Chapter 17. In front of Ning Wanwan, Zhou Yanyao had already expressed...

Zhou Yanyao had already acted very harmlessly in front of Ning Wanwan.

However, given the boy's athletic build, even with such a low posture, he completely blocked the car window, preventing her from feeling any sense of weakness from him.

Ning Wanwan: "..."

Why did you have to get so close when you were talking?! You were clearly reluctant to talk to Zhao Rui and the others before, and you kept your distance!

Where is your vigilance?!

Wake up! Right now, you should be dragging Zhao Rui out of the car and beating him up, not here saying these unnecessary things to me!

Ning Wanwan remained silent, but someone spoke up for her.

"Ning Wanwan is definitely with us, otherwise she would be sitting in the car." Zhao Rui thought Zhou Yanyao was out of his mind, but that didn't stop him from feeling annoyed and seizing the opportunity to mock Zhou Yanyao.

"It seems you know her, but what can you do now? She doesn't want to talk to you at all. You're such a clown."

Zhao Rui learned to speak in a sarcastic and sarcastic tone on his own, but Zhou Yanyao completely ignored him, focusing only on Ning Wanwan.

"Wanwan, is what he said true?" Zhou Yanyao asked persistently, holding onto the car door, as if he would believe it as long as Ning Wanwan said it wasn't true.

"If they bully or coerce you, you must not tolerate it."

It seemed that as long as Ning Wanwan spoke, he would immediately rescue her from the clutches of these people and take her away.

Ning Wanwan thought about her public persona and the potential farce that might occur if she actually agreed, and her head started to ache terribly.

The three characters present, each with far more screen time than her in the novel, all had their eyes fixed on her, making her very uncomfortable.

I'm just a tiny, insignificant cannon fodder! Why are you making things difficult for me?!

The system was also in a dilemma: [Host, if you really agree to Zhou Yanyao's request, then you will completely ruin your core persona. It was already difficult enough for you to enter this world, and if you were to lose your identity, you might be directly rejected...]

Then one would naturally lose the chance to be reborn.

Ning Wanwan, who had been wavering, instantly became determined. She knew very well what she wanted most right now.

Ning Wanwan spoke up.

“No,” she said softly. “I’ve always been with them.”

I've been wanting to stay away from these important figures anyway, so if I say this, she probably won't bother with me anymore.

After all, who would want to associate with someone who's on the same wavelength as the people who bullied them?

The smile on Zhou Yanyao's face gradually faded, but he said, "I don't believe it."

“You are clearly different from them.”

He's clearly not the kind of person who's full of malice.

“I’m the same as them.” Ning Wanwan didn’t understand Zhou Yanyao’s meaning, so she looked up and corrected him seriously.

They're all just cannon fodder.

Meeting the girl's clear and calm eyes, Zhou Yanyao felt a tightness in his chest.

He really didn't want to see the girl stand against him...

"You, surnamed Zhou, have you said enough? Get lost!" Seeing that Zhou Yanyao was still not giving up, Zhao Rui became even more annoyed and rolled up the car window to try to separate Zhou Yanyao.

A gust of wind blew by, and Ning Wanwan's hair was scattered. It was almost crushed by Zhao Ruisheng's actions on the car window. She nervously gathered her hair up.

Zhou Yanyao didn't speak, straightened up and stepped back a little, his gaze falling on the hair tie Ning Wanwan was holding.

“You should tie your hair up. I’ll recognize you even with your hair down and a mask on. You don’t need to pretend you don’t know me…” Zhou Yanyao said softly.

These were the last words Ning Wanwan heard. The next second, Zhao Rui started the car and drove away at an extremely high speed. Ning Wanwan's body almost fell forward due to inertia.

She casually tied her hair back up with a hair tie, and subconsciously glanced back through the car window. Zhou Yanyao was standing there with his head down, looking somewhat sad.

Ning Wanwan withdrew her gaze and cleared her mind.

The next time we meet, I'll probably just treat her with annoyance; that would be the most logical thing to do.

Lin Ruowei crossed her arms and demanded arrogantly, "Ning Wanwan, you're not feeling sorry for him, are you? Also, when did you get to know Qi Lin's people?"

Ning Wanwan thought about it.

She didn't say much, only vaguely mentioning their last meeting: "When I bought you nail clippers last time, I couldn't find them, but I ran into him at the supermarket and he helped me find them."

As for the fact that Zhou Yanyao took the initiative to talk to her in the first place, she didn't mention it. Lin Ruowei naturally assumed that Ning Wanwan had taken the initiative to ask him for help.

Moreover, it was because Ning Wanwan helped her buy things that they ran into each other, so Lin Ruowei snorted coldly and didn't say anything more.

Zhao Rui didn't say anything, he kept turning the steering wheel sharply, seemingly still suppressing his anger. It's strange, he was the one who started the trouble and hit the other person in the first place, but now he seems to be the one who's the angrier.

If it were the original owner, she might have tried to appease him and calm him down, but Ning Wanwan would never go over there to deliberately suffer.

She couldn't do it either; just thinking about it made her scalp tingle. Besides, the conflict that had just happened had already made her feel very embarrassed, and now she just wanted to go home as soon as possible.

Such behavior is perceived as discomfort by the system.

System: [Host, don't be sad... there's nothing we can do about it.]

Although I don't know why Zhou Yanyao's attitude is different from the one in the story, it's a good thing you're keeping your distance from him.

Constantly getting involved with main characters not only greatly increases one's own risk level but also easily affects the normal plot.

Once your storyline is over, you'll be free from being cannon fodder and won't have to maintain that persona anymore.

"I know," Ning Wanwan said to the system in her mind.

She didn't understand why Zhou Yanyao treated her so well and was so tolerant. She always maintained a wary and distant attitude towards things that didn't have a reason.

If things can get back on track, that would be ideal.

"After this, Zhou Yanyao will probably hate me a lot. What I'm more worried about now is raising the protagonist's hatred level too high, causing him to die a more miserable death later and not even make it to the end..."

The system, which had almost forgotten about the death plot, was taken aback: [...]

The system couldn't help but sob: "Waaaaah, host, this is really too much for you! You have to maintain your persona while avoiding a death ending! Waaaaah!"

Ning Wanwan: "..."

Not necessarily.

"But I'm thinking... Zhao Rui just hit someone and ran away without paying anything? How long would it take to save up enough money to buy a new electric scooter if it got damaged?"

Ning Wanwan, the poor girl, always had simple and unpretentious ideas.

On the other side, Zhou Yanyao stood there for a while, then turned around, picked up the fallen electric scooter, checked it, and confirmed that it was working properly and there were no problems.

He sat on the electric scooter with one foot on the ground, head drooping, sighing.

When Qi arrived at the scene, this was the scene he saw.

He stepped forward and patted Zhou Yanyao on the shoulder.

"Why did Zhao Rui and Lin Ruowei run away?" Qi Lin's eyes turned cold when he mentioned these two people.

Zhou Yanyao continued to sigh, "They ran away. They hit my electric bike and then ran away."

"You're so down because your electric scooter broke down." Qi Lin frowned.

He felt as dejected as if his wife had run off with someone else.

"How could that be! If he really damages my electric scooter, I'll make him pay for it or I'm not a Zhou!" Zhou Yanyao slammed his hand on the handlebars with a grim face, then continued to slump down.

"My electric car, which I've used for several years, is fine, but Zhao Rui's new sports car has a scratch on the front."

This is also why Zhou Yanyao was able to engage in verbal sparring with Zhao Rui at the beginning instead of directly calling the police.

There are no surveillance cameras in this area. If Zhao Rui were to turn around and demand compensation, it could cause a lot of trouble.

Instead of using this point to accuse him of causing trouble, Zhao Rui simply drove away, which was not in line with his usual extremely disgusting style.

Hearing Zhou Yanyao's words, Qi Lin raised an eyebrow and asked, "He didn't ask you for compensation or anything when his new car broke down?"

Zhou Yanyao replied absentmindedly, "No."

Qi Lin: "..."

Good grief, this is really enough! I ask a question and you just give me a one-word answer, huh? Who on earth called me here?

But he couldn't help but feel a little curious about what was going on.

Based on Qi Lin's understanding, the conflict with Zhao Rui and Lin Ruowei alone could not possibly have elicited such a reaction from Zhou Yanyao.

Qi Lin took a few more steps closer and heard Zhou Yanyao muttering to himself, looking dejected and gritting his teeth.

"How could she possibly be in cahoots with those guys..."

"That's awful... So cold, he wouldn't even acknowledge me..."

A note from the author:

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Thank you to the little angel who threw the landmine: Meow meow meow~ 1;

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Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!