The Ugly Duckling's Redemption Chapter 39: The Unseen Arrow

  In the exquisite restaurant, a fresh Korean style is lingering. The moonlight white wallpaper reflects the scattered water marks, and a crystal chandelier hangs from the ceiling, with silver wind chimes embedded in the lamp core. If you dine here on a windy day, it will be a very beautiful atmosphere, quiet but not lacking in romance.

  There was only one dining table in the hall, a simple white oval shape. In the middle of the automatic table, there was also a fake mountain. The fountain on the small mountain slowly moistened the entire basin landscape.

  Bai Shi and Jia Rongrong sat on either side of the table, accompanied by the gentle breeze blowing in from outside the window, enjoying this delightful meal.

  "Bai Shi, what exactly do you want to do!" Shen Kai's angry roar stunned Liu Er Gouzi who was standing beside him, and he couldn't help but shiver.

  "I thought you'd flip the table and smash plates, haha! I heard something big happened." Bai Shi raised her eyes to look at Shen Kai, smiling calmly.

  "Why did you lock Luo Er and Xiao Xuan in the activity room! Do you know or not that they are still in the infirmary now! Do you know or not that Xiao Xuan is my own sister!" Shen Kai had never lost his temper so badly before, he was always a refined gentleman in everyone's eyes, but today, he couldn't remain calm anymore, his own sister, had actually fainted under false pretenses by his own hands and still hadn't regained consciousness.

  "Shen Xiaoxuan?" Bai Shi looked at Shen Kai's serious face with a puzzled expression, then turned around and continued to speak with an innocent face: "I didn't know she was inside! If I knew, how could I not let Liu Hongfu open the door? I thought there was only Li Lu'er inside, you don't believe me, ask Liu Hongfu!"

  "How can your sister be inside?! Liu Hongfu, why didn't you say so?!" Jia Rongrong helped to support her, frowning and staring at Liu Hongfu.

  "How would I know that the class monitor's sister was inside, if... even if I were beaten unconscious, I wouldn't hand over the key to you guys. I thought it was just a dispute between girls..." Liu Ergou explained in a low voice, his eyes darting back and forth between Shen Kai and Bai Shi, looking anxious.

  "Alright, assuming you didn't know Xiaoxuan was inside, why did you lock Luo'er in?" Shen Kai pressed on.

  "We're just messing around, who made you not call An Ning and Qi Xiu to do the bulletin board, so slightly revenge!" Bai Shi's words were full of ease, as if this was just a tiny matter.

  "Haha! I think it's not just that!" Shen Kai coldly smiled and shook his head, suddenly feeling that all of this was like a joke, ridiculously funny!

  "What's wrong, don't you believe me?" Bai Shi slightly furrowed her brow, pursing her lips as she looked at Shen Kai.

  "Do you believe? What's there to believe? Don't be ridiculous, if it wasn't for you calling me to lunch, how would I not go find Xiao Xuan? If you didn't know she was my sister, why did you have to keep pestering her at the dinner table? This is so out of character!" Shen Kai regretted his actions, only now realizing that being overly eager to please wasn't a good thing. He was also worried about Xiao Xuan, although she could be unreasonable and willful at times. In his heart, his sister was one-of-a-kind, and he wouldn't allow anyone to hurt her in the slightest. Not even the person he liked the most.

  "Shen Kai! You're really biting the hand that feeds you, I'm only treating you to dinner because we've been classmates since childhood and I want to solidify our friendship before we go our separate ways in high school...” Bai Shi was furious, but to Shen Kai, this anger was just another disguise. Ha ha, classmates since childhood? What a coincidence! And it just so happens to be today?!

  "Alright, stop pretending to be innocent in front of me. You've always treated me like a fool, taking advantage of my emotions. Every time I didn't take it seriously, sometimes not knowing was a kind of happiness. But now, you're going too far, you're playing with people's lives! What do you think you'll get from this? Do you think Lu Xiangsheng will notice you if you do this? Or will Luo Er die and then you'll be unobstructed?" Shen Kai finally couldn't bear it and spoke out what Bai Shi was thinking.

  "A life? Ha ha, I'm not even warmed up yet!" Bai Shi sneered, looking at Shen Kai's tightly clenched fist without a hint of fear. She leaned in close and whispered, "What? Want to hit me? Can you bring yourself to do it?"

  "Y...". Shen Kai's palms were sweating, he wanted to take action, but he also understood that he couldn't bring himself to do it! Forget it.

  "Hehe, don't say I look down on you, if you could make a move, I might have fallen deeply in love with you long ago!" Bai Shi pushed away the fruit salad in front of her, pulled out a napkin and gently wiped her mouth, a hint of disdain flashing across the corner of her eye.

  Watching the two of them at odds with each other, Liu Er Gouzi, who had been standing beside them all along, couldn't help but take a cold breath, worried about his future situation and what he should do...

  "Let's go, the show is over, it's time to leave." Lu Xiansheng let out a cold hum from his nose and turned around to walk away.

  "Just now you were all fired up and wanted to PK, how come there's no follow-up!" Chen Zhiquan chased after him with a puzzled face, but his footsteps were especially light.

  "I expected as much. You can't deal with a woman like that openly, since she's playing it sneaky, let's play along. It's easy to dodge an open attack, but hard to guard against a sneak one!" Lu Xiangsheng's lips curled up in a warm smile, like sunshine, but his heart was worried - a woman like this was too difficult to handle.

  "How are you going to come?" Chen Zhiquan asked excitedly.

  "This can be talked about later, let's go see Luo Er and Xiao Xuan first."

  "Alas, these two girls, their lives are really bitter!" Chen Zhiquan thought of this and couldn't help but furrow his brow.

  Not yet entered the medical room, I felt the strong smell of disinfectant, with the same layout as the hospital ward, white walls, green edges, walking in the corridor already felt depressed.

  "Teacher, can we watch Li Lu'er and Shen Xiaoxuan?" asked Lu Xiansheng politely.

  The doctor in a white nurse uniform turned around with a smile and said: "Okay, the second room inside, they don't have any problems anymore."

  "Thank you!" Lu Xiansheng strode into ward 2, but suddenly froze.

  "What's going on?" Chen Zhiquan looked at Li Lu'er and Shen Xiaoxuan huddled together, his goosebumps falling to the ground.

  "Don't think such dirty thoughts!" Lu Xiangsheng's warning pulled Zhiquan's thoughts back.

  Lu Xuan Sheng quietly walked to the bedside, looking at Luo Er and Xiao Xuan who were fast asleep, moved a stool over and sat down, gazing at Luo Er's face.

  For a moment, the entire room became so quiet that even the sound of breathing was hushed.

  Chen Zhiquan shook his head and moved a stool to sit opposite Lu Xiansheng, but he was staring at Lu Xiansheng's eyes. He muttered softly: "Love can really make people abnormal, does this count as voyeurism?"

  "Shut up, can you die if you speak softly?" Lu Xiangsheng's gaze suddenly became sharp.

  "Wow, this is loud?" Chen Zhiquan looked at Lu Xiansheng with a sullen expression.

  Luo'er felt like she had heard some voices, but still didn't quite believe it. She lazily opened her eyes, and although she only saw a sliver of light, the blurry figure still made her suddenly wake up with a start. What? Lu Xiansheng? No way!

  Rubbing her eyes, Luo Er finally believed that the face in front of her was indeed Lu Xiang Sheng. "Ah~ah~ah......Lu Xiang Sheng, what are you doing? Pervert! What are you staring at?!" Luo Er suddenly sat up and grabbed a pillow, pummeling Lu Xiang Sheng wildly, causing millet seeds to spill all over the floor.

  "Lier, what's wrong with you? You even scared away Master Zhou!" Xiaoxuan rubbed her eyes and sat up dazedly.

  "Are you okay? Are you uncomfortable?" Chen Zhiquan asked Shen Xiaoxuan with concern, his smile twisted into a flower on his face.

  "Zhi Quan?! Have you been here all along?!" Xiaoxuan couldn't help but show her excited and shy expression on her face.

  "It's not always... uh... I just came after class too!" Chen Zhiquan quickly explained.

  Xiao Xuan didn't notice Chen Zhiquan's embarrassment, and gave him a big hug, saying excitedly: "Zhiquan, you're so great!"

  "What's going on......" Lí Luòér was taken aback.

  "What are you two doing?!" Lu Xiangsheng was bewildered.

  Chen Zhiquan's face was full of anger and he shouted loudly, "You are a traitor! How can you be so treacherous?"

  Shen Xiaoxuan only then noticed that she was a bit out of sorts, turned her head to look at Lu Xiansheng and Li Luer's eyes which were staring like almonds, and suddenly her face turned red all the way to her neck.

  "Uh...alright, the teacher said you're fine, just drink more water these two days and that's it. It's getting late, let's go find Lei Chao and hurry back home!" Lu Xiansheng looked at them, unable to bear the heavy atmosphere any longer, and spoke up to break the deadlock.

  "Hmm, otherwise Lai Chao won't be able to find us and we can't get into the house, the key is on me!" Luo Er glanced at her watch, it was already 7 o'clock.

  "Xiao Xuan, why didn't you call us when you were feeling unwell from the heat? Don't you have Zhi Quan's phone number?" Lu Xian Sheng asked with some puzzlement, but in his heart he was thinking of asking indirectly to investigate if there was anything else he didn't know about.

  "My battery's dead! My phone was fine, I don't know what happened today, it died so quickly!" Xiaoxuan took out her phone and fiddled with it left and right, but still couldn't turn it on.

  "Let's go, it's probably just out of power, don't think too much about it." Lu Xiansheng slung Luo Er's backpack over his shoulder and heavily tossed Xiao Xuan's backpack onto Chen Zhiquan.

  After coming out of the ward, Shen Xiaoxuan had to pay the medical expenses and only then did she find out that Lu Xiangsheng had already settled them.

  Li Luoer and Shen Xiaoxuan thanked the medical staff and turned back to Lu Xiangsheng with a silly smile, hand in hand walking ahead.

  "Why are you following him like that? You're even carrying a girl's school bag!" Chen Zhiquan swung Xiao Xuan's pink school bag in front of Xuan Sheng, somewhat reluctantly.

  "They're patients, be considerate, just this once!" Xuan Sheng smiled.

  "This is just the beginning!" Chen Zhiquan said with a look of discontent.

  But Lu Xiangsheng ignored him and followed the two girls in front of him directly.

  Not yet arrived at the garage, saw Li Chao and Yang Ruoyun pushing a car at the school gate, looking around.

  "Look, your sister~" Yang Ruoyun said first, seeing Luoer and the others, tugging at Lei Chao beside her.

  "Sister, where have you been! You're just coming out so late!" Li Chao asked with some annoyance and impatience.

  "We're late for class, what's wrong, why are you in such a hurry?" Luo Er pulled Xiao Xuan to run a few steps forward.

  "Hurry up, mom is waiting for us in the wind and cloud, mom said to move the TV, can't carry it! Let's go take a look together!" Li Chao was suddenly excited again.

  "What TV? What's going on with the TV? Where did this TV come from?" Luo Er stared at Li Chao intensely.

  "I don't know either! Hurry up and take a look, Mom's already off work, she's probably waiting for us there!" Li Chao said as he pushed the cart out of school.

  "Oh, I'll ride with them, we'll be there soon, you go ahead and lead the way!" Luo'er plopped herself down on Lu Xiangsheng's car seat without any regard for appearances.

  "Let's go and take a look at the excitement!" Lu Xiangsheng pushed Li Luer, with some effort.

  "Hey, students! Come down! No visitors are allowed in the school district. Which class are you from..." The old man at the gate ran out of the guard room and shouted loudly.

  Li Chao turned his head back with a painful smile, only to see Lu Xiangsheng directly get on the car and ride away quickly. He didn't care about the old gatekeeper at all. Chen Zhiquan looked at Shen Xiaoxuan's face full of envy, jealousy, and hatred, shook his head helplessly, and prepared to make a sacrifice.

  The two of them stood up straight, patted the car seat hard, and Xiao Xuan also covered her face and jumped onto the car. The two cars rode out from under the old gatekeeper's eyelids, leaving the angry old man standing at the door, stamping his feet in frustration. But every little girl watching from behind had tears in their eyes.

  The speeding on the road showed off Lu Xiangsheng and Chen Zhiquan's driving skills, but Xiaoxian was a ripple in his heart, while Luoer had a belly full of doubts.

  "Mom, where did this TV come from?" Li Chao pointed at the 47-inch LG TV box beside his mother's feet and asked.

  "Today at 9 o'clock, we had a dinner gathering, and after the meal, there was a lucky draw activity. Originally, it wasn't something for us janitors to participate in, but the big boss said he wanted to treat everyone equally, so he let us try our luck too. Who knew I'd be so lucky? I drew a first prize, and this TV is supposed to be worth tens of thousands of yuan!" Li Jinyun exclaimed excitedly, unable to contain her happiness and joy which radiated from her face.

  "Haha, finally can change TV, Yun Yi you're turning lucky, maybe buying lottery tickets can also win 5 million!" Chen Zhiquan also laughed and followed along.

  "Heavens, how can you have the time to take care of us every day! Haha, this is good enough, now that we've moved back, you all have a TV to watch, and Grandpa won't just have to listen to the radio for Peking Opera. Let me think, our family's Jinxing TV has been around for over a decade, it was even bought when Li Chao was born..." said Li Jinyun happily.

  "Haha, as long as Auntie is happy, that's all that matters. But how are we going to get it?" Lu Xiansheng looked at Luo Er and his family being so happy, and he also felt like he had done a great deed, secretly pleased with himself.

  "Let's take a pedicab!" Lao'er said.

  "This doesn't seem quite right, the road is not easy to walk on, I'm afraid of falling, let me go ask the hotel's cargo truck phone number, find one to come, wait for me..." Lu Xiansheng said as he entered the hotel.

  "It's really great, what a wonderful thing!" Li Jinyun was overjoyed and couldn't close her mouth.

  Several children beside them couldn't help but burst out laughing...