Chapter 209 - A Jerk & a Slut—a Match Made in Heaven
Reborn Aristocrat: Return of the Vicious Heiress
Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios
The tears that were held back in Xia Ruyaâs eyes suddenly fell as she looked towards Chu Jingnan, who walked through the crowd, as if she saw her savior. Her eyes were reddened as she bit her lips tightly, looking like an adorable frightened rabbit.
Frowning slightly, Chu Jingnan looked at the pitiful, mistreated Xia Ruya, and the Wen Xinya nearby who had on a cold look. With a stern look on his graceful and gentle face, he said, âMiss Wen, whatâs going on?â
Wen Xinya watched Chu Jingnanâs sudden appearance as hidden turmoil surged in her deep, dark eyes. As memories of her previous lifetime played in her mind, overwhelming her with resentment, hatred, and anger, her expression varied non-stop.
Her reddened eyes, filled with streaks of bloody veins interlacing like cobwebs, looked frighteningly crazy.
Inexplicably, Chu Jingnan fell into those eyes of hers, into the world spun by cobwebs. His mind was spinning with her pair of eyes with hidden turmoil, resentment, and hatred, as if only her pair of dark, eerie eyes remained in his world.
âSo itâs the honorable President Chu.â With a deep breath, Wen Xinya restrained all of her emotions.
She thought of Si Yiyan. As the details of Si Yiyan danced in her brain at this moment, her heart miraculously calmed down.
Today was the first day of the rest of her life. In her previous lifetime, she had given up everything for Chu Jingnan and ended up as the dead soul that completed Xia Ruya and Chu Jingnanâs love story. This lifetime⦠to meet again, he was no longer the man that she loved, but an ungrateful jerk who exploited her cruelly.
What he had owed her, she would make him pay for all of them!
Chu Jingnan sensitively felt the whole processâfrom Wen Xinya looking at him with a complicated glare with repeated turmoil, to finally settling into calmness. In a sudden panic, his tone became unfriendly as well. âMiss Wen, Iâm asking youâwhat happened just now?â
Wen Xinya raised her eyes and looked at him, her glare sharp as blades, voice harsh as frost. âThe honorable President Chu, please take note of your words. I didnât break any rules by the institute or the student unionâyou donât have to speak to me with such a tone used to interrogate criminals.â
Chu Jingnan frowned slightlyâby going head-on with him in front of the crowd, she made him look very bad. Furthermore, he was the newly elected president of the student union, and she actually did not spare him any face at all, making it hard for him to command authority in front of everyone. âYouâve gotten into an argument and conflict with others, hence disrupting order within the institute. The student union has the rights to assist the institute to manage the school groundsâI naturally canât turn a blind eye.â
Wen Xinya looked at him sarcastically and asked, âWhich eye of yours saw me getting into an argument and conflict with others?â She then shifted her glance towards the surrounding crowd, and asked plainly, âDid you guys also see me and Miss Xia getting into an argument?â Everyoneâs eyes looked towards Xia Ruya. Wen Xinya looked at Chu Jingnan and sneered. âThe honorable President Chu, I respect you as the president of the student union. But, please donât make slanderous accusations without any grounds before you find out the truth of the matter.â
âIf thatâs the case, why is Miss Xia crying so devastatingly?â Chu Jingnan could hardly hold his expression. He had just gotten elected as the president of the student unionâif he were to act out rashly without understanding the truth, it would hurt his reputation. Thus, his tone softened drastically into an inquiring one.
Wen Xinya laughed coldly. âThatâs funny. I didnât hit her, didnât scold herâitâs none of my business that sheâs a crybaby. Even if the honorable President Chu has a tender heart for the fairer sex, youâll have to get the truth of the matter clear.â
The veins on Chu Jingnanâs forehead throbbed non-stop. Such provoking words seriously threatened his authority as the president of the student union. Forbearing his anger, he said, âPrecisely because I donât know the truth of the matter, Iâm inquiring from you. With you being uncooperative like this, how can I know what happened?â
Wen Xinya smiled slightly. A seventeen years old Chu Jingnan was still a tad too greenârevealing his emotions with a slight provocation, turning his graceful, gentle expression into a twisted, trembling one, his pair of neat brows raising slightly with a hazy aura. âWhat a jokeâIâm not the only one involved. If Iâm not cooperative, shouldnât there be someone whoâs willing to cooperate? The honorable President Chu is holding it against me alone, what does it meanâunless youâre biased against me?â
Chu Jingnanâs expression became somber as he looked at Wen Xinya and asked, âMiss Wen, youâre thinking too much. Iâve only met you today, how would I be biased against youâinstead, Miss Wen is going against me all the timeâunless youâre biased against me?â
Wen Xinya waved her hand and said, âIâll reply you with the same words.â
Chu Jingnan deeply felt that this Wen Xinya was too hard to deal withânot only did she have a glib tongue, her thoughts were also deep and inaccessible by him.
Xia Ruya saw them going head-to-head with each other, bit her lips tightly, tears falling from her eyes as she sobbed. âPresident Chu, Iâm sorry, itâs my fault. Stop arguing.â
Unwilling to say other thingsâand they couldnât be said!
Chu Jingnan only felt that this girlâs tears were so clear that it made his heart ache inexplicably. He consoled her gently. âIs there any misunderstanding between you and Miss WenâI think Miss Wen isnât an unreasonable person, you can simply talk things out with her.â
Look, what altisonant wordsânot offending both parties and demonstrating his own graciousness. People say that birds of a feather flock togetherâno wonder in her previous lifetime, Chu Jingnan and Xia Ruya became a pair, because both of them were hypocritical people.
A jerk and a slut, indeed a match made in heaven.
âIs that all from the honorable President Chu? Otherwise, Iâll take my leave!â Wen Xinya couldnât be bothered with Xia Ruyaâs acting anymore. She had already exhausted all her tactics and couldnât play any more tricksâunless she was not afraid of being criticized by the massive crowd around them?
âXinya, no matter if you believe it or notâIâm really grateful to the Wen Family for raising me up for twelve years, even allowing me to find my birth parents and family. Otherwise, I donât know how Iâll be like now. Precisely because of this, Iâd like to get close to you.â Xia Ruyaâs eyes were reddened, two streaks left behind by tears hung on her fair cheeks which were blushing but not covering her good looks, instead, triggering everyoneâs compassion even more easily.
What a touching speech! Many people around already started sharing piteous looks for Xia Ruya.
Wen Xinya knew that even if she exposed Xia Ruyaâs scheme to defame her, with her positive influence, she would also not end up with a bad reputation. Everyone would only feel that she was frail and pitiful, while feeling that Wen Xinya had an overbearing character even if her reputation was not ruined by Xia Ruya.
Chu Jingnan said, âSince Miss Xia is so sincere, would Miss Wen stop pursuing the matter!â
Wen Xinya turned and looked back at Xia Ruya, her cold face gradually beaming with a smile which felt like a viburnum tree formed by frost, radiating a delicate, jade-like glamor and beauty. Under the bright light of the sun, the rays emitted only made one feel a bone-piercing, bitingly cold chill.
Chu Jingnan only felt as if his heart had been pierced!