Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 412: Stepping Out of the House, Clearing the Space

"Fuck you! You're telling me this now?"Hearing this, Liu Shuo was so furious he could have died. He had originally planned to just drag Lu Hui out and be done with it, but after she said that, he naturally couldn't hold back. He stepped up and slapped her again.

Still not satisfied, he delivered another harsh slap across her face.

He yelled, "Why the fuck didn't you say that when you got together with me?"

"If I were as handsome as my brother, would I even be looking for you? Motherfucker!"

As he spoke, he didn't stop slapping her. Then, dragging Lu Hui along, he roared, "Get out! Get the hell out of here right now!"

After saying that, he continuously dragged her toward the door.

To please Liu Shuo today, Lu Hui had specifically worn a red hip-hugging skirt, leaving her long legs completely exposed. However, Liu Shuo showed absolutely no intention of being tender toward a woman, forcefully dragging her out.

He dragged her straight into the elevator.

Lu Hui tried to cling to the door frame to stay, but Liu Shuo was incredibly strong. He pried her fingers off the door one by one. Even if the King of Heaven came down today, it would be useless; this woman, Lu Hui, could not stay.

And just like that, Lu Hui was dragged downstairs by Liu Shuo.

Liu Shuo told her to roll right back to wherever she came from.

"Damn it, if it weren't for me, you'd still be living in a crappy four-hundred-yuan single room! If I feed a dog a meal, the fucking dog at least knows how to wag its tail at me. You don't even know how to wag your tail! Get lost!"

Saying this, Liu Shuo prepared to yank Lu Hui into the car.

Naturally, Lu Hui desperately refused to get in, crying and begging, "Liu Shuo, I was wrong. Please give me one more chance, okay?"

"Please, just give me one more chance!"

At this moment, Lu Hui was crying incredibly genuinely.

Zhonghai Garden was a densely populated high-rise building complex. From the moment Liu Shuo dragged Lu Hui out of the house, the entire corridor could hear his cursing and her weeping.

And by the time he hauled her downstairs, the lights in several adjacent apartment blocks had noticeably flickered on, with quite a few people poking their heads out to watch the drama unfold.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yuwen was currently in a room engaged in a continuous battle with Tao Tian.

Tao Tian had originally wanted to take off her clothes, but Zhou Yuwen wouldn't let her.

He made her keep wearing her pleated skirt and white over-the-knee socks, while he attacked from behind.

Tao Tian had bought a full-body mirror for trying on outfits, with a carpet laid out beneath it. The two were playing around on the carpet, their reflections perfectly captured in the glass.

As Zhou Yuwen and Tao Tian moved rhythmically, the mirror showed Tao Tian lying prone there, her pair of big thunder swaying along with the motion.

This went on for a very, very long time until the battle finally ended.

Zhou Yuwen lay directly on the carpet, holding Tao Tian in his arms.

And Tao Tian obediently lay in his embrace, chatting idly.

For instance, she mentioned, "That Lu Wanting today was looking at me really weirdly."

"Did she figure something out?"

Zhou Yuwen replied nonchalantly, "If she figured it out, she figured it out. I'm not that close with her anyway."

"Isn't she your cousin-in-law?"

Tao Tian propped herself up, her hair cascading down one side, giving her the aura of a gentle and elegant lady.

Zhou Yuwen planted a kiss on her cheek and scoffed, "What cousin-in-law?"

"My older cousin was too embarrassed to go back home as just one person, so he specifically rented her."

Hearing this, Tao Tian burst into giggles. She lay back down in Zhou Yuwen's arms and remarked, "Your cousin is quite the character."

Zhou Yuwen chuckled lightly. "He is pretty impressive."

At that moment, Zhou Yuwen received a phone call.

He lifted it up to look and found it was Qu Jing.

Tao Tian also saw the caller ID.

Zhou Yuwen said, "I'll just ignore it."

"No, answer it," Tao Tian urged.

Zhou Yuwen chuckled, asking, "Didn't you say that when I'm with you, I'm not allowed to look for other women?"

"But what if she has something urgent to talk to you about?"

Zhou Yuwen thought for a moment and connected the call.

As soon as it connected, Qu Jing's slightly excited voice came through. "Bro, Brother! That Lu Hui is getting beaten up!"

Curious, Zhou Yuwen asked who was hitting her.

"She's getting beaten up by Liu Shuo, right downstairs from my place, in the courtyard of the residential area, Brother!" Lying prone against the window sill and watching the battered Lu Hui, Qu Jing couldn't be happier. She even entertained the thought of going down and landing a couple of kicks herself.

Hearing this piqued Zhou Yuwen's curiosity. He got up from the carpet and walked over by the window. However, just as he opened the window, he immediately heard Liu Shuo shouting an extremely profanity-laced curse.

Listening to Qu Jing's words, Tao Tian also curiously poked her head over.

Down below, they saw Liu Shuo forcefully trying to stuff Lu Hui into the car.

But Lu Hui refused to get in no matter what. She was crying with a tear-stained face, pleading pitifully, "Can't you just give me one more chance?"

"Fuck you! Go find that Li Qiang and ask him for a chance!"

Lu Hui grew desperate and cried, "I don't love him at all! You are the one I like!"

"Lu Hui, don't you feel disgusted saying that? Ask yourself, do you even believe your own words? Get in right now!"

Feeling wronged to death, Lu Hui sobbed, "This matter really isn't my fault!"

"Not your fault? Then is it my fault?"

Looking at Lu Hui, who was stubbornly clinging to his car and refusing to leave no matter what, Liu Shuo couldn't help but ask.

Sitting on the ground, Lu Hui looked up at Liu Shuo through teary eyes. She began to wipe away tears and asked, "Don't tell me you don't have even a little bit of fault in this?"

"I'll be fucked if I do!"

Liu Shuo was practically dying from anger. How the hell was he at fault? He delivered another tight slap to Lu Hui. Not wanting to continue talking to her, he pulled her up and ordered her to leave immediately.

Then, amid her weeping, Lu Hui wailed, "It was your fault to begin with! Who told you not to spend time with me!"

"All you knew was how to sleep with me!? You only got with me just to sleep with me!"

"I didn't need you to be as handsome as Zhou Yuwen, but at least he knows how to coax his multiple girlfriends and make them happy! Think about it yourself, have you ever tried to coax me!?"

"Shut the fuck up! Why don't you take a look in the mirror and see what you look like!? I gave you money to spend, gave you a place to live, and this is how you treat me? Damn it!"

"Zhou Yuwen also gives his women money to spend."

"And he gives more than you do!"

"Get lost!"

Liu Shuo couldn't bear to listen anymore and kicked her directly. Damn it, he had never seen such a stupid bitch in his life.

"I feel fucking disgusted right now knowing I ever dated you! Are you leaving or not!?"

Listening to Liu Shuo and Lu Hui's argument from above, Zhou Yuwen furrowed his brows more and more. He thought to himself, 'A breakup is a breakup, what does that have to do with me?'

'In broad daylight with all these people around, why the fuck are you shouting that I have several girlfriends?'

Finding it increasingly unbearable to listen to, Zhou Yuwen said to Qu Jing over the phone, "Jingjing, let's leave it at that for now. I need to make a call."

"Mm, okay."

In the beginning, Qu Jing was immensely enjoying watching Liu Shuo beat up Lu Hui below. But later, she heard the sound of a window opening on Zhou Yuwen's end. Upon listening closer, she realized that Zhou Yuwen seemed to be right there in Zhonghai Garden.

This instantly made Qu Jing overthink things, leaving her momentarily dazed.

It wasn't until Zhou Yuwen spoke those words that Qu Jing snapped back to reality. With some hesitation, she finally couldn't resist asking, "Brother..."

Zhou Yuwen asked, "Hm? What's wrong?"

Qu Jing asked weakly, "Are... are you at Tao Tian's place?"

"..."

At this moment, Zhou Yuwen suddenly realized that he had been so focused on enjoying the drama that he had exposed himself.

This threw Zhou Yuwen into temporary silence. He coughed awkwardly twice and explained, "Yeah, I had a business engagement this afternoon, so I just dropped by since it was convenient."

"Oh..."

Qu Jing's voice was very soft, but her emotional disappointment was palpable. For a moment, Zhou Yuwen didn't quite know what to say.

Downstairs, Lu Hui and Liu Shuo were still causing a scene.

With his mind focused on calling Liu Shuo, Zhou Yuwen didn't say much else to Qu Jing. He simply stated, "I'm going to make that call now," and hung up the phone.

After hanging up, Zhou Yuwen immediately dialed Liu Shuo's number.

By now, Liu Shuo was thoroughly enraged by Lu Hui. He didn't even try to force her into the car anymore; instead, he dragged her to the side and kicked her viciously.

Meanwhile, Lu Hui blocked her body with her arms, enduring the blows while repeatedly sobbing that she was wrong.

At that moment, his phone rang. Seeing it was Zhou Yuwen, Liu Shuo didn't dare delay and answered the call. "Hello, Bro."

Zhou Yuwen scolded, "Stop hitting her downstairs. It's too embarrassing!"

Liu Shuo subconsciously glanced toward the top of the building. He didn't see Zhou Yuwen, but Zhou Yuwen informed him that he was upstairs and told him to hurry up and resolve the situation.

Liu Shuo replied, "Got it."

He hung up the phone and looked at Lu Hui again. He really despised this woman, but gritting his teeth, he hauled her up and declared, "Go! I won't hit you anymore! From now on, I have absolutely no connections with you!"

Lu Hui wasn't afraid of being beaten; she was terrified of Liu Shuo saying he had nothing to do with her.

So, completely panicking, Lu Hui cried out anxiously, "No! I don't want that!"

As she spoke, she kept shrinking back to the side.

With no other way out, Liu Shuo coldly demanded, "Are you leaving or not?"

By this point, Lu Hui had been slapped numerous times by Liu Shuo, leaving her face covered in black and blue bruises. Yet, she shook her head, utterly unwilling to leave no matter what.

Liu Shuo scoffed, "Fine! You won't leave!"

After saying that, he took a step back. "If you won't leave, I will!"

He turned around, not even casting a single glance backward.

He yanked open the car door.

The puddle lights of the Magotan cast the Volkswagen logo onto the ground.

Seeing that Liu Shuo was about to leave, Lu Hui naturally refused to let him. She hurriedly blocked him from behind, crying, "No! I forbid you from leaving!"

Liu Shuo had already gotten into the car, but Lu Hui forcefully jammed herself against the door, preventing him from closing it.

Showing no mercy, Liu Shuo raised his leg and kicked Lu Hui square in the stomach.

Lu Hui was kicked flat onto her back, her long legs under the red skirt appearing exceptionally pale against the backdrop of the dark night.

Seizing this opportunity, Liu Shuo slammed the car door shut and started the engine.

Seeing that Liu Shuo was pulling away, Lu Hui recklessly scrambled up to try and stop him.

But she was ultimately a step too late. Liu Shuo departed without the slightest hesitation. The car turned and swerved smoothly like flowing water, not pausing for even a second.

Lu Hui grabbed at the car door, screaming Liu Shuo's name from the outside.

However, Liu Shuo remained unmoved. As the car sped up, Lu Hui found it impossible to keep pace.

Dragged along by the vehicle, Lu Hui suddenly took a hard tumble to the ground.

She screamed Liu Shuo's name from behind.

But the car didn't stop.

Across the entire residential area, many residents stood by the window and watched this woman in the red skirt.

Some people, unaware of the actual situation, were even whispering about how pitiful the woman was.

Zhou Yuwen, however, only felt that this woman was making an absolute fool of herself.

Just as he closed the window, Zhou Yuwen received a phone call.

It was Liu Shuo calling.

Zhou Yuwen connected the call, only to hear Liu Shuo sighing heavily on the other end.

It was evident that Liu Shuo was actually quite conflicted, wondering if he had acted too impulsively just now.

After all, Lu Hui was his first love.

"Bro, honestly speaking, I actually don't care..."

"This isn't a matter of whether you care or not. Disloyal once, useless forever. Don't go doing things just to move yourself emotionally. End this matter as soon as possible," Zhou Yuwen stated coldly.

Liu Shuo sighed and replied, "Alright, I understand."

"It's just that this is the first time a woman has treated me like this."

"Well, she made a mistake, so of course she's going to treat you like that."

Zhou Yuwen told Liu Shuo.

"She doesn't actually think she's wrong; she just knows that without you, she is nothing."

Liu Shuo fell silent on the other end. He asked Zhou Yuwen if Lu Hui was still there.

Zhou Yuwen replied that she had gotten up.

"Then what if she just stays in the residential area?" In truth, Liu Shuo held a sense of expectation in his heart. Deep down, he wanted Lu Hui to keep clinging to him like this.

Zhou Yuwen said, "If she stays, let her stay."

"It's not like you own the apartments in this residential area."

"Just tell the landlord you're terminating the lease. Get a few people to move the furniture out and just say you donated it."

"..."

Zhou Yuwen asked him where he was going to stay tonight.

Liu Shuo said he would go back to the dormitory.

"I'll find someone to drink with."

"Mm."

The two of them chatted for a bit longer before ending the call.

Tao Tian poured Zhou Yuwen a glass of water and remarked, "Lu Hui is actually quite pitiful."

Zhou Yuwen shot Tao Tian a glance. "Why would you think she's pitiful?"

Tao Tian immediately realized she had said the wrong thing and hurriedly explained, "I don't, really. It's just that seeing her acting so submissive reminded me of my past self."

Hearing this, Zhou Yuwen laughed. He pulled Tao Tian into his arms and said, "You are completely different from her. That issue of yours isn't even a problem to me, but to cheat on a partner is absolutely unforgivable."

Tao Tian quickly clarified her stance. Sitting on Zhou Yuwen's lap, she swore, "Regardless, I will absolutely never cheat on a partner, because in my heart, there is only you."

Zhou Yuwen smiled and said, "I know."

"Whether I'm the only person or not, I can tell just by touching."

Tao Tian's small face flushed red. She shot Zhou Yuwen a reproachful glare and called him annoying.

But Zhou Yuwen simply chuckled.

Just as their halftime break ended and Zhou Yuwen was thinking about continuing...

...Tao Tian suddenly asked him, "Did you forget something?"

Curious, Zhou Yuwen asked, "What?"

Tao Tian reminded him, "You just said you were going to give Qu Jing a phone call..."

Zhou Yuwen thought about it and realized, 'Oh, right.'

He had been so focused on his phone call with Liu Shuo that he completely forgot about this matter.

However, thinking back to Qu Jing's attitude just now, Zhou Yuwen felt a wave of awkwardness.

'How should I even make this call?'

Looking at Zhou Yuwen's conflicted expression, Tao Tian smiled somewhat helplessly and said, "At a time like this, why are you still thinking about making phone calls?"

"?" Zhou Yuwen looked puzzled.

But Tao Tian just said, "It's not far anyway, so why don't you just head over there directly?"