74: Complete break

"Xinyao, listen to my advice. This kind of person is not good. Let's stay away from him."

Provoked by Shen Qian, Wu Gao stepped forward to pull Liu Xinyao, but he was glared at by the girl, who then naturally stepped back half a pace.

"Wu Gao, why are you still here? Are you stalking me!?"

The girl's sudden questioning froze Wu Gao's expression.

"Regardless of whether Shen Qian is a scumbag or not, he is my friend. What's wrong with me having a meal with a friend? Can't I?"

"What is our relationship? We are just neighbors. You are neither my brother nor my Boyfriend, yet you are stalking me now!"

"You call Shen Qian a scumbag and tell me to stay away from such a person. Then what kind of person are you? A stalker?"

"Someone saw you and kindly invited you to eat together, but you came up cursing and accusing. Wu Gao, when did you become like this?"

His reasoning was so well-articulated that even Shen Qian felt his scalp tingle. Indeed, when a woman decides to turn the tables, she can find any angle, no matter how absurd.

"I didn't, Xinyao, I—I wasn't stalking you. It was Old Zhao. He said he saw you here and wanted to check if you were waiting for someone."

Originally, Shen Qian felt a bit sorry for this simp brother, but pushing his friend out the moment trouble arose showed he was truly not much of a man. In that light, a man being a simp and losing all dignity was the least of his problems.

Old Zhao next to him was stunned. He clearly hadn't expected this guy to throw him under the bus. It was true he suggested waiting, but was he doing it for his own sake?

"Damn this guy! No wonder the girl doesn't choose you. If it were me, I wouldn't choose you either!"

Old Zhao cursed silently.

"Even if he suggested it, so what? You didn't stop him either? Wu Gao, you have truly disappointed me. Go away, we shouldn't contact each other anymore."

"Xinyao, these are minor issues, it's not worth it."

With things said to this extent, if Shen Qian didn't deliver the finishing blow, his scumbag System would have been wasted.

[You acted like a green tea to provoke the distance between the simp and the mistress. Your behavior meets the scumbag standard. Reward is being issued...]

"I don't need you to play the good guy here!"

Wu Gao moved to shove Shen Qian, unable to take it anymore. He had to teach this bastard a lesson today.

But the moment his wrist extended, Shen Qian clamped down on it, followed by a smooth joint lock.

"Brother, let's just talk, no need for physical contact. Things are already ugly enough; why cause a scene in Broad Daylight?"

Shen Qian said, then released his grip and pushed Wu Gao away.

"Let's go, Old Wu, let's not make a scene here." Old Zhao, standing nearby, quickly stepped in to mediate. Although Wu Gao was acting disgracefully, he was, after all, a brother from the same dorm; causing too much trouble outside wasn't good.

"What scene! It's all your fault! If you hadn't insisted on waiting here, how would things have turned out like this!"

Shen Qian couldn't watch anymore and could only look toward Liu Xinyao.

"Shall we still go eat?"

"Let's go, ignore him."

The girl was furious. Wu Gao had humiliated Shen Qian so badly in public; how could she pursue Shen Qian later? He was just causing trouble. Therefore, the further away from him, the better, right now.

"Xinyao, don't go with him! He's not a good person!"

Liu Xinyao wanted to leave, but Wu Gao had already caused such a scene that he couldn't possibly give up. He rushed forward again, attempting to grab Liu Xinyao.

If a man goes mad, it's quite difficult for others to stop him. Shen Qian initially intended to intervene but was beaten to it; Wu Gao managed to grab Liu Xinyao's wrist.

"Wu Gao, let go! You're hurting me!"

"Xinyao, I won't let go! You can't go with him, he's not a good person, he's a scumbag!"

"Let go of me! So what if he's a scumbag? I like him, and I want to be with him."

As soon as Liu Xinyao said this, Wu Gao looked as if he had been struck by lightning. He looked at Liu Xinyao in disbelief, and tears actually welled up in his eyes.

But he didn't know that his heartfelt tears looked exceptionally disgusting in the eyes of the woman.

"Xinyao, we are Childhood Sweethearts. We grew up together. You even said you would marry me when you were little. Haven't I been good enough to you? You'd rather be with this scumbag and not even look at me!"

"So what if we're Childhood Sweethearts? Does that mean we have to be together?"

"In the end, this is just your wishful thinking. Shen Qian and I are just going out to eat; what right do you have to stop me? Even if we weren't going to eat, but to a Hotel Room, you still wouldn't have the right to stop me!"

Wu Gao suddenly raised his hand high, and as a slap was about to land, Shen Qian quickly pulled Liu Xinyao into his embrace.

"How can you be like this! You're trying to hit someone! You want to hit a woman—you're a complete lunatic!"

Jiang Yun, who had been nearby without a chance to speak, immediately spoke up now and pushed Wu Gao away.

Old Zhao beside him breathed a sigh of relief. If that slap had landed, the two of them would likely have ended up at the police station today.

"Bitch, Bitch!"

Wu Gao suddenly started cursing furiously.

"What friends? I think you've been kept! You Bitch! Is it because he has money that you're with him, even if he has other Girlfriends, right?"

"Putting on airs of purity with me, but you've probably been played around with everywhere else. You think I'm an idiot? You think I don't know anything? You two got together the night before school started, didn't you!"

"But at that time, you couldn't accept that he had other Girlfriends, so you came back to me, using me as a spare tire!"

"Ptooey! I don't want Trash like you anymore either!"

"I'm going to tell your parents, tell all the neighbors and folks what kind of Trash you really are!!!"

Shen Qian watched the frenzied Wu Gao. By acting this way, he had completely burned all bridges. But then again, based on what Wu Gao said, after years of being a simp, he finally thought he could reap the rewards in college, only to find he had no chance. Of course, he would go crazy.

"Say whatever you want. For years, your parents have been joking around, saying I was your future wife. I've heard that for so many years, I'm sick of it!"

"And you, what right did you have to assume I was yours? You kept saying you loved me, but you never cared about what I actually wanted. You don't know what kind of person I like. I don't just like rich people; I like romance, I like talent. But what about you? You only ever said you loved me, that you wanted what was best for me, and so on and so forth."

"You desperately tried to change me, to mold me into the Virtuous Wife and Loving Mother you envisioned, but you never thought about changing yourself.

I told you, I don't crave immense wealth, but I cannot be mediocre.

Wu Gao, your arrogance over all these years has disgusted me. Whether you managed to land that slap or not, the relationship we built over so many years ends here."