CHAPTER 346: CHAPTER 345: FOR THE ETERNAL SUPREMACY OF STARS HE’S JADE +5

Peng Rui’s face was flushed red, staring at Shi Yang, and she blurted out, "Who says you can’t get back together after breaking up? I’m divorced now, I’m single, Chaozi isn’t married, why can’t we be together?"

Peng Rui, embarrassed and angry, spoke without thinking.

Shi Yang looked at her coldly, "Why, don’t you know?"

Peng Rui’s eyes were frighteningly red, as if countless hands were tearing at her heart, pulling her in different directions.

The meaning in Shi Yang’s words couldn’t be clearer: because she had once abandoned Qu Chaozong for wealth, because she had married and then divorced, because her intentions weren’t pure and her feelings insincere, she was no longer worthy of Qu Chaozong.

Peng Rui bit her lower lip hard with her upper teeth, until a faint metallic taste filled her mouth, then she suddenly let go. She looked at Shi Yang, "I have an appointment with a friend, the place is quite close, just a few steps away, you go on ahead, thank you for today."

After saying that, Peng Rui quickly turned and walked away, in the opposite direction that Qu Chaozong had left, her steps hurried and chaotic, her shoulders slightly trembling, clearly struggling to suppress emotions on the verge of breaking out.

Shi Yang watched Peng Rui walk away into the distance before pulling out his phone to call Qu Chaozong.

When the call went through, Shi Yang said, "I’m still at the police station entrance, Peng Rui has left, come back and pick me up."

Qu Chaozong paused for a moment and then swore, "Damn!... Wait up!"

Shi Yang hung up the phone, then remembered the message he had sent to Zhao Meimei earlier. He glanced at it; Zhao Meimei hadn’t replied.

Shi Yang held his phone and dialed, the call rang for a long time before being answered.

Just as Shi Yang was about to speak, a strange male voice suddenly came from the phone, "Hello, hi."

Shi Yang was taken aback and asked, "I’m looking for Zhao Meimei, who is this?"

The other person responded politely, "Oh, Meimei’s not here. Are you her brother?"

Shi Yang paused, not answering directly, "Who are you?"

The other person politely said, "Oh, hello, I’m her friend."

Shi Yang took a deep breath, his voice calm, "Are you guys out somewhere?"

The other person said, "Ah, yes, is there a message I can pass on?"

Shi Yang frowned, "You’re a friend of Meimei’s, right?"

He quickly tried to recall any male classmates Zhao Meimei had mentioned, suddenly realizing that ever since Zhao Meimei started college, their communication seemed to have been less and less.

He was busy with work every day, and Zhao Meimei had her studies and life, and when they were together, aside from being intimate, they only talked about generic topics.

When did it start that Zhao Meimei no longer shared trivial daily matters with him, and the time he focused on Zhao Meimei began to shorten more and more?

Shi Yang probed, "Ah, I remember now, you’re that male classmate Meimei always talks about, right?"

The other person paused for a moment, somewhat surprised, "Meimei... mentioned me at home?"

Shi Yang responded, "Yeah, you’re called... uh..."

The other person said, "My name is Dong Wenjie."

Shi Yang suddenly realized, "Ah, right, Dong Wenjie, it must be you. You and my Meimei are pretty close, aren’t you?"

Dong Wenjie, with his gaze on Zhao Meimei, who was choosing seafood with Peng Hui and Qian Simeng at the counter, smiled, "Yeah, pretty close. You’re her brother, right?"

Shi Yang asked, "How did you know?"

Dong Wenjie said, "She set it on her caller ID."

Shi Yang had never noticed this before, he asked, "Where are you guys now?"

Dong Wenjie said, "At a barbeque place."

Shi Yang breathed a sigh of relief, "Ah, okay then, you guys eat, I’ll hang up now."

Dong Wenjie politely asked, "When Meimei gets back, I’ll have her call you back."

Shi Yang said, "Okay."

After hanging up, Shi Yang’s expression gradually darkened, his mind wandering aimlessly until the blare of car horns brought him back. He then noticed that Qu Chaozong had already driven back.

Shi Yang went over and got in the car.

Qu Chaozong sat there with a gloomy face, gripping the steering wheel tightly.

Shi Yang was also silent, his head down, as each contemplated their own troubling thoughts.

As they reached Sanma Road, traffic was jammed, a long line of cars moving slowly.

"Damn!" Qu Chaozong punched the steering wheel in frustration.

Shi Yang lifted his eyelids and asked, "What exactly happened today?"

Qu Chaozong leaned back in the seat, took out a pack of cigarettes, drew one out, held it in his mouth, and lit it, tossing the pack and lighter to Shi Yang.

Exhaling a cloud of smoke, Qu Chaozong stretched his leg, thinking how this damn situation was driving him crazy...

He had gone to pick up the sales report from the store on the pedestrian street today. Just as he was backing out of a parking spot, he was blocked by a couple fighting fiercely.

At the time, the man was kicking the woman on the ground, and Qu Chaozong simply got out of the car to stop them because his way was blocked. Only when he got out did he recognize the man as Sun Yingyu, the woman being beaten was Peng Rui.

In Qu Chaozong’s dictionary, there’s no place for hitting women. A man must be cowardly and twisted to lay hands on someone inherently weaker like a woman. Qu Chaozong despises this kind of behavior deeply and inherently, especially when the person being beaten in front of him was Peng Rui.

He exploded with rage at that moment, rushed up a few steps, grabbed Sun Yingyu from behind, and directly pulled him off Peng Rui.

Sun Yingyu, already blinded by anger, didn’t even see who was separating them and swung a punch. Qu Chaozong blocked it mid-air, and in that moment Sun Yingyu recognized Qu Chaozong, pushed his temper, and the two began to scuffle.

The police were called by the onlookers, and Shi Yang knew the rest of the story.

After hearing this, Shi Yang found it absurdly funny, "Is this a coincidence?"

Qu Chaozong gave a bitter laugh, "Unless they planned to fight in front of my car, yes, it was a coincidence."

Shi Yang: "...Damn!"

Qu Chaozong closed his eyes slightly, murmuring, "I never thought Peng Rui would end up like this."

Shi Yang turned to him, "You’re not getting soft, are you?"

"It has nothing to do with being soft or hard..." Qu Chaozong cursed in a low voice, "Damn, I’m not an idiot!... Seeing her being bullied by that bastard Sun Yingyu, I couldn’t stand it, felt like I was being kicked instead. I mean, I always treated Peng Rui with such care back then! And now she’s being treated like a dog by that jerk, I can’t... I just can’t stomach it!"