4-28: The Ghost King's Trap

"Smack."

The world is quiet.

As the slap rang out, five clear finger marks appeared on Lin Mu's face.

The mark visibly swelled and turned red.

The ward was deathly silent.

Huaiyan's movements were so swift that Lin Mu was stunned and didn't react for a long time.

A dozen seconds later, I felt a burning pain on my face.

Lin Mu suddenly screamed, "Aaaaaah! Huai Yan! How dare you hit me!"

Huaiyan looked at her gesticulating movements and took a step back in disgust.

People like him are no different from Jiang Feng.

Just thinking about it is disgusting, but looking at it closely now—it's even more disgusting.

"That's exactly what I'm going to do."

Huai Yan glanced indifferently at Jiang Feng, who stood motionless in place, and said coldly, "Is this my apology? Do you like it?"

Jiang Feng's face turned pale with anger, and his finger pointing at Huai Yan trembled slightly.

“Yan Yan,” Jiang Feng’s chest heaved violently, his eyes filled with unspeakable sorrow, “I never thought you were this kind of person.”

Huai Yan narrowed his eyes, clearly not wanting to hear anything more from Jiang Feng.

He looked away expressionlessly, preparing to leave the ward.

Jiang Feng quickly blocked the boy's path, his brows furrowed tightly: "Yan Yan, you should at least apologize after hitting someone. Let's just let bygones be bygones, but hitting someone is wrong of you."

Huaiyan: "..."

He didn't expect Jiang Feng to be so persistent, like a madman, and to insist that he apologize today.

Huai Yan took a deep breath and retorted, "Get lost, apologize to your mother, you dog of a man."

"What did you say?!"

Jiang Feng froze, as if he couldn't understand a word, his eyes wide. "Yan Yan, when did you learn to swear?!"

So annoying.

Huaiyan thought Jiang Feng was too noisy.

I really want to smash his incessant mouth to pieces.

But before Huaiyan could act, Lin Mu started yelling again, crying and shouting, "Brother! It's one thing to hit me! But why do you have to slander me and Brother Feng!"

"Why won't you believe me?" Lin Mu cried pitifully. "Feng and I really have nothing going on. I don't care if you scold me, but Feng is innocent..."

073 was stunned.

He really wanted to give the two gay men a round of applause.

It was as if the two people who were entwined in the ward just half an hour ago were not them.

Huaiyan felt she couldn't stay there for even a second longer.

If he stayed any longer, he felt like he was going to go insane.

The boy's eyes were filled with impatience as he looked at Jiang Feng and said in a hoarse voice, "Get out of here, I'm talking about you."

Huaiyan hadn't felt this disgusted in a long time.

“Yan Yan, I know you don’t want this either,” Jiang Feng said, firmly believing he could influence Huai Yan, and remained standing still. “Xiao Mu doesn’t have any bad intentions, and you used to be very understanding.”

"And then?" Huai Yan snorted coldly.

“As long as you apologize, I can talk to Xiao Mu for you,” Jiang Feng assured him. “As long as you apologize, we can go back to how things were before.”

The Huai inkstone dried in the sun and fell silent.

His gaze toward Jiang Feng gradually became confused.

So Huaiyan shoved Jiang Feng aside, turned and left: "Get lost, don't force me to deal with you too."

Jiang Feng clearly lacked this awareness.

He grabbed Huaiyan's wrist, trying to stop the boy, muttering to himself, "Yanyan..."

Enough is enough; there's no need to endure it any longer.

Huai Yan suddenly turned around and decisively slapped Jiang Feng across the face as well.

"Smack."

Huai Yan shook his hand, feeling that this slap was noticeably crisper than Lin Mu's earlier one.

Cool.

Before Jiang Feng could react, Huai Yan quickly fled the scene.

When he reached the second floor of the ward, he could even hear Lin Mu's screams echoing throughout the entire hospital.

That feels good.

Huai Yan thought for a moment, then took out his phone and opened his contacts.

He first sent the video to a contact, and then sent the contact a message.

Huaiyan meant to signal to the other party that they could begin.

After getting on the bus, Huaiyan went straight to her computer and went online to the forum again.

The plan to deal with Lin Mu and Jiang Feng was originally scheduled for several days later, since he had no way of knowing Jiang Feng's whereabouts.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Feng walked right into the trap.

Huaiyan certainly wouldn't let go of such a great opportunity.

Now we have the perfect timing, location, and support; if we don't retaliate, we'll be letting this opportunity slip by.

Within minutes, the pre-arranged video appeared on the forum.

The forum has a considerable number of active users, so as soon as the video was posted, the number of likes skyrocketed.

However, this is just what's happening on the forum.

Huaiyan also had someone post the video on Lin Mu's school forum and online community.

After all, Lin Mu was a prominent figure in his own school, and he had quite a few admirers.

Therefore, the number of likes for this video on that forum was quite considerable.

Huaiyan clicked on the post.

[Original Poster | User 1525877581: Uh, when I went to the hospital today, I saw a big show about our school's heartthrob ex-boyfriend. Without further ado, just watch the video, it's absolutely explosive.]

[Video] PS: To prevent anyone from not knowing who Huai Shen's ex-boyfriend is, here's a little background information.

It's Jiang Feng from the neighboring college. He runs his own studio, and it's said that he was able to make it successful thanks to his relationship with Huai Shen. Huai Shen and Jiang Feng broke up recently because Jiang Feng cheated on her, which even made it to the top of the forum's trending topics; I'm sure you're all familiar with it.

[1L: Ugh... Jiang Feng actually used such fancy tricks...]

[2L: The person upstairs ordered this. They just finished with someone and got caught by Huai Shen. Aren't they guilty?]

[5L: Ugh, let's eat something good. How can this kind of mistress be as beautiful as Huai Shen?! Is Jiang Feng out of his mind?]

[6L: Upstairs, homegrown flowers never smell as sweet as wildflowers. Even if Huai Shen is incredibly handsome, he'll still be cheated on by Jiang Feng, right? It's a matter of character.]

[50L: I'm speechless, Dad. Why is Huai Shen so miserable? It feels like he hasn't had a single good thing happen to him since he got together with Jiang Feng.]

[105L: Wait...didn't they say Huai Shen has a younger brother? I saw it on the news the other day, and the mistress in the video looks a bit like Huai Shen's younger brother?]

[106L: Is the person upstairs serious?! Is Huai Shen's brother an idiot too?!]

[111L: Holy crap, it seems to be true. I saw that news too. The person in the video really looks a lot like him. Apparently, the younger brother was taken back by the Huai family.]

[120L: It seems Huai Shen has run into a room full of ingrates... Anyone would be devastated if their younger brother got together with his boyfriend, right?]

[123L: Wait a minute! Isn't this person in the video named Lin Mu? He seems to be from D University next door, right? Is he the famous handsome guy from D University?]

[124L: So what if he's handsome? He's still a slut who's a mistress.]

...

Seeing that the truth was about to be revealed bit by bit, Huaiyan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He slammed his laptop shut and glanced out the window.

The weather was still gloomy, and the surrounding streets were covered in a blanket of white.

The weather is so nice.

Huaiyan took out a piece of bread from her schoolbag, took a slow bite, and mumbled to the driver, "Let's go home, Uncle Chen."

The man in the driver's seat wore a black mask and had a high nose bridge, but his appearance was not discernible.

One can only vaguely glimpse the other person's superior facial features and smooth jawline.

The man responded softly, "Mm."

But Huaiyan didn't notice anything unusual. Perhaps he was in a good mood, and he didn't pay attention to the driver's unusual tone.

Upon arriving at the villa, Huaiyan handed her schoolbag to the servant at the door, changed her shoes, and entered the living room.

"Brother." The boy stretched and snuggled into Huaiyi's arms.

Huai Yi, sitting on the sofa, smiled and said merrily, "Tell me, what mischief have you been up to this time? Why are you being so attentive all of a sudden?"

The boy's eyes crinkled with laughter, like a crescent moon.

He hummed a few times, hooked his arm around Huai Yi's neck, and whispered, "I dealt with Lin Mu and Jiang Feng today."

"How did you clean it up?" Huai Yi raised an eyebrow.

He always knew his younger brother's temperament.

He never disciplined people personally; he always had his servants do it or hired a few thugs.

This was the first time Huaiyi had ever seen someone forced to take matters into their own hands.

The boy must have been provoked to act in a way that was different from his usual behavior.

"Oh dear..." Huaiyan pouted and muttered softly, "I just slapped them a few times, brother, you'll help me clean up the mess, right?"

Before Huaiyi could answer, Huaiyan quickly jumped off the man and ran upstairs in a flash.

He turned to Huaiyi and said, "Thank you, brother!"

Huaiyi smiled helplessly and put down the newspaper in his hand.

A few moments later, a phone call was made.

-

After finishing the milk handed to him by the servant, Huaiyan browsed the forum for a while.

He thought it would be particularly interesting to see the people under the post cursing Jiang Feng and Lin Mu, especially to see the two of them get their comeuppance.

"You seem to be having a good time," 073 chuckled, then asked with a hint of doubt, "But when did you learn to be so tough?"

Huai Yan sighed naturally, her voice soft: "I find Jiang Feng too annoying. He even held me back and wouldn't let me leave."

073 thought about it and realized that made sense.

However, he still found it quite novel that Huaiyan had learned to teach people a lesson.

It's like seeing your own child grow up; there's a strange sense of joy.

Halfway through browsing the forum, Huaiyan found herself getting sleepy without realizing it.

He slept too late last night and encountered some unpleasant things today, so he felt a little tired.

The bedroom light was turned off, and the boy lay quietly on the bed, his breathing gradually becoming steady.

The room was eerily quiet, almost unnaturally so.

The glass of milk on the desk was empty.