Chapter 12: Holding You Like This

  "This is settled... Next..." Chen Yin Zhi took a glance at Xia Xing Xin's bruise on her leg, then shifted his gaze to Dai Lu Mei and the others, continuing to ask: "Who caused the injury on her leg?"

  Shang Dong's body suddenly started shaking violently. Chen Yin Zhi noticed his abnormality and stared over.

  "Is it you?..."

  "Ah..." Shang Dong's legs went weak and his body was a bit unsteady...

  "Not answering?"

  Shang Dong thudded to his knees on the ground, "Sorry...that..."

  Xia Xingxin looked at Shang Dong, who was kneeling down to Chen Yin Zhi, and then glanced at Chen Yin Zhi's expression, calm and indifferent... without any emotion... Did he not feel anything about someone else kneeling down to him? That was an act that others could only do by trampling their own dignity underfoot.

  "Shouldn't you be saying sorry to me?"

  Shang Dong immediately understood and turned his gaze towards Xia Xingxin, "Sorry Xia Xingxin! Sorry! Sorry!"

  Xia Xingxin looked at Shang Dong, who was kowtowing to apologize to her, and felt that he was completely different from the boy who had just kicked her. Just a few seconds ago, he was bullying her with a ferocious expression, but now he was kneeling on both knees to apologize to her...

  The world is changing so fast...

  "Is it okay if I just apologize?" The one who said this was Chen Yin Zhi. Since Xia Xing Hen wasn't responding, he would help her decide whether or not to forgive Shang Dong, "Your apology won't make Xia Xing Hen's leg stop hurting...won't make that damn bruise disappear immediately...so..."

  "Get out of this school, don't let me see you guys still in the campus tomorrow. Otherwise...the consequences are unbearable for you." This was said to Dai Lumei and her gang.

  "No... Morning Inji, please don't do this, my dad finally managed to get me into Sungwan's, I won't be able to take it if I get kicked out!" Begged Sangdong to Morning Inji.

  "Don't drive us out of Chen Wan, Chen Yin Zhi. I don't know what happened between you and Xia Xing Xin... Sorry! Really sorry!" Dai Lu Mei said tearfully.

  "That... don't expel us from Chéng Academy as well, do you? Except for Dài Lù Měi and Shàng Dōng, the rest of us didn't lay a finger on Xià Xīng Yín..." The turncoat Dài Lù Měi's number one follower.

  "Yes, yes... We really didn't even touch Xia Xingyun!" Then followed the traitorous Dai Lumei's second-in-command.

  Then... "We are too..." said the others who also defected.

  Chungwon Noble Academy is not a place where just any rich kid can get in. Those who are able to enter this academy are young masters and misses with a certain social status, or in other words, the students studying here all have impressive family backgrounds. But even in an environment like this, where one's family background is showcased, if someone were to be expelled from this academy, not only would they lose face, but their family would also suffer a loss of reputation. No one can afford to lose face like that.

  Chen Yinzi looked at the group of people who begged him to withdraw his decision with a cold expression, and said calmly: "My decision is like this."

  "That... It's not necessary to go this far for her..."

  "What did you want to say?" Chen Yinzi's gaze towards Xia Xingyin was filled with a hint of warmth as he asked.

  "It's not necessary..."

  "I'll send you back..." Knowing what she was going to say, Chen Yinzi deliberately interrupted her. The decision he made could not be changed by anyone.

  "Can you walk?"

  "Uh-huh, okay." With Chen Yin Zhi's support, Xia Xing Xin hobbled forward a few steps before he couldn't bear it anymore and scooped her up in his arms.

  "Ah! You......" Was he going to carry her out of the school gate?! Many people would see them, "Chen Yin Zhi, put me down..."

  "Shut up."

  “……”

  "I'm not doing this because I like it..."

  "What?..."

  "It's annoying to see you walking with such an ugly posture..."

  "That's because it hurts so much on my leg..."

  "So... that's why I'm holding you like this..."

  Is he... concerned about her? Isn't he supposed to be narrow-minded? Has he forgotten all the bad things she said about him? How could he forget... But why is he being so good to himself? Helping himself by taking care of Dai Lu Mei and her gang... He even carries her when walking because of the injury on her leg. All this... makes her heart flutter. And he's also so handsome...

  Dazedly watching Chen Yinzhao holding Xia Xingying walk away, Dai Lumei and the others... all remained silent.

  "Morning genius, put me down. So many people are watching us... This is school, how can he hold her like that and walk around campus? Many girls are looking at her with that kind of gaze again..."

  "Don't move..."

  "......" Xia Xingxin could only cover her face with her hand to avoid those envious, jealous and hateful glances.

  A luxury sedan was parked at the school gate, and when Chen Yin Zhi carried Xia Xing Yin closer to the car, a middle-aged man got out of the car and respectfully opened the door for Chen Yin Zhi.

  Chen Yin Zhi carefully put Xia Xing Xin into the car and then got in the back seat himself.

  A middle-aged man politely closed the rear door of Chen Yingzhi's car and walked around to the front, getting into the driver's seat.

  "Uncle Zhao, go to my villa in the suburbs."

  "Yes, young master."

  "Eh, Chen Yin Zhi, shouldn't you be sending me home...? Why are you taking me to your villa in the suburbs... I'm getting anxious..."

  "You can't go home now..."

  "Why? It's strange, why can't she go back to her own home?"