NOVEL NEXT Chapter 24
Chapter 24: Planting the Seed of Doubt:
Lan Yuxi actually went to find that guy?
Lan Yuxi even treated that bastard to a meal?
Even I have never been treated to a meal by Lan Yuxi!
Qi Lin, you damn bastard, I’m going to kill you.
Lan Yuxi’s fresh breath—is that something you should be smelling? Why don’t you just go die, you pervert!
Wang Cheng was seething with jealousy, clenching his fists tightly. However, he hadn’t completely lost his composure. He maintained a polite smile, pretending to listen to Qi Lin speak.
Meanwhile…
Sitting in the back of the car, Lan Yuxi looked utterly defeated, covering her face.
Her delicate face was flushed red.
Forget about her breath—Qi Lin had already kissed her all over her lips.
And it was even a French kiss.
This was too much. She had already guessed that Qi Lin couldn’t possibly be that well-behaved.
He had definitely said all that deliberately for Wang Cheng to hear.
“The class monitor is really a good person, actually taking the initiative to counsel you… By the way, after she finished, she went back to school, right?”
People are just like this—the more they are consumed by jealousy, the more they want to know what happened next.
“Go back? No, she’s sitting right behind you. Are your eyes okay? She’s so close, and you still can’t see her?”
Qi Lin couldn’t hold it in any longer, and the corners of his mouth curled up wildly.
“Ugh!”
Wang Cheng felt like his neck had rusted. He didn’t even know how he turned his head.
When he saw Lan Yuxi looking at him awkwardly, his heart turned cold.
Lan Yuxi was actually sitting in Qi Lin’s car?
Not only did she treat Qi Lin to a meal, but she even counseled him in his car?
Their gazes locked at that moment.
Wang Cheng felt suspicion, pain, confusion, and heartbreak…
Lan Yuxi felt guilt, embarrassment, frustration, and the urge to cry but without tears…
“Hey, Wang Cheng, why are you two staring at each other? Could it be that you guys have taken a liking to each other? Didn’t you tell me that you don’t like the class monitor?”
“I happen to be interested in the class monitor now and plan to pursue her. You’re not trying to compete with me, are you?”
Qi Lin rudely interrupted their stare-down, grinning mischievously.
“Screw you and your ancestors!”
Wang Cheng was cursing Qi Lin furiously in his mind.
Now he understood—Qi Lin really had his eyes on the girl he liked.
Cough cough. “Qi Lin, what are you even saying? We’re still high school students, we shouldn’t be getting into relationships. If the teachers find out, we’ll get punished.”
Wang Cheng would never admit that he liked Lan Yuxi. What if Qi Lin went and reported him to the teachers?
At the same time, he wanted to restrain Qi Lin and make him give up on Lan Yuxi.
“You are you, and I am me. Don’t lump us together. You’re a top student; you should focus on your studies, strive for excellence, and contribute to society in the future. I’m just a rich second-generation kid waiting to waste away. Dating in high school is perfectly normal for me, don’t you think?”
Qi Lin grinned, continuously provoking Wang Cheng.
Wang Cheng’s mouth twitched—he really didn’t know what to say.
He realized that it was easy to manipulate a rich second-generation kid with morals, principles, and a sense of camaraderie.
But a shameless, rule-breaking, lazy scoundrel of a rich second-generation kid? That was just too damn invincible.
“This is so damn weird. You two are deskmates, yet when you see each other, you don’t say a word. Makes me wonder if you two have something going on in secret.”
Qi Lin smirked, started the car, and drove off.
At this moment, Lan Yuxi finally snapped out of her daze. Her face turned red, and she angrily shouted, “Qi Lin, if you keep talking nonsense, I’ll fight you! I already said that Wang Cheng and I are just classmates!”
Hearing this, Wang Cheng felt a pang in his heart.
A guy consumed by jealousy can no longer tell whether a girl’s words are true or false.
He forced a smile and said, “Qi Lin, it’s not what you think. I was just surprised that the class monitor would actually sit in your car. Besides, she’s a girl, and teasing her like that isn’t appropriate.”
Qi Lin had only been trying to sow discord, and since he had already achieved his goal, he chuckled and said, “I was just joking. Why is everyone taking it so seriously?”
Once they arrived at school, Qi Lin said to the two, “You guys go ahead. I’ll park the car.”
He had already planted the seed of doubt in Wang Cheng’s heart. Now, it was time to leave and let them argue.
Hearing Qi Lin’s words, Wang Cheng and Lan Yuxi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Cheng had a lot of things he wanted to ask Lan Yuxi.
Lan Yuxi, on the other hand, just wanted to escape from Qi Lin, the big troublemaker. She didn’t want to spend another second with him.
“Lan Yuxi, why did you even try to counsel someone like Qi Lin? Did you hear what he said just now? He’s obviously after you!”
Walking along the school’s pathway, Wang Cheng could no longer hold back and questioned Lan Yuxi.
Lan Yuxi really disliked Wang Cheng’s interrogative tone—it made her feel like she had done something wrong.
“Don’t talk about me. Let’s talk about you first. Back then, I told you not to associate with him. And what did you do? You were the one who actively befriended him. What right do you have to lecture me?”
Lan Yuxi’s expression was displeased.
Wang Cheng grew anxious and blurted out without thinking, “Lan Yuxi, I never wanted to be friends with that dumb rich kid. I was just using him, messing with him, don’t you get it?”
Hearing Wang Cheng’s unfiltered confession, Lan Yuxi was somewhat stunned.
At the same time, she seemed to understand something.
No wonder Qi Lin had targeted her. No wonder Qi Lin was tormenting Wang Cheng.
So he had already seen through Wang Cheng’s scheming ways. This was his revenge.
“Lan Yuxi, be honest with me—why were you with that bastard? And why did you sit in his car?”
Wang Cheng was still brooding over what had happened earlier, seething with jealousy.