Chapter Sixteen Fell into My Arms 3

  Ryota Ling almost fell from the second floor. He ran while consoling himself: he must not have woken up, no, he definitely didn't hear the shout.

  It's already very far away, it should be fine. Ling Shuiyue gradually slowed down his footsteps, and the scene from earlier appeared in front of him again. He had actually spent a night sleeping with a girl who was almost wearing nothing.

  What's the big deal? He shook his head, but his chest still felt a bit itchy. What was this? It wasn't until now that Ling Shuiyue realized he was holding a delicate purple hair tie in his hand, which must have been brought out from that room.

  He subconsciously sniffed, a warm and sweet fragrance, as if very thick and heavy, yet also very light and distant, thin like smoke and mist, with the unique subtlety and softness of Jiangnan...

  The door opened with a creak.

  "What are you doing standing here? Scaring people!" Ling Jinyao was just about to leave when his half-brother, who had been out all night, suddenly appeared at the door: "You still know how to come home?"

  Ling Jinyao didn't go out, but instead returned to the living room: "Mom, don't quarrel anymore. He's back."

  Ling Kang Nian sat there motionless, he waved his hand, signaling Ling Jin Ye to bring in Ling Shui Ye.

  "Aren't you angry? He has offended the Nie family like this. It was just a meeting, and he didn't let him do anything......" Mei Li saw Ling Shuiyue come in and stopped talking.

  Ling Shui ignored Ling Mei Li and Ling Kang Nian who were sitting on the sofa and went straight upstairs.

  "Stop right there! Did you see your parents behave like this? Is this the attitude you should have as a child?"

  "Then what do you want me to do? I'm not welcome here and can't even be an invisible person?"

  "Who said you're not welcome here? The precious daughter of the Ni family likes you a lot."

  Ling Shuiyue smiled and said: "When did our family change its surname to Nie? It seems that I am an outsider, and I didn't even know about such a big thing."

  "You... you ungrateful son, what nonsense are you spouting?"

  "I said I'm unwelcome here in this home, but I didn't say I'm unwelcome outside."

  "Is your mouth useful? How come, you've not only learned to smoke and drink, but now you've also learned to sleep with women?" Ling Jinyao said coldly from the side.

  "What? Ba! What did you say?" Ling Kang asked back.

  "There's a scent on him, a woman's scent. He must have been with a woman last night since he didn't come home all night."

  Ling Kang Nian stood up with a "hmmph" sound. He slowly walked closer to Ling Shui Yue: "Where did you go last night?"

  Ling Shuiyue didn't respond, but instead stared at Ling Kangnian with icy eyes as he fumed with rage.

  Ling Kangnian's face twisted, he raised his hand and slapped Ling Shuiyue with great force. The loud slapping sound echoed in the living room.

  Ling Shuiyue almost fell to the ground, but he gritted his teeth and stood up again. He didn't want to fall down in front of him.

  "What's wrong with learning good things? Why insist on learning these."

  "You taught me."

  "You little stinker! Your wings have hardened and you're talking back to me now? When did I ever teach you that?"

  "Am I not your reality?"

  Ling Mu-yue heard the quarrel in the living room from upstairs, rushed down to see his father about to hit his third brother again. He stood in front of Ling Shui-yue: "Dad, Yue didn't mean it. Don't get so angry, be careful with your blood pressure."

  "You, you... if only you were half as sensible as Mu Yi." Ling Kang sat paralyzed on the sofa.

  Mei Li stood up beautifully, handed a cup of water to Ling Nian Kang: "What's the hurry with him? Usually I say he makes me angry, you still say I'm wrong, now you know."

  "Thursday, what are you still standing there for? Don't take him away. Do you want to let him stay here and infuriate your dad to death?"

  "Wait, you have to consider Ni's family marriage. Go upstairs!" Ling Kangyan weakly waved his hand.

  "I won't consider it." Ling Shui's cold voice disappeared on the stairs.

  Ling Kang Nian looked at Ling Shui Yue's back: "You reap what you sow, don't blame anyone else. It seems he was destined to be driven to death by this son."

  Ling Shuiyue took a bath and lay on the bed: What is this place, why do I have to become one family with them, so mismatched, mutually disgusted, why are they still tied together?

  He angrily picked up the pillow next to him and threw it away, and the coat that was thrown on the pillow earlier also fell to the ground, but in his hand was still hanging the shallow purple hairband brought out from the old house.

  Unconsciously, he put the hairband on his nose again and took a deep breath. He knew nothing about fragrances, but when he smelled this one for the first time this morning, he fell in love with it, no, he was obsessed. For some reason, this fragrance seemed magical, making his mood better, calmer...

  He had never been interested in any girl, but she... Her eyelashes were as black and thick as a brush, her hair was like clouds... The faint, enchanting fragrance slowly invaded his body again, pressing on that tender, sensitive, and wild heart.

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  It was a moist and beautiful morning, the just-stopped light rain made the usually clean courtyard even more spotless, the sun rose early, warm sunlight filtering through the sparse leaves, shining on Xia Qinger standing in front of the window gazing into the distance, casting a rosy glow on her flawless face.

  Today is her first day at De Xin High School, she has to get up early and can't be late. She packs up her backpack, hoping that the first day of school will be as fresh and pure as this morning.

  Xia Xianying got off the bus at the school gate. After seeing her mother's car drive away, she took out a big and ugly pair of glasses from her backpack and carefully put them on. She brushed aside her bangs that were about to cover her eyes, and also clipped on hair clips by her ears, making herself look even stranger. Then, she tied up her fluffy hair with a purple ribbon at the back of her head. This was her protective umbrella, hoping that she could have a peaceful school life for the next two years without being disturbed by anyone.

  She believed that ugliness was the best protective umbrella, and no one would pay attention to the joys and sorrows of an ugly transfer student.

  "Classmates, we have a new classmate joining our class, please give a warm welcome with applause." Teacher Wang introduced Xia Qianying in her usual loud and clear voice, but the classroom responded with sparse and lazy clapping that didn't match the teacher's enthusiasm.

  "I don't know where she came from, but this weird girl was wearing glasses like that, you can tell she's a freak, only ugly girls have no sense of aesthetics."

  "Where have all the beauties in the world gone?"

  A murmur ran through the classroom, and Teacher Wang gestured for everyone to quiet down: "Next, please let our new classmate introduce themselves."

  Xia Wenning walked calmly to the podium, bowed politely to her classmates: "Hello everyone, my name is Xia Wenning. I hope we can get along well in the future and spend a happy high school life."

  A scattered applause.

  "Xia Qian Ning! There's only a vacancy there, can you?" Mr. Wang pointed to the second-to-last row of seats by the window in the back.

  Xian Xiang smiled in her heart. When she was young, she used to sit in the front row, but for the past few years, she had been sitting at the back. There was no way around it - after all, she was getting taller and taller, already reaching 165 cm.

  That corner looks quite quiet, and it's also by the window. But why isn't anyone sitting in such a good spot? This thought only flashed through her mind for a moment. Then she smiled at the teacher and walked over on her own.

  "I object, I cannot sit with this ugly creature!"

  Xia Qian Ning looked at this icy-voiced boy: when he spoke, he didn't even stand up politely, leaning on the chair with a sloppy school uniform hanging on his body. His eyes were filled with coldness and hostility towards himself, dense and neat eyebrows, amber-colored tempting eyes with a hint of decadence, high and straight nose bridge, flat chin.

  At this moment, his slightly raised corners of his mouth filled him with rejection and disdain from head to toe.

  Impudent little brat! Who are you calling ugly? Is a person's appearance that important? Whose seat is next to his, this position is in front of him, how can it be next to him. Yan Jing welcomed the gaze that was enough to kill people, fearless, and slowly said: "I——also——am——"

  The boy remained motionless, staring again at the blackness behind the glasses: idiot, who did he think he was.

  The classroom is very quiet at this moment, and all the classmates have turned their heads around.

  Teacher Wang stood on the podium: "Ling Shuiyue! Don't allow giving nicknames to your classmates arbitrarily!"

  Ryō turned his head towards the window.

  Xia Qian Jing walked towards the empty seat while also noticing a very unfriendly foot fidgeting. She pretended to glance at the boy unintentionally: Ah, so he's that weird boy's partner in crime, fine, then be partners in crime together.

  His foot finally came out.

  Xia Qian Ning pretended to fall and rushed towards Ling Shui Ye.

  "Whoosh—Boom!"

  "Oh no!"

  "Ah——"

  Xia Qian Ning fell onto Ling Shui Yue's body, and Ling Shui Yue's left hand, which had instinctively tried to grab the table in that split second when he was about to fall, was now tightly wrapped around Qian Ning's waist.

  Xia Qian Ning was well-prepared and hadn't been hurt anywhere, she wanted to get up, but Ling Shui Yue tightly hugged her and wouldn't let go. Good grief, the plan had backfired.

  Ling Shuiyue fell to the cold floor with a thud, and a familiar scent slowly welled up: warm, rich and refreshing...

  "Let go quickly!" Xia Xian Ning cried out softly.

  Ling Shuiyue's ears felt itchy, like that morning, and soft. Ling Shuiyue's hand on his waist tightened. That enchanting fragrance grew thicker... Ah? Damn it! This ugly eight was lying on him.

  Ling Shuiyue loosened his grip, and Xia Qinger quickly stood up. Fortunately, her clothes were still intact.

  Just as Xia Qian Ning was checking her clothes, Ling Shui Ye also stood up. Ah, damn it! Ling Shui Ye's right arm elbow hurt for a moment, fortunately, it was just a scratch.

  Ming De looked at the scene in front of him, someone was teasing Ling Shuiyue, and it was a big beauty. No matter how disguised, he couldn't escape his legal eyes, who was he, 'Beauty Seeker', even if he died, he wouldn't believe that girl wasn't a beauty.

  But what interested him the most was Ling Shuiyue, who seemed different from usual. Usually, if a girl touched him, he would immediately escape, but today...today was different, it felt strange.