Chapter 253: Chapter 253: Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt its creditor
Chu Muxi thought a lot.
She didn’t dare to covet the position of Lu Family Matriarch, even though Lu Mother was in a desperate situation, as a starving camel is still bigger than a horse. Chu Muxi didn’t want to waste time on this.
She needed to intensify her strategy with Jiang Hemian.
As long as Jiang Hemian liked her, he wouldn’t ignore the Chu Family, and as long as he developed a patent, bringing it to the Chu Family, they could rise again.
Waiting for Su Ran to explain to the principal.
The principal only felt it was a pity.
What a great university reputation.
But it’s a pity that people are busy with their careers, so he couldn’t keep her, he could only wish Su Ran smooth sailing in her career.
Saying goodbye to the principal.
Su Ran walked on the tree-lined campus road and, seeing a familiar figure, she hid behind a tree.
She had chased that figure for three years in high school, the moon too aloof, too hard to reach. Fate had been kind to her, giving her the opportunity to get close to him, but it had just missed by a twist of fate.
Since then, all behind her had become vain thoughts.
From now on, Su Ran had only the obsession to climb higher, no more emotions.
Her face was pale, thinking about the past when she had saved Lu Qingyan, she just felt nauseous.
She couldn’t hold back and vomited wildly next to a trash can.
Chu Muxi, seeing that Su Ran hadn’t come for a long time, came looking for her, seeing her vomiting.
Patting her back worriedly, she handed her a tissue: “Ranran, what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”
Su Ran took it and wiped the corner of her mouth: “I’m fine, might have eaten something bad.”
Chu Muxi didn’t think much of it.
“Then, you go back by yourself? I need to make a trip to the Creative Research Institute.”
Su Ran looked puzzled: “What are you doing there?”
Chu Muxi pursed her lips and smiled, her smile somewhat shy: “Third Brother Jiang is doing a new research. I want to try to secure a patent cooperation opportunity for our Chu Family. You go ahead, I’m leaving.”
Su Ran nodded, watching Chu Muxi walk away.
Then, she went to a pharmacy.
Wearing a hat and mask, she hesitated outside for a few minutes before mustering the courage to go in and buy a box of pregnancy tests.
Zhou Yanbai had already gone to Port City more than a week ago.
Her period hadn’t come these few days, and although it had only been a bit over a week, she was somewhat panicked.
She didn’t want to carry that devil’s child.
But a pregnancy test would also need at least a month to confirm.
Just in case, she bought a box first; if her period didn’t come and the time was right, then she would test.
After Su Ran left.
Liang Ciqiu came out of the convenience store next to the pharmacy.
Holding a bottle of Coke.
Also wearing a hat and mask, if not for those eyes, it would be hard for anyone to recognize him.
He looked at the pharmacy, his eyes filled with deep fatigue.
During this time, Su Ran hadn’t come looking for him. He had followed Su Ran for several days and thought it over a lot, wanting to confront her; otherwise, the inner demon would keep tormenting him, making it particularly hard to bear.
But every time he wanted to call out to her, the emotions inside him would stop his steps, and after a few times, he had lost many opportunities.
He sighed, walked into the pharmacy, slightly worried that Su Ran might be sick.
The pharmacy’s clerk saw someone coming in and quickly put down her phone: “Sir, what would you like to buy?”
Liang Ciqiu glanced outside, confirming Su Ran hadn’t returned, before asking: “What did that woman who was just here buy?”
The female clerk was stunned for a moment, her eyes guarded: “Who are you to that lady?”
Liang Ciqiu didn’t wish to linger here too long, so he made up an identity casually: “Her boyfriend. I saw her come in and got a bit worried, so I came to ask.”
Upon hearing they were boyfriend and girlfriend, the female clerk smiled, “The lady bought a box of pregnancy tests, if you’re lucky, Sir, you might become a father.”
Liang Ciqiu walked out of the drugstore feeling distraught.
It had been a month since he last slept with Su Ran.
He hadn’t taken precautions, so…
Liang Ciqiu’s gaze was unfocused as he looked into the distance.
If Su Ran really was pregnant, then was this child… his?
Liang Ciqiu couldn’t understand why fate was playing such a cruel joke on him, striking him down just as he was ready to let go.
He grew somewhat irritable, crushing a canned Coke. Su Ran didn’t even know who the father of the child in her belly was, and she would definitely terminate the pregnancy if she were.
The darkness in Liang Ciqiu’s eyes deepened.
What should he do?
…
In a Jing University dormitory.
Jiang Nanshu had taken the afternoon off.
So Xu Xi went to continue classes.
The entire dorm room was hers alone.
Lying on the soft small bed, she turned on her phone which now showed many unfamiliar phone numbers.
Without guessing, they were all from the Song Family, perhaps it was her grandfather’s number, or maybe that of her nominal umbrella uncle, anyway, there were many.
Jiang Nanshu blocked them all, not giving them the chance to scold her.
As she was feeling spirited, she suddenly heard Da Shachun’s panicked voice: “Not good, Host, one of the antagonists Liang Ciqiu’s blackening value suddenly soared to seventy! What’s happening with him?”
Jiang Nanshu raised an eyebrow, “So soon? What could have triggered him?”
Da Shachun: “I don’t know, it wasn’t detected, but the villain’s blackening is supposed to be in the later stages, when he cannot obtain the love he desires after the female lead and the male lead get together. Now… the male lead has been abducted by you, what is he blackening for!”
“Oh,” Jiang Nanshu wasn’t at all panic, “His blackening must be because Lu Qingyan offended him. There are debts with specified debtors, it has nothing to do with me.”
Da Shachun: “…”
She is truly calm!
“Host, the antagonist’s premature blackening may cause various unknown situations to occur. If I didn’t want to complete the task early, there would have been no need to monitor them, as you won’t survive this part in the book anyway.”
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
What do you mean!
She dared to say, if it weren’t for her wanting to leave this world, she could live longer than Jiang Family’s fate.
She yawned, slightly sleepy, “So what should I do? Should I try to reform him with love? It might make more sense to compare whose blackening value is higher.”
Da Shachun: “…”
Is there even a need to compare?
Jiang Nanshu’s blackening value was always at 99%.
The only thing left was perhaps her last bit of kindness…
Da Shachun looked at Jiang Nanshu’s numbers.
The emotion value, which started at zero, had reached five.
But according to Lord Main God, a person’s emotion value must reach at least fifty to be barely passable.
Otherwise, such an emotional value doesn’t count as emotions and can be abandoned any time.
With Jiang Nanshu’s heightened alertness, she would wipe out even this slight emotional value, insufficient to affect her mood, at any minor disturbance.
Da Shachun was shocked.
Since following Jiang Nanshu to this world, he saw everything she did and her daily life, from his perspective, this world had given Jiang Nanshu a lot of warmth she never had before.
Whether friends, relatives, or love, she had them all.
But these emotions only accounted for five percent of her, with a very slow rate of increase.