Chapter 38

High school students dating isn't exactly news, but for someone like Li Jiawei, it's a different story. After all, she's a wealthy heiress and a beauty. If it weren't for Feng Yingru, who overshadows her, she would be the undisputed school beauty.

So, when a beauty of her caliber is involved in a scandal, rumors will definitely fly.

The current situation is the best proof. Even before one of the parties involved, Ning Yi, knew about it, even a truant like Chen Liu knew. This shows how fast the rumors spread.

Of course, this also proves that someone is deliberately spreading them.

However, Ning Yi has quite a few "enemies" right now, and he doesn't know who the mastermind is yet.

"Old Sixth, lend me your phone," Ning Yi thought for a moment and said.

Chen Liu handed his phone to Ning Yi, who took it and walked to the side to call Li Jiawei.

As soon as the call connected, Chen Liu sneaked over to eavesdrop. Ning Yi kicked him, and Chen Liu pouted, dodged, and patted his butt, saying, "Just listen a bit."

"Hello? May I ask..." Li Jiawei's voice sounded a bit wary, and it seemed she had just woken up.

Ning Yi glanced at the clock and saw it was almost noon. No wonder.

"It's me, Ning Yi," Ning Yi said after a moment, "Did I wake you up?"

"It's you, no, I wasn't sleeping. Hey, is this your number? Why are you calling so late? Is something wrong?" Li Jiawei asked curiously.

Ning Yi scratched his head, "With all those questions, I can only answer them one by one. First, this number is a friend's, not mine. I'm calling you so late because I have something to tell you, to prepare you mentally."

"What is it? Is it serious?" Li Jiawei asked, a bit nervous.

"Um... right now, the whole school is spreading rumors about us..."

"About what?" Li Jiawei's face turned black. What is this, it sounds so perverted.

"About that! Dating!"

"Uh..." Li Jiawei was silent for a moment, then laughed, "Let them spread the rumors. It should be quite entertaining."

"Be serious, I'm not joking. The rumors are spreading throughout the school. You might see posters tomorrow."

Li Jiawei snorted, "Those gossips are so boring."

"It's not just boring; someone is deliberately spreading these rumors." Ning Yi thought for a moment and asked, "We need to find the mastermind. Who do you think is the most interested in your beauty in school?"

"Uh... damn it, Ning Yi, what do you mean by 'beauty'? You... you watch your mouth."

"Hey, hey, I'm just complimenting you. And we're on the same side now. You don't want to be defamed, do you?" Ning Yi chuckled.

"Defamed? Stinky Ning Yi, are you saying that people putting me and you together is defaming you?" Li Jiawei was furious.

Ning Yi rolled his eyes and kicked Chen Liu, who was trying to eavesdrop again, "Get lost!"

"Get lost? Ning Yi, you're so bold. I'll tell you, you're dead." Li Jiawei clearly threw a pillow in her bedroom.

Ning Yi wiped his sweat, "I wasn't cursing you, I was cursing others... Anyway, quickly answer my question. Who is the most interested in your beauty, Guo Hui or Du Wen? I saw Du Wen staring at your chest and drooling... Guo Hui, although he pretends to be serious, always looks at your lower half. One is a chest fetish, the other is a leg fetish, they're both the same... So it's hard to guess who the mastermind is."

"Cough... cough..." Li Jiawei instinctively looked down at her chest in her beige pajamas, her face turning red. This bastard, how can he be so blunt? Her fists clenched in anger, "I don't care about this nonsense. You're a man, deal with it yourself. I'm going back to sleep."

With that, she hung up.

Ning Yi looked at his phone. This girl is really decisive.

He shrugged, deleted the number, and threw the phone back to Chen Liu.

Chen Liu glanced at it and rolled his eyes, "Damn, no humanity... Is it Li Jiawei?"

Ning Yi kicked out, and Chen Liu dodged slyly, "Ha, I knew it was her. You still deny it? I'm so envious. Think about it, how many boys in the school drool over her? She ignores all the rich and handsome guys and favors you. I didn't make a mistake in befriending you... That's right... that line."

Chen Liu pondered for a while, "Right, 'If we become rich, don't forget each other.'"

Ning Yi ignored him and asked after a moment, "Old Sixth, can you help me with something?"

Chen Liu looked at Ning Yi and didn't answer directly, "Old Yi, I feel like you've changed since you came back. But I like this change. At least you don't seem like someone who can be bullied anymore."

Ning Yi laughed bitterly, "Always getting beaten, there has to be a day of realization."

He paused, patted his shoulder, and continued, "I didn't explain to you because it's hard to explain in a short time. But rest assured, our days of hardship are over."

Although it sounded cliché, he had to put on a show to get help.

Chen Liu chuckled, "Alright, I'm not that nosy. If you don't want to say, fine. What do you need help with? I know a lot of people on the streets. Women, once you have their body, you have their heart. Indian oil? Or Siamese red water? I can get it for you."

"Damn, what are you thinking? I know you have a lot of inside information. Can you help me find out who is spreading the rumors about me and Li Jiawei?"

"Spreading rumors?" Chen Liu immediately understood, puzzled, "Your relationship with Li Jiawei is fake?"

"Is this the first day you know me? Is it possible? What level are we, and what level is she?" Ning Yi said irritably, "This is either Guo Hui trying to get back at me or Du Wen trying to take revenge. Both of them drool over Li Jiawei..."

"Right, Li Jiawei, the beauty..." Chen Liu's mind wandered, "That figure, like water, smooth skin, big chest, long legs. If she grows a few more years, just looking at her would make you drool. Who wouldn't like her... Damn, I didn't say I wouldn't investigate. Why did you kick me? I knew you couldn't let go of Li Jiawei."

"I asked for your help, not for you to daydream." Ning Yi retracted his foot, "Come, let's go to the underground bar."

"Go there for what?"

"Gambling!"

"Damn, I'm a good student, I don't do that." Chen Liu shook his head, "I decided to reform and learn martial arts from you."

"Learning martial arts is fine, but being a good student? Including what you did to Gao Feng just now?"

"Damn! You're ruthless."

So the two of them went to the underground bar. However, there weren't many quasi-martial artists today. Ning Yi struggled for a long time and only won 0.5 points.

The reason was simple: several powerful quasi-martial artists said they wouldn't play here anymore because the underground bar was haunted. They couldn't凝聚战气 (focus their battle aura) and felt exhausted after each match, like they had been up all night. The money they earned wasn't enough to cover their losses.

As for gambling, after watching over ten matches, quasi-martial artists only appeared four times. So Ning Yi didn't win much, earning about 500, and then left with Chen Liu.

Even though it was only 500, Chen Liu was envious, "Damn, if I knew you were so good at gambling, I would have been rich long ago... It's the weekend tomorrow, I'll take you to a bigger place."

"Where?"

"Hehe, the Baohua Entertainment City on Linglan Island. It's much more exciting there. Since you know so much about martial artists and can guess so accurately, if you guess correctly on more than half of the thirteen matches, which is seven, you get a prize. The more you guess correctly, the bigger the prize."

"Isn't that gambling?" Ning Yi frowned, "You don't think 'ten gambles, nine losses' is true?"

"Linglan Island is an offshore island, it's legal. Besides, it's a legitimate martial arts competition. Baohua Entertainment City is a property of the Ma family in the Haixi region, so there's no way it's fake."

"Martial arts competition?" Ning Yi's eyes lit up...

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