Chapter 9 Disappearance

Xie Sheng is not afraid of being scolded.

Bastard, jinx.

There were even harsher insults.

But he personally took all those who were criticizing him to the hospital.

But what if you were called a beast by your own sister?

Xie Sheng smiled, or rather, he laughed, at himself.

That night was just her boredom or loneliness; how could he possibly think that the proud and arrogant Pu Xia would need him?

He made a fool of himself.

Okay, he admits it.

He had originally intended to leave, but seeing the girl's indifferent and mocking expression, something in his body got the better of him. He would rather those eyes be filled with hatred.

His sharp eyebrows and eyes were languid and indifferent, and his thin lips revealed a sharp curve. "Then what were you when your own brother brought you to orgasm with his fingers?"

"you!……"

"What? You think I don't know anything?"

Xie Sheng was pleased to see the girl's face lose its luster.

But he wasn't very happy; exhaustion and emptiness overwhelmed him at the same time.

There's no point in hurting each other anymore.

He thought.

Xie Sheng was the first to walk out of the kitchen, grab his coat, and leave without looking back.

...

Pu Xia successfully got his life back on track.

Just as she had expected—

She severed ties with her illegitimate child, then quietly spent the next two years there before returning to S City to resume her own life.

Now, the boundary couldn't be clearer; he seemed to have vanished.

If it weren't for the fact that the toothbrush heads in the shared bathroom were sometimes wet, she would have thought she could report the person as missing to the police.

"Xie Sheng hasn't been to class for a week, and it feels like there are far fewer pretty girls in the class."

After class, Chen Yu turned around and chatted with Pu Xia.

Pu Xia paused in his flipping through the book, but quickly turned the page again.

"Um."

Perhaps because they were talking about Xie Sheng, the boy sitting next to Chen Yu also came over and said, "The head of the teaching department and his mother call each other every day, but it's no use. They can't control him since he's out of town."

"Even Xie Sheng's mother can't control him?"

The boy leaned closer and lowered his voice, "I heard that's not his mother; she died a long time ago."

Seeing the surprised expressions of the girls around him, the boy was very satisfied with the effect of the bombshell news he had brought. "As for his father, it is said that even his mother does not know who he is."

Pu Xia felt like a string in her brain had snapped. She put down her pen, but before she could move, she heard a loud bang.

The gossipy boy was grabbed by the back of his collar and dragged away from his seat.

"You ate shit, that's why your mouth stinks."

Guan Yan lowered her eyes and kicked the boy hard in the waist with her boots, her deep-set eyes filled with malice.

After saying that, she looked at the others present with a cold gaze, "Are you bored and have nothing better to do? Come and chat with me."

Under Guan Yan's gaze, everyone lowered their heads guiltily, except for one person.

Pu Xia watched her and the boy she had kicked to the ground quietly, his usually indifferent expression now carrying a hint of hostility.

Guan Yan raised an eyebrow at her, a gesture that looked very much like a provocation.

She returned to her seat and looked at Pu Xia.

She had initially worried that the girl Xie Sheng had his eye on would be bullied, but now it seemed the tables had turned. The girl wasn't at a disadvantage at all, though she had shown some of her emotions.

"I'm quite curious about what your abilities are," Guan Yan said to Pu Xia, resting her chin on her hand and looking down at him.

Pu Xia doesn't have many things to be proud of, but patience is one of them.

But this time she lost her composure, saying, "Why don't you just ask him?"

Guan Yan said slowly, "He wouldn't tell me that people are living a life of debauchery under the cover of night."

Upon hearing the name, Pu Xia could roughly guess what kind of place it was. Unconsciously, her thumbnail dug into the pad of her index finger.

Guan Yan looked into it, a mischievous smile on her face, "You like him?"

The quiet hedgehog suddenly pricked the cat, and Pu Xia immediately replied, "Don't disgust me."

His beautiful eyes flashed with anger, gleaming brightly.

Ha, that pretty mouth can be really ruthless when it comes to words.

Guan Yan roughly guessed why Xie Sheng looked like that.

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Pu Xia was really annoyed, and she didn't say another word to Guan Yan after that.

Because of Guan Yan's outburst that morning, the classroom fell into an unusual silence.

Even the homeroom teacher, Brother Yan, was shocked. Even the troublemakers in the class sat quietly in their seats without exchanging a word.

"The sun rose in the west today? So orderly," he looked around, everything seemed normal except for Xie Sheng's absence. "You guys aren't missing Xie Sheng, are you? Haha...haha..."

He tried to liven things up, but the atmosphere only got colder.

"...Okay, let's begin class now. Everyone, turn to page 18."

What everyone originally thought was the noisiest class has now become the most disciplined class, leaving all the teachers somewhat puzzled.

Some teachers who had a grudge against Xie Sheng seized this opportunity to complain—

“Director, look, this Xie Sheng is a black sheep. The students can concentrate on their studies when he’s not here. Now that he’s not coming to school again, people’s minds aren’t on their studies. Why don’t we take this opportunity to expel him?”

"this……"

Some teachers objected to this simplistic and brutal approach, saying, "Our job as teachers is to guide people onto the right track. If we have to expel people in this situation, what are we supposed to do?"

"But people have to want to get into a proper school. If they don't even come to school, what else is there to say?"

Just as the two sides were arguing, Brother Yan finally spoke up, "I'll go and bring him back."

Everyone looked at him.

...

On the other hand, not long after Yan Ming agreed to bring Xie Sheng back to school, Pu Xia received a call from her aunt.

"Xiaxia, how's your studies and life lately?"

There's no need to guess who my aunt called at this time, or what she wanted to say.

"Auntie, just say what's on your mind."

"Here's the thing, Xie Sheng hasn't been to school for a week. Your homeroom teacher will be looking for him today. Could you come along and try to persuade your brother to go back to class?"

"Auntie, the exams are coming up soon, and I still have some homework to review." After saying that, Pu Xia decisively hung up the phone.

Does she seem easy to talk to?

The reason why she was being bothered by one person after another was all because of Xie Sheng.

It's a bar, right?

Okay, she'll go.

But it was definitely not to bring him back.

She wanted to see just how miserable Xie Sheng really was.

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Well, in the next chapter, Xia Mei's true colors will be revealed.