Chapter 89: You Made Me Lose Face

Huang Yunmeng, enraged by Ningwan, raised her hand to strike. However, Ningwan grabbed her hand and forcefully flicked it away, causing Huang Yunmeng to stagger backward and crash into the nearby table. "Huang, hitting someone at school can get you disciplined," Ningwan said coldly. Huang Yunmeng’s leg hit the table corner, causing her to wince in pain, tears welling up. "Ye Ningwan, how dare you push me!" Ningwan raised an eyebrow at her and sat down to read. At this point, Professor Wen arrived. Huang Yunmeng had no choice but to limp over to Wen Jianan, take out her textbook, and attend class. "Ah, help, help." As Professor Wen was lecturing, Huang Yunmeng suddenly leaned over and shouted. The Wen Jianan beside her saw her leaning over, thinking she was deliberately finding a reason to get closer to him. He immediately moved aside, not knowing that Huang Yunmeng directly fell onto his previous seat, her mouth and nose skewed, with drool coming out. She was also frightened by her reaction and cried out loud. The crying worsened, her mucus and tears spilled out, making her extremely embarrassed. This was the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Students gathered around, some guessing she had epilepsy, others guessing a stroke. Professor Wen quickly put down the book and came over, seeing her condition, immediately took out silver needles and pricked her neck twice. It was quite miraculous. Huang Yunmeng, whose mouth and nose were skewed, improved in less than three minutes after Professor Wen’s two pricks. "Professor Wen is amazing." "Yeah, Professor Wen, how are you so amazing?" All the students were in awe. Huang Yunmeng touched her face, surprised, and quickly asked Professor Wen: "Professor Wen, what happened to me?" "Acute stroke, it’s nothing. Have you caught a chill recently? Girls should wear more clothes," Professor Wen said. Huang Yunmeng looked at her miniskirt, feeling awkward. As for her previous condition, she worried if it was indecent. She wore the miniskirt to attract Wen Jianan, not these group of guys. Ningwan also joined the crowd to watch. Seeing Professor Wen take out silver needles and his familiar acupuncture technique, her eyes deepened and smiled slightly. "Alright, everyone return to your seats and continue the class," Professor Wen said. The crowd returned to their seats. However, Wen Jianan didn’t sit back but moved to another spot, as if afraid Huang Yunmeng might have another episode. Huang Yunmeng watched Wen Jianan avoiding her on purpose, feeling both ashamed and angry. Sitting down to calm herself, she suddenly thought, how could she have an acute stroke at such a young age? Though her academic performance wasn’t good, she had been in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine for a year. Ningwan? Right, just now Ningwan grabbed her wrist and shoved her away. Her leg hitting the table must have caused her sudden acute stroke. She naturally didn’t think Ningwan did anything, only believed Ningwan caused her to hit the table and triggered the illness. "Ningwan, it’s all your fault, embarrassing me!" After class, Huang Yunmeng immediately ran to Ningwan, pointing at her nose accusingly. Ningwan was surprised, thinking, how did this girl know it was her? "If it wasn’t for you pushing me, how would I hit the table and get embarrassed?" Huang Yunmeng shouted again. Ningwan was relieved, so that’s what she thought. "Who told you to try to hit me? If you hadn’t, I wouldn’t have pushed you away," Ningwan retorted. "Ningwan, don’t be full of yourself. Just wait and see," Huang Yunmeng stormed off. Ningwan shrugged dismissively, not caring about Huang Yunmeng’s words. "Yingzi, let’s go eat," Ningwan invited Jin Yingzi. Jin Yingzi nodded and joined her for a meal. However, on the way, they ran into Zhao Wei. Zhao Wei looked at Ningwan with a gloomy expression. Jin Yingzi lowered her voice to Ningwan, "Ningwan, be careful, I feel Zhao Wei is looking at you strangely." Ningwan said, "It’s alright, I’m not afraid of him." Jin Yingzi nodded, admiringly adding, "Ningwan, I think you’re amazing. You’re not afraid of anything, smart and beautiful." "You’re beautiful too," Ningwan said. Jin Yingzi lowered her head shyly, "What’s beautiful about me? I just came from the mountains. Our class has two poor students, me and Zhao Wei. Actually, when Zhao Wei gave you that plush toy, it might not seem valuable to you, but it could be his accumulated savings." "Why did you study Traditional Chinese Medicine? Because it’s free?" Ningwan asked. Jin Yingzi nodded, "Besides being free, there’s another reason. My mom’s health is poor, but our family has no money, so she can’t be treated. So, I thought, if I know how to treat illnesses, there won’t be any cost." "What illness?" Ningwan asked. Jin Yingzi smiled wryly, "Suffering too much when young, always coughing blood. Though it’s not immediately fatal, it’s an expensive illness." "I have some traditional medicine. Tomorrow I’ll give it to you, and you can send it home for your mom," Ningwan said. Jin Yingzi quickly shook her head to refuse, "No need, thank you, Ningwan, really no need." "No worries, I grow those herbs myself, no cost," "You can even grow medicinal herbs?" "Yes, there’s a piece of vacant land at home, so I planted some." Actually, for Ningwan to have a piece of land to grow herbs, Zhan Hanjue demolished a house, leveled a garden, and made a piece of vacant land for her. To suit the herbs, he even brought soil from elsewhere, changing two meters deep of earth. "Ningwan, your family must be well-off," Jin Yingzi said enviously. Ningwan smiled, not explaining further. Both went to the canteen, Ningwan deliberately took an extra serve of meat dishes, claiming she couldn’t finish it and gave it to Jin Yingzi. Initially, Jin Yingzi declined, but when Ningwan said she’d throw it away if not eaten, she accepted. After the meal, Ningwan returned to the classroom, only to find a slip of paper in her book. The note read: Ningwan, come to the materials room to find me. The signature was Wu Taotao. Ningwan frowned. Wu Taotao is here? Why didn’t she call her but left a note? However, the handwriting was indeed hers. Ningwan took out her phone to call Wu Taotao but no one answered. "I’ll step out for a bit," Ningwan said to Jin Yingzi. Jin Yingzi nodded. Ningwan headed to the materials room to find Wu Taotao. Once inside, Ningwan called out a few times with no response. Just as she was about to leave, a person suddenly charged at her from behind. Ningwan reacted instantly, but the person had already covered her mouth and nose with a towel. It was chloroform. Ningwan smelled it immediately, held her breath, but still inhaled a bit. The person seemed not to expect her to remain conscious, then forcefully struck her neck. This time, Ningwan couldn’t hold on. Her vision blurred and she passed out. Shortly after Ningwan left, Wu Taotao came looking for her. Seeing she wasn’t in the classroom, she asked Jin Yingzi, "Hey, do you know where Ningwan went?" Jin Yingzi shook her head. Wu Taotao had to leave disappointed. After Wu Taotao left, Jin Yingzi thought more about it, realizing something felt off, suddenly seeing the note. She was startled, quickly running towards the materials room. When she arrived at the materials room, she saw a man carrying someone away.