Chapter 183 Manipulation

"Why don't you go to the hospital? You might have a broken bone," Song Yi said.

Fu Xijing shook his head. "It should be fine."

Song Yi continued to wipe with less force. She looked at the cut at the corner of his mouth and frowned.

It looked even more serious when you got closer, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as a bloody mess.

How did Fu Xijing get himself into this state in just half an hour?

Moreover, when he was beaten like this by others, why didn’t he fight back?

"Who did you fight with?" Song Yi was really curious.

She had experienced Fu Xijing's amazing physical strength and agility.

At least so far, she has never seen anyone who can beat Fu Xijing like this. How powerful must that be?

"No." Fu Xijing took another breath of cold air, and was in so much pain that he didn't have the confidence to speak as usual.

Song Yi threw the wet wipes into the wastebasket, unwrapped a cotton swab, dipped it in the medicine and used it to apply medicine to the wound at the corner of his mouth.

Fu Xijing's forehead veins bulged with pain, his lips were tightly pursed into a line, and he tried hard not to make a sound.

Song Yi suddenly felt that he was a very stubborn person.

"How can it hurt so much if you weren't hit? Did you hit yourself?"

"I was beaten." Fu Xijing moved his lips and said in a low voice, "I didn't do anything."

As he spoke, he lowered his eyes and looked at the floor. With the light shining down from above his head, Song Yi discovered for the first time that his eyelashes were quite long.

It may also be because it was the first time she saw Fu Xijing in such a "pitiful" state.

He looked like he had really been bullied. Not only was he hit in the face, but his spirit was also broken.

"Who hit him?" Song Yi really couldn't imagine who had such ability.

She wanted to guess that it was Fu Qingyun, but Fu Qingyun had always been guarding Ji Qingyuan, and she had never seen him go out.

"You want to know so much." Fu Xijing suddenly raised his eyes and looked at her, his eyes burning: "You care about me."

"...I'm just curious, who has such ability." Song Yi avoided his gaze.

Fu Xijing: "You can ask your brother."

The words "your brother" made Song Yi stunned for a few seconds.

Then she frowned slightly: "You mean Brother Xu?"

If she understood correctly, Fu Xijing meant that the wound on his face was caused by Jiang Yuxu.

She didn't quite believe it.

And Fu Xijing also saw what she was thinking.

He pulled the corner of his mouth and said self-deprecatingly: "Forget it, I deserve it."

Song Yi thought Fu Xijing would explain as before, or ask her why she didn't believe it.

Finally, he said this.

Song Yi's original words were on the tip of his tongue, but he abruptly changed his words: "Why did Brother Xu hit you?"

Song Yi knew that Jiang Yuxu had a lot of opinions about Fu Xijing.

But he is definitely not someone who would act rashly.

Unless Fu Xijing said something provocative to him——

"Because I said, I want to pursue you." Fu Xijing said this while staring into her eyes.

Song Yi froze when he heard this, and his hands unconsciously increased their strength.

Fu Xijing's facial features were distorted due to the pain.

Hearing his suddenly heavy breathing, Song Yi finally reacted and quickly reduced his force.

"You do it yourself, I'll go first—"

"Why are you running?" Fu Xijing pulled her and pressed her onto his legs. "You heard what I just said."

Song Yi took a deep breath and asked, "Do you think this is interesting?"

"You may think that I am like this now that you are very eager to conquer me, but I don't want to play with you. Please find someone else." She tried to calm herself down. "Don't look for me anymore."

"I just said I want to pursue you." Fu Xijing repeated, "Do you understand what this means, Song Yi?"

"I'm not playing with you." Fu Xijing said, "If I wanted to play, there would be no need to take these punches from Jiang Yuxu."

Song Yi pursed his lips.

Nothing Fu Xijing had said before was as convincing as this sentence - if he was just in a whim, there was no need for him to be beaten by Jiang Yuxu.

"You can take your time to think about it. You don't have to give me an answer so quickly." Fu Xijing looked at Song Yi's tightly pursed lips and made a request: "But don't hide from me, okay?"

Song Yi was speechless.

Her mind was in a mess and she hadn't yet digested Fu Xijing's words "I want to pursue you".

Fu Xijing had said some ambiguous words before, and Song Yiyou understood this aspect, but she quickly rejected these thoughts, thinking that she was thinking too much.

But Fu Xijing said it directly today.

Making your own guesses and hearing the person involved say it in person are completely different things.

She didn't feel happy, but only shocked, and then she felt an inexplicable sense of grievance and anger.

How could he manipulate her emotions with just a few words?

Whether in the past or now, he has the final say. A few days ago, he was still saying that he liked her body and that because of Miki, he could not have no contact with Xu Rushuang forever.

Now that Xu Rushuang is gone, he says he wants to pursue her again.

Over and over again.

Song Yi suppressed his anger, took deep breaths, clenched his hands, and his nails left marks on his palms.

She wanted to attack him too.

Fu Xijing observed Song Yi's reaction and had already seen the clues.

He lowered his voice and said, "I know you believe in me, I will—"

"I refuse." Song Yi interrupted him decisively, his voice and attitude extremely firm: "Whether you are acting on impulse or sincerely, I refuse."

Fu Xijing unconsciously hugged her tightly, "Why?"

"Don't say you don't like me, otherwise you wouldn't care about me twice." He had already predicted her words, "If you don't care at all, you won't be soft-hearted even if I die in front of you."

After listening to Fu Xijing's words, Song Yi suddenly understood everything.

She wasn't sure about that time at the airport.

But tonight—

"You deliberately provoked Brother Xu and made him hit you, just to pave the way for what's happening now, right?" Song Yi looked at the face in front of him, his eyes expressionless and cold enough to make people uneasy.

"No." Fu Xijing said, "I don't have this plan. I can't control when you come out."

Song Yi: "But you happened to run into me, so you changed your plan temporarily to test me again."

"You should feel a sense of accomplishment seeing me take the bait." Song Yi's voice was free of any extra emotions, neither anger nor grievance.

She felt powerless now, didn't want to see him, and didn't want to talk to him.

She hated the feeling of being led by him.

In the past, she could still tell herself that she had no choice but to go along with him because he had the leverage over her.

But now it's different.

She clearly wanted to draw a line between them, but he kept drawing her back. This feeling made her hate herself.

"I'm serious." Fu Xijing could see that she was angry. "I shouldn't have used this method. I apologize."

"I'm serious about pursuing you. I've already destroyed the agreement we made back then. It won't happen again—"

"If the agreement is destroyed, will the memory be destroyed as well?" Song Yi found his words ridiculous.

His attitude seemed to be giving her alms.

He simply knew that even if he kept the agreement, it would not threaten her, and it might even cause hostility between the Jiang and Fu families.

He just made the best choice.

He even came to her to do her a favor, as if he was doing it for her.

"Do you think I should be grateful to you for mercifully destroying the evidence of my prostitution?"