She pursed her lips, her bright eyes full of grievance: “Tang Jie, why didn’t you tell me you repeated a year in high school?” Chu Zheng glanced at her, and in an angle Chen Jing couldn’t see, his eyes slowly gathered a murderous intent. Xu Jing’s face turned iron-gray as she raised her hand to strike his face.
Growing up, Chu Zheng was the first person besides her parents to look at her with such a gaze. From the moment she entered, all eyes in the class were on her, and seeing this scene, they were horrified. This woman was too arrogant, daring to bully even their class president with Tang Jia present?! Chu Zheng seemed scared, his expression shocked and helpless, eyes wide open. Suddenly, a slender, fair hand reached out, gently grasping Xu Jing’s wrist. The force was very light, but Xu Jing seemed to lose all strength, her eyes filled with tears: “Tang Jie, are you going to bully me too?” Chen Jing slightly frowned: “Calm down.” Chu Zheng lowered his eyes, tightly staring at Chen Jing’s hand holding another’s wrist, feeling hurt and aggrieved. Xu Jing bit her lip, her right hand held by Chen Jing, not pulling back. Her left hand suddenly rose, catching Chen Jing off guard, and slapped Chu Zheng hard. She felt she had been blind before, thinking this bitch was handsome. Her force was heavy, and Chu Zheng deliberately didn’t dodge. The slap instantly swelled his fair, handsome face, the five-finger marks shockingly red.
Chen Jing immediately became angry, casually grabbing something from the desk and throwing it at her. By chance, what she threw was the pen Chu Zheng had just broken, its sharp end directly facing Xu Jing’s temple, quickly creating a small wound with blood seeping out – not serious, but looking somewhat gruesome. Chen Jing looked on indifferently: “Apologize.” Xu Jing’s eyes reddened with anger: “Why should I apologize!” “No reason.” Chen Jing released her hand, her gaze calm, “I’ll say it again. Apologize.” “Senior,” Chu Zheng raised his swollen face, his clean, delicate face full of restraint, “It’s nothing. Xu classmate didn’t mean it, so no apology is needed.” Chen Jing lowered her eyes, glancing at his face, her eyebrow slightly raised: “Really nothing?” Chu Zheng’s heart tightened. What did she mean? “He really is fine,” Xu Jing, intimidated by Chen Jing’s calm demeanor, spoke weakly. “Shut up,” Chen Jing cut her off without courtesy. Xu Jing bit her lip, reluctantly closing her mouth. Though her mouth was shut, her eyes stared directly at Chu Zheng, her cold gaze clearly plotting something. Chu Zheng lowered his eyebrows, his pursed lips looking somewhat sorrowful. Chen Jing took out a tube of medicine from her bag, squeezed some on her fingertips, and gently wiped the swollen areas on his face.
Unable to cause more trouble, her pent-up anger had nowhere to go, and she forcefully kicked over a nearby desk.
“Xu Jing!”
Xu Jing’s parents, who were at home, rushed over immediately after receiving the teacher’s call. Xu’s mother was furious, immediately delivering a slap so crisp it made people feel the pain just hearing it. The top-tier class students were dumbfounded. Even the accompanying homeroom teacher was stunned. The teacher was stunned, but saw Xu Jing stand up and unresignedly slap her mother back. Xu’s parents, in their anger, were about to hit their daughter in front of the entire class. The teacher panicked and immediately rushed forward to stop them.
She called the parents because the top-tier class students were mostly rich or powerful, with backgrounds not to be trifled with. Xu Jing was in the same group as Chen Jing, and these two were notorious troublemakers from the eleventh middle school. One suddenly wanted to transfer to the top-tier class to sit next to Chu Zheng, and the other came aggressively to cause trouble for Chu Zheng. Moreover, Chu Zheng had excellent grades and a somewhat special family background. If anything happened, she really couldn’t bear the responsibility.
But she never expected the Xu family to be so unrestrained, with parents and children actually fighting right there!
The teacher hurriedly tried to break up the fight, and the students could no longer study. The scene instantly became chaotic.
Chen Jing paid no attention, calmly wiping the last bit of ointment from her fingertips, pinching Chu Zheng’s chin to look left and right, making sure it was evenly applied before breathing a sigh of relief.
Just as she was about to let go, Chu Zheng suddenly raised his hand and held hers.
“You…” Chu Zheng stared at her, feeling the delicate and soft texture in his hand, inhaling her sweet bath fragrance, becoming so intoxicated that his heartbeat slowed down.
Chen Jing found it amusing: “Looks good?”
“Good…” As soon as the word left his mouth, Chu Zheng suddenly came to his senses. He looked at Chen Jing’s teasing face, then at his hand holding hers, and his cheeks instantly turned bright red. He quickly let go, his hand hanging by his side, nervously stuttering: “Sorry, senior, I…”
“Someone’s dying!”
A sudden shout startled everyone. All students looked panicked. Chen Jing turned her head, seeing the class teacher’s face turn pale as she frantically called 120.
The incident involved Xu Jing.
Xu’s father cursed: “She was just a debt collector. Dying is what she deserves. Why call an ambulance!”
Xu Jing ultimately went to the hospital.
Xu’s parents hired a caregiver, paid the medical expenses, and left, their attitude so cold it seemed more like they were dealing with an enemy than their own daughter.
Chen Jing sat by her hospital bed, with Chu Zheng following. He peeled an apple and slowly handed it over: “Senior, have an apple.”
Chen Jing smiled and took it: “Thank you.”
Chu Zheng curved his lips, smiling obediently: “As long as senior likes it.”
Chen Jing nodded, glanced at the pale-faced Xu Jing, and softly said: “If junior has nothing else, you can go back. I’ll stay here.”
Chu Zheng remained silent.
“What’s wrong?” Chen Jing turned back, looking puzzled.
“I…” Chu Zheng took a deep breath, mustering courage: “I want to stay here with you, wait for Xu classmate to wake up, and then apologize. Is that okay?”
The words, coupled with his expression, were pure to the point of admiration.
Chen Jing looked at him for a while, unable to help but laugh. For some reason, she somewhat admired her younger self who could create such a morally skewed, psychologically dark protagonist.
Chu Zheng saw her laugh without speaking and nervously bit his lip: “…Senior, you don’t agree?”
As soon as the words fell, he nervously added: “Xu classmate might misunderstand me. I, I can explain.
If Xu classmate is not satisfied, let her slap me twice more, okay?”
The last two words were soft and light, full of grievance and expectation. His expression was completely that of a soft bun.
Paired with his clean and handsome face, even a god would probably want to hold him and say everything was fine.
“No need,” Chen Jing, with a heart of stone, laughed and touched his face: “It’s getting late. Go back and eat. I’ll come to tutor you in a couple of days, okay?”
Though her eyes were smiling and she used a question form, anyone could tell she was politely telling him to leave.
Chu Zheng made a hesitant expression, then obediently nodded, shyly saying: “Then I’ll go back first. Wait for your contact.”
Chen Jing also nodded: “Be careful on the road.”
“I will, thank you, senior.”
He spoke gently and politely.
Before leaving, he seemed to casually glance at Xu Jing in bed, with a shallow smile that was both strange and chilling…
In Chu Zheng’s eyes, there were only three types of people: Chen Jing, irrelevant passersby, and those who persistently stuck to Chen Jing until they died.
Chu Zheng quietly thought and smiled: Since the Xu surname wants to die so much, then he’ll grant her wish.
