"It's nothing, just asking casually," Zhao Yating's heart leaped with joy—no girlfriend? Fantastic!
But Hao Jian's next words were, "However, I have a fiancée, and we'll be getting married soon!"
Zhao Yating's expression instantly petrified, as if struck by a bolt from the blue.
"Yeah, a fiancée." Hao Jian smiled and nodded; for some reason, he always felt like smiling when he thought of Shu Ya.
"It's over. It's all over." Zhao Yating turned ashen; she had been too slow to make a move.
"Nothing's over." Zhao Yating shook her head, her expression darkening, "Leave me alone. I just want to be 'Jingjing' right now, and don't ask who Jingjing is."
Hao Jian shrugged, thinking to himself: Teenagers are such a hassle, utterly inscrutable.
As Hao Jian was driving along, he suddenly heard a loud crash from behind, and the whole car jerked, causing Hao Jian and Zhao Yating to lurch forward.
"Damn Shuishui to hell."
Hao Jian cursed, knowing instantly it was a rear-end collision. He pushed open the car door and saw his car's rear end was smashed in.
He glanced at the driver behind him and burst out cursing, "You little wench, are you insane?"
"I wish I could run over you, you adulterous ***!" Che Xiaoxiao flipped Hao Jian the bird, clearly incensed.
At that moment, Zhao Yating also got out of the car, and upon seeing Che Xiaoxiao, she too was stunned, "Che Xiaoxiao? What are you doing here? And why did you ram into our car?"
"I rammed into you, deceivers! Sneaking around behind my back, adulterers. Spill it! Where were you going? Were you going to a hotel?" Che Xiaoxiao bellowed in rage.
She had seen Hao Jian and Zhao Yating at a red light earlier, laughing and chatting inside the car, which infuriated Che Xiaoxiao, her anger skyrocketing.
"Go to hell with your nonsense. I'm a teacher, how could I do such a thing?" Hao Jian said sternly, rabbits don't eat the grass by their own burrows, so how could he lay a hand on his own student?
"Teacher, if it's done, it's done. What's there to fear in admitting it?"
And then, Zhao Yating embraced one of Hao Jian's arms and stared provocatively at Che Xiaoxiao.
She was in a terrible mood already, so now that Che Xiaoxiao had shown up, why not let her vent her frustrations?
"Stop it," Hao Jian said, trying forcefully to shake off Zhao Yating's hands, but she clung to him like a conjoined twin, steadfast in her grip.
"I'll ram you, you adulterous couple!" Che Xiaoxiao, still seething with rage, pressed the accelerator and rammed the car again.
Hao Jian's car was a complete wreck at the rear.
Hao Jian's nose was almost crooked with anger as he pointed at Che Xiaoxiao, "You little wench, I'll spank your backside till it's bruised!"
"Go on, try to hit me, and I'll have my mom arrest you!" Che Xiaoxiao snorted, clearly unafraid of Hao Jian's threat.
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"If you don't, I'm calling the traffic department right now. You don't have a driver's license, do you? How many years can you get for driving without a license? Che Xiaoxiao, you're of age, aren't you? That means you should be criminally liable, right?" Hao Jian said with a sinister chuckle.
"You bastard!" Che Xiaoxiao shook with fury.
"If you dare call the police, I'll make the story of you taking Zhao Yating to a hotel public, expose to the whole school that Hao Jian has a facade of a human but the heart of a beast, a complete moral degenerate!"
Che Xiaoxiao was ready to go down fighting, a case of love and hate entwined—well, who was she afraid of?
"Don't spout nonsense. I didn't take her to a hotel!" Hao Jian's face was green with anger; Che Xiaoxiao was maliciously slandering him.
"If you weren't going to a hotel, then where were you off to? To watch the sunset?" Che Xiaoxiao mocked; Hao Jian's explanation had no persuasive power at all.