Chapter 58: A beating and she won't dare again

"Didn't sleep last night?" Jiang Liangjin raised his chin toward Yu Ci.

Yu Ci pulled out the chair behind him, sat down heavily, half-closed his eyes, rubbed his temples, and complained: "Don't mention it; my dad had me and A Nan review things until four in the morning."

One moment he said he'd compensate the Gu Family, the next he kept complaining about Yu Cheng's useless mess, and Yu Ci's ears were about to develop calluses.

Bai Yun had just turned around when Mu Youyu asked: "Settled?"

Yu Ci perked up a bit, glanced at her and nodded: "You're still the smart one; yesterday you guessed it was about Leng Yueyue."

Mu Youyu's eyes flickered with curiosity as she turned her head over: "It really is related to Leng Yueyue, huh?"

Yesterday her older brother wasn't home; she messaged him and went to participate in the Art Competition.

So she didn't tell her older brother.

... She never expected her guess to actually be right.

Yu Ci slumped onto the table, cheek buried in the crook of his arm, his voice muffled: "Yeah."

Gu Xingnan also half-closed his eyes, his voice hoarse: "Yu Cheng likes Leng Yueyue; to get her to notice him, he hired someone to beat me."

?

Mu Youyu didn't expect it to be like that: "He thinks that if he beats A Nan, Leng Yueyue will glance at him one more time?"

"Who knows what he's thinking."

Yu Ci lifted his head from the crook of his arm, still looking tired: "Yesterday he said he thought if he let A Nan suffer a bit, Leng Yueyue would feel sorry for him."

"He could also use the pretext of caring for A Nan to go to the Gu Family, letting Leng Yueyue know he could do things for her… then he got kicked out of my house."

Jiang Liangjin lazily remarked: "That brain of his—no one would want it even if donated."

Mu Youyu nodded silently and added: "He's just stupid beyond measure."

Having an empty head would be bad enough, but he only thinks up crooked schemes.

Only Yu Cheng would dare send someone to beat A Nan.

He must have been kicked out.

As the preparatory bell rang, a small commotion suddenly came from the classroom doorway.

Leng Yueyue stood at the doorway with a grim expression, her gaze locked directly on Gu Xingnan.

"Gu Xingnan, come out for a moment!" she said, lowering her voice but unable to hide her urgency.

"How did she come here?"

"No need to say—she's definitely looking for our Nan Ge again!"

"She's still clinging to Nan Ge—after a month she still hasn't figured out her own worth, wondering if she's good enough for Nan Ge?"

"……"

Class A's students don't have a very good impression of Leng Yueyue.

Because she's so inexplicable, whenever someone gets close to Gu Xingnan, regardless of gender, she warns them off.

Gu Xingnan was struggling to stay awake, his tone lacking warmth: "If you have something to say, say it after class."

Leng Yueyue's cheeks flushed red as she took another half-step forward, her voice tinged with grievance: "It's really important—just a few minutes……"

Gu Xingnan didn't look up: "No need."

Leng Yueyue's face instantly turned pale, and without caring about anything else, she shouted from the classroom doorway: "Gu Xingnan, did you delete me because you believed someone else's lies? Mu Youyu even hit me yesterday!"

Mu Youyu couldn't help but laugh: "Oh, so I got deleted."

But… how does she not know she hit someone?

She reached out and tugged at Jiang Liangjin's sleeve, her fingers lightly shaking, and a hint of red immediately appeared at the corners of her eyes.

She softened her voice even more: "A Jin, yesterday it was clearly her who blocked me from leaving—I didn't touch her at all."

She lowered her gaze, her long lashes trembling as if startled, her tone wrapping with helplessness: "How could she say something like that……"

How could anyone bully her?

Seeing that pitiful look, the surrounding students couldn't help but feel a surge of protectiveness.

Bai Yun retorted without hesitation: "Our Xiao Yu is so well-behaved—how could she hit someone? I'd say you hit her instead."

Xia Chaoyi also spoke up: "I think you're just upset that Nan Ge deleted you, trying to drag our school beauty down to divert attention! Do you really think our Class A has no one?"

Another girl chimed in: "Xiao Yu usually speaks so softly—how could she possibly start a fight? You must be trying to get Nan Ge to notice you, making up lies you can't even keep straight."

Leng Yueyou lazily lifted her eyes: "Tsk, my dear sister, even when fabricating lies you should pick the right occasion—have you forgotten the rules after running wild outside for years?"

Leng Yueyou is the Leng Family's legitimate eldest daughter, and she and Leng Yueyue do not share the same mother.

Leng Yueyue's mother died when she was born; she was raised by a foster mother until age ten, when she was taken back into the Leng Family.

Leng Yueyou has never given her a good look, opposing her in everything she does.

But because their father dotes on her, and their mother is seriously ill abroad in a hospital, she has no choice but to move out and live elsewhere.

Nowadays, rarely seeing Leng Yueyue is considered a relief.

She won't miss any chance to make Leng Yueyue suffer a loss, especially a mute loss.

Leng Yueyue certainly wouldn't dare talk back to her, for once she spoke up, this matter would be exposed.

By then she'd be even less worthy of Gu Xingnan.

Upon hearing that, Leng Yueyue's face flushed, she stomped her foot on the spot, and began regretting coming here.

What's gotten into the Bai family young lady and the Xia family young master? And there are others—she hasn't provoked them either!

She even made her sister the butt of a joke, yet she still doesn't dare say anything to them!

Jiang Liangjin's gaze stayed on Mu Youyu the whole time, not looking at Leng Yueyue: "Yesterday she was with me the entire time— which eye saw her strike?"

His tone was lazy yet carried a chill.

Mu Youyu softly leaned against his shoulder, weak and whimpering: "Exactly, sniffle sniffle sniffle I'm so pitiful."

Leng Yueyou snorted, withdrew her gaze, also turned toward Mu Youyu, her tone easing slightly: "Xiao Yu, don't bother with a mad dog's barking—it just dirties your ears."

Mu Youyu was surprised that Leng Yueyou spoke up for her, after all, she and Leng Yueyue are sisters.

Moreover… Leng Yueyou and Anzhi are twins, she had heard their names before.

However, she hadn't really seen them at the Leng family's place, and they didn't go to the same middle school.

Anzhi hadn't mentioned her much either; it seemed the sisters' relationship wasn't very good.

Naturally, Mu Youyu wasn't familiar with Leng Yueyou, and she had never met her before.

But when she transferred to Lan Lin and introduced herself, a crowd gathered around.

Leng Yueyou was among them; when she gave her name, Mu Youyu took notice.

At first, Mu Youyu thought Leng Yueyou's indifferent attitude toward Leng Anzhi was because she was close to Leng Yueyue.

But that wasn't the case.

Even though everyone was speaking up for her, Mu Youyu softly replied, "Thank you."

Leng Yueyue was left speechless by the retort, tears welling in her eyes, yet no one sympathized with her.

Her voice choked with sobs: "She's faking it! You… you're all helping her! Brother Xingnan, look at them!"

Gu Xingnan finally lifted his gaze, his cold stare making her heart shrink: "I deleted you as a friend; it has nothing to do with anyone else. I just feel there's no need to stay in touch. My father will contact the Leng family to dissolve our engagement."

"As for your accusation of assault, so many people here can testify—do you really want to keep causing a scene?"

He had never taken those little thoughts of Leng Yueyue to heart.

At first, it was merely because Leng Anzhi gave them face.

He was thinking that once Leng Anzhi returned home, they'd deal with it…

Yesterday's incident with Yu Cheng only increased his disgust toward the Leng family.

Furthermore, after Gu's father and Uncle Yu warned the Leng family, he went ahead and deleted her.

Leng Yueyue cried, "Brother Xingnan, how could you dissolve our engagement?"

Her father had saved Gu Xingnan's father!

Someone started clapping, saying, "Why can't it be dissolved? Are you even worthy of our Brother Nan?"

"Brother Nan, I've got your back!"

Xia Chao-yi raised his hand, "Me too! I don't know how the Leng family managed to climb up to the Gu family!"

Leng Yueyou's eyes showed undisguised contempt: "Sis, drop that crying act—Class A isn't where you can run wild."

She's about to drag the Leng family's reputation through the mud!

Yu Ci couldn't fathom why this person was clinging to Gu Xingnan, and snapped, "Get lost."

Seeing the whole class bullying her, Leng Yueyue pointed at Mu Youyu and said, "You… you just wait!"

After saying that, she ran out.

As she passed by the door, she almost tripped.

Mu Youyu held back her laughter, looking resentfully at her childhood friend beside her: "A Jin, she also told me to wait yesterday—I was so scared."

No wonder she was delayed yesterday.

Jiang Liangjin suppressed his emotions, gently brushed her eye corner, and comforted: "It's fine; I'll have someone beat her up today so she won't dare again."

As he spoke, a cold glint flashed in his pupils, full of dangerous aura.

"……"

After the first period ended, Leng Yueyue really got beaten up.