Deliberately Approaching
Chapter 131: Taking the Initiative to Meet Up!

Chapter 131: Chapter 131: Taking the Initiative to Meet Up!

Soon, the bell for class rang.

Throughout the class, Song Jiaqi was distracted; the terms laid out by Tang Xiaowan distressed her greatly.

In the past two years, the sisters had indeed done many bad things.

From mocking Chen Yu’s birthmark as contagious to secretly cutting her hair, placing foreign objects in her school bag to scare her, and writing on the back of her clothes that she had been abandoned by an old man and was longing for a new relationship.

Many of these were instigated by Song Jiaqi herself.

Had Tang Xiaowan not been transferred to Business Class A, Chen Yu wouldn’t know how much longer she would have had to suffer in silence.

[Don’t leave after school, we need to talk.]

A message was sent to the trio of sisters.

Li Ying: [What for, a big meal?]

Chen Siyao: [What’s up? Just tell us now; I have a date after school.]

The replies came back almost instantly.

Song Jiaqi glanced sideways using her peripheral vision at the last row, saw that Tang Xiaowan was paying attention to the lesson, and bit her lip, deciding it was better to endure short pain rather than long pain.

She sneakily took out her phone again and typed a message.

[Let’s reconcile with Tang Xiaowan and the others. We can’t beat them anyway; she’s so powerful, and Chen Nan is top in academics. It’s a combination of brawn and brains; might as well turn foes into friends, what do you think? If you disagree, never mind, just pretend I didn’t say anything.]

The message was sent, and the wait was excruciating.

Will they think I’m totally incompetent?

My revered image is destroyed for good!

It’s all Tang Xiaowan’s fault. Why did she have to transfer schools, and why to this one?

Two minutes later, the phone blinked.

Li Ying: [Tang Xiaowan and Chen Nan are fine, but forget Chen Yu; I feel sick just seeing her, nauseating.]

Chen Siyao: [You’re just jealous, knowing that Chen Nan likes Chen Yu, and you’ve totally lost your chance, it’s over for you, haha.]

Li Ying: [Nonsense, why would I be jealous of her?]

Song Jiaqi: [Stop arguing, just think it over for lunch, we’ll talk in the afternoon, pay attention to the class now, the teacher will speak soon.]

Thus, the group of sisters began to listen to the class, each preoccupied with their own thoughts.

Time flew by, and soon it was time for school to let out.

Following her usual routine, Tang Xiaowan went to Li Zihan’s apartment, where they had lunch together, watched television, and even played elastic ball.

Although she seemed to be full of smiles, she was heavy with thoughts and finally, just before going back to school, pulled out her black phone.

[Three in the afternoon, Jinyuan Academy.]

Leng Lingxiao: [Okay, won’t miss it.]

Tang Xiaowan looked at the reply, full of anticipation.

This was the first time she had initiated a meeting since finding out Leng Lingxiao was Huahua, burdened with too many questions that needed immediate answers.

Every moment of waiting was torture.

...

At three o’clock in the afternoon, Tang Xiaowan arrived as scheduled.

To avoid Li Zishen’s surveillance, she had taken a taxi to Jinyuan Academy, Building 29, a standalone three-story.

She had just entered the house when Leng Lingxiao arrived too.

With the door half open, Tang Xiaowan was loosening the soil of the orchid, pondering how to ask questions appropriately without being too abrupt or scaring her away.

After all, including this one, they had only met four times.

"Is it just you, where’s Cheng Shi?"

"At school."

"Oh, the golden cicada shedding its skin, hahaha."

Leng Lingxiao sat on the sofa after speaking, flipping a lighter between his fingertips, a smug look on his face.

"This house is nicely decorated, fresh and elegant. Why don’t we swap our places? They are close by anyway, convenient, or... I could move in too. It’s always good to have someone around. What do you think?"

Leng Lingxiao had a handsome and delicate face, but his demeanor exuded a certain wicked charm, making it hard to discern his emotions and inviting no contempt.

That was why many people feared him.

But Tang Xiaowan wasn’t having any of it and replied coldly, "Leng Lingxiao, could you please be serious? I didn’t invite you over to critique the house."

"It’s better if you call me Huahua, sounds more comforting."

"Fine, Huahua, I want to ask you, on the night of the night raid, Lin Xiaoxiao wasn’t at Mei Garden, so why did she get hurt, and why did she suddenly... disappear?"

Looking at Tang Xiaowan’s suddenly reddened eyes, Leng Lingxiao slowly stood up and moved a few steps closer to her.

"She was in a car accident, lost too much blood."

"Car accident, lost too much blood? You better not tell me that her blood type is the same as mine, not only O type but also... a rare specialty blood type?"

"You already know your blood type? Who told you, wasn’t it him, Li Zishen?"

The name Li Zishen carried an undertone of anger.

Seeing Leng Lingxiao so agitated, as though he wished he could devour Li Zishen alive, Tang Xiaowan didn’t want to escalate the situation and reluctantly lied.

"He didn’t tell me. I overheard it by chance from a doctor; so it seems it’s true. I really have... Rh-negative O-type blood?"

Leng Lingxiao lowered his gaze, "Yeah, it’s true."

Back then, Lin Xiaoxiao’s visit to Mei Garden was personally arranged by Leng Lingxiao. Officially, she was a bodyguard, but in reality, it was to be on standby for Tang Xiaowan because she also had the rare blood type.

Only he and Tang Mei knew about this.

To avoid adding psychological burden on Tang Xiaowan, Leng Lingxiao had kept it hidden until now.

"Tell me, what else do you want to know?"

"On the night of the night raid, where was Lin Xiaoxiao? Why did she leave me alone at Mei Garden? Shouldn’t she have stayed with me?"

"She was your person, under your control, I don’t know."

"Don’t know or don’t want to say?"

"Tangtang, remember this, no matter what happens in the future, the only person in this world you don’t have to doubt or guard against, is me. Your grandma is gone, I’m your closest kin now."

"What about Cheng Shi, doesn’t he count?"

Leng Lingxiao smiled faintly, then suddenly turned around, "I have to go now, you should head back to school soon too. Let me know in advance when you move."

"Are you hiding something from me?"

"Oh right, Tangtang, almost forgot to say, the medication I gave you... start taking half from tomorrow, adjust the timing to the morning, just take it after you wake up."

It was another response that didn’t answer her question.

Tang Xiaowan stepped closer to Leng Lingxiao, gazing intently at him, suddenly emotional, "You knew all along that someone was trying to harm me, that’s why you used treating my headaches as a pretext, tricking me into taking two pills daily because they contain an antidote, right? And about Li Zishen bugging me, you knew that too, that’s why you gave me a bug-proof phone that even hackers can’t breach, right?"

Tang Xiaowan’s eyes were brimming with tears, and Leng Lingxiao wanted to comfort her, his hand was raised halfway then dropped again.

"Tangtang, stop taking the medication Li Zishen gave you. It’s just a burden, useless."

Again, it was an answer that dodged the question. Tang Xiaowan shook her head, immensely disappointed.

"I’ve never taken his medication. I’ve been struggling with suspicion, actually from the day he rescued me at Mei Garden. Only, today... never mind, no point asking; you won’t answer anyway."

A flicker of surprise crossed Leng Lingxiao’s eyes, "It’s late, you should head back, don’t overthink things."

With that, Leng Lingxiao quickly left.

In the living room, Tang Xiaowan still stood there.