Chapter 92 Over the years, Fang Xin has always…
Jing Yitong's head buzzed, and his mind went blank.
Fang Xin and Xu Subo never talked?
At this moment, Fang Xingu felt like his world was collapsing. It was one thing for netizens to misunderstand his relationship with Xu Subo, but judging from Jing Yitong's tone just now, it was clear that he had also misunderstood that he and Xu Subo had dated before.
What's going on? He hasn't been online for just a few hours. What happened?
The two looked at each other through their phone screens, both seeing expressions of fear on each other's faces.
Jing Yitong asked in surprise, "You...you didn't talk to Xu Subo?"
Fang Xingu was also shocked: "How could I possibly like her!"
Jing Yitong was still in shock: "Then why did you say you were her boyfriend before?"
Fang Xingu was completely baffled. When had he ever said that he was Xu Subo's boyfriend? It wasn't until Jing Yitong forwarded him the video that was now going viral online that Fang Xingu dug this memory out of the depths of his mind.
This event, which Jing Yitong remembered for seven years and could not forget for a long time, was actually just a trivial episode in Fang Xingu's life, and he had even forgotten about it long ago.
Now that it's suddenly being brought up again, Fang Xin feels a string of black lines hanging on his forehead: "How can people dig up this video from so many years ago?"
At this moment, Fang Xingu looked at Jing Yitong again and sensed a hint of grievance in his expression. Fang Xingu knew that he must have misunderstood. He got up and slipped into the first-class restroom before explaining, "It's really not what you think. This hoodlum had been harassing Su Bo for a while. Su Bo rejected him many times, citing that she had a boyfriend, but he kept pestering her. Su Bo complained to me about it a few times."
"Then that day I think I received a message from Subo? She said that the thug followed her to the bar and even touched her inappropriately, so I ran to the bar to find her. Because there were a lot of thugs, I didn't want to get into a conflict with them at first, so I lied and said that I was Subo's boyfriend. After all, people would definitely be more restrained if a girl had a boyfriend around."
Jing Yitong quietly chimed in, filling in the details of the incident: "Who knew they were a bunch of lunatics? Seeing that there were fewer of you, they were actually prepared to fight you. Luckily, security came and got rid of them."
Who knew that the group of thugs didn't take the words "boyfriend" to heart, but he, who was spying on them, was scared off by Fang Xingu's words.
“Yes, we almost came to blows, but luckily the bar owner was a friend of You Zhicheng. I had spoken to him beforehand, and he quickly sent people over to take those thugs away.” Fang Xingu said halfway through, then realized something was wrong. “Huh? How do you know what happened next? I didn’t see the second half in the video online.”
Jing Yitong paused for a moment: "Because I was there at the time."
This time it was Fang Xingu's turn to be shocked: "You were there?"
Jing Yitong gave a wry smile: "You may have forgotten, but you were shopping with me at the supermarket before it happened. At the time, I didn't know what had happened. I only knew that you received a message and rushed off. I was worried about you, so I followed you into the bar."
Jing Yitong was surprised that this was something that happened seven years ago, yet his memory of it was still so clear.
He clearly remembered that when he heard Fang Xingu say "I am her boyfriend", he was completely stunned and his soul was taken away. It wasn't until he saw those thugs preparing to attack Fang Xingu that he came back to his senses and wanted to go forward to help Fang Xingu, but the security guards arrived before him.
Only after confirming that Fang Xingu was alright did Jing Yitong return home dejectedly. Her mind was filled with the image of Fang Xingu rushing to Xu Subo without looking back after receiving Xu Subo's message, as well as all the little moments Fang Xingu and Xu Subo had shared in the past.
The girl's crush was so obvious that Jing Yitong could clearly feel the affection in Xu Subo's eyes every time she looked at Fang Xingu. It even made Jing Yitong wonder if her own gaze towards Fang Xingu was just as intense.
Jing Yi thought the same way; Fang Xin Gu should be able to sense this affection, right?
Why didn't he respond?
It wasn't until that moment that Jing Yitong realized that Fang Xingu wasn't ignoring her; perhaps he had already responded to Xu Subo, and the two of them were already together. It was just that Fang Xingu hadn't told her, just like when Fang Xingu turned around and ran to the bar to save Xu Subo, he hadn't told her why he suddenly left.
In the end, Jing Yitong practically fled Shanghai, unable to face Fang Xingu and reality any longer.
Now, seven years have passed, and Jing Yitong has been heartbroken over those words for seven whole years. In the end, he realized that it might all have been a misunderstanding!
Fang Xingu scratched his head belatedly, still unaware of the crux of the matter: "Why didn't you come out when you were there? To be honest, I've never been in a fight before, and I was quite nervous at the time. Luckily, You Zhicheng's people are reliable."
Jing Yitong took a deep breath and asked, "Then why didn't you ask me to come with you when you received Xu Subo's distress message? I was right next to you."
Fang Xingu looked away guiltily. Actually, it was because Xu Subo had just confessed to him. At that time, although he hadn't told Xu Subo that the person he liked was Jing Yitong, he was still too embarrassed to ask the person he secretly liked to save the person who secretly liked him.
So Fang Xin concealed the most important reason and simply explained: "At the time, Su Bo didn't say that the thug had brought other people with him. Besides, you and Su Bo have always been at odds, so I thought I could handle it by myself and didn't call you."
Jing Yitong narrowed his eyes: "Is that all?" Heaven knows that for the past seven years he had thought that Fang Xingu didn't want him to get involved in his and Xu Subo's affairs, which was why he hadn't invited him!
Fang Xin observed Jing Yitong's strange expression, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him, finally grasping the key point: "You wouldn't have thought that I had dated Su Bo seven years ago, would you?"
"……right."
Fang Xingu's heart skipped a beat at this answer. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and connected all the strange things about Jing Yitong. No, if that's the case, then when exactly did Jing Yitong start liking him?
Was it after they started living together in Beijing? Or was it even earlier, say... seven years ago?
But Jing Yitong didn't want to continue the topic. He changed the subject and said, "Do you think there's any way to clarify this now? With the video, it seems difficult to explain."
Fang Xingu then came to his senses: "Huh? Oh, if the person filming the video had filmed for a few more minutes, what would have happened? After it was all over, Subo even thanked me. I could tell from that I was just pretending to be her boyfriend."
Jing Yitong slapped his forehead in anguish. He wanted to ask himself why he was so fragile seven years ago, why he couldn't stay a few more minutes, and how he missed the truth that was right in front of him.
Fang Xingu was startled by his commotion: "What's wrong?"
Jing Yitong chuckled dryly: "I just thought that so many years have passed, the surveillance video from back then must be long gone."
Fang Xingu rested his chin on his hand and pondered for a moment: "I'll go ask Subo first."
The two temporarily hung up the phone. Fang Xingu walked out of the restroom, found Xu Subo, who was still sleeping soundly in the first-class cabin wearing an eye mask, and then hit her on the head.
Xu Subo woke up instantly from her dream and saw Fang Xingu standing in front of her with a cold face. She asked inexplicably, "What?"
Fang Xingu raised his chin: "Look at your phone."
Without waiting for Xu Subo's reaction, he returned to his seat and sat down.
Xu Subo picked up her phone, which she had forgotten for a long time, and went online. She found that the internet was in chaos, with photos and videos of her and Fang Xingu everywhere, and everyone saying that Fang Xingu was her boyfriend or ex-boyfriend.
Xu Subo's first reaction was, wow, these netizens dare to dream even more than she did.
She's not Jing Yitong, so where does she get such good fortune from!
Since they were still on the plane, Fang Xin couldn't discuss the matter openly with Xu Subo, so he sent her a message: Do you have any witnesses or evidence? Please help me clarify this.
Xu Subo pouted and winked at Fang Xingu: Can't we just not clarify? I think this rumor is pretty good. [shy]
Fang Xin smiled at her: I'll forward it to your husband right away.
Xu Subo: ...Why are you so easily teased? [sweat] Okay, I'll find it for you. I think I even saved a video of that incident at the bar.
Fang Xin Gu originally just wanted to see if Xu Subo had any evidence to prove his innocence, but he never expected that this person would still have the video from that time. He asked in surprise: How do you have the video?
Xu Subo: At the time, I wanted to get revenge on those thugs, so I asked the bar staff for the surveillance footage to make a backup. I didn't expect you to be so incredibly handsome in the footage, so I saved all the surveillance videos related to you to the cloud drive, hehe.
Fang Xin Gu: ...
This is something Xu Subo is capable of doing.
Xu Subo logged into a cloud drive she hadn't used in years and searched for about ten minutes before finally finding an old video from seven years ago, which she then sent to Fang Xingu.
Meanwhile, Fang Xingu had already woken up Qi Qiu and was discussing with him and a group of people from the studio how to handle the matter.
After learning the truth from Fang Xin Gu, Zhou Xiao You let out a long sigh for the umpteenth time today, and then let out a mournful cry: "Who on earth wanted to harm our Xin Gu!"
Others chimed in: Exactly! They even deliberately chose to send it when we were on the plane, when the news was delayed!
The signal on the plane wasn't very good, and the video Xu Subo sent hadn't loaded yet. However, Fang Xin had already seen the video from Xu Subo beforehand and was sure that everything could be explained. Only then did he say to the people in the studio: "They must have timed their attack perfectly to come to me."
Qi Qiu sighed: "Luckily we have evidence, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to explain ourselves. Xin Gu, you should be more careful in the future and not say such things in public."
Fang Xingu struggled to defend himself: At that time, I was still an ordinary person.
Qi Qiu: Netizens don't care if you're vegetarian or not, they'll just criticize you and that's it, why do they have to pick a day?
Fang Xin sighed: Alas.
Qi Qiu: Sighing won't help now [shrug]. By the way, does Ms. Xu have any social media accounts like Weibo? We'll process the video she sent later. You can ask her if she can post the processed video on her behalf; that should have a better effect.
Fang Xin thought of Xu Subo and felt that she was not very reliable. He was worried, but he thought that at worst he could review her documents and there shouldn't be any problems.
So, a little over an hour later, netizens saw that Fang Xingu's studio had retweeted a Weibo post:
@FangXinguStudio: Let's see Teacher Fang standing up for his friend seven years ago [pat on the head] //@Formeintheend: That year, under the apricot blossoms and in the light rain, you said you were my boyfriend. It was all a lie from the beginning [winking face] Let's see the truth of the matter [video]
At that moment, Jing Yitong, far away in Guangzhou, had just finished filming a scene. Exhausted, he returned to his RV to rest, rubbing his temples. He opened his phone and saw this Weibo post. He casually glanced at the blogger's profile and immediately recognized it as Xu Subo's Weibo.
Then he opened his chat with Fang Xingu and saw that Fang Xingu had sent him a WeChat message forty minutes ago. The message contained a video, which was two minutes longer than the one Xu Subo posted on Weibo. It was obviously the original, unedited video.
Jing Yitong clicked into the original video. The angle seemed to be a surveillance camera. Compared to the previous video that provoked trouble, which was shot from the side, this surveillance video was shot directly at Fang Xingu's face, making his face look exceptionally clear and handsome. Although the sound in the video was very noisy, Fang Xingu's voice could still be heard if you listened carefully.
Seven years ago, Xu Subo was nervously clutching Fang Xingu's clothes. Fang Xingu looked down and met her gaze, patted her shoulder reassuringly, and quickly said, "I'm her boyfriend. Let's see who dares to bully her today."
After hearing this, the thugs hesitated for a moment, seemingly wanting to back down. However, they quickly realized that Fang Xingu was alone, and even if a fight broke out, they would have the upper hand. So, the group prepared to rush up and fight.
The scene was incredibly tense. Even though he had experienced it once before, Jing Yitong was still worried about Fang Xin, fearing that he would suffer in this one-against-many conflict.
Fortunately, at this critical moment, security finally arrived. They surrounded the troublemakers and kicked them out of the bar without saying a word. The bar owner even came out to apologize to Fang Xin Gu and Xu Subo, promising that all their drinks would be free that day.
Xu Subo was clearly frightened. She sat on a bar stool, staring blankly at the bar, while Fang Xingu sat on another bar stool in front of the bar, with a considerable distance between them. There was no physical interaction between them at all, and they didn't seem like a couple at all.
Especially since Xu Subo had just been frightened, if the person next to her was her boyfriend, he would have already pulled her into his arms, or at least comforted her, right?
Fang Xin, however, very much like a straight man, pushed a glass of wine to Xu Subo, telling her not to cry and to drink some wine to boost her courage.
Xu Subo: ...
Even though the surveillance footage only showed Xu Subo's back, her speechless expression was evident in her stiff movements.
But Xu Subo still took a big gulp of wine before saying, "Xin Gu, thank you for coming today."
Fang Xingu shook his head: "No need to thank me, it's my pleasure. Even if you... we're still friends."
Fang Xin thought that this was also an extremely difficult year for Xu Subo. Her parents were forced to go abroad, and she was all alone in the country, suffering from being followed and harassed. She was also rejected after confessing her feelings to him. It was quite pitiful.
But Xu Subo simply wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, swallowed the sob in her throat, and said to him, "Can't you really like me for once?"
In the surveillance video, Fang Xingu paused, and just like last time, rejected the pretty girl: "This one really won't do."
"Is there something about me that I'm not good enough?" Xu Subo said angrily, then asked suspiciously, "Or do you already have someone you like?"
This time, Fang Xingu did not answer, but the shy expression on his face said it all.
Jing Yitong was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously dragged the video forward, only to find that it was already the end.
He watched the video over and over again, savoring the embarrassed expression on Fang Xingu's face, his heart pounding – Fang Xingu had someone she liked, but that person wasn't Xu Subo.
...So who has Fang Xin Gu liked all these years?
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Author's note: It's you, you idiot!
Teacher Jing and Teacher Fang aren't entirely honest yet, but that's okay, they'll be talking things out soon! [Let me see!]
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