Marginal probing

But in the end, he could only force out one word: "Get out."

These people were not afraid of him, but of Ji Chuzheng. If he had taken action today and Ji Chuzheng wasn't around, he would have faced even more retaliation and bullying.

"Thank you, Brother Ye."

"Thank you, Brother Ye..."

"Ji Chuzheng." They all turned to look at Ji Chuzheng. Could they leave now?

"Things."

One of them stood up and ran to the back, pushing out a bicycle: "Brother Ye, this is our compensation to you."

They stopped the bicycle in front of Ye Shen and quickly ran into the night as if being chased by a ghost.

Ye Shen frowned at the bicycle in front of him.

"I'll protect you from now on." Ji Chuzheng fished out a piece of paper from her schoolbag and slowly wrote down a phone number: "My phone number. Save it."

She handed the paper to Ye Shen.

Ye Shen didn't take it. He placed his hand in front of him, his expression full of wariness.

Ji Chuzheng placed the paper on the bicycle.

Only after Ji Chuzheng left did Ye Shen pick up the paper.

"Ji Chuzheng... What exactly do you want?"

Ye Shen muttered to himself, then looked at the bicycle in front of him. They had compensated him, so he could accept it... But something felt off.

After a long while, Ye Shen rubbed his stomach uncomfortably and parked the bike aside, preparing to go upstairs.

"Brother Ye." Suddenly, someone emerged from the darkness and handed him something warm: "Ji Chuzheng asked me to give you this."

Ye Shen: "..."

"No."

"Brother Ye! Please! If you don't take it, I can't report back!" The person wailed: "Just take it. As long as I hand it to you, whether you eat it or throw it away... Oh, it doesn't matter what you do with it."

After the person left, Ye Shen walked to the nearby trash can, intending to throw the thing away.

His hand was already outstretched, but in the end, he pulled it back.

He looked at the position of his window and walked in a certain direction, searching for a long time before finding the bottle of water he had thrown out.

He carefully carried the food upstairs and closed the door, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

He hadn't eaten dinner today and was actually very hungry.

The aroma of the food made him even hungrier.

He placed his hand on his forehead: "Ji Chuzheng..." ——

Ji Fù had been on business trips all the time. Ji Tóngtóng might have been scared by Zhū Zhēng's sudden change and the incident with the recording, so she would avoid her at home. Yè Chén seemed to be deliberately avoiding her as well. Zhū Zhēng wouldn't just come up to her for no reason. It's hard to be a good person. The school's impression of Zhū Zhēng gradually changed from a non-mainstream girl to a cold and aloof goddess. That kind of temperament was something ordinary people couldn't imitate. Ji Tóngtóng's innocent and charming image paled in comparison to Zhū Zhēng. However, although Zhū Zhēng had changed her appearance, she still often hung out with Sān Máo and the others. Most students were still a little afraid of her. The incident at the small store was talked about by many people, which made Ji Tóngtóng feel a bit embarrassed at times. Some people even said that she had been doing it on purpose before, and Ji Zhūzhēng had no intention of talking to her, but she still insisted on approaching her. Ji Tóngtóng became even more low-key. It was probably because she wanted people to forget that incident for a while. Zhū Zhēng hadn't seen Yè Chén for several days. One day, she ran into him outside the school. He was standing in front of a breakfast shop, lost in thought, and hadn't moved for a long time. Zhū Zhēng approached and saw that Yè Chén was counting money. Finally, he put the money in his pocket and turned around... Yè Chén's eyes met Zhū Zhēng's cold and calm gaze without warning. He took a step back. When did she stand beside him? The girl had changed into her school uniform, a blue and white one, with the zipper only halfway up. It looked completely different from how other girls wore it, with a touch of coolness and a hint of rebelliousness. For some reason... it was very handsome. Yè Chén didn't know why he thought of that word. Zhū Zhēng motioned for him to go in: "Come have breakfast with me." Yè Chén frowned and refused: "I don't know you well." Zhū Zhēng stepped back and stared into his eyes: "If you don't have breakfast with me, I'll have someone block you every day." "..."

"Little lady, if you act like this, you'll be seen as a bad person! We should be good people. Repeat after me: I'm a good person! Good person, good person, good person, I'm a good person!"

Chu Zheng: "..."

What a talkative jerk.

So annoying. [...] If you call it a son of a bitch again, it's going to get angry! ——

The breakfast shop was crowded and there were no seats available. Ye Chen watched Chu Zhen walk up to two classmates. As soon as she stood there, the two of them obediently got up.

"Sister Chu Zhen, having breakfast? Come on, we saved a seat for you."

Ye Chen: "…"

"What would you like to eat?"

Ye Chen ignored her.

Chu Zhen asked the owner to bring everything the breakfast shop had.

"You can't eat that much," Ye Chen frowned.

"What would you like to eat?" Chu Zhen asked again. "..." Ye Chen endured and let the boss serve him a bowl of noodles. Chu Zhen also casually ordered a bowl of noodles. While waiting for the noodles, Chu Zhen asked, "Why didn't you ride that bike?" Ye Chen's mouth twitched. How could she still bring it up? "I'll return the bike to you tomorrow." "They compensated you for it. Why return it?" "I checked. That bike is at least 50,000 yuan. Do they have that much money to compensate?" It was too dark that night, and he didn't see it clearly. The next morning, just by looking at the bike's appearance, it was obviously different from the ones he usually saw. He checked the logo and found out that the brand was Lightning. 50,000 yuan wasn't a high price for that brand, but a regular bicycle could be bought for just a couple of hundred yuan. The bike definitely wasn't the compensation from those people. Only this Miss Ji could casually take out 50,000 yuan. Chu Zhen thought for a few seconds and said, "Be more careful next time." "??"

What should I pay attention to next time?

Ye Chen found that he was completely at a loss with this young lady. ——

Ye Chen was really going to return the car to Chu Zhen. The next day, he pushed the car over and waited for her on the road she would definitely pass by.

Chu Zhen always came to school in a private car. Sometimes she would get off right at the school gate, and sometimes she would get off at a crossroad not far from the school.

Ye Chen wasn't sure where she would get off today, so he just waited near the crossroad. After a while, he saw her car stop.

The girl in the school uniform got out of the car, threw her schoolbag over her shoulder in a cool manner, and closed the car door. Ye Chen pushed the car towards her, but found that the girl had turned to the side.

Ye Chen hesitated for a moment, but still followed her. Then he saw the girl holding a snow-white cat and sitting on the steps of a pet store.

The cat meowed twice and licked the girl's snow-white wrist with its pink tongue. The girl's expression was solemn, as if she was holding not a cat but a treasure worth millions.

The rising sun shone on the girl, giving her a hazy halo, warm and beautiful, making people unable to look away.

Dingling...

The wind chime rang as someone pushed open the store door. The man seemed a little helpless: "Hey girl, if you like it, just buy one. You don't have to come here every day to pet the cat..."

Chu Zhen returned the cat to the shop owner with a serious face and said two words: "Troublesome."

She threw several red bills into the donation box set up beside the store, patted the cat's head, and then turned to leave. The shop owner held the cat, looking rather strange.

Was this girl expressionless?