CHAPTER 317: CHAPTER 290 FIRST MEETING WITH CHU ZHENGRAN

Qin Xia’s skin is fair and tender. When she cries, not only do her eyes turn red, but the area around her eyes to her cheekbones also turns pink.

And it doesn’t fade easily.

She just cried, her eyes red, the skin around them a soft pink, with a moist and gleaming look in her eyes.

Because of one sentence from Chu Zhengran, she froze in place, shocked, staring at Chu Zhengran in disbelief. After a while, she finally said, "What nonsense are you talking about."

Chu Zhengran looked at her, his fingers unconsciously curling slightly.

"I was the one who said we should break up, and then you slept with me," Qin Xia said.

"Wasn’t it you who kissed me first?" Chu Zhengran asked.

"You’re the one who hugged me first," Qin Xia replied.

"I hugged you, so you just kissed me?" Chu Zhengran retorted.

"I kissed you, so then you slept with me?" Qin Xia got a bit agitated from the argument, "I was injured and had just recovered, yet you wore me out all night in the hotel..."

Qin Xia suddenly realized what she was saying, quickly stopped, swallowed, and said, "What’s wrong with you?"

Chu Zhengran frowned slightly: "......"

Just then, someone knocked on the door, temporarily extinguishing their quarrel.

Chu Zhengran went to open the door.

It was a member of the Chu Family delivering a medical kit.

Chu Zhengran drove to the hotel, with Chu Family members following him for protection all the way.

He had just entered the room and sent a message for the Chu Family to fetch a medical kit from the reception desk.

Qin Xia glanced at the medical kit in his hand and said, "What for? Are you injured?"

Chu Zhengran didn’t speak, walked to her, and pulled her hand to have her sit on the sofa.

Qin Xia looked at him in a daze, watching as he placed the medical kit aside, then knelt before her.

Her leg instinctively withdrew slightly: "What are you doing?"

"Can you stop being so jumpy?" Chu Zhengran opened the medical kit.

"Then can you stop being so unpredictable?" Qin Xia said.

Chu Zhengran ignored her again.

He directly took her hand, examining the wound on her index finger.

A long, thin cut.

The blood had already dried.

Chu Zhengran used a cotton swab to disinfect the wound, his actions very gentle.

Qin Xia lowered her eyes and quietly watched him.

She always remembered the first time she saw Chu Zhengran at school on the M Continent campus.

Chu Zhengran stood under a maple tree, standing out among the Western faces around him.

Wearing a trench coat, standing tall. Exuding a warm temperament from within, the kind of chivalrous elegance unique to his own country.

Strong, confident, and gentle.

He was rejecting a girl’s confession at that time.

Even when refusing people, he was gentle and courteous.

So attractive.

In that moment, Qin Xia felt everyone else dimmed because of him.

To attract his attention, she had worked hard, constantly staying around him.

Wanting to express her liking, yet afraid of being rejected as well.

She could only quietly hide it in her heart, repeatedly appearing before him hoping to be noticed.

For this, she even hired someone to rob herself on the path he took every night.

But... the hired person’s acting was too poor, two lines in and Chu Zhengran saw through it.

Qin Xia now feels embarrassed thinking back.

So lost in her thoughts that even when Chu Zhengran finished applying the medicine, she hadn’t noticed.

Seeing her lost in thought, looking at her rosy skin, Chu Zhengran momentarily raised his hand wanting to touch it.

But just as he raised his hand, his phone rang.

Qin Xia suddenly snapped back to reality, looking at his hand suspended awkwardly in the air. She blinked.

Chu Zhengran clenched his hand, stood up, took out his phone from his pocket, and answered: "Mom."

Hearing his voice, Qin Xia’s hand suddenly shook lightly.

Her somewhat dazed expression also quickly turned clear.

Finally noticing the pain in the wound on her index finger.

Chu Zhengran proceeded with the phone call: "Is it urgent?"

After a pause, he said: "Alright, I’ll be back soon."

Qin Xia’s eyelashes fluttered.

Chu Zhengran hung up the phone and looked at her.

Qin Xia looked at him and said, "If there’s something, just go."

Chu Zhengran said nothing.

Qin Xia said, "I’ll just stay here quietly, and I’ll go back tonight. I’ll transfer the room fee to you later."

Chu Zhengran remained silent for a moment and said, "Qin Xia, does it have to be like this between us?"

Qin Xia’s heart ached slightly, her limbs also tingled. After a pause, she said, "Isn’t this good? You will have your happiness, and I will have mine."

Chu Zhengran clenched his hand tighter.

Qin Xia added, "Maybe we’re really not suited for each other."

Chu Zhengran furrowed his brow slightly, his lips moved as if wanting to say something, but ultimately failing to do so.

He looked at her again, then took his clothes and left the room.

The door closed, leaving the room in silence.

Instantly, it felt more empty.

He left, seemingly taking the warmth of the room with him.

Qin Xia leaned back, resting her head on the sofa and gently exhaled. After a moment, she raised an arm and covered her eyes...

...

Gu Yanjing and Qiao Yuxian watched the time when Qiao Zhiang was about to finish school and left Jingyu Garden to pick him up.

Then... the two who personally went to pick him up ended up being kept by the teacher.

After Qiao Zhiang was taken by Gu Yanjing, the first thing he did upon arriving at school was to inform the teachers. His parents were busy recently, and it was his sister and brother-in-law who were taking care of him.

If anything came up, they should contact his sister and brother-in-law.

He gave the teacher Gu Yanjing and Qiao Yuxian’s phone numbers but didn’t mention Gu Yanjing’s name, only saying that he was his brother-in-law, and not knowing what his name was.

Recently, the matter with Dong Qian had spread among the parent circle, and now everyone started elevating the status of the Qiao Family by several levels.

In this school, parents also band together, form cliques, and even practice discrimination.

In the parent group, there are different levels.

Originally, everyone didn’t pay much attention to Chen Hui, often ignoring her.

But ever since Dong Qian hit Chen Hui once, and then Dong Qian first got hit, then disappeared mysteriously, and his company went bankrupt too.

Meanwhile, Chen Hui and the Qiao Family suffered no consequences.

He is Gu Linhai’s younger brother-in-law, a relative of the Gu Family, usually walking around acting arrogant.

But when they said to handle him, he got handled.

Though there’s no clear evidence that it was the Qiao Family who did it. But everyone couldn’t help but pay more attention to the Qiao Family.

They became more courteous to Chen Hui as well.

Especially these past two days.

Qiao Zhiang has been picked up and dropped off by a driver, and within one day, the cars used for pickup and dropoff weren’t even the same.

The teacher also had to be more mindful in actions and words.

Thus, regarding Qiao Zhiang not finishing his homework, the teacher intended to speak to his family’s driver.

Who would have thought Gu Yanjing and Qiao Yuxian would personally come.

Then, the two were standing in the office.

Although the teacher spoke very politely, very politely indeed, the two unanimously felt it was criticism.

On the way back, Little Zhi Ang was still unwilling and tried to stir up their sibling relationship: "I was too sleepy last night, writing while falling asleep. I didn’t deliberately not finish my homework."

Qiao Yuxian stared at him, not listening to his explanation: "I’ve never been criticized by a teacher growing up."

Qiao Zhiang looked at her, sheepishly smiled and said, "Just the right time to experience it, it makes the student period complete. Besides, that wasn’t really criticism from the teacher, more like just a notification."

Qiao Yuxian: "......"