The scene instantly turned chaotic. Lin Tingnian felt a sudden blackout before collapsing onto the ground, unconscious.
The basketball game on the court immediately came to an end. The boy who accidentally kicked the ball rushed over in a hurry.
"Oh my god, why did your sister just faint like this? What if she damages her brain?" Xie Wanyu exclaimed in shock, pulling Lin Jinran up.
Lin Jinran glanced at Lin Tingnian nonchalantly, curled her lips into a faint smile, slowly got up, and then casually patted the dust off her school uniform pants.
"Don't worry. She won't get hurt. Wherever you fall, you should stand up right there. We should encourage her to be self - reliant."
She smiled meaningfully, standing above Lin Tingnian, looking down at the person lying on the ground with a condescending air.
"But she's unconscious. How can she stand up by herself?" Xie Wanyu was utterly confused and asked in bewilderment.
"It's okay. She'll wake up on her own." Lin Jinran watched as the fingers of the girl lying on the ground twitched slightly, and her smile grew deeper.
Normally, Lin Tingnian had a slight case of mysophobia. How could she suddenly be so scared that she fell straight to the ground without caring about her mysophobia?
Xie Wanyu felt that something was off. She looked at Lin Tingnian on the ground and then at Lin Jinran, but couldn't figure out what was wrong. It gave her a headache.
In the end, she simply gave up.
The boy who rushed over from the court finally arrived. Looking at the unconscious girl on the ground, he felt a sudden headache.
He was sure that the flying ball didn't hit her. How could she just faint like that?
"Lin Jinran, is this your sister? How about you help her up and send her to the school infirmary?" The boy sent a distress signal to Lin Jinran.
Lin Jinran blinked her eyes. "I can't lift her. How about you do it?"
She leaned closer to the boy and was about to pat his shoulder like a good buddy, but her hand was caught by another one.
It was Su Qinian. His beautiful almond - shaped eyes revealed a dangerous glint.
Lin Jinran smiled awkwardly and quickly withdrew her hand. Then she said righteously, "It's okay. You help her up. It was you who made my sister faint. You should send her to the school infirmary. It's urgent. It's okay."
Perhaps moved by her words, the boy nodded hesitantly. He bent down, and just as his outstretched hand was about to touch Lin Tingnian, she suddenly opened her eyes.
The boy was startled.
"Lin Tingnian, it turns out you weren't really fainting. That's great." Lin Jinran raised her eyebrows and said something rather empty.
Lin Tingnian bit her lips. Her face was pale, and her eyelashes trembled slightly, as if there were tiny teardrops hanging on them. She said aggrievedly, "I'm really so useless. I could even faint like this."
"I've told you to exercise before, but you didn't listen. Do you know your mistake now?" Lin Jinran said in a scolding tone, actually exposing her weakness. "It's not good to be too lazy usually. Don't think that just because Mom and Dad don't say anything, you don't need to exercise."
"Okay, okay. I, I know. I know." Lin Tingnian replied in a hurry. Under everyone's watchful eyes, she didn't know what astonishing words Lin Jinran would say next.
"Do you need me to send you to the school infirmary for a check - up?" the boy asked worriedly.
"No, I'm fine." Lin Tingnian propped herself up on the ground and stood up shakily. Shifting her gaze to the left, she saw Su Qinian and her face lit up.
"Brother, it's you. I've seen you before. Do you still remember me?" Lin Tingnian wiped away the non - existent tears from the corner of her eyes. One hand nervously tugged at the hem of her clothes, and a faint blush appeared on her originally pale cheeks.
Hearing this address, Su Qinian frowned and said calmly, "I don't remember. Just call me senior. I'm not the kind of person who casually recognizes people as brothers or sisters."
Lin Tingnian's face froze. Was he scolding her for being promiscuous?
Then she turned to look at Lin Jinran, her eyes soft. "You and Xie Wanyu can continue playing. I'll go back to the court first."
"Go ahead. Make sure the ball doesn't fly out and hit me next time. Otherwise, it'll be me who loses face." Lin Jinran joked half - heartedly. Her eyes were lazy, as if she was embracing the beautiful sunlight on this rare sunny day.
The young man let out a low laugh and called the boy who was still standing there in a daze to go back with him.
As the group gradually walked away, Xie Wanyu sighed, "Help. I'm so glad I don't have a sister who randomly recognizes brothers."
In just a few words, Xie Wanyu saw through Lin Tingnian.
Moreover, Lin Jinran's attitude was rather subtle. Xie Wanyu made a guess and boldly mocked Lin Tingnian.
Lin Jinran didn't refute. She shook her head with a smile and pointed at a figure on the court. "Look quickly. There's your Jiang Xiubin."
"Where? Where?" Xie Wanyu's eyes lit up. She forgot everything and excitedly looked around. "I see him. He just scored a goal. He's so handsome..."
Lin Jinran stood beside her and also looked at the court.
Behind them, Lin Tingnian seemed to be forgotten by everyone. Hidden under the shade of a tree, her hands hanging by her sides quietly clenched into fists. She stared at a certain figure in front of her unwillingly.
After school at noon, Lin Jinran went to the cafeteria for lunch as usual. Lin Tingnian popped up out of nowhere and clung to her like a piece of chewing gum.
Lin Jinran gave her a cold look, got her food, and left. Lin Tingnian found it hard to choose the food in the cafeteria. When she turned around, she saw Lin Jinran leaving.
Instantly, her eyes welled up with tears. "Sister, sister. I haven't even finished getting my food yet. Why didn't you wait for me?"
There were quite a few students queuing up for food around. They all looked at Lin Jinran.
Lin Jinran stopped, turned slightly, and smiled gently. "Of course I'm going there early to reserve a seat. Tingnian, can't you get your own food? You can ask the students behind you to teach you. After all, there are so many people queuing up behind you."
Lin Tingnian's face instantly darkened.
The students behind started to protest.
"Hurry up and get your food. I'm starving."
"After studying for so many years, how can you not even know how to get your food? Did you study yourself stupid?"
"Born from the same parents, the gap between them is really huge. One is so smart, and the other is just so..."
"Why aren't you getting your food? If you don't want to eat, just get out of the way and let me get my food first."
An impatient student pushed Lin Tingnian aside, got his own food, and left contentedly.
Lin Tingnian: "???"
What's going on? Things aren't developing as she expected. Should she initiate another plan?
Lin Tingnian carefully recalled what had happened in the past few days.
All those attempts to ruin Lin Jinran's reputation had been successively refuted by Lin Jinran with just her words.
Lin Jinran was a well - known figure in the school, and most of the students in No. 1 Middle School of Wannanshi were on her side.
But what if... they found out that Lin Jinran had lied to them?
A flash of excited smile passed through Lin Tingnian's eyes, and she let out a sinister laugh.