Chapter 50: Princess Ning’s Haughtiness? Su Qinghe: Sorry
"Er..."
Wang Zibo stared, stunned, as Han Ning suddenly revived, full of energy as if she’d been shot with adrenaline.
"Oh, right!"
"I think you’re right! That’s just how Brother Fan is!"
Seeing Han Ning look his way, he hurriedly agreed.
"Really, Zibo? You think so too?"
Han Ning asked, blinking her large, slightly red eyes at him, her face full of expectation.
"Yes!"
"Definitely!"
"Princess Ning, you have to understand. You and Brother Fan have been so close since you were kids. How could he just start ignoring you out of the blue!"
"He must be doing it on purpose to make you mad. Um... what’s it called? Right, playing hard to get!"
Wang Zibo nodded furiously.
"I think you have a point!"
"Thank you, Zibo! If it weren’t for you, I almost would’ve been fooled by that damn Gu Yifan!"
After getting Wang Zibo’s definitive answer, Han Ning suddenly wasn’t sad anymore.
The gloom on her face cleared up, and she was back to being the proud Princess Ning!
"Uh..."
Wang Zibo stared blankly for a moment.
Seeing that Han Ning had been completely taken in by his story, he said awkwardly, "Well, the three of us grew up together. We’re all good friends. D-Don’t mention it, hahaha..."
"Mhm!"
Han Ning nodded vigorously, then looked at Wang Zibo with a serious expression. "From now on, I’ll never tattle on you to your parents again!"
Wang Zibo: "..."
With that, she got up from the floor by herself and walked toward her seat, muttering something under her breath.
"Hmph!"
"That damn Gu Yifan, so petty!"
...
Wang Zibo vaguely heard words like "damn Gu Yifan," "stupid Gu Yifan," and "petty"...
"This..."
For a moment, Wang Zibo didn’t know what to say.
He’d actually managed to completely dupe Han Ning!
’If Brother Fan finds out I filled Han Ning’s head with this stuff, I wonder if he’ll want to kill me!’
he thought nervously.
"ACHOO~"
Gu Yifan, who was standing on the rooftop smoking a cigarette, suddenly sneezed for no reason!
He had no idea that he’d just been "sold out" by that guy Wang Zibo!
’Hmm?’
’Why have I been sneezing so much lately?’
’Could my body be getting weaker?’
’That shouldn’t be possible!’
’Didn’t the system say it also boosted my constitution when it gave me that Fighting Technique?’
’Did that damn system lie to me?!’
Gu Yifan muttered under his breath.
System: "..."
Just then, a set of footsteps sounded from behind Gu Yifan.
He turned to see Su Qinghe standing behind him, watching him with a worried expression.
Tiny beads of sweat dotted her forehead. It was obvious she had run all the way up.
"Er... Qinghe, what are you doing here?"
Gu Yifan froze for a second, a little surprised.
Su Qinghe didn’t speak, just continued to watch him in silence.
Suddenly, Gu Yifan seemed to realize something and asked, "Are you here to see me?"
"Mhm."
This time, Su Qinghe gave a slight nod.
"Uh... how did you know I was here?"
Gu Yifan asked curiously.
"Wang Zibo messaged me and told me to come find you."
"I guessed you might be here, so I came up."
Su Qinghe explained in a quiet voice.
Gu Yifan: "..."
That was right.
The place where the two of them were standing was the very same rooftop where Su Qinghe had tried to jump that day.
After leaving the classroom, he had wanted to find a quiet place to have a cigarette, and he had subconsciously found his way here.
Normally, after Gu Yifan fell that day, the school would have definitely re-locked the door to the rooftop. And they did. It was just that a small padlock was no match for Gu Yifan.
He had opened it once, and he could do it again. He would just have to lock it back up on his way out.
"That son of a bitch..."
Gu Yifan cursed under his breath, then looked at Su Qinghe and asked, "When did that guy Wang Zibo get your contact info?"
"Last time at the park, when you went to the bathroom."
Su Qinghe replied.
After a moment’s thought, she added in a small voice, "I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to contact you next time, so I added him."
"Oh, I see."
Hearing this, what else could Gu Yifan say? He could only nod helplessly.
"I’m sorry."
Su Qinghe suddenly said in a low voice.
"Hmm?"
Gu Yifan was a bit confused. He looked at Su Qinghe, puzzled. "What’s wrong? Why are you suddenly apologizing?"
"I... Wang Zibo told me..."
Su Qinghe said softly, "Also, I saw the messages in the group chat."
"F*ck!"
"That damn son of a bitch!"
Gu Yifan cursed in frustration.
Suddenly!
He realized something. "Wait, what did you just say about messages in a group chat?"
"Huh?"
Now it was Su Qinghe’s turn to be stunned.
"Earlier, when I was crying in the cafeteria... someone secretly took a picture and posted it in a group chat..."
she explained in a small voice.
"Hmm?"
Hearing this, Gu Yifan couldn’t help but frown. He really hadn’t known about this!
"Do you have your phone on you?"
"I want to see what they said!"
After thinking for a moment, he looked at Su Qinghe and asked.
The reason Gu Yifan asked for Su Qinghe’s phone was that he had left his own in his desk drawer and forgotten to grab it!
"I... I do!"
Su Qinghe took her phone out of her pocket and handed it over.
"I’m just going to look at your Penguin chat groups, okay?"
Gu Yifan said.
"Mhm."
Su Qinghe didn’t object, just nodded lightly.
With her permission, Gu Yifan opened her Penguin Chat app.
’Huh?’
Gu Yifan paused, looking up at Su Qinghe in surprise.
Su Qinghe’s Penguin Chat interface was remarkably clean. She only had two or three friends, and the only group chat was their class group.
’Is this Hanhan’s social circle really this small?’
’No wonder she said she didn’t have many friends before...’
’So it was actually true!’
Gu Yifan shook his head helplessly. He tapped into her Year Three, Class Five group chat to take a look, but he didn’t find what she had just mentioned.
"Hmm?"
He froze again, looking up at Su Qinghe with a confused expression. "Er... where did you see those messages?"
"My roommate showed me."
Su Qinghe replied with a serious look on her face.
Gu Yifan: "..."
"Alright then!"
Gu Yifan shook his head helplessly again. "In that case, I’m going to log in to my Penguin Chat on your phone, okay?"
"Okay."
Su Qinghe didn’t say anything else, just nodded in agreement.
Having gotten permission, he first logged out of Su Qinghe’s Penguin Chat account and then logged into his own.
A minute later.
Gu Yifan finished reading and was left speechless...