Chapter 91: Chapter 91 How is it like giving alms to a dog? Chapter 91: Chapter 91 How is it like giving alms to a dog? Nanshu Jiang thought that the plot should serve her, wherever she went, Su Ran would appear. Right now, all she wanted was to genuinely learn swimming, so when she could swim with sharks, she wouldn’t even fear jumping into the sea.
“Coach Duan, how are you going to teach me?” Nanshu Jiang diverted her gaze, smiling at Duan Huaiyu.
Duan Huaiyu couldn’t meet her eyes. Despite her words being ordinary, Nanshu Jiang’s voice was soft and clear, wrapping around his ears with a hint of seduction.
He stepped into the water, floating on the surface, and reached out to Nanshu Jiang, “Come down, then I can teach you.”
Nanshu Jiang sat by the poolside, her bare feet on the clear water, lotus-white arms on the edge of the pool. When she slightly tilted her head, her hair around her ears fluttered.
Her eyes, like shimmering water, carried a smile, her tone haughty, “No.”
She watched as Duan Huaiyu instructed, “You swim for me. If you swim well, then I will let you teach me.”
Carrying the airs of a pampered lady, Nanshu Jiang’s words were disagreeable, but looking at her beautiful face somehow made them forgivable.
She was leveraging her beauty to be cruel, and Duan Huaiyu hardly noticeably sighed and submitted.
Duan Huaiyu dived into the water, his nimble figure swimming delightfully.
“Nanshu Jiang?”
Hearing Su Ran’s voice.
Nanshu Jiang turned her head for a glance, Su Ran was holding a bag, her eyes puzzled yet astonished.
Nanshu Jiang raised a smile, “What’s up?”
Su Ran pursed her lips. She had overheard Nanshu Jiang talking with Duan Huaiyu, and watching Duan Huaiyu swim back and forth sparked anger in her.
How could she torment people just because she was rich?
Su Ran, voice calm, “What are you doing here?”
Nanshu Jiang rolled her eyes, “Swimming, are you blind?”
Su Ran held back her anger, “If you’re swimming, why torment the swimming coach? It’s not easy for him, he’s just trying to make a living.”
“Why? You care so much, do you feel sorry for him?” Nanshu Jiang blinked, sounding sincere.
Su Ran was speechless, her face reddening with annoyance, “Nanshu Jiang, I’m just speaking what’s fair. Your behavior is wrong. Why make things hard for a worker, and moreover, Huaiyu’s time is tight. He’s only working part-time at the swimming pool.”
Nanshu Jiang didn’t expect that. So soon, she knew so much about Duan Huaiyu.
Cheng An was useless, protecting Su Ran yet letting her meet new men.
Duan Huaiyu emerged from the water, flipping his wet hair. On seeing Su Ran, he looked somewhat taken aback, “Miss Su? What are you doing here?”
Su Ran smiled, lifting the bag, “I’ve brought some ointment here. I injured my back abroad, and it healed with this. Since I had some left, I brought it. You can take it home for your mum to use; she should recover quickly.”
Duan Huaiyu, a soft smile on his firm face, “Miss Su, thank you. If my mum knows you care so much for her, she’d be very happy.”
Su Ran gave a light smile, “It’s nothing, glad I could help.”
Nanshu Jiang narrowed her eyes slightly, the plots she knew leaping into her mind.
Duan Huaiyu was born in an ordinary family, with a mother who suffered a devastating pelvic fracture from a fall.
Each year his earnings went to his mother’s medical expenses.
And that day at the bar, he was most in need of money.
The original plot was supposed to be Su Ran getting drunk and calling Lu Qingyan.
Lu Qingyan had left and shortly afterward, the original host received a message from her good friend Chen Qian. Fuming, she stormed over to catch him cheating. Lu Qingyan had just laid Su Ran on the bed, and while Su Ran clung tightly to him, he hadn’t made a move yet when the original host arrived.
Naturally, nothing happened between them as a result.
The original host complained to Young Master Lu, and Lu Qingyan was forcefully taken away by the Lu family.
From this point of view, the original host had won, but also lost.
In the original plot, Lu Qingyan had retrieved the wedding invites, and even though Young Master Lu disagreed, the news of Lu Qingyan calling off the engagement with Jiang Nanshu still became widely known.
After this episode, there was no way Lu Qingyan would change his mind again.
A drunken Su Ran ran into Duan Huaiyu, and upon hearing he was short of money, she transferred fifty thousand yuan to him under the influence of alcohol.
But the plot had taken an absurd turn right from the start.
Chen Qian was written out by her scheme, so naturally, there was no storyline involving her snitching.
Nor did she catch anyone cheating; Lu Qingyan left after dropping Su Ran off.
It was during this gap that the plot came together again.
Allowing Su Ran to have a chance encounter with Duan Huaiyu.
When Duan Huaiyu was Su Ran’s bodyguard, his mother had passed away. After borrowing money and arranging his mother’s funeral, he agreed to Su Ran’s request.
Su Ran was kind to everyone, even Liang Ciqiu, who sent her flowers. When they were photographed blurrily together, she openly responded that he was like the boy next door, a friend, and also family to her.
Jiang Nanshu’s feet swished through the water, creating ripples.
With a thrust, she splashed water onto Duan Huaiyu’s face.
Disrupting his walk down memory lane with Su Ran.
Jiang Nanshu’s smile remained unchanged, “Coach Duan, I only have an hour, can you teach me properly?”
Her skin was very pale, dazzlingly so.
It was then that Duan Huaiyu turned to Su Ran, “Miss Su, I have to work now. However much it costs, send it to me later, and I’ll transfer the money to you.”
Su Ran suppressed her displeasure. She really didn’t like Jiang Nanshu’s presumptuous and spoiled manner, as if everyone should revolve around her.
Hearing Duan Huaiyu’s words, she waved her hands, “No need, no need. It’s for my aunt to use, Huaiyu. I know you’re also having a hard time. Seeing you reminded me of my past self, so I always try to help those in need. You don’t need to return the money, consider it a gift from me. If you feel bad, why not come work for me? I can pay you a salary, so you wouldn’t need to tire yourself out like this.”
Duan Huaiyu frowned and remained silent.
Jiang Nanshu couldn’t help but laugh out loud, tilting her slender neck to look at Su Ran, “Where do you get the money to hire others? You rely on your entertainment company to pay salaries. In my opinion, it’s better to have people pay you back, instead of acting like you’re handing out charity to dogs.”
Su Ran’s porcelain face flushed red again, and she looked at Jiang Nanshu with some annoyance, “That’s not what I meant. I just feel that Huaiyu needs my help, and I’m only doing what I can. Jiang Nanshu, please don’t twist my words.”
Jiang Nanshu rubbed her ears, “Ouch, take it slow, don’t rush. Your loud voice is hurting my ears.”
Su Ran: “…”
Damn it, why is she so irritating? It makes it seem like I’m admitting guilt without being guilty.
Her patience was nearly at its end, and she was getting truly fed up with Jiang Nanshu.
Why did she have to run into her everywhere she went?
In the end, Duan Huaiyu nodded, “Miss Su, thank you for your kindness. I appreciate it.”
Then he looked towards Jiang Nanshu and extended his hand again, “Young lady, please get out.”