Dole out revenge on the right people

Li Lanni scrutinized the text message for a tortuously long time.

She didn't comprehend why but as soon as her gaze landed on those two words, her mind thought back to the letters she had been receiving from that stalker.

Was it the same person?

What did they mean by this?

Her temples started throbbing. Li Lanni raised her hands to massage them in circles.

A short while later, she shoved the thought out of her mind. She had more important things to deal with at the moment. She didn't have time to deal with a stalker who wouldn't reveal their motive.

Li Lanni changed into a more comfortable outfit and went downstairs.

Ji Xiehan was still there. She was displeased, but he couldn't possibly leave without saying a word to her mother so she could only suck it up.

"You guys are back so fast." Li Yuming exclaimed when she left the kitchen. She signaled the servants to help her set the dining table.

"We didn't have much to do." Li Lanni said, ignoring Ji Xiehan who was stealing glances at her. How was this even stealing glances? He was blatantly staring at her and acting like nothing happened.

"Dinner is ready." She announced, inviting the pair to the dining table.

This was the most agonizing meal for Li Lanni. She barely took a few bites.

…

The next day, Li Lanni rushed to school. She had blinked the night away, thinking about how to handle the issue about Professor Marcus. Nina had refused to be part of it in a rather rude way. She had no words to describe that kind of temperament.

She checked through the file Cheng Yu had given to her and found a more suitable girl.

...

At lunch time, Li Lanni did not go to eat in the school cafeteria. Instead, she went to a restaurant opposite the school.

That was where the girl she was meeting today, Jin Shanshan, worked.

The girl had been expelled from school a year ago due to claims about being in a relationship with that lecherous Professor Marcus.

From Li Lanni's analysis, however, it didn't seem to be the case.

The girl had to learn as well as take care of her ailing younger sister. However, that didn't prove that she needed to be in a relationship with a married man.

in fact, Li Lanni believed that these facts were used in the wrong way.

...

When she arrived at the restaurant, the first thing she did was register for a VIP membership card, which arrived within five minutes.

In this restaurant, VIP customers could make special requests including asking for particular staff to serve them.

Li Lanni greeted the manager with a smile

"Hello, can you get Jin Shanshan to serve me? I heard from my friends who frequent this restaurant that she is very fast and efficient too."

The manager didn't think it was strange, so he summoned Jin Shanshan right away.

Li Lanni sat in her private room, looking out of the window and admiring the scenery until the girl arrived. "Miss, what would you like to eat?"

Li Lanni ordered without thinking it through and continued looking at the scenery outside.

She had only said that Jin Shanshan was fast and efficient but she didn't expect it to be true. Her meals arrived within a few minutes. "Miss, please enjoy."

Li Lanni was astonished by the lavish spread. She probably wouldn't finish a quarter of this even if she were a glutton.

"My friend stood me up. Could you keep me company? I can't finish all this food myself."

Jin Shanshan looked conflicted. It was rare to hear such a kind of request from a girl, especially one as cute and adorable as Lanni. She didn't look half as arrogant as most VIP customers were. Most importantly, she was wearing the uniform of B City University. "Miss... I'm still working. My boss would be angry."

Li Lanni blinked her eyes pitifully. "That's such a pity. Then could you sit down for just a few minutes?"

"I..." the girl sighed. "Okay. But just a few minutes. I should get back to work soon."

Li Lanni took a tiny lock of her hair and rolled it in her index finger, a sly smile appearing on her lips. Of course, she wouldn't let Jin Shanshan see it.

Well, well. This Jin Shanshan was quite easy to persuade.

She looked into her eyes with all seriousness. "I can help you go back to school."

Jin Shanshan was taken aback. "Huh?"

Li Lanni maintained her gaze, her lips turning up at a slight angle. "I came here for a reason. And that reason is to find you and get you back to school."

"Wait wait. Miss, are you muddled or something? we don't know each other, right?"

"You were in B City university, weren't you?"

"Hold on..."

"You want to go back to school. You don't want any other school, just B City University.... and it's because you were expelled unjustifiably and want to go back and dole out revenge on the right people, right?"

Jin Shanshan couldn't make head or tail of this situation so she might as well just go with the flow. Of course, she would cling to any ray of hope to get her back to B City University. She still had business to do there."What if I did, what if I did not?"

"Then I'm speaking to the right person." Li Lanni didn't expect that the things she had analyzed in a few minutes would be right.

She only knew the bit about this girl being kicked out unjustly. However just now as she was speaking to Jin Shanshan, she didn't fail to notice the bitterness in her gaze as she stared at her uniform. She was right. Jin Shanshan wanted revenge and so did she.

"Then Let's team up. My plan is this..."

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Meanwhile, Ji Xiehan sat in his office, a thick file in his hand.