Chương 20: Chapter 20
Biên tập viên: Dragon Boat Translation
Jiang Moxi arrived at the classroom and was only able to check her mobile phone records after munching on the cookies Mu Wanting prepared for her.
There were two messages from the same number.
Jiang Moxi didn't even look at them before deleting the messages.
When checking other records, she realized that Yu Dingding had been trying to call her since last night, and there were five or six calls this morning.
But later, her consciousness was blurry, and she wasn't clear when her phone was set to silent mode.
Thinking that Yu Dingding might still be waiting for her message, Jiang Moxi took the chance to call her back before class started.
Almost the instant she dialed, Yu Dingding answered.
It seems she had been waiting by her phone all this time, waiting for her message.
"Moxi, are you okay?"
"I'm fine now."
Hearing Yu Dingding's concerned tone, Jiang Moxi felt a bit choked up.
She hadn't returned home all night, and her family didn't even call once; yet Yu Dingding, a stranger she met by chance, was concerned about her safety.
"Are you really okay? I couldn't reach you last night. I had someone check the surveillance and saw you were taken away by Third Master Fu. I wanted to confront Third Master Fu for you, but Young Master Ye kept assuring me that nothing would happen. He said that Third Master Fu wouldn't stoop so low and strongly prevented me from going after you…"
Yu Dingding was really worried, especially since she saw in the surveillance video that Jiang Moxi looked out of sorts, probably having consumed something unclean.
She was worried Jiang Moxi might be taken advantage of.
But Ye Chen kept emphasizing that Third Master Fu had too refined a taste.
Yu Dingding knew Jiang Moxi's true beauty was stunning, but she didn't tell Ye Chen.
Because she knew better than anyone that beauty, when combined with power, background, or talent, is useful.
Standing alone, it's a dead end.
Just like her, before the Yu Family went bankrupt, her beauty was the icing on the cake, making her shine in Emperor City's socialite circles with countless pursuers.
But after the bankruptcy, without completing her studies, this damned beauty forced her to become a courtesan in the nightlife scenes.
As long as someone was willing to pay, they could buy her smile.
She didn't want Jiang Moxi to end up like her, so she would protect the secret of her beauty at all costs.
That's why she was at a loss for words in front of Ye Chen.
And with Ye Chen strongly preventing her, she felt stuck and could only secretly contact Jiang Moxi to ensure she was safe.
In Jiang Moxi's memory, Yu Dingding was always an elegant goddess, speaking gently and methodically.
This was the first time she heard Yu Dingding speak so fast and with a slightly gritted tone, making Jiang Moxi inadvertently smile.
"Really, I'm fine. I'm back at school attending classes. You must have stayed up all night again. Weren't you worried about going bald? You better rest up. I'll come see you tonight."
Yu Dingding, being a night courtesan, typically had to stay up until four or five in the morning.
Only after the nightlife ended could she go home to rest.
Thus, she was very concerned about potentially going bald, even using "Bald Baby" as her WeChat nickname.
Reassured by Jiang Moxi's relaxed tone and normal mental state, Yu Dingding finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After giving a few more words of caution, she hung up to rest.
Thanks to Youhan's physical efforts last night, Jiang Moxi enjoyed a rare good night's sleep – she hadn't been this awake during the day in a long time.
Just as she decided to use this rare clarity to think of a hair-strengthening formula for Yu Dingding, her phone suddenly rang again.
Seeing the incoming number, Jiang Moxi decisively hung up and blocked it.
However, the person escalated their efforts and called again using a different number.
Annoyed, Jiang Moxi reluctantly answered the call.
The person on the other end simply said, "Jiang Moxi, I really need to talk to you."
"What's up?"
"Let's meet and talk."
"I still have two classes. Let's meet at the burger shop by the school gate when classes end."
After she spoke, Jiang Moxi hung up the phone directly and set her phone to silent mode.
During the rest of the class, Jiang Moxi kept scribbling in her notebook.
Her deskmate, Mu Wanting, was puzzled at first. Jiang Moxi, the notorious academic bottom-feeder of Technical College, was actually taking notes?
But when she stretched her neck to see what was written in Jiang Moxi's notebook, she saw only scribbles.
It was impossible to say there was no difference compared to what the teacher wrote on the board; it was totally unrelated.
Mu Wanting patted her chest, relieved.
They were both academic failures and trash together; if Jiang Moxi had secretly started to make an effort, she would feel pressured.
However, relieved as she was, Mu Wanting always felt the scribbles Jiang Moxi wrote in her notebook looked like the kind doctors write when prescribing medicine.
But soon, Mu Wanting felt she was overthinking it.
Her grades had always been in the bottom five of the school.
In that case, her intelligence was definitely far superior to that of Jiang Moxi, who ranked the lowest.
If she couldn't understand those scribbles, how could Jiang Moxi possibly understand and even write them?
Ah, she must have glanced too much at the content in the textbook just now, making herself overly tired, and that's why she had such an illusion.
So, she quickly lay down on the desk to take a nap and rested…
*
The two classes passed quickly, and Jiang Moxi went to the burger shop at the school gate as agreed.
When she arrived, Fu Yiming was already waiting there at a window seat.
He was still dressed in a suit and leather shoes, his hair neatly combed.
His appearance of a successful person set him apart obviously from other customers in the shop, making many unconsciously glance his way.
Fu Yiming enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention, as if he was naturally a cut above everyone else.
It wasn't until he saw Jiang Moxi, still in those unremarkable overalls and heavy, messy makeup, that a frown appeared between his brows.
Seeing Jiang Moxi sit down across from him, Fu Yiming said, "Can't you dress a bit prettier?"
His tone was undisguised disgust.
"Does Young Master Fu live in the sea? Why so nosy?" Jiang Moxi also had a cold expression.
Fu Yiming actually just felt that Jiang Moxi meeting him looking so ugly showed no respect for him and would embarrass him, so he mentioned it.
Unexpectedly, this was Jiang Moxi's attitude!
Absolutely hopeless!
"Sorry for speaking out of turn, just order whatever you want."
Fu Yiming disgustedly tossed the menu of the burger shop to Jiang Moxi.
But Jiang Moxi didn't want to waste any more time with him, and directly pushed the menu aside.
"Just say what you want."
Fu Yiming also didn't want to spend another second alone with Jiang Moxi, and went straight to the point.
"I heard you have a Skin Relaxing Pill."
Jiang Moxi retorted: "Who told you? Jiang Weiwei?"
Last time when she talked to Yu Dingding about the Skin Relaxing Pills on the phone, Jiang Weiwei overheard.
Later Jiang Weiwei repeatedly tried to probe whether she had the recipe for the Skin Relaxing Pills, and she casually lied, saying she only had one pill, but not the formula…
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