Chapter 36.1 – A Slap In The Face

Xie Sui stuck close to his ear when he spoke. His tone was slightly nasal, his breath a little hot.

It made Song Yu’s skin feel inexplicably sensitive there. He leaned aside uneasily, but his eyes were still locked anxiously on Xie Sui’s face. He asked in a low voice, “If it really hurts, you can lean on me and I’ll help take you there.”

Xie Sui gazed at his face. His throat felt a little hot and he laughed quietly before saying hoarsely, “Okay.”

He was so easy to deceive. Where had he gotten the bravery to dare come to his side?

The clinic was quite empty on Friday night.

Xie Sui wasn’t actually hurt at all.

The doctor looked him over for a long time and could only find a small bruise on his arm. He muttered to himself as he applied medicine, “How did you bump your arm? It had better not be because you were fighting. At your age, why aren’t you learning to be good, but learning all the bad things instead.”

Song Yu sat to the side, looking left and right, taking the initiative to propose, “Doctor, do you want to look him over again? I feel that there must be more than this small injury.” Xie Sui was someone who could suppress things so well. He’d been in so much pain that he’d been leaning against him; how could the injury be so basic.

The doctor rolled his eyes and ignored him.

Xie Sui held back his smile and spoke to Song Yu, “Do you need me to take you home later?”

Song Yu was stunned, take him home? In fact, there was no need. Someone would come over to pick him up as soon as he made a call, and he’d promised the system that he wouldn’t reveal his own identity––though, that useless system had gone off and disappeared for a few months, and he didn’t know what kind of information it would bring back when it returned.

Speaking of which, it seemed that Xie Sui had never asked him about his family background.

He didn’t want to say it, so he never asked. It was really very considerate.

Song Yu: “No need. How about I take you home, since you’re injured.”

While the doctor was applying medicine, Song Yu had sat down in a chair and sent a message to his grandmother, saying that he had something he had to do at school and might return home a little late.

Grandma Meng was very worried and directly called him.

Song Yu then had to take out his cell phone and go outside to talk with her in a low voice.

The elderly woman’s murmuring complaints could be heard on the other side of the phone, “How can there be something to delay you over there? Your cousin and uncle and aunt are all here tonight. It’s rare for everyone to get together, and grandma wanted everyone to have dinner together as a family.”

Song Yu felt a little guilty, “Sorry, grandma.”

Grandma Meng cared deeply for him and couldn’t bear to blame him. She just said, “It’s alright. When Yuyu’s affairs are finished over there, I’ll call someone to go pick you up.”

Song Yu glanced at the time, “Half an hour. I might not be at school when the time comes. I’ll send you the address.”

Grandma Meng was satisfied and smiled, “Alright, alright.”

Song Yu closed the call interface and saw the messages Ma Xiaoding had sent him.

[ Sadako Won’t Forget Those Who Dug The Well: Brother Yu, I’ve been taken away by my father and I might not survive tonight [cry][cry][wave hand] ]

[ Sadako Won’t Forget Those Who Dug The Well: But, you don’t have to worry. With me there, nobody would dare to expose you! ]

The corner of Song Yu’s lips twitched, and he felt that he shouldn’t have accepted the challenge at Shushan Building. If he hadn’t, maybe he could’ve accompanied Xie Sui when he went to deal with Wang Ci so that he wouldn’t have gotten hurt.

Song Yu tilted his head from where he was standing at the door, holding his cell phone, looking towards Xie Sui, who was still in the medical room.

Under the cold white lights, the youth’s eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, his lips pursed into a straight line. His eyes were at half mast and his expression was indifferent, but Song Yu inexplicably sensed a trace of fragility.

After the medicine was applied, the doctor ordered a few precautions.

Song Yu went outside with him. He thought for a long time, but still felt a little dissatisfied and said it out loud, “Why didn’t you tell me that you were going to find Wang Ci?”

Xie Sui turned his head to look at him with his dark eyes, smiling as he said, “You were already nervous enough, I was afraid that you’d think too much.”

Song Yu was puzzled, “What am I nervous about.”

Xie Sui raised his eyebrows, “Who was it who told me last night that they couldn’t sleep because they were afraid of not being able to beat up their opponents.”

Oh, that.

Song Yu explained himself, “It’s just something I made up in order to chat with you. Who’s scared of him!”

After that, Song Yu: “……”

What had he just said?!

Xie Sui laughed out loud, his voice meaningful, “You want to talk to me?”

Song Yu tried to explain again, “I was bored and wanted to find someone to chat with. Don’t overthink it.”

Xie Sui held back his smile, “Next time, you can call me directly.”

Song Yu: “… I didn’t want to disturb your studies.”

Xie Sui was too lazy to expose him further. His gaze landed on his face, and he smiled faintly, “There’s a post on the forums, have you gone to see it?”

“You play on the forums, too?”

Song Yu was surprised when he heard him bring up the forums. In his heart, Xie Sui was a learning god who stood at the top of the pyramid of their student days and didn’t involve himself with the affairs of mortals.

Xie Sui’s voice held a trace of laughter, “I didn’t originally, but someone insisted on sending me a link last time, wanting me to go and see how many fangirls he has, so I casually went and downloaded it.”

Song Yu: “… Oh.”

Xie Sui’s voice lowered, and his tone grew understated as he continued, “The name of the thread is quite interesting, Sui x Yu are happy together1.”

???

Song Yu’s footsteps stalled.

He stood stiffly where he’d stopped.

Damnit!

––Was it that CP thread that he wanted to block every time he scrolled past?

Xie Sui had clicked in to look at it?! Did he know that the Sui in Sui x Yu referred to him?!

Xie Sui stood under the street lamps. His peach blossom eyes naturally gave people a sense of fickleness, but his gaze gave him a feeling of deep affection and gentleness. He curved his lips, “In fact, their analysis is correct. That sentence ‘many are the years to come’ was something I added on the spot because I wanted to say it to you.”

Song Yu couldn’t say a single word.

Xie Sui smiled slightly.

“The thread says that we’re a match made in heaven. Combined with your earlier words about how inexplicable approaches and showing good intentions are malicious, and now, we’ve saved each other a few times, and you’re deliberately looking for topics to chat about.”

He asked softly, “Song Yu, I’m almost starting to think that you like me?”

Song Yu: “……”

His ears quickly grew red, not from shyness, but from anger!

Like hell he liked him!

“That’s not it! Don’t always go and look at those strange and weird things, okay––can’t there be a brotherly friendship where someone is willing to help out others without asking for rewards in this world?”

“How many times have I already told you the reason, why don’t you believe it?! If you ask, it’s that I’m kind-hearted!”

Xie Sui wasn’t surprised.

His seemingly casual words just now had been somewhat purposeful.

In the past, he hadn’t thought seriously about the intentions behind Song Yu’s approach because he hadn’t thought it was necessary. Now, he’d started to realize that his interest in this child had become a little more serious.

From Song Yu’s reaction, he had basically gotten the answer he wanted.

––There was a purpose to his approach.

––It was just that his purpose may be surprisingly pure.

Song Yu clutched at his hair impatiently and suddenly felt aggrieved in his heart.

So, Xie Sui actually hadn’t believed him completely?

He felt that he’d approached him with a purpose?

Did he even think that he was like those scum gongs and coveted his appearance?

Inexplicably, he felt a sense of betrayal, like his genuine feelings had been put on the wrong person.

The more Song Yu thought about it, the angrier he felt. Damnit!

“Fine, fine, fine, everything I do is malicious! In the future, I won’t concern myself with your affairs, okay?!”

After saying so, Song Yu turned to leave and walked away with long strides, obviously suppressing his anger.

Xie Sui: “……”

He’d played too far.

Looking at Song Yu’s angry back figure, Xie Sui felt a rare sense of helplessness. He strode forward to hold Song Yu’s hands, pulling him back with some strength. His voice was low, with traces of gentleness and attachment beneath the chill, “I’m sorry.”

Song Yu chuckled sarcastically.

In fact, Song Yu had misunderstood Xie Sui regarding this matter.

If Xie Sui had started to doubt the purpose of his approach.

It wasn’t because he didn’t trust him. On the contrary, it was because he was starting to care.

Having lived to that point in his previous life and then being reborn back to the age of fifteen, Xie Sui didn’t feel that anyone could come near him and manipulate him. He was used to observing people’s body language and words, hiding his own capabilities and biding his time. He could clearly see through many people at a glance, so being suspicious and on guard seemed unnecessary and redundant.

It was just that he obviously couldn’t say these things to Song Yu.

Xie Sui remembered his own character design in Song Yu’s eyes. He paused for a moment.

His eyelashes trembled slightly, his skin appearing even paler in the moonlight. His expression was a little helpless and overwhelmed, and he smiled rather awkwardly.

“I’m sorry. It’s the first time that someone’s been so nice to me, and I’m not quite used to it.”

Originally, Song Yu had still been immersed in his anger. He’d only held back because he remembered that Xie Sui was injured.

When he heard these words, he was stupefied for a moment.

He recalled the embarrassing situation Xie Sui had been in when they first met, the fear and disbelief in his eyes when he accepted the medicine he’d given him.

… Afraid of goodwill.

These days, getting along with each other had grown more and more natural.

He’d almost forgotten Xie Sui’s low self-esteem and the vulnerability he hid in his bones at this age.

Song Yu bowed his head and looked at the hand that was holding his wrist.

He’d used a large amount of strength, and it hurt a little.

The school uniform was pulled up, exposing his forearms and pale, light cyan blood vessels.

Xie Sui continued softly, “I’m sorry, don’t be angry. I won’t ask this question again in the future.”

After lowering his voice, he seemed to be acting coquettish, the voice vibrating against the side of his ears and making it numb.

Song Yu: “……”

All right.

He wasn’t angry anymore.

But Song Yu still felt like he needed to make a statement, “I’ll explain one last time.”

“You’re the first person of my age that I met in Jing City. I feel that we’re particularly fated, and I feel particularly distressed for you, so I want to treat you well. It’s that simple. Just think of me as a good person who wants to spread love and justice. Didn’t we talk about Peter Pan yesterday?”

“… Oh, the books you think of as children’s enlightenment books. You can think of me as Peter Pan, righteous, kind-hearted, and whose purpose is just to make you happy, got it?”

… What kind of messy explanation was this.

But Xie Sui started to laugh.

His voice mixed in with the night wind, deep and gentle.

“Okay, I’ll remember.”

My Peter Pan.

Chapter 36.2 – A Slap In The Face

Song Yu felt that his attitude in admitting he’d been wrong was good and wanted to continue with his point, but his cell phone started to ring and interrupted his train of thought.

He glanced at the caller, Ou Yilian.

He decisively rejected the call.

However, Ou Yilian seemed to be fiercely committed and kept calling.

Song Yu could guess what had happened.

It must be about Wang Ci.

He stopped rejecting the calls and accepted it.

“What’s the matter?”

Ou Yilian’s angry voice came out from the other side of the phone, “Is Xie Sui with you?”

Song Yu: “Guess.”

Ou Yilian was in an extremely irritable mood and her voice could already be described as sinister, “I called his home phone number  and his grandmother said he hadn’t gone back yet, but when I called his cell phone, it was turned off. You’re the only one left to call. Can you find him? When you do, tell him to come to my office right now! If it’s any later, he won’t even have to come to class next Monday.”

Song Yu was smiling from anger. When would it ever be Ou Yilian’s turn to give him orders? However, she didn’t even know that she was about to be done for and would have to leave soon, so Song Yu decided to give her one last lesson.

He looked at the cell phone and smiled, “He’s here, he’s going over immediately. It’s buy one get one, and I’ll be coming too.”

He put away his cell phone and spoke to Xie Sui, “Let’s go, I’ll go avenge you.”

*

Outside the office.

Ou Yilian hung up the phone, her face filled with fear and panic. After remaining outside the office for a long time, she walked back inside with her high-heeled shoes.

There was a woman sitting in the office.

She had delicate make-up on, wore a long dress, and held a bag in her hand. She sat on a chair with a cold expression on her face.

Wang Ci’s mother.

Ou Yilian put on a flattering smile, “Madame Wang, I’ve already called that student over. When the time comes, you can ask him everything you want to ask directly.”

Wang Ci’s mother was furious, “My son is currently still lying in a hospital bed! If the driver hadn’t gone inside to look for him because he didn’t see him show up at the entrance, would he have been locked up in that little broken building all night?!”

“What’s there to ask? What else is there to ask? He’s so vicious at such a young age! I think that he should just go to jail for a few years!”

When faced with Wang Ci’s mother’s anger, Ou Yilian could only try to maintain her smile. She didn’t dare to offend the Wang Family and echoed her words, “Yes, yes, yes, you’re right.”

The teaching director sat to the side with an ugly expression on his face. He was very dissatisfied; he knew Xie Sui as a good student from Senior One. How could he appear there for no reason? The situation was strange at a glance.

However, he was the one who’d almost locked them up, and the Wang Family was indeed a family that an ordinary teacher couldn’t afford to provoke. He smoldered and kept silent.

Wang Ci’s mother had been in a bad mood these days. Her fingertips were about to pierce through her bag. Her tone was furious, “Does he only have one grandmother in his family? It’s not surprising that a thing like that with no parents also has no upbringing. Call his grandmother over as well and let her see what kind of trash she raised up.”

Song Yu heard this as soon as he came to the door.

He pushed the door open.

“You might as well take a look at what kind of trash your son is.”

The youth’s voice was cold and mocking.

Ou Yilian saw that it was Song Yu.

Her expression grew ugly. However, she also had a vicious thought in her heart, thinking that Song Yu would probably be dealt with until nothing was left once he encountered the Wang Family. Society would definitely teach him how to behave.

Wang Ci’s mother suddenly stood up, glaring fixedly at Song Yu, “Is it you?!”

Song Yu pulled out the text messages that Wang Ci had sent him on his cell phone, stopped, then held it up for Wang Ci’s mother to see, “Can you read? This number is your son’s number, right? Take a look at what kind of trash character he is.”

Even if she didn’t look closely, the words ‘prostitutes’ ‘destroy’ and ‘hell’ in the messages were enough to show that the text messages were filled with malice.

It was just that Wang Ci’s mother glanced at the number, confirmed that it was her son, and didn’t change her thoughts. Her anger didn’t lessen, and she lifted a hand, wanting to slap the cell phone away, “Do you think you’re qualified to teach me what kind of person my son is?”

Her gaze was icy, “Do you think that you’ll be fine just because you’re young? I’ll contact my lawyer. This matter isn’t over and we’ll see you in court!”

Song Yu quickly took back his cell phone, his face expressionless, “Oh, legal means? That’s even better.”

Internally, Ou Yilian was extremely happy. She was afraid of Wang Ci’s mother’s anger, and was delighted that someone was here to bear the brunt of it. It was great that Song Yu had come up to bump the muzzle of the gun.

See you in court. What could an ordinary family pull out in order to see the Wang Family in court? Just the lawyer fees alone were difficult to afford.

The corners of her lips curved up happily and she stepped forward, “Madame Wang, he’s not Xie Sui. He’s Xie Sui’s deskmate.”

Wang Ci’s mother had already been incredibly angered by Song Yu. Her line of sight swept over, her gaze holding the kind of cold disgust that only upper class ladies had as she sneered, her tone cynical, “As expected, all trash.”

At this time, Xie Sui took a step forward, pulling out the backup video from Jiang Xiu on his cell phone. He spoke lightly, “Teacher, why don’t you ask me what happened first?”

Ou Yilian was surprised, “What?”

Wang Ci’s mother sneered.

Everyone in the office’s gazes were focused on him.

The video on the cell phone began to play.

It was the sound of Wang Ci’s voice.

Greasy and disgusting.

“I just knew that you would come if i took that photo. I’ve been too lazy to come to school these past few days and was bored at home, so I investigated your life.”

“I heard that your mother sold herself? It’s no wonder that you’re also so attractive…”

“You should know, your grandmother is getting old. If she encounters some random accidents, it’s possible that she’ll be gone just like that…”

“If you want your deskmate and grandmother to be safe, let me play with you for a month.”

“……”

Dead silence.

The meaning behind the words was too obvious, explicit and filled with malice. Now Wang Ci’s mother had no way to maintain the expression on her face, cracks appearing in her composure.

It was the same for Ou Yilian. When Wang Ci had asked her to change seats, she’d approximately guessed a part of it, but it was still ambiguous. Now everything was laid bare.

Xie Sui turned it off and said indifferently, “He threatened me with my grandmother and wanted me to go there. After that, he took a group of people with him and tried to rape me. I fought back in self-defense and escaped. We were in the clinic when you called Song Yu. It’s that simple.”

There was an awkward silence in the office.

Ou Yilian opened her mouth and tried to organize her words, “This… Student Wang Ci is just making some jokes. Don’t take jokes between students so seriously and overreact…”

Wang Ci’s mother was much calmer than she was. With her identity, how could she place any importance on two high school students who were powerless and had no backing? She gave a superficial smile, her eyes still filled with ridicule and disdain, seeming as though she’d seen through everything, “What kind of woman has my son not seen? How could he be interested in you? You’re so vicious, and you even turned out to be a disgusting homosexual. You went because he told you to go? How come I feel like you’re the one who sent yourself up to the door, flattering and fawning, and when my son wasn’t interested, you got angry from embarrassment.”

She smiled slowly, her red lips curving sarcastically.

“After all, you can’t clap with one hand1. I think it’s you––”

“Pa.”

A crisp sound resounded through the office.

A bold and unrestrained slap on the face.

The Ou Yilian who’d originally wanted to chime in was really shocked.

“You––!”

Wang Ci’s mother looked up in disbelief, covering her red face. Her composure broke completely and she glared at him in a rage.

Song Yu stood there, a cold smile on his lips, his eyes filled with anger. He asked her, “Clapping with one hand, doesn’t it make a sound?”

Clapping with one hand, doesn’t it make a sound?

This sentence landed in Ou Yilian’s ears and made them buzz.

Wang Ci’s mother was furious, “Call his parents for me right now! Let them see how their son dragged down their entire family! They had better not think about staying in Jing City in the future!”

Song Yu sneered and called first, “You don’t need to call them, I’ll call them myself.”

He called Meng Guang’s phone number.

But he hadn’t expected that it would be a female voice answering the phone.

Her voice was light and gentle.

“Hello, Yuyu? Are you coming back now?”

Song Yu was stunned, “Au-aunt?”

On the other side, Mother Meng laughed. It seemed that she was washing fruit, “It’s me. Your grandmother is personally cooking today, and I took Meng Guang’s cell phone and drove him off to help with buying groceries. What’s wrong? Do you want me to send someone to go pick you up?”

Song Yu: “No, it’s nothing.”

Forget it… when dealing with this kind of woman, maybe his aunt would be better at it.

He looked down.

“Auntie, can you make a trip to No.1 High?”