Su Rou had taken another leave of absence. It was bad enough that she was late every day during the semester. This was already her second leave in October. She really had an easy life! Except for Xiao Yun, Yu Fei, Jiang Ling and his brothers who knew the inside story, the rest of the classmates had no idea why Su Rou had taken another leave. They just assumed that it was her temper as a young lady flaring up and she didn't want to go to school.
"Really, I think Su Rou must have copied Jiang Ling's answers to get her second - place grade!" a girl said disdainfully.
"I think so too!"
"For real. Look at the way she's so careless at school. She looks like a delinquent girl!" And she was really good at cheating. She must have been cheating since primary school.
"But she always pretends to be innocent!"
"Yeah, yeah!"
During the break, a few gossiping girls liked to get together and discuss Su Rou's grades. It had been half a month since the last monthly exam, but these girls were really talkative!
Xiao Yun and Yu Fei shrugged. They had heard this kind of talk too many times. At first, they might have been angry, but as time went by, they couldn't control so many mouths, so they just let it go. Besides, they just thought these girls were jealous of Rou Rou!
But Jiang Ling couldn't stand it. He wasn't unfamiliar with classmates talking about Su Rou like this before. Back then, he just let it go in one ear and out the other and didn't take it to heart at all. But now it was different. Su Rou was the girl he had feelings for, so he naturally cared more about things related to her.
"What did you just say?" Jiang Ling stood coldly beside the gossiping girls, looking at them indifferently with a gloomy face as if they were his enemies.
"Ah, we... we didn't say anything." The girls were scared. When they looked back and saw it was the class monitor, Jiang Ling, their hearts started pounding.
"Didn't say anything? I heard it all." Jiang Ling said calmly.
"No, really not..."
It was the first time for these girls to see Jiang Ling lose his temper, and in such a dark - looking way. They always thought he was so gentle before. Why did he become so violent when it came to Su Rou?
Jiang Ling gave them a cold look. "You'd better watch your mouths. Don't let me hear any more insults about Su Rou, or you'll bear the consequences!" They couldn't see Su Rou's efforts, and had they forgotten that Su Rou had been the top student in the grade when she got into school.
"Y - yes, we know..."
Only then did Jiang Ling walk away. The gossiping girls scattered in a hurry. But... there were still one or two who were fearless. Thinking Jiang Ling had walked far away and couldn't hear, one of the girls mumbled reluctantly in a low voice, "Su Rou is really lucky. The class monitor protects her so much. She's such a slut..."
Jiang Ling had sharp ears. His back suddenly froze, then he turned around with a murderous look in his eyes. "Was it you who said that?" He looked at a short - haired girl.
When the girl saw Jiang Ling turn around, her face paled. She swallowed hard, thinking that Jiang Ling wouldn't hit a girl anyway. So she admitted, "Y - yes, it was me..."
"Are you ignoring what I said?" Jiang Ling said coldly.
"I, I'm not wrong. You like her, Jiang Ling, so you protect her like this." The short - haired girl pouted. "That kind of delinquent girl, maybe she's only good in bed, but in other aspects..."
Jiang Ling suddenly walked up to her. "Say that again." He pinched the short - haired girl's chin. "Please, say it again."
Jiang Ling's commotion immediately attracted the attention of other classmates. Everyone stared at his actions with wide eyes. "My God, what is Jiang Ling doing?" Was he going to... hit a girl?
When the short - haired girl saw all the classmates looking this way, she felt confident. Hmph, Jiang Ling was the class monitor. He couldn't possibly hit her in front of so many classmates. Thinking of this, the short - haired girl straightened her chest. "So what if I said it? Is Su Rou good in bed or not..."
Slap—
The short - haired girl's face was turned to the side. It was a slap from Jiang Ling. She felt a sharp pain on her face. "You, you dare to hit me..." The short - haired girl came from a wealthy family. She was the daughter of a secretary in City T. Her family used to be quite close to the Jiang family, but she never thought that Jiang Ling would really... really tear up the relationship!
"My God!"
"The class monitor is hitting someone!"
The surrounding classmates started whispering. They never thought that Jiang Ling would hit someone! It was so scary!
"Why wouldn't I dare..." Jiang Ling stared at her coldly. "Just because you're the daughter of Secretary Yang? Sorry, Secretary Yang still has to give my parents face, so... who do you think you are?"
Yang Yu's tears welled up instantly. She looked at Jiang Ling fearfully. "I... don't look down on me!" It was too much for him to talk to her like this!
"If you didn't look down on Su Rou first." Jiang Ling said coldly.
"I..." Yang Yu didn't say anything this time.
If Yang Yu hadn't said bad things about Su Rou, Jiang Ling might not have gotten angry. But... Yang Yu had used such vulgar words to scold Su Rou. It was simply... unbearable!
"Su Rou, Su Rou. What's so great about her!" Yang Yu sat on the ground, wailing. The pain on her face and being in front of the whole class. Where could she put her face?
"Yang Yu, stop talking!" Yang Yu's friend immediately came over to help her up.
"Jiang Ling, forget it. She's just a girl. Don't be so hard on a girl!" Jiang Ling's brother also immediately ran over, grabbed Jiang Ling's arm, and stopped his about - to - be - violent action.
Jiang Ling really could hit someone. Before this, they might not have believed that Jiang Ling would hit a girl, but after what just happened... they definitely believed it now!
"Yang Yu, I'm warning you. Don't let me hear another bad word about Su Rou from you." Jiang Ling said coldly. He didn't care how many people were there or how embarrassed Yang Yu would be.
Yang Yu just kept crying and didn't say a word.
"Can't you understand what I'm saying?" Jiang Ling's patience was running out.
"Yang Yu, say something quickly!" Yang Yu's friend was a bit anxious and pushed her shoulder, urging her.
Maybe Yang Yu was scared. She then nodded reluctantly and aggrievedly. "Y - yes, I know..."
Jiang Ling snorted and walked out of the classroom. The classmates finally let out a sigh of relief. It was so scary! Jiang Ling was really terrifying when he was angry!
Xiao Yun and Yu Fei laughed. "Jiang Ling, you're great."
"If Rou Rou knew this... do you think she'd be so touched that she'd marry you?"
Well... Jiang Ling probably wouldn't tell her!