Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 456: Indulging No One

Jiang Xinyi was a young lady from a rich family, after all, and possessed some self-cultivation. Of course, she had taken things too much as a matter of course. She actually thought she could resolve the issue with Su Qing and Zheng Yanyan through communication.But she never expected that the Su Qing standing before her was simply a lunatic.

After just two sentences, her choice of words was no longer so elegant.

She kept accusing her mother of trying to gild herself!

What did that even mean?

They were all adults, yet she made it sound as if Jiang Xinyi had gone crying to her parents because she could not win a fight.

Jiang Xinyi was undeniably angry, even though she maintained a calm and composed facade on the surface.

"What nonsense are you talking about?!"

Jiang Xinyi gritted her teeth as she spoke.

"I am talking nonsense?!"

Su Qing laughed out of pure anger when she heard this. In truth, Zheng Yanyan tried to hold Su Qing back at that moment, but the current Su Qing simply could not be stopped.

She sneered, "Don't you know perfectly well whether I am talking nonsense or not?"

"You and your mother, relying on the fact that you are a young lady from a rich family, frantically bought internet ghostwriters to claim that all of Zhou Yuwen's current success is because of you. Do you think everyone in the world is an idiot? Do you really believe others don't know what you are plotting in your hearts?"

Su Qing wore a look of utter disgust. Truthfully, this was what Su Qing loathed most about Jiang Xinyi. She felt annoyed every time she saw that kind of news, as she had always intended to be the successful woman behind Zhou Yuwen.

But look at things now—had all of it been snatched away by this older woman standing in front of her?

The more she looked at Jiang Xinyi, the more feeling wronged Su Qing became.

She continued, "If you did not feel that you were too old and not worthy of Zhou Yuwen, why would you waste so much effort?"

"Ask yourself, what does Zhou Yuwen's success today have to do with you? You are just a wicked capitalist relying on your wealthy background to bully people. Disgusting!"

Su Qing marched angrily toward Jiang Xinyi as she spoke. Every word pierced Jiang Xinyi's heart, but the accusation about buying internet ghostwriters truly took her by surprise.

"Nonsense! I have never bought any ghostwriters!"

"You did not? Then can you guarantee your mother did not?"

"You and your mother are just birds of a feather. Both of you make people sick!"

Su Qing continued to rant, and Zheng Yanyan could not pull her back no matter how hard she tried.

Instead, it only provoked Su Qing's displeasure. She asked angrily, "Why are you pulling me!"

'It is bad enough that you are not helping me, but you are even holding me back!' Su Qing thought.

"Ahem!" Zheng Yanyan could not help but cough.

Su Qing followed Zheng Yanyan's gaze, only to see Zhou Guobin emerging from the corner looking rather awkward.

He had no choice. It was his son's new house, and no one else smoked. Too embarrassed to smoke alone inside, Zhou Guobin had slipped outside to sneak a cigarette. Who could have expected him to stumble upon such an awkward scene?

Since no one had noticed him initially, Zhou Guobin thought he could just stay hidden and avoid it all. He did not expect to be discovered just like that.

Su Qing was also taken aback when she spotted Zhou Guobin.

However, she was currently feeling wronged. Her eyes were slightly red, and her nose stung. 'Let him find out,' she thought. 'It is not like I said anything wrong anyway!'

Jiang Xinyi had stood there while Su Qing pointed at her nose and cursed for a long time. When Su Qing mentioned Liu Jing, Jiang Xinyi's expression turned cold. "You can talk about me, but please do not talk about my mother!"

"Am I wrong?" Su Qing did not care if she was the daughter or the mother. As long as she dared to fight her for Zhou Yuwen, she was guilty beyond forgiveness.

Ahem, thankfully.

Zhou Guobin felt that these girls did not seem to care about his presence.

Extinguishing his cigarette butt, Zhou Guobin realized he had never expected the usually pleasant and polite Su Qing to have such a fierce side.

'Forget it, this is not something I should be listening to.'

Zhou Guobin quietly slipped back into the house.

Jiang Xinyi's expression grew increasingly cold. She stated, "I can understand that you like Zhou Yuwen, and I can tolerate you scolding me, but please do not insult my mother."

The more she said this, the more disdain Su Qing showed.

Su Qing retorted, "Since you had the guts to do it, are you afraid of people talking about it?"

"Respect is something you earn for yourself."

"She is an old person who does not command respect. Am I not allowed to point that out?"

At this moment, Su Qing acted as if this was a matter of course.

The usually good-tempered Jiang Xinyi now had an extremely ugly expression on her face as she stared at Su Qing's look of disdain.

In reality, Su Qing's emotions were also spiraling out of control. It felt like she was using every ounce of her strength to speak through gritted teeth, her body trembling slightly. She spat, "Your mother is an old person who does not command respect to begin with! It is bad enough that you, a twenty-five-year-old older woman, dumped your boyfriend and seduced your boyfriend's student."

"But your mother is decades old, and she is following your example of being shameless?"

That single word, "shameless," pushed Jiang Xinyi past her breaking point. Staring at Su Qing's thrust-out face, Jiang Xinyi did not even think; she simply slapped her with a sharp smack.

"God!"

Zheng Yanyan covered her mouth nearby.

The crisp sound of the slap was heard clearly by Zhou Guobin, who had already stepped inside from the courtyard.

He walked further into the house.

Yang Lijuan had roughly guessed that Zhou Guobin went out for a smoke. Giving him a displeased look, she demanded, "Where did you go?!"

"I just went out for a stroll."

Zhou Guobin replied evenly. Thinking about what had just happened outside, he ultimately could not keep it to himself. He called out to Zhou Yuwen, who was washing dishes with Tao Tian and Lu Lin over there, "Wenwen, you should go out and take a look. Little Su and Xiao Jiang seem to have started fighting."

"?" Zhou Guobin's words caused all three of them to immediately look up.

"You are joking, right?"

Zhou Yuwen was completely speechless as he said this. 'How long has it been since they last saw each other, and they are already fighting?' he thought.

Yang Lijuan was also taken aback.

Then, everyone hurried outside.

Outside, Su Qing was holding her flushed, slapped cheek with a look of utter disbelief. "You hit me?"

"You dare to hit me?!"

"You asked for it!" Jiang Xinyi's eyes were also red at this point. She glared straight at Su Qing and snapped, "Since your mother did not teach you properly, I will do it!"

"What do you think you are to teach me?!"

Su Qing instantly flared up, bearing her fangs and brandishing her claws. It was not her first time fighting with Zheng Yanyan, so since the other party struck first, how could Su Qing possibly take it lying down? She lunged forward without a second thought.

However, at that exact moment, Zhou Yuwen and the others all rushed out.

Seizing the opportunity, Zheng Yanyan grabbed Su Qing's waist from behind and yelled, "Su Qing, do not do anything impulsive!"

"Get lost!"

Su Qing failed to hit Jiang Xinyi but refused to give up. She directly grabbed Jiang Xinyi's clothes, pulling the fabric toward herself, and then reached out to grab Jiang Xinyi's neck.

Jiang Xinyi was so delicate and pampered. With just a few rough tugs, her neck was already scratched red by Su Qing.

Jiang Xinyi had slapped Su Qing a moment ago out of pure, desperate anger.

But in terms of actual combat power, she was definitely no match for Su Qing. Seeing Su Qing like this now gave her quite a fright.

Fortunately, Zhou Yuwen arrived just in time.

"Are you done or not?!" Zhou Yuwen roared.

His voice instantly shocked the scene into stillness, and he hurried over.

The first thing he checked was Jiang Xinyi's neck. Seeing the red marks, he asked gently, "Are you alright?"

Jiang Xinyi shook her head. At this moment, she truly was feeling wronged.

Zhou Yuwen turned to glance at Su Qing, feeling somewhat helpless. How many times had this happened already?

Ever since they had divorced, every time he got into a relationship...

Su Qing always seemed to act like this, fighting all the way from the bedroom to the study room.

She had to declare sovereignty over every single one of his partners like this.

What on earth was she thinking?

Yet, facing Zhou Yuwen's gaze, Su Qing showed no fear whatsoever, simply glaring right back at him.

She felt that Zhou Yuwen owed her an explanation!

Looking at the red slap mark on Su Qing's face, Zhou Yuwen could not bear to say anything too harsh. He just asked her, feeling rather speechless, "What exactly are you trying to do?"

"Let go of me!"

Su Qing was very uncompromising at this moment, firmly shoving away Zheng Yanyan, who was still holding her back.

She felt that the current Zheng Yanyan was purely gloating over her misfortune!

In fact, Su Qing hated Zheng Yanyan so much that her teeth ground together.

She felt she had done it intentionally.

What kind of skill was holding her back?

'Why didn't you join me in tearing into Jiang Xinyi!'

After pushing Zheng Yanyan away, Su Qing finally shot a sharp glare at Zhou Yuwen.

She demanded, "So you finally know how to show your face?"

"What did you say back then?"

"I shouldn't have been indulging you like this. I admit, it was my fault when we separated back then, so when you found women—one after another—did I say anything to you? Zhou Yuwen, I never expected you to be so insatiable! Count for yourself, which number is this one?" With red eyes, Su Qing casually pointed at Zheng Yanyan, Tao Tian, and even Lu Lin one by one. At this time, Tao Tian and Lu Lin were standing together with Zhou Yuwen's parents.

Because of this gesture, it was hard for the others to understand what she meant.

"It is one thing for you to play around with women outside, but you actually brought this woman home?"

"She is old enough to be your mother!"

"And you are making her your girlfriend?"

"Do you not find it embarrassing?"

Su Qing directly confronted Zhou Yuwen, getting right in his face in front of his parents.

Only Su Qing would dare to do such a thing, because both of them were Reborn Persons.

Zhou Yuwen was somewhat displeased. "How am I being embarrassing? Does whatever I do have anything to do with you?"

"?"

Su Qing froze, looking at Zhou Yuwen in disbelief. "Say that one more time?"

Zhou Yuwen knew that Su Qing was a little unhinged, but he felt that many things truly needed to be clarified. He said, "I made it very clear when we broke up before. What do you mean by indulging me?"

"Starting from Yan Yan, every girlfriend I have found has been perfectly justified. Does it have anything to do with you?"

These few short sentences left Su Qing's eyes brimming with absolute disbelief.

"What are you saying?"

"What kind of magic potion has this woman fed you?!"

"You are abandoning even me for her?"

Su Qing looked completely incredulous. She even wanted to reach out and check if Zhou Yuwen was running a fever.

'Are you out of your mind?'

But Zhou Yuwen dodged her hand.

Outside the villa at night, the lighting was not that good as the two stood facing each other.

Zhou Yuwen stated, "I have always been clear-headed."

"The one making unreasonable scenes has always been you."

His voice was not loud when he said this.

"?"

Su Qing paused, looking at Zhou Yuwen once more.

Amidst the shifting interplay of light and shadow, Zhou Yuwen averted his eyes.

In that instant, it was as if Su Qing had just understood.

But it also felt as if she should have understood long ago.

Su Qing's voice was already becoming somewhat indistinct.

It sounded as though she was asking a question she lacked the confidence to voice.

"I have one last question for you..."

"Ask."

Su Qing remained silent for a moment. "After we decided to divorce, did you never intend to remarry me?"

Zhou Yuwen said nothing, simply lowering his head.

At this moment, Su Qing finally understood.

Two tears spilled from her eyes.

"I know now," she whispered.

After saying that, she added nothing more. She just turned around and walked away.

This time, it was truly over.

"Su Qing!"

Zheng Yanyan was done watching the drama unfold. Originally, she thought she would be thrilled, but when Su Qing tearfully asked Zhou Yuwen that final question...

Zheng Yanyan found herself feeling entirely dazed.

However, at that moment, the words 'divorce' and 'remarry' were no longer important.

What mattered was that sense of brokenness in Su Qing's expression, along with the pleading hidden within her despair. In that instant, for some unknown reason, Zheng Yanyan felt as if her heart had been struck by something, leaving her with an odd sensation.

Zhou Yuwen had not spoken.

Yet, somewhere in the unseen ether, Zheng Yanyan swore she heard a faint, 'No.'

It was a response Su Qing must have heard as well.

Suddenly, a faint feeling of grieving over the loss of a comrade rose within Zheng Yanyan.

Zhou Yuwen had made his choice. He chose Jiang Xinyi, who stood behind him.

Su Qing left, swaying as she walked.

She had nothing left to hold onto in this world.

Zheng Yanyan chased after her.

Lu Lin watched her two sisters walking further away. As she passed by Zhou Yuwen, she murmured that she was going to check on them, and then hurried after them as well.

Tao Tian, meanwhile, thought about going to get the car.

It was May.

The nights were still somewhat cold.

Zhou Guobin and Yang Lijuan stood side by side at the door, silently watching the scene unfold.

The atmosphere was inexplicably tinged with a deep sorrow.

No one knew exactly how it ended, but everyone was left in a gloomy mood afterward. At ten-thirty that night, Zhou Yuwen drove to take Jiang Xinyi home.

Jiang Xinyi's mood was a chaotic mess at first, but she was arguably the one in the best spirits among the group.

In her eyes, Su Qing had acted like an absolute lunatic just now.

She was very satisfied that Zhou Yuwen had stood in front of her to defend her.

However, Zhou Yuwen's persistent silence left her somewhat dissatisfied.

"What did Su Qing mean earlier when she asked you about getting a divorce and remarrying?" Sitting in the passenger seat, Jiang Xinyi could not resist asking.

Zhou Yuwen was somewhat absent-minded. Only after a long pause did he utter an "Oh" and reply, "We were pretty childish back in high school. We said we were going to get married, but later we had a falling out and said we were going to divorce."

"And then after that, it was about wanting to remarry."

Thinking about his past experiences with Su Qing, Zhou Yuwen felt it was childish, but also very strange, especially the expression Su Qing had worn.

He truly felt that Su Qing was putting an end to things for good.

Hearing this, Jiang Xinyi could not help but chuckle coldly. "As expected of a first love."

"How nice."

"You two even brought up getting married and divorcing. That makes me a second marriage."

"Jiang Xinyi, what do you mean by that?" Zhou Yuwen had been driving perfectly fine, simply wanting to get Jiang Xinyi home, but then she had to start speaking sarcastically to him.

Zhou Yuwen could not help but feel a surge of displeasure in his heart.

"What, am I not allowed to say it?"

Jiang Xinyi noticed that Zhou Yuwen actually still wanted to defend Su Qing. What kind of logic was this?

'Could you please be clear about your own status?'

"Do you have any idea that this 'ex-wife' of yours was pointing at my nose and cursing me just now? She even cursed my mother!" Jiang Xinyi was bottling up a stomach full of grievances herself.

Zhou Yuwen replied, "Did you not slap her as well?"

"Was I not supposed to slap her?" Jiang Xinyi retorted.

Filled with resentment, she declared, "Zhou Yuwen, I am truly very unhappy today!"

"Your parents came over, and as your girlfriend, it is unobjectionable for me to go over and host them."

"So what are all those ex-girlfriends of yours doing here?"

"I can ignore how you lived your life before, but you are already dating me now. Do you think any normal woman could accept this?"

To think that Zhou Yuwen was actually angry! She had a belly full of grievances and had not lost her temper, so what right did he have to be angry?

"Then if you cannot accept it, we can break up," Zhou Yuwen stated coldly.

"?" Jiang Xinyi froze, staring at Zhou Yuwen in utter disbelief. "Zhou Yuwen, what did you just say?"

Zhou Yuwen pulled the car over to the side of the road. His thoughts were crystal clear now. "I said, if you cannot accept it, then we can break up."