Chapter 62: Bone-chilling – Words that can kill

Xu Muzhou didn’t seem particularly surprised. He said something to Lin Yuechan beside him, and Lin Yuechan glanced at Fang Chuning, said “We’ll keep in touch by phone” and left.

Fang Chuning gritted her teeth. The two had already become so intimate, yet she didn’t know anything about it.

Fang Chuning followed him into the apartment. Neither of them spoke along the way, until they entered his home. As soon as the door closed, she couldn’t help but question: “Are you two dating?”

Xu Muzhou walked unhurriedly to the bar and poured a glass of water. Hearing this, he didn’t even lift an eyelid, “It’s just interaction between classmates.”

“You clearly promised me you wouldn’t pay attention to her anymore.”

Xu Muzhou slowly raised his eyes to look at her, “What about you? Didn’t you promise me too?”

Fang Chuning was stunned by this counter-question, unable to understand what he meant, “What?”

Her reaction, in Xu Muzhou’s eyes, meant something else – a cheating girlfriend pretending to know nothing.

Thinking of the video where she was intimate with a man, laughing and talking, Xu Muzhou felt a lump of resentment in his chest, unable to get out or swallow, almost driving him mad.

He lowered his head slightly, his black bangs hiding his beautiful eyes. The usual weakness dissipated, his aura as if he had become a different person. He spat out in a low, resentful voice: “So hypocritical, so disgusting.”

Fang Chuning was truly stunned. The young man’s cherry lips opening and closing looked delicate and lovely, but every word he uttered was like a sharp knife tip, stabbing fiercely into her heart.

Time seemed to suddenly freeze. Outside, the sun was shining brightly, but not a single ray could penetrate into the room.

Maybe it was because the air conditioning was set too cold, but Fang Chuning felt every pore on her body was so cold it made her want to shiver. She stared blankly at her toes, murmuring: “So this is how you see me in your heart…”

Xu Muzhou pressed his lips tightly together, his fingers holding the cup trembling slightly with regret.

“Then why… why are you still with me?” Fang Chuning’s eyes were on the floor, her voice so soft as if afraid he would mock her again.

Xu Muzhou opened his mouth, then closed it again, turning his gaze away from her.

If he gave up now, everything before would have been meaningless.

Fang Chuning only felt like something was blocking her throat, her nose tingling and faintly aching. She glanced up at him once, then staggered towards the door as if escaping.

A few seconds later, Xu Muzhou finally couldn’t control himself and followed, but she had already entered the elevator. He collapsed in front of the elevator door, covering his face, his thin shoulders trembling.

…

Fang Family

Fang Tianli, who was playing with the dog, keenly noticed Fang Chuning hurrying back from outside.

Finally, someone to play with him!

Fang Tianli threw aside the dog’s paw and followed her.

He came to the room on the third floor, raised his hand and knocked hard, “Fang Chuning, I just saw you come back, come out quick, I have something to ask you!”

But no one answered after knocking for a long time.

Fang Tianli turned the doorknob, poked his head in, scanned the room, and saw a person quietly lying on the bed with the blanket pulled over their head. He opened the door and walked in, jumped onto the bed, and pulled at the blanket, “What are you doing? Get up quick, come out with me.”

The blanket was pulled away, revealing Fang Chuning curled up, staring blankly with open eyes.

Fang Tianli bent down to look closer, and discovered with surprise, “Hey! You’re not crying, are you!?”

It’s worth noting that this person didn’t cry even when Fang Hong punished her physically when she was young, and now she’s silently shedding tears!?

At this moment, Fang Chuning was completely immersed in her own thoughts, the young man’s words repeating over and over in her mind. She didn’t understand, if he hated her so much, why did he still date her, still kiss her.

Disgusting…

So being with her made him feel disgusted. Fang Chuning’s mind was in chaos. Thinking that when he was kissing her, it was all endurance and disgust, a feeling of inferiority she had never experienced before surged up in her heart.

She pulled over a pillow to cover her head, wanting to bury her head in the sand like an ostrich in her sadness.

Fang Tianli forcefully pulled away her pillow, “What’s wrong with you?”

“Go away…”

Her voice was hoarse.

“If you don’t tell me, I’ll let everyone come and watch you cry!”

Fang Chuning turned to face the other side.

Fang Tianli guessed with a man’s sixth sense, “It’s not that boyfriend of yours who made you cry, is it?”

Seeing her not speaking, he believed he had guessed correctly, “Don’t tell me he dumped you!?”

“I knew that guy was no good! Pretending to be all nice like some green tea, and you treated him like a treasure! Serves you right!”

“Get out—” Fang Chuning growled.

Fang Tianli reluctantly hit her head with the pillow and stormed out of the room, unsatisfied.

He couldn’t swallow this anger, so he specially sent someone to inquire, only to find out that the guy had been mingling with another woman these past few days while Fang Chuning was out working.

Fang Tianli was even more furious. No one in their Fang family had ever been played like this!

So, on the day before school started, Fang Tianli intercepted Xu Muzhou and the man and woman with him on a small road. He had seen the man before, wasn’t he that jerk who fought with him for the brooch last time? As for the woman, she must be the third wheel who interfered in others’ relationship!

Before the three could react, Fang Tianli stepped forward quickly and raised his hand to give the young man a slap.

With a crisp sound, Xu Muzhou endured this slap, his face turned to the side by the force.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

Qin Shaoqing reacted first, pushing the boy away forcefully, glaring angrily, “What are you doing!?”

One slap didn’t make Fang Tianli feel any better at all. He raised his hand to point at the girl beside him and said to the two tall women behind: “Beat her up for me!”

Lin Yuechan’s eyes widened, and in the next second, fists landed on her face. Weak and powerless, she had no way to fight back and could only instinctively protect her head.

Although he didn’t particularly like this person, she was still a classmate after all. Qin Shaoqing tried to stop them, “Are you trying to beat her to death? Hey, tell them to stop quickly!”

Fang Tianli glared at him fiercely, then moved his gaze to the young man who had been silent all along, with a clear handprint on his face, “This is just a small lesson. I’m telling you, since you’re already so shameless, stay away from my sister in the future!”

Muffled groans of pain came from behind, but Xu Muzhou didn’t turn back to look. The handprint on his cheek gave him a kind of tragic beauty. He said slowly: “My business with her doesn’t need your interference.”

“You’re not thinking of stringing Fang Chuning along while messing around with other women, are you? Dream on! I’ve never seen such a shameless man like you!”

Fang Tianli’s eyes showed disdain. He glanced back, seeing that they had beaten her enough, he finally spoke to stop: “Alright, let’s go.”

The group just swaggered away like that. Lin Yuechan, who had been beaten, had a bloody nose and was still dizzy. She picked up her glasses that had fallen to the ground and put them on, took a moment to recover, and barely managed to stand up.

Qin Shaoqing felt a bit sympathetic towards her, “Do you want me to take you to the hospital?”

“I’m fine.” Lin Yuechan shook her head and looked at the young man, “Was that boy just now Fang Chuning’s brother?”

Qin Shaoqing, “Yeah.”

Lin Yuechan raised her hand to touch her bruised face, frowning even at the slightest touch hurt, “How can they be so barbaric.”

Qin Shaoqing gave her a meaningful glance, “This is already considered mild. If Fang Chuning really wanted to deal with you, you probably wouldn’t live to see tomorrow.” After saying this, he muttered quietly: “Doing this kind of thing without being mentally prepared.”

Lin Yuechan’s face looked a bit uncomfortable. She glanced at the person beside who had been silent all along, “There really isn’t anything between Xu classmate and me, it’s just her overthinking.”

How can a woman play mind games like a man, really thinking she can be on par with them just because she studies well? Qin Shaoqing felt contempt in his heart.

“Xu classmate, your face…”

Xu Muzhou looked at her, “You’re worse off than me, you should go see a doctor.”

Lin Yuechan wanted to smile gently at him as usual, but didn’t expect to pull her wound, grimacing in pain, looking quite miserable.

Xu Muzhou pressed his lips together, a flash of disgust passing through his eyes.

Lin Yuechan still wanted to go with them, but the two boys had their own date, so she had to go to the hospital alone to check her injuries.

…

On the first day of school, the entrance of Xinxing School was packed with people. For the new semester, everyone was busy finding their assigned classes.

Only Fang Chuning was an exception. She didn’t have her usual enthusiasm for the start of school. Sitting in the car, watching the crowds coming and going under the scorching sun outside, there wasn’t a trace of joy for the new school year on her face.

The driver Liu looked at her through the rearview mirror, “Young miss, aren’t you going to register?”

Fang Chuning withdrew her gaze, playing with her fingers, “There are too many people, I’ll go in when there are fewer people.”

The girl had seemed like a different person these past few days. Having worked for the Fang family for over ten years, she had never seen the young miss so quiet.

The car window was knocked from outside. Fang Chuning looked up to see Gao Qiong standing outside the car gesturing vigorously.

After hesitating for two seconds, Fang Chuning rolled down the window.

Gao Qiong’s face was a bit red from the sun, “What’s going on with you? I’ve been waiting for you inside for so long and you haven’t come in. What are you doing sitting in the car?”

“It’s cool.” A simple and blunt answer.

Gao Qiong rolled her eyes, “Come on, when have you not been the most enthusiastic on the first day of school? Also, what’s wrong with you? I called you so many times in the past two days and you didn’t answer? If it wasn’t for your home phone, I would have thought you were kidnapped!”

“Not in the mood.”

The young girl was sparing with her words, seemingly unwilling to say one word more than necessary.

Gao Qiong opened the car door and pulled her out, “I’ve found our class, don’t waste time, let’s go quickly.”

The dazzling sunlight made Fang Chuning feel uncomfortable, especially the constant gazes after getting out of the car. Her eyes darted around, having lost her usual confidence.

From second year class one to third year class one, apart from the change in floor, almost all the faces in the class were familiar.

Fang Chuning’s gaze swept around, and when she saw Xu Muzhou and Lin Yuechan sitting beside him, that familiar chest tightness immediately surged up.

At this moment, the unaware Gao Qiong was still muttering beside her ear: “What does it mean for those two to sit together?”

Fang Chuning took a turn and chose a seat farthest from them. She originally wanted to avoid seeing them, but she found that she could still see them clearly.