The Eldest Lady always wants to have a double O Relationship with her old enemy - Chapter 5

A sudden commotion erupted from a corner of the bustling cafeteria. Shen Jianxi and her two friends instinctively looked up, and with their excellent eyesight, they saw the tall figure at the center of the crowd.

“Tang Yanzhao?” Ye Tao asked uncertainly.

Shen Jianxi had already stood up, saying, “Get me some porridge,” before striding toward the center of the crowd.

“Add my WeChat, and I’ll give you back your lunch.”

As Shen Jianxi approached, she heard a short-haired male beta standing in front of Tang Yanzhao say this.

Tang Yanzhao’s expression was impassive, her calm demeanor making the male beta’s threat feel like a punch into a pillow. He reached out to grab Tang Yanzhao’s shoulder. Seeing this, Shen Jianxi quickly stepped in, grabbed Tang Yanzhao’s wrist, and pulled her to the side.

The male beta missed and was about to curse when he saw Shen Jianxi, his anger instantly dissipating. “Xixi, it’s you.”

Shen Jianxi’s gaze, like a handout, landed on him. She looked at him with disdain and said, “Do I know you?”

“Uh, this…”

Because of the Shen family, almost everyone in Rongqing knew Shen Jianxi. Moreover, Shen Jianxi had never been low-key about her family background. Gradually, people, whether they knew her or not, would call her “Xixi,” as if it would help them curry favor with the Shen family.

Shen Jianxi scoffed. She picked up Tang Yanzhao’s meal card, which had fallen to the ground. “I heard you want to add my Zhaozhao’s WeChat?”

My Zhaozhao?!!

The onlookers were in an uproar.

“Uh, yes… yes…” The male beta, unable to gauge Shen Jianxi’s attitude, stammered his response.

Since both Shen Jianxi and Tang Yanzhao were omegas, he naturally didn’t suspect they were a couple. But he had also never heard that the Shen family had another child, and a different surname at that.

Shen Jianxi glanced at the tray in the male beta’s hand and laughed scornfully. “You took her lunch to threaten her into adding your WeChat? Oh, and did you pay for this meal?”

“Not yet, young lady, hurry up and pay. There’s a line behind you.”

The auntie’s timing was impeccable.

“It really is a case of ‘domineering pauper falls for me,’ trying to woo someone without even paying for a meal,” Jiang Lan said, holding a bottle of mineral water and leisurely adding a jab.

The surrounding onlookers chuckled in agreement.

Shen Jianxi pulled her own meal card from her pocket and placed it on the counter, saying, “Auntie, please use this card for the people in line behind us. Sorry for the delay.”

With that, Shen Jianxi took Tang Yanzhao by the hand and left the scene, leaving the short-haired male beta standing there with a beet-red face.

Shen Jianxi caught a glimpse of a scrape on Tang Yanzhao’s arm, then looked at her face, sighing helplessly. “What would you do without me?”

Tang Yanzhao gritted her teeth, her lips pressed into a thin line. Her right hand, held by Shen Jianxi, was loosely fisted, but she didn’t pull away, following her step by step.

She truly couldn’t understand Shen Jianxi anymore.

She had thought Shen Jianxi was just looking for some amusement on a boring day, picking up someone she disliked, giving them a bit of sweetness, and then cruelly discarding them.

But the conversation she’d overheard outside the infirmary, about Shen Jianxi’s distinctly different attitudes toward her friend Jiang Lan and herself, made Tang Yanzhao question her own assumptions. After all, a performance is only good when the person it’s for is present, isn’t it?

So what exactly did she want to do?

“What are you thinking about?” Shen Jianxi asked, placing a spoon in Tang Yanzhao’s hand.

Tang Yanzhao snapped back to reality, seeing a brown ceramic bowl in front of her.

“Your stomach isn’t great, so spicy and stimulating food isn’t suitable right now. This lion’s mane mushroom and chicken porridge should be good. It’s the most popular Cantonese porridge in the cafeteria.”

Tang Yanzhao responded with a silent “mm.”

Shen Jianxi smiled, satisfied. She looked up and saw the two people across from them exchanging glances, an expression of watching a show on their faces.

“Jiang Lan, Ye Tao, my friends,” Shen Jianxi introduced.

Tang Yanzhao politely nodded to them. “Hello.”

“Hello,” Ye Tao replied courteously.

“Hello, hello,” Jiang Lan responded excitedly, then pouted and complained, “Xixi was so protective just now. I’m her childhood friend, and she’s never protected me like that. I’m so jealous.”

Shen Jianxi rolled her eyes at her and handed a bottle of soda water to Tang Yanzhao. “She’s always like this, just ignore her.”

“Mm.”

“I brought you some stomach medicine. I’ll give it to you when we get back to the classroom.”

Tang Yanzhao again gave a short “mm.”

Shen Jianxi had completely adapted to this and no longer took offense at her attitude. As long as she got a positive response, it was a good step forward.

Anyway, winning over Tang Yanzhao was just a matter of time.

After all, in her previous life, Shen Jianxi’s terrible attitude had still won her love. So this time, with her actively approaching her at the very beginning of the story, Shen Jianxi didn’t think there was any possibility of failure.

The next day, Friday, the sky was clear, and the air was hot for the season.

Shen Jianxi groggily went down the stairs, only to miss the last two steps and fall. The sleepiness was instantly scared out of her.

Unexpectedly, she didn’t hit the hard floor. A faint scent of pomelo and rum filled her nostrils.

Shen Jianxi’s heart skipped a beat. She instinctively grabbed the two arms wrapped around her. Her high nose hit Tang Yanzhao’s straight collarbone, and she winced, inhaling sharply. She looked up and met Tang Yanzhao’s deep, dark eyes.

“Are you okay?” Tang Yanzhao asked, a rare occurrence.

Shen Jianxi pouted and, looking wronged, burrowed into her embrace. “No, it hurts so much.”

A flash of helplessness appeared in Tang Yanzhao’s eyes. She didn’t know how to comfort her.

Shen Jianxi freed one hand and touched her own nose. “Why is your collarbone so hard?”

Her knuckles brushed Tang Yanzhao’s collarbone, and the heel of her palm unintentionally pressed against her chest. Feeling the strong, powerful heartbeat, Shen Jianxi secretly showed a satisfied smile.

Tang Yanzhao had just experienced a physiological reaction because of her, and her heart had ached.

“Not every punishment means she’s in love. Maybe she was just scared by you,” Little Ten’s innocent voice pierced Shen Jianxi’s self-admiration.

“If the punishment is wrong, will you give me compensation?”

Little Ten had a bad feeling and quickly agreed, “You’re right, Tang Yanzhao’s heart fluttered.”

Shen Jianxi raised an eyebrow smugly.

Tang Yanzhao pushed Shen Jianxi away, taking a step back to create a person’s distance between them, as if she was afraid of touching her.

Shen Jianxi didn’t mind. She looked at the breakfast Zhou-yi had set out and said, “Can you have breakfast with me and take the car to school together today?”

“I…”

Shen Jianxi narrowed her eyes. “If you refuse again, I’ll get angry.”

Tang Yanzhao looked at how soft she was when she got angry now, with no intimidation at all. Her lips twitched, and she agreed. “Okay.”

Shen Jianxi grabbed Tang Yanzhao’s wrist and pulled her toward the dining table. Zhou-yi was delighted to see the rapid change in their relationship.

The older generation hated seeing discord among the younger ones. Even though she was just a domestic helper for the Shen family, she hoped everyone would get along.

After breakfast, they went to school together in the car.

In the car, Shen Jianxi pinched her temples and asked, “Are you still moving into the school dorm tomorrow?”

Tang Yanzhao responded with an “mm.”

“Don’t you understand my attitude? Why do you insist on living at school when the conditions aren’t as good?”

“The application has been approved,” Tang Yanzhao simply said.

“So what if it’s approved? The choice is still yours,” Shen Jianxi said as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Tang Yanzhao’s expression didn’t change, and her tone was flat. “It’s not good.”

Shen Jianxi sighed, no longer pushing the matter.

The family’s conditions were better, and she wouldn’t make things difficult for her, so why did she insist on living at school? Shen Jianxi couldn’t understand.

But it didn’t matter. She had already asked her mother to help her arrange for a dorm room as well. Since Tang Yanzhao wanted to live at school, she would just go with her.

Shen Jianxi yawned and naturally rested her head on Tang Yanzhao’s shoulder. “I’m a little sleepy. Can I lean on you for a bit?”

Tang Yanzhao’s body tensed up. She was holding her backpack in her arms and subconsciously tightened her grip.

Suddenly, Shen Jianxi lightly patted her arm and said in a muffled voice, “Calm down, I’m really just sleepy.”

Tang Yanzhao took two deep breaths. She secretly looked in the rearview mirror and saw Shen Jianxi leaning against her. A patch of sunlight shone through the window onto her, her long eyelashes casting a shadow on her eyelids. The red mark on her high nose from the bump had already disappeared. Her breathing was even, and she looked simple and harmless.

She quickly turned her head to look at the morning traffic and suddenly let out a silent laugh.

Shen Jianxi and Tang Yanzhao were people from two different worlds. When it came to a simple issue like housing, Shen Jianxi could be willful and not have to consider anything.

But she couldn’t. With the dorm slot she had worked so hard to get at a school like Rongqing, she had no capital and had to avoid making any mistakes.

After a whole night of nightmares about the kidnapping from her previous life, Shen Jianxi had bloodshot eyes. She was in a daze for several classes that morning.

Ye Tao nudged her elbow. “Xixi.”

Shen Jianxi sat up and looked at her. “What is it?”

“I edited the video you gave me yesterday and uploaded it during the evening’s peak traffic. Now it’s a hot topic on the forum, and a lot of people are mentioning you.”

Shen Jianxi rubbed her eyes. Her vision cleared, and she took the phone.

The anonymous post had an attached video, which was the edited video Ye Tao had sent to the poster.

The angle was tricky, and the details were magnified effectively. The video showed Tang Yanzhao deliberately lunging at Yang Yuhan, and Yang Yuhan pushing her away. Tang Yanzhao lost her balance and hit the stairs.

This single video completely substantiated the contents of the post.

Ye Tao summarized, “Because of the incident where you saved Tang Yanzhao in the cafeteria yesterday, the discussion has skyrocketed. And since we didn’t blur faces in the video we posted, Yang Yuhan probably saw that the wind was on her side and came out to tear into Tang Yanzhao directly.”

Jade_Bone_Cold_Cold: [Yesterday, I was rushing back to class. As soon as I turned the corner of the stairs, Tang Yanzhao lunged at me. I instinctively pushed her away. I smelled a strong pheromone scent on her, and I thought she hadn’t brought her inhibitor, and I was wondering whether to help her to the infirmary. I didn’t expect that as soon as I squatted down, she would lunge at me again. In the struggle, I accidentally ripped her clothes. I never thought Tang Yanzhao would be this kind of person.]

The video edit was just right, giving Yang Yuhan the perfect space to fabricate the facts. The onlookers swarmed to criticize Tang Yanzhao.

[OMG, if our Jade had not stood her ground, someone else would have been starring in a live show at school.]

[I’ve been saying Tang Yanzhao acts all high and mighty every day. That scene in the cafeteria was a performance for Miss Shen, wasn’t it?]

[The commenter above gets it! Someone like Tang Yanzhao, with no background, isn’t she here at Rongqing to find a sugar daddy?]

[But Shen Jianxi seems to be protecting Tang Yanzhao. She wouldn’t do something like this, would she?]

[You can figure out the reason with your knees. It’s obviously because Shen Jianxi is also an omega and can’t satisfy her.]

[What an idiot. She can’t even be a sugar baby properly.]

…

She had long anticipated the uproar this method would cause, but when she actually saw all the malice being directed at Tang Yanzhao, Shen Jianxi couldn’t help but feel furious, her nails digging deep into her palms.

“How popular is this post now?”

“Anyone who browses the forum knows about it,” Ye Tao replied.

“So it’s still a small group?”

Ye Tao nodded. “Yes, because the video hasn’t been up for long, and not everyone browses the school forum.”

Shen Jianxi took a deep breath and asked again, “Based on what you said, how long will it take?”

“Generally, weekend traffic is higher, and this kind of gossip spreads quickly. The reversal should happen by next Monday.”

“Will Tang Yanzhao see it?”

Ye Tao hesitated. “Probably not. She doesn’t seem like the type to browse the school forum.”

Shen Jianxi turned to look at the empty seat in the third-to-last row against the wall. The frown on her brow hadn’t eased since before. “Where’s Tang Yanzhao?”

“I think a teacher just called her to the office,” Ye Tao replied truthfully.

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