Chapter Thirteen: The Truth

  Ouyang Bing had long expected that the group of girls would end up badly, after all Shen Rui wouldn't mind hitting boys or girls. After watching a good show for free, she was in a very good mood, but when she saw Gu Mo Ning and Shen Rui's intimate actions, her good mood suddenly disappeared. She sighed lightly in her heart, hoping that Gu Mo Ning wouldn't like Shen Rui too much, so that it wouldn't be too difficult to get over him after a month.

  For Shen Rui, Ouyang Bing has always been puzzled. Although Shen Rui treats Gu Mò Níng differently from his previous girlfriends, it's unclear whether he's being cautious because of the bet and doesn't want to break up with her, or if he really likes her.

  "You guys are being too cruel to the single dog." Kedy said softly, glancing at Shen Rui and Gu Mò Ning with a hint of intention in her eyes. Shen Rui smiled smugly at Kedy and teased Ou Yang Bing, "You'd better hurry up and catch up, or there won't be any single dogs left here." "Ah Bing~" Kedy looked at Ou Yang Bing with big, teary eyes, looking pitiful. Ou Yang Bing coldly glanced at Kedy and Shen Rui, then turned to walk upstairs, not intending to respond at all.

  When Kedy picked up the medicine box and followed Ouyang Bing upstairs, Gu Moring saw that Kedy's sudden change in temperament left her mouth agape. This change was too fast, wasn't it? The transformation was too great, wasn't it? Shen Rui looked at Gu Moring's surprised expression and smiled playfully, explaining, "Kedy likes Ah Bing."

  "Boom!" Gu Mò Níng suddenly felt his head was going to explode, it was like an alien coming to Earth, such a shocking thing! "Oh." Gu Mò Níng nodded stupidly, his heart still racing with excitement, jumping non-stop.

  The storm in the warehouse passed quickly, and those girls didn't come to cause trouble again. The injured girl just dropped out of school.

  Gu Merning still attends classes with Su Xiao every day, and in the afternoons, she goes to the dance studio to practice with Shen Rui. However, she no longer attends evening self-study sessions, instead often going out to play with Shen Rui. Although Yizhong is a key high school, its management of students is not particularly strict. Evening self-study sessions are not compulsory, and students who want to attend can do so. Most classmates rely on self-study, yet the school's annual promotion rate remains unmatched by other schools.

  Gu Mian Ning had basically integrated into Shen Rui's friend circle, and since she no longer worried about breaking up with Shen Rui, she was no longer restrained in front of his friends and played together with them openly. Except for Shen Rui's older brother, Shen Qing, who always had a cold face, she was already quite familiar with everyone else.

  Ouyang Bing is like sunshine, like a big brother, except for being a bit cold to Kedy, he's very good to everyone else. Kedy is a bit like a girl, likes to be jealous, and was initially cold to her because she saw Ouyang Bing being nice to her so she got jealous. Actually, she's still a pretty good person. Ji Qing is the adopted daughter of the Ji family, a very innocent and lovely girl, with extremely elegant behavior. She's also very considerate of others, always thinking about everyone's feelings. It's just that Gu Mo Ning thinks she's a bit too mature and sensitive for her age, lacking the carefreeness and joy that someone of her age should have, which is a pity. Ji Liang and Shen Rui have similar personalities, except Ji Liang has a worse temper, but he's very passionate. Xiang Su always has an attitude like nothing matters to him, frequently changing girlfriends, with a sharp tongue, always likes to tease her and Ji Qing. As for Shen Qing, she still hasn't said a word to him until now. What a disappointment!

  Gu Mian Ning stared at the letter paper on the table, thinking of Shen Rui's friends, sometimes serious, sometimes silly smiling, and sometimes pouting, but she couldn't bring herself to write. She and Shen Rui had been together for almost a month now, and Su Xiao asked her to write a letter to commemorate their one-year anniversary. Although she thought Su Xiao's suggestion was good, when it came time to write, she found it difficult and didn't know where to start. Gu Mian Ning could write a brilliant speech or an outstanding thesis, but she just couldn't write a good letter. She couldn't help but feel disappointed and lay her head on the table in a daze.

  "Gu Mò Níng, come answer this question." The classroom fell silent, with all eyes on the oblivious Gu Mò Níng. A classmate behind her poked her with a pen, and she turned around in confusion, asking "What's going on?" The classroom suddenly erupted into laughter, and the classmate behind her stifled a grin as she told her, "The teacher is calling you to answer the question, it's on the blackboard." Gu Mò Níng quickly snapped back to attention, stood up, and smiled sheepishly at the teacher. She glanced at the question and smoothly solved it. "Gu Mò Níng, don't space out in class next time," the teacher kindly reminded her, tactfully not asking why she had been daydreaming. Gu Mò Níng looked at the teacher with a cute blink of her eyes, "Yes ma'am."

  Until the afternoon, Gu Mengning still hadn't written a single word, lying on her bed staring at the envelope with a sulky expression, and sent Shen Rui a text message saying she had something to do today and wouldn't go out with him. When Shen Rui received the text message, he suddenly felt a twinge of worry, but quickly recovered. Anyway, tomorrow was just one month, whatever urgent matter she had wasn't his concern, nor did he care, so he casually turned off his phone and went to play with Ouyang Bing and the others.

  Gu Mueren really couldn't think of what to write, so she went to the classroom in a bad mood. Teacher Yang's leg had already recovered, and she didn't need to substitute for her anymore. She spent the afternoon classes in a daze, and was about to head back to the dorm with Su Xiao when she suddenly saw the group of girls who had hurt her at the second warehouse coming over.

  "Wow, it's not even a month yet and Shen Rui has already broken up with you? Won't be that she really can't stand you anymore and doesn't care about the bet, just wants to break up with you, haha. You're really pitiful." The girl who was previously injured by Shen Rui looked at Gu Mo Ning with a mocking gaze, laughing.

  Gu Mo Ning had no idea what they were talking about and looked at her in confusion. As if she saw that Gu Mo Ning knew nothing, the girl laughed even harder. "You don't know anything, do you? Haha, you're really not ordinary pitiful, even the person next to you knows something you don't. Let me enlighten you out of kindness, Shen Rui doesn't like you, he just made a bet with someone else that he could pursue you and date for a month. Don't believe me? Ask the person next to you."

  The short-haired girl laughed triumphantly, glancing at Gu Mo Ning's right arm and then her own, a hint of resentment flashing in her small eyes. She had been injured more severely than Gu Mo Ning back then and was even expelled from school. Shen Rui had really shown no mercy.

  Now Gu Mo Ning's injuries were almost healed, but she still had bandages on her arm. However, when she thought about Shen Rui not truly liking Gu Mo Ning, the resentment in her eyes quickly turned into a mocking smile. It was already almost a month now, and as soon as she found out about this, she couldn't wait to come find Gu Mo Ning for revenge.

  Although it was Shen Rui who had injured her, it was also because of Gu Mo Ning. Now that Shen Rui had broken up with her, she could deal with Gu Mo Ning without any scruples.