LWDC Chapter 70

Chapter 70 – Choice

Chapter 70 – Choice

Chapter 70 – Choice

Ning Fei said he wanted to sow discord between Ji Xingzhe and Qin Ran, but Ji Xingzhe was probably frightened by Duan Yunhong’s “DNA paternity test” topic, and has been much quieter recently, not causing any trouble for Lin Shengjia. Adhering to the principle of “the less trouble, the better,” Ning Fei also let him off the hook for the time being.

However, the outwardly quiet Ji Xingzhe was not at peace inside. The most direct manifestation of this was that in the exams before the final exam, his English score actually slowly and steadily declined to 80 points!

Ning Fei originally didn’t want to bother with him, or rather, Ning Fei didn’t want to pay much attention to any student other than Lin Shengjia. However, the class teacher talked to him about this matter. It was at this time that Ning Fei learned that Ji Xingzhe’s grades in other subjects also showed signs of decline, but English performed the worst in the most recent monthly exam.

The class teacher reminded Ning Fei that he should pay attention to students whose scores suddenly dropped. Ning Fei agreed on the surface, thinking that this class teacher had never told him about Lin Shengjia’s sudden drop in scores, and she was like a ghost during the “report of cheating” incident. Now that Ji Xingzhe’s score dropped slightly, the class teacher immediately stepped forward, which was too obvious.

In any case, Ning Fei still called Ji Xingzhe to the office after class.

There were other teachers in the office, so Ning Fei wouldn’t be idle enough to say anything threatening to Ji Xingzhe. So he looked at Ji Xingzhe and asked him in a very formulaic way if anything had happened recently that had caused him to be a little distracted in his English studies.

“No… nothing.” Ji Xingzhe rubbed the fingers of his hands placed on his legs, “Maybe I’m just not in a good state. My brother has been away on a business trip recently, and I’m a little unaccustomed…”

Anyone could tell that this was perfunctory, but Ji Xingzhe had been a little afraid of Ning Fei recently, and now it was even more impossible for him to tell the truth. Not to mention Ning Fei, Ji Xingzhe couldn’t tell anyone the troubles in his heart.

How could he say this? Say that he is not a child of the Ji family, and his little uncle seems to already know this, and doesn’t know what terrible things he will do? Isn’t this crazy?

“Really?” Ning Fei sat sideways, propping up the table with one hand, “It seems that you brothers have a good relationship. Your brother’s absence from home has such a big impact on you? Then do you want to discuss it with your family? Anyway, I know…”

“No need!” Ji Xingzhe was startled. How dare he let his family know about his score fluctuations? What if Ji Zhenwei was disappointed in him, what if the family investigated the reason… wouldn’t his little uncle take the opportunity to do something?

“Really, there’s no need, I’ll adjust myself!” Ji Xingzhe hurriedly said, “No need to notify my family, teacher!”

Ning Fei pushed his glasses lightly, raised his eyes and looked directly at Ji Xingzhe’s face: “I know that you are relatively self-disciplined in your studies and relatively mature in your thinking. But you should still ask for help when you should, after all, you are just a 17-year-old student no matter what. Helping students is what teachers should do, right?”

He smiled when he said the last sentence. In normal times, this smile would be very normal and gentle, and many female students would secretly discuss Ning Fei’s classic expression. But in Ji Xingzhe’s eyes at this moment, Ning Fei’s smile was no less than “the devil’s smile.”

–What can he help me with? Wouldn’t it be helping my little uncle expose me? Does he already know my identity?!

Ji Xingzhe became more and more suspicious and uncertain, barely able to maintain his composure on the surface: “…It’s okay, I don’t need help yet. Really, Teacher Ning, I will definitely study hard.”

“Okay, it’s normal for a child of your age to have something on their mind. I won’t force you anymore.” Ning Fei briefly admired the little cub’s panic for a few seconds, and finally continued to follow the “template process”, “But you should know that studying is the most important thing for you right now. Recently, your grades have fluctuated a bit, and I also want to believe in you, which requires you to let me see the determination that ‘I can solve it myself’…”

Ning Fei spoke eloquently for a few minutes, making Ji Xingzhe impatient and anxious, and didn’t remember anything he said. Occasionally hearing some strange keywords, such as “only then is it real,” “all is fake,” “what is yours is yours, what is not yours will never be yours,” made Ji Xingzhe’s heart tremble.

After being “psychologically tortured” for less than ten minutes, Ji Xingzhe was finally let go after guaranteeing that he would “study hard and do well in the final exam.”

He always felt that Ning Fei’s last smile was a bit meaningful. He left the office in a daze, walked through the corridor with his head down, and didn’t even dare to greet the teachers who passed by. Ning Fei’s words “Anyway, I know…” kept flashing in his mind, and he felt more and more that Ning Fei would still go directly to his little uncle. If Ning Fei really said to his little uncle, “Ji Xingzhe’s grades have declined because he misses his brother,” what would his little uncle and father’s reaction be? Would they call his brother back? Or would they send him to Shenzhen to see his brother as soon as the exam was over…?

–Speaking of which, my little uncle and brother stayed in Shenzhen together for so long, could it be that they have already started hinting at my brother?

–Then I can’t go to Shenzhen even more! Even if they find out my true identity, I have to be at home. How can remote pleading compare to face-to-face affection…!

The more Ji Xingzhe thought about it, the more he believed that no matter what Duan Yunhong had done or was planning to do, he had to stay at home to minimize the crisis.

–I must not go to Shenzhen!

But Ji Zhenwei is a patriarchal man who does what he says, so how can he achieve this goal more naturally?

Ji Xingzhe, who was going downstairs, looked at the stairs under his feet.

*

“A student fell down the stairs! Teacher Ning, it seems to be from your class!”

Ning Fei, who had just been idle for a while, was yelled at by a teacher who walked into the office quickly, quickly turned his head, and showed a surprised expression: “What?! Who?”

“It’s that familiar good student, that Ji something…”

Ning Fei stood up with a whoosh: “I’ll go take a look!”

He took a big stride with his long legs, quickly left the office, and walked through the corridor. The stairs were at the end of the corridor, and Ning Fei quickly walked down one and a half floors, and was blocked by the teachers and staff who were standing on the stairs.

And surrounded by these people was Ji Xingzhe, who was lying or rather curled up under the stairs, his face twisted in pain.

The adults surrounded him, asking him how he was, where it hurt, whether he could move, and discussing with each other what to do next. Some said that he should be sent to the infirmary first, others said that he should be sent directly to the hospital, and others said that he should be notified of Ji Xingzhe’s family. Ning Fei stood behind them, and they didn’t turn back to look at him, and the anxious expression on Ning Fei’s face gradually faded.

He stood on the middle steps, his eyes passing through the crowd, looking expressionlessly at Ji Xingzhe with a ferocious face.

–Accident? Not likely. Deliberate? Why?

–What did I say just now that stimulated him? To make such an extreme choice…

Just as Ning Fei was thinking, Ji Xingzhe’s eyes suddenly met his.

Ji Xingzhe didn’t seem to expect to see Ning Fei so suddenly. Unlike the anxious teachers around him, Ning Fei lowered his eyes slightly and looked at him, his expression almost cold.

The icy eyes made Ji Xingzhe forget the pain in an instant, only feeling wet behind his back.

*

Ji Xingzhe was finally taken away by the ambulance, because he kept saying that his legs and butt hurt and he couldn’t get up. The school was afraid that something would happen to him, so they didn’t dare to move him, so they called an ambulance to deal with it.

This incident caused a large number of students and teachers to come and watch the excitement, and finally everyone knew that Ji Xingzhe had fallen down the stairs. And Ning Fei was quickly called by Vice Principal Li, who had heard the news, to talk to him again. The main content was what he had talked to Ji Xingzhe about, and whether the content of the conversation was too intense that caused Ji Xingzhe to fall.

Ning Fei didn’t record the conversation with Ji Xingzhe, so he could only roughly repeat it, and emphasized that the other teachers in the office were present and heard it. Moreover, Ji Xingzhe’s decline in scores was originally in all subjects, and the class teacher asked Ning Fei to “talk to him.” Instead of asking whether Ning Fei’s conversation caused Ji Xingzhe to be distracted while walking and roll down the stairs, it is better to suspect the factors that have recently affected his decline in scores.

This answer sounded very much like shirking responsibility, but Vice Principal Li didn’t make things difficult for Ning Fei. After all, Duan Yunhong had personally called the school to remind the school not to harass Ning Fei with matters other than teaching affairs because of unfounded accusations. Especially since Vice Principal Li and Director Ma were named by Duan Yunhong, they are now the most afraid of Ning Fei in the entire school.

After Ning Fei came out of the vice principal’s office, he directly found a place where no one was and called Duan Yunhong.

“…It’s really rare.”

Duan Yunhong answered the phone quickly: “Why did you think of calling me? Is there something urgent?”

“Just to report to you.” Ning Fei stood in the corner with his back to the light, leaning against the wall, “Your good nephew played a good hand of self-abuse and crippled himself.”

“Huh?” Duan Yunhong didn’t expect to hear such explosive news, “What did he do? Tell me in detail.”

Ning Fei briefly described to him the matter of calling Ji Xingzhe to talk and falling after going out.

“…He doesn’t seem like the type to accidentally fall down the stairs. Although the paternity test has affected his grades, he shouldn’t be so distracted.” Duan Yunhong analyzed quickly, “You said the final exam is coming soon… maybe it’s because of this. According to the original plan, he has to come to Shenzhen after the exam.”

“He doesn’t dare to go? Because he’s afraid of you?”

“Part of the reason. A bigger reason may be that he is afraid that something will happen when he is not in the Ji family, and he will not be able to cope.” Duan Yunhong said, “His mother dotes on him very much.”

“If something happens, he’s going to ask his mother for mercy directly?” Ning Fei paused, “Wait a minute, did you do a paternity test on his mother and him?”

Duan Yunhong: “I didn’t.”

Ning Fei heard him answer decisively: “You did it on purpose?”

Duan Yunhong didn’t answer directly, but only said: “Do you want to do it?”

Ning Fei’s mind turned: “…Then I won’t do it.”

Duan Yunhong laughed meaningfully: “I guessed so.”

At the critical moment, using this kind of one-sided paternity test report that could cause misunderstanding to stir the Ji family into a mess – this guy should be happy to see such a spectacle.