Jiang Li gave the girl a reproaching look. Ignoring the angry stares threw back at him, he turned around and started walking away.He could not understand why all the bystanders nearby chose to stay there and torture their eyes with Xie Na"s current look. It was just really stupid. Even if they couldn"t think of taking the other exit, why was there no one who thought of calling the professors or admin staffs? Had they been too shocked by the girl"s actions? Or were they just eager to see a drama because their school lives had been too stressful, so they need a good laughing slash gossip material?
"Jiang Li! Face me, you d.a.m.n coward!"
He disdainfully thought as he continued walking, "If bravery means having one"s eyes burnt by your appearance, then I prefer to be a coward. At least, I"d save myself from the trauma and nightmares."
Behind him, since he had his back turned against them, he didn"t know that the angry woman was disregarding everyone"s pieces of advice and swiftly marching towards him.
Maybe he could guess it based on what he could hear from his spot, however, he chose to disregard it too. If worse comes to worst, a woman was still a woman, so she should be easily subdued. Jiang Li was someone who knew a thing or two about self-defense because he was born to a prestigious family. So if the woman really charged at him with her fist, he doesn"t believe that he would be easily knocked out.
Not long after, since none dared to cross path with the crazy woman, she eventually drew nearer and nearer to Jiang Li until she was only two meters away from him.
"Jiang Li!!!"
That roar came from behind the nonchalant male student just when he had just turned to the left corridor. He rolled his eyes and turned around. That was exactly when Xie Na jumped from her spot with her small fist raised in the air.
"So predictable," he said as he watched the balled fist coming down to him. Her distorted face came to view, making him question this world again.
It was really just out of reason and it was just hard not to ask who the heck made this woman become like this. She was supposed to be a Cinderella...or at least, that was how she should initially be according to the memories.
Fine, she ultimately became a villainess, but the thought that this kind of woman contributed greatly to a corporation greater than his family"s, it was honestly too far-fetched, especially as he looked at how instead of confirming things with her friend, she chose to confront him.
"What a stupid woman."
"I must review the memories again once I get home to see what happened in her university days. To complete this d.a.m.n mission I must see what catalyzed her personality overhaul..."
Behind the incensed girl, he heard many gasps and screams. If he was not only in that scene right now, he would have a.s.sumed that it was them who was about to be beaten up.
Jiang Li casually sidestepped to the right, which made it certain that he would be out of range of her sloppy attack. He then extended his hand and was about to grab the annoying hand of that girl to yank it on her back when someone suddenly also came running into that corridor. The person came from the direction where Xie Na was from, probably missing the warnings from the other people there due to a reason that Jiang Li was not aware of.
Anyway, actions just happened faster than words. He didn"t know if he was just blessed or the villainess was just destined not to have things happened her way, but the punch which was actually intended for him suddenly ended up landing on somebody else"s head...
.....
Because of Xie Na, several people ended up making an unplanned trip to the clinic. Jiang Li was one of them, and he did because he was not heartless yet to not even drop a person who s.h.i.+elded him from danger in front of a doctor. Coincidence or not, it was the girl who, in his memories, was always the one falling to Xie Na"s petty tricks when she was still in college. Her name was Zhu Li, and she was the girl who later on became his admirer. Or maybe she already was, though if this was the case, it meant the one she liked was the Original and not the current him.
"I actually have something called plot armor..." he thought as he watched the doctor treat the swollen part on the pretty rich girl"s forehead, remembering how this person always took even the least dangerous pranks for the "him" of the past.
"Unfortunately, this cheat slash golden finger of mine is the one that caused my saving target to become close to that sc.u.m male lead."
He referred to how when the rich woman got fed up by the villainess" antics, to regain her peace, she just chose to force her the other out of the university.
For a moment a frown appeared on his face. His expression became darker when he threw a look at the three people talking at the side. One of them was naturally that very stupid villainess. The guidance counselor, Professor Gu of the Finance Department was the other. And the last one was that violet-wigged girl who was also Xie Na"s best friend.
If his memories didn"t fail him, he recalled that she was called Cao Hua.
As he looked at the girl scolding the all-black woman for what she did, he thought, "What a beautiful name it was, wasted on a girl who most probably corrupted the villainess with her stupid aesthetics."
"I, I"m sorry for what Xie Na did. Please forgive her. She was only worried and indignant because of me. This is only a misunderstanding," said the girl as she bowed lightly at him. It was after the guidance counselor chastised Xie Na for the harm she did, sentencing her for a week of community service.
He remained leaning on the door, not commenting about the apology Cao Hua made. He did give Xie Na a dirty look though, irritated that instead of her doing the apology, it was her friend who did it. As he learned more of this girl"s fault and inadequacies, he was just really losing interest in the mission. At least, he no longer wanted to bother with this woman again and would just probably outright kill the male lead or female lead in order to proceed to the next world. Anyway, to save someone, it doesn"t mean he has to be in contact with the target, right?
Who would want to a.s.sociate with someone like this anyway? Maybe he would want to once she transforms into the person that became the prized corporate businesswoman of the Cheng Corporation.
Not long after, his train of thoughts was broken due to a voice that rang from the left side where Zhu Li was currently seated. The quality of voice was pleasant to the ears, as pleasant as the chirping of birds perching on a trees" hidden branches. It was neither loud nor low. However, it was cold enough to relay the anger boiling within the person.
"Miss Violet, care to explain why you are the one apologizing instead of her?! And why only to him when I"m the one who got innocently injured?" asked by the real victim who was still being treated by the doctor without any expression on her beautiful face. When he followed her eyes, he saw that she was giving Xie Na, the one responsible for the b.u.mp on her forehead, a freezing glare which seemingly wanted to make an ice bloke out of her...