Listening to the middle-aged man's wailing and howling, Gu Qingqing remained expressionless, her eyes cold and undisturbed. She felt no sympathy or pity for Chen Yuli's parents whatsoever; she was neither a fool nor a saint.

If she were to sympathize with them, would they have sympathized with her and pitied her when she was bullied by thugs and when the restaurant was bombed?

Hmph! They probably thought she was definitely dead and were preparing to drink and celebrate.

Assistant Yin kicked and punched the middle-aged man repeatedly until Fu Jue stopped after about ten blows.

"Qingqing, let's go out." He didn't want her to stay and see anything disgusting and bloody again.

Gu Qingqing nodded and obediently let him lead her out of the interrogation room. Assistant Yin did not follow.

"Mr. Fu, what are you going to do with them?" Although the restaurant explosion did not cause any casualties, it involved him this time. She and he were lucky to escape this disaster; others would have died long ago.

"Do you really want to know?" Fu Jue stopped and looked into her bright eyes, which were like dazzling stars.

Was she trying to plead for them?

"Yes." Gu Qingqing nodded vigorously. She just wanted to know how to deal with Chen Yuli's parents; she wouldn't tolerate being too lenient.

"Master Fu, please don't misunderstand. I just want to know how you will deal with them. I won't accept it if you're lenient."

"Little one, if you think so much, you'll stunt your growth. This is an adult matter, you're just a minor, don't worry about it." Fu Jue chuckled and gently poked her forehead with his finger.

"Master Fu! I'm not a child. I'll be eighteen next month, and I'm already 1.7 meters tall. I don't need to grow any taller. I won't look good if I grow any taller." Gu Qingqing puffed out her cheeks in anger. She didn't like him treating her like a child.

"Okay! Qingqing, it's my fault. I won't treat you like a child next time." Actually, he still felt that she was very young, so he didn't dare to confess to her or pursue her passionately.

That would make me feel guilty; destroying a beautiful flower is something not everyone can do.

"Hmph! You're smart to know what's good for you." Gu Qingqing put her hands on her hips, looking like she was getting cocky.

"Naughty!" Fu Jue raised his hand to stroke the top of her head. The soft hair felt very comfortable to the touch, and he liked it very much.

"Mmm," Gu Qingqing didn't reject his petting, nor did she feel any aversion. Even if he treated her like a kitten, she just took it as his owner's daily routine of petting the cat.

“I will definitely not let those two off easily. Just the charge of causing an explosion and setting fire to a restaurant is enough to sentence them to life imprisonment. Fortunately, there were no casualties this time, otherwise, I would have sentenced them to immediate execution.”

Fu Jue still feels lingering fear at the thought that she might be injured or even perish in the fire.

Although those two bad guys could only be sentenced to life imprisonment, he wouldn't let them live out their lives peacefully in prison; he would make sure they never had a moment's peace.

"Yes, I'm very satisfied with this outcome. Although they can't be sentenced to death, they'll spend the rest of their lives in prison, never be free, never be able to reunite with their families, and suffer a tragic end filled with lifelong regret. It's a pretty good result, I'm very happy, thank you, Master Fu."

Gu Qingqing smiled foolishly, took his arm, and leaned against him like a little sister, acting coquettishly.

"Thank me for what? Isn't this what I should do?" Fu Jue really liked her closeness and coquettishness towards him. He believed that as long as he treated her sincerely, she would fall in love with him sooner or later.

No matter how far away that day is, he will keep waiting.

...

Gu Qingqing stayed overnight at the Fu family's house, planning to return to the Gu family's house early the next morning, since Gu Mu would be able to go home to rest the next day.

"How's this room? Do you like it?" Fu Jue led Gu Qingqing into a room with a cool color scheme, wanting her to rest early.

After all, she is still young. Having experienced the restaurant explosion and without any family members by her side, she must be very tired, both physically and mentally.

"So beautiful! Very nice, I like it very much." She walked around and looked at the room, which was predominantly cool-toned and had a layout that was four or five parts similar to his bedroom.

He probably chose this room for her to rest because she had mentioned before that she liked cool-toned decor.

"I'm glad you like it, Qingqing. Go take a shower and rest. I've prepared a change of clothes for you." Fu Jue handed her a bag and hurriedly left her room.

Firstly, he didn't want to disturb her rest, and secondly, he also had important things to do.

Having spent the whole day with her, I've already missed a lot of work. On top of that, I still have to deal with the restaurant explosion and the aftermath of the middle-aged couple's situation. Just now, Assistant Yin said that Gu Jin found out about Gu Qingqing's matter, and I have to explain things to Gu Jin.

In the bathroom, the bathtub was full of water. Gu Qingqing sat naked in the bathtub, and a lot of water overflowed and flowed out.

"Mmm... taking a bath feels so good." After experiencing so much during the day, including a fight, her body was exhausted and had reached its limit.

Gu Qingqing was playing with her phone when she saw several messages from An Susu, all of them concerned about her missing class and asking where she had been all day and why she wasn't at the Gu family home.

She couldn't ignore An Susu for the time being, so she replied, "I'm out having fun, I'll go home to sleep later."

You absolutely mustn't let An Susu know that you've been out having fun all the time, staying out all night, or even spending the night at a man's house; that would be a real problem.

Because it's possible that An Susu might accidentally spread her story tomorrow, and then her reputation would be completely ruined.

It takes only a mouth to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of legwork to refute them.

Even if she has the opportunity to clarify herself, other people's first impression of her will always remain that of a "bad woman," which is deeply ingrained and can never be changed.

She finally managed to rebuild her image as a wealthy socialite and her reputation as a top student, but An Susu will ruin it all in one fell swoop.

After finally winning over An Susu, Gu Qingqing was about to take a nice bath when she inadvertently saw a very popular post on the school forum: A girl surnamed Gu skipped class to meet a boy at a restaurant, cheating on him, fickle, and shameless.

The post included two photos of her from the front, but the male protagonist was shown from behind.

"Holy crap! Loudspeaker! Which bastard took these pictures of me without my consent?! I'm going to sue him for violating my portrait rights and defamation! How dare he! Can't I even have a normal meal with my friends? Who am I two-timing? I'm still single, okay?! If I find out who took these pictures of me and spread these rumors about me, I'll kill him!"

Gu Qingqing was so angry that she cursed and swore. Seeing that the hundreds of comments below the post were all insulting her, she really couldn't take it anymore.

She hurriedly got out of the bathtub, her body soaking wet, and without a towel, she rushed out.

"Master Fu! I need a computer, a laptop is fine too!" She wanted to find the mastermind behind the rumors and give them the heaviest revenge, making those who bullied her regret ever being alive.