Chapter 17 Campus Goddess Bai Yueguang 17 and Ex-Boyfriend Marking Papers
Time passed like this, and for a whole month, Wen Qianning seemed to have no contact with Ji Hanlin at all. Even if they occasionally ran into each other on campus, she would pretend not to see him, chatting and laughing with the students next to her, and ignoring him as she walked past.
Ji Hanlin was the same. Every time he passed by her, he looked indifferent, as if the scenes of the two of them whispering in each other's ears had never happened.
During math class that day, the math teacher smiled and pointed at Wen Qianning: "Wen Qianning, your math grades have improved significantly recently. Come help me grade your papers during self-study later."
"Okay, teacher." Wen Qianning nodded.
The math teacher led Wen Qianning to a classroom that had been requisitioned specifically for grading exams, then slapped a standard answer sheet on the table: "Come on, just grading according to this."
"Yeah." She nodded, and just as she was about to open the red pen, the office door creaked open again.
He was the math teacher of the science class. He also had a stack of papers in his hand and was followed by a boy when he walked in.
The pen in Wen Qianning's hand paused for half a second.
It’s Ji Hanlin.
He was as lazy and indifferent as ever, and when his eyes glanced at her, it seemed as if some emotion slipped through his mind in that instant.
Wen Qianning subconsciously lowered her head and pretended to be concentrating on correcting the test papers.
"Han Lin, you will correct your papers based on this later." The math teacher of the science class also handed him a standard answer and said.
"Here are the keys. Please lock the door when you leave." The teacher then handed the key to Ji Hanlin. "We have a meeting so we'll be leaving first. You can find a place to sit and correct the papers with her."
"Okay." Ji Hanlin nodded, took the key and put it in his pocket.
The two teachers left one after the other.
The moment the office door closed, the girl still had her head down, looking at the papers, her back involuntarily tensed. Although they were just grading papers together, they were awkwardly in the same room.
She pretended to be calm and corrected the answers in the front row with a red pen. The familiar footsteps came around behind her.
The next second, a hand rested on her desk. Wen Qianning was startled: "What do you want to do now?"
Ji Hanlin leaned over and lowered his voice: "Why, are you so scared of seeing me?"
"Get lost." Wen Qianning bit her lip and glared at him, "Or I'll call for help."
"Go ahead and scream." Ji Hanlin's movements and expression didn't soften at all despite her threat. Instead, his stern face moved closer to her. "There are students in class next door. It's best to scream louder so they all know we're having an affair."
Hearing what he said, Wen Qianning froze, but still pretended to be calm.
"I just wanted to remind you..." Seeing the girl looking at him coldly, Ji Hanlin lowered his eyes to hide his sadness, "You corrected this question incorrectly."
Following his finger's direction, Wen Qianning realized she had indeed made a mistake on a question while distracted. Ji Hanlin's reminder quickly caused her to correct it.
After correcting it, Wen Qianning raised her head and found that the boy was still looking at her intently.
"Why are you staring at me? Go and correct your test paper." Her ears felt hot from being stared at, and she scolded him in dissatisfaction.
"Oh." Ji Hanlin responded, but still did not look away, "Ningning is so beautiful, I just want to keep looking at you like this."
"And...if I don't cherish every minute I can see you now, you won't give me the chance to look at you again in the future."
Unexpectedly, he said it so bluntly. Wen Qianning's cheeks turned red and her breathing became rapid.
"You..." Her heart was pounding, "We have already broken up." Why are you still saying such ambiguous words!
"..." He wouldn't admit to breaking up or anything like that. But seeing the girl's attitude, it was useless to insist that they hadn't broken up. He was silent for a moment, as if he was seriously considering what she said. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "Then I...will pursue you again?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Hanlin leaned over, grabbed her chair with his hands, and turned it around so that she was facing him. She didn't react for a moment, and looked up at him blankly.
"I was wrong last time, so you deserve to hit me." Ji Hanlin continued, his Adam's apple moving slightly, his originally cold and arrogant expression seemed to melt, and there was a hint of pity in his tone.
"But we haven't been in touch for a month. If that's the punishment you want...isn't it enough? I really can't live without you."
He spoke so humbly that a flicker of pity flashed through Wen Qianning's heart. Ji Hanlin had always been aloof and reserved, never easily revealing such a vulnerable side of himself to outsiders.
But when I think about the fact that the heroine has already appeared by his side and he has also invited her to the banquet, why is he pretending to be affectionate in front of her now?
Thinking of this, she didn't want to pay any attention to Ji Hanlin. With a stern face, she continued to say the cruelest words: "Ji Hanlin, don't you think you are boring?"
He was startled, while Wen Qianning tutted in dissatisfaction: "I originally liked your aloof personality."
"But you're nothing like you used to be. You keep pestering me like this, like you're just my dog..." She paused, a sarcastic smile playing at the corner of her mouth, "It really makes me sick!"
The air suddenly became heavy, and these words were like a sharp blade, cutting through his heart inch by inch.
Ji Hanlin's eyes turned cold, and his previous fragility faded away bit by bit. He tried his best to suppress the urge to push her down on the chair and kiss her forcefully to silence her chattering little mouth.
After a long time, he slowly raised his hand and tapped his knuckles on the table, making a light sound.
"Okay," he said.
Wen Qianning didn't understand what he meant. She had already angered him so much, and in the end, he just said "OK" calmly? What was he saying "OK" about?
Ji Hanlin had calmed down and stood up.
"You're right, I'm really boring." He didn't want to quarrel with the girl, otherwise it would end in a bad mood. After saying this, he turned around and was about to leave the room.
"etc."
Wen Qianning suddenly called him. Ji Hanlin stopped, turned around, and a hint of expectation flashed in his eyes.
However, she just frowned and asked, "Aren't you helping the teacher mark the papers?"
"..." Why on earth did he expect her to keep him?
Ji Hanlin's eyebrows were extremely displeased, and his tone was as cold as ice: "Don't bother with it." After saying that, he closed the door.
The whole room was eerily quiet, as if the confrontation just now was just an illusion. Only Wen Qianning was left, sitting in front of a table piled with test papers, his heart beating wildly.
*
After Wen Qianning helped the teacher correct the papers, she returned to the classroom, picked up a box, and went to Jiang Jinxin's classroom alone.
"Jinxin, someone's looking for you outside."
Jiang Jinxin was reading a book with her head down. When someone called her, she raised her head and frowned slightly.
Who is looking for her? She closed the book and walked to the door. When her eyes fell on the slender figure outside the door, she was stunned for a moment.
She didn't expect that the person who came to find her outside the classroom was Wen Qianning.
"Sister-in-law?" Jiang Jinxin was a little surprised and blurted out subconsciously.
"?!" Wen Qianning was startled and quickly covered her mouth, "What are you talking about!"
Jiang Jinxin was caught off guard and laughed out loud: "Sorry, sorry, no more jokes. What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Come here, I have something to give you." Wen Qianning hesitated for a moment and motioned her to follow him.
There was a long corridor outside the classroom. It was almost time for school to end, so there were not many people there.
Wen Qianning walked in front, and Jiang Jinxin followed behind her until they reached a quiet corner. Wen Qianning stopped, reached out, took the small box out of her pocket, and handed it to Jiang Jinxin.
"Please pass this to Ji Hanlin for me."
Jiang Jinxin was stunned.
"this……?"
Wen Qianning whispered, "Regarding the necklace, I know that no matter what I do, I can't make up for the harm I caused him. In fact, during the great adventure, I didn't give his necklace to Bi Shiwen. The one I gave to Bi Shiwen was a replica. Giving it back to him now... is my apology to him." After she finished speaking, she clenched her hands slightly at her side.
When Jiang Jinxin heard this, a complicated look appeared on her face.
Seeing Jiang Jinxin remained silent, Wen Qianning pursed her lips and continued, "Just give it to him directly. You don't need to tell him what I said to you. And ask him to... let me go."
As the hero of the novel, Ji Hanlin would naturally have many opportunities to make things happen in the future. But now he was still so resentful towards her, and Wen Qianning was really afraid that the hero would take revenge on her.
When she got Ji Hanlin's necklace, she didn't give it to Bi Shiwen right away. After school that day, Wen Qianning immediately packed up her things, walked out of the school gate, and got into her driver's car.
As soon as she got in the car and locked the door, she immediately told the driver, "Let's go to the jewelry store in the uptown area first."
"Yes, miss."
As soon as he arrived at the jewelry store, the clerk came up to him and enthusiastically asked if Wen Qianning needed anything.
Wen Qianning didn't waste any words. She took off the necklace from her neck and placed it on the tray. "Please help me make a replica of the same necklace."
The clerk was a little surprised when he saw the necklace. This necklace was quite old, like a model from more than ten years ago, and it didn't seem worth Miss Wen's trouble to make an identical one.
"Okay." The clerk, curious as he was, remained professional and didn't ask any further questions. He bowed slightly and examined it carefully. "Ms. Wen, this necklace is a relatively simple, basic style. It doesn't involve any special or complicated craftsmanship. We can generally replicate it for you within three days."
Hearing this, Wen Qianning nodded: "Just send it to my house when the time comes."
"OK."
Wen Qianning picked up the water that the waiter had poured for her and took a sip.
In the end, she couldn't bear it. Especially after Ji Hanlin had told her about his childhood and how much the necklace meant to him, if she gave the real necklace to Bi Shiwen, it would undoubtedly be too cruel and a betrayal of his trust...even though her original Bai Yueguang character was indeed a cold and cruel character.
Therefore, Wen Qianning came up with a compromise solution that would both complete the plot point mission and minimize harm to the hero. She'd create a replica of the necklace and give it to Bi Shiwen as a prop for the adventure. As for the hero's real necklace... if she gave it back to him now, he'd probably let her go.
...What's going on between these two people?
Jiang Jinxin didn't know what Wen Qianning was thinking and was speechless.
From her perspective, Ji Hanlin was content with whatever Wen Qianning did to him. Meanwhile, Wen Qianning had asked her to hand over Ji Hanlin's necklace... They clearly still had feelings for each other, so why didn't they tell each other what they were thinking? What kind of love could a mute person have?
She sighed, but still took the box that Wen Qianning handed her: "I understand. I'll pass it on for you."
Hearing this, Wen Qianning smiled gently: "Thank you."
Jiang Jinxin felt complicated. She didn't like Wen Qianning very much at first because she had the pampered nature that upper-class ladies usually have and never took others seriously.
But now it feels like... Wen Qianning is a very good person. No wonder her brother can't forget her so much.
After returning to the Jiang family in the evening, Jiang Jinxin did as Wen Qianning said and directly handed the box containing the necklace to Ji Hanlin.
Ji Hanlin took the box but didn't open it immediately. He looked at her with a puzzled look.
She coughed lightly and explained, "This is... given to you by Wen Qianning."
He was silent, perhaps guessing what was inside the box. Sure enough, when he opened it, the necklace that was supposed to have been discarded at the bottom of the school lake was lying intact inside the box.
After a while, Ji Hanlin put the box away and looked up: "What did she say to you?"
Ji Hanlin's gaze was too cold, and he seemed to be eager to know something.
"She said..." Jiang Jinxin sighed, defeated in the eye contact, "The necklace she gave Bi Shiwen was actually a replica, but she asked me not to tell you this. She also asked you not to come to her again."
Ji Hanlin chuckled as if he had heard something funny.
Did Wen Qianning really naively think that as long as she returned the necklace to him, he would completely let her go?
To him, the necklace was no longer important, or rather, whether she still liked him or not was no longer important. No matter what Wen Qianning did, he would not let her disappear from his life.
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