Upon hearing this, the boy immediately felt hopeful. It was just jewelry; he could simply find a way to get a set for Cheng Yi.
Silver High School is a prestigious private school, and almost no students there are ever short of money.
He went downstairs and prepared, huffing and puffing.
Cheng Yi finally felt much better after getting rid of another boy who admired her. A couple of days ago, she saw He Zhou hiding in his room stringing beads and sewing something. She realized that her birthday was coming soon and he must be preparing a gift for her.
So she pretended not to know and left through the door, the frustration from her falling out with He Ning completely gone.
Hmph, so what if He Jing has He Sui and He Ning? He Zhou, He Yi, and He Chen are still closer to her.
As long as she maintains the relationship between the remaining three people, He Jing's status in the He family will still be inferior to hers.
Thinking about it this way, she felt refreshed and couldn't wait for the ball to come tomorrow. She would repay all the humiliation He Jing had caused her at the ball.
At this moment, He Jing was called to the corridor by Shen Qiuyu. Shen Qiuyu looked around and had a mysterious look on his face.
He Jing: "?"
Shen Qiuyu asked, "Jing-jie, have you prepared your dress for the ball?"
He Jing asked in return, "What's wrong?"
Shen Qiuyu conjured a palm-sized box from behind her. She opened the box and saw a top-quality jade necklace inside. Its vibrant green color and exquisite translucency made it worth at least a million.
He Jing's eyelids twitched. Shen Qiuyu was being too reckless, actually bringing such a valuable item to school. If it got lost, Yin Gao would probably be dug up from the ground.
Shen Qiuyu said, "These are peacock tears that my dad bought for my mom. I begged my mom to let me wear them for a couple of days. Here you go, Sister Jing."
He Jing frowned and refused without thinking, "I don't want to."
Shen Qiuyu became anxious: "Sister Jing, you absolutely must have this necklace. It's okay to wear it for a couple of days, nothing will happen."
"don't want."
"Sister Jing, please."
He Jing turned around and was about to go back to the classroom.
Shen Qiuyu panicked. She grabbed He Jing's arm and cried out, "Sister Jing!"
He Jing pressed her fingertips against her forehead and said calmly, "There's no room for discussion. Take it back."
She already felt quite embarrassed accepting a dress from Yan Hanxi at some ordinary ball, so how could she possibly accept something so expensive?
Even wearing it for just two days is not allowed!
Shen Qiuyu was completely pushed to the limit. She couldn't even control her voice and said, "Sister Jing, you have to accept this necklace because...because..."
"Why?"
"Because this concerns the honor of our class!"
"..."
Shen Qiuyu used all her strength to say those words. Seeing that He Jing wasn't leaving, she lowered her head and said quickly and weakly, like a timid little wife, "Just a couple of days ago, Wu Yu, a few classmates, and I were walking back from the dance, discussing who would be the Porn Queen. We all thought it would be Sister Jing without a doubt, but some classmates from other classes overheard us and said it would be Cheng Yi. Wu Yu and I disagreed, so we went up to argue with them, and then..."
Then they made a bet.
He Jing's lips twitched. So she was either cannon fodder or on her way to becoming cannon fodder. Competing with the female lead for the spotlight at an important event—wasn't that just courting death?!
Shen Qiuyu once again used her coquettish charm, pleading sweetly, "Sister Jing, please accept it. Dress up beautifully, I want to see you outshine Cheng Yi!"
PS: I've seen all your comments, my lovely readers. I guess I'm not really suited for writing big updates, so the event is canceled tomorrow. I'll still finish writing three more chapters today. Some familiar scenes appear in the text because the whole story has been revised several times. I'm quite satisfied with some of these scenes, so I'll still insert them into the chapters when appropriate. After all, these are plots that I've put a lot of thought into. As for the male lead being greasy, well... I get writer's block whenever I write scenes between the male and female leads, so you know the male lead doesn't appear very often. I've revised the male lead's dialogue many times, trying to make it ambiguous but not erotic. But maybe being a CEO romance writer just isn't good at writing campus romances?
However, as for the female lead, she is a 25-year-old "old aunt," and her thoughts may not be as innocent as those of a 17 or 18-year-old student, so I did not feel any incongruity when I was writing it.
Thank you for reading, my little darlings. I will continue to work hard. *kiss*
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