The Villainous Classmate is My Lucky Star Chapter 136
Translated by Pure (ko-fi)
Chapter 136 The All-knowing Little Marquis (1)
Wen Yantong stood still for a while and didn’t move until she saw Chi Jingxi's figure disappear. When she turned back around, she saw that the crowd had dispersed. Only Fu Zixian and Mu Yang remained, the former was holding her brocade box.
Mu Yang studied the brocade box carefully. "I don’t see any hidden compartments."
Wen Yantong was in an inexplicable mood, the corners of her mouth curved up as she stepped forward to take the box and continued to bury it back into the hole.
Mu Yang wondered, "Why bury this box?"
Wen Yantong replied, "It was buried before to make a certain annoying person disappear from sight, but now it is mainly for commemorative reasons."
After she covered the box completely, Wen Yantong stepped on it a few times with her feet, evening the ground. It took a moment for Mu Yang to finally realize, he pointed at her and exclaimed, "You rascal... was this one of your evil ideas?"
Wen Yantong looked at him, "Forget it, I will explain to you another day."
With Mu Yang's impatient personality, how could he wait until another day? He immediately grabbed Wen Yantong and said, "No! Tell me now, otherwise I won't let you leave here!"
Wen Yantong tried to shake his clingy hand off. "I still have serious business to do."
Mu Yang retired, "This is serious business!"
Without any other option, Wen Yantong heaved a long sigh and explained everything to Mu Yang.
This plan started to sprout when Chi Jingxi's jade token was picked up in the palace. Although she didn't know why Chi Jingxi's jade token was left in front of her by a sneaky maid, in order to prevent someone from using this jade card to do anything against Chi Jingxi, Wen Yantong boldly put the jade token back home.
At that time, she was also thinking about how to deal with Wu Yutian. It would be best to drive him out of the Academy completely, so this jade token came in handy.
Of course, she didn't know the importance of this jade token before, but anything that belonged to Chi Jingxi could have done the trick.
In order to find someone to cooperate with her in implementing the plan, she made an appointment with Fu Zixian on their rest day, and then told him the plan. But she didn't tell Fu Zixian that she had Chi Jingxi's jade token, she just lied that she had seen it before, and then wanted to find a jade shop to make a counterfeit.
Since she lived with Chi Jingxi, it was quite reasonable to say that she had seen the jade token, so Fu Zixian did not suspect anything. Wen Yantong then took the sketch she drew of the token and took it to a jade shop. Soon a duplicate that looked somewhat similar to the original was created.
But in fact, the difference was still very big. Whether it was materials, workmanship, or carving, Chi Jingxi's jade token was a high-quality top-grade product. Although the one in Wen Yantong's hand looked alike, people who owned their own jade token would never confuse a fake with the real.
Fortunately, Wu Yutian had never seen any jade tokens, he had only heard of them.
Wen Yantong's plan actually had a lot of loopholes, but she deliberately pretended to be cautious which successfully baited Wu Yutian. Perhaps because Wu Yutian was really too anxious to frame Wen Yantong that he didn't think about the other possibilities.
The jade tablet that Wu Yutian had smashed into pieces had already been grinded into dust by Wen Yantong and thrown in an inconspicuous place. The real jade tablet was actually hidden in the padded compartment under her couch.
After Wen Yantong finished narrating her story, Mu Yang stood dumbfounded, and it took him a long time to say, "When did you become so smart?"
Wen Yantong spread her arms out. "It's you who misunderstood me, I've always been this smart!"
Mu Yang hesitated to speak for a long time, and finally muttered a single sentence, "You are really a dumb fool."
Wen Yantong choked. "I'm sorry, big bro, it’s all my fault. I will never teach you things indiscriminately again next time, so please stop using that term anymore."
Mu Yang was puzzled by her reaction, "I praised you, so why do you look like that? Didn't you often praise me like this before?"
Wen Yantong finally experienced what it was like to lift a rock and smash her foot. With tears in her eyes, she replied, "I'm flattered, I'm just too flattered! It's just that I don't think I deserve such praise."
Mu Yang laughed and swung his arm around her neck. "Why don’t you deserve it? In my eyes, you are an unmatched dumb fool."
"Thank you so much." Wen Yantong had no choice but to answer, "You are also an unmatched dumb fool."
Unexpectedly, Mu Yang felt a little shy and scratched the back of his head embarrassingly, "I– I don’t think I reached that level yet..."
Wen Yantong: ...
After exchanging ‘compliments’ with Mu Yang, she bid farewell to the two, turned and went back to the dormitory. Knowing that Chi Jingxi would be back tonight, Wen Yantong felt inexplicably happy.
No matter what, it's better than not seeing him all the time. Even if Chi Jingxi blamed her for this incident, she was willing to accept his punishment. After all, she did take advantage of Chi Jingxi in a way.
After entering the dorm and washing her hands and feet, Wen Yantong just stepped on the soft carpet when she heard the servant next to her say, "Gongzi, Master is waiting for you in the study."
Huh? Back so early?
Wen Yantong didn't rush into the study, instead, she walked around the edge of her couch, picked out a soft cotton cushion, and carried it to the study.
She tapped on the door frame three times, and after a short moment of silence, she heard Chi Jingxi's voice, "Come in."
Wen Yantong lifted the cotton curtain and went in. She saw Chi Jingxi standing with his back to the door, as if he was picking out the book on the bookshelf.
Without a delay, she threw the cotton cushion on the ground, and knelt on it, "Little Marquis, I was wrong."
As the saying goes: ‘why clean shoes, when you can be a bootlicker.’ It's similar to the principle of admitting your mistake first before getting called out for it.
No matter what crime, all one needed to confess was a single sentence: ‘I was wrong.’
Chi Jingxi turned his head and saw her kneeling on the ground. His eyes moved slightly, expression a little hesitant.
In the end, he didn’t act upon his thoughts, but instead sat on a chair with his book. He looked at her and questioned, "What did you do wrong?"
Wen Yantong didn't hear anger from his tone, so she raised her head to study his expression. They locked eyes for a moment, but Chi Jingxi soon lowered his eyes to read his book, as if not giving her a chance to pry into his heart.
Wen Yantong said, "Little Marquis should know."
In the past, she would say what she did wrong, or she would lie and change the topic if she didn’t want to admit it. However, now she didn't even want to say it. Chi Jingxi couldn't help laughing at her rogue-like response before retorting back, "What do I know?"
"You know a lot." Wen Yantong said.
"Then should I know that you made a fake jade token, or that you picked up the real jade token?" Chi Jingxi asked slowly.
Wen Yantong widened her eyes in horror.
"Or, should I know that you hid the jade token in the compartment under your couch?"
F*ck, you know all this?!
