Having been given a second chance at life, who would still want to pursue her?

Chapter 164 Lin Qingxue Returns to School

Li Wenyan was looking up at the dormitory building with a gloomy expression.

Holding his phone, he seemed to be waiting for a reply.

Chen Jianji frowned, and was about to pretend he hadn't seen him and casually brush past him.

Unfortunately...

Suddenly, a pair of hands blocked his way.

Chen Jianji turned his head and looked over expressionlessly.

"Get out of the way."

Li Wenyan looked at Chen Jianji's somewhat eerie gaze.

I suddenly remembered how he had tricked me during a previous ball game, and I had been publicly criticized by the whole school.

That disciplinary action hasn't been lifted yet!

Li Wenyan immediately withdrew his hand, but his expression remained gloomy.

"Are you here to see Xiaoxue too?"

Just as Chen Jianji was about to look away, he paused in the action of taking another step.

He looked at Li Wenyan again.

"I'm looking for her?"

"Otherwise what? You've come to the girls' dormitory, who else could you be looking for besides her?"

"Where is she now?"

Li Wenyan raised his chest, his tone somewhat questioning.

Chen Jianji gave a cold laugh.

"Both of you should stop patting yourselves on the back. If you want to find someone, go ask them yourselves. Don't look for them through me."

Upon hearing this...

Li Wenyan's face grew even more gloomy and irritable.

"She's not answering my calls, you must have said something to her, right?"

Chen Jianji ignored him.

I walked straight past him and continued forward.

Li Wenyan didn't dare to stop him anymore, but stared intently at Chen Jianji's back and suddenly asked.

"Did she ask you for money?!"

Chen Jianji stopped and clicked his tongue softly.

"Don't act like you know nothing. Didn't you all plan this together?"

"Her bonus is all saved for you to use and can't be touched, so of course you have to find a sucker to borrow from."

These words were spoken.

Li Wenyan was dumbfounded.

"What kind of bonus?"

Chen Jianji paused slightly and glanced back at him.

Seeing the blank look on Li Wenyan's face, it seemed genuine.

Suddenly, he laughed with a slightly mocking tone.

"It seems your relationship isn't as good as I thought. She didn't even tell you about the bonus?"

Li Wenyan's face immediately turned ugly.

"Don't talk nonsense. Xiaoxue and I grew up together and we always confide in each other."

"How could she possibly be hiding something from me?"

"If they do, they just haven't had a chance to tell me yet!"

"I'm warning you, Xiaoxue said she's settled things with you, so don't even think about harassing her again!"

Chen Jianji, who was becoming increasingly annoyed by his rambling, was starting to feel disgusted.

Upon hearing the last sentence, he nodded in agreement.

"You're right."

"I have indeed settled all ties with her."

As Chen Jianji spoke, a cold and indifferent tone crept into his voice.

"Then please relay this sentence back to her verbatim."

"Tell her... to stop harassing me!"

These words were spoken.

Li Wenyan's eyes widened suddenly.

"She really did go to see you, didn't she?!"

"What did you two talk about?!"

His tone was somewhat hurried.

Chen Jianji took out his phone and checked the time.

"If you really want to know, there aren't many cars outside right now, she'll probably be back in about two hours."

"You can ask her face to face and see how many lies she can tell."

"Oh, by the way, the bonus is much more than the surgery cost."

As Chen Jianji spoke, he gave Li Wenyan a deep look.

He was thin and his face was sickly pale.

He does have a refined and gentle appearance.

This is the person Lin Qingxue has been thinking about for ten years.

That's really not a good eye.

Chen Jianji withdrew his gaze, stopped lingering, and turned to leave.

Li Wenyan was still standing there, stunned.

Compared to what I just said.

At that moment, all he could think about was Chen Jianji's last look.

That disdain, mockery, contempt...

Almost every look that belittles a person is concentrated in that gaze.

Li Wenyan gritted his teeth, looked up at the school gate, his eyes bloodshot.

Xiaoxue, what are you still hiding?

The person you're talking about who should settle things is the one who knows, but I'm completely unclear about it.

......

As darkness fell and the sun set, lights came on in every building in the school.

Evening self-study has already started.

A figure, pushing a bicycle, slowly walked to the dormitory building, looking slightly tired.

Click.

Lin Qingxue lowered the kickstand and parked in the bicycle shed.

Just as I was about to walk towards the dormitory building.

A voice came from the direction of the flower bed next to us.

"Minor Snow".

Lin Qingxue looked over.

The moment I saw the person who came.

A fleeting look of surprise and panic crossed her somewhat pale face.

Her chapped lips unconsciously pursed up.

It felt as if someone had stumbled upon something unpleasant in my heart.

Li Wenyan slowly walked up to her.

His eyes scrutinized her from head to toe.

Under the dim lights in the carport.

Lin Qingxue's face was not clearly visible.

I could barely make out her somewhat pale face.

The white school uniforms were covered in dust, sand, and sauce-like stains.

And on the dark blue school uniform trousers, there were still traces of mud splattered from where they hadn't had time to struggle.

Lin Qingxue, who always loved cleanliness and paid attention to her image and appearance.

But she ended up in such a disheveled state.

It's unbelievable just to think about it.

Li Wenyan forced a stiff smile.

"You're all dressed like this, are you going to work at a restaurant like me?"

I noticed his gaze.

Lin Qingxue explained calmly.

"I went for a bike ride outside, grabbed something to eat, and got some fresh air."

Li Wenyan finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"I've been waiting here for three or four hours, and you're still lying to me!"

He pointed in the direction of the dormitory manager, his voice low and filled with anger.

"Chen Jianji was here today and told me everything!"

"He said that even though we agreed to settle our differences, you still shamelessly went to him to borrow money!"

These words were spoken.

Lin Qingxue's body stiffened for a moment.

"shameless?"

She repeated the three words almost imperceptibly in a low voice.

Li Wenyan couldn't hear clearly, but he felt that Lin Qingxue was ignoring him, which made him even more irritable.

"Tell me! Is it true or not?"

Upon hearing this...

Lin Qingxue snapped out of her daze and looked up at Li Wenyan.

"The surgery costs money, and I know he happens to have some."

"I...can't help it."

Li Wenyan suppressed his anger and spoke almost through gritted teeth.

"Is there really no other way?"

Lin Qingxue stood there for a while before nodding slightly.

Li Wenyan laughed in exasperation.

"What about the bonus? Shouldn't it cover Uncle Lin's expenses?"

"This is what you mean by 'there's nothing we can do'?!"

Lin Qingxue's body suddenly stiffened.

She hadn't expected that even Li Wenyan knew about this.

At that moment, she felt dizzy and could only patiently continue explaining.

"Ayan, this bonus is indeed quite substantial, but the application process takes time, and we don't know how long the official procedures might be delayed."

"I borrowed the money in advance just in case, so that the surgery wouldn't be delayed because the money hadn't arrived."

"Among these classmates in high school, none of them had that much money, and none of them would be willing to lend that money to a friend."

"Only..."

Lin Qingxue paused, her lips pressed tightly together, before continuing after a long while.

"Only he, so foolish, so nosy, is willing to help others—don't you know that?"

Listen to her explanation.

The anger in Li Wenyan's eyes faltered.

He had indeed heard that these government-issued items were very troublesome and complicated to get approved at each level.

Xiaoxue's scholarship, which she applied for this semester, will only arrive next semester. It was delayed for a while because the documents were incomplete.

"is that so?"

Li Wenyan was still somewhat puzzled, but his anger had largely dissipated.

He really didn't want Xiaoxue to have any further involvement with Chen Jianji.

"Um."

Lin Qingxue nodded somewhat weakly.

"Ayan, I'm a little sleepy, I'm going upstairs to rest."

As she spoke, she slowly walked towards the dormitory building.

Li Wenyan stood there, watching her retreating figure.

Suddenly, he caught sight of the bicycle where Lin Qingxue had just stopped.

Inside the front basket of the bicycle, there was a semi-transparent plastic bag.

The bag also has the words "Rong Kee Breakfast Shop" printed on it.

Li Wenyan's eyes paused.