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Every student who goes on stage to receive an award is required to give a speech.
Fu Zhixu has always been a man of few words.
But today, things seem a little different.
"Winning this award is not solely my achievement. I am the composer, but there is someone else who truly gave this piece its soul, and I would like to thank him as well."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar. Who could be the person who could earn such praise from Fu Zhixu?
The host was equally curious and speculated with a smile: "The people that Mr. Fu is talking about are parents? Or teachers?"
Fu Zhixu smiled faintly and didn't take the microphone from the host. The host was a little embarrassed and quickly tried to smooth things over, finding a way out for himself and continuing with the next step.
Bei Ye Ji lazily turned his head and whispered in Letang's ear: "This seems to be said to you."
Letang blinked and shook his head: "No."
He no longer had any illusions. Fu Zhixu was the male protagonist, so how could he look at someone other than Lin Nuo differently?
Kitano Shu gave a faint smile: "Really?"
After school, when I passed by the back of the lower grade teaching building, I saw a group of students gathered at the toilet door from a distance, and I didn’t know what they were doing.
Letang felt something was strange, so he walked over and stood on the edge of the crowd to look around, but there were so many people that he couldn't see the scene inside clearly even if he stood on tiptoe.
He secretly sighed that children from rich families were well-nourished. Although they were in a younger grade than him, they were all tall and strong.
He patted the shoulder of the person in front of him: "What happened?"
The person in front was happily eating melons at the front line, not paying any attention to who asked him. He stared at the front, afraid of missing a single thing: "He's pulling hair in the women's restroom."
Hair pulling? Argument?
Someone nearby whispered, "I just heard a really loud noise. Is that too much?..."
"No matter how much she goes wrong, she deserves it. She's going to have to suffer for messing with the fans of 'Xu Nuo'."
"Promise"?
This is the nickname for Fu Zhixu and Lin Nuo's couple, a nickname used by fans both in and outside the book. They even have a dedicated section on the school forum dedicated to their love, and they are the guardians and staunch supporters of their love, with incredible fighting power.
When the previous anonymous post incident of throwing dirty water fermented, Letang was also chased and scolded by this group and suffered a lot of ridicule.
Who are they attacking now?
Letang's heart tightened, and he used his thin body to squeeze into the crowd and rushed into the women's restroom before anyone could react.
At the back of the women's restroom, two or three girls were standing. Hearing the noise behind them, they all looked towards Letang. The leader frowned and said, "This is the women's restroom. Please leave."
But Letang ignored her.
He saw Zhou Jieyu being cornered by those girls.
She lowered her head, her exquisite wig had been pulled off, and her originally black hair was stuck to her face in a mess, dripping with water.
The little skirt she was wearing was also stained in several places, like an expired cake that had been thrown on the ground and stepped on a few times.
He immediately ran over, helped Zhou Jieyu up, and asked anxiously, "Are you okay?"
Zhou Jieyu raised her head slightly. Her expression was relatively calm, but her eyes were a little red.
A girl behind him said dissatisfiedly: "Who are you? What do you want here?"
The companions recognized Letang and immediately leaned over to whisper in the ear of the leading girl.
"It's him? Why would he help Zhou Jieyu?"
The leading girl's eyes rolled, and in a flash, she seemed to have figured it out. "At that time, I thought you were harboring fantasies about Fu Zhixu and wanted to break him up with Lin Nuo. Your previous post about seducing Fu Zhixu wasn't groundless, was it? Now it seems that you two are actually in cahoots! You bribed Zhou Jieyu to take the blame for you, right?"
Several people pointed at Letang's nose and cursed him, but Letang didn't hear a word he said because Zhou Jieyu's hand on his arm was trembling slightly.
He whispered to Zhou Jieyu, "Can you stand up? I'll take you out."
He remembered that there were so many people watching outside, so he took off his thin coat and put it on Zhou Jieyu's head, ready to take her away.
"You're not allowed to leave!" Someone stood in front of Letang, a look of righteous indignation on their face. "You two must solemnly apologize to all of us, publicly apologize to Fu Zhixu and Lin Nuo on the forum, and admit your mistakes before you can leave!"
"Get out of the way."
Letang did not back down at all. He looked coldly at the girl who tried to stop him. For some reason, the girl felt a little timid and took a few steps back.
He was cute and well-behaved, and rarely put on such a cold face or said such harsh words, so it was inevitable that he lacked some momentum. But it was more than enough to deal with these female students with hidden agendas.
Letang didn't dare to delay any longer, and immediately took Zhou Jieyu out of the toilet, rushed out of the crowd, and took her to the infirmary.
The school doctor examined Zhou Jieyu and found no other injuries except for a few bruises from falling to the ground.
Although the weather was getting hotter, she was soaked after all. Afraid that she would catch a cold, the school doctor boiled a pot of water to make her some preventive medicine.
Letang looked at her distressedly: "Why don't you tell them that you are Fu Zhixu's sister?"
They were so fanatical about Fu Zhixu and Lin Nuo. If they knew her background, they would definitely restrain themselves and would not bully her so blatantly.
Zhou Jieyu shook her head, a dark look flashing in her eyes: "I don't want to cause any more trouble for the Fu family."
Letang was stunned.
He had read the novel and realized that Fu Zhixu actually cared about and loved his half-sister very much, so he ignored Zhou Jieyu's own opinion.
Although she has half the same blood as Fu Zhixu, her surname is still "Zhou" instead of "Fu", and the Fu family has no intention of revealing her identity.
Perhaps in her eyes, she was never a member of the Fu family.
That’s why the current situation has happened.
——This is Fu Zhixu’s question.
Le Tang was furious. He understood that Zhou Jieyu had become the target of public criticism in order to redress his injustice, but ultimately, if Fu Zhixu hadn't indulged Lin Nuo, causing his sister to worry that he had been deceived, and then finding someone else to take the blame after the incident, causing Zhou Jieyu to feel guilty, how could so many things have happened now?
Also, in the same school, his sister was bullied like this, but Fu Zhixu was completely unaware of it. Isn’t this also a dereliction of duty?
Letang looked at her with a firm gaze: "Are you willing to believe me?"
Zhou Jieyu dialed Fu Zhixu's number, pursed her lips hesitantly, and after receiving Letang's reassuring gaze, handed the phone to him.
"What's wrong?"
Fu Zhixu knew that his sister would not call him suddenly unless it was something urgent.
He regretted not answering her call when she was kidnapped before, so he answered the call immediately this time.
But the voice coming from the other end of the phone was not Zhou Jieyu's.
But it’s Letang.
Letang spoke in a calm voice as he told him everything Zhou Jieyu had experienced.
Fu Zhixu was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Where are you? I'll come pick you up."
The Fu family's car was parked at the school gate, which was very eye-catching, and many people stood in the distance to peek.
Seeing this scene from afar, Zhou Jieyu stopped and looked at Letang, a little afraid to move forward.
Letang held her hand tightly: "It's okay, I'll accompany you."
The two walked side by side and got into the Fu family's car in full view of everyone. They closed the door, blocking out the suspicious discussions outside and the cameras that were ready to move.
Letang originally wanted to send Zhou Jieyu to the car and then leave.
But there were too many people outside, and if he didn't get in the car, he would probably be eaten alive by these people.
I regretted it as soon as I got in the car.
He didn't expect Fu Zhixu to be sitting in the back.
Zhou Jieyu got into the car after him. If he had stepped back, Zhou Jieyu would have been stopped outside the car, so she had no choice but to grit her teeth and get in.
So now, he could only shrink in the narrow space in the middle, sandwiched between the Fu brothers and sisters, unable to be touched from either side.
The three of them were silent all the way, and the air in the car almost solidified.
Letang clamped his legs tightly together and placed his hands neatly on his knees, for fear of touching the person next to him. However, he was not careful and lost his balance during a sharp turn. He accidentally fell to the left and hit Fu Zhixu's shoulder hard.
Fu Zhixu stretched out his hand, as if trying to support him.
Before the hand touched his body, he felt as if he was burned and immediately moved away, leaving Fu Zhixu's hand empty.
The driver drove the car back to the Fu family's old house.
Fu Zhixu took the two of them to a door on the third floor and knocked.
"Grandfather, it's me."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jieyu retreated a little and stood behind Letang.
"Come in."
Old Fu was sitting behind the table, reading the documents in his hands. Although he was old, the Fu family's say was still in his hands. He just sat there, old but dignified.
He glanced at the two people behind Fu Zhixu through his reading glasses, said nothing, and continued to focus on the documents in his hands.
Fu Zhixu told Le Tang what he had told him truthfully.
After all, she was his own daughter. Letang thought that Mr. Fu would be touched no matter what.
But he just asked calmly: "Nothing else important?"
Fu Zhixu said, "Grandfather, I want my sister to return to the Fu family."
"Hasn't she always lived in the Fu family, and has she been assigned servants?"
"grandfather……"
"Alright." Mr. Fu put down his glasses and looked at Le Tang with a scrutinizing look. "It's rare for you to bring friends home. Treat them well."
Zhou Jieyu was very afraid of this grandfather. Upon hearing this, she quietly tugged at Fu Zhixu's clothes and said, "Brother, let's go. Don't disturb grandpa."
Seeing that Fu Zhixu didn't say anything, Letang became anxious.
He knew that this was the Fu family's family affair, and it wasn't his turn as an outsider to speak up, but...
"Children shouldn't be responsible for adults' mistakes."
Zhou Jieyu and Fu Zhixu looked at Letang in surprise.
Even Mr. Fu put down the documents in his hand.
Le Tang was actually quite afraid of him. As the final boss in the novel, even the protagonist Lin Nuo couldn't stand up to Mr. Fu, let alone him, a mere cannon fodder.
He was afraid that this old man, who could cover the sky with one hand, would dislike him and easily crush him to death with one hand.
Just getting him to drop out of school is difficult enough, let alone other means.
But he had to say these words today even if it meant offending the entire Fu family.
He stood there, looking so thin, with his back straight, but he looked like a timid kitten. He made a warning hiss and showed his claws, but no one thought he had any killing power.
Old Master Fu looked at Zhou Jieyu and said, "If she can't even handle those few interpersonal relationships at school, how can she be considered a child of the Fu family? She will only bring shame to an old man like me."
"But you don't even dare to acknowledge your own granddaughter. Isn't that even more shameful?" Letang clutched his trouser legs tightly with both hands. "If you don't give her support and confidence, how can she go out and win glory for the Fu family?"
He spoke in a firm tone, but if you looked closely, you would find that he didn't even dare to look Mr. Fu in the eye. He could only stare at his nose. He was a paper tiger that would burst with a single poke.
Mr. Fu looked at him and didn't speak for a long time.
Fu Zhixu took the initiative to stand in front of Letang, blocking Mr. Fu's sight.
"Grandfather, it's getting late. I'll take them to dinner first."
As he said that, he took Letang's hand and led him and Zhou Jieyu out of the study.
Letang declined the Fu siblings' offer to have him over for dinner, and also declined Fu Zhixu's offer to personally escort him home. He had come here for Zhou Jieyu, and shouldn't have any more interactions with Fu Zhixu.
Fu Zhixu insisted on sending him off.
"My grandfather won't make things difficult for you, don't worry."
When they walked out of the gate of the Fu family's old house, Zhou Jieyu had already returned to his room to rest, and it was only him and Fu Zhixu who were there.
Fu Zhixu lowered his head, and his usually cold eyes showed unprecedented tenderness when he looked at Letang: "Thank you for today."
Letang stopped and looked back at him.
Since he came out of the study, his initial panic has dissipated, and after calming down, he has figured it out.
Regardless of whether Mr. Fu would hold a grudge against him after today, he didn't need to be afraid. Even if Mr. Fu asked him to drop out, he could find a public school to continue preparing for the college entrance exam. At worst, he could go to another place to study. He wouldn't have to worry about having no future.
Moreover, he had some savings, so he didn't have to worry about having no place to live or no food to eat.
But if he doesn't speak up for Zhou Jieyu today, he will regret it for the rest of his life.
When he looked at Fu Zhixu, his eyes were calm. Some things still needed to be made clear.
"Mr. Fu, I hope you don't misunderstand me. I'm here today because of Zhou Jieyu. I'm afraid I won't have any contact with your family or your grandfather from now on, so why should I worry?"
Fu Zhixu frowned slightly.
He wanted to retort. If he didn't care, why did he have to explain so much?
But when Letang looked at him with that look, the look that was no longer eager, but calm and indifferent, a voice in his heart told him: Letang was not lying.
"Fu Zhixu, since you only have Lin Nuo in your heart, then treat him wholeheartedly. Stop giving cheap, insincere tenderness to insignificant people, and stop doing things that move you... And I no longer need your care."
The evening breeze stood between them.
"Thank you for bringing me here. I can go back on my own. Fu Zhixu, please go back."
After Letang finished speaking, he turned around with his schoolbag on his back and got into the taxi he had taken.
"Master, let's go."
As the car drove away, Letang did not see the figure standing quietly in the rearview mirror until it disappeared after turning the corner.
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