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Chapter 54 - 54 54 The higher the unattainable the more I

?Chapter 54: Chapter 54: The higher the unattainable, the more I want to climb. Chapter 54: Chapter 54: The higher the unattainable, the more I want to climb. That night, Lu Jingyan had a dream.

In a dimly lit room, a man dressed in black clothes was shackled to a chair, a chain circled around his neck, and his slightly long hair covered his eyes.

The wall behind him was hung with all sorts of messy tools.

The room was very quiet; the man’s head hung down, showing no sign of life.

After about a few seconds, the sound of high heels clicking on the floor could be heard.

Then the door was pushed open, and a beam of light shone in as a woman in a red gown, wearing a pair of high heels, walked in with a cold and domineering air.

In her hand was a black whip, and she stood with her arms crossed over her chest, looking down at the man, “Baby, have you thought it through?”

The man didn’t speak.

The woman chuckled lightly and lifted the man’s chin with her whip, staring into his eyes, “Do you think you can escape from me?”

The man had a cold expression in his eyes and seemed determined rather to die than to submit.

The woman stepped on the chair, revealing a long, white leg, and rested her hand on the back of the chair, pushing herself and the man backward to a half-lying position. Then, grabbing the chain around his neck, she pulled his face close to hers, “I like this expression of yours. The more unattainable, the more I want to climb.”

The man turned his head away.

The woman was not annoyed, and her whip traced down from his chin, unbuttoning his shirt one by one, “Tsk, to think there are really eight-pack abs…”

Just then, the dim room was suddenly flooded with light.

Lu Jingyan could clearly see the faces of the man and the woman.

It was her and Sheng Xian.

Then she abruptly opened her eyes.

Lying on her bed and staring at the familiar ceiling, she was stunned for a good while before realizing that she had just been dreaming.

Still cranky upon waking, she cursed irritably.

What kind of strange dream had she just had?

Not only was the scene unspeakable, but they were also playing a captivity play?

The more Lu Jingyan thought about it, the more she felt like a pervert.

The curtains of the bedroom were drawn, and the room was dark. Since it was the weekend and she hadn’t set an alarm, Lu Jingyan didn’t know what time it was.

After lying in bed digesting the dream for a while, she reached for her phone.

It was only seven in the morning, and she wasn’t in a rush to get up, so she clicked into Emotion.

She habitually took a glance at the trending search list first.

Today’s trending list was a bit different from usual. In addition to celebrities, internet celebrities, and funny videos, there was also a piece of current news.

These days, no one knows who started the bad habit, but news workers liked to burst out big news in the middle of the night.

The content of the news caused quite a stir. It featured a female university student from a well-known university suspected of stealing money from her roommate, and it wasn’t just once but multiple times over a long period, with the amount totaling several tens of thousands.

According to the female student who lost her money, she would lose money almost every month, and despite repeatedly reporting this to the dormitory supervisor, they had never been able to catch the thief. The reason why there was a suspect this time was that one night, when the whole dorm was going out for an activity, the suspect didn’t go, but she happened to forget her dorm key and borrowed the key of the girl who lost the money. When she returned to the dorm that night, the money was gone.

The reason this news made it to the trending search was that many people recalled losing money during their school days and still had no idea who the thief was. Some even said they knew who it was but couldn’t do anything about it due to lack of evidence.

More importantly, many netizens righteously stated that such a person did not deserve to attend university. The school should expel her, and they suggested the person who lost the money should report to the police and let the thieving student go to jail.

In this era of highly developed internet media, once something becomes hot, countless people will rush to catch the wave of attention.

The news had only been out for a few short hours, and reporters had already visited the university to conduct interviews.

The student who lost the money was surnamed Yang, and the suspected student was surnamed Sun.

In everyone’s words, Sun typically didn’t like to participate in class AA (dutch treat) activities and always lived frugally. She wore the same pair of shoes from the first year of college until the third year—in short, she seemed to be in dire need of money, but she had recently switched to a new model of cell phone.

Yang, on the other hand, came from a relatively wealthy family and was generous with her classmates, often treating them to meals. It was obvious that she received a high allowance from her family.

These interview contents made Sun’s position even more passive. Although the police had not yet announced the results of their investigation, public opinion on the internet was unanimously convinced that Sun was the thief.

Lu Jingyan briefly scanned the latest comments, which were mostly cursing Sun by now.

“So what if she’s poor? Is poverty an excuse to steal money? Do people still think poverty is a justification these days?”

“Adults now, theft is a crime, and crimes have consequences!”

“I suggest the police get involved, the school should take serious action against this student.”

“…”

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Lu Jingyan didn’t take the news she scrolled through that morning too seriously; she stayed in bed until she felt hungry, then got up for a quick wash before heading downstairs.

Auntie Sun had prepared breakfast, but she was not at home.

Lu Jingyan assumed Auntie Sun had gone to the supermarket to buy something and didn’t pay much attention. After filling her stomach at the dining table, she went back upstairs to binge-watch a TV series, then took a nap.

When she woke up, it was already afternoon. As Lu Jingyan descended the stairs, she didn’t see Auntie Sun, but she heard her voice first.

She was on the phone, speaking in a pleading tone to someone.

As Auntie Sun heard footsteps, she looked back, saw Lu Jingyan coming downstairs, and quickly hung up the phone: “Miss Lu, would you like to have lunch?”

Lu Jingyan nodded slightly and walked into the dining room.

Auntie Sun brought over the prepared lunch for her.

As Lu Jingyan was eating, Auntie Sun stood by her side without leaving, looking at her several times as if wanting to speak but stopping herself.

After finishing her meal, just as Lu Jingyan put down her chopsticks, Auntie Sun stepped forward and handed her a tissue.

Lu Jingyan glanced at Auntie Sun and said indifferently, “Thank you.”

Auntie Sun pressed her lips together, hesitating for a while before speaking, “Miss Lu.”

“Hmm?”

Auntie Sun didn’t speak; Lu Jingyan looked at her again.

With a clenched hand, Auntie Sun uttered, “Miss Lu, I’d like to ask for your help. Could you help take down the trending search for my daughter? Emotion is yours; you can remove it, right? My daughter didn’t steal the money, and now the whole world is calling her a thief.”

Lu Jingyan was stunned.

It turned out Sun was Auntie Sun’s daughter.

“Miss Lu, I know it’s quite presumptuous to ask for your help like this, but it’s so hard for me to watch everyone cursing my daughter. Could you please help…”
“I’m sorry, I can’t,” Lu Jingyan regained her composure and interrupted Auntie Sun calmly: “Those trending searches were created by the heat from netizens, I can’t deprive them of their rights.”

Tears instantly welled up in Auntie Sun’s eyes, and she bowed her head, wiping away a tear: “It’s okay, Miss Lu, I understand.”

Lu Jingyan didn’t say anything, she stood up and left the dining room.

When she returned to the upper floor, she realized she had left her phone in the dining room.

She went back down; just as she reached the first floor, she overheard Auntie Sun on the phone with her daughter: “Mom believes you, don’t cry. Mom said, as long as I’m here, I’ll figure out a way to resolve this.”

“…”

“Mom really believes you, you’re my daughter; if I don’t believe you, who will?”

…
Lu Jingyan stopped her steps, leaned against the wall, and listened quietly to Auntie Sun comforting her daughter.

She remembered back to when she was in elementary school and had a conflict with a classmate, the details of which she couldn’t recall, but she knew it wasn’t her fault; the classmate had fallen and blamed her instead.

That classmate cried so hard, and both the teacher and other students thought she was the bully.

Parents from both sides were called to the school; the classmate’s parents arrived quickly, scolding her that she should never resort to hitting, even as her own parents were in Beijing, and nobody from her family came; eventually, her father’s secretary showed up instead.

Without seeking the true story, the secretary’s arrival meant an apology and compensation talks.

After all, the Lu family was rich; they could donate to the school, and neither the principal nor the teachers would really give her a hard time.

The classmate’s parents also had to give some face to the school and the teachers, and the matter just passed.

That day, when she went home from school and encountered her mother in a rush to leave, she called out, “Mom,” wanting to tell her she hadn’t bullied the classmate, that the classmate had lied.

But before she could say anything, her mother cut her off hurriedly.

Twenty years had passed, and she still remembered it vividly.

Her mother said, “Lu Jingyan, be good in school. Your father and I are very busy; don’t keep causing us trouble.”