"Ohh the lovebirds. It's so cute how you two are hanging on together despite the storm"
It was Wen Ting and her voice was dripping with malice. Fu Ling took note of her eyes filled with schadenfreude and basically confirmed the culprit of this incident.
Fu Ling took a few deep breaths to suppress the crazy anger in his heart and faced the ignorant girl squarely.
"What is wrong with you?"
With this one question the noisy voices stopped and everyone who came to watch the fun took random glances at each other. Seeing Fu Ling's cold expression they seemed to realize he was really angry this time.
Fu Ling looked at Wen Ting coldly and stepped forward causing Luo Xing Jie and his group of younger brothers to form a protective circle around her.
It seems like their relationship is progressing quite nicely. Looking at this scene, the anger in Fu Ling's heart was inexplicably dissolved and a teasing smile formed on his lips.
"If we are working with your reasoning then shouldn't the most suspicious person be your boyfriend? He has a bunch of lackeys surrounding him at all times. Compared to them, the relationship with you seems a bit pale in comparison doesn't it? I'm more inclined to believe you're just a cover up. A vanilla relationship? No.. that would mean you also have a female lover who you can't speak of. Or do you? We can never know these days."
The gazes of those watching became obscure and they seemed to feel like it makes sense. Compared to Gu Lian and Fu Ling who only recently started communicating with each other and Luo Xing Jie who was a well known playboy but had always surrounded himself with other boys, the latter was a lot more suspicious.
Wen Ting noticed their subtle eyes and exploded with anger.
"Fu Ling what the hell are you talking about? You can't just point fingers and accuse people indiscriminately"
Fu Ling said lightly
"Isn't that what you did? I was just making my own inferences based on your thought process. How did it become my fault?'
Wen Ting was rendered speechless and her face looked extremely ugly. The expression on Luo Xing Jie and those younger brothers wasn't that good to look at either.
Fu Ling shrugged innocently
"Isn't that what you said yourself? If a pair of good brothers can become lovers in your mouth how do we know you are not projecting? After all who would sit down and randomly think of something like this?"
Wen Ting couldn't find the words to defend herself for a moment. Obviously she did it just to discredit Fu Ling and Gu Lian how did it become like this? How come she's the one being suspected of being with a woman. And Luo Xing Jie.. she cast a covert glance at him and was not able to refute Fu Ling's words. He did treat those lackeys better than he treated her his girlfriend. Could it be..?
Luo Xing Jie had black limes on his forehead and before anyone could say more incriminating things against him, he dragged Wen Ting away, not without glaring at Fu Ling fiercely.
Fu Ling responded with a smile which only added to his anger. Fu Ling had not wanted to purposely go against these two people and had avoided any altercations with either of them but in the end, they were still forced to this point. He didn't have any delusions on peace. With their petty character, they were already enemies. Since they already tore their faces, there was no need for him to accommodate them. Just because he would rather live peacefully doesn't mean he is unable to protect himself. It's just a bit more troublesome.
The younger brothers looked at themselves in confusion and could only go after Luo Xing Jie hesitantly.
When the onlooking crows saw there was nothing interesting to watch anymore, they slowly dispersed and soon it was just Fu Ling and Gu Lian again.
Fu Ling cleared his throat and smiled wryly
"I'm sorry you got involved in this whole thing. You can choose to stay away from me, I won't resent you"
He came here to watch the fun and be a background character, not ruin others' lives. Even if he doesn't know how Chaos ended in the original world line, he's sure something like this much have never happened. His interference has only brought trouble to a person he had come to consider a friend.
Gu Lian paused slightly
"I don't mind. I'm not one to pay attention to other people's words and you don't seem to be that kind of person either. We both know what the truth is. As for everyone else, they can say whatever they want to."
Fu Ling smiled. There was a sense of relief he didn't even notice himself.
"That's good.
They walked back to class side by side. There were whispers. News about what happened earlier had spread. Everyone was discussing the possibly of Luo Xing Jie being bent now.
Wei Hong Yi rushed over the moment they took their seats.
"Are you guys okay? I was in the teaching building when everything happened. I didn't hear about it until I came in."
I hummed softly
"It's all okay."
When Fu Ling went back after school, the atmosphere was glum. It seemed like there was a layer of dark clouds covering the house. Fu Ling ignored everything and went upstairs.
He had his bath and habitually picked up a book to read when a sharp piercing pain in his head made him fling it away. He bent down clutching his head and maintained that position for a few minutes before the pain reduced.
Fu Ling slowly stood up from his bending position and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes. He looked at the book on the floor and had a faint guess in his heart.
He had always had too many things to do and never had enough time to really think about the lingering headaches he got whenever he started reading and attributed it to an old problem of the original body. Thinking about it now, it may be a lot more complicated than that.
Fu Ling made up his mind and went to the main bedroom knocking loudly.