Chapter 33 Prince Charming In reality, there is only the Frog Prince.
As soon as Zhuang He sent the address and building number, Luo Shu and Fang Qingzhuo rushed over according to the location. At first, Fang Qingzhuo was still worried about not being able to find which house there were among multiple households on the same floor. Facts proved that he was worrying too much. When he got out of the elevator, what caught his eye was Xia Yimo beating up the scumbag hysterically. The front door was open, and Zhuang He's lackeys were busy running around helping to pass tools, either brooms or anything that could be thrown.
It's pure nonsense.
Suddenly, a black shadow passed by in his peripheral vision. He saw Luo Shu, like a calf with red eyes in the bullring, rolled up her sleeves without saying a word and rushed into the scene to join the chaos.
Well, this guy really deserves a beating.
Looking at the neighbors who had locked their doors, Fang Qingzhuo considerately closed the doorknob.
Inside, the scumbag Zhang Hao was beaten to the point of retreating to the sofa. Taking advantage of Xia Yimo's breathing space, he said, "Good, Xia Yimo, you've become more capable. You even learned to bring someone to pretend to be a delivery man to trick me into opening the door. You're trespassing. Believe it or not, I'm calling the police..."
Before she finished speaking, Xia Yimo took the pillow Luo Shu had handed her and threw it directly in his face, saying with an angry laugh, "You trespassed and rented this apartment without my knowledge, and used my intimate information to pay the utility bills. Go ahead and tell me who's right."
Luo Shu and Zhuang He looked at each other and reached a consensus. It turned out that he was just a gigolo, so they worked even harder.
The thumping and clanging sounds of collisions and the heartfelt harmonies are interwoven together, as if one is in a magnificent symphony concert, with one song after another, climax after climax.
Suddenly, a series of knocks on the door interrupted the lively atmosphere, and there was a faint sound of an uninvited guest calling out, "Is anyone there?"
Zhang Haotian really thought someone had heard his screams and came to check, and frantically screamed for help: "Help, someone is breaking into the house and committing violence, please help call the police."
Zhuang He kicked him down and said, "Shut up!"
The knocking on the door continued, and everyone was nervous and uneasy, except for Fang Qingzhuo, who stayed out of the matter and sat bored on a wooden chair beside the dining table. Because he was trying to quit smoking, his thumb was fiddling with the lighter cap back and forth to relieve his fatigue.
"The takeaway I ordered is here." Under the puzzled gaze of four pairs of eyes, he put the lighter Luo Shu bought for him back into his pocket and stood up. "I have to replenish my energy after playing so hard."
Then he walked to the door with his hands in his pockets, as if he were at home. Before opening the door, he reminded him gentlemanly, "It's okay, you can continue."
The delivery guy outside the house called out for a long time before Fang Qingzhuo opened the door. Hearing rustling sounds, he curiously poked his head in and peeked, "Hey, what's going on in there?"
Fang Qingzhuo quickly stepped forward and blocked the attack with his body. He reached out to take the takeout bag and said with a smile, "It's just a pet at home. The old lady has already bitten ten people in the neighborhood today. If she doesn't teach her a lesson, she won't learn her lesson."
As he rambled on, the delivery man quickly pulled back his neck and agreed, "Yeah, these beasts really need to be disciplined. The last time I delivered to a takeaway, the dog was so fierce it was probably riding on someone's head. Beat them, they have to."
Back in the living room, the floor was a mess. After venting her anger, Xia Yimo sat down weakly on the L-shaped sofa with her head down. Her proud back was now bent, her slender wrists resting on her forehead, and her long hair covered her face. "Did you really rent that Cayenne?"
Zhang Hao, who was occupying the sofa at the other end, looked a little disheveled, with fresh nail marks on his face. His eyes were vague and he seemed unwilling to answer the question. Under the threat of Zhuang He's punch from a distance, he reluctantly admitted it.
"Yes, I rented it."
After a long silence, Xia Yimo raised her head and asked, "Why do you do this?"
"Why?" Zhang Hao laughed uncontrollably, as if he had just heard a ridiculous joke. He repeated her words, "Now that things have come to this, don't act like a victim. If I hadn't pretended to be a rich kid, would you have looked at me with respect and agreed to my pursuit?"
Xia Yimo felt her heartbeat pause. She slowly opened her eyelids, blinking in disbelief as she stared at the man in front of her who had fallen in love with her at first sight and had pursued her tirelessly for half a year. "So, you always thought I agreed to be with you because of your car, your watch, and your title of rich second generation?"
Zhang Hao was too lazy to say anything more. The disdainful sneer that emanated from his throat replaced his true inner thoughts and filled the entire room.
The last bit of faith in her heart collapsed. Xia Yimo stood up in disappointment, clenched her fists, and tried to keep her voice calm: "Who was the woman who called you husband that night?"
"Since I've already called you husband, who else could it be?" Zhang Hao shamelessly asked, "Xia Yimo, I'm certainly wrong for the two of us to be in this state, but what about you? Are you not at fault? Have you ever reflected on your own problems? I've been pursuing you for half a year, and we've been dating for half a year. During these six months, I've never been truly happy. To put it nicely, we're a couple, but to put it bluntly, we're clearly superiors and subordinates. You're strong and aggressive, and you throw tantrums when you're not pleased. Oh, you think it's great that you can shoot some beauty reviews and become a blogger, but don't forget that I've been with you all the way from when you had nothing to where you are today. And then, I just took a commercial without your permission, and you're so ungrateful that you even blame me for taking on a three-no product that ruined your reputation. What are you pretending to be? You're both a hypocrite and a hypocrite. Aren't we all here to make money?"
"Also, every time we have a fight, I'm always the one to apologize. And you, your eyes are always on the top of your head. You are a woman. As a woman, who isn't gentle and clean? Who doesn't wear heavy makeup every day?"
The tearful and total denial of her former lover blasted into Xia Yimo's ears word by word, and then turned into a sharp blade to cut off the flesh and blood from her heart. She closed her eyes weakly, trying to chew up all the unbearable things and swallow them down, but the more she tried, the more she found that she could not breathe, as if a pair of invisible hands were wringing all the organs in her body like wringing wet clothes, and the pain made her unable to breathe.
The scumbag's slanderous remarks made everyone present feel sick. Fang Qingzhuo and Zhuang He exchanged glances, then pointed at the women's clothing hanging on the balcony and sneered, "So this is your excuse for cheating? It's quite a pretense. You're spending your current girlfriend's money to live with another woman. You have no real ability, but you're using the guise of being a victim in love to cover up your inferiority complex and worthless self-esteem. In the end, you even throw dirty water on your girlfriend. As a man, you're a wimp."
Luo Shu couldn't help but put her arm around Xia Yimo's back, patting her gently to comfort her. She complained for her, "Do you know that every time she returns to the dormitory, she gets so happy when she receives your call. She spends all her time choosing gifts for you every day. I dare say that everything you wear from head to toe is bought by her. Is there anything on her that you paid for? So, what right do you have to deny her investment in this relationship?"
He easily peeled off the fig leaf with her words, hitting a sore spot. Zhang Hao was filled with anger, pointing at them and saying they were being arrogant, as if no one could do anything to him. "Yes, I'm vain. I rented a car and pretended to be a rich second-generation kid just to satisfy my own pride. I also cheated on her, not only spending her money but also biting her back. Who told her to be so blind as to fall for me? But so what? Now the whole internet is mocking her for being materialistic, and everyone is calling her out for being a villain. Wait until I post a tearful apology online and then distance myself from her relationship, exaggerate and ruin her popularity, and then confirm her bad behavior at school. Oh, and the rest of you, it's only a matter of minutes before you're ruined. I want to see how you can turn things around."
"Enough." Xia Yimo was actually about to lose her balance. If she could find something nearby, she really wanted to throw it at the scumbag to kill him. She forced herself to hold on to her hands that were shaking violently due to extreme sadness, stepped on the mess on the floor, and slapped Zhang Hao hard in the face.
Zhang Hao was stunned and fell onto the sofa after being slapped. Before he could react, the second and third slaps came one after another.
"You're dreaming of me reflecting on my past, Zhang Hao. Listen to me clearly. I treat you well not because you're so good, nor because I'm unlucky and blind to fall for you, but because I'm a good person. You, the bastard, must be the one who should feel sorry and regret. The most important thing is, it's not me who's finished, it's you who's fucking finished." Before the tears fell, Xia Yimo finished the last slap and ran into the bathroom.
Seeing this, Luo Shu instinctively followed in to comfort her, but Fang Qingzhuo grabbed her arm and said, "She probably wants to be alone right now. Let's go downstairs and wait for them."
After Fang Qingzhuo and Luo Shu left, Zhuang He, who had been unknown all this time, approached leisurely, stretched his muscles and neck while falling onto the sofa, resting his arms on the backrest and casually looking at Zhang Hao who was holding half of his face beside him.
I don't know why he likes this coward?
Meeting his timid gaze that dared to be angry but not to speak, she crossed her long legs on the coffee table: "What are you looking at? You've never seen a handsome guy before, right?"
"You are just a bunch of bandits." Zhang Hao cursed.
"Tsk, a bandit always sounds better than a scumbag. For a guy like you, I'm willing to sacrifice an entire class of mine, but..." Zhuang He suddenly smiled meaningfully, took out his cell phone, tapped the screen lightly with his fingers, and an audio clip that happened not long ago echoed in the air.
"You're really screwed now."
The sky in mid-December gets dark earlier than usual. When Zhuang He led Xia Yimo downstairs, Luo Shu was sitting on a wooden bench in the community, fighting several rounds with keyboard warriors on her phone. Fang Qingzhuo, as an off-field strategist, not only gave her some advice, but also spent most of his time taking care of her meticulously. Specifically, he tucked the hair hanging on her cheeks behind her ears, put a soda with a straw to her mouth before she cried out for thirst or hunger, and fed her bread torn into small pieces. Then he naturally drank the drink she had drunk and wiped the bread crumbs from the corners of her mouth.
Zhuang He was stunned on the spot, his face full of disbelief at the scene before him. Is this still Fang Qingzhuo? He couldn't help but sigh. This kind of eager service attitude has only been seen in home confinement nannies.
The unpleasant comment successfully earned her an eye roll from Xia Yimo, and she walked away and refused to associate with the idiot.
"Thank you all for today. I'll treat you all to dinner some other day."
Zhuang He followed up happily, laughing: "Why change the day? Let's do it tonight. I'm so hungry."
This fool seemed hopeless. Fang Qingzhuo punched him and said, "You're everywhere."
Luo Shu also glanced at him complainingly, putting down her phone that was ringing non-stop: "Then let's go back to school first."
Xia Yimo's eyes, which were as swollen as walnuts and still not completely swollen, said: "I won't go back to school for now. By the way, Luo Shu, I have something to tell you."
Luo Shu was pulled into a corner by Xia Yimo to whisper to each other. Fang Qingzhuo cleaned up the remaining garbage and spread his palm towards Zhuang He.
Zhuang He: "What?"
Fang Qingzhuo said calmly: "Car keys."
Upon hearing this, Zhuang He immediately put on a relieved smile and patted his arm: "Finally, you've behaved like a human being again. You even know how to sympathize with your brother and take the initiative to ask to drive."
Fang Qingzhuo's expression didn't change: "No, I want to take Luo Shu back to school."
Zhuang He: “?”
Fang Qingzhuo: "You didn't hear the girl say she wouldn't go back to school, so here's your chance."
Zhuang He: "What opportunity?"
Fang Qingzhuo: "This is your chance to show off your charisma. I'll take my girlfriend back to school, and you'll take her roommate safely to where she's going."
After handing over the car keys, Zhuang He felt something was wrong. He realized belatedly that he had been fooled by Fang Qingzhuo again.
On the way back, the car smoothly entered the turbulent traffic that looked like a red ocean. The prosperous long street seemed to pass by like a cloud of smoke. Luo Shu quietly admired Master Fang who was concentrating on driving. He controlled the steering wheel with one hand, sometimes tapping the steering wheel lightly with his fingers comfortably, and sometimes glancing at the passenger seat. When he met her absorbed gaze, he would ask her if she had any instructions.
"I have to praise you today."
"What are you praising me for?" He raised his eyebrows.
"I commend you for helping Xia Yimo, and thank you for believing in her."
He accompanied her all the way without asking about the reason, and said some heartfelt words to her, which touched Luo Shu quite a bit.
"I don't trust her. Tracing back to the source..." The man in the driver's seat had a gentle expression, a smile on his face. "I trust you."
Luo Shu was deeply surprised. She didn't expect that he trusted her so unconditionally. She was happy and talked about dormitory life. Although it was trivial, it was a special feeling to spend time together day and night. Suddenly, she remembered that Zhuang He had gossiped about Fang Qingzhuo not living with classmates, so she asked him about his relationship with his roommates. It seemed that she had never heard him talk about it much.
The smile on Fang Qingzhuo's lips froze slightly. After a moment, he said, "It was fine before. Recently, I have fewer classes. After moving out, we don't see each other much anymore."
"Oh, I see." Feeling that the air pressure in the car had dropped by at least half, Luo Shu, holding onto her seat belt, quickly changed the subject and asked him what he thought about today's events.
Unexpectedly, he delved deeper and replied, "It's actually very simple. It proves the old saying: Men stay young until they die, while women live in fairy tales. They believe in true love and the existence of Prince Charming until they die, but in reality, there are only frog princes. Xia Yimo is decent-looking and has the financial support of her family. Although she is spoiled and has high expectations, she thinks there are very few men who are worthy of her. Suddenly, a man who is tall, rich, handsome, and can be called perfect is willing to humble himself and devote all his energy to pursuing her. Does that make sense? When unreasonable things happen, it proves that you are about to fall into a trap carefully laid for you."
"There's no such thing as a free lunch, so be wary of someone who thinks they're a perfect match for you. It might just be a carefully planned fake fairy tale."
"What about you?" Luo Shu turned to him and asked casually.
These three short words plunged the carriage into an eerie silence.
Fang Qingzhuo moved his lips and looked at the windshield in front of him as if he wanted to say something, but gave up. He lowered his eyelids, and his thick black eyelashes hid the emotions in his eyes.
For a moment, Luo Shu thought that she did not ask this question because Fang Qingzhuo was very quiet, too quiet to be normal.
Under the darkness, the tree-lined streets were lit in all directions, and in the interweaving of light and shadow, his angular profile was hidden in the shadows, making him look inexplicably unkind.
The car stalled at a red light, and the light illuminated the front window as bright as day. The coldness on Fang Qingzhuo's face caused by the frozen expression also dissipated.
It takes an average spider an hour to weave a web, and half an hour to repair damaged ones during a rainstorm. Humans are much more skilled, repairing and concealing them in just seconds. He tilted his head and tried to regroup: "Luo Shu, I'm different from others."
"I'm not that complicated in relationships. It all comes down to one question: do you truly love me? If you can choose me unwaveringly, then I will do everything I can to be with you. I will solve any problems. As long as you like, I can pick the stars in the sky for you."
His words were sincere, as if he was confessing to her and revealing everything.
"So you understand?"
Luo Shu was stunned by what he said, and her pupils were blurred.
Fang Qingzhuo was not in a hurry: "Nod when you understand."
Luo Shu nodded obediently.
He smiled with satisfaction, raised his arm and gently rubbed her head as if to reward her, then stepped on the accelerator and set off again.
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