Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 403: Anyway, It's Not Our Palace's Business

"Bro!"When Liu Shuo called out to him, tears immediately spilled from the corners of his eyes.

He felt wronged, not because of Lu Hui, but because he could not understand why Zhou Yuwen had hit him.

It was obvious that this incident was not his fault.

This adulterous man and woman had committed shameful deeds behind his back. If he did not teach them a lesson, how could he continue to show his face around here?

Furious, Liu Shuo pointed at Lu Hui and declared to Zhou Yuwen, "This worthless person! She betrayed me!"

"I did not!"

To be honest, compared to Liu Shuo, Lu Hui was actually much more terrified of Zhou Yuwen. Facing Liu Shuo, she would at most receive a beating, but facing Zhou Yuwen was a completely different story.

Therefore, upon seeing Zhou Yuwen subdue Liu Shuo with a single slap, Lu Hui did not feel a wave of relief. Instead, she became even more anxious.

"Zhou Yuwen, you have to believe me, I really did not! He forced me! He pretended to be from Jingcheng and chatted with me! He subjected me to online harassment. Zhou Yuwen, you absolutely must believe me!" In front of Zhou Yuwen, Lu Hui did not even dare to speak the truth, trying to disguise herself as a victim.

Zhou Yuwen simply stared at her and asked calmly, "Did you respond to him?"

"I..."

Being stared at by Zhou Yuwen, Lu Hui suddenly began to stutter and could not form a sentence. She hummed and hawed, unsure of what to say for a moment, and glanced down at Li Qiang.

At this moment, Li Qiang still held a trace of expectation.

However, Lu Hui gritted her teeth. "No! Zhou Yuwen, he initiated everything. I did not respond. You must make Liu Shuo believe me!"

"How the hell can you still deny it!? Do you think I am a blind person!?"

"You worthless person, does using your hands not count!?"

Li Qiang might spoil Lu Hui, but Liu Shuo certainly did not. He cursed at her outright and even raised his hand to strike.

"Ah!"

Lu Hui jumped in fright and quickly hid behind Zhou Yuwen.

Zhou Yuwen impatiently demanded, "Have you caused enough of a scene yet!"

Only Zhou Yuwen could keep Liu Shuo in check. Although Liu Shuo was seething with anger, he had no desire to receive another slap from Zhou Yuwen.

By now, a crowd of spectators had packed the area outside. Since they were too far away, they could not hear what was being said inside the classroom, but they understood the general outline of the story perfectly well.

How badass!

"This Li Qiang is too badass, right? He pretended to be a Jingcheng native to start an online romance with that guy's girlfriend, and they ended up getting caught making out right here!"

"Li Qiang pretended to be from Jingcheng? Is that true? How does he look the part?"

"Haha, Li Qiang is not, but our Class Monitor is. Earlier, Chang Hao was complaining that someone had stolen his clothes to wear. Now look, the outfit Li Qiang is wearing belongs to Chang Hao. Hahaha, this is killing me!"

"Ah, he stole someone else's clothes to wear? Seriously?"

Everyone's eyes were filled with disbelief. However, Li Qiang was wearing them right now, so how could it be fake?

"Hey, what is Zhou Yuwen saying to that guy? That guy looked pretty fierce to me, so why did he become so obedient the moment Zhou Yuwen arrived?"

"Yeah, I saw it just now. That guy is built like a bear, but Zhou Yuwen went up and slapped him just like that. It was terrifying!"

"Is that guy the boss of the Xuhuai Association?"

"Really? I heard the Xuhuai Association is all gangsters?!"

"How could he be the boss of the Xuhuai Association? The boss of the Xuhuai Association has always been Zhou Yuwen!"

The students chattered endlessly outside. Zhou Yuwen was not actually saying much to Liu Shuo. He merely frowned and asked, "Look at what you have done. What kind of nonsense is this?"

"Causing all this trouble for a worthless person, do you not think you have humiliated yourself enough?"

Hearing this, Lu Hui's mouth twitched as if she wanted to deny it, but she ultimately kept quiet.

Zhou Yuwen continued, "I told you before to stop messing around with this kind of woman. And now look at this."

"Getting surrounded and watched by a crowd?"

"Are you really that desperate for women?"

Zhou Yuwen reprimanded Liu Shuo with clear dissatisfaction.

Before Liu Shuo could even reply, Lu Hui could not wait any longer. She could not help but try to defend herself, wanting to say that this time, she was also a victim.

But the moment she opened her mouth...

Zhou Yuwen cut her off sharply. "Did I give you permission to speak?"

Feeling wronged, Lu Hui still could not help but plead, "Zhou Yuwen, Liu Shuo, I... I truly am innocent."

She knew that begging Zhou Yuwen was useless. Squeezing out a few tears, she reached out to grab Liu Shuo's hand. "Shuo."

Before Liu Shuo could say anything...

Smack! Zhou Yuwen slapped Lu Hui right to the floor. Zhou Yuwen was not as ferocious as Liu Shuo, and he had held back some of his strength with this slap.

However, the force was still enough to knock her off her feet.

Li Qiang, who had been lying on the ground, tried to stand up to play the hero for Lu Hui, but Chang Hao swiftly pinned him down.

Zhou Yuwen had nothing more to say to Lu Hui. He simply wanted to ensure Liu Shuo did not make any grave mistakes. He glanced down at Lu Hui, who was lying prone on the floor with a pitiful expression.

Zhou Yuwen scoffed coldly. "This female has nothing to do with you anymore. Come with me."

With that said, Zhou Yuwen turned and led the way.

Liu Shuo remained silent for a long while before ultimately choosing to follow Zhou Yuwen out.

"Shuo!"

Seeing that Liu Shuo was leaving, Lu Hui panicked entirely. She immediately reached out, tightly embraced Liu Shuo's thighs, and burst into tears. "Shuo! I know I was wrong! I cannot leave you, Shuo! Please forgive me! Shuo! I know I was wrong!"

In the split second Liu Shuo turned to leave, true panic set into Lu Hui's heart. She had finally managed to secure a comfortable life. Without Liu Shuo, she had no idea how she would survive in the future.

"Fuck off!"

However, Liu Shuo did not hesitate in the slightest.

He ruthlessly kicked Lu Hui away.

"I almost treated you like my own mother, and what the hell do you treat me as? A cuckold? Damn it!"

Liu Shuo had barely managed to calm down, but Lu Hui's desperate clinging infuriated him all over again. He could not stop himself from raising his hand to strike her.

Fortunately, Zhou Yuwen called out his name right on time.

Liu Shuo's hand was already swinging down, but he eventually stopped with a heavy snort.

"Damn it, hitting you would only dirty my hands. Lu Hui, you had better make sure I never see you again!"

"If I catch sight of you again, I will fucking destroy you!"

After issuing his threat, Liu Shuo glared at Li Qiang, who was still sprawled nearby. "And you!"

"Damn it!"

Just before leaving, Liu Shuo could not resist delivering one last vicious kick to Li Qiang.

Just like that, Zhou Yuwen led Liu Shuo away.

By now, a massive crowd of melon-eating masses had formed. Besides the casual spectators, Zheng Yanyan, Su Qing, and the others were also mixed in among them.

Truthfully, this was their first time seeing Zhou Yuwen act like this. For a moment, they were at a complete loss for words...

In short, they had never seen Zhou Yuwen act so fiercely.

Su Qing noticed Zheng Yanyan's inner turmoil and could not help but snort. "What? Did you also cheat on a partner and become afraid of getting beaten?"

"Nonsense!" Zheng Yanyan immediately jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

Su Qing retorted, "What are you afraid of? You and Zhou Yuwen are not even in a romantic relationship anymore anyway. Look, Chang Hao is right over there. Why don't you go say hi!"

As she spoke, Su Qing pointed at Chang Hao.

This infuriated Zheng Yanyan. "Stop spouting nonsense! I have absolutely no connections with him!" After declaring this, she did not even dare cast a single glance in Chang Hao's direction.

In reality, the person most shocked by Zhou Yuwen's recent display was probably Shen Yu. Since she did not know him very well, she had always assumed he was gentle and refined.

She never expected that he would not hesitate in the slightest when it came to striking women.

From Shen Yu's perspective, she frowned deeply, thinking to herself, 'How can he hit a woman? No matter what the circumstances are, hitting women is wrong!'

However, Zheng Yanyan fiercely defended Zhou Yuwen. She argued, "What do you mean, how can he? Why shouldn't he hit her?"

"Would that woman have been hit if she hadn't acted so shamelessly?"

"Damn it, I have disliked that female for a long time. Only Liu Shuo would ever fall for her. Let me tell you, I went to find Zhou Yuwen a few times, and every single time, I saw that female making eyes at him. You cannot tolerate such a fickle and flirtatious woman!"

"Why didn't you mention it earlier if you saw it?" Su Qing asked.

"Why should I have said anything? She is not Hubby's woman. This is not our palace's business, so why should we care?" Zheng Yanyan crossed her arms over her chest and casually delivered this statement to Su Qing.

"???" Hearing this, Shen Yu was completely bewildered. She glanced at Zheng Yanyan in utter disbelief.

The most shocking part was that Su Qing did not even find anything strange about that phrasing and actually agreed with her.

Following that, Shen Yu secretly cast a glance at Lu Lin.

Lu Lin was merely playing on her phone.

Su Qing continued bickering with Zheng Yanyan. She conceded, "That is true. I cannot meddle in other people's affairs."

"But Zheng Yanyan, if you ever dare to betray Zhou Yuwen, I will absolutely report you!"

"Su Qing, can you stop accusing me of betraying my Hubby at the drop of a hat? You seriously need a beating. I can't even be bothered chatting with you anymore," Zheng Yanyan muttered speechlessly.

"Hmph. If you haven't done anything with a guilty conscience, why are you so defensive?"

"Fuck!"

By this time, the class activity had concluded. Outsiders like Su Qing could naturally leave early. The four of them exited the Teaching Building, entirely unbothered with waiting for Zhou Yuwen.

This was because they knew Zhou Yuwen definitely would not be returning today.

Even though the university semester had started a month ago, Su Qing had already grown accustomed to living in the Big Flat. Zheng Yanyan and Lu Lin refused to leave either, so the three of them ended up staying there together.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yuwen simply stopped going there altogether.

Zheng Yanyan frequently berated Su Qing over this, blaming her presence for Zhou Yuwen's reluctance to visit.

Su Qing retorted that it had nothing to do with her.

"If you are so capable, why don't you make Zhou Yuwen tell me to leave?" Su Qing demanded with a coquettish whine.

Zheng Yanyan could not be bothered to argue further with Su Qing. She merely acted foolish at times, but she was not actually stupid. She could sense that Zhou Yuwen still harbored feelings for Su Qing. The issue was that under the current circumstances, Zhou Yuwen visibly showered Zheng Yanyan with more affection. For example, in plain view, Zhou Yuwen would intimately embrace Zheng Yanyan right in front of Su Qing, but he would never do the same with Su Qing in front of Zheng Yanyan.

Zheng Yanyan felt this arrangement was not too bad. At the very least, her status was higher than Su Qing's.

As for causing another unreasonable scene to drive Su Qing away, Zheng Yanyan no longer dared to do so.

Wasn't the current situation perfectly fine? She could still act spoiled and sweet with Zhou Yuwen whenever she wanted. In truth, there was no need to fuss over every little detail.

Besides, ever since she and Su Qing started bickering over Zhou Yuwen, their interactions had become quite entertaining. Bickering back and forth these past few days had actually been quite enjoyable.

Sometimes, the amount of words Su Qing and Zheng Yanyan exchanged in a single day exceeded the conversations Zheng Yanyan had with Lu Lin.

Su Qing stubbornly refused to leave.

So, Zheng Yanyan helped herself to Su Qing's makeup.

Every time, Su Qing would fly into a rage early in the morning and scream, "Zheng Yanyan, are you out of your mind! You're using my makeup again? Don't you have your own?"

"Haha, who told you to stay! Everything in this home is mine!"

"Get lost! You cheap wench, just a cuckoo usurping the magpie's nest!"

"Hehe, come and catch me!"

Every morning in the Big Flat, the same scene played out: Lu Lin brushing her teeth with a completely expressionless face.

Meanwhile, Su Qing would be chasing Zheng Yanyan around, trying to smack her with a pillow.

And Zheng Yanyan, her hair tied in a braided pigtail, would sprint ahead on her long legs.

The three of them seemed to have grown fully accustomed to these lively mornings.

That evening, fueled by the juicy gossip regarding Liu Shuo and Lu Hui, Zheng Yanyan and Su Qing debated the topic fiercely.

They started by declaring that whoever betrayed Zhou Yuwen would suffer in the eighteen levels of hell upon death.

In the end, they reached a mutual consensus: 'Our Hubby is so handsome, how could we possibly betray him!'

Of course, they did not state it explicitly, but the underlying implication of their words seemed to be exactly that...

It was undeniably precisely that.

Walking alongside them, Shen Yu felt her Three Views being entirely shattered to pieces.

Shen Yu still had to ask, "Wait, are you guys not going to wait for Zhou Yuwen?"

"What is there to wait for? Especially with Liu Shuo caught up in this mess," Su Qing casually replied.

"Exactly. Even if Liu Shuo's incident hadn't happened, he definitely would have gone to escort that Jiang Xinyi." Zheng Yanyan had an expression that indicated this was old news.

Lu Lin suddenly chimed in, "That Jiang Xinyi has feelings for your Hubby."

"??" Shen Yu was shocked. The term 'Hubby' was no longer being hidden or danced around. Lu Lin was straightforward and just dropped the word so casually.

"We know!" To Shen Yu's surprise, Zheng Yanyan admitted it without hesitation.

Su Qing added, "Even a fool could see that."

"Anyway, it has no connections to me. When the time comes, I'll let her deal with Bitchy Zheng properly," Su Qing declared.

"Damn it, what are you saying! Do you want to bet that she and I will team up to deal with you instead?" Zheng Yanyan shot back, completely unyielding.

"Oh my, I'm so scared!"

Shen Yu: "..."

Sure enough, ever since they had stopped living in the Dormitory, Shen Yu felt they were becoming more and more like strangers.

Just as they were about to part ways, Zheng Yanyan and Su Qing invited Shen Yu back to the Big Flat to stay overnight.

"Yeah, how long has it been since us Dormitory Sisters stayed up chatting and sharing gossip?"

"That's right! Come on, join us!"

In truth, Shen Yu's heart stirred with temptation, but in the end, she still declined!

After separating from them, Shen Yu returned to the Dormitory alone.

To be honest, she felt a slight twinge of loneliness...

She wondered what it was like over at Zheng Yanyan and the others' Big Flat...

Meanwhile, Liu Shuo was feeling immensely depressed. Zhou Yuwen made a phone call to Gao Yang and a few of his subordinates, instructing them to pick Liu Shuo up first. He told them to take him out drinking or singing—whatever it took to make him stop dwelling on these unhappy matters.

As for Zhou Yuwen, he had to stay behind to handle the aftermath.

Although Li Qiang and Lu Hui had both been beaten, they had no intention of pressing the issue, saving Zhou Yuwen the extra hassle. Finally, he glanced at Jiang Xinyi, who was still standing nearby. He walked over and said, "Let's go. I will walk you home."

Actually, before this entire ordeal had occurred, Jiang Xinyi had been planning to throw a bit of a spoiled young lady's temper.

However, after witnessing everything that had transpired...

At this moment, Jiang Xinyi was still standing next to You Changjin.

Earlier, while casually chatting with You Changjin, Jiang Xinyi had learned some troubling things.

Therefore, she was feeling particularly confused right now. She was completely unsure of Zhou Yuwen's attitude toward her.

It was precisely at this moment.

Right in front of You Changjin, and right in front of all the other students...

Zhou Yuwen, his face entirely blank, simply reached out and took Jiang Xinyi's hand. "Let's go."

Jiang Xinyi's face instantly flushed crimson.

As for You Changjin, his face instantly drained of all color, turning dead pale.