Chapter 30 - The Poor Childhood Sweetheart's Counter Attack (3)

Since Xu Zifan refused to take Ji Yuxin, they haven’t seen each other again after school, and because Xu Zifan, who sleeps every day, suddenly begins to be spirited and takes notes in every class, the whole class and teachers of various subjects have noticed him. The vacant seat next to him was naturally very conspicuous.

As soon as the head teacher found Ji Yuxin skipping class, she talked to her and asked her to bring her parents. Ji Yuxin hurriedly promised before she escaped. Ji Yuxin pushed Xu Zifan angrily back in class and whispered, “what’s the matter with you?” Why are you studying? You are killing me, you know!”

It happened that there was no teacher in the evening self-study, and Xu Zifan didn’t lower the volume of his voice and said in a cold voice, “you were caught skipping class and blaming me for studying? I can’t study and get good grades? Besides, you are usually quite a lady, but now you are so apt in hitting people. Are you not playing hooky and learning something bad outside?”

When the whole class heard that, they looked back, Ji Yuxin flushed and stared at Xu Zifan: “Xu Zifan!”

Xu Zifan packed up and said to the monitor, ” class monitor, I want to change my seat.”

The monitor pushed his glasses awkwardly and stood up and said, “I’ll ask the class administrator. Wait a minute. ”

The class monitor soon came back to change seats with Xu Zifan. In order to prevent Ji Yuxin from skipping class again, the teacher directly asked the monitor to sit at the same table with her and especially watch her. Xu Zifan went to the middle of the class.

Ji Yuxin trembled with anger and stood up suddenly to run out, but the monitor said, “the class administrator said, if you skip class again, you must ask your parents to come and you would study in front of the whole school.”

Some people in the class laughed out loud, others looked at her and whispered, and Ji Yuxin felt that her face had been stripped off. But she didn’t dare to go any further. When the whole school watched her study, it would be too humiliating! She laid down on the table, cried and hated Xu Zifan to death.

Xu Zifan hasn’t spoken to her since then, not even looking at her. He listened carefully in class and went out to play ball with his classmates after class. The school life was very colorful, and he enjoyed his mother’s loving meal when he came home in the evening.

Ji Yuxin felt very unaccustomed, no one to help her carry her schoolbag, no one to copy homework from, no one to buy her drinks, and no one to take her home. It was as if the familiar bamboo horse was suddenly gone. In addition, she can no longer skip class or play with her cell phone in class, and the time spent in contact with Li Xudong was sharply reduced. Li Xudong was very unhappy. She can only lower herself to please him, which made Li Xudong even less willing to admit that she was a girlfriend.

(TNote: Bamboo Horse = male version of childhood sweetheart.)

Half a month later, they finally came to the ‘true and fake daughter’s’ birthday. Xu Zifan got to know a lot of people when playing ball, including Meng Qi, a boy in class one, who was a rich second generation. He was on the list of Yan Yaru’s birthday party. Xu Zifan had a good relationship with Meng Qi, seemingly unintentionally expressing his yearning and curiosity for the luxurious party. Meng Qi was a little generous, so he went to Yan Yaru, and asked Yan Yaru if he could bring Xu Zifan to the birthday party.

Xu Zifan is about the same height as Meng Qi. He borrowed Meng Qi’s black suit, used the money he saved these days to do his hair and bought a small gift, and walked smoothly into the Yan family’s home. Meng Qi took him to say hello to today’s birthday girl, “Yan Yaru, this is who I told you about. Xu Zifan, a classmate from class three.”

Xu Zifan gave her the wrapped gift and smiled politely, “Hello, happy birthday.”

Yan Yaru accepted the gift and nodded gently, smiled and said: “Thank you, we are all classmates, make yourself at home. I hope you have a good time today.” Then she told Meng Qi, “Meng Qi remember to take care of Xu Zifan. If you’ll excuse me.”

“You go on, do your thing. Don’t worry about us.” Meng Qi waved his hand and took Xu Zifan to get something to eat after she left. “I may have to socialize with my dad when there are too many people later. This is the safest place to stay for you, and won’t make mistakes. How do you feel? Nervous?”

How many high-end banquets had Xu Zifan has attended? Obviously, there was no such thing as stage fright on such an occasion. He shook his head at Meng Qi, looked at the event full of people, and said, “I’m fine by myself. You go to uncle’s. Thank you for bringing me here today.”

“Well, it’s a small matter. Okay, I’ll go first. I’ll get back to you when it’s all right. Don’t go anywhere. ” Meng Qi told him a few words and hurriedly walked towards the Meng couple.

Xu Zifan took a glass of champagne, stood at an inconspicuous place, and looked at the Yan family from a distance. Father Yan was the serious type, occasionally nodded in politeness, giving off a sense of distance. Mother Yan had a standard lady demeanor, even the smile is measured, she seems to pay great attention to rules and etiquette. Yan Yaru wore a long dress of pure white and scattered with diamonds, with a slim figure and exquisite makeup. Her long hair slightly curled on her shoulders and a small diamond crown on the top of her hair, like a real princess.

They were in the provincial capital here, and the Yan’s are the richest family in the province. The daughter of the Yan family indeed had the presence of a star in such occasions. Most of the daughters’ present are around Yan Yaru, trying to talk to her, but only they knew how much of it were sincere. After the ‘true and fake daughter’ incident was exposed, these people drifted away from Yan Yaru.

And Ji Yuxin cozied up to the Yan couple, perfectly playing a lovely and clever daughter who likes to act coquettish. She calculated carefully and made the Yan couple misunderstand, thinking Yan Yaru was targeting her. After that, the Yan couple gave Yan Yaru a sum of money and cut off all ties with her. They have not seen their own daughter for 18 years. They wanted to compensate their daughter well. They feel that they owed nothing to their adopted daughter. Of course, they couldn’t let their adopted daughter target their own daughter.

Yan Yaru lost the protection of the Yan family and immediately became the target of public criticism. There are very few people who give timely help, but there were many who fell into the pit. It was probably a pleasure for some people to watch those girls fall down?

Nobody knew who did it, and whether Ji Yuxin was involved. On a dark, rainy night, Yan Yaru was undressed and tied to a telephone pole. The next day someone saw it and called the police to save her. She was so traumatized that she didn’t dare go out any more. Finally, she moved to another city with the Ji family and nobody knew how her life was going.

After waiting for ten minutes, Xu Zifan finally saw the well-dressed Ji Yuxin walking into the hall with Li Xudong on her arm. She must have had urgently trained her etiquette. She had a proper smile on her face, but her eyes were floating, full of shock and surprise. That’s right, when the truth comes out, this family will be hers.

After Ji Yuxin put on makeup, her face was six points similar to that of Mother Yan. Everyone who saw her was surprised. Mother Yan also looked at her suspiciously and looked at Ji Yuxin’s face carefully.

Li Xudong took Ji Yuxin to her mother and said with a smile, “good evening, Uncle Yan, Aunt Yan.”

They nodded to him, and Mother Yan looked at Ji Yuxin, and said, “this is…?”

Xu Zifan had walked up to them and frowned: “Ji Yuxin, didn’t you say you didn’t know Li Xudong?”

Ji Yuxin didn’t expect to see someone she knew and panicked, “I… I… ”

Xu Zifan apologetically said to the Yan couple, “Sorry, this is my fiancée Ji Yuxin. We are both classmates of Yan Yaru, but I don’t know why she came with Li Xudong. I think I have to take her away first. It’s rude of me.”

Ji Yuxin’s pupil shrank, and Li Xudong’s hand tightened immediately. “Xu Zifan, don’t talk nonsense!”

Li Xudong asked Ji Yuxin, in a low voice, “what fiancée? What’s going on?”

Xu Zifan clenched his lips and looked at the two of them, his eyes fierce and his momentum overwhelmed Li Xudong. “I was just about to ask, what is the relationship between classmate Li and my fiancée? We were betrothed when we were babies. Half a month ago, I heard that Ji Yuxin was seeing you, and she personally promised me that she didn’t know you. Is it true that you are dating behind my back?”

The Yan couple already look pale, they don’t even know Xu Zifan and Ji Yuxin. How can they allow unrelated people to quarrel openly at their daughter’s birthday party? The strict father winked at the butler, who politely and forcefully said, “if you have something to discuss, you might as well move to the living room, please.”

Li Xudong thought of business and said hurriedly, “Uncle Yan, Aunt Yan, I have something to tell you. Yu Xin, she actually …”

“Li Xudong, please don’t call my fiancée so intimately, at least until we break off the engagement. You will be suspected of being a third party. I think we’d better go to the living room with the butler and make it clear, we shouldn’t disturb the guests here. What do you mean to say these things in front of the guests?” Xu Zifan glanced at him faintly and walked up to the butler.

Father Yan frowned and said, “Go back and talk inside.” With that, he turned away with Mother Yan and Yan Yaru, and continued to entertain the guests.

Yan Yaru looked at them thoughtfully, wondering why she was a little nervous. Mother Yan’s heart was also confused, no one should look like her for no reason, and Li Xudong seemed like he wanted to tell her something. She wanted to go to the living room to find out. But that scene had already disturbed the guests, and it would be rude for the host to leave now. She smiled as if nothing had happened, and chatted with others.

On the other side, as soon as Xu Zifan and the two entered the waiting room, Li Xudong shook off Ji Yuxin’s hand and said angrily, “Ji Yuxin, tell me what’s going on! What engagement? Is he really your fiancé?”

Xu Zifan also joined in and said: “Ji Yuxin, explain it to me clearly. I warned you not to put a green hat on me! What is he? Why is he questioning you?”

(TNote: putting a green hat on someone= cuckolding someone.)

Li Xudong stared at Xu Zifan, he couldn’t compare with Xu Zifan’s momentum. He grabbed Ji Yuxin in his arms and said defiantly, “this is my woman. What are you, how dare you try to steal my woman!?”

“Steal?” Xu Zifan glanced at them and sat down on the sofa leisurely. “She is my fiancée, that’s all. If she wants to talk to you, do as you please, but break the engagement first… If she is cheating on me, it is personality problem. I’m afraid I’ll have to settle accounts with her. Since you seem to have been cheated by her, I won’t take up this problem with you. After all, she may only have a crush on your money, the same would be true with other men.”

Li Xudong and Ji Yuxin’s faces changed, and Ji Yuxin shouted in a slightly shrill voice, “Xu Zifan, are you sick? Haven’t we separated already!? Why are you saying this?”

“Since we only talked about the engagement half a month ago, we haven’t formally broken off our engagement.”

“You! You bastard!”

Ji Yuxin, unable to argue, scolded him and hurriedly pulled Li Xudong to explain, “it isn’t like what he said. Our two families have tied us together since we were babies, and it doesn’t count at all. He is a scoundrel, he threatened me. If I admitted it, I am afraid that he would tell my parents, I could only say that I didn’t know you. Xudong, please believe me.”