Chapter 45: Tasteless Struggle 4

"Seducing you, hum… you don't even look at what kind of trash you are." Tingting gave a cold snort as she said this to me, her words laced with insult, as if she were saying I don't have the standing to let Shangguan Yun seduce me.

"Say whatever you want; anyway, I have no interest in him, so don't drag your affairs onto me." I also said coldly.

"No interest, hah… I just don't believe it. The other day you went to his place looking for him—how did you even know his address? If you weren't interested, would you go asking for his address?" Tingting's face turned livid with anger, as if I had ruined their fun that day; otherwise why would mentioning that day make her look so awful?

Just thinking about that day makes me feel awful; perhaps that day was my greatest humiliation.

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first." I didn't want to keep arguing with her; if we went on, I'd surely be the one hurt. I don't know what rumors will spread about me tomorrow, but I know that once Tingting says I went to Shangguan Yun's house, tomorrow there will be plenty of gossip about me.

As I turned to leave, Tingting suddenly reached out and grabbed me; when I turned my head, a stinging slap landed on my face. The pain welled up from my heart—my heart ached. No one had ever slapped me like this since I was small; my pride took a huge blow.

Since I'd already been hit, I could only consider myself unlucky; they outnumbered me and I couldn't fight back, especially with her brother backing her up.

I didn't speak; all I wanted now was to escape everything. From the start I knew that getting involved with Shangguan Yun, that plague god, would eventually lead to this day—I just didn't expect it to come so soon.

When I turned around, I instead crashed into Shangguan Yun's embrace—he was here all along. I don't know when he arrived, nor whether he saw my disgraceful appearance just now.

Shangguan Yun steadied me, one hand pulling me as he slowly walked toward Tingting. I didn't know what he intended to do; right now I felt somewhat numb.

I never expected Shangguan Yun to raise his hand and slap Tingting as well—I truly hadn't imagined he would act like that.

It feels ironic— that night I slapped him, tonight Tingting slapped me, and then Shangguan Yun slapped Tingting in return; it almost seems fair.