The next day, Bai Xiyue heard from Shen Wan that Chu Lan did not come to class.

It seemed as if Shen Wan came to tell her this specifically, and even after he finished speaking, there was still a hesitant look on his face, as if he wanted to ask something but didn't dare to.

"If you have anything else to say, just say it."

"It's nothing, actually."

Shen Wan hesitated and shook his head.

"It's not good to arouse people's curiosity and then say nothing."

Bai Xiyue leaned against the wall in the corridor, a half-smile on her face.

"Then please don't take it as an offense if I ask you this."

Shen Wan was so nervous that he stuttered a little, and whispered into Bai Xiyue's ear.

"You and Chu Lan, are you that one?"

"If that's what you say, then it's not."

"Is that so... But I saw it the other day..."

Shen Wan thought that Bai Xiyue and Chu Lan were in a premature relationship, and didn't want others to know, so they kept it secret and usually acted as if they were not familiar with each other.

Bai Xiyue pressed her fingers on Shen Wan's lips and made a sound of "喬".

Shen Wan blinked, looking at the face approaching in front of him, his breathing slightly choked.

"Some things are not what they seem. Many things are not that simple. Just ignore them."

Bai Xiyue raised her hand and touched Shen Wan's head, saying with a smile.

She didn't want to involve others in the matter between her and those three people, especially someone as simple-minded as Shen Wan.

Shen Wan nodded, not quite understanding, and decided to just go with it.

She wasn't particularly curious at first, but Bai Xiyue and Chu Lan were both her friends, so she wanted to ask.

"Why didn't Chu Lan come to school?"

Bai Xiyue changed the topic.

"The teacher said Chu Lan was not feeling well today, so he didn't come."

Bai Xiyue was a little confused. Chu Lan didn't seem to be seriously injured yesterday, so how could it be so serious that he would have to ask for leave?

Chu Lan doesn't seem like the kind of person who is afraid of what others say, and it's unlikely that he would skip class just because of a minor injury on his face.

After Shen Wan left, Bai Xiyue returned to the classroom and asked about what happened with the system.

The system imitated Chu Lan's mother's long speech in an emotionless voice, which made Bai Xiyue sigh inwardly.

Every family has its own way of education. Among the three scumbags she met, only Qiao Song’s parents were relatively normal.

But Chu Lan's parents definitely didn't teach him that he could hit his female classmates when he was unhappy, and there is no way to deny this.

Personality is definitely related to the environment in which one grows up, but what kind of person one becomes cannot be entirely attributed to family factors.

Qiao Song's family is just like countless ordinary ones, but Chu Lan's parents are too anxious. It doesn't necessarily mean that they don't love him, after all, love can be expressed in many ways.

Bai Xiyue rolled her eyes, feeling more confident.

She sent a message to Chu Lan, asking him if the injury was serious, and Chu Lan replied that it was nothing.

The next day, Chu Lan came to class as usual.

The marks on his face were already very faint and could not be seen unless one looked carefully.

Bai Xiyue was a little surprised when she passed him.

The good ones are too fast.

After asking the system, I found out that Chu Lan's mother had applied very expensive medicine to Chu Lan.

After his mother found out the reason, she wanted to call the police.

Qiao Song also paid attention to the squad leader who came back after a day off.

But what he was concerned about was not Chu Lan's illness, but the corner of the band-aid on Chu Lan's wrist that was accidentally exposed.

The laughing sea-faced baby with a band-aid on his face was totally incompatible with Chu Lan's temperament.

Qiao Song remembered that he had once given Bai Xiyue a band-aid like this.

But Bai Xiyue and Chu Lan... Qiao Song pushed his glasses, perhaps he was overthinking it.

On the day Chu Lan came to class, Wei Changxi was still in a cold war with Bai Xiyue. The cold war had lasted for three days and was still ongoing.

Wei Changxi was angry on the first day, sad on the second day, and was holding on on the third day.

He wanted to find Bai Xiyue, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.

There was an inexplicable stubbornness in his heart that made him stay there straight, watching Bai Xiyue walk out of the classroom, unable to take a step forward.

"Why didn't she ask a single question?"

Wei Changxi talked to himself.

When he woke up that morning, he found the quilt was cold, which meant that Xiyue had been gone for a long time.

She left quietly without saying goodbye.

So he deliberately sulked and waited for Bai Xiyue to come find him.

It's so cheap to always look for others with eager eyes.

But Bai Xiyue didn't come.

He didn’t come on the first day, nor on the second day, nor on the third day.

Wei Changxi didn't understand.

From Bai Xiyue's perspective, there should be no reason for Bai Xiyue to be angry with him.

Then why didn't Bai Xiyue come to find him?

He was tossing and turning with a lot of worries here, but others were eating and drinking as usual, as if nothing had happened, and seemed unaffected by it.

Wei Changxi couldn't understand it, he couldn't understand it at all.

Bai Xiyue was stopped by someone when she was leaving school.

"What's up?"

Bai Xiyue looked at Yu Peng. Although the two of them were not very familiar with each other, they knew each other.

Bai Xiyue could roughly guess what Yu Peng was going to say, but she didn't know whether Wei Changxi had instructed her to do so.

She has been ignoring Wei Changxi for several days, and plans to leave him alone for two more days to teach this younger brother a lesson.

"Sister-in-law, you and Brother Xi have been in a cold war for several days. Brother Xi has been having trouble eating and sleeping lately. Why don't you go and talk to him?"

"Let me comfort him? He got mad at me for no reason, why should I comfort him? If he doesn't want to talk to me, then he shouldn't talk to me."

Bai Xiyue spread her hands to show that she was not afraid.

"No, hey, aren't you curious why Brother Xi is angry with you?"

"The reason is not important. What's important is his attitude. He suddenly ignores me without any reason. If it happens once, there might be a second time. Are you okay? If not, I'm leaving."

Bai Xiyue fully demonstrated the skill of most girls in finding faults during an argument, and turned away.

Does reason have attitude? Obviously not.

Bai Xiyue originally didn't intend to say this, but after thinking it over, she decided to be more tactful.

Yu Peng walked back embarrassedly, and when he saw Wei Changxi standing not far away, he shook his head.

"What did you say to her?"

Yu Peng recounted their conversation.

"Brother, what's the matter between you and sister-in-law?"

"It's OK."

Wei Changxi said this stiffly and pulled Yu Peng to eat.

Should I say 'she might have cheated on me' or 'she was so heartless and left without saying goodbye'?

The former is uncertain and embarrassing, the latter is simply pretentious.

In the midst of this Cold War, Christmas came quietly.

On Christmas Eve, students were already talking about it, and merchants were following various festivals, with cards, Christmas hats, snake fruits and other items lined up on the stalls.

Wei Changxi seemed to have finally found an excuse to talk to Bai Xiyue. Tonight is Christmas Eve and tomorrow is Christmas, which is more than enough time for them to reconcile.

"Let's have dinner together this afternoon. I'll take you to a nice place."

"You're not going to give me the cold shoulder anymore?"

Hearing Bai Xiyue say this, Wei Changxi looked at Bai Xiyue with a stern face, looking quite scary.

Bai Xiyue thought he was going to walk away in disgrace, but she saw him nod.

Bai Xiyue chuckled and looked at Wei Changxi with a pursed face.

"That's it, then."

When Wei Changxi turned around and sat down, he couldn't hold back his cool look.

He thought of Bai Xiyue's smile just now, and couldn't help but smile.

After school, Wei Changxi did not take Bai Xiyue directly to the place he said he would take her to, but said he would go home to change his clothes first.

"So formal? Do I have to change into nice clothes too?"

Bai Xiyue said teasingly, causing Wei Zhangxi to reach out and ruffle her hair.

"You look good in anything you wear."

"Go home first, and then wait for me for ten minutes. I will pick you up downstairs at your house."

"OK."

Wei Changxi made an appointment, but Bai Xiyue waited at home for half an hour, but he did not show up as promised.

When Bai Xiyue couldn't help but want to make a call, the system spoke.

[System]: Host, Wei Changxi's family situation has changed. It has just been confirmed that his father has remarried, and now his home is in chaos.

[Bai Xiyue]: They got married, but the bride is not his mother?

【System】：Yes.

Oh no.

The situation is difficult to describe.

Wei Changxi's father is the real fighter among scumbags.

Bai Xiyue knew before that Wei Changxi was an illegitimate child.

My mother got pregnant without knowing that she was my third child.

After knowing the situation, she decided to give birth to the child and continue to have a relationship with Wei Changxi's father.

From a victim, he became a perpetrator. His previous situation was worthy of sympathy, but the latter situation can only be said to be what he deserved.

Then Wei Changxi's father divorced his wife. If Wei Changxi's mother could marry him, then Wei Changxi would go from being an illegitimate child to a legitimate child.

But unfortunately, this did not happen.

To put it nicely, Wei Changxi's father is a passionate man, but to put it bluntly, he is a walking seed drill.

He not only has a mistress, but also a fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh mistress.

Wei Changxi's mother couldn't get the position, but she didn't give up. Anyway, there was no one with a legitimate status around Wei Changxi's father.

So his father became very extravagant and really acted like an emperor. He visited this woman and that woman all the time, and even the queen gave birth to a prince.

As a result, now this person is getting married again, and everyone else is in trouble again.

Wei Changxi undoubtedly hated his father very much, and had very conflicting feelings towards his mother.

[Bai Xiyue]: What's going on there? Does his mother want to cut off contact or continue with her old business?

If it was the former, Wei Changxi estimated that he would be able to set off firecrackers to celebrate. If it was the latter, Wei Changxi estimated that he would be exhausted.

[System]: It’s not clear yet, there is no clear wording, but it’s probably the latter.

Bai Xiyue thought about it, sent a text message, and sat in her room to continue waiting.

When Wei Changxi changed his clothes and was about to go out of the rental house, he received a call from his mother.

Wei Changxi originally thought that his mother was going to say something like "Your father is back", but when he answered the phone, he heard the person on the other end sobbing.

He immediately panicked and hurried home.

When I opened the door, the house was a mess.

Later he found out what had happened.

His mother refused to give up and insisted that he call again and ask again. Only after getting the answer did she feel hopeless.

Wei Changxi didn't know what he felt in his heart, but he was mostly happy, and even more so, a feeling of liberation.

If the man is married, they should stay away from him and never contact him again.

From beginning to end, Wei Changxi didn't want to admit that the man was his father.

He would rather his father had died long ago than be that evil man.

"Mom, why don't you just break up with him and stop associating with him in the future."

Wei Changxi was full of expectations, but was criticized by his mother.

"Broken? On what grounds? I've been with him for twenty years, twenty years! And how can you be so heartless? He's your father!"

"Let's leave him. He's getting married soon. Do you still want to be his mistress?"

Wei Changxi just didn't understand. What was so good about that man that he made his mother live in such an unclear way as if she had lost her mind.

A slap landed on his face, leaving Wei Changxi a little dazed.

"Everyone else can say that about me, but how can you say that about me? I'm your mother! Who am I doing this for? Isn't it all for you?"

"Mom, leave him. I will support you in the future."

"You support me? How do you support me? Do you support me by hanging around in society?"

His mother's attitude was sharp, and Wei Changxi just stood there, feeling quite ridiculous.

"How many times have I told you to study hard, but you just won't do so. If you were a little more motivated and made your father happier, would he not marry me? Would he not give us a legitimate status?"

Wei Changxi was so angry that he laughed. Well, now it’s all his fault, right?

The phone vibrated twice, and Wei Changxi was shocked to realize that he had not yet gone to pick up Bai Xiyue.

"Mom, calm down."

Wei Changxi took a deep breath and looked at his mother whose eyes were swollen from crying.

"Xixi, go call him again and beg him, okay? Ask him not to get married, okay?"

Wei Changxi's expression suddenly turned cold, and he tried to make his mother sober up.

"Mom, leaving him is nothing..."

Something hit his feet, followed by his mother's almost hysterical roar.

"You are happy that your dad is getting married, right? Then why did I give birth to you? Why did I raise you for so many years? Get out of here now. I don't want to see you now."

The woman's chest heaved violently and tears kept flowing down.

When Wei Changxi called Bai Xiyue, his voice sounded a little tired.

He wanted to say that he might miss the appointment today, but for some reason, when he heard Bai Xiyue's voice, he changed his mind.

He couldn't hold on any longer.

As long as there is someone to accompany him, just be with him.

Wei Changxi stood in a park not far from Bai Xiyue's home. There was no one around. He stood there quietly, making people feel lonely for no reason.

He looked at the tall, slender girl who was dressed beautifully and walked towards him with an incomparable sense of beauty.

That kind of beauty does not refer to appearance, but to the attitude that is displayed.

It seems like everything is perfect, as if nothing is missing.

"What's wrong? Are you unhappy? Doesn't this outfit look good on me?"

The girl touched his face with a cool hand, with a hint of confusion in her eyes.

"nice."

Wei Changxi chuckled.

"If you don't want to laugh, don't laugh. I'll accompany you if you have anything to say."

Bai Xiyue patted Wei Changxi's shoulder, and a hint of smile appeared in her eyes as she lowered her head.

I hadn't originally planned to make a fuss about Wei Changxi's family background so quickly, but now that the opportunity has come to me, I have to make good use of it.

Finally, they bought a bag of beer and returned to Wei Changxi's rental house.

Wei Changxi was drinking alone, and Bai Xiyue was accompanying him.

It was not until Wei Changxi got a little drunk that he dared to take advantage of his drunkenness to reveal little by little the things he wanted to hide.

He didn't want others to know that his mother was the kind of person who destroyed other people's marriages.

He didn't want anyone to know that he was an illegitimate child.

What's even more ridiculous is that he clearly hated all of this, but he still enjoyed what that person brought - money.

His rebellion was intended to attract his mother's attention, but all he got was a few scoldings, neither too light nor too severe.

Most of the woman's attention was on the man.

Now they are blaming him for not living up to expectations.

I am such a disgusting person.

Wei Changxi originally thought that he would receive sympathetic comfort, or perhaps astonished looks, but he didn't expect that Bai Xiyue would come over and pat his face.

The force was neither too strong nor too weak, and it sobered him up a little.

"This is not like the Wei Changxi I know. He is so sad."

"You can't choose your birth, right? But how you choose to live is your own business."

There is one sad thing: those who are hurt often become the perpetrators.

Wei Changxi hated his background so much and his scumbag father so much, but in the end he became a scumbag himself.

"If you really wanted to work hard and change all this, why didn't you do it long ago? In fact, aren't you waiting for your mother to marry you as she wished?"

"If you want your mother to change, then you have to prove to her that you have the ability to do so. Wei Changxi, have you ever thought about the future?"

Have you ever thought about the future?

How could I not have thought of it?

That night, Wei Changxi and Bai Xiyue talked a lot.

Talk about your previous dreams and the future you once imagined.

"In fact, I once attended a youth training camp and someone asked me if I wanted to pursue a career in basketball."

There was a gleam of light in the boy's eyes, without his usual cynical look.

"But I gave up because my mom asked me to go back to school, and I thought, maybe it's too late now."

"Why late? You are only 18 years old and your hand speed is still at its peak. If you don't try it now, you will regret it later."

Bai Xiyue knocked Wei Changxi on the head. How could eighteen be considered late?

"I support you."

Bai Xiyue raised the beer can towards Wei Changxi and took a sip.

They sat in the living room, with no lights on and only a little light from the moon.

Between light and shadow, those eyes were filled with smiles.

Wei Changxi suddenly seemed to be greatly encouraged, and his heart ached as he looked at Bai Xiyue.

He suddenly reached out and hugged Bai Xiyue, who patted his back as if to comfort him.

"Then can you accompany me?"

Let those irrelevant people go away.

Don't leave me.

Just for me.

"Of course I can accompany you."

"As a friend."

Wei Changxi's smile froze on his face.

He stood up, with Bai Xiyue still smiling. She took a sip of beer leisurely, and when she saw Wei Changxi looking at her, she glanced at him.

"I thought we were in love."

Wei Changxi felt as if he had been hit hard on the head and was a little dazed. He clenched his fists, trying to suppress the pain in his heart.

"Really? How come I didn't know?"

The author has something to say: Regarding the question of whether abusing a scumbag will make him even more scumbag, you can review the previous conversation between Sister Yue and the system, which explains it very clearly.