Chapter 2644 — The Bracelet Is Gone
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"Brother Liang, what are we going to do about this? Should we get revenge?" Gao Xiaofu asked cautiously.
"Revenge? Of course we're getting revenge!" Zhong Yongliang was so furious his teeth ached. "In a few days, once this whole thing blows over, I'll send a Hundred-Drunk Centipede to bite her. Knock her out cold and give Wei Zhao and the rest a good scare!"
"Why wait a few days? Why not right now? And a single bite—is that really just a scare? Shouldn't we take the chance to beat her up too?" Gao Xiaofu didn't think that would be satisfying enough.
"Idiot, if we march over and beat her up, and Wei Zhao finds out about it, do you think he'll still accept my challenge?" Zhong Yongliang waved a hand dismissively. "Besides, if we give her a beating and she wakes up, what if she comes after me for revenge? In a straight fight I'm not afraid of her, but I'm afraid of her playing dirty and setting traps for me. Then even if I end up with Gu Mengyao, I'd be walking into schemes every day of my life. So a simple scare is enough."
"I see." Gao Xiaofu nodded.
"Come on, let's go settle up the money from the auction..." There was no wriggling out of that payment for Zhong Yongliang—not unless he wanted to give up his place at this school entirely and leave on the spot. But that was impossible. He still needed to find a chance to announce his challenge to Wei Zhao. If he left, who would he even challenge?
And besides, if he won the challenge and stayed on as Gu Mengyao's personal bodyguard, he'd still have to keep studying at this school.
Wei Zhao, Shen Yushu, Gu Mengyao, and Wang Xinyan had just finished the auction paperwork and were emerging from the makeshift office the student council had set up. Buyers and sellers alike—anyone who had completed a transaction—had to come here after the auction to process the formalities and collect their tickets for tomorrow night's masquerade ball.
The four of them had barely stepped out when Kang Jinglong, his own paperwork done, followed and blocked Wang Xinyan's path just as she was about to leave.
"Xinyan!" Kang Jinglong hurried over and called out to her.
"Kang Jinglong? Is something the matter?" Wang Xinyan had a rough idea of what this was about. She guessed that Kang Jinglong had won her bracelet at auction and was coming to show it off.
"Xinyan, I won that bracelet at auction. I'm returning it to its rightful owner now." Kang Jinglong said with a smile.
"Oh... the bracelet. There's no need. Since I put it up for auction, I shouldn't be taking it back. You bought it to raise money for those children—you've earned the right to keep it..." Wang Xinyan didn't really want to accept anything from Kang Jinglong, especially not in front of Wei Zhao. She didn't know whether such a thought was childish, but she simply didn't want it. She wanted to draw a clean line between herself and Kang Jinglong.
"Ha, you're right about that. But since you're my fiancée, what's mine is yours. So you'd better take it back!" In front of Wei Zhao, Kang Jinglong made sure to stake his claim on Wang Xinyan.
His words, spelling out that Wang Xinyan was his fiancée, made her heart tighten. She wanted to refuse, but she feared Kang Jinglong would use his status as her fiancé to make an issue of it. With no way out, she nodded and said, "All right then..."
"That's more like it!" Kang Jinglong chuckled and reached into his coat pocket. But the moment his hand went in, his expression changed. Then he began frantically patting himself down, and before long cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Because the bracelet was gone!
Wei Zhao, Wang Xinyan, Gu Mengyao, and Shen Yushu simply stood there before Kang Jinglong, watching him rummage over and over through the pockets of his clothing.
"Kang Jinglong, what are you doing? Where's the bracelet?" Shen Yushu was losing patience. "If you're going to give it, give it. If not, forget it. We still need to go eat—why are you wasting our time?"