Chapter 45 Returning to Old Habits: Wen Han couldn't stand Jing Yu's pleading tone...
Wen Qingke's face turned bright red, but he couldn't say a word.
Wen Ruo asked coldly, "Then why did you say that Grandma bought it for you?"
“That was just an excuse I used to fob him off.” Wen Han shook the keys in her hand. “If you really don’t believe me, go ahead and call the police. I don’t care anyway.”
Is that Jing Yu?
Wen Han asked, puzzled, "What?"
"Or is it Lin He, or is he trying to please you?"
Wen Han guessed what he was thinking and said with disgust, "None of those are true."
What's Wen Ruo thinking all day long? He'll go and let half the air out of the tires on that bicycle tomorrow, and exhaust you to death.
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The bath water was either freezing cold or scalding hot. The scalding hot water stung her arm, and Wen Han hissed.
Her elbow was scraped, probably from a fall; a little blood had dried on her skin, mixed with small grains of sand. Wen Han endured the pain and washed away the dirt.
A young couple recently moved into the apartment upstairs with a child, and they start making a lot of noise as soon as it's time to sleep. Wen Han lies awake with her eyes open and her head propped up, unable to fall asleep at all.
The baby wouldn't sleep and started crying loudly.
The young couple started shirking responsibility, arguing loudly, and bringing up old grievances.
Then came the sound of things being smashed. The residents of the tenement building were all roughly the same wealth, and they didn't have much of a good stuff at home. They were smashing things that could be reused and smashed again the next night. With a loud bang like thunder, it sounded like a stool hitting the ground. The baby's crying stopped for a moment, and then came heart-wrenching screams, as if the baby was about to cry itself out.
Wen Han couldn't take it anymore: "How is anyone supposed to sleep like this!"
Wenruan turned on the light, but she couldn't fall asleep either. It was already past one o'clock. They had to get up at five-thirty tomorrow. If they did this every day, they would surely die of exhaustion.
When Wen Ruan saw Wen Han turn on the light, she began to silently recite in her mind.
First, Wen Han angrily put on her slippers and pushed open the bedroom door.
Then came the sound of a rusty door being pulled open, followed by the angry clatter of footsteps that grew louder as they faded into the distance.
Wen Ruan closed her eyes. One, two, three.
"Knock knock knock!" Wen Han pounded on the door, and the couple's quarreling stopped. Then the door upstairs opened.
"What time is it?" Wen Han demanded as soon as the door opened. "Don't you know how to let people sleep at this hour?"
The couple who were just arguing immediately united: "We weren't arguing in your house, so what's it to you? If you think it's noisy, then move out!"
"The soundproofing in this building is so bad, how can anyone not hear you all arguing?" Wen Han said angrily. "I need to rest, I don't want to listen to you arguing about who cheated on whom back in school, who wanted to dump the other, who got pregnant out of wedlock, if you're so dissatisfied, go get a divorce, why are you just torturing others?"
"How—how could you say such a thing!"
"Yeah, why are you eavesdropping on other people's conversations? What kind of education did you receive at school?"
"Heh." Wen Han laughed in exasperation. "I'm eavesdropping? You're making so much noise the whole building can hear you!"
Hearing the commotion, Wen Qingke rushed over. Seeing Wen Han confronting them, and the atmosphere becoming increasingly tense, he quickly stepped forward and pulled Wen Han away: "I'm sorry, the students have to get up early tomorrow."
"Who has it easy? Students have to get up early, but don't we have to get up early for work? He's just being dramatic, isn't he?"
Wen Qingke was still smiling obsequiously, but Wen Han felt a surge of anger at his pathetic appearance and shoved him away, saying, "Fine, keep arguing if you dare. I'm very patient. We'll see who doesn't let whom rest when you're both asleep."
The young couple looked at her with disdain and contempt, thinking that Wen Han was just bluffing: "Tch, come and try if you dare."
Wen Qingke knew that Wen Han was really capable of doing it, so he quickly advised, "We're all neighbors, let it go."
One of them rolled his eyes: "You can say that to your son, but it won't do you any good to us."
Wen Han sneered, turned and left. Wen Qingke was still apologizing. When Wen Han got home, she pointed at Wen Ruan and said, "Go sleep in the restaurant."
"Wen Han, forget it." Wen Ruan sighed. "We have to go to school tomorrow."
"Whatever you want, stay in the room if you don't mind being woken up."
When Wen Qingke returned, he advised, "They said they'll be more careful in the future. Go back to sleep; we're all neighbors."
Wen Han nodded.
"System, remember to wake me up every hour."
"Ah, host, won't you get sleepy like this?"
"Never mind that, I'm going to get my revenge."
It was two o'clock, and Wen Ruan was almost asleep. Then there was a thumping sound. Wen Han lifted the wooden stool up and slammed her four legs against the ceiling for half a minute before stopping.
The couple frowned at the noise; the child woke up at the slightest sound and started yelling.
Wen Han put down the stool and continued sleeping.
Wen Ruan woke up again at three o'clock. He was extremely sleepy, and Wen Han was banging a stool against the stairs again. He couldn't stand it anymore, so he took his blanket and went to sleep in the bathroom.
The system didn't know why Wen Han wasn't tired while carrying the heavy wooden stool; it guessed she had returned to her old ways.
Wen Han didn't wake up at five o'clock, after all, she had to get up in half an hour. When Wen Qingke came to wake them up, Wen Han opened her eyes and immediately grabbed a stool to knock on the upstairs door to wake them up.
"Hanhan, everyone else is still sleeping!"
"I only made a fuss because I wanted to wake them up."
The young couple finally couldn't take it anymore. The male Beta ran downstairs and pounded on the door as if he wanted to kill someone: "Are your family doing this on purpose?! Don't they know we have children in our family?! They wake us up every hour, don't they think they're being unreasonable?"
Wen Han said coolly, "If you think it's noisy, then move out."
Wen Qingke had no choice but to apologize. Wen Han blew on the scalding hot porridge and said, "If you won't let me rest, I won't let you rest either. Let's see who can outdo whom."
Grandma Wang across the street stuck her head out and said, "Sigh, you'd better forget about it. His kid is really wild."
Aunt Wang vividly remembers Wen Han sneaking out of the house in the middle of the night when Wen Han was in elementary school, and for six months straight, rain or shine, walking seven or eight kilometers every day to cause trouble at Wen Ruan's grandparents' house. She even avoids walking around Wen Han when she walks.
Wen Han ran downstairs to deflate Wen Ruo's bicycle tires, only to find Wen Ruo's bicycle and Wen Ruan's electric scooter lying on the ground, with a row of other vehicles overturned around them.
What's going on?
Wen Ruo and Wen Ruan were also confused when they came downstairs. Although it rained last night, there was no wind.
"Someone must have parked their car unsteadily." Then, like dominoes, a whole row of cars fell over.
Wen Ruo's bicycle was already dilapidated, and after being soaked in water overnight, it rusted even more. Wen Ruan's electric bike was also in bad shape; the tires were punctured, and the outer shell was cracked in a large part.
"Wen Ruo, can you still ride your bicycle?"
Wen Ruo pursed her lips: "Not really."
Fortunately, Wen Han parked his car elsewhere last night and escaped disaster. Otherwise, his newly repaired car would have broken down again. He was afraid that Wen Ruo and Wen Ruan had their eyes on his car, so he ran away in a flash.
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"Wen Han, here you go."
Jingyu handed him his own water cup, which contained coffee and smelled quite nice.
Why do you look so sleepy?
Wen Han took a sip. It smelled so good, but the taste was so bitter that he wished he could lose his sense of taste.
"Don't even mention it." Wen Han took a sip of her drink and then paused to catch her breath. "I didn't sleep at all last night."
Wen Ruo and Wen Ruan were almost late today. I don't know how they got to school. I guess Wen Qingke must have gone around looking for someone to take them to school.
As soon as Wen Ruo entered the classroom, she saw Wen Han holding Jing Yu's cup. Jing Yu stared at Wen Han, and the smile in his eyes made him unconsciously frown, but Wen Han didn't notice at all, and was still sipping her water.
"Is this medicine?" Wen Han felt her pores stand on end.
"This is very refreshing."
"Okay, then I'll have some more."
"Wen Han," Wen Ruo said, lowering her eyes, "Dad took the car to get it fixed and told you to come back with Wen Ruan tonight."
"roll."
"Your car can clearly seat two people."
Wen Han didn't even bother to lift her eyelids: "Really?"
Wen Ruo put on that cold face again, as if to say, "Can you please stop being unreasonable?"
Jing Yu glanced at him, then asked Wen Han, "When you drove me home last night, the car seemed to be shaking a bit. Was it okay when you went back?"
Wen Ruo: "..."
System: "......" This must be intentional, this person is definitely doing it on purpose.
Wen Han smiled: "It's okay, it's already fixed." The car was even refurbished for free.
Why is Wen Ruo giving Jing Yu the cold shoulder? Wen Han waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, someone will deliver Wen Ruan to you."
Although Gu Cheng is locked up at home to reflect on his actions, there's still Zhao Minyue. If he's asked to deliver Wen Ruan, he'll probably be happy to do so.
Although the coffee Jing Yu brought was bitter, it was quite effective, and Wen Han didn't feel sleepy until the evening.
"Will you bring this coffee again tomorrow?" Wen Han asked. "I have a tough battle to fight tonight."
"The monthly exam is tomorrow. Are you sure it's okay not to sleep?" Jingyu asked after thinking for a moment. "If it's too noisy at home, come to my place."
“Yeah.” The system popped up. “Although he’s a real bastard…meddling in other people’s business, what he said makes sense. We can settle accounts with the person upstairs after the exam.”
"Is it okay?" Wen Han hesitated a bit, thinking it wasn't appropriate to visit other people's homes so many times.
"Why not?" Jing Yu's voice softened, sounding rather pitiful. "If someone's with me, I'm less likely to have nightmares."
The system fell silent. It began taking notes, preparing to share a case study in tomorrow's "Green Tea Identification" class, where it had consistently ranked first.
Wen Han couldn't stand Jing Yu's pleading gaze and quickly gave in.
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"What happened to your arm?" Jing Yu hadn't noticed it during the day because she was wearing long sleeves, but then she saw the wound on Wen Han's elbow and took out a first-aid kit.
“I remember I didn’t let you fall to the ground last night.”
When Jing Yu applied iodine to him, he had his head down, and Wen Han could see his long, curled eyelashes, his straight nose, and even his beautiful lips. He forgot to answer, thinking that Jing Yu was much better looking than Wen Ruan.
Upon seeing this, the system, having learned the material over the past two days, sounded an alarm.
Jing Yu lowered his head and chuckled: "Wen Han?"
"Huh?" Wen Han realized, "Oh, this is because of Gu Zong."
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Author's Note: System: This green tea Alpha is definitely SSS-level [cracked]
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