Chapter 95: Trap (1)

What on earth are you talking about?

“Wasn’t the vice president looking for you last night?”

Qiao Xi froze. “Why would you say that?”

“I was driven mad by Ernan last night and was about to go looking for you. Halfway there, I ran into the vice president. If he was on that road, wasn’t he going to see you?” Dan Qiuqiu asked.

After a moment, Qiao Xi said, “He didn’t come looking for me.”

“Ah? Then why was he there? Did he take that road on his way home too?” Dan Qiuqiu asked, puzzled.

Qiao Xi said nothing and turned back toward the classroom.

When she reached her seat, she took her textbook out of her bag.

Dan Qiuqiu also returned to the classroom. Seeing Qiao Xi sitting at her desk, head lowered, she had no idea what she was thinking.

Sigh. She really should have kept her mouth shut.

It was almost time for class, and students began drifting into the room one after another.

Suddenly, a girl said excitedly, “I just saw the vice president. He’s finally come back to school for class.”

“Don’t make it sound like the vice president didn’t want to come. He had something going on at home yesterday.”

“That incident did make people worry.”

“Today I saw that the president’s driver wasn’t the vice president’s father. Does that mean they’ve changed drivers for good?”

“Yeah, I saw it too. And I also saw Qiao Xi.”

As soon as the girl finished speaking, several pairs of eyes turned toward Qiao Xi. After yesterday, everyone knew that Qiao Xi was the president’s girlfriend, personally acknowledged by the president himself. There could be no mistake.

“Qiao Xi, is it true the president really changed drivers? The vice president’s... won’t be coming to drive the president anymore, will he?”

Since Qiao Xi was the president’s girlfriend, everyone believed her news would be the latest and most reliable.

“I don’t know,” Qiao Xi said flatly. No matter what anyone asked after that, she gave no answer, and in truth, she really didn’t know.

Class soon began, and the few who still had no answer lost interest and returned to their seats.

At last, the room fell quiet. Thinking of what Qiuqiu had just said, Qiao Xi couldn’t help wondering: had he... come looking for her yesterday?

She had stayed home all night, and no one had come to find her.

Maybe he had come and simply not knocked, so she hadn’t known. Or maybe he had never come at all.

After school, Qiao Xi didn’t go to the cafeteria with Dan Qiuqiu.

She had made plans with Yu Fan. This would be the last time. Once the act was over, they would owe each other nothing. It was just that Ou Ya had also come to class today—would he be there?

Her pace was a little slow, but no matter how slowly she walked, she would still get there.

The moment she reached the doorway, she heard Ji Niansheng’s voice.

“All right, all right, I know I lost, okay? At worst I’ll just pay more attention in class from now on. But can I have my confiscated things back? Look, how can I study English without a computer? Online lessons and all that are still useful nowadays. And my phone—if you don’t give it back to me, where am I supposed to go when I can’t solve a problem and need to ask someone...”

Though Ji Niansheng was a little unwilling to accept his defeat, he had nothing else to say. By now, the whole school knew that Yu Fan and Qiao Xi were dating, and the one who had once seemed the most dangerous, Ou Ya, had made such a scene at exactly this time.

In short, whether he had overestimated Qiao Xi or underestimated Yu Fan, he had lost. The only thing left to do was fight for his belongings and try to get them back, or else he would be miserable to death.

“No negotiation,” Yu Fan said coolly, his tone absolute.

“Just one thing, then—just one thing, all right? My phone or my computer, you choose one and give it back to me.” Ji Niansheng knew Yu Fan’s temper well enough to back down.

“All right, Niansheng gege,” Xu Jia’er said mischievously. “You were the one who insisted on making a bet with Cousin in the first place. Now that you’ve lost, you can’t blame anyone else.”