The timing of this phone call couldn’t be worse!
Chen Xin feigned composure, quickly glanced at the rearview mirror, and couldn’t help but sweat on that person’s behalf.
He sincerely hoped it wasn’t Bai Long.
After all, Bai Long had the best relationship with him, despite having a bit of a foul temper, looking cold all day long, as though he had a grudge against everyone, but he still liked Bai Long’s serious demeanor.
Ding-ling-ling, ding-ling-ling, ding-ling-ling...
The ringing was relentless, fearlessly testing the man’s suppressed temper.
The screen displayed the name Zihan.
Of course, Chen Xin couldn’t see it; the phone was thrown on the backseat, and he could only hear the monotonous instrumental music, which right now, sounded more like noise.
He felt like each note was courting death.
Li Zishen glanced at his phone and quickly relaxed his fist, his brow furrowed as he answered, "What’s up?"
The atmosphere inside the car became oppressively tense.
Just from the tone, you could tell the mood was bad.
Had there been an argument with Uncle Two? Was the new project in Huang City a no-go? Was there a problem with the press conference?
Even though he wasn’t involved, he still cared.
To his surprise, Li Zihan replied, "Bro, Xiao Wan is also taking the exam tomorrow and might come to Jin City today. The English department has exams for two consecutive days."
"Is that so? How do you know?"
"Oh, that... I just saw her exam ticket. Do you want to see her? How about arranging a dinner together, maybe a candlelit one?"
"Tonight at six, come to Li Garden."
"Bro, why aren’t you excited at all? I’m telling you Xiao Wan is taking the exam, she’s coming to Jin City, taking exams for two days, and then you..."
"If it’s nothing, I’m hanging up now, I’m busy."
The call was ruthlessly ended on this side, leaving Li Zihan utterly downcast on the other end.
He didn’t understand his brother’s intent at all.
"Do good deeds, get kicked for it!"
"What the hell? I went through all the trouble of checking for you, and you dismiss me with just ’I’m busy’?"
"That’s too much, not even a little appreciation!"
After a round of complaints, he closed each webpage and was just about to stretch when a female teacher with a file bag pushed the door open.
The clink-clank of high heels made Li Zihan’s heart jolt, and he quickly turned around.
"Oh, it’s already fixed, goodbye, teacher!"
After saying this, Li Zihan cheerfully left his seat and walked towards the door, since after all, he was just pretending to help check the exam venue information.
He felt somewhat guilty.
"Come on, have a bottle of water."
"No need, no need, thank you, teacher!"
The female teacher watched his retreating back and smiled admiringly, "What a good kid!"
Meanwhile, at the Foreign Language College.
Tomorrow was the mid-term exam, and the students of Business English Class A were busy setting up the examination room, with boys moving tables and girls sticking up exam numbers.
Half an hour later, only three girls remained in the classroom, responsible for the final check.
"Do you think Tang Xiaowan will come tomorrow?" one girl curiously asked another.
The exams at the Foreign Language College were always scrambled, no student took the test in their own class, and everyone was assigned to different departments.
Therefore, Class A’s girls didn’t know whether Tang Xiaowan would be taking tomorrow’s exam.
Their exam codes were all from other departments.
"People still need to take exams? Her husband’s family is so rich! When it’s time to receive the graduation diploma... the school might as well deliver it to her door."
"Alas, there’s no way around it, she’s climbed onto a high branch!"
Li Ying, who was checking her exam code, quickly put down the list and looked at the two of them with an air of mystery.
"Have you not heard? The news has long since spread online. Tang Xiaowan’s family is in the export business, they’re loaded. Leng Lingxiao’s choice to marry her is nothing more than a business alliance; it’s not a case of who is marrying up."
"There are plenty of daughters of overseas returnees, why choose her? She hasn’t even graduated from university yet."
"Young, isn’t it? Men like that, always looking for something fresh!" said Li Ying, raising her eyebrows, then she took out her phone. "Don’t let Leng Lingxiao’s handsome looks fool you, he’s actually already thirty. Look here, it’s mentioned on the site."
She had opened the Lingxiao Group’s official website.
Although there was not much personal information, the basics were there, like ID photos and age.
"A man at thirty isn’t old, but... it’s true he’s quite a bit older than Tang Xiaowan. She’s only twenty."
"That’s why, youth is an asset!"
"I wonder how their married life is? Could there be a generation gap or something? And Tang Xiaowan is so thin, barely 100 pounds."
"The little flower is thus swept away by a man, such a pity, really a shame!"
"Pity? Sounds like you’re green with envy!"
Li Ying’s comment triggered laughter among everyone, and they kept looking at the Lingxiao Group’s profile, their teasing becoming even more unbridled.
By chance, Chen Yu returned to the classroom to get something and overheard all these conversations.
She was so angry; after all, Tang Xiaowan had stood up for her several times at school and even gave up the highly sought-after sign holder position to her.
Last month, Tang Xiaowan had even sponsored her a substantial amount of money unconditionally for her birthmark treatment.
Chen Yu was unclear how Tang Xiaowan and Leng Lingxiao had met, but she firmly believed that their marriage had nothing to do with a business alliance.
Thinking of this, she grew even more irate.
But then, without paying attention, she knocked over the thermos next to her with a clunk, and it rolled far away.
The two girls were startled with a jolt.
Li Ying saw it was Chen Yu and frowned as she walked over. "What’s the matter, trying to scare someone to death?"
"You... shouldn’t gossip about others’ private lives. It’s wrong to talk behind their back. And age isn’t an issue, as long as they love each other."
For the first time, she publicly refuted her classmates’ remarks—previously, she would have borne it.
The two girls looked at each other, somewhat astonished.
Li Ying had always disliked Chen Yu and wished she could drive her out of the Business A class. She hadn’t expected her teasing to be overheard by Chen Yu.
If this got back to Chen Nan, it might destroy the image of a lady she prided herself in.
She liked Chen Nan, very much so.
Therefore, Li Ying strode briskly to the back of the room, staring down Chen Yu, who had just picked up her thermos, with arrogance. "When did you come in?"
"Are you afraid I’ll tell Xiao Wan? As long as you know you’re wrong, that’s enough. Don’t talk nonsense again in the future."
Li Ying tilted her head slightly and snickered, "Oh, look at you, no birthmark makes a difference, huh? Listen to the way you lecture, acting like an Avenger."
Chen Yu reflexively tugged at her collar: "They are a legally married couple... they got their certificate."
Obviously, she was on the losing end.
Even though her black spots had become invisible after several freezing treatments and topical medications during this time, her feelings of inferiority persisted.
Seeing this, Li Ying internally reveled in her triumph—she knew how to hit Chen Yu where it hurt.
"Oh, right, who’s like you! Likes making friends recklessly in society, yet acts all pure at school, always thinking about how to snare Chen Nan!"
Each word—chaotic, false, seduce—stabbed deeply at Chen Yu’s fragile self-esteem, and tears burst forth like a floodgate had opened, streaming from her red eyes. This update ıs available on n͟o͟v͟e͟l͟f͟i͟r͟e͟.net
She bit her lip and lowered her head, for the moment, not knowing how to defend herself.
Those words were just too harsh!
"Hey, don’t you cry now, if Chen Nan sees you again, he might think we were all conspiring..."
Suddenly, there was a loud clanging noise.
The half-open door was kicked open, and they saw Chen Nan enter furiously.