novelraw Chapter 718: Little Girl, You’ve Hurt My Pride
Chapter 718: Little Girl, You’ve Hurt My Pride
Lu Jing hadn’t expected her to strike so viciously. Snapping back to reality, he immediately spoke up.
A simple sentence had Zhang Lingying reeling, and in the next second, her phone was in Lu Jing’s hands.
Lu Jing snatched her phone. Without doing anything further, seeing that she couldn’t call the police, he casually sat down on the nearby bench, gesturing with his mouth to a spot opposite him.
Zhang Lingying glared at him but didn’t move.
Just having the phone in his possession meant she couldn’t just walk away.
As if aware of her reservations, Lu Jing slid her phone into his own pocket and whistled teasingly, "Are you that scared of me?"
"..."
"It’s quite heartbreaking to talk about. I came to you with sincerity, even promised you could set your terms for joining re Group, but you flat-out refused without consideration. Now, you’ve joined Qin Technology Group. You’ve hurt my pride, girl."
Lu Jing sat relaxed on the bench, his arm resting lazily on the back.
With one hand supporting his head, he turned to look at Zhang Lingying.
His carefree stance attracted the gazes of passing students, prompting Zhang Lingying to mentally curse him as a "seducer."
"I came to you today with a simple purpose—I just want to know, in what way did I lose to Qin Nanyu that makes you and Ji Weitian guard against me like I’m a ghost, yet you’re scrambling to get close to him?"
"He’s better than you in every way!"
Zhang Lingying’s response came without a second thought, as if she couldn’t stand Lu Jing comparing himself to Qin Nanyu.
Hearing this, a taunting smile crossed Lu Jing’s face, soon followed by a coldness, and his expression turned frosty.
"Give me a reason."
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"Upon reflection, I don’t think I’ve done anything excessive to you. On the contrary, I believe I’ve been quite courteous. Just because I wanted to invite you to re Group, you hold such a bias against me, thinking I want to use you? Is Qin Nanyu really that much nobler?"
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Lu Jing’s words left Zhang Lingying silent for a few seconds.
She didn’t like Lu Jing, not because he had done anything excessive, but because he carried an air of reckless insolence that made people feel he was no good.
People have an instinct for safety, and Lu Jing only seemed to radiate danger—anyone sane would keep their distance.
On the other hand, because her father often mentioned Qin Nanyu during his lifetime, she viewed Qin Nanyu through a filter.
Joining Qin Technology Group was to see for herself what the genius boy her father couldn’t forget was truly like.
Later on, the attitude of Qin Nanyu towards research and his displayed capabilities indeed impressed her; she felt her choice was not wrong.
Now suddenly questioned by Lu Jing, Zhang Lingying realized that she might have harbored societal bias against him from the start. In truth, he hadn’t done anything particularly wrong to her... unless staying at her place for half a month uninvited counted as excessively intrusive.
"Girl, do you like Qin Nanyu?" Lu Jing’s narrow, peach blossom eyes lifted slightly; his brown pupils shimmered with a cunning light in the dimness.
"I’m already an adult; don’t call me girl!" Zhang Lingying said in disgust.
She denied the label "girl," but didn’t refute her liking for Qin Nanyu.
Lu Jing’s eyes narrowed, and he rose from the bench, slowly stepping up to her and looked down slightly, "There’s been a scandal leaked online about you and Qin Nanyu; have you seen it?"