My Dearest General: It Has Always Been You

"Shi Nian!" Ruo Tingran screeched sharply, her eyes breathing fire. "You—you did it on purpose, didn't you?! How dare you!"

Despicable! She was such a wicked bitch! Ruo Tingran had just planned to give Shi Nian another lesson after the school ended but who could guess that she would be the more vicious one and directly exposed everything in the forum?! Where would Ruo Tingran put her face after this? What would she do if her mother found out about it?!

"Delete it for me, right now!" She demanded in an authoritative tone.

The whole class turned strangely silent. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Ruo Tingran with a weird gaze. Although they weren't as smart as Zhang Jiancheng, they weren't stupid either, okay? The recording had already exposed everything and it was clear that Ruo Tingran had done many bad things to Shi Nian. So, what right did she have to give demands as if she owned the place?

Chen Jiawei pushed up her glasses and frowned. "Ruo Tingran, it is kind of ridiculous for you to put it like that. Shi Nian has suffered under your hands and she decided to unmask everything. What mistake has she made? Going against you? Not submitting to you like Li Qing did?"

Ruo Tingran glowered. "Shut your mouth. Li Qing has already been buried three feet underground so why do you keep on bringing her up?!"

"You're the one who should shut up!" Mo Ling threw her bag on the desk, creating a loud clatter. "I have been tolerating you for so long and I can't bear it anymore! Ruo Tingran, is there anyone more thick skinned than you in the whole world?! If I were you and my dirty deeds were exposed in front of the whole school, I would be mortified enough to wish for death. But you're so good, you actually come to confront the innocent!"

Ruo Tingran's chest huffed up and down in anger. She gnashed her teeth, livid. When someone was cornered to the point of helplessness, the most direct thing to vent their anger was to go physical! Ruo Tingran screamed and rushed forward, arms lifting to give Mo Ling's loose mouth a slap!

Mo Ling's eyes rounded in shock and she was unable to react because she didn't expect that Ruo Tingran would go on offense all of a sudden. The girls in the class screamed collectively and the boys rushed forward, intending to hold Ruo Tingran back. 

Still, they were a tad too late.

However, before the palm could land on Mo Ling's face, a figure stepped in and held Ruo Tingran's wrist in a deadlock. 

"Stop." Shi Nian's eyes were unprecedentedly cold as she asserted. "If you want to slap someone then just slap me. Why are you going for Mo Ling?"

Mo Ling, who hid behind Chen Jiawei, gasped in shock. "You can actually talk?!"

Actually, everyone was also asking the same question. Shi Nian could actually speak?! What was this about? If she could speak, then why did the teachers say that she couldn't? And why did she herself only speak out now?

Shi Nian's jaws ticked yet she didn't respond.

"Shi Nian!" Ruo Tingran hollered in anger and yanked her aching arm back. "Do you think you have won just like this?! Just you wait! I will make sure that you will regret ever moving to Sangzhe."

"No. You're the one who will regret it." Shi Nian sneered. "Because I have sent the recording to my brother or...the sugar daddy as you claimed. He's a police officer, glad to let you know."

"What?!" Mo Ling gasped. "You…Shi Nian, you're awesome!"

Chen Jiawei nodded. "It's the right thing to do."

Ruo Tingran was stunned in place, colors drained from her face. "Police…? You reported me to the police?" She asked, incredulous. From the corner of her eyes, she saw a small cutter on the desk which belonged to a classmate in the arts club. Her eyes gleamed and without thinking, she grabbed the cutter and threw it toward Shi Nian with all of the strength she could muster!

The sharp edge flew right onto Shi Nian's face, the surface glinted under the lights. The crowd gasped, some even closed their eyes and couldn't bear to see. The small cutter was sharp enough to draw blood and inflict permanent scars!

"Shi Nian!" Mo Ling and Chen Jiawei scrambled to pull her aside but because they moved at the same time, both of them crashed into each other and totally missed the timing…

The corner of Ruo Tingran's lips twisted into a malicious smile. Let's see if Shi Nian could show her face again if there's a huge scar on it! Just when she started to rejoice for a second, her whole body was petrified in place afterward, eyes flew open in shock.

"Aaaah!" Shrieks and screams rang out frenziedly, creating such a ruckus that rendered one unable to hear clearly.

Shi Nian herself had already shut her eyes, protected her face with her arms and braced for the pain. Her heart sank as the cutter's sharp edge shot straight to her but dodging was impossible because behind her were Chen Jiawei and Mo Ling.

However, the expected pain never came. Shi Nian only heard screams rang out all around. She cracked her eyes open and saw a tall silhouette standing in front of her, with wide and tense shoulders, shielding her whole body perfectly.

A few words made their way to Shi Nian's ears spasmodically in between screams.

"No, Zhang Jiancheng!"

"Oh my God, Ruo Tingran hurts Zhang Jiancheng!"

"Aaaah, blood! There's blood!"

Zhang Jiancheng popped up out of nowhere and rushed in front of Shi Nian, receiving the attack in her stead. The sharp cutter easily ripped the fabric on his shoulder and grazed his skin. Blood oozed out, staining the white shirt crimson. The boy's face was expressionless under such injury, but one could somehow sense the anger radiating from him.

Ruo Tingran swayed, her eyes trembled in incredulity. "Z—Zhang Jiancheng…no, I didn't do it on purpose…"

From a distance, a faint holler was heard. "Quickly leave, Teacher Yao is coming!"

Unfortunately, no one cared about that. The boys hastily confiscated the sharp things on the desk and cleared the whole area while the girls inched further yet stood in place to watch with bated breath.

"Ruo Tingran, you're too poisonous ah!" Tian Wen cursed out loud. "How can you attack Shi Nian like that?!"

It was as if Ruo Tingran couldn't hear him. Her eyes gazed into Zhang Jiancheng's dark ones, quivering in tears. "Zhang Jiancheng, you…you're bleeding…"

Zhang Jiancheng didn't reply and directly turned to Shi Nian behind him. "Are you okay?" He asked in a quiet voice.

Shi Nian nodded, her face slightly pale. She quickly recovered from the previous shock and pointed at Zhang Jiancheng's shoulders with an expressionless face. "Your shoulders are injured."

"Scram, scram, scram!" Xuan Liyuan got through a throng of crowds and arrived in front of Zhang Jiancheng, gasping. "Oh my God, who the hell caused this shit?!" He took off his vest and pressed it against Zhang Jiancheng's shoulders. "Are you okay? Do you feel dizzy?"

Zhang Jiancheng gave him a glance which directly shut his mouth. The former then turned to Shi Nian and replied offhandedly. "It's okay. Just a skin injury. The recording…" School Grass Zhang struggled with his words, his breath came out heavier. "Is it true? She got some people to teach you a lesson? Why don't you tell me?"

Regrettably, the one in front of Zhang Jiancheng right now was Shi Nian who was in a very, very bad mood, enough to breathe fire at the slightest provocation. 

Every second Jiang Jinyan remained in an unconscious state kept her heart hanging in midair, unable to be put down. 

She knew that Zhang Jiancheng was innocent, that it was all Ruo Tingran's doing, but when she realized that he was the catalyst, Shi Nian couldn't muster any good expression.

If Zhang Jiancheng didn't approach her, then the subsequent event wouldn't have happened. If there were no gangsters blocking her, then Jiang Jinyan wouldn't have been injured. He was still lying on the hospital bed, covered in injuries all over his body…

Whenever Shi Nian recalled the blood Jiang Jinyan had spilled, she had the urge to retaliate a hundred folds to everyone who was responsible, whether it's direct or indirect.

Shi Nian clenched her fists, her face cold with a hint of anger. "Why should I? You're just making things worse."

"Hey!" Xuan Liyuan chimed in, displeased. "Miss, what did you just say? Our Jiancheng is totally innocent in this whole matter!"

Mo Ling and Chen Jiawei also realized that Shi Nian's state was unusual. They approached her and gently asked. "Shi Nian, you're not hurt right? Don't get angry, everything will be okay. If Ruo Tingran wants to escape unscathe, we are willing to become witnesses."

"Yes, that's right! Everyone can testify that it's Ruo Tingran who acted first!"

The boys nodded in agreement, they guarded around Ruo Tingran lest she made any surprise attack again. It was no need honestly, because the girl was already paralyzed ever since Zhang Jiancheng appeared. Her eyes staring blankly at the boy who had never seen her way even once, weeping quietly.

"Holy—Teacher Yao is here!"

The students gave way like Moses parting the Red Sea, showing the figure of Teacher Yao clad in formal suit and high heels. The woman's sharp eyes scanned around and students shrunk their necks when her gaze fell onto them. The ones from another class hastily scrambled away while the rest from Class 1 obediently stood on the back of the class.

Teacher Yao entered the class and her sight directly fell onto the blood on Zhang Jiancheng's white shirt, her expression tightening. "What is happening here?"

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A/N: Shi Nian is on a state where she cared for nothing except Jiang Jinyan. Well, Jiang Jinyan is still unconscious so she must have been so anxious QAQ poor Zhang Jiancheng tho ヽ(￣～￣　)ノ