5

Chapter 5 of the novel "Spoiled by Love": No Early Romance

Meng Ting hadn't actually cried, but her eyes would water physiologically when they hurt.

Jiang Ren's promise to let them go was a real relief to Meng Ting.

Seeing the situation was turning sour, and with Zhao Nuancheng already sobbing softly, Fang Tan also felt they had gone too far and quickly went over, saying, "Ren-ge and I will drive you home." He told Zhao Nuancheng to follow him.

Zhao Nuancheng was already scared of them and refused to move. Meng Ting gently patted the back of her hand, and only then did she reluctantly get up. After all, she and Meng Ting weren't going in the same direction home.

Jiang Ren's car keys were in his coat. He put on his clothes and told Meng Ting, "Come out."

Meng Ting followed him out.

The night breeze carried a hint of autumn, and stepping out of the warm private room, the sudden chill made them shiver.

He was tall and had long legs, taking large strides. Meng Ting stumbled behind him, but remained silent.

In the small port city, Shen Yuqing's face was pale.

All night, Jiang Ren hadn't looked at her once. They weren't really boyfriend and girlfriend; she was the one who pursued Jiang Ren. He hadn't really made any move.

A girl from her class nudged her with her elbow, and Shen Yuqing snapped out of her daze. She ran outside without even putting on her coat.

The night was hazy.

As she ran out, Jiang Ren was looking back at Meng Ting.

Meng Ting was cautious, each step a tentative one. Jiang Ren was watching intently, and Shen Yuqing didn't know what kind of look he was giving Meng Ting, but a sudden, inexplicable sense of crisis welled up inside her.

She naturally walked faster than the visually impaired Meng Ting.

Shen Yuqing walked through the side door, ran to Jiang Ren's side, and then reached out to hug his waist: "Jiang Ren, come back soon."

The air was silent for a moment. Jiang Ren instinctively looked not at her, but at Meng Ting.

Meng Ting stopped in her tracks.

The warm light of the small port city made her look exceptionally soft.

She gripped her cane and quietly turned her face away. The light shone on her exposed cheek, and he realized that her skin was very fair.

Meng Ting felt a little awkward.

She nervously turned to the ocean wall in the small port city, where many goldfish were kept.

She had only heard about Jiang Ren and Shen Yuqing from others before, after they had already broken up.

Jiang Ren suddenly pushed Shen Yuqing aside and said to Meng Ting, "Get in the car."

Shen Yuqing's face paled, but she didn't dare say anything, secretly glancing at Meng Ting before turning back. Meng Ting got into his car. It was only a little past eight in the evening, and the buses hadn't stopped running yet.

Jiang Ren made her sit in the front passenger seat.

Meng Ting fastened her seatbelt herself.

She always felt insecure when she was with him, gripping her cane tightly. Jiang Ren asked her, "What's your address?"

Meng Ting stiffened for a moment.

She didn't want to be associated with Jiang Ren: "Just get off at any bus stop, thank you."

Jiang Ren chuckled, "Don't want to be associated with me, good student?"Meng Ting quickly shook her head, her ears turning red at his insightful observation.

"You think I care?" Jiang Ren casually picked a bus stop. "Get off."

Meng Ting obediently got off.

She was quick-witted, but didn't understand why he was unhappy. A little afraid of him, she dared not speak.

The rain continued to fall.

Jiang Ren sat in the car watching her.

That year, the bus stop in H City hadn't been renovated. A few trees stood overhead, raindrops filtering through the leaves and falling on her. She knew he was still nearby, standing uneasily, but without a hint of anger or complaint.

So obedient, so very obedient.

Jiang Ren suddenly got out of the car.

He unzipped his jacket, took it off, and walked over to cover her with it.

She looked up from under the black jacket, startled, and raised her hand to hit him with her cane: "What are you doing?"

He didn't know what he was going to do either. Jiang Ren grasped her heavy, hard cane and couldn't help but laugh: "You really think I have a good temper? If you use this thing on me again, I'll beat you up, you believe me?"

Meng Ting lowered her head, not daring to speak.

He was almost thirty centimeters taller than her.

Looking down at her, he saw her eyelashes, like butterfly wings covered in water droplets, trembling gently. Her eyelashes were long and curled, and Jiang Ren suddenly wanted to look into her eyes.

He laughed: "Hey, what's your name, good student?"

Meng Ting didn't speak.

She wished she never knew Jiang Ren.

Jiang Ren pulled out his blue-strap student ID from her pocket.

Meng Ting was several beats slow to react; by the time she came to her senses, the bus had already arrived. The jacket was still protecting her head, and it smelled faintly of smoke.

"Get on the bus."

Meng Ting hesitated for a moment, but finally handed him the jacket.

But her student ID…

The driver called out, "Sit still, little student."

Meng Ting had no choice but to sit by the window.

After the bus drove away, Jiang Ren's silver hair was already wet with raindrops. He looked down at the student ID in his hand.

Her name was Meng Ting.

When Jiang Ren returned, the people in the private room were singing.

Seeing him come in, they all looked at Shen Yuqing.

Shen Yuqing walked over and sat next to him, lighting a cigarette for him. She knew Jiang Ren didn't sing, so she softly asked him, "Want to play pool?"

Jiang Ren frowned, finding it somewhat unbearable that her perfume was too strong.

He took a few puffs of the cigarette between his fingers and went to play games with He Junming.

The controller connected to the electronic screen had a very realistic feel.

The English word "kill!" appeared repeatedly on the screen

. Shen Yuqing helped him hold his coat.

His student ID fell out of his pocket, and Shen Yuqing bent down to pick it up. She recognized the student ID from No. 7 Middle School. She turned the photo over, and the student ID showed a girl's face.

The lower half of her face was delicate, but it was paired with a pair of extremely incongruous and strange eyes. In short, she was not good-looking.

It read "Grade 11 (1), Meng Ting".

How could Meng Ting's student ID be in Jiang Ren's pocket?

Shen Yuqing bit her lip, casually showing the photo to He Junming: "I just found this."

He Junming, who was playing a game, almost choked when he saw it: "Is this that blind girl from your school?"

Shen Yuqing nodded.

He Junming: "Hahahaha, I'm fucking dying of laughter, her eyes..." are hideous beyond belief.

His shout

drew a crowd of men and women to look. A burst of laughter erupted, and one boy even passed the photo around.

"It's better if she doesn't have eyes."

"It's so incongruous, it's fake."

They were still laughing when the boy who was jeering with the photo suddenly got punched in the face. His student ID was snatched away.

The boy covered his face: "Ren... Brother Ren."

The scene fell silent for a moment.

Jiang Ren's silver hair had a cold sheen in the light, and his pupils were extremely dark. Without saying a word, he kicked him again. The boy was powerless to resist and fell to the ground.

He Junming panicked and quickly hugged Jiang Ren, saying, "Brother Ren, don't be angry, don't be angry..."

Jiang Ren's fists bulged with veins, showing signs of a medical episode. Fang Tan, seeing this, also grabbed his arm, saying, "Brother Ren."

After a long while, Jiang Ren said, "Get out."

The boy immediately ran away.

Jiang Ren turned and held out his hand to Shen Yuqing, saying, "Your coat."

Shen Yuqing was also startled and cautiously handed over her coat.

Jiang Ren put the student ID in his pocket, saying, "Shen Yuqing, break up."

Shen Yuqing looked at him in disbelief.

"What did you say?"

He slung the coat over his shoulder, his tone nonchalant, "Are you deaf? Break up."

The girls looked at Shen Yuqing with complicated expressions, some even gloating. Shen Yuqing's original purpose today was to show off, but who knew Jiang Ren would dump her so easily.

Shen Yuqing gritted her teeth: "Jiang Ren, what do you take me for? I..."

Jiang Ren chuckled: "You know very well what I take you for. Just playing around, who would take it seriously?"

Shen Yuqing had always had good grades and was pretty, so naturally she had a proud temper.

Seeing the subtle, mocking glances directed at her, she couldn't bring herself to beg Jiang Ren: "Don't regret it."

Shen Yuqing couldn't stay still for a moment and turned to run out. Her best friend quickly chased after her.

With the main character gone, the remaining girls couldn't stay any longer.

So several boys offered to take them home.

Jiang Ren felt the outline of his student ID in his pocket and irritably lit a cigarette.

He had a smoking habit because he had a temper. When he couldn't calm himself down, he could only rely on external objects to calm himself.

He Junming thought for a long time but still couldn't understand why Brother Ren suddenly hit someone and broke up with her.

Wasn't everything fine before?

Meng Ting's eyes were a little infected because she had been caught in the rain.

Shu Zhitong quickly accompanied her to the hospital for a check-up. The doctor smiled and said, "It's nothing, just be careful. After all, rainwater isn't clean."

He carefully examined Meng Ting's eyes in the dim light.

She obediently cooperated by opening her eyes wide.

Meng Ting's pupils weren't black, but a light brown, pure and beautiful like glass. The doctor, in his early fifties, also thought the little girl was really pretty.

When she grew up, she might be prettier than the most popular actresses on TV.

"How about applying some medicine, little girl? Wrap it in gauze for three days, it'll heal faster."

Meng Ting was used to her eyes being moved around so much, and she was used to the dark world, so she nodded.

So her sunglasses were replaced with white gauze.

The world changed from gray to complete darkness.

Shu Zhitong felt guilty: "It's all Daddy's fault for not picking you up on time."

Meng Ting said softly, "No, Daddy Shu, it's because I wasn't careful enough, I won't do it again."

Shu Zhitong knew she was sensible and obedient, so he could only nod.

When they got back, Shu Lan was lying on the sofa making a phone call.

Shu Lan's eyes lit up at the words on the other end: "Really? They broke up!"

Even her father and Meng Ting hadn't heard it when they returned.

Shu Zhitong's face immediately darkened: "Xiao Lan, what are you saying!"

Shu Lan hurriedly turned around: "Dad, Sister." She quickly hung up the phone.

Because of Shu Lan's outburst, the atmosphere at home was tense all weekend.

On Monday, when the three children went to school,

Shu Zhitong said, "None of you are allowed to date, do you hear me? You're only in your second year of high school, your studies are the priority. If you don't get into a good university, you'll suffer for the rest of your lives! If I find out about any of you, you can forget about me being your father."

Shu Zhitong was usually gentle, but he was unusually strict at times like this. He looked at each of them one by one.

Shu Lan quickly said, "What are you saying, Dad? I won't."

Shu Yang didn't speak, but because of his quiet nature, his father trusted him the most.

The morning dew began to fall, and birds perched on branches.

Meng Ting softly said, "I won't date either."

***Download NovelToon to enjoy a better reading experience!***