0068 Revenge
"Xi Ru!"
Jiang Jifan turned around and saw Cheng Jing shrug off the people behind her, drop what she was holding, and run over.
When Cheng Jing arrived at the lake, she saw You Xiru struggling in the water, looking disheveled. Startled, she jumped in without thinking.
When Tantai Qing and the others arrived, he had already rescued the person.
"Cough, cough!"
You Xiru lay in Cheng Jing's arms, soaked to the bone. It was the dead of winter, and the lake water was bone-chillingly cold, making her shiver like a leaf.
Upon seeing this, Cheng Jing immediately looked up at Jiang Jifan, who was standing to the side, unmoved.
Seeing that he was about to make trouble for Jiang Jifan, Tantai Qing immediately stepped forward and pulled her into his arms, frowning as he warned, "Cheng Jing, I advise you to ask first."
Cheng Jing had just come out of the lake and was also freezing cold. She forced herself to stay warm and looked at her with pursed lips, saying, "So why did you kick her into the lake?"
When they arrived, they saw her kick You Xiru into the lake.
Although he didn't like her, he couldn't just stand by and watch her die in front of him.
That's a human life.
Cheng Jing couldn't imagine what would have happened if she had arrived a few steps later; would You Xiru have drowned?
"She threw my phone into the lake, and I asked her to retrieve it for me, but she refused, so I had no choice but to help her out," Jiang Jifan said calmly, as if describing a very ordinary event.
Cheng Jing found it absurd. What if the person really died if she acted so frivolously?
"Cough, cough, Cheng Jing, I'm fine..." You Xiru spoke up at the right time, "thoughtfully" defending her, "I believe Ji Fan definitely didn't do it on purpose."
She made no mention of her own mistakes.
"Heh," Jiang Jifan sneered, shoving Tantai Qing aside. He took a step forward, looked down at her, and mercilessly exposed her: "You Xiru, stop pretending. I remember you won a swimming competition, didn't you? How come you've forgotten all about it now?"
Her act of not knowing how to swim probably fooled everyone.
"And besides, I did it on purpose." Her brows were full of disgust, and her voice was stern: "You pushed me, I kicked you, it's just an eye for an eye."
Jiang Jifan hadn't forgotten that it was on this same day back then, in the dead of winter, that she pushed herself, who couldn't swim, into the river, and then stood on the riverbank watching coldly.
If it weren't for an uncle who happened to be passing by at that time, Jiang Jifan would have drowned long ago.
After that incident, she didn't dare to wash her hair or take a bath for a long time. Whenever her body got wet, she would suddenly remember herself struggling in the water, on the verge of death.
She was the one who knew nothing and almost drowned.
After Jiang Jifan finished speaking, he turned and left without looking at anyone.
Tantai Qing glanced at the disheveled and frail You Xiru in Cheng Jing's arms, and a hint of disgust flashed in her eyes as she recalled what You Xiru had just said.
He looked away and strode after Jiang Jifan.
Jiang Jifan returned to the villa and first washed his hands.
She was starving after the commotion, so she couldn't eat barbecue anymore. If she still had her phone, she might have been able to order takeout, but alas...
She went into the kitchen and poured herself half a glass of water.
“Ji Fan”.
When Jiang Jifan saw him return, she put down her cup and said directly, "I'm hungry."
Seeing that her expression was relatively calm, Tantai Qing breathed a sigh of relief. When she said she was hungry, he asked, "What would you like to eat?"
"Whatever." She didn't actually have much of an appetite; she just needed some food to fill her stomach.
There were still some ingredients in the refrigerator, and Tantai Qing didn't want her to eat takeout, so he decided to cook for her himself.
While waiting for him to cook, Jiang Jifan had nothing to do, so he could only sit at the dining table and play games on his phone.
His phone's screen saver was a photo of her, taken while she was sleeping without her knowing. When she found out, she complained that it wasn't pretty enough, but he really liked it, so he didn't change it in the end.
When Cheng Jing brought You Xiru back, she had just started eating.
Upon hearing the noise, she merely glanced up, then continued eating her meal as if nothing had happened.
Even Xiang Nannan thought she was really carefree.
"Hey, how can you not call me for dinner?" Xiang Nannan grumbled, then went to the kitchen to get a bowl and chopsticks and sat down to eat with her.
She glanced at Cheng Jing going upstairs before leaning close to Jiang Jifan and asking, "I was only gone for a moment, what did she do to upset you again?"
Upon hearing this, Song Yuchang tapped her on the head with his chopsticks and scolded, "Eat your food and talk less!"
"Tsk!" Xiang Nannan turned around and glared at him.
Tantai washed the handle, sat down next to Jiang Jifan, and put two pieces of beef into her bowl.
"Shouldn't we invite them to eat?" Xiang Nannan asked hesitantly.
"They'll come down and eat when they're hungry," Tantai said casually, sounding like he didn't want to bother with it.
Knowing that the two people had probably really angered the couple, Xiang Nannan wisely refrained from asking any further questions.
That evening, the new cell phone that Tantai Qing had ordered arrived, and he even thoughtfully helped her get a replacement SIM card.
Jiang Jifan doesn't like to change her phone unless it's really unusable, so hers is still an old phone from a few years ago.
She felt little joy when she received the new phone; in fact, she was somewhat annoyed.
She had a lot of things saved on her phone, but now it's all gone, without even a chance to copy them.
After fiddling with it for a while, she tossed her phone onto the bed and went to take a shower.
Tantai Qing knew that she was in a bad mood today, so he didn't say much and just quietly stayed by her side.
Actually, he was right. Jiang Jifan hates being disturbed when she's unhappy, so she needs someone with stable emotions to be with her.
Tantai Qing happened to be that person.
"If only everyone were like you." As she slept, Jiang Jifan lay in his arms and murmured softly.
"Hmm?" Tantai Qing moved closer and touched her soft hair.
"At least you won't make me angry..." Jiang Jifan was really tired today, and his embrace was so warm that she felt drowsy.
He chuckled and said, "It would be terrible if I made you angry too."
Jiang Jifan did not respond. After a long while, when the sound of her steady breathing came, Tantai Qing realized that she had fallen asleep.
"You push me, I kick you, it's just tit for tat." The words she said by the lake suddenly popped into his mind.
She must have been bullied badly by You Xiru when she was a child. Thinking that she almost lost her life because of it, Tantai Qing felt more and more sorry for her and more and more disgusted with You Xiru.
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