Chapter 235: Duan Lang Acts Shamelessly, Not Acknowledging It after Doing It?
Duan Linbai was wearing sungla.s.ses, a mask, and a mink coat and sandwiched a pouch beneath one of his arms while holding the blind cane in the other as he stood in the cold wind, looking heroic.
It was no wonder that the people in the neighborhood were pointing at him. In a county like theirs, there were not many good cars, let alone this kind of rare and s.h.i.+ny luxury car. He was dressed so flas.h.i.+ly too, so he naturally attracted attention.
Currently, the neighborhood was full of curious the elderly, women, and children, but they didn’t recognize him. Otherwise, the news of his appearance here would have long exploded on the internet.
Xu Jiamu clutched the suitcase handle tightly, feeling as though she had been struck by lightning. This person is truly persistent. Why did he come all the way to my house?
Besides feeling shocked, she also felt a faint chill run down her spine.
Just standing there, he exuded a strong aura. Xu Jiamu knew that he couldn’t see, but she still felt guilty. Just as the two sides were in a deadlock without anyone speaking…
Duan Linbai sneezed without warning.
“Achoo—” He reached out to rub his nose. “d.a.m.n it. Which desolate place is this? I nearly froze into a dog.”
The car had driven on a rather b.u.mpy road, which had nearly caused his organs to jolt out of his body.
The cold and domineering image he had just established vanished in an instant.
“Why are you here?” Xu Jiamu’s voice was full of disbelief. She knew that money could make the world go around, but she still felt horrified that he had come to her house.
“Why do you think I’m here?” Although Duan Linbai couldn’t see it, he could guess her shocked expression. He was delighted in his heart.
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll go home first.” Xu Jiamu dragged her suitcase up the stairs.
Duan Linbai couldn’t see her and bellowed at the air, “Xu Jiamu, don’t you want to take responsibility for me?! Do you want to run after doing that?!”
The onlooking neighbors were all dumbfounded.
“… Oh my G.o.d. What’s going on? Is this person her boyfriend? She dumped him, and he came to find her? Which family’s daughter is this?”
“Old Xu, right? A few days ago, he even said he wanted me to find a marriage partner for his daughter during Lunar New Year. Doesn’t she have a boyfriend right here?”
“I knew it. When pretty and well-educated young ladies go to big cities, how can they not have a boyfriend? Children nowadays hide their relations.h.i.+ps when they date.”
…
Xu Jiamu’s jaw dropped in shock. Why is this person spouting nonsense? “What nonsense are you spouting?”
“How am I spouting nonsense? It was a moonless night, and the wind was strong that day. You dragged me into a small alley and then… Mmph—” Duan Linbai spoke vividly. Xu Jiamu threw her suitcase away and rushed over to cover his mouth.
“Duan Linbai, if you dare spout nonsense again, I…” Xu Jiamu was so angry that her breathing became uneven.
“Miss Xu.” a.s.sistant Little Jiang coughed twice.
Only then did Xu Jiamu retract her hand.
“We need to have a good chat. Should we go to your house or talk about it here?” Although Duan Linbai couldn’t see, he knew that there were many people around him. He was thick-skinned, so he didn’t care, but Xu Jiamu was obviously not.
Xu Jiamu had no choice but to invite the two upstairs.
The corridors of the old residential building were cold and damp. Duan Linbai leaned on his blind cane and carefully reached out to feel for the stairs. He grabbed the handrail with one hand, only to have it covered in dust.
“d.a.m.n, your neighborhood is way too dirty.”
“No one cleans it usually. Those who need the handrails are the elderly, and they’d rather live in a garage dump than climb up stairs.” As time pa.s.sed, the handrails naturally became dusty.
Duan Linbai took a deep breath and stumbled his way upstairs.
“Which floor do you live on?”
“The sixth floor.”
Duan Linbai’s lips twitched. And there’s no f*cking elevator? Is she trying to kill me?
“Little Boss, let me support you.” When the a.s.sistant saw him having difficulty walking and nearly fall after taking a wrong step, he couldn’t help feeling alarmed.
“I don’t need you to support me. Help her carry her luggage.”
Xu Jiamu had knocked her large 28-inch suitcase seven or eight times while climbing a single flight of stairs. She was so tired that she was panting, and Duan Linbai was really uncomfortable listening to it.
Did no one from her family come to pick her up? Does she have to carry her luggage on her own every time she goes home?
“No need. I’ll do it myself.” Xu Jiamu was a little surprised to hear Duan Linbai say this.
In her heart, Duan Linbai was a rich playboy who liked to mess around with internet celebrities. She hadn’t expected him to be so considerate.
“It’s alright. I’ll do it. Please take care of my Little Boss, Miss Xu.” Little Jiang smiled as he took the suitcase and lifted it casually…
What the f*ck?!
It’s so G.o.d d.a.m.n heavy! She must have put bricks in it.
The a.s.sistant carried the suitcase and walked behind them while Xu Jiamu supported Duan Linbai slightly as they walked in front.
“There’s no one in your house?” Duan Linbai only realized this problem when he climbed to the third floor. If her family was around, how could he not be embarra.s.sed to settle the score with her?
“My parents aren’t back from work yet, and my younger brother isn’t on vacation yet.” Since he could find this place, he had probably investigated her family background thoroughly. Xu Jiamu had nothing to hide either.
If there was someone at home, she wouldn’t dare to bring him home either.
“Your younger brother…” Duan Linbai raised an eyebrow. “… is attending university? ”
“Second year.”
“It’s almost Lunar New Year. Why isn’t he home yet? Which university hasn’t released its students for vacation?” Many primary and secondary schools were already on vacation, and universities should be earlier than them.
Xu Jiamu’s expression was a bit dark, but she didn’t speak.
By the time they reached her floor, Xu Jiamu was a little breathless, but Duan Linbai acted as though he was all fine. The only thing was that he had been gripping his blind cane the whole time, so his palm was sweating a little.
“I thought your stamina would be very poor.” Xu Jiamu rummaged through her bag for the key.
“I’ve practiced sports before.” Duan Linbai liked to ski, so his stamina was definitely pa.s.sable.
Xu Jiamu didn’t think much of it. But some things later proved that…
A certain someone indeed had great stamina.
***
After the three of them entered the house, Little Jiang leaned against the wall and panted nonstop. Xu Jiamu took Duan Linbai to wash his hands.
There was only one bathroom in the three-bedroom and two-living room house. After Xu Jiamu brought him in, she helped him turn on the tap and grabbed a bar of soap.
Duan Linbai had always used liquid hand soap before and rarely used soap bars. He couldn’t catch hold of it. The soap bar was like a loach that slid around in his palms, and he couldn’t hold on to it at all. He couldn’t see it either, so it was quite strenuous to scoop it up from the sink.
Xu Jiamu sighed, walked to his side, and grabbed his hands…
“Don’t move.”
Duan Linbai didn’t move. Her hands weren’t big, but they were warm and soft. She held the bar of soap and rolled it over his fingers.
“Rub your hands yourself.” Xu Jiamu put the soap bar back and rinsed the foam off her hands.
Duan Linbai rubbed his fingers obediently and washed them clean before sitting on the sofa with her help.
Although it was cold outside, there was heating in the house. Duan Linbai felt hot in the mink coat, so he took it off and put it aside.
“Xu Jiamu, you were the one who dragged me into the alley outside Ninth Mansion that night, right?” Duan Linbai cut straight to the chase.
Xu Jiamu coughed twice. “I only beat you up that day because you started misbehaving.”
“Listen to this unrepentant tone of yours! You beat me so badly that I had to go to the hospital, but you just ran away without a second glance?”
“Are you asking me for medical fees? I’m poor and have no money.” Xu Jiamu raised an eyebrow. “A person like you doesn’t lack that bit of money either, right?”
Duan Linbai choked. “I definitely don’t lack that money.”
“Then, why did you look for me? Are you planning to beat me up as revenge?”
Duan Linbai was taken aback.
That’s right. Am I going to have to pummel her as well to get revenge? That would be too unmanly.
But I can’t take this lying down either. I feel really f*cking aggrieved.
“You beat someone up, but you’re acting so unreasonable?”
“If you hadn’t gotten fresh with me first, would I have hit you?”
“I drank too much?”
“If you drank too much, why didn’t you tease a man instead of coming after me?” Xu Jiamu wasn’t easy to bully and retorted directly. “I think that you were using alcohol as an excuse to commit a crime. If it wasn’t me that day, you would have gotten away with taking liberties!”
“Stop spouting nonsense! I’m not that kind of person at all.”
“Yes, you just like to drink and go clubbing with internet celebrities.”
“Xu Jiamu!” Duan Linbai exploded with anger. “Where the h.e.l.l did you hear that from?! When did I…”
She spoke as though he was a truly fickle-minded playboy. It was a blatant personal attack.
“On the internet.”
“That’s all fake.”
“There’s no smoke without fire.”
…
a.s.sistant Little Jiang stood at the side and watched the two’s verbal sparring. In the end, his sharp-tongued Little Boss actually fell into a disadvantage.
“Anyway, if you don’t give me a satisfactory explanation for this, I’ll find you at your school and home. I won’t let you go! I won’t let you have peace! I’ll stop you at your house every day.” Duan Linbai snorted coldly. “Little Jiang, help me downstairs.”
Xu Jiamu was fuming mad.
He’s this shameless?
What does he want by clinging to me? I don’t have any money. Does this person have nothing better to do?
***
On the way back, Duan Linbai guzzled water from his thermos.
After talking so much, his mouth was dry.
“Little Boss, do you really want to stay here?” It was Little Jiang’s first time in Ning County. It was naturally incomparable to the capital, but after going around the streets, he hadn’t seen many major hotels.
“Otherwise? Do I just go back like this?” Duan Linbai had nothing to do anyway, and he found listening to Xu Jiamu’s bl.u.s.tering interesting.
Little Jiang didn’t say anything.
Duan Linbai leaned against his seat and let out a long sigh of relief. “Little Jiang, when your Little Boss rebuked her just now, wasn’t he especially mighty and brave?”
The corners of Little Jiang’s mouth twitched. Miss Xu was pointing at his nose while he was shouting randomly at the air when they were quarreling. How am I supposed to comment on it?
“Did she get a shock when I spoke harshly?”
Little Jiang frowned. Spoke harshly?
“Do you think she’ll cry from fright when she hears that I’m going to block her at her home and school?”
Little Jiang smiled awkwardly. Miss Xu isn’t that kind of person at all. If you weren’t blind, looking at her way of doing things, she would definitely have kicked you out.
As Duan Linbai thought about this, he suddenly laughed. He felt that he had won in the first battle and suppressed Xu Jiamu.
In fact, in Xu Jiamu’s opinion, this person was not only vulgar and shameless, but he was also very childish.
Stop people at their doorstep? Only primary school students would say this. It was simply ridiculous.
Duan Linbai immediately called Fu Chen and reported his progress.
Fu Chen only said, “That’s pretty good. Keep up the good work.”
“Of course. When have I ever suffered such humiliation? If I don’t make her kneel and call me Daddy, I won’t go back.”
“Then work hard.” Fu Chen laughed lightly.
Although he hadn’t interacted much with Xu Jiamu, he could tell from the way she had dared to hit Duan Linbai that she also had a bad temper when provoked. Call him Daddy? I’m afraid he’ll have to call her Great Aunt first in the end.
***
Song Fengwan’s examination ended. As soon as she opened the backseat door, Fu Xinhan pounced on her and nearly pushed her down.
“Why did you bring Fu Xinhan back? Where’s Big Brother Duan?” Song Fengwan got in the car and started rubbing the dog.
“He left Beijing for something.” Fu Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the dog keep burrowing into Song Fengwan’s embrace. Where is this wretched dog burrowing?
Song Fengwan thought, He can’t see, yet he went somewhere far away? What was the hurry?
“You just finished your exam. Rest and drink some water. Fu Xinhan, come here quickly.” Fu Chen frowned. How dare he lick her face too? Does he want to die?
Fu Xinhan’s dog body quaked as he moved to Fu Chen’s side and lay on his lap, letting him stroke his fur.
Fu Chen’s fingers moved from Fu Xinhan’s head to his neck. His slender fingers were a little cold. Fu Xinhan s.h.i.+vered, feeling that he would be strangled to death in the next second.
Song Fengwan hadn’t dared drink much water during the examination. After it ended, she finally gulped down more than half a gla.s.s of water and then called her mother to inform her. She leaned against the backseat and scrolled through Weibo for a while.
The most trending search term was [Beijing’s Sun Rui].
She was slightly astonished and clicked on it.
[Rich young lady bullied a female cla.s.smate and slapped her dozens of times.]
There was a video below. Song Fengwan had forgotten to adjust the volume. When she played it, Sun Rui’s voice was sharp and ear-piercing amid the chaotic noise background.
“… You still dare to cry?! Don’t dodge.”
The sound of the slaps poured down like a torrential rainstorm without stopping.
The ear-piercing voice frightened Fu Xinhan into trembling.
In the video, Sun Rui was wearing her school uniform. Judging by the background, she was in a cla.s.sroom. The female student she was bullying was huddled in a corner, trembling. She didn’t even dare to cover her face, and her face in the video was already swollen from being slapped.
There were nearly 40,000 comments under the video, all of which were criticizing Sun Rui. Instantly, public opinion boiled over.
The entire Sun family was at the center of the storm.