A Happy Ending with my Fiancée's Arch-enemy - Chapter 17

Yu Ning had always believed in repaying kindness and grudges alike. Since Su Yien had indeed saved her, she accepted her friend request. Without a second thought, she transferred 700 yuan to Su Yien.

[?]

A question mark? Wasn’t it 700 yuan? Too little?

Yu Ning transferred another 300 yuan, rounding it up to an even amount.

Yet Su Yien still didn’t accept it.

Still too little?

Just as Yu Ning was considering whether to add more money, she received a message from Su Yien:

[Are you measuring life in terms of money?]

Yu Ning: “???”

Hello? Wasn’t it you who said, “Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda, and each level is worth 100 yuan”?

Before Yu Ning could send her reply, she received another message from Su Yien:

[How about treating your lifesaver to a meal alone the day after tomorrow?]

Yu Ning: [Not happening.]

Not to mention that Yanqing might be upset if she found out Yu Ning was having a meal alone with Su Yien, Yu Ning also had plans that day and couldn’t treat her.

Yu Ning: [I have something to do the day after tomorrow. I can’t treat you.]

Su Yien: [What is it?]

Yu Ning: [Not telling you. I suggest you accept the money, or I’ll cancel the transfer.]

Su Yien: [Nodding cat.jpg]

Why was this person using such a cute sticker? Though inwardly complaining, Yu Ning still saved the sticker.

Ever since Lin Yanqing mentioned she didn’t like others using stickers when chatting with her, Yu Ning hadn’t updated her sticker collection in a long time.

Although Su Yien had replied, she still hadn’t confirmed the payment.

Yu Ning was puzzled but didn’t press further. Take it or leave it she’d only send it once.

Unconsciously, Yu Ning ended up falling asleep with her phone in hand.

When she woke up, she realized Su Yien had sent her a bunch of stickers after she’d fallen asleep.

Yu Ning: ?

Yu Ning casually scrolled through but didn’t see any messages above the stickers. Just then, her mother’s voice called from outside the door, urging her to get up, so Yu Ning put the matter aside.

Yu Ning was only two days younger than Sun Yiyi. Monday was her birthday. She didn’t like birthday parties and had heard that the Huichun Street nearby would host a flower market on Monday, where she could buy all kinds of fresh flowers.

Knowing Yu Ning’s interest in flowers, Sun Yiyi went along with her plan.

On Monday, Sun Yiyi suddenly remembered something she hadn’t told Yu Ning yet. Seeing Yu Ning enter the classroom, she hurried over to her seat and handed her a registration form she’d picked up from the bulletin board the previous Friday.

“I got you a registration form.”

Yu Ning set down her backpack and glanced at the title of the form it was for the triennial campus dance competition.

The winner would represent the school in the provincial competition.

Sun Yiyi had always known Yu Ning loved dancing, so when she saw the registration form, she took one for her.

“Wow, Yiyi, you’re the best.”

Yu Ning checked the specific competition requirements at the bottom of the form and filled in her personal information.

With a month left until the competition, she had plenty of time to prepare. Yu Ning realized it had been a while since she last practiced in the dance studio.

She decided to go after visiting the flower market.

While the two were chatting, Jiang Shuangshuang suddenly appeared in front of them, her expression looking somewhat surprised.

Surprised? Why would she be surprised to see her?

Yu Ning was puzzled. And why was Jiang Shuangshuang standing by her seat? Then she quickly remembered the teacher had rearranged the seating last week, and Jiang Shuangshuang was now her deskmate.

Sun Yiyi didn’t want to talk to Jiang Shuangshuang. Seeing her approach, she returned to her own seat.

After what happened at the birthday party, Yu Ning no longer believed Jiang Shuangshuang’s words. She couldn’t believe that Lin Yanqing would take the initiative to send Jiang Shuangshuang home for no reason.

After some thought, it seemed more likely that Jiang Shuangshuang had asked her for a favor.

No matter how you looked at it, Yu Ning couldn’t possibly be friendly with her anymore.

“I…” Jiang Shuangshuang opened her mouth to say something, but when she met Yu Ning’s unfriendly gaze, she instantly fell silent.

“You looked quite surprised just now?” Yu Ning didn’t wait for her to finish and asked her own question first.

Jiang Shuangshuang gritted her teeth. “No, I wasn’t.”

Now, Yu Ning’s trust in her was in the negatives. Whatever she said had to be taken with a grain of salt.

“Happy birthday,” Jiang Shuangshuang said, taking a piece of candy from her bag and handing it to her.

Yu Ning glanced at the candy but didn’t take it.

She wasn’t short of people giving her gifts, nor did she accept just anyone’s presents.

But what she was curious about was…

“How did you know today is my birthday?”

“I…” Jiang Shuangshuang lowered her head, looking as if she didn’t dare to say. But after seeing Yu Ning’s impatient expression, she whispered, “Lin Yanqing told me.”

Hearing Lin Yanqing’s name, Yu Ning didn’t want to press further. She knew that asking more would only infuriate herself.

Yu Ning stared at her, her expression gradually turning cold as she warned, “This is my last warning to you—stay away from Lin Yanqing, or don’t blame me for being harsh.”

Time and again, Jiang Shuangshuang had explained that she didn’t like Lin Yanqing, yet she repeatedly hinted in front of Yu Ning about what Lin Yanqing had said or done to her.

Yu Ning finally believed what Sun Yiyi had said.

Jiang Shuangshuang was too fake.

Even setting aside the connection with Lin Yanqing, Yu Ning deeply disliked people like Jiang Shuangshuang.

“I… I’m sorry. I’ll stay away from her from now on.”

Jiang Shuangshuang lowered her head, softly sobbing, looking utterly pitiful.

At that moment, Yu Ning felt nothing inside. But the next second, she heard Lin Yanqing’s voice: “What did you do?”

Yu Ning looked up. “?”

Lin Yanqing’s recent behavior was becoming more and more incomprehensible to her. Now, even when she spoke to Jiang Shuangshuang, Lin Yanqing had to interfere?

What was she afraid of? That Yu Ning would bully Jiang Shuangshuang?

In the past, when Yu Ning argued with Lin Yanqing’s admirers, Lin Yanqing had never stood up for her. What was different now?

“Are you okay?”

Her voice was so gentle it was almost unbelievable.

When had Yu Ning ever heard Lin Yanqing speak in such a tone? Her heart felt heavy.

“I just reminded her, that’s all.”

“Reminded her of what? That you’re my fiancée?”

Her tone was completely different from when she had spoken to Jiang Shuangshuang just moments ago—it sounded icy cold.

In the past, Yu Ning would have panicked and denied it immediately. But after what had happened a few days ago, which still felt like a thorn in her heart, Yu Ning retorted, “And why not? Isn’t that how it should be?”

Lin Yanqing had never seen Yu Ning speak to her like this before she rarely even argued back.

Yu Ning gritted her teeth and finally voiced the words she had kept to herself: “Lin Yanqing, have you forgotten that you were the one who proposed the engagement?”

Lin Yanqing laughed after hearing her words. “And then? Do you want to break it off?”

So, from the very beginning, Lin Yanqing had never taken their engagement seriously?

When Lin Yanqing entered the classroom and stood before Yu Ning’s desk to speak, Sun Yiyi had already quietly positioned herself behind them, intending to see whether Lin Yanqing had truly recognized her mistake. Unexpectedly, she overheard those words.

Sun Yiyi immediately retorted directly at Lin Yanqing:

“Go ahead and bring it up then. Why don’t you just call it off?”

Sun Yiyi found it baffling, why would someone use another person’s affection to hurt them in return?

Was it wrong to love someone? Especially when they were bound by an engagement, which made it all the more justified.

Lin Yanqing ignored Sun Yiyi and instead looked at Yu Ning, her expression seeming to say that as long as Yu Ning nodded, the engagement could be dissolved immediately.

Yu Ning pressed her lips together. Lin Yanqing was certain she wouldn’t agree to break it off.

Everyone was waiting for Yu Ning’s response. After a long pause, she finally spoke slowly, “Let’s talk about it another time.”

With that single sentence, the onlookers quickly dispersed.

Sun Yiyi was pleasantly surprised to see Yu Ning show a bit of backbone for once, though it had only lasted a minute.

Still, she thought, it was a good thing at least there was some progress.

Everyone assumed only Yu Ning had been nervous just then, unaware that Lin Yanqing had been tense as well.

For a moment, she had actually worried that Yu Ning might nod in agreement.

The moment Yu Ning questioned her, Lin Yanqing noticed a change in her a shift that made her feel, for the first time, that she was no longer fully in control.

Perhaps she ought to placate Yu Ning a little.