Chapter 51 Chapter 51
Even after being pulled out of the mediation room by Lin Yuan, Ren Li couldn't help but look back frequently.
It was really strange. She couldn't help thinking in her heart, Yang Yi was obviously the victim, but why was everyone so indifferent to her, as if she was the one who did something wrong.
On the way back, Ren Li sat in the back seat of Lin Yuan's car. She was so tired that she didn't want to think about what was right and wrong anymore.
Later she took a nap, and when she opened her eyes again, the car had already stopped downstairs of the community.
"Li Li, wake up! Go back to sleep," Lin Yuan called her. Ren Li rubbed her sleepy eyes and turned to look out the car window. Through the glass, she saw Lin Jiacheng standing at the door of the apartment building.
She turned to look at Lin Yuan, who was parking her car in front of her. She was confused and angry for a moment, wanting a reasonable explanation: "Mom, why is he here?"
However, Lin Yuan seemed to pretend not to hear her words. He parked the car, opened the door and got out.
"Auntie, is Ren Li okay?" Lin Jiacheng hurried over. "I just heard my mother talk about this. She was also very worried, so she asked me to come and check on her..."
Then, he saw Ren Li pushing open the car door and getting out, and his voice suddenly stopped.
Perhaps because of the obvious unhappiness on Ren Li's face, he knew she was still angry with him, so he quickly looked away and turned to Lin Yuan and said, "Auntie, if there's anything I can help you with, please let me know."
Lin Yuan patted Lin Jiacheng on the shoulder. Although her tone was a little tired, she was still very patient. "Thank your mother for me about the lawyer. Lili is fine now, and everything has been resolved. It's so cold outside, let's not stand here. Let's go upstairs and talk."
When she heard that Lin Jiacheng had to go upstairs, Ren Li became even angrier with Lin Yuan.
She hasn't completely forgiven Lin Jiacheng yet, and doesn't want to face him.
The last time they were called to the office together was still vivid in her mind. She felt that Lin Yuan should stand on her side, but it was obvious that Lin Yuan had "betrayed" her and contacted Zhou Yan privately because of the lawyer's matter.
On the way upstairs, Ren Li deliberately walked behind.
But Lin Jiacheng also walked very slowly, as if he was waiting for her intentionally or unintentionally.
So when she was about to enter the door, Ren Li suddenly quickened her pace, quickly changed into slippers at the entrance, and then rushed into the bedroom and closed the door.
She was too tired, so she closed her eyes, lay down on the bed, buried her face in the quilt, and didn't want to know what was happening outside.
There was the sound of intermittent chatting in the living room. After a while, the talking stopped, and then there were two gentle knocks on the bedroom door:
"Ren Li." It was Lin Jiacheng's voice. "Can I come in?"
Ren Li didn't say anything.
She had originally planned to pretend to be asleep, but the person outside waited for a while and did not leave.
Ren Li's patience was exhausted and she didn't want to go on like this anymore.
She seemed to have made up her mind, got up from the bed and opened the door.
Lin Jiacheng stood outside the door like a statue. The moment he saw Ren Li, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Ren Li was the first to break the silence: "I think there's no need for us to pretend to be polite to each other anymore. I really appreciate Aunt Zhou's help today. If there's nothing else, I'll go back and rest."
She didn't look into Lin Jiacheng's eyes the whole time she was talking, and it was clear that she didn't want to forgive him.
Lin Jiacheng looked down at Ren Li, feeling actually very sad.
He admitted that he was wrong in what he did before.
At that time, because Ren Li had always been too close to Wen Shuo, and because of the threatening and provocative words Wen Shuo said to him on the court that day, he was eager to prove something, and in a moment of impulse he caused trouble for Ren Li.
He was depressed for a while because of Ren Li's rejection, but after seeing that Ren Li was not with Wen Shuo, he realized that it was not his fault, but that Ren Li was stupid and had no intention of falling in love in her senior year of high school.
He once wanted to apologize to Ren Li for everything he had done, and although he really did so, Ren Li never replied to his messages since then.
He was very tactful and didn't want to bother Ren Li, so he took the initiative to disappear for a long time.
However, when he heard from Zhou Yan today that Ren Li was bullied in the cram school, he could no longer sit still and came here even though he knew he would be hated.
He didn't have any complicated thoughts, he just wanted to personally confirm whether Xia Renli was in trouble.
Fortunately, she didn't look injured, just a little depressed.
"I know what I did before was wrong, and I apologized to you," Lin Jiacheng said, "but let's just let bygones be bygones, okay? You can stand up for someone you only met once at cram school, so why can't you forgive me? Let's just be friends from now on, okay?"
He didn't want to be friends with Ren Li, but he had no choice now. Ren Li's indifference towards him was driving him crazy.
Ren Li bit her lip, trying to understand the logic behind Lin Jiacheng's words.
She had no intention of showing her displeasure to anyone. She didn't want to see Lin Jiacheng simply because she felt so many bad things had happened and she thought it would be awkward for the two of them to meet. That was all.
But this doesn't mean that she must hate Lin Jiacheng. She can also be indifferent to Lin Jiacheng.
"I told you I've forgiven you," Ren Li said. "As for the friends you mentioned, we're just ordinary classmates now. I think this is fine."
She knew that it was useless to say more, and she didn't want to continue this topic with Lin Jiacheng. She had more important things to do now. Her phone screen was broken and she needed to get it repaired.
"Mom, can I use the money in my phone wallet later? I want to get my phone fixed." Ren Li asked Lin Yuan as she walked out.
Lin Yuan was sitting on the sofa in the living room at the moment. She had calmed down a lot. When she heard that Ren Li was going to get her phone repaired, she said, "Okay. Do you need mom to drive you there?"
"No need, Mom. I just checked, there's one just outside the complex."
"Okay, if repairing a phone screen is too expensive, Mom will just buy you a new one."
When Lin Jiacheng heard what Lin Yuan said, he added, "Aunt Lin, I happen to have an unused cell phone. If Ren Li needs it, she can use mine first and then switch to mine after it's repaired."
"Don't bother, Jiacheng. Lili has an old phone you can use instead."
Lin Jiacheng felt a little regretful: "Okay. Actually, Auntie, don't worry about me causing trouble. I can do anything."
Lin Yuan: "Okay, I'll definitely look for you next time I need you."
Ren Li got goosebumps from this inexplicably harmonious atmosphere and planned to leave quickly.
"I'll go with you."
Lin Jiacheng said as he took his coat, but he was afraid that the relationship he had just rebuilt with Ren Li would return to freezing point, so he clarified, "I just happened to be going home too, so it's on my way."
Ren Li didn't say anything, but sat quietly on the stool in the entrance hall to change her shoes.
Lin Jiacheng also sat down next to her.
Ren Li lowered her head and accidentally glanced at the brand new slippers that Lin Yuan had specially taken out for him to wear. Suddenly, she had a strange feeling - she really couldn't understand Lin Yuan's thoughts now.
She quickly changed into a pair of boots and had no intention of waiting for Lin Jiacheng.
Her idea was simple: if she didn't want to see him, she wouldn't see him. Besides, the repair shop at the entrance of the community wasn't far away. Besides getting her phone fixed, she had another important thing to do.
Walking in the cold air, Ren Li hurried into the elevator. Fortunately, Lin Jiacheng did not follow her.
She slowed down, pressed the first floor button, leaned on the elevator car, took out her cell phone, and saw the phone number that Wen Shuo had called her.
It was already dark outside. Ren Li thought for a moment and called back.
"Beep——" There was a busy tone on the other end of the phone. It was Wen Shuo who was on the phone.
Ren Li held the phone away and was wondering how it could be such a coincidence when the elevator stopped at the first floor and the door opened.
She was about to put away her phone when she saw a familiar figure standing outside in the light of the corridor.
Wen Shuo was standing on the snowy open space outside the community gate. He was also holding up his cell phone and looking towards the entrance of the apartment building.
He obviously didn't expect to see Ren Li here so soon. He was stunned for a moment and then put away his phone.
At that moment, Ren Li felt her nose sour for some reason.
In the afternoon, she felt that she had been very brave. Even when she saw Lin Yuan, she didn't feel like crying.
But now, she really wanted to tell Wen Shuo everything that happened in detail.
"It's a bit cold outside. Why don't I go back and get you a scarf..." Lin Jiacheng appeared at the right time, breaking the silence.
His voice stopped abruptly when he saw Wen Shuo standing not far away.
The air suddenly seemed to be filled with disturbing tiny electric currents, and even crackling sounds could be heard in the silence.
However, a second later, Lin Jiacheng made his decision.
He stood behind Ren Li calmly, his side body gently touching Ren Li's shoulder.
This is indeed an extremely ambiguous posture, especially from Wen Shuo's perspective.
"Wen Shuo, why are you here?" Ren Li could only see the person in front of her and had no time to perceive what was happening behind her.
After experiencing so many bad things, she was undoubtedly happy the moment she saw Wen Shuo.
However, Wen Shuo stood there without moving, and did not show any joy at seeing him.
"Ren Li." His voice pierced the cold air, tinged with the chill of winter. "You told me you wanted to study hard and not fall in love. So this is what you meant."
Ren Li was stunned. She turned her head to look at Lin Jiacheng, and then suddenly understood.
She didn't want Wen Shuo to misunderstand, especially since he had already misunderstood her so many times.
However, Wen Shuo's patience had long been exhausted, just like that day at the school gate, he turned around and was about to leave.
"etc."
However, unlike last time, the moment Wen Shuo turned around, Ren Li had already caught up with him.
There is no "choose one or the other" option here, and she has something important to say to Wen Shuo.
Behind him, Lin Jiacheng silently clenched his fists.
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