In the evening, Jiang Zhihan unexpectedly received a call from Ni Shang. She said briefly on the phone: "See you at 6:30 tomorrow morning, see you in the old place." Then she hung up the phone. Jiang Zhihan held the phone and was stunned for a long time before putting it back.

Jiang Zhihan received Chen Pengfei's reward and thought he had handled it well. Chen Pengfei said that he had been guarding the door of the office building later and did not see Ni Jianguo approaching.

That afternoon, Jiang Zhihan did something strange under impulse. In the morning, he accidentally heard that Ni Shang's father had gone to find Zhou Zhou a few days ago, and naturally thought that the person he was informing was Zhou Zhou. When school was over in the afternoon, Jiang Zhihan followed Zhou Zhou for a while and stopped him and asked him clearly. Zhou Zhou said a few cold words, and the two of them started to fight, but of course Zhou Zhou suffered a loss. Zhou Zhou was not convinced in the end. He said that what bad things did you two have done was nothing to do. I, Zhou Zhou, is not a villain who is chewing around.

Jiang Zhihan spent the night a little restlessly. The next day he woke up very early. He put on the jacket Ni Shang gave him and arrived at the football field a long time in advance.

The fierce thunderstorm has disappeared without a trace. Although it was morning, the birds of Zhi had already started to scream, and the hot summer day has finally arrived.

At half past six, Ni Shang arrived on time. She was wearing a white shirt and blue jeans, and it was suddenly the way Jiang Zhihan dressed when he first met her.

Jiang Zhihan looked at her. In just two days, Ni Shang seemed to have lost three or five pounds. Her face looked smaller, her chin became sharper, and her eyes were deeply sunk. Jiang Zhihan felt pity and reached out to give her a hug. Ni Shang gently but resolutely brushed away his hand.

Ni Shang sat down and asked straight to the point: "You asked someone to stop my father yesterday and wouldn't let him go to school?"

Jiang Zhihan nodded and said, "Yes, I'm afraid he will be too impulsive and will talk nonsense."

Ni Shang looked at Jiang Zhihan, "So, you asked someone to push him down from a high place and threatened him that if you dare to come to No. 7 Middle School again, it wouldn't be as simple as cutting off one foot?"

Jiang Zhihan stood up suddenly, "How could this happen?!"

Ni Shang said: "Chen Pengfei is your younger brother, right? I heard you mentioned it."

Jiang Zhihan said: "That's right, I asked Chen Pengfei to tell you...your father, but they just pushed him and fell to the ground. How could they push him down from a high place?"

Ni Shang said without expression: "Do I want you to show you the photos of the surgical hospital? The muscles are twisted, the very serious ones. Fortunately, the bones are not broken, but you still have to rest for a long time."

Jiang Zhihan murmured: "This is impossible."

Ni Shang said: "The hospital said that it fell down from a high place and twisted it."

Jiang Zhihan shook his head, "It's impossible. He never fell from a high place. He just fell to the ground while standing. No one pushed him!"

Ni Shang lowered his eyes and said, "Then... do you mean he hurt himself?"

Jiang Zhihan rushed out, "That's not impossible! Your dad..." Finally, he didn't say anything.

Ni Shang said: "Is my dad so despicable and shameless in your heart?"

Jiang Zhihan opened his mouth and didn't say anything.

Ni Shang exhaled a long sigh and said slowly: "I have thought a lot in the past two days. In fact, some of the things my father said make sense. We are two very different people. I am used to following the rules and following the path planned by others, and walking step by step. I am not the smartest one, maybe not the hardest one, but fortunately I know the direction and are willing to work hard... You are different. You want to have your own plan, and what you think is far from our age. Although you are staying in school on the surface, you don't take these rules, tests, and frames from the bottom of your heart. You just treat them as a game. If you have interest, study them well. If you lose interest, throw them aside and don't care about the consequences."

Jiang Zhihan interrupted: "What do you want to say? Are there two people exactly the same? What problem can this mean?"

Ni Shang said: "Don't interrupt me. I claim to be eloquent, but I can't argue about your principles. My father said that since I met you, I have forgotten the path I should go, and it's no longer myself. I think back carefully that I was curious about you from the beginning, and I admire you later, and then... I like it later, and finally, I admire you a little blindly. In fact, what he said is not wrong. I slowly followed your steps. But in the end, we are different people. You will rush forward without moving forward, and I will eventually not be able to keep up with you. What should I do at that time? Come back to find my own way?"

Jiang Zhihan said hoarsely: "Ni Shang, look at me and tell me, what did I guide you to do that you are unwilling to do? I took you to kill someone? I set fire? I skipped school? Or did other ruthless things? Didn't I sit in the classroom and study hard? Didn't I participate in subject competitions with you? In the end, are these things not doing their jobs?"

Seeing that Ni Shang didn't say anything, Jiang Zhihan slowed down and said, "Yes, some intimate actions and some secret dates are what I want. You don't want that, just to follow me. Maybe... I don't think about you enough. Such things are too early and too risky... I admit that I was too impulsive that night, and I... should be punished by your father. But I swear to you that I never asked anyone to hurt your father. I was just afraid, afraid that he would go to school to talk about this. It doesn't matter if he wanted to punish me, but he couldn't harm you! This is my only wish, you have to believe me. Didn't you say that you should believe me unconditionally? Didn't you?"

Ni Shang raised his head, with a hint of fatigue and sadness in his eyes, "I believe your words, just to believe that my father is lying. He hurt himself just to slander you. Who do you think I should believe?"

Jiang Zhihan looked directly at Ni Shang: "Ask your heart, ask your brain, your logic, why do I ask someone to hit him? I like you so much and want to be with you. I know he is so important to you, and he is someone you can't avoid in your life. What's the benefit of asking someone to hurt him?"

Ni Shang said: "I used to think I knew everything about you, but then I didn't think it was that way. When you are focused on what you want, you are different from usual. In order to win the game you want to win, you can do a lot, and you don't care even if you boo. If you want to get what you want, you will definitely do whatever you want."

Jiang Zhihan asked: "What kind of thing did I do by any means?"

Ni Shang said: "I didn't mean that. The day before yesterday, didn't you fight back with my dad? Didn't you press him on the sand and make him unable to move?"

Jiang Zhihan gritted his teeth and said, "That's to protect you."

Ni Shang said: "Yesterday, didn't you beat Zhou Zhou to scold us because you suspected that Zhou Zhou had sued us for his secret?"

The lawsuit was so fast that Jiang Zhihan cursed in his heart, but he didn't say anything. He felt that he had wronged Zhou Zhou. Jiang Zhihan was a fair person and had no defense to say about this matter.

Ni Shang said: "Maybe, I am the thing you want. But in order to get me, what you do may be something I don't want to see."

Jiang Zhihan sat down dejectedly and shook his head with self-deprecating words, "What, are you just a thing? After all, what is disagreeable and what is influenced by me is all fake. Ni Shang, you never believe that I didn't hurt your father, right?"

Ni Shang was silent for a while, and looked at Jiang Zhihan with a much stronger look, "Yes. If I must choose someone between my father and you, I... choose him. We have known each other for almost a year, but he has raised me for seventeen years. No matter how you think of him, it is him who taught me the principles of being a human being and he sets a moral example for me."

Jiang Zhihan hung his head deeply, and his heart was filled with confusion.

The two were silent for a long time, and Ni Shang said, "So, that kind of unconditional trust is no longer there... Zhihan, I... may have wronged you, I... don't know, but I chose to trust my father. The trust you said is no longer there, and the perfect relationship you want is also gone. So, Zhihan, let's break up."

Finally saying this word, Jiang Zhihan felt that a big hole was being dug in his heart, and there was nothing inside. His self-esteem told him to stand up and wave his hand casually to say goodbye to this relationship. But he remembered her help when she was a deskmate, her love at the sports meeting, her companionship on the bus, her romance on the trip, her birthday joy, her gentleness, her understanding, her delicate beauty, those days and nights, those sweet memories.

Jiang Zhihan finally lowered his head and begged: "Ni Shang, I may have done a lot of mistakes, intentional or unintentional. I can change it. I can apologize to your father. I can let him punish me at will, anything. I... can also promise us to be separated for a while and no longer have so many interactions. When your father's anger subsides, when all these things are thrown out, or even... when we go to college, we will be together again, okay?"

Jiang Zhihan let go of all his self-esteem and sincerely requested.

Ni Shang's heart was beating, and she felt that she was about to breathe. She bit her lip hard and said, "Don't you understand me? Maybe I often listen to you, but as long as I make up my mind, I will not look back. Let me be honest, I once thought that my father would not like you, or immediately accept the fact that we were together. However, I never thought that your first meeting was such a fierce conflict. I know you and him. You are both gentle people on the surface but stubborn, and you are people who hold grudges. He hates you from the bottom of his bones now, but can't change you. What about you? I'm afraid it's the same. Zhihan, lovers can choose, but... parents cannot allow us to choose."

Jiang Zhihan opened his eyes and looked at Ni Shang in despair, "If you don't try, how can you know it won't work? I can wait. One day, that kind of hatred will disappear."

Ni Shang shook her head, "No, I know. I have thought a lot in the past two days. Maybe it's fate that made me meet you, and then something like this. That night, I was afraid that made you stay. That's not your fault, maybe... it's fate that will be like this... Zhihan, you have a great future, rush forward to realize your ideals, and walk your way, there will be many girls waiting for you in front."

Jiang Zhihan suddenly reached out and grabbed Ni Shang's shoulders, "So, those vows do not count?"

Ni Shang didn't answer him.

Jiang Zhihan raised his voice, "So, those New Year's wishes, what's going on and what's not going on every day, are all bullshit?"

Ni Shang looked at him with a cold and clear look.

Jiang Zhihan said excitedly: "So, no matter how I beg you, and why don't you want my self-esteem, you won't change your mind? Just for this conflict, just for your father's anger?"

Ni Shang shook her head slowly.

Jiang Zhihan stood up, his heart full of grievances and anger, sadness and setbacks, "So, I can't beat your father after all. No matter how dirty he did, I tried my best to treat you well... So, congratulations, Ni Shang, the calm, logical, and clear-minded Ni Shang, who was eloquent in the face of things, was back, no longer influenced by others, no longer be deceived by others, and no longer indulged in any foolish mood that was kind to me."

Jiang Zhihan pointed at Ni Shang, his eyes red, "So, all sweetness and past events are just by-products of ignorance when he was sixteen or seventeen years old, and they are inferior to bullshit. Go back to your father and be your decent and decent child. I will never beg you again!"

Jiang Zhihan said, a tear fell. He looked at Ni Shang, and there seemed to be nothing in her clear eyes. Jiang Zhihan suddenly felt very ashamed. For this parting, he only shed tears.

He took off his jacket and threw it to the ground hard, "Didn't the ancients say that they cut off their robe and broke off their friendship? I'll give you this, and from now on... we will be ruling and righteous, and we will not owe each other!"
Chapter completed!