A conflict was quietly resolved by the sudden arrival of Qin Xu, and Chen Luo was naturally pushed to the sidelines. Everyone’s eyes toward him were filled with mockery. A useless guy who couldn’t even protect his own girlfriend!
“Brother Luo…” Su Panyue looked at Chen Luo nervously, her heart full of resentment toward Zhu Wenwu and Qin Xu.
“As long as you’re okay, that’s enough.” Chen Luo squeezed Su Panyue’s hand gently, signaling her not to overthink, while his gaze locked onto Qin Xu.
Qin Xu… the top-ranked student of Qinghe High School’s senior year, the one with the highest chance of getting into Qinghua or Beida—a true academic genius. In the previous life, he had been pursuing Su Panyue persistently, even going as far as using coercive methods. Chen Luo remembered clearly, it was when Qin Xu tried to force himself on Su Panyue that she came to him crying.
At that time, he had carelessly said something that angered Jiang Kewei. She blocked him, and he was already overwhelmed trying to deal with that. Faced with Su Panyue’s plea for help, he had no mental space to handle it and ended up saying something utterly stupid—telling her to just be with Qin Xu.
What Su Panyue’s reaction was, he no longer remembered clearly. He only recalled that the next day, the entire Qin family vanished from Jiangcheng. Rumors spread that the Qin family had offended Su Panyue and were retaliated against.
Chen Luo had found the whole thing baffling back then. If Su Panyue had the means to resolve it, why did she come to him at all?
Thinking back now, she probably just wanted to see if she held any place in his heart… but he let her down.
“Panyue, don’t worry. He won’t get another chance to disturb you again.”
Zhu Wenwu had tactfully left with his people, and Qin Xu strode over, casting a few provocative glances at Chen Luo. “You’re that Chen Luo from Grade 1? I heard you got full marks in the high school entrance exam. I actually thought you had some ability. But you dropped out right after the semester started. What, were those test scores faked? Afraid your real level would be exposed, so you came up with this little stunt?”
“Qin Xu!” Su Panyue’s face turned icy, and a flicker of killing intent surfaced in her eyes.
“Xiaoyue, don’t stoop to his level,” Chen Luo held Su Panyue back and turned to her with a gentle voice, “The school anniversary is about to begin. Let’s go check if the dress is ready.”
Su Panyue’s mood instantly brightened, “Okay!”
Seeing the cold, aloof girl reveal such a cute expression in front of Chen Luo, Qin Xu’s face twisted in rage. Why him? Why could Chen Luo have this?
All the shops on this street were closely packed, and when he saw Chen Luo taking Su Panyue into a tailor shop, Qin Xu revealed a sinister smile.
He had heard Su Panyue signed up for the school celebration event. Never thought Chen Luo would bring her to such a shabby little place to get her outfit. Looked like his chance to shine had come. Find the original chapter at novelping dot com.
Qin Xu dialed his cousin’s number, “Cousin, aren’t you working abroad? Can you check what kind of dresses girls are wearing there? Pick a few nice ones and send them to me. Make it fast.”
After receiving a positive response, Qin Xu hung up. He felt a surge of confidence. Imported dresses—only he could get his hands on those. What did Chen Luo have to compete with him?
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After being told the dress would be ready by Sunday, Chen Luo left the shop with Su Panyue.
Right after they left, Lin Mengyao, who had been secretly watching from across the street, let out a scornful snort, “I thought he was something impressive. Turns out all he knows is how to show off. If Qin Xu hadn’t arrived in time today, did he really think he could walk away with Su Panyue like nothing happened?”
“Back at school, you really shouldn’t have given him so much face. Without his dad, Chen Luo is nothing.”
Zhou Tian didn’t say anything. He stood at the door silently, smoking a cigarette, a bit regretful himself. If he had known Chen Luo was this easy to bully, he wouldn’t have backed down that day.