291: Lu Yu: What if it was me?

The office wasn't soundproof. Jiang Fei didn't know how long Lu Yu had been standing outside and asked tentatively, "When did you arrive?"

Her teammates couldn't have heard everything, could they?

Jiang Fei felt inexplicably awkward.

Lu Yu answered naturally, "Just arrived."

"I had Uncle Jiang and the others take Xiao Shi home. The temperature suddenly dropped again, so I came to bring you a jacket."

Jiang Fei was relieved and put on the jacket Lu Yu handed her. "Let's go."

Before leaving, Lu Yu turned his head and glanced at Mu Qingzhou, who had come out.

His gaze was cold, sending a chill down Mu Qingzhou's spine.

Mu Qingzhou's clear eyes were full of confusion.

Why was he so fierce?

Wasn't he friendly yesterday???

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Lu Yu's car had been driven away by Su Liuyuan.

When Jiang Fei and the others came to Yucai Academy earlier, they only drove one minivan.

The car keys were with Jiang Fei. Su Liuyuan and the others wanted to go home, so they could only drive Lu Yu's car first.

After getting the keys from Jiang Fei, Lu Yu got in and started the car, driving towards Fenglin Villa District.

Recalling the conversation he had overheard at the office door, he unconsciously tightened his grip on the steering wheel.

Whether it was Mu Qingzhou or anyone else.

He couldn't imagine the scene of that person holding hands with his neighbor.

It turned out that his feelings for his neighbor had already changed.

Fortunately, his neighbor rejected Mu Qingzhou.

But what if a second Mu Qingzhou appeared in the future?

Would his neighbor still refuse?

If he were the one confessing today... would his neighbor also refuse?

Lu Yu was agitated and couldn't help but blurt out, "What if it were me today?"

Jiang Fei looked at Lu Yu, puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Did his teammate mean the confession, or... Lu Yu's mind raced, and he said, feigning calm, "If I went missing, would you look for me too?"

His neighbor wasn't in the mood for romance right now; he didn't want to trouble her.

"Yes," Jiang Fei replied without hesitation, then teased Lu Yu, "Have you forgotten who found you when you went missing during the sandstorm before?"

"It was you. I almost forgot."

Lu Yu chuckled, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes.

His neighbor was truly slow in some aspects.

Little did she know, after Jiang Fei returned home, she kept thinking about the question he had asked in the car.

She always felt that her teammate wasn't asking about going missing.

But a confession... that was impossible.

After all, her teammate had already made his intentions clear.

Feeling a bit annoyed by her thoughts, Jiang Fei simply went into the Supermarket to practice flying a helicopter, completely unaware that her emotions had been affected by Lu Yu.

After practicing a few times, Jiang Fei put this little incident out of her mind.

But a tiny seed had been planted in her heart, and she didn't know when it would sprout.

Early the next morning.

Jiang Fei drove with Su Liuyuan and the others to Ping An Small Mall, waiting for news from Mu Qingzhou.

Jiang Zhengkang brought Jiang Xiaoshi with him.

Until Xiao Xuan's matter was resolved, he couldn't send Jiang Xiaoshi back to Yucai Academy to suffer grievances.

After taking the new special medicine to prevent colds and getting a good night's sleep yesterday, Jiang Xiaoshi had regained his usual energy today and actively took a rag to wipe the shelves.

Approaching noon.

Mu Qingzhou arrived by car.

"Miss Jiang, please take Xiao Shi with me to the Base Leader's office now."

"I've already found the witnesses. You just need to go through the process, and then Kong Sumei and Xiao Xuan will apologize to you."

As soon as Su Liuyuan heard that Kong Sumei would be there, he immediately ran over, "Captain, I'm coming too."

Han Yang: "Count me in!"

Yao Jin: "And me!"

Their thoughts were all pretty similar—

Find an opportunity to beat up Kong Sumei.

That brat also needed to be taught a lesson.

Xiao Shi couldn't be bullied for nothing.

Guessing everyone's intentions, Jiang Fei nodded in agreement.

They closed Ping An Small Mall early and drove together to the central building.

Led by Mu Qingzhou, Jiang Fei and the others arrived at the Base Leader's office.

Inside the room sat two children, eight or nine years old, and a strange middle-aged man.

They were Jiang Xiaoshi's classmate and the Yucai Academy's cafeteria chef, the witnesses Mu Qingzhou had found.

Cheng Pingwei, sitting at the desk, raised a hand to cover a yawn.

Last night, Mu Qingzhou came to his house and told him to investigate the matter of Xiao Xuan bullying Jiang Xiaoshi at Yucai Academy within 24 hours.

He also had other official business to attend to, so he had to stay up all night.

His parents died early, and this was his only younger brother and relative. What could he do?

It wasn't easy being an older brother.

Noticing that all the employees of Ping An Small Mall had come, Cheng Pingwei asked in surprise, "Qingzhou, didn't I only ask you to pick up Jiang Fei and Jiang Xiaoshi?"

Mu Qingzhou: "They saw Xiao Shi being bullied yesterday, so they can all be witnesses."

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldier led Kong Sumei and Xiao Xuan in.

Xiao Xuan was about the same age as Jiang Xiaoshi, but he was more than a head taller and as fat as a meatball.

It was clear that he hadn't lacked nutrition even after the apocalypse.

Cheng Pingwei waved his hand, signaling the soldier to leave, and looked at Kong Sumei. "Did you know that Xiao Xuan locked Jiang Xiaoshi in the Yucai Academy's underground cold storage last night?"

Kong Sumei's eyes flickered.

Of course, she knew.

It was she who told her child to bully Jiang Xiaoshi.

Jiang Fei had caused her sister to be expelled from the base and had swindled so much gold from her. She didn't dare to retaliate against Jiang Fei, but couldn't she teach the people of Ping An a lesson?

It was a pity she didn't kill Jiang Xiaoshi.

If he had died, there wouldn't be so much trouble.

Naturally, she couldn't say that out loud. Kong Sumei pretended to be surprised:

"Yesterday, Jiang Xiaoshi fainted from heatstroke, and Xiao Xuan kindly took him to the infirmary and left. He never went to the cold storage at all."

"Xiao Shi himself was playing around and ran off. What does that have to do with my Xiao Xuan?"

Seeing Kong Sumei brazenly lying, Jiang Zhengkang was about to question her angrily when Cao Xiuhong suddenly rushed over.

Slap—!

A hard slap landed on Kong Sumei's face, and Cao Xiuhong fiercely grabbed her hair.

"Your child almost killed our child, and you have the nerve to say it has nothing to do with him?!"

"It hurts! Let go of me!" Kong Sumei flailed her arms and legs, wrestling with Cao Xiuhong.

Su Liuyuan and the others quickly went to help Aunt Cao.

They kicked and punched Kong Sumei, but their mouths said:

"Oh dear, don't hit her anymore, stop quickly."

"Don't hit my Aunt Cao! She's not well!"

"We're trying to break up the fight, how can you hit us? You're being completely unreasonable!"

Yao Jin took the opportunity to pull Xiao Xuan, who was nearby, into the fray and kicked him.

Su Liuyuan, Jiang Zhengkang, and the others also joined in.

They beat both the mother and son.

They weren't people who respected the old and cherished the young.

Whoever bullied them, they would beat.

The scene became chaotic.

Jiang Fei didn't participate; she just let Jiang Xiaoshi watch how everyone was getting revenge for him.

Mu Qingzhou, meanwhile, hid by Cheng Pingwei's side, staring blankly at everything.

The people of Ping An were so fierce.

Bang—!

Cheng Pingwei slammed the table and stood up, his voice stern:

"Everyone stop! Or you'll all be thrown in jail!"

Su Liuyuan and the others instantly stopped, returning to their original positions.

Kong Sumei was beaten black and blue, weakly lying on the ground, protecting Xiao Xuan beneath her.

Xiao Xuan was in slightly better condition, but he had lost a front tooth and was crying with snot and tears streaming down his face.

"Don't hit my mom anymore... I'll tell you everything..."

"My mom told me to bully Jiang Xiaoshi... She said everyone from Ping An should die..."

"My mom also told me to kill Jiang Xiaoshi whenever I had the chance... That way she could get revenge on Jiang Fei..."

Kong Sumei almost fainted when she heard this.

What was this unlucky brat saying?!