The Villainous Classmate is My Lucky Star Chapter 148
Semi-cliffhanger warning~
Translated by Pure (ko-fi)
Chapter 148 Exposed (2)
Wen Yantong's heart sank, she wanted to reach out to stop him, but she was afraid that such behavior would make Chi Jingxi feel suspicious.
After Chi Jingxi opened the second button, she couldn't hold back anymore. Wen Yantong raised her hand and held her collar together, her smile was a little forced. "Little Marquis, if you need something, you can just say it. Why are you touching my clothes?"
Chi Jingxi raised his face lightly, their faces were very close in distance. He looked straight into her eyes, and saw her panic and uneasiness.
He asked, "What are you trying to hide?"
Wen Yantong stammered, "This… This— is not very appropriate."
"Not appropriate?" Chi Jingxi straightened up, took a few steps back, and turned his back to Wen Yantong.
Wen Yantong quickly buttoned up her clothes and stood up from the chair. She felt that there was something very wrong with Chi Jingxi at this moment, she couldn't see through the expression on his face at all, and couldn't guess what was going on in his mind.
She had an urge to flee.
But before she could even move, Wen Yantong heard Chi Jingxi ask, "Do you know what will happen if you disregard the imperial order?"
These words were a taboo for Wen Yantong. The little cannon fodder in the original book ended up receiving a heavy sentence of disregarding the imperial and deceiving the Emperor. As a result, every member of the Wen Residence was arrested and sent to prison to be executed, no one survived.
That was the ending of the little cannon fodder, and it could also be the ending of Wen Yantong.
She trembled. "I don't know, I haven't heard of it."
Chi Jingxi pondered for a moment and then lightly replied, "Eradication of all your whole clan."
"Ah..." Wen Yantong whispered, "What a miserable end..."
Chi Jingxi's voice suddenly became severe. "Since you know it’ll be a miserable end, why do you still risk yourself? Did you feed lard to your guts?"
Wen Yantong was so frightened that her legs went limp. "I don't know what the Little Marquis is talking about."
"You don't know? Then what do you know?" Chi Jingxi still had his back towards her, so Wen Yantong couldn't see his expression, but there was an obvious coldness in his voice, "Then you should know Wen Qin?"
Wen Yantong was startled. Wasn't Wen Qin the little cannon fodder’s father?! Why was Chi Jingxi suddenly mentioning him?
When he didn’t hear a reply, Chi Jingxi continued to ask, "What? You don't even recognize your own father?"
How could Wen Yantong dare admit it? So she didn’t answer.
Chi Jingxi became frustrated by her silence. "Why are you ignoring me?"
She immediately pretended to be stupid. "What are you talking about? I don't understand, don’t understand."
Chi Jingxi paused, took a deep breath, and said, "I asked you a few days ago if you knew Wen Yan, and you opened your mouth and replied no. But in your enrollment record book, you’ve written down Wen Yan's home address, and your relative as Wen Yan’s grandma. You are enrolled in the Academy with his identity, but you said you don’t know him, do you understand what I am trying to say?”
It's over! It's all over!
Chi Jingxi actually investigated everything! It was already a poor design in the original book, there were many loopholes. However, because the little cannon fodder was just an unimportant character. Moreover, she had kept a low profile in the Academy, so no one specifically checked whether her identity was true or not.
But after Wen Yantong came in through the book, she hugged Chi Jingxi's thigh in order to avoid getting bullied. Although she seemed to be successful, she didn't expect Chi Jingxi to be so curious that he insisted on probing her identity.
The important thing was that Wen Yantong herself had no idea who this Wen Yan was! When answering at the time, she even thought before opening her mouth. The original book didn't even mention this character, not even his name! Only now did she realize that it was the name of the distant relative who was replaced by the little cannon fodder!
This random pass-by of a character, the original book didn’t bother to name him, so how could she have known?!
When Wen Yantong realized this, she slapped herself on the mouth.
She blamed herself for being too careless!
Who knew that as soon as that sound fell, Chi Jingxi turned his head around and asked fiercely, "What are you doing!?"
Wen Yantong flinched in fright, and looked at him with her big watery eyes, full of fear.
Chi Jingxi's face was originally dark, and after seeing her expression, his face instantly softened. He turned his eyes elsewhere but his profile remained facing Wen Yantong.
"Wen Yan had lost contact with the rest of his family several years ago. His distant cousin Wen Qin is a well-known wealthy businessman in Chang'an. He only has one child, a daughter, who is currently studying embroidery in Chaoge..." Chi Jingxi spoke in a deep voice, "I’ve already made it so clear, yet you still insist on not telling me the truth?"
Wen Yantong knew that her identity could no longer be concealed. Fear spread from the bottom of her heart inexplicably, her fingertips hidden in her sleeves trembled, her eyes flustered, and her voice quivered, "I, I didn't want to… either.……"
Chi Jingxi continued in a cold voice, "The Holy Majesty promulgated a new order that Songhai Academy to enroll women into their classes, yet you still dare to come in disguised as a man! If the higher-ups find out, no one in your Wen Residence will be able to keep their heads intact!"
Wen Yantong sucked in a deep breath, feeling as if her heart was clenched. The feeling of fear emanated from her body, completely out of her contol, causing her to become light headed.
She staggered two steps back, stretched out her hand to support herself on the chair beside her, and took a deep breath while covering her heart.
