The atmosphere on the playground grew tense.
All eyes on the scene were fixed on Shen Jianyi and Lu Hu. Behind Lu Hu, Lu Yuan still wore a delicate and weak smile on her face.
It was as if the dispute in front of her had nothing to do with her.
“Don't understand?”
Shen Jianyi raised her eyebrows. “I said get out of the way.”
Lu Hu was extremely angry, his face flushing with rage.
He was no gentleman. Clenching his fists as big as sandbags in anger, he suddenly threw a punch at Shen Jianyi.
“Ah!”
Some timid girls covered their eyes in fright.
However, the expected scream of a girl did not come.
Instead, a most miserable male voice rang out.
The girls carefully removed their hands from their eyes and saw Lu Hu's face contorted. The hand he had extended was firmly grasped by Shen Jianyi.
She seemed to exert no effort at all, not even frowning, yet Lu Hu still let out screams, as if he were suffering inhuman torture.
“If I ever catch you doing something dirty again, next time I'll break your hand,” Shen Jianyi said coldly, then flung Lu Hu's hand away.
As soon as she let go, the sharp pain in Lu Hu's wrist instantly disappeared, as if nothing had happened.
His face turned from red to white. He looked at Shen Jianyi as if she were a devil, his eyes full of terror.
The PE teacher quickly stepped forward to smooth things over. “Alright, everyone. Stop watching the show. Hurry up and start practicing.”
The students then dispersed and lay down on the mats one by one to start doing sit - ups.
Seeing this, Shen Qing no longer dared to let Shen Jianyi hold her legs. Shen Jianyi could easily subdue a strong man like Lu Hu. She might accidentally break Shen Qing's arms or legs.
She forced a smile. “Classmate Jianyi, why don't you team up with Lu Yuan? I'll team up with another classmate.”
“Whatever,” Shen Jianyi replied indifferently, showing no emotion on her face.
Lu Yuan smiled and lay down on the mat, starting to do sit - ups.
Shen Jianyi knelt down and pressed on Lu Yuan's snow - white, spotless sneakers.
Following the PE teacher's commands, the students began to do sit - ups.
Lu Yuan placed her hands behind her head.
“It seems that sister - in - law doesn't dislike me as much as I thought,” Lu Yuan said, looking at Shen Jianyi with a half - smile.
Shen Jianyi pursed her lips and didn't respond.
Not only did Lu Yuan find it strange, but Shen Jianyi herself also thought her behavior was inexplicable.
Being soft - hearted.
These two words were not a good thing for her.
Moreover, Lu Yuan was Lu Ziqian's person. Although she didn't know Lu Yuan's own stance, she was currently on the same side as Lu Ziqian.
“I'll only help you this once,” Shen Jianyi said coldly after some thought.
Lu Yuan chuckled softly. “Don't be so absolute. After all, we'll have a long time to get along in the future.”
After saying that, it was Shen Jianyi's turn.
She lay down and started doing sit - ups before Lu Yuan even held her legs.
Her posture was extremely standard, and she was much faster than the male classmates.
Soon, she had completed fifty sit - ups.
Before the PE teacher blew the whistle, she had already gotten up from the mat, zipped up her jacket, and left the playground on her own.
Watching the figure gradually fading away, the smile on Lu Yuan's face deepened.
This Shen Jianyi was more interesting than she had imagined.
...
After school, as Shen Jianyi was about to go home, Professor Zhang suddenly appeared at the classroom door.
“Classmate Shen Jianyi,” Professor Zhang said with a smile.
Knowing that this old man was Lu Jinsheng's mentor, Shen Jianyi was extremely polite.
“Do you need something from me?”
“Yes!” Professor Zhang took out two invitations from behind him. “In a couple of days, it'll be this old man's birthday banquet. I'd like to invite you and Jinsheng to my place. That boy said I should give the invitations to you. Don't forget then.”
“Okay. Jinsheng and I will go together,” Shen Jianyi said with a smile. She took the gilded invitations and put them in her schoolbag before saying goodbye to the professor and leaving school.
When she got home, she took out the invitations from her schoolbag and handed them to Lu Jinsheng.
Lu Jinsheng looked at the invitations in his hand, a bit surprised. “You actually agreed?”
Today, his teacher called him and invited him and Jianyi to go.
He thought she didn't like such occasions, so he hesitated and didn't agree. Afraid of disappointing his teacher, he suggested that the teacher find Shen Jianyi.
Unexpectedly, she really agreed.
“I didn't want to go at first,” Shen Jianyi replied vaguely while eating a cake.
“But I guess there's someone who will also go. I have to check things out.”
“Who?” Lu Jinsheng frowned.
Shen Jianyi paused for a moment while scooping the cake. Her voice dropped. “Professor Zhou.”
Hearing the name “Professor Zhou”, Lu Jinsheng frowned tightly.
“Since he'll be there, why are you still taking this risk?”
“You can't catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's den. And it's Professor Zhang's birthday banquet. He won't do anything to me.”
She had to find out from Professor Zhou the cause of Xu Wenji's death.
And about the chip.
Professor Zhou must have been deceived. He was her mentor. If possible, she still hoped to explain things clearly to him.
“Jianyi, I think things may not be as simple as you think,” Lu Jinsheng sat down beside her, took a tissue, and skillfully wiped the cream from the corner of her mouth.
“Have you ever thought that...”
“I haven't,” Shen Jianyi knew what he was going to say and interrupted him directly. “It was the professor who took me out of the orphanage and taught me a lot. If he wanted to harm me, why would he go to so much trouble to cultivate me?”
Her tone was a bit harsh, and her small face was covered with frost.
How could she believe that a person who was like a teacher, a friend, and even half a father to her had used her and pushed her into an abyss of no return?
She couldn't do it.
“I'm just guessing,” Lu Jinsheng softened his tone. “Since you think it's impossible, I'll trust you.”
“How's the investigation on Tong Ya going?” Shen Jianyi changed the subject.
She knew he still didn't give up. He had always been having people keep an eye on Tong Ya's psychological clinic, hoping to find a clue about Lin Enjin.
Hearing this, Lu Jinsheng's expression dimmed a bit.
“Tong Ya's psychological clinic is still operating normally, but we've found nothing,” he said.
He was starting to give up. He had guessed countless times that maybe Mrs. Lin had fabricated a lie to deceive him in order to survive.
Otherwise, why couldn't they find a single clue?
Shen Jianyi noticed his dejection and gently placed her hand on his slightly cold one.
“Don't be too impatient. It's been so many years. We should have gotten used to it by now.”
He was looking for Lin Enjin, and she was looking for Vetin.
The clues were intermittent. They had been filled with hope countless times only to have it shattered. But so what? No matter the result, as long as there were clues, they would definitely pursue them.