Chapter 57

She was expelled, expelled.

She always thought she was a good child. Her parents kept telling her that the elementary school incident wasn't her fault. She respected teachers, loved classmates, studied hard, and never slacked off…… but she was expelled. How could a student who would be expelled by the school be a good student!

She cut her wrists. Watching the blood flow out, she didn't feel any pain. When she woke up again, her parents cried and told her that she could go to No. 2 Middle School where Angel Xiao Ya was studying! Because Angel Xiao Ya begged her father, who was the municipal party secretary, to help plead for her……

Angel Xiao Ya! The best No. 2 Middle School in the city!

After entering No. 2 Middle School, various rumors followed her like a shadow. Her schoolbag and desk still often had things added or missing. But she could still smile because Angel Xiao Ya was there, and because No. 2 Middle School had produced many excellent older brothers and sisters! She could also…… one day she would also get into a good high school and a good university, and let her name appear in the school's excellent student cabinet!

Later, Angel Xiao Ya moved to another city. When she left, she said, "When you take the college entrance exam, I will definitely come back from university to cheer you on." This sentence added infinite courage to her, allowing her to settle down and study amidst the inexplicable rumors and bullying.

On the day before the college entrance exam, Angel Xiao Ya didn't come back, but Angel Xiao Ya called her. She was very happy, really very happy! She had already decided to apply for the university where Angel Xiao Ya was, until she heard Angel Xiao Ya on the other side of the phone say—

"Do you know why you fainted in the fifth grade of elementary school? Do you know why the PE teacher dared to attack you? Do you know who spread those rumors? Do you know who called those hooligans? Heh heh……"

"……Why."

"Heh…… you just take this question and go take the college entrance exam."

☆, Chapter 60: Edge of the Cliff

Early morning, apartment dining room.

"……" Ji Jie looked at He Lele, who was dressed as usual…… was she a mother frog with pinkeye?

He Lele put down breakfast, took a step back, bowed her head slightly, and then turned into the kitchen, not noticing that Ji Jie had opened his mouth as if to say something.

What was wrong with this woman? Wasn't she in a good mood yesterday? Why was she like this today…… He had said so many harsh things in front of her, and he hadn't seen her brows move even once. Last time, Zong Jieran said she had been played too hard, but she didn't show any abnormality after returning to the apartment. What on earth could have happened to make her cry until her eyes were almost unable to open…… Could it be that she watched some dog-blood TV series? Or did Mu Wei do something again? What could Mu Wei do in his semi-disabled state? Then what on earth was she……

Damn it! What happened to this shameless woman was none of his business! Ji Jie suddenly lost his appetite, got up, and left.

He Lele cleared the breakfast that had barely been touched on the table with a indifferent expression, her eyes not staying on Ji Jie for even a second.

One day, two days, three days.

After seeing He Lele in such a heartbroken, walking-corpse state for three consecutive days, Ji Jie just felt like he had eaten several pounds of dynamite in his stomach, but had nowhere to vent!

"Lifetime" set, actor rest area.

"What's wrong? It's rare for you to come to visit the set, but you have a stinking face…… Did the manager provoke you again?" Qin Zhixiu glanced at Ji Jie beside him and asked while reading the script.

"……How does your brain grow? You can even guess this?" Ji Jie lay half-reclined on the travel chair, looking suffocated. "Every morning when I wake up, I see her pair of red, swollen frog eyes, and all my good moods are gone! The most terrible thing is that now I see every woman as having a pair of frog eyes, directly depriving me of the only fun in my life!"

"Did something happen to the manager?"

"How would I know—"

"What happened to He Lele?" Ruan Lin just walked over and heard Qin Zhixiu's words, his handsome brows locking.

Ji Jie turned to look at Ruan Lin. "……No way, you care about her that much? You really took a fancy to that kind of woman?"

"Less crap—can you tell me the specific situation?" Ruan Lin took a deep breath, a light, calm smile hanging on the corners of his mouth.

Ji Jie laughed out loud, and Qin Zhixiu also raised his hand to cover his light smile.

"I think I should come to visit the set when I'm in a bad mood. Watching you change your face is truly the highest entertainment program in the world."

"……Is that so?" Ruan Lin pulled over a chair and sat down elegantly and handsomely. His exquisite and gorgeous face, like a crown, remained graceful, but his hands crossed and made a hair-raising "crackling" sound.

"Cough cough……" Ji Jie quickly put away his smile. "Just kidding, just kidding!"

"Then, can you answer my question?"

"……I don't know anything either. She was fine three days ago, and when I saw her the day before yesterday morning, she was half-dead. It's been like that until today, looking like she cries until dawn every night."

Ruan Lin lowered his eyes and thought for a moment. While standing up, he picked up his phone and walked toward a remote place.

"……He wouldn't be calling that woman, would he?" Ji Jie stared at Ruan Lin's departing figure and asked Qin Zhixiu in a low voice.

Qin Zhixiu looked at Ji Jie's expression, which carried a hint of nervousness, and a hint of warmth appeared on his clean, soft face.

"Isn't that exactly what you wanted him to call?"

"Hm?" Ji Jie didn't understand.

"I'll be back tomorrow. If you weren't looking for an opportunity to let Ruan Lin know about the manager, why would you come to visit the set today?"

"—Are you kidding me! I'm just bored and came to see how you're doing. Who would specifically come to…… what do you mean? You wouldn't be trying to say that I actually fell in love with that woman, and since I couldn't ask about the situation myself, I beat around the bush to tell Ruan Lin so that Ruan Lin would go ask?"

"……I didn't say anything." Qin Zhixiu turned a page of the script, and the smile on his lips grew stronger.

"Hey, you kid—"

"Scene 74, Du Wei and Zhao Yu, get ready!" A deputy director in the distance suddenly shouted with a megaphone.

Hearing the sound, Qin Zhixiu raised his eyes to look at a charming woman with a graceful figure and exquisite makeup not far away. ===== CHAPTER 58 =====