Chapter 3: Encountering the Demon Again
Xia Minglan and her daughter were terrified upon hearing this.
What did Young Master Ling mean by that? Did he know something…
“I’m in a good mood today, so I’ll let you off the hook. Get out, all of you, or this Young Master will make the Xu family disappear from Haicheng completely!”
“We’ll get out immediately, immediately!” Xia Minglan and her daughter fled in disarray, fearing they would truly ruin the Xu family.
They had worked so hard to reach their current position; they would never become poor again!
“Disperse.” Ling Hanmu turned and left, not sparing Xia Chenge a second glance as if she didn’t exist.
Watching his retreating back, a thoughtful glint flashed in Xia Chenge’s eyes.
Legend had it that Ling Hanmu was an overbearing, bullying, and reckless young master. Seeing him today, the rumors seemed to have some discrepancies.
However, they had no connection. Why would this young master help her?
Moreover, judging by his words just now, he seemed to have seen what Xia Minglan and her daughter had done to her.
That meant he had seen her true nature…
Knowing she wasn’t as weak and helpless as she appeared, why didn’t he expose her and instead helped her?
Xia Chenge stared at the ceiling, her mind filled with questions.
…
A week passed in the blink of an eye.
Xia Minglan and her daughter did not reappear, nor did they send anyone to look after her.
However, the old butler of the Xia family, upon hearing about her accident, quietly visited her a few times, secretly shedding tears but not daring to linger too long.
Xia Chenge was about to grow mushrooms staying alone in the hospital when she was finally able to be discharged.
The one who came to handle her discharge procedures was the Xia family’s driver, who yelled at Xia Chenge, complaining that she had caused him to lose more rest time.
As Xia Chenge listened to his incessant scolding, she suddenly asked, “Whose car is this? Who pays your salary?”
The driver instinctively replied, “The Xia family!”
The next moment, the driver slammed on the brakes, the tires screeching against the road. He looked at Xia Chenge in the rearview mirror in terror, as if he had seen a ghost, “You, you, you…”
Xia Chenge didn’t move, as if she hadn’t been the one who spoke just now.
The driver broke out in a cold sweat. If Xia Chenge couldn’t speak, then who had spoken? Could it be… The driver’s face turned pale, and he felt a chill down his spine.
Servile sycophants deserve to be scared to death.
After a long while, the driver recovered his senses, no longer daring to speak. He drove Xia Chenge to the school gate and sped away as if fleeing.
Xia Chenge let out a scoff, “Coward!”
She glanced at the simple yet grand school gate of Yan Sheng High School, her smile fading as she walked towards the teaching building.
Class 2-F.
The teacher was lecturing, but the class was as noisy as a market, with no one paying attention.
The classroom door was suddenly pushed open, and Xia Chenge’s small figure appeared in view.
The bored students perked up upon seeing her, whistling and calling out sarcastically.
“Wow, the powerful jinx is here!”
Xia Chenge, as if she hadn’t heard the taunts, lowered her head and walked to her seat.
Crash—
An entire trash can was dumped onto her seat.
The instigator, holding the trash can, was Zhou Shaohua, who had pushed the original owner down the stairs and caused her hospitalization. He smirked triumphantly, “Waste should be with trash; that way, it doesn’t take up space.”
The others burst into laughter, waiting to see the show.
After all, this timid and easily bullied person was the greatest pastime during their boring days.
Her gaze turned cold, Xia Chenge quickly snatched the trash can from Zhou Shaohua’s hand, climbed onto a chair, and covered his head with the trash can.
The liquid in the trash can flowed down his hair onto his clothes, staining his school uniform black, making him look utterly disgusting.
The classroom fell silent.
Everyone stared at the scene in disbelief, even rubbing their eyes to confirm if they were hallucinating.
That waste actually dared to put the trash can on Zhou Shaohua’s head!
Xia Chenge jumped down, picked up the chair, and dumped the trash onto Zhou Shaohua’s desk, creating a mess.
Then, without a word, she wiped the chair clean.
“Fuck you!” Zhou Shaohua cursed, enraged, and snatched the trash can back, throwing it at Xia Chenge.
Xia Chenge, using the action of putting down her schoolbag, skillfully dodged it.
“Ah…” The boy who had called her a jinx earlier was hit and let out a pig-like scream.
Xia Chenge’s body trembled, as if she were scared, but in reality, she found the shrill scream unpleasant.
“Damn it, you slut!” Zhou Shaohua cursed and grabbed Xia Chenge by the collar, pulling her up.
Xia Chenge clutched her head with both hands, trembling in fear.
Everyone was stunned again. It was clearly still the same waste, so why had she dared to do such a thing just now? Had she forgotten the lesson Zhou Shaohua taught her after a week off school?
“If I don’t beat you to death today, my name isn’t Zhou!” Zhou Shaohua grumbled, raising his hand to strike.
Xia Chenge, who had been trembling, suddenly pushed him. Zhou Shaohua, caught off guard, slammed into the wall with a dull thud.
The classroom was so silent you could hear a pin drop.
Everyone instinctively stood up, staring at Zhou Shaohua with wide eyes, momentarily forgetting to help him up.
“Damn it, beat that waste to death for me.” Zhou Shaohua gritted his teeth in pain and shouted furiously.
His lackey swung a chair and hurled it at Xia Chenge.
Xia Chenge suddenly stood up and charged forward, as if trying to escape the classroom, but she knocked all the lackeys off balance.
Seeing this, Zhou Shaohua roared, “Stop that waste! If she runs out, you’ll all be in trouble.”
The toy that had been bullied for so long dared to resist. Everyone angrily chased after her, wanting to catch her and teach her a harsh lesson, their shouts shaking the heavens.
“Xia Chenge, stop right there!”
“Little waste, if you run again, I’ll break your legs.”
…
Glancing back at the menacing crowd, Xia Chenge let out a scoff.
She loved seeing those people’s pathetic state of wanting to beat her to death but being unable to catch her!
“Bang—” As she turned her head, her face slammed heavily into a warm wall of flesh.
Simultaneously, gasps of shock could be heard.
The entire Class F, which had been menacing moments before, froze in place. Then, schadenfreude appeared in their eyes.
Hahaha, today is the little waste’s death day; she actually ran into Ling Hanmu, the most untouchable person at Yan Sheng High School!
Xia Chenge quickly took a step back, feigning terror as she glanced at Ling Hanmu before quickly lowering her head.
It was him again!
In her memory, meeting him was as difficult as ascending to heaven, yet she had seen him twice in just one week, both times at such close range. Was her luck too good, or too bad?
However, she had to admit, he was truly handsome.
His perfect facial features, flawless from every angle, were like God’s most meticulous creation, without a single flaw.
His skin was as fair and delicate as a baby’s. His sword-like eyebrows slanted upwards, and beneath his long, curled eyelashes, his peach blossom eyes were now filled with annoyance.
Beneath his high nose bridge, his handsome, thin lips were slightly parted in pain.
