Take her as my wife

Wang Jiayu and Gao Yuan were naturally unwilling to kneel down and apologize to Chen Siyao, and in the end, they left angrily, leaving behind the pile of things they had brought.

After they left, Jiang Ni knocked on the door and came in.

She came over and gave Chen Siyao a few books. Chen Siyao used to have good grades, but because of bullying, her grades plummeted. Fortunately, she is only in the first year of high school and has plenty of time to catch up.

Chen Siyao seemed to be in good condition, and Wu Wenyi told Jiang Ni that she could be discharged from the hospital tomorrow morning.

"The school and those bad students are in cahoots. They'd love for us to keep quiet and take the money to cover this up as soon as possible. I don't plan to send her to that school anymore. I've already contacted a new school, and I'll send her there to complete the procedures after the examination results come out."

Jiang Ni naturally supported this decision and asked, "Which school?"

Wu Wenyi: "USTC Affiliated Senior High School is a long-established public school. My husband's friend's wife teaches there, so it's good to have someone to look after us."

The University of Science and Technology of China Affiliated High School is located in the University Town area. Jiang Ni inevitably thought of Yicheng Public Security University, where Tan Wen studied, because the two schools are quite close to each other.

Jiang Ni nodded: "There's no rush to go to school. Anyway, this semester is almost over. I can introduce a tutor to her during the summer vacation."

Wu Wenyi said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. Speaking of holidays, I need to trouble you with something. I've landed a big order and will be going on a business trip out of town for over a month. I was wondering if Yaoyao could stay with you? I'll cover her living expenses and other costs."

This is actually not troublesome. For Jiang Ni, it just means that there is one more person living and eating in the house. Anyway, Aunt Zhou takes care of the three meals a day.

"Can."

"Thank you so much."

Wu Wenyi only started her business with friends at the beginning of this year and made some money. However, she was renting an apartment in this neighborhood. After spending a few days with Jiang Ni, she realized that Jiang Ni was genuinely not short of money. Beautiful, kind-hearted, capable, and wealthy, Wu Wenyi felt that no man was worthy of such an outstanding woman.

After leaving the hospital, Jiang Ni drove to a teahouse to wait for someone.

In order to find those vocational high school students, Jiang Ni used her connections to find out that a college classmate was the administrative director of that vocational high school. She specially arranged to meet with him today, hoping to ask him for a favor.

After sitting for only a few minutes, the other person arrived. Despite being classmates for several years, Jiang Ni couldn't even remember the other person's name until they were added as friends.

The man's surname was Fang, and his given name was Zhe. Jiang Ni addressed him respectfully as "Director Fang."

She didn't know Fang Zhe well, but Fang Zhe had long admired her. When the middleman said that Jiang Ni wanted his help, he almost thought they were teasing him.

Now that I've seen her, I can only sigh that time never defeats beauty. After starting work, they all gained weight and aged, but Jiang Ni is even more charming than when she was in school.

Fang Zhe laughed and said, "I even left twenty minutes early, but I still ended up being late."

Jiang Ni replied, "No, I just had nothing to do today, so I arrived a little early. What would Director Fang like to drink?"

"Longjing or Pu'er tea are both fine," Fang Zhe said, his gaze fixed on her exquisite and beautiful face. He remarked, half-jokingly, "I never thought I'd have the chance to enjoy tea and chat alone with School Beauty Jiang. If my old classmates found out, they'd think I was bragging."

He wore a formal suit today, which aroused his wife's suspicion. Naturally, he couldn't say that he was coming to see his old classmates, so he lied and said that there was a meeting at the school.

Jiang Ni wore a polka-dot chiffon French tea dress, simple and elegant, yet she still seemed to be on a completely different level from him.

Soon, Fang Zhe's Longjing tea and Jiang Ni's oolong tea were served.

Fang Zhe thought she was truly beautiful, with skin as smooth as ice and bones as delicate as jade, and even the hands holding the teacup were as captivating as works of art.

Jiang Ni ignored his praise and went straight to the point: "My friend's daughter was bullied at school, and some of the perpetrators were students from your school."

She took the tablet out of her tote bag, opened the list of names she had obtained from Chen Siyao, and moved the tablet to Fang Zhe's side: "Director Fang, could you please check the names for me and contact me after you find the corresponding students?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Zhe realized that the matter was rather tricky. It wasn't that finding the person was difficult, but rather that finding the person would bring a lot of trouble.

Since school bullying involves issues such as the school's reputation and compensation, Fang Zhe immediately looked troubled.

"Do you have any evidence to prove that these students from our school committed the violence? Without solid evidence, I really can't help you with the next step of the verification process..."

Jiang Ni could easily tell that while he was trying to get information out of her, he was also expressing his desire not to get involved in this mess. She replied calmly, "Of course, we have done the injury assessment and the mental damage assessment, and we also have witnesses and surveillance footage. Our main consideration is to minimize the negative impact on both schools and to resolve this privately, so we didn't call the police. Now we just want to find these children and negotiate with their parents."

In fact, the surveillance footage is still being searched because the children clearly had the awareness to avoid being monitored. Many places only captured footage of Chen Siyao following them, but no direct evidence of their violence.

Fang Zhe was unaware of these things. When he heard that she wanted to settle the matter privately, he felt a little relieved: "Then I'll go and check it for you on Monday."

"Thank you. If you're free tonight, would it be convenient for me to treat you to dinner as a token of my gratitude?" Jiang Ni looked at him and gave him a rare, slight smile.

This made Fang Zhe completely smitten and lose his bearings: "Yes, yes, don't use honorifics, we're old classmates, of the same generation—I'll treat you to dinner, how could I let you spend the money?"

Jiang Ni stopped laughing and started listening to him dart around other topics, occasionally giving a response, which was enough to keep the man entertained.

Feeling bored, Jiang Ni's phone, which was on the table, beeped with a short text message notification.

Her intuition told her that the perverted man was harassing her again.

Fang Zhe was thirsty from talking, so he stopped to drink some tea. Jiang Ni took the opportunity to say, "I'm going to the restroom."

It's really tiring to sit and have an awkward conversation with someone you can't connect with.

Jiang Ni would rather go to the bathroom to read that perverted harassing text message to kill time.

In broad daylight, this guy shouldn't have sent her that kind of video, especially since he said his hand was injured and he couldn't do it.

Jiang Ni unlocks her phone.

【＊＊＊】：Why is my sister smiling at other men? I'm so jealous I'm going crazy.

【＊＊＊】：Has your sister ever cried because of C? Even if she cries, I won't stop. I really, really want to lock her up.

Jiang Ni: ...

Having grown accustomed to this man's constant witty remarks over this period, Jiang Ni's first reaction wasn't embarrassment or anger, but rather she began to ponder the meaning behind the very first sentence this perverted man uttered.

Did he see me smile at Fang Zhe?

—He was nearby.

Jiang Ni frowned. Was it an unexpected encounter or deliberate stalking?

She wasn't sure.

However, Jiang Ni disliked the feeling of exposing herself to danger; this man was like a time bomb.

She must find him as soon as possible.

A few minutes later, Jiang Ni returned to her seat.

Fang Zhe glanced at the time and suggested, "It's almost lunchtime. Do you like barbecue? There's a really popular barbecue restaurant nearby."

Eating barbecue takes time, but it also increases contact and interaction; Fang Zhe's plan was perfectly shrewd.

Jiang Ni, needing someone's help, readily agreed: "I'm fine with anything."

As she stood up, picking up her bag, she glanced around, but the guests were all older, and none of them matched the image of the perverted man.

Just before Jiang Ni and Fang Zhe walked out of the restaurant, Zhao Qian pushed Tan Wen into the ride-hailing car that had just arrived.

"I'm so done with this, I booked the wrong place, now I'll have to spend another ten dollars on the fare..." Zhao Qian muttered, completely unaware that the handsome guy next to him had a face as green as if his wife had run away.

He was also reminding Tan Wen, "Hey, Wen, if those girls ask to add you as a friend later, don't be in a hurry to refuse. The brothers are just waiting to use your help to realize their dreams of finding a girlfriend."

Tan Wen's secret letter only mentioned a few people.

Family members.

University professor and roommate.

There were also his childhood friends and younger brothers, Hu Jiaguang and Hu Jiarong.

And Jiang Ni's secret signals from the past and present.

After Jiang Ni changed her phone number, she also registered a new password account. Messages sent from the old number would only show red exclamation marks, but Tan Wen still kept sending messages to this new number until he got it.

Knowing that Jiang Ni wouldn't see it, they became increasingly unrestrained in what they posted.

The night the college entrance exam results came out, he texted Jiang Ni: "Sister, do you know, every time you tutor me and explain problems, I want to pin you down on the table and kiss you until you cry, until you cry."

He finally made Jiang Ni see what he had just said.

But Jiang Ni still didn't know it was him.

Jiang Ni was having tea and chatting with a portly man.

Jiang Ni is smiling at that man!

Zhao Qian waited for a long time without receiving a response. He turned his head and saw Tan Wen leaning back in his chair, his face darker than the bottom of a pot. He didn't know who had upset him.

This guy was practically dragged out by them. Because Tan Wen had injured his hand, his roommates took turns looking after him for several days. That's how they got the handsome Tan Wen's approval to join them in the joint event with the neighboring art college and help them save face.

When they arrived at the barbecue restaurant they had booked, Zhao Qian found that there were more girls than they had expected.

The girls from the art academy and the girls from the police academy have completely different vibes. These girls are all dressed to the nines, and their hair colors could make up a rainbow.

Not to mention the various kinds of dresses they wore, it was simply dazzling.

But most of these flowers tonight are "blooming" for one person.

Unfortunately, Tan Wen was oblivious to romance. He stepped into the shop, pulled his hat down low, and sat down by the window, exuding an aura of "Don't bother me."

Zhou Kaiyuan, the third oldest in the dorm, tugged at Zhao Qian's arm and whispered, "You were fine before we left, so why are you acting so grumpy now? Look, even the girls are too scared to talk to you or add you as a friend! We can't let the money we spent on this event today go to waste! It's over five thousand yuan!"

Zhao Qian, the money-grubber, felt a pang of heartache upon hearing this: "I don't know either. Asking you is like asking a needle at the bottom of the sea; we mere mortals can't fathom it."

After chatting for a while, Zhao Qian casually looked up and happened to see Jiang Ni and Fang Zhe coming in from the doorway.

He was already very good at remembering people's facial features, not to mention that Jiang Ni was so outstanding and one in a million that it would be hard for him to forget her.

"Brother Wen," he quickly went to bother Tan Wen, "your beautiful older sister!"