Returning to the Villain Omega's High School Days - Chapter 24

Xie Ning did not want to return to the exam room at all and do that stupid test paper. In any case, she knew she was definitely getting a zero, so she simply stayed in the office and flipped through Old Wang’s work materials.

Old Wang was trembling with fear, restless whether sitting or standing. After a while, he said, “How about I call President Xie?”

Xie Ning boredly flipped through his teaching notes. “Sure.”

Old Wang regretted saying that the moment the words left his mouth and changed his tune. “Young Lady, how about you call him?”

Xie Ning said, “That works too.”

Seeing that she did not move for a long time, Old Wang took out his phone with trembling hands and said quietly, “How about you use my phone?”

Xie Ning took the phone. Seeing the grease stains on the screen, she wiped it with a tissue in disgust before calling Xie Minxian.

The first call rang for ten seconds. The second rang for three. Both were hung up.

Old Wang reached both hands out, his forehead beading with nervous sweat. “Don’t call anymore, don’t call anymore, Young Lady. President Xie must be in a meeting. He must have something going on!”

Xie Ning laughed in anger. She opened the call history and carefully checked the record of Old Wang’s calls with Xie Minxian.

“You’re very dedicated,” Xie Ning said. “You called Old Man Xie eight times this month. Almost every other day, you called him. But it looks like he never answers your calls. And usually, after the first call, you don’t make a second. So when exactly was the last time you two spoke on the phone?”

“…Probably during the last parent-teacher meeting,” Old Wang said humbly. “I asked President Xie if he had changed his number, so I called him in front of him, and it went through.”

Xie Ning: “…”

Old Wang swallowed, then continued, “President Xie told me not to contact him if there wasn’t anything important, and he gave me Madam’s number.”

“Jiang Qin?”

“I’ve called Madam Jiang a few times and reported your problems,” Old Wang said, licking his dry lips. “Judging from her reaction, it seemed… she didn’t care that much…”

The corners of Xie Ning’s lips lifted slightly. Looking at Old Wang, she said painlessly, “That’s very normal.”

“It isn’t normal.” Old Wang shook his head. “In a class, there are very few parents like this, who don’t ask or care about their child’s situation at school at all. I feel very heartbroken. Perhaps President Xie is truly too busy, and I don’t dare disturb him all the time.”

Xie Ning laughed. “Maybe he is busy. Busy looking for women.”

“You mustn’t think like that, Young Lady,” Old Wang said carefully, licking his lips again. “President Xie manages such a large enterprise and has created so many jobs for Rongcheng. Our school was also invested in by him. It can be said that he is a very great man.”

“What does that have to do with his character?” Xie Ning said. “Forget it. In any case, you’ve seen the situation. I only want to ask, how long does the procedure take? What things are needed?”

“Are you sure you want to repeat the grade?” Old Wang still found it unbelievable. “With your conditions, if you put in some effort before the college entrance exam, you can get into a good school. Although Tsinghua or Peking University might be a little difficult, an ordinary Project 985 university is still possible.”

Xie Ning spread her hands. “I really can’t do these science comprehensive questions now.”

Old Wang took out the test paper and showed Xie Ning a question asking for the trajectory of a particle in a magnetic field and electric field. Halfway through reading the problem, Xie Ning almost wanted to hit someone.

Seeing that she truly did not know how to do it, Old Wang finally gave up persuading her and changed the topic. “Do you want to start over from first year?”

“No.” Xie Ning was firm and decisive. Old Wang had no way to deal with her, so he began telling her the requirements for repeating a grade.

“If your scores are below four hundred for three consecutive monthly exams, then repeating a grade can be considered. But whether it’s allowed or not still depends on whether the leaders above agree. And whether the leaders agree depends on whether your father agrees.”

“Who came up with this idea?” Xie Ning was speechless. “By the third monthly exam, wouldn’t I be able to score above four hundred no matter how I reviewed?”

Old Wang did not comment.

Xie Ning asked, “Would once work?”

“At least twice,” Old Wang said worriedly. “Otherwise, how do you plan to convince President Xie to let you repeat the grade?”

“I have a way to convince him. Go busy yourself with something else. I’ll look at the materials a bit longer.”

Su Xingheng had been coming to look for Xie Ning since eight in the morning, wanting to ask her to eat lunch with him, but every time, he missed her.

At twelve noon, Xie Ning’s class finished the exam and was dismissed. Su Xingheng waited for a long time before asking one of her classmates, “Did Xie Ning not come to school today?”

“She came. She was here for a while, but disappeared not long after.”

Su Xingheng felt unlucky. He had waited for ages and had not even seen her shadow. He had no idea what trick Xie Ning was playing now.

There were many people after school, squeezing him to the side. Someone even wiped snot on him, and the crowd was mixed with disgusting low-grade pheromone smells, making him extremely repulsed.

When he turned back, he saw Su Wan standing calmly at the stairway, waiting. That expressionless look of hers made Su Xingheng extremely annoyed.

He threw the soup Fang Lingyu had told him to bring at Su Wan. Su Wan hurriedly caught it. Fortunately, it was a sealed container, and the outside was wrapped with cloth, so no soup leaked out.

It was just that the container was very heavy, and when it hit Su Wan’s chest, it hurt a little.

She held the thermos and watched Su Xingheng go downstairs, but did not choose to follow him.

The number of people in the corridor gradually decreased. Su Wan stood in the stairwell for a while, lost in thought.

Xie Ning still had not taken what she said yesterday seriously. She had not come to class at all.

She had known it. How could Xie Ning possibly listen to her?

Downstairs in the corridor, Su Xingheng and Su Jin started arguing.

Su Jin was angry because Su Xingheng had not come to find her first thing, questioning whether he had gone to find Xie Ning and Su Wan.

She called Su Wan “Liu Wan,” and Su Xingheng also emphasized again and again that he did not see “Liu Wan” as his younger sister. What he had done was only according to their mother’s instructions.

The two argued for a few sentences, then made up again. Su Wan looked down from the upstairs corridor and saw the two of them walking side by side toward the cafeteria.

Su Xingheng kept touching Su Jin’s head, and Su Jin leaned toward Su Xingheng too. Their closeness did not look like what siblings should have.

Su Wan had no interest in going to the cafeteria. Skipping one meal would save her the money for one meal, and besides, drinking some soup would be fine too.

She went to the bathroom at the end of the corridor. As she passed by an office, Xie Ning suddenly called out to her.

“Wanwan!”

Su Wan froze for a while, momentarily unable to determine where the voice came from. She turned back and looked toward the other end of the corridor, but did not see anyone. Then her shoulder was lightly touched. Xie Ning suddenly appeared beside her, that bright and beautiful face looking at her as she raised her brows in a spirited smile. “Why are you here?”

Su Wan could not understand why Xie Ning was in the teachers’ office. Xie Ning asked her, “Have you eaten?”

“No.” Su Wan moved her lips.

“Come on. I’ll take you to eat.” As Xie Ning spoke, she reached out to put an arm around her shoulder.

Su Wan realized that Xie Ning really was quite tall. One arm easily wrapped around her, giving her a full sense of safety and trust.

After Su Xingheng had thrown the thermos at her earlier, that panic and confusion gradually disappeared, and her mood also settled.

Xie Ning walked out of the office and locked the door, looking completely like an adult. If she had not taken the initiative to call out to Su Wan, Su Wan definitely would not have recognized her.

She was clearly only two years older than Su Wan.

Maybe after graduation, she would marry into the Su family and become her sister-in-law.

That did not seem like a bad thing. At least Su Wan would be able to see her often.

After locking the door, Xie Ning took her bag and went to the bathroom. Before going in, she even said to Su Wan, “I might make you wait a while.”

Su Wan shook her head to show it was fine.

Actually, she also wanted to use the bathroom, but she was slow in her movements and was afraid that after coming out, she would find Xie Ning waiting for her. So she simply decided not to go.

It was not especially urgent. She could hold it.

But Xie Ning stayed inside for quite a while. Maybe she was doing number two. That made Su Wan regret not going to the bathroom earlier.

If she went now, Xie Ning might come out immediately.

And so Su Wan still did not move, waiting outside a little longer.

She looked in the mirror for a while, dabbed some water on her slightly dry yellow hair, and tried to make it look a little smoother.

The effect was not very good. Not only was her hair yellow, her face was also dark. Because of her nearsightedness, she could only narrow her eyes, making them look even smaller and duller.

Su Wan let out a quiet breath and decided not to look in the mirror anymore.

Xie Ning was willing to interact with her anyway, and it was not because of her looks.

She might only want to win Su Wan over so it would be easier to deal with Su Jin!

Su Jin was indeed a problem. If she was not handled properly, Su Jin would definitely think of every possible way to marry Su Xingheng in the future. At that time, Xie Ning’s position in the Su family would be threatened.

Arranging an engagement for Su Jin was a good move, but Su Jin definitely would not obediently comply. Something else might happen next.

No matter what, Su Wan herself was definitely standing on Xie Ning’s side. At least for now.

The school’s public bathrooms used separate passages for men and women. After entering, both sides had individual stalls inside, making it convenient for people after differentiation.

Xie Ning had stayed inside for too long, hadn’t she?

Su Wan could not help walking in and calling softly, “Xie Ning?”

Two seconds later, a stall door opened. Xie Ning came out from inside, her school uniform jacket in her hand, the collar of her shirt slightly open. She seemed to have sweated a little.

Su Wan was a little worried. “Are you uncomfortable?”

“Mm. My cold hasn’t fully gotten better,” Xie Ning said. “Aren’t you using the bathroom?”

Su Wan shook her head. After waiting this long, going to the bathroom now would make her seem too silly.

She followed Xie Ning downstairs, stepping down every stair Xie Ning walked over. When she breathed, she could smell a faint scent on Xie Ning.

It should be perfume. It was not quite the same as the floral scent from that day. It might be perfume used to cover some other smell.

Su Wan pretended not to know, but yesterday at school, she had already heard the rumors.

They were all saying that Xie Ning had taken leave on Monday and had not come to school, perhaps because she had differentiated and gone to the hospital.

Last night, her mother had called Xie Ning to ask about her health because Su Xingheng and the others had brought the rumor home.

They had not been able to ask anything from Xie Ning, so they asked Su Xingheng to invite Xie Ning to eat and look for a chance to ask about her differentiation.

Su Xingheng had bad luck and failed to run into Xie Ning, while Su Wan had happened to meet her instead.

Su Wan’s mood became a little different. She followed Xie Ning for a stretch before finally coming back to herself and asking, “Aren’t we going to eat?”

Xie Ning stopped and turned sideways to look back at her. “Yes. We’re going to eat.”

Recently, she had not been wearing skirts. But she looked even more stylish in jeans, paired with her school uniform shirt. She had a kind of urban, abstinent style that inexplicably made Su Wan think of the actress who played Black Widow.

Su Wan looked toward the opposite direction and said, “The cafeteria is over there.”

Xie Ning’s shoulders sank downward ever so slightly. She lifted her eyelids and revealed a helpless smile. “Who said we were going to the cafeteria? I’m taking you outside to eat.”

Su Wan’s eyes lit up.

She felt that Xie Ning’s smile did not entirely mean helplessness. There seemed to be a little happiness in it, like… indulgent affection.