Chapter 13

Lu Chi tore open Su Yun Jiao's school uniform jacket, and indeed saw a bruise on her back.

Seeing that, Lu Chi froze for a moment.

Su Yun Jiao, ashamed and angry, raised her hand and slapped him.

That slap landed on Lu Chi's left cheek.

It overlapped with the slap he had given her in the hallway earlier.

Lu Chi's ears rang from the blow; he glared angrily at Su Yun Jiao and shouted, "Su Yun Jiao! You hit me again!"

"I'm hitting you! Pervert!"

"Me a pervert?"

Lu Chi, as if hearing a joke, pointed at himself: "Who's the pervert? Who's dressed like this to let other men look?"

"The monitor was helping me check my wound; what are you? We're not close enough for you to just come up and rip off my clothes!"

Lu Chi did not miss the disgust in Su Yun Jiao's eyes.

Before, Su Yun Jiao never looked at him with that kind of gaze.

"Not close?"

Lu Chi, furious, let out a bitter laugh: "Don't forget, Su Yun Jiao, we've grown up together since childhood; there's nothing on your body I haven't seen—now you're telling me we're not close?"

"Grown up together since childhood? You, the young master Lu, hurt me this badly over someone you've only known a few days—how can you say such a thing with a straight face?"

Su Yun Jiao couldn't be bothered with Lu Chi; she quickly put on her school uniform, then walked over to Zhou Xian and said, "Monitor, let me apply medicine for you."

"... Actually, it's not that serious."

"It's bleeding."

Su Yun Jiao said, "Don't worry, I'll be your witness; I'll tell the teacher when we go back."

Seeing Su Yun Jiao so protective of Zhou Xian, Lu Chi felt a tightness in his chest and even laughed incredulously.

Su Yun Jiao actually yelled at him for Zhou Xian's sake?

And she wants to tell the teacher?

What a joke!

What does Zhou Xian even amount to?

Have the words they've exchanged over the years added up to more than twenty sentences?

All one could see was Su Yun Jiao carefully applying medicine to Zhou Xian, completely ignoring his intent.

Lu Chi, furious, gritted his teeth and said, "Su Yun Jiao, you'll regret this!"

"Don't let the door hit you on the way out."

Su Yun Jiao didn't even give Lu Chi a glance.

After Lu Chi stormed off in anger, Zhou Xian pursed his lips and said, "Why don't you... go find him?"

"Find whom?" Su Yun Jiao frowned and asked, "Lu Chi?"

"... Yeah."

"Why should I look for him?"

Hearing that, Zhou Xian blinked and said, "You're not... very fond of..."

Everyone in the school knows Su Yun Jiao likes Lu Chi.

Since elementary school, Su Yun Jiao has been Lu Chi's follower.

Whatever Lu Chi said, Su Yun Jiao did.

Taking notes for Lu Chi, passing him answers, doing his homework...

Everything revolved around Lu Chi.

If it weren't for liking him, how could she have gone this far?

Su Yun Jiao didn't deny it; she merely said while applying medicine to Zhou Xian's mouth corner, "I used to like him, but I don't anymore."

"You can just change like that?"

"Why not?"

Do you really have to wait until you hit the south wall to know regret?

Indeed.

She once hit that south wall and ended up with a double death.

Even on her deathbed, she never got even a hint of remorse from Lu Chi.

In this life, she refuses to be foolish again.

To hell with Lu Chi; let him pair up with Qin Xue.

Thinking this, Su Yun Jiao unconsciously increased the pressure in her hand.

Zhou Xian winced and sucked in a breath of cold air.

Su Yun Jiao's hand paused, and she asked, "Monitor, are you okay?"

"... I'm fine."

"Then why are you smiling even though it hurts?"

"..."

In the afternoon, the homeroom teacher summoned Lu Chi's mother to the school.

Lu Mu arrived in a fashionable long dress; she is now just over forty, and because she came from a dance background, her figure is excellent—even now she looks like a mature beauty, adorned entirely with the finest jewelry.

However, because she displays her jewelry too ostentatiously, she looks good but a bit tacky.

Seeing Lu Mu arrive, the homeroom teacher rose to greet her: "Mrs. Lu, I called you here because Lu Chi has gone too far—he hit a female classmate, and on top of that, he hit their class monitor."

Hearing that, Lu Mu was somewhat surprised.

Because Lu Chi's usual academic performance isn't great, but he has never fought.

"Teacher, is this a misunderstanding? My Lu Chi has never fought, let alone hit a girl!"

"How could this be a misunderstanding? The classmates saw him push someone."

Hearing the homeroom teacher's words, Lu Mu still frowned in disbelief: "Teacher, I also know our Lu Chi is a bit better-looking; girls at this age in puberty might throw themselves at him, so our Lu Chi just shoved a little."

The homeroom teacher was also hearing this kind of excuse for the first time, her expression a bit awkward.

"Teacher, I know my child best—who is the girl who was pushed? Even if someone likes Lu Chi, they shouldn't go too far, right?"

"Report."

At that moment, Su Yun Jiao's voice came from outside the door.

The homeroom teacher quickly let Su Yun Jiao come in.

When Lu Mu saw Su Yun Jiao, she went forward with a loving expression: "Su Yun Jiao, how did you come?"

Su Yun Jiao just smiled at Lu Mu, then walked up to the homeroom teacher and said, "Teacher."

The homeroom teacher said to Lu Mu: "Lu Chi pushed this female classmate."

Upon hearing this, Lu Mu was stunned.

Lu Chi actually pushed Su Yun Jiao?

"Su Yun Jiao, is this true? How could Lu Chi push you? Tell Auntie properly."

Seeing Lu Mu questioning her, Su Yun Jiao deliberately lowered her head and bit her lip.

She absolutely refused to speak.

Lu Mu was even more furious: "What on earth is going on?"

"Report."

Outside the door, Zhou Xian and Lu Chi also walked in.

Lu Chi looked reluctant, Zhou Xian's mouth corner was already bruised—clearly Lu Chi had dealt a heavy blow.

"Mrs. Lu, this time Lu Chi has really gone too far—beating a classmate on campus violates school rules; this matter must await the school's punishment."

"This... this, now the kids are all in senior year; giving a punishment at this time would go on their records!"

Lu Mu's face looked grim; she said: "I think these two kids aren't seriously hurt—let's just forget it."

After saying that, Lu Mu also looked at Su Yun Jiao, giving her a look: "Su Yun Jiao, you say it's not, right?"

Since childhood, Su Yun Jiao has favored Lu Chi.

As long as Su Yun Jiao says it's fine, the people nearby would also be embarrassed to say it's not.

Seeing Lu Mu's current expression, Su Yun Jiao inwardly snorted.

Indeed.

Her own precious son is perfect in every way.

Others getting beaten, no matter how bad, are considered light.

Wanting her to suffer injustice, to excuse her own son?

What a beautiful thought.

Zhou Xian glanced at Su Yun Jiao beside him, feigning difficulty, he pressed his lips and said: "Actually I..."

Before Zhou Xian could finish, a soft sob came from beside him—Su Yun Jiao crying quietly.

Seeing this, Zhou Xian was stunned.