cousin.
Over the phone, Ruan Chen's expression became even more interesting.
After hanging up the phone, she sat cross-legged on the sofa for a long time, sorting out every single thing that had happened between her and Su Jin from their first meeting until now.
Although Su Jin did not show any malice towards her at first, it was clear from Ruan Yunhan's presence that Su Jin was wary of her.
The two later met again in country M at an auction.
Ruan Yunhan demanded the pendant she had photographed, but I didn't take it seriously and didn't want to argue with her, so I casually tossed it to Ruan Yunhan.
Then Su Jin very respectfully returned the pendant to himself.
Ruan Chen found Su Jin's attitude suspicious at the time, but after thinking about it carefully, she could only explain it as Su Jin being a deep and scheming person who was up to some kind of conspiracy.
Looking back now, he must have realized his relationship with Su Ze around that time.
Ruan Chen subconsciously raised his hand to stroke the Seven Star Dragon Abyss, and his mental network opened up to connect with it.
Ever since that day when she nearly drowned underwater and only escaped after resonating with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss, Ruan Chen has been intentionally or unintentionally trying to get more information about Su Ze, the Ten Famous Swords, and Crescent Bay from the Seven Star Dragon Abyss.
However, apart from his own identity and Su Ze's name, Qi Xinglongyuan knew nothing else.
Ruan Chen asked Qi Xing Long Yuan repeatedly for a long time, but Qi Xing Long Yuan's answers were always "I don't know" and "I forgot".
Finally, its electronic voice took on a slightly melancholic tone: "I feel like I've lost a very important part of myself. I don't know what it is, but I know I'm incomplete now."
Sensing Ruan Chen's mental network, Seven Star Dragon Abyss asked, "What's wrong?"
Ruan Chen asked, "Where is the part of you that you lost? You really don't remember any of it?"
The electronic voice paused for a moment, then gave the same answer as always: "A very large room, shrouded in mist, very empty. I can't see anything around me, it's very lonely."
After detaching from the mental network, Ruan Chen returned to her bedroom, finished the remaining tasks for the day, then went into the kitchen to find some late-night snacks before eating and going to sleep.
After entering the kitchen, she raised an eyebrow.
The cup and plate she used for breakfast in the morning were sparkling clean, which must have been cleaned up by Su Jin before he left.
This cousin is probably very afraid of Su Ze, otherwise he wouldn't be so polite to her.
The next morning, Ruan Chen entered the classroom and immediately noticed that something was wrong.
Old He—He Liren, the homeroom teacher—was coming out of the classroom when he saw Ruan Chen, and there was a clear hint of sympathy in his eyes.
Ruan Chen had heard the noise from the classroom downstairs, but now that she had come in, the classroom, which should have been bustling with activity during morning reading, was completely silent.
Moreover, Lao He usually doesn't come over to supervise the morning reading, so what's wrong with him today?
He Liren looked at Ruan Chen's eyes, which were a bit pale and grayish, clearly from lack of sleep. He sighed heavily, patted her shoulder, and encouraged her, "Study hard. It's okay what you lost today. You can get it back with your own hands in the future. If you have any difficulties, tell your teacher in time. Our school has a three-aid policy, and we will definitely not let you drop out of school."
Ruan Chen felt that Lao He was overthinking things.
She carried her schoolbag over one shoulder as usual and entered the classroom with a cold face.
Yu Xiaoya hasn't arrived yet, and neither has Bo Nian.
But last night, Yu Xiaoya called Ruan Chen and immediately showered him with a string of "Awesome, awesome, awesome" comments.
The two of them were laughing hysterically through their phones.
Ruan Chen returned to her seat, handed in her homework as usual, then glanced at the content to be covered in class that day, before pulling out the thick foreign novel from the deepest part of her desk drawer and starting to read it.
Her seat was in the corner, against the wall, so Ruan Chen habitually sat half-side up.
Ruan Chen likes to study these obscure and difficult foreign books in the classroom. The white noise background helps her concentrate and makes her more efficient.
Although she appears very focused when reading, she unconsciously diverts some of her attention to listen to external sounds. For example, right now, a group of people in the third row are excitedly discussing the "Rainbow Pony Carriage" band's performance tonight.
"Have you seen the program? Tonight is Ye Zitao's show, and he'll be choosing lucky audience members to come on stage and sing a song with him!"
"Did you guys manage to get tickets? I clicked my fingers until they were about to fall off last night and still couldn't get any, they were gone in a flash."
"I bought two tickets with seats next to each other from a scalper so my sister and I can go see it together. Do you want to ask a scalper too?"
"I've heard that Ye Zitao has some connection with the Ye Group, the kind of connection where if the band doesn't do well, he can go back and inherit billions of dollars. Have you heard that?"
"Ahhh, Brother Zitao is so amazing! He's rich, handsome, and talented!"
"But... isn't that person in our class also related to the Ye family?"
Ruan Chen knew they were talking about her, but she didn't get distracted and quietly turned a page of her book.
She just listened casually, as Yu Xiaoya and Bo Nian had always shielded her from such gossip in class.
Some harsh laughter rang out, and a boy said sarcastically, "Xiao Tao, why don't you go ask that young lady from the Ye family? Maybe she really does have tickets."
A girl's disdainful voice rang out, "Forget it, the Ye family would never want her? Let me tell you, she's just a worthless illegitimate daughter of the Ruan family, my dad said it himself. You saw the trending topics last night, right? She's nothing now."
"Don't say that. The trending topics say it was they who severed ties with the Ruan family themselves."
Wan Taotao snorted, "Isn't it just a face-saving act? It's probably because the Ruan family doesn't want her anymore, and they don't want to get a bad reputation, so they let her issue the statement herself."
"Stop guessing. The person in question is sitting right there. Why don't you just ask them?"
The girl called "Xiao Tao" is actually named Wan Tao Tao. Ruan Chen has some impression of her; she has seen her smoking with a group of shady men and women outside of school, with her body slung across a motorcycle.
She had also seen Wan Taotao corner a girl from a regular class in the bathroom and humiliatingly slap the face of the girl whose school uniform was worn out from washing.
Ruan Chen hadn't planned to go to the toilet, but she accidentally went in and washed her hands, continuing to do so until Wan Taotao and her group of followers left.
Wan Taotao deliberately raised her voice when she said these words, and she was speaking to Ruan Chen.
Today, she didn't tie up her long hair; her black hair cascaded down her back, just covering her eyebrows and eyes, and blocking her view.
Ruan Chen didn't see the group of people walking towards her until someone shoved her shoulder hard, at which point she belatedly looked up.
Wan Taotao sat on her desk with her legs spread apart, looking down at her with an arrogant and domineering air. "Hey, Ruan Chen, did your dad kick you out of the Ruan family?"
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