Chapter 13 - Episode

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He Jun Ming was confused: “Didn’t Shu Lan give it to me?”

Shu Lan couldn’t care for anything else and tugged on Meng Ting’s arm, only then she knew she had to give in: “It’s all my fault, could we just go over there for a while?”

Meng Ting just wanted her things back, not to ruin the party. Shu Lan and her walked to the corner of the room under the crowd’s curious stares.

Beside the counter was a beautiful music box that was still spinning.

The soft music played, Meng Ting’s gaze fell on Shu Lan, slightly distracted.

This pretty dress, she didn’t even have the courage to touch it in her past life. Even until the day she died, she still never wore it once.

Shu Lan didn’t have the elegance to bring out the beauty in every step of wearing that dress.

The hemline of the skirt is grand and light, it was originally made as a dancing skirt.

Shu Lan gritted her teeth: “Sis, I know you’re the best. Just lend me the skirt for the night, I’ll return it to you tomorrow. That medal…… I gave it to someone and I find it embarrassing to ask it back, do you really want them to look down on me?”

This reason again.

Exactly the same as piano performance. 

Meng Ting faced Shu Lan, the soft heart to always protect her has totally disappeared, She looked straight into Shu Lan’s eyes, the first time she used a stern tone to talk to her: “This will be the last time you ever touch my stuff. Give me back my skirt now, get back the medal too. You don’t want them to know you don’t have any skills right, that the piano performance was fake, and that you even stole my stuff.”

That word “stole” frightened Shu Lan, unbelievably she glared at her: “We’re sisters, how could you use that word! You disappoint me.”

Sisters……

For a moment, Meng Ting really wanted to slap her. She used to treasure this word so much, even as she was willing to disfigure her face to save Shu Lan, but Shu Lan just let her die down the cliff.

Meng Ting closed her eyes and opened them calmly: “Not sisters, never in this life. You either give me the things, or I’ll head over there and explain the situation myself.”

Shu Lan sees as she is immune to all tactics, she finally knows that she’s serious about this. Just two months ago, Meng Ting wanted her to have everything good in life, but now she’s treating her even colder than a stranger.

She could never let Jiang Ren and his friends know the truth, piano, dance, skirt, all of these belonged to Meng Ting.

She angrily said: “I’ll return them to you, don’t regret it, you’re no longer my sister anymore.”

Meng Ting didn’t say anything, only silently looked at her, this made Shu Lan feel guilty.

Shu Lan ran into the toilet outside, not long after, she changed into her own clothes and pants and came out. She threw the skirt into Meng Ting’s hands, Meng Ting lovingly hugged it.

Meng Ting sarcastically said: “How filial of you, your mother died in front of you, don’t tell me that you want to dance again.” Meng Ting’s beauty has always been a curse.

Meng Ting’s fingers shivered after hearing this.

She hugged the skirt even tightly, and got angry: “You take care of yourself first.”

She walked out first with the skirt in her hand, He Jun Ming saw her, excitedly waved his hands: “Meng Ting, come over.”

Jiang Ren also came back, he was sitting on the one-man sofa, and looked towards her. His gaze grazed past the skirt in her hands, and couldn’t help but smile: “This is yours?”

The skirt looked gorgeous.

The moment Shu Lan walked in, she caught almost everyone’s attention because of it.

Every time Jiang Ren saw Meng Ting, she was always carrying a heavy backpack, wearing her school uniform, quietly standing there. Like a primary school student that just finished school.

Something like this actually belongs to her?

She got angry just now, and almost forgot Jiang Ren was still here.

She shook her head: “No.” she quietly added, “I borrowed it, it’s time to return it.”

After her reply, Shu Lan that was at the back sighed out of relief and also felt her face starting to burn with embarrassment.

The few girls from before snickered: “Ah, what did someone say just now. One of a kind tailormade, actually it’s borrowed~”

“Don’t know her place, she thinks she’s that amazing.”

Shu Lan tightened her fist.

Meng Ting overheard them too. If it was before, she would certainly feel sorry for her. Sᴇaʀᴄh the NƟvelFɪre.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

But now, she could only say she brought in on herself.

Jiang Ren leaned against the sofa: “How about this?”

In his hands, clutching the little gold medal. “Yours? Why would I give it back to you then.”

Shu Lan was scared that Meng Ting would confess, quickly said: “Jiang Ren, that’s mine, could you give it back to me.”

Jiang Ren lazily said: “Go away, it’s in my hands, so it’s mine.”

He didn’t look at Shu Lan, but focused on Meng Ting: “It’s okay if you want it back, let’s play a game then, student.”

Meng Ting thought of the picture, she needed to take it back. She was slightly scared of him: “What game?”

He lazily took some dice from the black coffee table and threw one into the dice cup: “Guess if it’s big or small, 123 is small, 456 is big. If you can guess it correctly, I’ll give it back to you. If you lose……” His smile slightly mischievous, “Buy me breakfast for a week, do you want to gamble?”

He Jun Ming felt bad, everything else was fine, but Boss Ren was being so ridiculous.

That dice, Jiang Ren could shake it however he wants.

Meng Ting would definitely lose.

Fang Tan couldn’t resist his laughter and was waiting to watch how the show would envelop.

Meng Ting’s mindset was different from theirs, if she didn’t gamble, she won’t get it back for the rest of her life.  One dice has six sides if she were to guess big and small. The chances would be 50 to 50 per cent. This game was based on luck, at least there’s a chance.

Her tone softly, slightly hesitant: “Small.”

Jiang Ren lazily shook, his lips slightly smiling.

Without even looking, he knows that it was a 6 inside.

She hugged the skirt, nervously stared at his hands.

The top of her head was of a warm brown tone, her hair was silky soft, It was the first time her gaze was so fixated on her.

Jiang Ren stopped his movement.

Is this thing that important to her? She hates him but is willing to trade with him.

“Meng Ting.”

“Yes?” Her gaze shifted to his face, her slightly high pitched nasal voice sounded with a sense of obedience.

“You open it yourself.”

She was slightly nervous, she placed her pearly white hands on the cup. Jiang Ren could feel her warmth the moment she got near him, the warmth in November, the temperature almost burning.

The moment she opened the cup.

She couldn’t help but widen her eyes, and happily looked at him: “You’ve lost.”

He chuckled: “Yes, I’ve lost.”

It was the first time he saw her smile, even if he only could see the corner of her lips slightly lift up, but he felt his heart sweeten up, so goddamn pure.

On the white dice, was a red 1 on top.

Jiang Ren passed the gold medal to her.

She placed it back in her school uniform, Meng Ting never gambled with anyone before, she sighed in relief, luckily she won, she got her things back, it’s time for her to head home.

By the time her figure disappeared from the AnHai Courtyard’s gate, He Jun Ming and his friends still hadn’t caught on to the situation.

Oh my God Oh My God!

How could it be! How could it be a 1!”

He Jun Ming suspected if he wasn’t fully awake, after a while, he asked: “Boss Ren, how did you lose?”

Jiang Ren leaned against the sofa, the chest area that she just bumped into was slightly painful and soft, he lazily replied: “So I did lose, no reason behind it.”

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Wednesday came by, it was Meng Ting’s eye check-up day.

That afternoon, Father Shu couldn’t make it back, he thought for a while and decided to let Shu Yang and Meng Ting go together.

These two years, it was either Father Shu who would accompany Meng Ting there, occasionally when Shu Lan had a favour to ask from Meng Ting, she would follow along too.

But last night, he noticed that both of his daughters were slightly awkward around each other, Father Shu assumed that they were just having a small argument, reluctantly, he could only let Shu Yang accompany his elder sister along.

The afternoon after school.

Shu Yang waited for Meng Ting at the school gate: “Let’s go,”

He never talked much, average looking, his eyes looked dull, and his personality was boring. Both of them were first place in Class 1 and Class 2, but no one would ever think that they knew each other.

Meng Ting didn’t know how to get along with her stepbrother, shook his head: “I’ll go myself.”

Chu Yang didn’t even look at her, his gaze fixated on the fallen leaves of the pine tree in school: “Dad’s orders.”

Meaning is if it wasn’t Father Shu that asked him for this favour, he wouldn’t be willing to go if he didn’ go, he could never explain this to Father Shu. Meng Ting’s face turned red, slightly awkward: “Sorry for troubling you.”

“Sure.”

The central hospital was quite far away from the school.

That year, the bus to the hospital only came by once an hour, slowly coming its way from 31 street.

Meng Ting got up first, Shu Yang followed her from behind and hopped on too. The crowded passengers almost bumped into her, he used his arms to block them off.

Before getting on, he looked back

A silver-haired teen wearing a white sports tee looked at them expressionlessly.

Shu Lan furrowed his eyebrows and sat in one of the seats.

He Jun Ming looked over like he just discovered a new piece of land: “That was Meng Ting right, my god, the boy and her……” He snickered, “The good student is in a relationship? Doesn’t she have eye problems? That boy from Seven High has some weird……”

He couldn’t even finish his sentence, he saw Boss Ren come back to his senses, and suddenly ran towards the bus.

The teen at this age, with his long and strong legs.

They just finished playing ball, Jiang Ren was still wearing his sports tee and short pants in the mildly cold November.

His calves were tough, his silver hair seeped with sweat.

He ran towards the bus station with all his might.

But Li Cai’s school gate was quite far away from the bus station.

The moment he got there, the bus had already left.

Jiang Ren’s gaze looked dark, he picked up a stone from the pavement beside. He threw it towards the bus without much hesitation, the teen had astounding strength, “Dong”, it sounded sturdy.

Everyone on the bus was startled.

The driver looked back through the window and started scolding him.

The driver didn’t hold back on the cursing.

But the teen’s dark cold pupils didn’t even blink once.

Meng Ting also looked back.

She saw him straight away.

Early winter, his redshirt looked like it was on fire, his gaze looked like it was burning with raging fury. His muscles tightened, the veins on his solid arms were popping out.

He Jun Ming was dumbfounded, he tapped on Fang Tan’s shoulder,  and stammered: “Tan, what do we do now?”

Fang Tan was also dazed.

They were all clear, he just started studying in LiCai for 2 months.

This……is Jiang Ren’s first episode.