Chapter 10 - Pretty

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“Eat this, you’ll feel better.” she said softly, “I’m heading home.”

Jiang Ren held onto the piece of candy, and grabbed her with his other hand: “What happened to your eyes?”

Meng Ting slightly flustered, terrified that he’ll touch her glasses.

She hurriedly said: “Got into an accident, damaged my cornea, lost my sight for a while. Jiang Ren, let go of me.”

He furrowed his eyebrow: “You can see now?”

Meng Ting nodded: “Not strong lights.”

“Let me take a look, close your eyes first.”

Meng Ting was shocked, the things that would happen if he looked at her. The swelling in her eyes had gone down, they weren’t any different from normal people, it’s just that if they are exposed in the air for too long, it’ll be slightly painful.

She almost hit him as she panicked: “No way, my eyes look weird.”

He saw her face turn red, couldn’t help but smile: “How weird?”

Meng Ting wasn’t good at lying, she softly said: “The same as the one on my student card.” She carefully added, “Very ugly.” So don’t look.

Jiang Ren laughed uncontrollably, he was convinced.

With the soft candy in his hand, he let go of her: “Head on home then.”

She was as flustered as a trapped bunny that was released, she didn’t take her time to slowly walk home. Stumbling forward she ran. 

He plopped the candy in his mouth,

A splash of sourness and sweetness enveloped his taste buds, Jiang Ren leaned against the bus stop. H City’s sky was bright, this city has always been a poor isolated city in his eyes, for a slight moment, something felt different.

The wrapping of the candy was kept in his pocket.

Forget about it, no point in looking anyways, there’s no way that she’ll be a whole beauty.

~

Meng Ting reached home and passed the card to Shu Zhi Tong.

Shu Zhi Tong looked at her surprisingly, she explained: “The prize from the Mathematical Olympiad, Father Shu, you keep it.”

Shu Zhi Tong listened to her explanation and broke into a big smile: “Ting Ting, you’re so amazing, you keep the money, go get yourself some pretty clothes and good food. Don’t worry about the family, Father Shu will not let you suffer.”

Meng Ting’s eyes felt sour, she said with a faint nasal voice: “I have my allowance, Father Shu, just take it.”

She left the card on the table and was planning to head back to her room, Father Shu happily said: “I’ll keep it in Ting Ting’s savings account, they provide substantial interest. If Ting Ting needs it then just withdraw it.”

Shu Lan walked out from her room, she slept till noon, still wearing her pyjamas.

“Dad, where did the card come from?”

Seeing as she reached to take it, Shu Zhi Tong took the card before she could: “Lan, get dressed and come eat, this is your sister’s stuff, don’t touch.”

Shu Lan seeing as she was told off, started to feel dissatisfied: “I just want to take a look, dad, why are you so biased, I haven’t got new clothes in a very long time.”

Talking about this made her angry.

Li Cai Conventional High is different from Seven High, Seven High instructs that students cannot wear anything too unconventional, school uniforms are a must. Li Cai on the other hand is different, even if they had a set of school uniforms, the school never forced students to wear them, Shu Lan had never worn the school uniform once.

She wore her own clothes, but she wasn’t from a wealthy family, her clothes were far off from the other girl’s bright and pretty outfits. At this age, comparing was a thing, every time Shu Lan looked at the others’ pretty clothes, she felt bad.

Only Meng Ting could resist wearing simple clothes all year round.

Shu Lan always thought that the people in school looked at her with a mocking gaze.

She angrily stomped away, was it wrong for her to want to have new clothes? The girls that Jiang Ren liked, was it not just because they’re good at dressing themselves? If she was rich, she would look better than them.

Meng Ting returned to her room, after giving it some thought, she pulled out a dusty box.

She opened the box. Inside were a few sets of pretty dance outfits, and a pair of white dancing shoes. Her fair slender fingertips softly grazed past them, these were once the greatest things in her life. Unfortunately, after her mother passed away, she never wore them again.

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She was once dashingly beautiful like the northern lights, everywhere she went, her presence was eye-catching. When she was on stage, her beauty and elegance caught the attention of everyone.

That year she was still in middle school.

As she walked on the streets back then, there were always a few boys that would secretly check her out.

“So it’s her, she’s really pretty, I heard from Deng Qiang that her name is Meng Ting.”

“I’ve seen her dance, she’s really pretty.”

“She talks really softly too, even cuter than my younger sister.”

“Go talk to her.”

……

Meng Ting’s mother is Chen Yu Jie, seeing as her daughter was so popular, she couldn’t help but smile: “Let me take a look, there’s also a few following you back home today.” She looked back, the group of boys fled away.

Meng Ting slightly frustrated: “Mom!”

Chen Yu Jie laughed out loud: “So easily embarrassed, what if you get bullied in the future.”

Meng Ting reminisced until here, her eyes couldn’t help but start tearing up. She looked at the small gold medal in the box, she took it up and opened the compartment at the back, inside was a photo.

Under the stage light, she was sitting in front of the piano, Chen Yu Jie was smiling behind her, her hands placed on her hair.

The 14-year-old girl in the photo, her soft silky hair was placed behind her ears, extraordinarily stunning.

This used to be her.

Meng Ting in her past life, even until she died, she also avoided looking at all these things, and never opened the box. If it wasn’t for this competition that her mum had to fetch her from, her mum wouldn’t get into that accident. As the accident happened, Chen Yu Jie hugged Meng Ting so tightly.

After Chen Yu Jie’s death, for a long time, Meng Ting didn’t even know how to smile anymore.

The brightest joy in her life suddenly became an unforgettable pain. All she could see was darkness, she never danced again, and she started to forget about her past self.

Dashingly beautiful, slightly prideful.

Meng Ting, from a talented young lady, she suddenly became another one of those average girls. 

But now, seeing as Father Shu is facing difficulties, could she get over her fear and pick them up again?

~

Monday came by and it was another school day again, everyone knew that Meng Ting was the champion for the Mathematical Olympiad.

Zhao Nuan Cheng was shocked too: “My God, you really got first place, how about Lu Yue? ” 

Meng Ting while looking for her chemistry textbook, replied: “Second place.”

Zhao Nuan Cheng smacked her lips: “Oh my god.” Ting Ting is so amazing.

Everyone in the class was also talking about this, that is because Lu Yue was Grade 8’s dream girl. Lu Yue comes from a wealthy family, well mannered, she was always like the fairy floating above us all, totally different from the rest of us, but unbelievably, she lost to Meng Ting that was a grade below her.

The girls in her class couldn’t help but say: “Meng Ting is so impressive… an IQ genius.”

The boys’ smiley said: “So what if she did win, do you know how pretty Lu Yue is. So what if she has good grades?”

The girls softly said: “Even if Meng Ting is good, what a shame about her eyes. Sigh, let’s not talk about it, have you guys heard about Lu Yue and Jiang Ren? I think they’re dating. 

“Really!”

“It’s true……”

As the topic started to spread, Zhao Nuan Chen got angry. It was Ting Ting who won, but she was pitied by others. She almost got as angry as a pufferfish.

But to the whole of Seven High, Jiang Ren’s presence was very special.

He was from Li Cai, the bunch would always smoke under the ginkgo tree after school.

The discipline teachers and class teachers from their school didn’t dare to punish them. Rumour said that he only attended a few classes, he’s rich, very bloody rich. Even if he was chased out from the Jiang family, he’s still spending lavishly.

That year, there weren’t a lot of families that could afford a small car, not to mention the supercar that Jiang Ren drives.

Meng Ting didn’t care when she heard about these.

She was thinking of how to earn money.

A few years later, property prices will rise, but by then, Shu Zhi Tong would have already sold his house. The house now is rented, and it is in a newly developed area.

So poor……

But the Jiang family that specialized in property, how rich they’ll become in the coming years.

The good thing about all this is that her state of mind now is rather peaceful, nothing bothered her, after dying once, she knows that being safe and healthy is the only thing that mattered.

After school, the gates of Li Cai were brimming with noise.

Zhao Nuan Cheng and Meng Ting were walking past together, only realising that there was some commotion there.

Sheng Yu Qing was waiting for Jiang Ren.

She thought that after a while Jiang Ren would come to look for her, but in the end, she heard about Jiang Ren and Lu Yue’s rumour. She couldn’t hold back anymore and went looking for him.

Jiang Ren took out the lighter from his pocket and lit the cigarette between his lips.

He looked at ease, looking down at her: “Why are you here?”

Sheng Yu Qing said: “Jiang Ren, let’s start over, I won’t do anything without your permission, everything is up to you, okay?”

Jiang Ren tsk: “Not interested, go away.”

Meng Ting afraid that Jiang Ren would see her amongst the crowd, she lowered her head and pulled Zhao Nuan Cheng away.

Zhao Nuan Cheng misunderstood her intentions: “Ting Ting, you’re also excited right? Oh my, this is Sheng Yu Qing, she’s begging Jiang Ren to get back together but got rejected. Even Sheng Yu Qing is not up to his standards, then who would he possibly like in the future? Or does he really like Lu Yue?”

Meng Ting bit on her lips: “Let’s just go okay?”

Zhao Nuan Cheng really wanted to know what happens next: “Ting Ting, don’t talk.”

Sheng Yu Qing with her eyes red: “Do you really like Lu Yue? Her results are above average only, all her other aspects are nothing good compared to me, Jiang Ren, do you really have no more feelings for me?”

Jiang Ren felt annoyed, and stubbed his cigarette: “You’re just so full of yourself.” He tapped on He Jun Ming’s shoulder, “The picture from this afternoon?”

He Jun Ming looked slightly confused at first, after a while, he finally understood what Boss Ren was talking about.

He took a small gold medal and pressed the back lid open for Sheng Yu Qing to see, his tone slightly playful: “Sheng Yu Qing, boss Ren is annoyed by you, so just don’t come again. He likes these types of girls, you don’t pass the test.”

The people that were spectating tried their best to look at it, but the medal was too small, they couldn’t see a thing. The crowd’s curiosity was hooked up.

Sheng Yu Qing was close, she took a clear look.

The photo was too old, the pixels were not clear. It was obvious that it was captured a few years ago.

On the less than 2 inch picture, was a young girl wearing a golden dress with her fingers placed on the piano. She looked at the camera, smiling sweetly and shyly.

The colours in the photo were slightly faded, but it didn’t take away her delicate beauty.

Sheng Yu Qing was stunned for a while, suddenly she didn’t know what to say anymore.

Meng Ting amongst the crowd was also stunned. Her face looked pale, that small gold medal looked so familiar to her, yesterday night, it was still in her box, why is it in He Jun Ming’s possession?

He Jun Ming smiled: “She’s pretty right? Want to change your appearance?” He liked Lu Yue, so he didn’t like Sheng Yu Qing, naturally, his tone was not pleasant too.

Sheng Yu Qing only started to react, angrily: “She’s not even our age, you guys are perverts.”

Jiang Ren was frustrated: “Go away, would you.”

Sheng Yu Qing was also scared of him and left with tearing eyes. The crowd started to disperse. Meng Ting didn’t know if she should be angry or scared, she bit her lips, her heart racing, her sight grazed past the small medal, and followed Zhao Nuan Cheng to leave.

He Jun Ming couldn’t control his happiness: “Boss Ren, aren’t you going to take a look. She’s really pretty.”

The girl that played the piano last time, what’s her name again, oh oh Shu Lan. This is her medal, I didn’t know that there was a picture at the back. He was surprised after taking a look, at first sight: “My God did I just look at an angel.” How cute.

Fang Tan came over to take a look, slightly dazed: “She is pretty, but she looks very young.”

He Han sees as they’re discussing, also came to join, and was also impressed.

Only Jiang Ren was lying on the table trying to sleep, he thought they were too noisy: “Shut up.”

Just now when he was with Sheng Yu Qing, he didn’t know why, but he unintentionally thought of this photo.

He Jun Ming passed it over, Jiang Ren didn’t reject it and took a look at it.

Just one look, and he was also taken aback.

“Boss Ren, you think she’s pretty too right?” and her natural elegance, felt pure.

The sky in October is clear, Jiang Ren leaned against the tree, his smile slightly naughty, and joked: “If I met her a few years back, maybe I’d just……” He didn’t complete his sentence, but any boy would understand.

He Jun Ming thought to himself, Boss Ren, you’re the real pervert here.