[Darkening 6 - Darkening 6.5 - Darkening 7.3... Darkening 8.4.]
Qiao Zhen listened to the calm, unwavering report in her mind, completely bewildered. What had she just done to make Chu Zhao turn so ruthless? Maybe, perhaps, maybe she had been too fierce? She softened her voice and said patiently, "If you just tell me, I won't have to see Gu Chen so many times."
[Darkening 5]
Qiao Zhen took a breath, wondering what she had said that had offended the little tyrant in front of her.
Chu Zhao sat on the corner of the bed like an autistic child, looking down at his toes, but still unwilling to talk about the grudge between him and Gu Chen.
Very well, then don't blame her for resorting to violence.
Qiao Zhen pinned Chu Zhao to the bed, restraining both of his hands with one hand and choking him with the other. "Are you going to talk or not! I'm warning you, my patience is limited, and if it doesn't work, I won't care about you anymore."
Chu Zhao looked at the hand gripping his neck, then slowly raised his head to look at Qiao Zhen, who had forced herself on him. "What does this have to do with you?"
Qiao Zhen was slightly embarrassed. The feud between Chu Zhao and Gu Chen was a matter between the Chu and Gu families. Even though the Wen and Chu families were old friends, it was very impolite for Qiao Zhen to press for answers like this. She gradually loosened her grip. "Gossip, huh? It's firsthand information from the upper class in Kyoto. If you don't want to talk about it, then don't. Asking Gu Chen is the same."
She got up, grabbed her bag, and prepared to leave. What she did was so abrupt that it was no wonder Chu Zhao was tempted. She could only hope that it wasn't too late for her to distance herself from Chu Zhao.
Chu Zhao suddenly reached out and grabbed Qiao Zhen, pinning her down before she could react. "Why should you come and go as you please?"
Qiao Zhen looked at Chu Zhao, who was heavily pressing down on her, and said, "Young man, you have a mouth and legs on your body, so of course I can come and go as I please."
Chu Zhao leaned close to Qiao Zhen's ear and whispered, "Then I'll make sure you can never speak again, never move your legs again."
These words sent chills down Qiao Zhen's spine. She could understand being unable to move her legs, but to cut off her legs and render her speechless? Was she poisoned and rendered mute? That was utterly depraved!
No! She rolled over and broke free from Chu Zhao, saying disdainfully, "What do you think you can do to me with your little body? Are you living in a dream?"
Qiao Zhen shook off Chu Zhao and left through the door.
She might need to change her strategy. Since she can't get answers by asking directly, she might as well just watch from the sidelines. In any case, no matter how much trouble the Chu and Gu families cause, it has nothing to do with the Wen family.
As if to verify what Qiao Zhen said, since she left the Chu family, she has been eating and drinking as she pleased, and Gu Chen has not put any pressure on her. Therefore, she did not receive any punishment for trespassing into Lan Shou Mountain and taking Chu Zhao away.
Qiao Zhen was too lazy to deal with Chu Zhao's troubles, so she stayed at the school and relied on Chu Chu's detection to keep track of the situation every day.
After the Chu family and An Erle's parents reached an agreement, the matter was dropped. As for the matter of Chu Zhao's mental illness, Chu's parents directly sued T University in court, and the label of "indiscriminately" was attached to T University.
Although Chu Zhao cleared his name, his reputation plummeted. People pointed fingers at him every day, and some who didn't get along with him even mocked him.
Some people pretend to be asleep and don't want to wake up, so right and wrong don't seem to matter that much.
[Darkening 6.5]
Qiao Zhen sighed as she held the unofficial history. Recently, Chu Zhao's level of corruption had been fluctuating, and she hadn't found any excuse to approach him. Was she really going to have to take risks for wealth and power and follow the path of love?
Recently, with the change of seasons from summer to autumn, even someone as strong as Qiao Zhen unfortunately caught the virus. Her roommate He Xian also unfortunately caught it, so Qiao Zhen and He Xian took leave together to go to the hospital for an IV drip.
"I taste medicine in my mouth."
"Me too."
"Our lives are so miserable qaq" Qiao Zhen lay down, pulling the blanket up with one hand to cover her face. "I'd rather sleep. Sleeping makes me happy."
He Xian rolled her eyes. "Don't be fooled by the fact that this is a VIP room. This blanket probably hasn't been changed yet, and I wonder who covered me with it before."
"..." Qiao Zhen silently kicked the blanket aside, then pulled her knee-length trench coat over herself. "It's still a bit cold. Playing games with one hand isn't efficient at all, sigh!"
He Xian rolled her eyes and ignored her.
Two hours passed.
He Xian's IV drip finished, so she went home early. However, the original owner Wen Zhen's body caused the IV drip to be administered more slowly, so Qiao Zhen lay in the ward for a full three hours.
She pulled out the needle immediately, got dressed, and went to the nurse to stop the bleeding, only to see Gu Chen sitting on a public bench with a terrible complexion. "Oh, are you sick?"
Gu Chen looked up at Qiao Zhen, then beckoned to her like beckoning a puppy, "Didn't you want to know about my feud with Chu Zhao?"
Qiao Zhen hesitated. There's no such thing as a free lunch, and she didn't believe Gu Chen would tell her that for no reason.
Gu Chen could see her concerns. "Chu Zhao is behind you. I know he likes you. If you cooperate with me, I'll tell you. How about it?"
This idea is actually very good. First, it can help us find out about the grudge between Gu Chen and Chu Zhao, and second, it can cut off Chu Zhao's feelings for her. So Qiao Zhen leaned closer and said, "It's not a great idea, but I'll cooperate with you. Tell me quickly."
Gu Chen reached out and put his arm around Qiao Zhen's shoulder. He brought his face close to Qiao Zhen's ear and said, "You can see that Chu Zhao looks a lot like me. What I hate most is his face."
Qiao Zhen's heart sank. "So you pushed him down the path of the 'Shamate' subculture, watching him go down a path of no return, but you didn't expect me to be the variable, so you wanted to destroy him directly?"
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