In the end,
Su Ran collapsed and shouted, as if questioning and condemning at the same time.
Jiang Nanshu’s smile remained unchanged, "Oh, what does that have to do with me? Should I also pay for your decision to go camping? When Huang Ruanting mocked and kicked me when I was down at school, why didn’t I see you standing up for me to speak a word of justice? Whether she’s crippled or dead, what does it have to do with me?"
The smile in her eyes grew even more radiant, "Having one less person targeting me only makes me happy, why would I be sad for someone irrelevant?"
Su Ran stared in disbelief.
She not only lacked sympathy, but she even felt happy.
Ha...
Su Ran raised her hand and fiercely slapped towards Jiang Nanshu’s face.
When it was just an inch away from Jiang Nanshu’s cheek, a large hand firmly grasped her wrist, rendering her unable to move forward or backward.
Lu Qingyan, who had been silent all along, looked at her indifferently with his dark eyes, his thin lips slightly parted, "What are you doing?"
Su Ran looked at him with tearful eyes, her lips quivering, but no words came out.
It was still him, yet it felt as if it wasn’t him anymore.
Lu Qingyan gave a hard shake and released Su Ran’s wrist.
She staggered back two steps, unsteady.
Jiang Nanshu screamed in fear, her face drained of color, tears welling up in her eyes, "I just have this unlikable personality, I talk without a sense of proportion. It’s my fault that I didn’t clarify things in the afternoon, leading to the accident and causing sister such anger. Brother Qingyan, don’t blame her, it’s all my fault."
She sobbed, her shoulders trembling, crying with self-blame.
Being sick, her already pale face turned even whiter, her apricot eyes reddened from crying, and her bright red tear mole flowed with tears, washed even more vividly.
Jian Hemian looked at Su Ran coldly, seeing her as foolish.
It seemed as if blaming others would ease her friend’s injury.
Chu Muxi showed concern but was actually just watching the drama unfold.
She too was curious about how Lu Qingyan would choose between Su Ran and Jiang Nanshu.
Back in high school, from the first year, Su Ran was inseparable from Lu Qingyan, if nothing else, they had been companions for three years.
Liang Ciqiu wanted to speak but ultimately decided against getting involved. He also faintly felt that this matter had nothing to do with Jiang Nanshu, but Su Ran was adamant that Jiang Nanshu had deliberately failed to remind them.
The beautiful filter he had for Su Ran seemed to have lost a layer.
Lu Qingyan moved past Jiang Nanshu’s shoulder, faced her, and gently wiped away her tears with his fingers, his voice soft and soothing yet nearly imperceptible, "Be good, don’t cry, this isn’t your fault."
Jiang Nanshu blinked her innocent eyes and then broke into a smile, "Mmhmm."
[Good, I won’t kick you out for now.]
Su Ran’s eyes were filled with mournful pain, her voice hoarse, "Lu Qingyan, you’ve disappointed me greatly. I thought you were at least different, but why, why do you also protect her? She despises life, her actions are malicious."
After soothing Jiang Nanshu’s emotions, Lu Qingyan finally turned to face Su Ran.
Previously, when he looked at her, he simply saw her as ambitious, constantly pestering him with endless questions.
Though he found it tiresome, he couldn’t shed that gentle persona.
When he was not yet powerful, he could only be the gentleman, gentle, the academically impeccable golden boy.
This way, his mother would not intervene in his development while he was still young.
He enjoyed his hard-earned freedom and did not want to be caged again.
Therefore, throughout high school and college, anyone could ask him questions; he was famously good-tempered, without a hint of a rich second generation attitude.
But now, looking again,
stripped of that scholarly halo, she seemed particularly foolish.
Could such a brainless person really have carried him out of that mountain?
For the first time, Lu Qingyan harbored this doubt.
[Someone is asking you a question, why the silence?! Am I that embarrassing?]
Jiang Nanshu pinched his arm anxiously.
[Quick, say I’m your darling sweetheart, infuriate her, slap her in the face, and then solemnly promise to be with me, shut down her thoughts. I don’t want to fight two rivals when I’m trying to win you over!]
She hadn’t forgotten; Yan Yidan was waiting for her when the vacation was over.
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