Chapter 61 Threat
There is an early breakfast the next day.
He Jia reserved a seat for Lin Qingxu. The classroom was large and the seat was at the back, so the teacher couldn't hear him if he spoke softly.
Lin Qingxu arrived at the checkpoint.
I slept too late last night and was busy until the early morning before I got home.
He Jia saw Lin Qingxu appear at the classroom door and waved at her.
As soon as Lin Qingxu sat down, she couldn't wait to get straight to the point: "Breaking news, shocking secrets!"
You You, who was standing next to him, was also quite excited: "I heard Qiu Lan's husband was arrested last night. Oh my God, I really didn't expect him to be such a person."
Lin Qingxu nodded and took out the textbook he needed from his bag.
Lack of sleep and insufficient oxygen to her brain made her think for a moment, then she thought, "How did you know?"
"The whole school knows about it. Yesterday, someone took a picture of Wang Shu being taken into a police car and posted it on Tieba."
*
Lin Qingxu, the protagonist of the conversation, ran into him a few hours later. It was inevitable; they were neighbors, and if Wang Shu wanted to, it wouldn't be difficult to stop her.
Lin Qingxu ordered takeout that evening. The delivery man was new and didn't know the way around. He said he couldn't find the place and called Lin Qingxu to ask.
She went downstairs to look for it. It took about five minutes, but the delivery man had gone to the wrong building. When they met, he apologized profusely, fearing a bad review. Lin Qingxu said gently that it didn't matter.
On her way back, she met Wang Shu.
He stood in the dimly lit corridor, leaning slightly against the wall. Dressed in a suit and tie, he showed no sign of the embarrassment of having just been to the detention center the night before. He lowered his head, toying with a bottle of red wine, which shone coldly in the light.
Standing at the door late at night looking at the wine?
It was a very strange behavior, and Lin Qingxu instinctively felt that the other party had bad intentions.
Wang Shu seemed to have drunk a bit, and the smell of alcohol permeated the corridor. It was unclear whether he was truly drunk, but he looked extremely sober.
When he saw Lin Qingxu, Wang Shu narrowed his eyes slightly behind his gold-rimmed glasses.
Since that had happened before, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that their relationship was incompatible. Qiu Lan had been sent to the Qu family, and Lin Qingxu didn't want to provoke him at the moment, so everything was waiting for the formalities to be completed.
Lin Qingxu pretended not to see him and walked through the aisle.
But Wang Shu didn't intend to let her go. His tone was no longer as angry as yesterday. He returned to his usual elegant and low voice, "Do you have time to talk?"
Lin Qingxu took a step back, creating some distance. Without a word, he reached into his pocket and pressed the shortcut button on his phone, calling an emergency contact.
Her emergency contact was Kan Zhao, who had been set up since she and Ruan Yanyan had experienced that incident in the third year of junior high school, fearing that she would encounter any dangerous incidents again.
It seems that Kan Zhao’s school club is having some activities tonight, and everyone has to go there to clock in. He is not at home at the moment.
Lin Qingxu originally thought that Wang Shu would stay in the detention center for a few days, so he was not overly cautious. However, he did not expect that he would be released after only one day.
If she had known this was the case, she would not have gone out alone.
Wang Shu was blocking her way.
"Get out of the way." Lin Qingxu said.
Wang Shu shook the bottle, causing the liquid to slosh. The wedding ring on his left ring finger gleamed brightly under the light. "I remember there's a coffee shop downstairs. Are you interested in going there?"
He glanced at the object in his hand, his voice sticky and cold, like a venomous snake ready to strike: "Tell me, if this bottle 'accidentally' breaks, and then I, a drunk, 'accidentally' cut your throat with the broken pieces... what will happen?"
Lin Qingxu pressed his back against the cold wall, his fingertips digging into his palms.
She met Wang Shu's gaze and said, "You are breaking the law."
"You've already taken my wife away from me, do you think I still care about this?"
Wang Shu smiled and said, "I remember I told you not to meddle in other people's business."
*
night.
There were almost no people in the cafe, only a few scattered around, making the environment quiet and peaceful.
The waiter brought the drinks.
"You can try this cappuccino here," Wang Shu said. "Alan liked to drink this when we first met, and she hasn't changed now."
The corners of his mouth curled up in a mocking arc, "You are really loyal."
Lin Qingxu didn't answer, but slowly stirred the coffee with a spoon, and the latte art printed on the coffee liquid deformed.
Wang Shu pushed a card over. "Password 190901. The amount inside is enough for you to buy a house in the center of Nanchuan. If you think it's not enough, I can write a check and you can fill in the amount you want on it."
Lin Qingxu didn't refuse nor did she agree. Her expression remained unchanged as she continued with her previous movements.
Wang Shu's current behavior is completely different from before. He has returned to his usual elegance, not as extremely angry as last night, nor as crazy as before.
The contrast is so obvious, as if everything that just happened was just an appearance.
"What do you need me to do?" Lin Qingxu asked.
Wang Shu's answer was irrelevant to the question, but all the meaning was there, showing his extraordinary caution.
"I believe you are a wise man."
Lin Qingxu put down the spoon, knowing that Wang Shu probably couldn't get her to say what she wanted.
She looked at the person opposite her: "Teacher Qiu told me that she just wants a divorce. As long as she can get a divorce, everything that happened before can be wiped out."
The smile on Wang Shu's face immediately disappeared, "Impossible."
"Why?" Lin Qingxu asked.
"There's no way I could make room for that adulterous couple." Wang Shu emphasized the words "adulterer" and "couple" particularly strongly.
Lin Qingxu lowered his eyes calmly.
In fact, Qiu Lan had never said such words to her before. Everything was just Lin Qingxu testing Wang Shu's bottom line and exploring the cause and effect of the matter.
She and Qiu Lan were not close friends, and given Qiu Lan's current mental state, Lin Qingxu naturally couldn't ask her why Wang Shu hit her. It must be a personality issue or something she had done to anger Wang Shu, there had to be a reason.
Wang Shu could threaten her so nonchalantly in the hallway, seemingly without any fear of breaking the law. His airtight words about divorce were a stark contrast, forcing Lin Qingxu to become suspicious.
"Adulterer?" Lin Qingxu caught this word in his words.
The appearance of the third person obviously played a large role in this farce.
As soon as this word was mentioned, Wang Shu's reaction was obviously completely different from his previous calm appearance, which made Lin Qingxu suspect that the source of everything came from this person.
According to rumors, Wang Shu should have been very kind to Qiu Lan, at least initially. As for the sudden change in his personality, Lin Qingxu initially thought it was a flaw in Wang Shu's character, well hidden until he had lured his prey into the trap, only to reveal it gradually. This ruled out the possibility of the seven-year itch.
Now it seems that perhaps the previous speculation has to be overturned, and all the truth has to be attributed to the "adulterer".
Lin Qingxu suddenly thought of "Qin Yu".
Wang Shu was clearly a meticulous person, making it difficult to coax him into a conversation. With previous experience as a lesson, she didn't think he was a law-abiding person. If he angered her...
Currently in the cafe, the flow of pedestrians was her best protection. While mentally calculating her best escape plan if Wang Shu attacked, she quietly feigned compliance and extracted bits of information.
The progress was slow, but after accumulating little by little, Lin Qingxu finally understood the general situation.
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