51: 051 The Secret That Cannot Be Told (Please recomnd!
Please give a thumbs-up!) 51: 051 The Secret That Cannot Be Told (Please recomnd!
Please give a thumbs-up!) Early on a weekend morning, everyone was woken up, boarded the coach, and left the rural retreat, heading towards Paradise Mountain.
The hike today was their main event.
“Shu Rui, how did you sleep last night?”
On the bus.
Jiang Chen still sat with Li Shuru.
No matter how he tried to strike up a conversation, Li Shuru remained silent, treating him as if he were thin air.
“Jiang Chen, weren’t you enjoying yourself last night, chatting so rrily with soone else?
Why must you stick next to Shu Rui?
Go find those upperclassn and underclassn of yours!”
Zheng Jingjing taunted from just across the aisle.
Jiang Chen ignored her as if she hadn’t spoken and whispered to Li Shuru, “Xie, the upperclassman, just shared her dating stories with last night.
Almost plunged into depression.
Do you want to hear about it?”
Li Shuru finally spoke.
“You can get depressed?”
Jiang Chen was taken aback.
What kind of question was that?
Why couldn’t he get depressed?
Of course.
He wasn’t going to argue about it, saw an opportunity, and imdiately replied, “Xie, the upperclassman, had an eight-year relationship…”
“You don’t need to tell , I’m not interested.”
Li Shuru coldly cut him off.
“Serves you right.”
Zheng Jingjing smirked, taking delight in his misfortune.
Last night, in the room, she’d lambasted Jiang Chen all night, telling Li Shuru to stop paying any attention to this seemingly devoted but actually fickle jerk.
It seed her efforts hadn’t been in vain.
“The weather forecast said that there might be strong winds today, so during our hike later, everyone needs to be careful of your safety.
Don’t stray away from the group, and most importantly, don’t go off on your own.”
Hu Heng, ever dutiful, reminded everyone.
The coach twisted and turned on the rugged and steep mountain road.
This wasn’t like the city with good conditions; there were no guardrails at the roadside.
A slight misstep could send the vehicle tumbling down the cliff.
Most drivers would not dare to take such a road, and even so, there were a few tis when the coach seed to teeter on the brink of falling.
They hadn’t even started climbing the mountain, and they were already experiencing heart-stopping monts.
Another sharp turn and bump.
As the coach leaned to the side, Li Shuru couldn’t help but collide into soone.
“Be careful.”
Jiang Chen instinctively steadied her, but damn it, his hand awkwardly passed through her arm and landed on…
That instant.
Both froze as if struck by lightning.
The vehicle moved past the bend, and its body steadied itself.
Many heaved a sigh of relief.
Jiang Chen quickly withdrew his hand and was about to explain when Li Shuru acted faster.
The art school’s beauty, whose figure was way beyond her peers, turned icily to one side and, without a second thought, raised her hand to slap Jiang Chen.
Fortunately, Jiang Chen was prepared and quickly caught her snow-white wrist.
“Shu Rui, I didn’t do it on purpose…”
Not just Li Shuru, probably any girl in such a situation, wouldn’t want to hear excuses,
One hand caught, Li Shuru quickly raised her other hand, only to be caught by Jiang Chen again.
“I really didn’t do it on purpose.
It was just an accident…”
“Shaless!”
Li Shuru struggled, but Jiang Chen dared not let go and could only firmly control her, his voice low, “Do you want everyone to find out?”
Those words worked like magic, and Li Shuru froze as if her acupoint had been hit, ceasing her struggle suddenly.
Indeed.
There were so many people on the bus.
Jiang Chen, already infamous, didn’t care about a bit more of a bad reputation, but she was different.
She didn’t care if people at school accused her of being vain or gold-digging, but such a matter concerning her reputation was sothing no girl—or rather, any girl still possessing a sense of sha—could ignore.
“Let go.”
Li Shuru, having slightly recovered her reason, took a deep breath.
“Do you promise you won’t hit again?”
Doubt flashed through Jiang Chen’s eyes.
“Let go.”
Li Shuru repeated, clenching her teeth tightly.
Although she knew it was an accident, being taken advantage of so significantly for no reason, any girl would probably struggle to remain calm.
Once he was confident that the other party had regained her senses, Jiang Chen slowly loosened his grip.
At the sa ti, he didn’t dare let his guard down, staying vigilant of Li Shuru’s every move, ready to defend himself at a mont’s notice.
Fortunately, Li Shuru was soone who kept her word, and she really didn’t make things difficult again.
“If you dare to spread this incident around, I’ll never let you off the hook.”
Her voice ca cold and sharp, as if squeezing through the gaps in her teeth.
“Shu Rui, rest assured, I absolutely won’t tell anyone.”
Jiang Chen quickly nodded, his tone filled with sincerity, lowering his voice, “This is a secret between the two of us.”
At his words, Li Shuru felt an obstruction in her chest, almost suffocating.
What does he an by ‘a secret between the two of them’?!
“I warn you, you’d better forget about this!
Nothing happened between us just now, understand?!”
Jiang Chen frowned.
“Forget?
Shu Rui, that might be a bit difficult.
The human brain isn’t a computer; it can’t be formatted.
How can mories be erased?”
Li Shuru’s face turned pale.
It was purely out of anger.
Picking his application form out of the trash bin had been a huge mistake!
“Then keep your mouth shut tight.
If I hear even a whisper about this incident from others, I swear, if that Bai didn’t kill you, I will!”
Her resolute and chilling gaze left no room for doubting her sincerity.
Jiang Chen wasn’t scared but rather felt a bit surprised.
Logically speaking, a girl like Li Shuru, if not worldly, would at least be experienced in affairs of the heart, right?
She shouldn’t be so conservative.
It was just a touch.
In the nightlife scene, isn’t such physical contact common?
“Shu Rui, rest assured, as long as you keep quiet, I definitely won’t ntion it.”
Jiang Chen quickly made a promise.
I keep quiet?
How could I possibly speak of it?!
The sudden accident completely shattered Li Shuru’s composure.
She forcefully turned her head away, looking out the window.
Out of sight, out of mind.
But who could have known that the bus would ascend a slope again, causing the vehicle to tilt once more.
Jiang Chen truly wasn’t the type to take advantage of others in their ti of need.
Seeing Li Shuru once again hurtling towards him, this ti he preemptively raised his hands, using only his body to block her.
This clearly showed.
The previous incident had indeed been a coincidence; he didn’t an it.
The scent of perfu filled the air.
The young man and woman ca into zero distance contact once again.
Li Shuru, now leaning into the other’s embrace, was fuming with anger, but the man had only good intentions, leaving her no way to vent her frustration.
After sitting upright again and seeing Jiang Chen’s “surrendering” innocent appearance, her face turned a shade of green, her red lips trembling for a while before she managed to say nothing and resentfully returned to her own seat.
“Shu Rui…”
“Shut up!”
“No, I an to tell you, you can fasten your seatbelt.”
Li Shuru was taken aback, then looked down and indeed discovered there was a seatbelt beside her seat.
“Why didn’t you say anything earlier?!”
Her emotions were completely out of control.
Jiang Chen looked aggrieved.
“Didn’t you tell not to talk?”
“You…!”
Li Shuru was on the verge of tears.
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