Chapter 44 You wrecked my car, so pay me for the repairs! ...
However, he couldn't bring this up with Fang Songxia. He'd look it up online when he had the chance.
With the monthly exam approaching, the homework assignments were piled up like a mountain. By the time I finished, the digital clock had already reached ten o'clock.
Fang Songxia finished packing her schoolbag: "You really aren't coming back with me?"
"Didn't I tell you? I have my own car now."
"I've been wanting to ask you this for a while: where did you get the car? Did you beg your dad to buy you one?"
"Hopefully he would?" Wen Han found it amusing. "He wouldn't be willing to part with it; it was...it was my grandma who bought it."
Wen Ruo walked by and paused for a moment.
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"Gu Cheng hasn't been able to come to school these past few days, so I've lost the motivation to patrol. Before, I was hoping to bump into them every night, but now they just disappear as soon as I start my shift."
Wen Han touched her little electric scooter, turned the key and it beeped. Hehe, although it's a second-hand scooter, it's much newer than the old one at home.
A thought struck him: "Jingyu, the subway station is very close to the school anyway, shall I take you there?"
Jing Yu smiled and said, "Okay."
Jing Yu sent a message. Wen Han moved the car out, and as soon as she sat down, she was grabbed by the collar and pulled back.
"Ah!" Before Wen Han could figure out what was going on, her hand slipped and Jing Yu grabbed her waist and pulled her backward, causing the electric scooter to fall to the ground.
...Jing Yu's grip was quite strong; Wen Han felt like her stomach was being squeezed out.
A flash of light streaked past him as several high-speed electric scooters grazed his side, scraping his bike and dragging it for a distance. If Jing Yu hadn't pulled him back, it wouldn't have been just his bike that was damaged.
None of the people riding their bikes recklessly turned around to check what was happening; they all vanished in a flash. Wen Han quickly ran over to check on the bikes.
Jingyu turned on his flashlight to help him see. The car could still be driven, but the exterior had several cracks and had turned grayish. Wen Han was heartbroken.
"How do those people drive?!"
"Be careful." Jing Yu glanced in the direction the group of people had left. "Those people look familiar."
Those people were driving so fast, Wen Han couldn't see anything clearly: "Do you know them?"
"He must be Gu Cheng's friend."
"Are you saying Gu Cheng ordered them to do it, or did they want to get revenge on me for Gu Cheng's sake?"
"Anything is possible."
Judging by the time, Jin Mingxuan should be released soon. He must be hating Wen Han to death while he was in the juvenile detention center.
The security cameras here have been broken for a week, and even if you go to the security guards, you'll probably just get brushed off. Wen Han sighed, "Oh well, at least the car can still be driven."
Wen Han waved goodbye after dropping Jing Yu off at the subway station.
He touched the cracked shell with some concern. The damaged part of the shell had been trembling while he was driving, and he didn't know how long it could last.
It's all those thugs' fault!
Although Wen Han attends a good school, theoretically, children from wealthy families wouldn't come here to suffer like this. However, the school not only has excellent teaching standards but also long hours and strict discipline. Therefore, spoiled brats like Gu Cheng, who come from wealthy and powerful families but are good-for-nothings, are often sent to this school by their families to endure hardship.
Most spoiled brats, after witnessing the school's grueling schedule and ruthless methods, would try to please their parents and leave school within a semester to follow their family's plans. Only Gu Cheng, this stubborn troublemaker, refused to yield and even teamed up with a group of hooligans, causing Wen Han to curse him every day, making it a regular part of the Wen family's breakfast routine.
The school was in a good location, right next to a subway station, with a lot of traffic. As Wen Han rode his bike, he was thinking about how to get revenge on those thugs. His beat-up bike was driving fine next to him, not blocking the car lane, but the person behind him kept honking. Wen Han glanced back, about to curse, but then realized the bike was still looking ahead. He quickly swerved to the side, but the bike twisted too hard, and he really fell.
Wen Han wasn't hit by the car and thrown into the air. He said he lost control of the car while trying to avoid it, but that didn't stop him from cursing the driver in his mind several times.
When Gu Zong got out of the car, he saw Wen Han lying motionless on the ground. He was about to help him up when Wen Han grabbed his trouser leg before he could even see who it was: "You wrecked my car, pay for the repairs!"
Gu Zong: "......"
Gu Zong reached out and helped him up. Wen Han rubbed his neck and looked up in horror to find that the person was actually Gu Zong.
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"How about this one?" The electric scooter shop owner rubbed his hands together. "Lots of students like this kind."
"These are the kinds of cars that petty thugs like the most." He had seen this car just half an hour ago.
The shop owner was a little embarrassed: "Then take a look and see which one you like?"
"I'll still ride my old one." Wen Han pointed to her bike. "Can it still be repaired?"
"Your car doesn't look new either..." the shop owner advised. "And it's damaged in several places, including the hood, side panels, and front panel. Repairing it all will cost several hundred dollars. You might as well sell it and buy a new one."
Wen Han hesitated for a moment: "No, I still want the old one."
Gu Zong was a little surprised: "Why not get a new one?" He thought Wen Han would be very happy, after all, she was happy even for a hundred yuan fare.
Wen Han was reluctant to part with it. This was a gift from the system and his first means of transportation. Although the prospect of getting a new car was very attractive, he still wanted this one more.
"This is different."
It's a pity the system was in class, otherwise it would have definitely begged and pleaded with Wen Han to tell it what was different.
Seeing that he was staring at the old, beat-up car, Gu Zong asked, "Was it given to you by someone very important?"
...Electronic beings can't be considered human, but the system's lively and noisy nature is more human-like than her own half-dead state, Wen Han nodded hesitantly.
"A gift from your boyfriend?"
"No," Wen Han said, frowning. "I don't have a boyfriend."
Do you think everyone is like your son?
Gu Zong smiled and said, "Then let's fix it. After all, it was my driver who hit you."
Wen Han looked away guiltily. Anyway, it was your son who caused the trouble, so you'll have to pay compensation.
"You seem to be short of money?"
The car was fixed, and Wen Han was about to thank him and drive away when Gu Zong suddenly asked her a question that left her puzzled: "Don't most people lack money?"
Gu Zong sat in the car, his demeanor calm and composed, but Wen Han found him quite intimidating. For example, right now, Wen Han almost doubted whether the good-tempered person she had just seen was just her imagination.
His fear stemmed from Gu Zong's eyes, eyes that were too shrewd, pupils unfathomable, as if they could easily discern which were true and which were false, unlike Jing Yu's gentle and serene demeanor. He felt a sense of unease at being exposed by Wen Han, who told lies so readily.
"I have school tomorrow, so I'll be going now if there's nothing else."
I thought you would hate school.
"Even if you don't like it, you should still go to school, right?"
Wen Han always felt that Gu Zong had ill intentions. Could it be that he wanted to set her up because of Wen Ruan and Gu Cheng?
He was eager to leave, but Gu Zong showed no displeasure: "If you have time, I will invite you to the Gu family's dinner party."
Wen Han got PTSD as soon as she heard about the banquet, but Gu Zong continued, "Don't worry, it's just your family, no one else is invited."
When this topic came up, Wen Han wasn't nervous anymore: "I just need to discuss it with my dad."
"You're the older brother, aren't you?"
"What about Wen Ruo? Is he coming?"
“Of course we will invite him.”
Wen Han nodded in satisfaction. If all else failed, she could simply enjoy Wen Ruo's ugly, heartbroken expression; the time wouldn't be too difficult to pass.
Gu Zong smiled at Wen Han's gloating expression and said nothing more. After Wen Han walked away, the driver cautiously asked, "Sir, Butler Zhang just said that the young master still hasn't eaten anything today."
“When he’s hungry, he’ll naturally learn to eat.” It was as if the person on a hunger strike was a complete stranger, and Gu Zong even had the audacity to joke with the person next to him, “Tell me, what do you think he’ll do when he finds things aren’t as he expected?”
The driver didn't dare to breathe loudly.
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"La la la." When Wen Han drove to the entrance of the residential area, the system returned. Wen Han asked in surprise, "Have you been studying all day?"
"The flow of time is different in this space and here, but I've been learning for a long time," the system said excitedly. "My teacher praised me for being very talented."
Wen Han smiled and drove her car to the vicinity of her home, only to see a dark figure there.
The residents of the tenement building are a mixed bag, with all sorts of people living there. The security cameras have been in disrepair for years, and residents also have to be wary of thieves. You can imagine the diverse composition of the residents.
Wen Han gradually slowed down. The figure seemed to sense her arrival and called out, "Han Han, is that you?"
Wen Han breathed a sigh of relief: "What are you standing there for? It's terrifying in the middle of the night."
After Wen Han parked her car, Wen Qingke walked over and asked, "Whose car is this?"
Wen Han glanced at him: "It was a gift from a friend."
Wen Qingke frowned: "Would a student who's still in school just casually give away an electric scooter to someone?"
He grabbed Wen Han: "Tell me the truth, did you steal this car from someone else?"
Wen Han has been riding her bike to school for quite some time now, so why didn't you ask before, but suddenly you're asking now?
“I called Grandma and she said she didn’t buy you a car at all!”
Wen Han didn't speak. He was trying to recall what was wrong. He looked up and saw Wen Ru looking down from the window.
Ah, so it turns out that Wen Ruo overheard Fang Songxia's conversation with her today.
"It was a gift from a friend, believe it or not."
Wen Han turned and left, with Wen Qingke following closely behind.
He opened the door and saw Wen Ruo standing by the table, silently watching him, while Wen Han leaned against the wall and smiled.
"What a pity, that car was actually a gift from someone else. Aren't you disappointed, Wen Ruo?"
Wen Ruo said calmly, "You don't need to be so aggressive."
"Me, being aggressive?" Wen Han laughed instead of getting angry. "Fine, I'll take pity on you and not bother arguing with you."
"Hanhan, was it really a gift from someone else?"
"What?" Wen Han turned her head and smiled. "Is it strange that someone treats me better than my own father?"
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