Chapter 48: Let’s Line Up to Apologize

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“silly child, you should call me teacher now.” Lin Ran stood up and walked to her side. Facing the crowd below the stage with her, he announced, “From now on, Ji Ning will be my student.”

The reporters who had been invited to the performance pressed the shutter one after another, recording this seemingly historical moment. The reporters would not know what the scene they were recording with the continuous clicking of the shutters, would represent.

They were recording the historic gathering of the two legends in violin history.

The applause below the stage was thunderous. Sun Qinglian and the group of socialites turned pale. They wanted to silently leave the venue. However, they were stopped by Ji Qian, who was already prepared. She said, “Miss Sun, the bet hasn’t been fulfilled yet. Isn’t it inappropriate for you to leave now?”

“Who did you say was leaving?” Sun Qinglian’s expression was unsightly as she glared at her. “I just wanted to go to the bathroom!”

“So long you’re not leaving, it’s all good,” Ji Qian smiled at her. “No matter what you plan on doing, you don’t have to do it now. Apologize first.”

“You!” Sun Qinglian only felt embarra.s.sed when things had reached this stage.

If she apologized to Ji Ning in public, wouldn’t that be utterly humiliating? How could she face the Ji family when she sees them in the future?

“Miss Sun, are you trying to back out?” Ji Qian was extremely happy. She gave Sun Qinglian a push and urged her, “Hurry up, don’t waste everyone’s time.”

It was embarra.s.sing enough to make a fool of herself. If she didn’t admit her mistake and tried to back out from the bet… The Sun family couldn’t afford to be humiliated. Sun Qinglian gritted her teeth.

“I shouldn’t have agreed to apologize. Now I’m so embarra.s.sed!” one of the girls complained in a low voice.

“So you’re blaming me now?” Sun Qinglian turned around abruptly and glanced at them. The girls lowered their heads and didn’t dare to make eye contact with her. Their att.i.tude made Sun Qinglian’s heart turn cold.

She sneered, “Was I the one who forced you to agree to the bet? Didn’t I ask for your opinions before the bet? You didn’t dare to refute back then, and now you’re blaming me?”

Sun Qinglian was quite angry about it. Being humiliated wasn’t that important anymore. She simply made her way up the stage and took the microphone. She said to Ji Ning straightforwardly, “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have laughed at you. I even purposely mocked you. I hope you can accept my apology.”

After saying that, she didn’t wait for Ji Ning’s reaction. She put down the microphone and turned to leave. When she pa.s.sed by the girls, she sneered, “I advise you to quickly apologize as well. Mrs. Ji isn’t someone you can mess with.”

After saying that, she left.

The remaining socialites looked at each other. In the end, no matter how dissatisfied they were, they still went up on stage to apologize to Ji Ning.

“Ji Ning, I’m sorry.”

“Ji Ning, I was wrong, I apologize.”

“Ji Ning…”

Several socialites queued up to apologize. It was almost a famous scene in the upper-cla.s.s circles. Ji Ning watched this scene in a daze as she listened to them apologizing to her one after another. She used to think that she didn’t care anymore. After being hurt too many times, she thought she had become

numb to all these. She thought that she would be able to ignore these malicious and mocking words. However, when she heard these belated apologies, she realized that she was angry.

It was not her fault, it was never her fault. They were in the wrong!

The pent-up feelings in her chest seemed to be slowly dissipating. With tears in her eyes, Ji Ning held Shen Hanxing’s hand and smiled brightly.

Ji Qian had originally booked a hotel room as she did not want to return to the Ji family’s house after the banquet. However, after the banquet ended, Ji Qian did not bring it up. She instead thickened her skin and got into the car with Shen Hanxing. They returned to the Ji family’s house together.

The living room of the Ji family’s house was brightly lit. Ji Yan, who was supposed to be resting in bed, was sitting on the sofa with a book in his hands. When Shen Hanxing saw him, her eyes lit up slightly. She quickened her pace and walked over, her gaze lingered on his legs for a long time. Eventually,

she simply asked, “Why aren’t you resting?”

Ji Yan raised his head to look at her. His pair of dark eyes were suppressing his surging emotions. It seemed that she was the only one left in the world in front of him. After a long while, he finally revealed a faint smile. He said, “I couldn’t sleep, so I wanted to wait for you… wait for you guys to come back.”

He wanted to wait for her. He wanted to witness this very important night with her.

Ji Yan did not say this out loud. There seemed to be thousands of words hidden in his eyes that were as dark as ink.

This night held a different meaning for everyone in the Ji family.

The next day, the whole Ji family gathered for a rare breakfast together. After Ji Yang and Ji Mo finished their breakfast, they went off to cla.s.s. As usual, Ji Zhou stayed at home and seemed like he had nothing to do. Ji Qian had requested for leave of absence to return to the country. Since she didn’t have

anything important to do, she also stayed at home and didn’t leave the house.