Xu Zhe pressed Si Xingzhu down: "I'm just going for a bit, I won't go far. Will you wait for me here?"
"No way!" Si Xingzhu frowned. "Young Master instructed that we must stay by your side 'every step of the way' after leaving the Xu residence! Every step of the way! I'll be watching you take a shower and go to the toilet!"
Jiang Shuning's composure allowed her to suppress the urge to roll her eyes.
"Come with me," she said, and walked out first.
Xu Zhe and Si Xingzhu followed, all the way to Jiang Shuning's office.
As soon as the office door closed, Jiang Shuning turned to Xu Zhe: "Are you satisfied now?!"
Xu Zhe: "......" Is the opening line really this dramatic?
Si Xingzhu stood with her hands on her hips, looking at Jiang Shuning as if she were a monster:
"What did you do to satisfy her? Ask yourself honestly, did you teach well? To be honest, I feel sleepy in your class. I can listen to other classes for about ten minutes, but you seriously affect my learning!"
Jiang Shuning still wouldn't even glance at her. "Have you paid your tuition yet? You're still affecting your studies!"
“He was destined for a smooth and promising future, but because of you…” Jiang Shuning pointed at Xu Zhe.
“So we’re done.” Xu Zhe interrupted her, not wanting to hear any more of her accusations. “We just can’t notify him right now.”
Jiang Shuning fell silent, her expression a mixture of shock and confusion, her brows furrowed with the weariness that had been building up over this period of time.
She thought this scheming woman would ignore everything, using the excuse of true love to hold onto Xu Zhengxi and refuse to let go.
She thought it would take some effort to make her submit and leave.
Unexpectedly, she had already made her decision...
"We have to wait for someone to come back, right?" Xu Zhe's lips curved into a smile, but his eyes were cold.
"I'll be going now if there's nothing else," Xu Zhe said, not wanting to say any more to her.
"Wait a minute!" Jiang Shuning had a lot to say but couldn't get it out; he wasn't about to let her go!
Xu Zhe was extremely annoyed. She had been called here for the same purpose as Pei Jun, and she had already made her stance clear, so what more did he want?
"Wait my ass!" Si Xingzhu struck a fighting pose. "If you want to force Xu Zhe to stay, you'll have to ask if my unparalleled martial arts skills agree first!"
Xu Zhe: "......"
Why put on this show when you could just leave? Should we ask Liang Shaojie to arrange for her to act in two episodes of the movie?
Si Xingzhu wasn't satisfied yet!
"As the saying goes, it's better to tear down a temple than to break up a marriage! You're setting fire to my young master's backyard while he's away!"
"How dare you be so shameless?! Just because you're a member of the Jiang family, you dare to try and interfere in other people's relationships?! You're practically throwing yourself at my young master, you're so damn thick-skinned!"
Jiang Shuning's face flushed an unhealthy liver red, as if blood was about to seep from her skin. Her gold-rimmed glasses fogged up, and her hands clenched into fists, trembling.
Si Xingzhu hadn't finished speaking, and wasn't quite satisfied yet, so she continued:
"There are standards to being a mistress. With your looks and character, you're not even good enough to catch my young master's eye!"
"You've brought such disgrace to the Jiang family! They're supposed to be a prestigious family, and look what you've done—you've produced such a shameless one!"
Jiang Shuning suddenly stood in front of her, but took a step back in the face of her superior Xingzhu's imposing aura.
Si Xingzhu scoffed lightly:
"This heroine advises you to let go of your obsession. Since you're in school, focus on your studies, especially moral character, psychology, and self-awareness."
"Don't fixate on men all the time. The world is so big, it's not just men. Although my young master is indeed excessively outstanding, and may have accidentally amazed you... sigh~"
Xu Zhe would just drag the person away and then create more drama for himself!
"I haven't finished my lines yet!" Si Xingzhu was dragged into the corridor, still unwilling to give up.
"Aren't you going to fight over the food in the cafeteria anymore?" Xu Zhe asked.
Si Xingzhu grabbed Xu Zhe instead: "Let's go!"
That night, Xu Zhe and Si Xingzhu finally managed to each sleep in a separate bed in their dormitory.
Bei Xiaoyu received a call from her uncle, who said something had happened at home. She took advantage of the weekend to go back to her hometown. When she wasn't there, Si Xingzhu could sleep in the bed for a few days.
Xu Zhe lay in his private space enclosed by the bed curtains, flipping through his phone calendar to count how many days Xu Zhengxi had been away on his business trip.
She stubbornly believed that he had gone on a business trip and was convinced that Xu Zhengxi would definitely come back.
Xu Zhe opened his phone's photo album and scrolled through it from beginning to end, but there wasn't a single photo of them together.
They'd been together for so long, and they didn't even have a single photo together. Xu Zhe tossed her phone aside, a profound sense of despair enveloping her in the curtains; she thought it would be better to just drown in it.
The phone kept buzzing and vibrating. Xu Zhe picked up his phone and glanced at it; it wasn't hers.
The vibration stopped for two seconds after one round, then continued incessantly. Xu Zhe lifted the bed curtain and saw Si Xingzhu leap down from Bei Xiaoyu's bed.
"Oh no..."
Before Xu Zhe could stop her, Si Xingzhu picked up Yang Huanhuan's cell phone from the desk.
"Don't move!" Xu Zhe whispered.
If Yang Huanhuan saw this, who knows what kind of trouble it would cause!
She no longer has Secretary Chen who can publicly identify himself to protect her.
"It's so noisy!" Si Xingzhu shoved her phone into Yang Huanhuan's blanket.
The phone was buried under the soft blanket, and the sound was indeed quieter.
Xu Zhexin mentioned the ceiling, and Yang Huanhuan came out of the bathroom and was standing behind Si Xingzhu.
Just what I feared most has happened!
Si Xingzhu glanced back, then nonchalantly climbed back into bed. Yang Huanhuan, her eyes peeking out from under her mask, glared at Xu Zhe, then grabbed her phone and left the dormitory.
"Phew~~~" Xu Zhe let out a long sigh. She was really afraid of confronting people head-on, especially since her combat power was currently negative.
Yang Huanhuan walked quickly to the flower bed behind the dormitory building.
I called back more than a dozen missed calls from the same number on my phone.
"You little bitch, were you fucked to death?! You dare not answer my phone?!"
As soon as the call connected, Yang Xiaolong's vulgar language came through the receiver.
Yang Huanhuan's limbs stiffened, overwhelmed by a mixture of hatred and fear.
"I didn't bring my phone with me," she explained. "What's wrong?"
"What is it?!" Yang Xiaolong snorted. "How many times have I urged you? Your face injury is almost healed, I want you to go work as a hostess!"
Yang Huanhuan gripped the phone tightly with both hands, as if she couldn't hold it with just one hand:
"I've already given you all the money, why are you still pressuring me?!"
Yang Xiaolong: "That little bit of money isn't even enough to pay off my gambling debts!"
"Let me tell you, my dear sister, I've got my eye on you! You'd better go sell yourself! I've got plenty of other things to do with the money!"
"You don't have classes tomorrow, Saturday. Be at the school gate by yourself at 3 PM! If you don't come, I'll go all over the school and find you!"
The call ended.
Yang Huanhuan felt utterly weak. The empty, dark space mirrored her own life. Just a few hours ago, the sky was clear and bright; now, only endless darkness remained...
"Huanhuan?"
Yang Huanhuan turned around.
“You’re here.” Jiang Hehe slowly walked over.
Yang Huanhuan looked at the tall and handsome young man; this was the first time they had spoken since they parted ways.
Could it be... still possible?! A warm feeling welled up in Yang Huanhuan's heart. Could her life still emerge from the darkness?
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