he was a bit surprised that Jiang Lai had reached out to save him.
What trick was she trying this time?
Jiang Lai smiled lightly.
"You can’t die; if you do, who will inherit the Jiang Family estate? Who will continue to support my mom and me?"
"Heh..."
Jiang Ci chuckled lowly, not sparing Jiang Lai a glance as he turned and left.
Watching his back, Jiang Lai sighed.
The road ahead is long and arduous.
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At the halfway point of Qi Mountain, several boys gathered with their flashy motorcycles. As a classmate, Tang Song couldn’t help but mock Shen Weizhou when he saw the empty back seat of his motorcycle.
"Did Jiang Lai really dump you?"
A few boys hanging out together crowded around, also teasing.
"Hey Brother Zhou, where’s your girlfriend? Didn’t she tag along every time we met before? What’s up? This time not worried about you flirting outside?"
With a stern face, Shen Weizhou replied.
"Why so much nonsense? Can’t live without women? Playing or not? If not, buzz off."
With his family backing, no one dared to provoke him. After a few rides, finding it uninteresting, Shen Weizhou parked his motorcycle off to the side and squatted on the road with a lit cigarette, appearing like a delinquent just released from detention, if not for his obviously high-value-looking face.
Tang Song squatted beside him, biting a cigarette too.
"Not in high spirits, huh? What’s the matter? Can’t adjust to being dumped for the first time?"
"Nothing to do with Jiang Lai, don’t mention her."
"Hmm, then it must have something to do with her. Didn’t school beauty Qiao Chuweng invite you to the broadcast studio? With such a good opportunity right in front of you, breaking up with Jiang Lai is just perfect, saves you the trouble."
Being friends with Shen Weizhou for years, Tang Song knew his nature better than anyone.
This playboy wasn’t a stranger to flirtations.
Yet, someone like him always managed to leave a good impression on his ex-girlfriends. Even after breaking up, they’d speak well of him.
Now he hit a snag with Jiang Lai.
So, Tang Song deliberately made these cold remarks.
With a bitter expression, Shen Weizhou’s eyes turned red from the smoke swirling around him.
"How am I not good enough for her? For more than a month, I’ve been like a dedicated follower, pursuing her daily. Tell me, isn’t she crazy? She doesn’t fancy someone like me?"
Tang Song extinguished his cigarette and looked at him.
"So you’re not upset about being dumped but because she doesn’t like you?"
"Is there a difference?"
"The difference is, you’ve exposed yourself, Brother Zhou. You’re finished, you’ve fallen in love."
"..."
The cigarette ash shook, and Shen Weizhou’s playboy heart suddenly skipped a beat.
His eyes widened, with a somewhat bewildered look on his fair face.
