Chapter 158 - 53: Testing the Waters

"Since she is such a person, has she done anything to enhance her presence in this training?" Ji Li’s rational analysis enlightened Ji Heng.

Yes, aside from wanting to grab some attention in the first small match, she has been very low-key afterwards. Why?

In other matches, neither she nor her teammates stood out.

This is abnormal.

That’s why Su Xiaocai said he should go and uncover Xue Huiyi’s secret.

Ji Heng: "Do you think I should follow Su Xiaocai’s advice?"

"Think for yourself." Ji Li was fed up with his brother’s indecision but couldn’t help reminding him, "Do you think you can still be friends with Xue Huiyi after breaking up?"

"No." Ji Heng knew that if he was in trouble, it would be good enough if Xue Huiyi didn’t kick him when he was down.

"I understand, brother, I’ll be the bad guy to the end. I’ll go and find out." Ji Heng, carrying a heavy burden, immediately went to find Xue Huiyi.

Ji Li wanted to say that he didn’t have to be Su Xiaocai’s vanguard; he could just discuss the breakup without delving into anything else.

Unfortunately, his brother ran too fast for him to catch up and say it.

Forget it, Ji Li thought it was better for Ji Heng to cut ties cleanly and be the bad guy once; the relationship was irreparable anyway.

Ji Heng went to the training ground to find her but couldn’t. He asked a few students along the way and found out that Xue Huiyi had gone to the repair department.

He hurried to the repair department.

"Ji Heng, what are you doing here? Huiyi doesn’t want to see you." One of Xue Huiyi’s suitors blocked Ji Heng, "Even if you’re here to apologize, it won’t save your precarious relationship, so don’t cling to her."

Idiot?

Ji Heng looked inside the repair department. Xue Huiyi was directing someone to modify the mecha. He knew about the weapons, but some of the instruments were beyond his understanding.

He discreetly adjusted the angle of his communicator and took a photo.

"Huiyi, can you come out for a talk?" Ji Heng’s voice was just the right volume to be heard in the noisy environment.

Inside the repair room, everyone stopped their actions. Xue Huiyi’s back stiffened. She turned her head, with her hair falling from under her hat, sticking to her cheek, looking pitiful.

Every strand of hair seemed to be acting.

Ji Heng felt a chill. He was certain that he couldn’t fall for the woman in front of him. No matter how innocent she acted, his subconscious repelled her.

Ji Heng’s indifferent gaze told Xue Huiyi everything she needed to know.

Xue Huiyi clenched her fists discreetly. What was meant to happen would happen; she slightly lowered her head, the coldness in her eyes masked by her hat.

She was giving Ji Heng one last chance. If he insisted on breaking up, he couldn’t blame her for being ruthless.

"Huiyi, don’t mind what he says, you still have us, at least I’ll always be by your side." The suitor looked deep and affectionate.

Xue Huiyi brushed the suitor’s hand away, "I have a fiancé, don’t do this."

"Soon you won’t. I know you’re going to leave him soon." The suitor seized the opportunity, his obsession made Xue Huiyi feel flattered.

She liked clingy puppy-like boys.

If Ji Heng himself was a playboy, Xue Huiyi wouldn’t mind playing separately after marriage. Unfortunately, Ji Heng was too dutiful and conscientious.

After a long tug-of-war, Ji Heng, fed up, said, "Everyone’s time is valuable. If you want to flirt with others, can you end things first?"

The suitor was pleasantly surprised. Was Ji Heng really going to break off the engagement? Xue Huiyi was such a talented woman from a prestigious family, and he actually wanted to end it?

There was no trace of reluctance on Ji Heng’s part that Xue Huiyi could see. As she flirted with the suitor, Ji Heng remained calm and unbothered, almost terrifyingly so.

Break if we must.

They moved to a corner of the repair room, where nobody else was, and the sound of the mechanical arms working made it difficult for their conversation to be overheard.

Ji Heng discreetly turned on the recording feature.

He had thought of what to say before he came, "Lately, you don’t seem to be doing too well."

"How could I not be doing well?" Ji Heng was good at flattering himself, and Xue Huiyi sneered.

She had looked in the mirror carefully that morning—no dark circles, no signs of weariness; she slept well and ate well.

She couldn’t lose sleep over a man.

Ji Heng wasn’t concerned about Xue Huiyi’s misunderstanding; he couldn’t shake his scumbag image.

"At school, you’re always in the spotlight. Here, you seem less active. Are you not feeling well?"

"You never cared before, and now you decide to care? We’re about to break up; why act like a caring guy now?" Xue Huiyi mocked.

"Just concerned as a friend." Ji Heng observed the changes in Xue Huiyi’s expression. "The Ji and Xue families aren’t going to turn against each other just because we call off the engagement."

Fake friends are still friends. Given the relationship between the two families, for now, they wouldn’t be enemies.