Chapter 44 - 44 An Investigation

44 An Investigation

“No wonder I heard a few girls complaining in class that the toilet on our floor wasn’t in use.

“They did it on purpose. But how did you realize they were targeting you?”

Lu Ning lowered her voice. “That’s what I thought too. They didn’t let anyone use it, but when it was just the two of us there weren’t any signs or people.

“And you haven’t offended anyone, so by elimination the one being targeted should be me.”

Lin Ci furrowed her brows. “How’d you offend anyone when you barely interacted with nobody?”

Lu Ning looked up with a steely gaze.

It was not as if she went out of her way to displease others; sometimes, people were offended by her solely because of their own insecurities.

“Little Ning, you have an idea who it is?”

Lu Ning lowered her eyes. “No, I don’t.”

She was not lying. She really did not know who did it, though she knew who they were trying to appease.

Lin Ci fumed when she thought about it.

“Those little b*tches! If I learn who they are I’ll rip them apart myself! Just our luck that the surveillance cameras on our floor are broken since no one fixed them during the holidays, and they did this the very first day school reopened.

“They must’ve known about this too!”

Lu Ning placed her hand atop of Lin Ci’s, a tacit signal for her to stop.

Lin Ci turned towards Gu Chen, who was leaning against the table and looking at his phone. He pursed his lips and did not say anything.

After the few of them had their meals, Lu Ning and Lin Ci wanted to head back.

Gu Chen forced Lu Ning to take some medicine before letting her off.

However, less than five minutes after she left, Lu Ning returned.

She planted herself down on a chair and glared at the two of them.

“You didn’t tell me you’re going to be a school doctor here.”

Gu Zi smirked. “I wanted to give you a surprise!”

Lu Ning stared at Gu Chen. “And why are you fooling around with him?”

Gu Chen looked at her. “Don’t get mad, it won’t do if you agitate your wound.”

Lu Ning: “…”

Gu Zi hurried over. “It’s not ‘fooling around’, we’re ‘protecting you’. Look, you’ve just returned and you already got hurt.”

Lu Ning: “This was an accident.”

Gu Chen kept his eyes on her and changed the topic very smoothly. “Do you know who injured you?”

Lu Ning replied bluntly, “I don’t know. Stay out of this.”

If the two of them found out who it was, it would become a big deal.

“I’m not a kid who needs a guardian. Nobody else except the two of you came here, right?”

Gu Chen and Gu Zi exchanged a glance and replied in unison, “It’s just us.”

Lu Ning stood up and glared at them something fierce. “Go back after this semester, I’m not as helpless as you think. With the way you two are, do you think you can simply remain doctors at this school?!”

Gu Zi quickly tried to assuage her. “Baby, you’re completely right! By the way, do you know the teacher who gave you that uniform?”

Lu Ning nodded. “Huo Jinyan. We met a few times before.”

Gu Chen looked at her. “Huo Jinyan, from the Huo family in the capital.”

“Yeah.”

“Why’s he here as a teacher?”

Lu Ning was equally stumped. “Beats me. Why don’t you investigate?”

Gu Zi frantically nodded. “Don’t you worry! You study hard and leave the rest to us.”

Lu Ning looked at him, then turned to look at Gu Chen. “Eighth Brother, keep an eye on him. Don’t let him cause trouble.”

Then, she turned around and left.

Gu Zi: ???

“Why watch me? Am I the sort of person who would needlessly cause trouble?”

Gu Chen looked at him coldly. “Yes.”

Gu Zi: “…”

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When Lu Ning returned to the school building, she deliberately took a detour back to Class 9 via the stairs on the other side.