Chapter 243: Good Work! You Deserve a Reward!

“Teacher, Jiang Ning is reading comics in class!”

…

“Teacher, Jiang Ning is eating in class!”

…

“Teacher, Jiang Ning is sleeping in class!”

…

Jiang Ning felt like her luck had taken a nosedive.

Ever since that computer class a few days ago, Ye Na had been acting like she was possessed.

The moment Jiang Ning did anything other than pay attention in class, that damn girl would immediately report her to the teacher.

Even after Jiang Ning warned her after class, it made no difference.

She kept doing whatever she pleased.

It was driving Miss Jiang up the wall, but the worst part was, she couldn’t do anything about it.

What was she supposed to do, drag her into the bathroom and beat her up?

Honestly?

Jiang Ning had seriously considered that option during the first two days.

But the problem was, that girl always had a bunch of followers with her wherever she went.

Meanwhile, Jiang Ning was a lone wolf. There was no way she could take on that many people alone.

Should she ask Little Qi for help?

Yeah, right. With that soft and gentle personality of hers, the moment she found out Miss Jiang was planning to throw punches, she’d probably cling to her and beg her not to act impulsively.

So now Miss Jiang couldn’t win with words, and couldn’t win with fists either.

Damn it, what kind of brain fart had she had when she agreed to Lao Guo’s request to sit next to this lunatic?

But there wasn’t much she could do about it now.

During PE class, Miss Jiang walked over to Little Ye with a scowl on her face.

“Hey.”

“Let’s talk.”

She’d expected it to take some convincing.

But to her surprise, Little Ye just replied casually,

“Sure.”

Five minutes later.

The two girls stood beneath the phoenix tree at the edge of the sports field.

Cicadas buzzed in the branches above.

Miss Jiang brushed back her wind-tousled hair, leaned against the tree trunk with her arms crossed, and asked coldly,

“Ye Na, what the hell’s been wrong with you lately?”

“Nothing at all.”

Dressed in a pale yellow dress, Ye Na smoothed out her skirt and sat down on the steps with a bright smile, as if she were just here for a friendly chat.

That attitude made Miss Jiang even more annoyed. She pushed off the tree and stepped in front of Ye Na.

“If nothing’s wrong, then why the hell are you tattling on me every day?”

“If you’ve got a problem, bring it up with me directly.”

“You think I’m just gonna take this lying down?”

At that, Ye Na looked up at the girl in front of her—still stunningly pretty even when angry—and said with a cheerful smile,

“Tao Tao’s coming back on Saturday. Are you free?”

“My treat. Let’s have dinner together.”

What the hell?!

Jiang Ning was completely thrown off by that.

They were just talking about her snitching in class.

How did this suddenly turn into…

Wait a minute.

Miss Jiang’s brows furrowed.

“Don’t tell me…”

“The reason you’ve been acting crazy these past few days is because of that?”

Ye Na didn’t answer directly.

Her almond-shaped eyes were full of anticipation as she looked at Miss Jiang.

“Please, Ning Ning~”

Fuck!

“Don’t call me Ning Ning.”

Miss Jiang snapped back without hesitation, then glared down at this Little Rich Girl.

At that moment, everything finally clicked into place.

So that’s what all this weird behavior was about.

A thousand curses thundered through her mind.

Goddamn it.

Are all rich girls this insane?

Trying to score a date and dragging along a third wheel?

Or wait…

“Did Little Tao ask you to invite me?”

“No, he just said he hasn’t seen you in a while and wanted to have dinner together.”

“Then why didn’t he ask me himself?”

“He did, but you turned him down.”

Turned him down?

Oh.

Now that she thought about it, that did happen.

But that was quite a while ago.

And Little Tao had only brought it up once.

So…

This girl just took it upon herself?

“Ye Na.”

“Hmm?”

“Do you know what the term ‘simp’ means?”

“Yeah.”

“Then tell me, how is what you’re doing right now any different from being a simp?”

But instead of getting offended, Ye Na just smiled and replied calmly,

“It’s different.”

“How?”

“I have principles, self-respect, boundaries—and most importantly, I have money!”

Now that everything was out in the open, Ye Na didn’t bother beating around the bush anymore.

“Come with me, please?”

“No.”

“Just once.”

“Not even once.”

Seeing that Miss Jiang was completely unmoved, Ye Na puffed out her cheeks and put on a pitiful expression.

“Jiang Ning…”

“Pretty please~”

That soft, syrupy voice…

It was nothing like her usual spoiled and bratty tone.

The contrast was surprisingly… stimulating.

But the moment Jiang Ning remembered how much this girl had pissed her off over the past few days, her anger flared right back up.

She took a deep breath, turned around, and was about to walk away.

But before she could take a step, Little Ye grabbed her arm and buried her face in Jiang Ning’s chest.

That soft, snug pressure made Jiang Ning’s mind go a little fuzzy.

“Let go!”

“Nope!”

“Don’t make me hit you!”

“You can’t beat me! I’m a second-dan black belt in karate!”

What the actual—

Can these rich girls stop training their bodies so damn much?

Would it kill them to pick up a paintbrush or something?

Jiang Ning felt like she was about to cry.

“Lady, can’t you just go on a date by yourself? Why drag me, an innocent bystander, into this?”

“I tried, but he wouldn’t respond… Only when I mentioned your name or a few of your friends did he reply…”

“But I really do have plans on Saturday afternoon!”

Miss Jiang wasn’t lying.

Saturday afternoon, Mingsheng Technology was holding a new product launch event and had invited a bunch of distributors.

There were people from Jiangzhou, as well as from other cities in the province.

Some of them even came from well-known sales companies.

As the boss behind the scenes, she definitely had to be involved.

“Then how about lunch? Just a quick meal.”

“I promise it won’t interfere with your afternoon plans.”

“Pretty please…?”

Ye Na clung to Miss Jiang’s arm, whining playfully.

“If you’re in a rush later, I can even have the driver take you.”

“This is your so-called principle?” Miss Jiang couldn’t help but retort.

“I’ll listen to whatever you say from now on.”

“…And that’s your bottom line?”

“I really haven’t seen him in so long…”

“…Fine… Poodle, you win…”

———

Watching Little Ye skip away happily, Miss Jiang let out a long, heavy sigh.

Love, huh.

It really does mess people up.

Even a spoiled princess like her had turned into a complete love-struck fool.

Looks like I’ll have to be extra careful from now on.

Absolutely cannot fall for a woman and end up in the same trap…

But just then—

Miss Jiang’s gaze drifted a short distance away.

Standing at the door of the equipment room was a stunning beauty in a gauzy traditional dress, glaring at her with puffed cheeks and a pouty mouth that looked like it could hold oil.

Like a little fish puffing up in anger.

Oh no.

Busted.

Picked a wildflower, and now the Little Wife found out.

What do I do?

Waiting online!

Urgent!

………

Ten minutes later.

Under the Phoenix Tree.

The ancient-dress beauty was laughing so hard she could barely breathe.

“‘Hee hee hee,’ Poodle… Jiang Jiang, you’re so mean.”

“How is that mean? A rich simp—if that’s not a Poodle, what is?”

“But she’s still a person…”

“Yeah, but she doesn’t act like one!”

……

“Tao Tao doesn’t want to meet Ye Na alone?”

“That’s what I heard, so she wants to bring me along as her old buddy.”

“And you agreed?”

“I didn’t want to, but you saw how it was…”

At that, the ancient-dress beauty fell silent for a moment.

Then suddenly, she looked up, her eyes sparkling as she stared straight into Jiang Ning’s.

“I want to go too.”

“Huh?” Miss Jiang blinked.

“I said, take me with you.”

“Why?” Jiang Ning didn’t quite get it, but remembering how Little Qi had almost fallen for Little Tao before, she couldn’t help but feel a twinge of jealousy.

“No.”

“Jiang Jiang!”

Miss Jiang snorted coldly.

“Tell me why, or it’s a no!”

“I just want to ask him something.”

“Can’t you call? I’ll give you his number.”

Qi Wen shook her head.

“Some things have to be asked in person.”

After she said that, as if realizing something, she suddenly gave a sweet smile and said,

“Oh come on, don’t worry. I’m not going to fall for him.”

However—

Seeing that Jiang Ning still wasn’t convinced,

The ancient-dress beauty plopped down beside her,

Grabbed Miss Jiang’s hand,

Then pulled her into a tight hug.

With a teasing, suggestive tone, she murmured shyly,

“Jiang Jiang, don’t you really like it when I do this?”

In that instant—

Old Man Jiang sucked in a sharp breath.

Good stuff!

Deserves a reward!

(End of Chapter)