NOVEL WEB Chapter 32: Chapter 32 Pulling Off Her Veil
Not only that, but the students of Class A also believed that Lai Manting would win easily, and they all shouted that she should treat everyone at the restaurant when she did.
Lai Manting was inwardly pleased, yet she said modestly, "There are many students in the academy; how could it be my turn?"
Everyone urged her to write a few characters to show them.
Under the urging of the crowd, Lai Manting half-heartedly, half-forcedly wrote a few words.
Outside the Class A building, Leng Yu Yan happened to pass by.
She inadvertently saw Lai Manting using her brush movements to show off in Class A, and paused in her steps.
When the people saw the Leng Family's ugly daughter passing by, they all stopped her.
"Why don't you learn from your sister? If you could learn even half of what your sister knows, you wouldn't even need to copy a character."
"Exactly, they are sisters from the same family; how can one be good and the other bad?"
Someone laughed, "That's not right; even the fingers on one's hand aren't all the same length."
The people laughed exaggeratedly, their responses more sarcastic than the last.
It was then that Lai Manting said, "Everyone, please don't talk about my Fifth Sister like that, my Fifth Sister also wishes to study well."
While talking, she walked over and gently patted Leng Yu Yan's shoulder as a sign of comfort.
Leng Yu Yan stood indifferently.
These irrelevant words, no matter how many, were nothing but a matter of laughter for her.
But things were different for Lai Manting; they were half-sisters with the same father but different mothers.
Sometimes, so-called relatives can be more outrageous than outsiders, wishing even more that the other person would live a life worse than that of dogs and pigs!
Among those present, the one who most wanted to see her embarrass herself was Lai Manting.
Leng Yu Yan slightly tilted her head and, near Lai Manting's ear, whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Third Sister has a good memory, that day I only wrote it once, and you remembered."
The girl's voice was like jade striking ice, crisp and pleasing, yet it carried a trace of piercing chill in the spring air.
Lai Manting stiffened involuntarily and lowered her voice, "What are you saying, Fifth Sister? I don't understand."
Leng Yu Yan also patted her shoulder, "Never mind if you don't understand. Keep practicing, Sister, you might actually win."
With that, she gracefully walked away.
People around couldn't hear what Leng Yu Yan had said earlier; they just saw the expression on Lai Manting's face freeze instantly.
Everyone consoled her, "She's just jealous of you, Manting, your calligraphy is beautiful, you will surely win!"
Lai Manting nodded awkwardly.
She didn't believe that Leng Yu Yan could write well; that vertical hook must have been secretly learned from someone. But the more she thought about the exposure of the secret just now, the angrier she became. She silently decided she must humiliate her soon.
Suddenly, she thought of someone, someone with no previous quarrels with Leng Yu Yan, yet still a sister.
She would have her snatch Leng Yu Yan's face veil; Leng Yu Yan would definitely let her guard down.
That person was Li Lu.
After discussing with Xu Yaxiang, both agreed that Li Lu was the best person for the job.
They called Li Lu over and made their intentions clear.
But Li Lu was reluctant, "Third Sister, this probably isn't right."
Lai Manting dismissed the concern, "Wei Ruili was previously Leng Yu Yan's fiancé; if she finds out you're now secretly receiving things from Wei Ruili, do you think she would let you off? Perhaps the one who ends up disfigured will be you."
"That's right, by then, maybe all your teeth will be knocked out by her!" Xu Yaxiang urged, "We need to strike first!"
Finally, Li Lu nodded in agreement.
The three of them unanimously decided to snatch Leng Yu Yan's face veil when school was dismissed.
Xinya Academy and the Imperial College dismissed at the same time, and there were bound to be a lot of people at the gates of the academy.
At that time, Leng Yu Yan would face the ultimate humiliation!
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The setting sun cast a warm glow.
After school, Leng Yu Yan and Lai Jiajia walked together as usual.
Before reaching the academy's gate, Lai Jiajia suddenly felt unbearable stomach pain, "Sister, I need to use the restroom; I ate too much breakfast today."
Leng Yu Yan chuckled softly, "Then you go ahead, I'll wait for you by the horse carriage."
"Okay." clutching her stomach, Lai Jiajia hurried back.
Leng Yu Yan walked slowly towards the gate, and just as she reached the horse carriage, Qinxian, seeing her come out alone, asked, "Fifth Miss, where is the Sixth Miss?"
Leng Yu Yan leaned in and explained softly, "Jiajia has gone to relieve herself."
Upon hearing this, Qinxian blushed, thinking her young mistress was such a lazy person, frequently needing the restroom!
Standing by the curb, Wei Ruili saw the girl he had been longing for standing by the horse carriage and couldn't contain his joy, so he went over to strike up a conversation.
At that moment, Li Lu happened to come out the academy's main gate and saw Wei Ruili walking joyfully towards the horse carriage area, thinking he was coming to rendezvous with her.
"Brother Ruili!" Li Lu called out sweetly.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wei Ruili, as if he hadn't heard her, walked straight towards Leng Yu Yan.
Li Lu quickened her pace, "Brother Ruili, did you come to pick me up after school? Brother Ruili..."
Before she could finish speaking, Li Lu saw Wei Ruili standing directly opposite Leng Yu Yan.
Could it be that he was not here for her, but for that ugly girl?
"This miss, we have met several times, quite a fate," said Wei Ruili, glancing at the nearby ordinary horse carriage without any insignias, unsure of her family. He then asked, "Shouldn't you tell me today, where do you live, and what is your name?"
Meanwhile, Leng Yu Yan saw Li Lu approaching her.
It was probably because Wei Ruili had his back to Li Lu that this scene unfolded.
How ironic!
Seeing Li Lu's gaze growing colder, as if she was stealing her beloved.
Suddenly, Leng Yu Yan adopted an onlooking demeanor.
"Shouldn't you introduce yourself before rudely asking for a young lady's details, home and name? It's hardly proper," said Leng Yu Yan with a twinkle in her eye, her gaze drifted towards Li Lu, yet she spoke to Wei Ruili.
Seeing that she was finally willing to converse with him, Wei Ruili was delighted, "I am Wei Ruili from the capital, my father is the Chief of Staff at the Ministry of War."
What a Ministry of War Chief of Staff, and his son.
Leng Yu Yan increasingly felt there was something fishy about her brother's death!
At last, Li Lu realized that Wei Ruili was interested in Leng Yu Yan with the veil.
A surge of hatred rose, and she hastily went over, intending to snatch Leng Yu Yan's veil.
Leng Yu Yan easily sidestepped with grace, coming even closer to Wei Ruili.
Although she wore a veil today, her face was bare without any patches.
The rain the day before had damaged and badly wrinkled the patches; it would take a few days to fix, after which it could be smoothly applied to her face.
If Li Lu managed to tear off the veil now, her face would be exposed.
Seeing Li Lu so reckless, Wei Ruili grabbed her wrist and scolded, "What are you doing?"
"What am I doing?" Li Lu sneered coldly, "I just want to tear off her veil and show you the face of the person you're so deliberately trying to converse with!"
Wei Ruili flung her hand away forcefully: "Nonsense!"
Turning around, Wei Ruili said to Leng Yu Yan, "I'm sorry, miss, to have caused a scene. This is my family's young lady, please don't misunderstand."
"Misunderstand?" Li Lu laughed loudly, pointing at Leng Yu Yan's face with her index finger, tears streaming from her laughter, "Don't you know who she is? You actually don't know who she is! What a monumental joke!"