Chapter 69: Raising an Army to Punish the Crime
Ten minutes later.
After learning that Gu Ruoxi had not eaten yet, Chen Sihan took her to an elegant restaurant.
Gu Ruoxi and Zhao Qiankun had been here before, so she knew very well how expensive the prices were.
She is no longer the Zhao family's unmarried daughter-in-law.
Now she has to calculate every penny carefully and must not add burden to her parents who only have pension income.
"Sihan, why don't we go eat somewhere else? This place is... too expensive."
When she said this, Gu Ruoxi blushed a little. She didn't expect that one day she would bow her head in front of Chen Sihan.
Because when she was in junior high school, Chen Sihan was her follower, the lonely girl who was responsible for carrying her schoolbag and doing her homework. She was like her savior. If it weren't for her, Chen Sihan would have been autistic long ago.
But now, looking at the girl sitting opposite her with a bright smile, who was not as pretty as herself but full of confidence, Gu Ruoxi really couldn't face it.
"It's okay, it's okay, Ruoxi. We're old friends reuniting. I'm treating you to dinner today. Order whatever you want. Oh, and where's your little wolfdog? Are you still together?"
"Little wolf-dog?"
Gu Ruoxi was slightly stunned and didn't realize who Chen Sihan was talking about.
"Oh~ It's Li Muhan who followed you around every day in junior high school, protecting you like a wolfhound."
Chen Sihan naturally knew Li Muhan as well, although they were not in the same class in junior high school.
But every day after school, Li Muhan would wait for Gu Ruoxi at the classroom door. He would not complain even if he was scolded or asked to do something by Gu Ruoxi.
Over time, people began to spread the rumor that Gu Ruoxi had a little wolfdog.
As for why it is a wolfdog.
That’s because Li Muhan is really ruthless in fighting.
"I remember that there was a senior in the third grade who wanted to tease you, but Li Muhan beat him up and broke two of his front teeth. Hahahaha, your parents seemed to have to pay compensation for this, right?"
Chen Sihan was eating dessert while reminiscing about the past.
In her opinion, these memories are interesting because she is living a better life now than before, and looking back on the past is just reminiscing about the good and the bad.
But Gu Ruoxi couldn't laugh.
She also remembered the incident where the senior student pushed her into a corner and wanted to kiss her.
As a result, Li Muchan rushed over and kicked the boy to the ground. This was not the end yet. Li Muchan grabbed the boy's hair and dragged him from the third floor to the playground on the first floor and beat him up.
In the end, his parents came forward to apologize and compensate him, and the matter was finally resolved.
Li Muhan was also severely scolded by his parents because of this incident. That was the first time his parents were so mean to him.
Gu Ruoxi also said thank you to Li Muhan for the first time afterwards.
"Ruoxi...? Why are you...crying?"
Chen Sihan's voice brought Gu Ruoxi back to reality.
Only then did Gu Ruoxi realize that her tears had dripped onto the tablecloth without her noticing.
"I, I'm fine, I'm sorry, I... my eyes don't feel well, I..."
At the end, Gu Ruoxi couldn't help it anymore, she covered her face and cried.
Chen Sihan knew that she must have said something wrong just now. She quickly paid the bill and pulled Gu Ruoxi out of the restaurant. The two sat down on a bench by the sea.
Chen Sihan handed over a can of hot coffee and waited until Gu Ruoxi had cried enough before speaking.
"...Have you and Li Muhan broken up?"
Gu Ruoxi held the coffee and nodded slightly.
Her carefully prepared makeup was smudged by tears, and her face looked haggard.
"Has he changed his mind? Humph, man."
"No...I..."
Gu Ruoxi really couldn't say it out loud. She had dumped Li Muhan just because she was hooking up with a rich man.
Because now Chen Sihan is the only person she can talk to, and she doesn't want him to look at her as if she were an idiot.
But until the end, Gu Ruoxi didn't have the courage to tell Chen Sihan about it.
After the two sat for a while, Chen Sihan sent Gu Ruoxi to the downstairs of the apartment building. After watching Gu Ruoxi enter the elevator in a daze, Chen Sihan took out his cell phone.
She called Luo Yang.
Luo Yang, Gu Ruoxi, Chen Sihan and Li Muhan are all junior high school classmates. Although Chen Sihan has lost contact with Li Muhan and Gu Ruoxi, he still keeps in touch with Luo Yang.
So she still kept Luo Yang's phone number.
"Hello, Luo Yang."
"Hey, isn't this the fitness girl? What's going on? Are you calling me late at night to confess your love for me?"
"Go away, let me ask you something."
Chen Sihan asked about Li Muhan and Gu Ruoxi. Luo Yang hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't stand Chen Sihan's repeated questioning and told her about Gu Ruoxi abandoning Li Muhan.
"Lao Han didn't tell me the details, so I don't really know."
"Okay, give me Li Muhan's phone number."
"...Sihan, please don't get involved in this matter, okay?"
"Gu Ruoxi is my best friend. How can I bear to see her like this?"
"But it's not Lao Han's fault. He is the victim."
"But, but he...! Well, anyway, give me his phone number."
There was no choice, Luo Yang told Chen Sihan Li Muhan’s cell phone number.
Chen Sihan walked to a secluded spot around the corner of Gu Ruoxi's apartment and called Li Muchan.
"Hello, who is this?"
A familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from the other end of the phone.
It felt familiar because that voice did indeed resemble Li Muhan's from junior high school.
It felt strange because the voice sounded much more cheerful than when he was in junior high school.
"Li Muhan?"
"Yes, who are you?"
"I'm Chen Sihan."
After a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, there was a sound of footsteps. It seemed that Li Muhan had gone to another place to make a phone call.
"The Chen Sihan from junior high school?"
"Or do you know anyone else?"
"You speak differently now. I remember you couldn't even utter a single word in middle school."
Li Muhan's voice contained a hint of joking. After all, they were classmates in junior high school, and through Gu Ruoxi, they were also familiar with each other at the time, but they had never said anything.
"You, don't bother me! I'm asking you, Li Muhan, what's going on between you and Ruoxi?"
When Gu Ruoxi was mentioned, Li Muhan's voice seemed to become a little colder.
"This has nothing to do with you."
"She's my best friend! How could I just ignore her? Do you know how sad she is right now?!"
"What does it have to do with me, Chen Sihan? We were classmates in junior high school, so I won't say anything harsh. I welcome you to come and reminisce about the past. I'll treat you to dinner, drinks, karaoke, anything. But if you're here to defend someone, I'm sorry, I have other things to do."
"Wait a moment! Don't hang up!"
Chen Sihan realized that Li Muhan really didn't want to talk about Gu Ruoxi, so she calmed down and said.
"I just want to know what happened to you two. You were so close before, why did it become like this?"
"Ask her."
At this moment, a woman's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Why are you standing outside on the phone so late at night?"
"Nothing, just a junior high school classmate."
"Both men and women."
"Girl, girl, why are you looking at me like that? We're from junior high school."
“…I’m hungry.”
"Wait a moment, I'll be in soon to feed you, go in first, hurry up."
Then there was the sound of a door closing.
Chen Sihan was confused.
"Who are you with, Li Muhan?"
"This has nothing to do with you. Okay, it's fine. I'm going to hang up now. Remember to come find me when you come to Tianhai City. Luo Yang misses you too. Let's have dinner together."
"Eat, eat, eat, what the hell! I'm in Tianhai City right now, come find me or not! Do you dare to come?"
"...Are you really Chen Sihan? Why do you sound like a different person?"
"Tell me first, are you with a woman now?"
"yes."
"What's your relationship with that woman?"
Chen Sihan's voice became louder and louder. Occasionally, people who passed by and came home late would sigh and shake their heads when they heard what she said.
I guess she is another poor girl abandoned by a man.
"...Chen Sihan, are you sick? I see we were classmates in junior high school, and you're telling me all this. Are you checking my household registration?"
“You…you…”
Chen Sihan, knowing that he was in the wrong, still refused to give up, but he was not so aggressive in his words.
"Did you know that Gu Ruoxi was almost kidnapped today... He said it was your friend who saved her."
Chen Sihan said this originally to make Li Muhan worry.
Li Muhan's voice on the other end of the phone did change.
"Huh? My friend? Who is it?"
"I don't know. She said it was a very beautiful girl with silver hair. She must have been wearing a wig."
At this moment, the sound of a door opening came from the other end of the phone.
"Not well yet?"
"Oh my god! Don't transform! Someone will see us! Go back first!"
"I'm...really hungry. And how long are you going to talk to another woman on the phone?"
"Li Muhan!? Are you listening to me? Ruoxi almost..."
"Alright, I get it. I'll look into this matter. Bye."
Beep beep beep——
Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Chen Sihan was furious.
"Damn it!! Damn it!! You're actually fooling around with another woman!! Li Muhan, you bastard!"
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