CHAPTER 20: CHAPTER 20 HOUSE DEMOLITION

There was a silence, Sui Yi glanced at him, "Thank you for letting me know."

"It’s nothing... Actually, it’s just last night, thank you for... saving me," the young man said awkwardly, scratching his head, his speech halting. The black T-shirt he wore bore stains that seemed like they could never be washed off.

"It’s nothing, it was due to my fault as well..." Sui Yi remembered that this young man was the one who had tried to harass her that night, but had inadvertently been hit by a lethal counterattack from her. She hadn’t expected him to come over to personally say thanks.

Not inherently bad, after all.

"I didn’t know where you had gone before, I thought if nothing had happened to you, you must have come to class... I was waiting outside the campus, luckily I waited... Do you want to come back with us? We could all talk it over, figure out a place to go, or at least, we could help you move. Also, I was drunk that night... a bit messed up..."

"Aren’t you a mess even when you don’t drink?" Sui Yi’s words made the young man’s face stiffen.

It seemed like he used to harass Sui Yi... it’s just that she had never bothered with him.

A bit uneasily, he added a sentence: "Anyway, we’re all idle, might as well make up for it..."

"No need, I don’t have much stuff... I’ll go back later," Sui Yi said, then turned around and walked towards Yhan Qingwu and the others.

While Sui Yi and that local youth were having a low conversation together, the situation at Yu Hang’s side was also not calm, chatting noisily. The topic was almost one-sided, nothing more than whispering about Sui Yi’s association with local thugs...

But when Sui Yi walked over, those people didn’t dare to speak anymore.

Zhang Yang’s expression was somewhat somber; he recognized the young man—Li Jingyan.

Nickname, Brother Jing.

They were school bullies, but he was a real thug, the kind you could trust your life with.

Getting involved with such people...

Sui Yi, Sui Yi, even jumping into the Huangpu River won’t wash this clean now.

Zhang Yang sneered.

However, under everyone’s eyes, Sui Yi walked over without looking at these people, only looking towards Yhan Qingwu.

She clipped the pen onto the cover of her book,"Your gift, I owe it to you. If in the future you still wish to receive it."

After speaking, she said to Yu Hang, "There’s no need to waste time, if you want to find a martial arts master, I suggest you go to Hengdian."

Yu Hang’s face turned both pale and flushed with anger towards Sui Yi, but she had already turned around and left with Li Jingyan and others without looking back.

The students’ noisy discussions then intensified, their faces displaying various expressions.

A few girls approached Yhan Qingwu, chattering and suggesting that Yhan Qingwu change her desk mate...

"Qing Wu, if you feel awkward to say it, we can go to the head teacher. How can you sit with such people!"

The girls were particularly noisy; a young man, pushing an Anta mountain bike, came up to her from the school gate, frowning, with his slightly unkempt and depressed short hair flying about, his handsome brows furrowed, his eyes full of gentleness, saying softly, "Qing Wu, I will speak to my father about this... If you prefer, you could also join my class, your grades wouldn’t be affected wherever you go, or else get such a person out of your sight..."

His casual words carried an indescribable confidence!

This young man silently exhibited the superiority of the school’s high buildings and a sense of control over others’ fate.

The bicycle he pushed, one wheel could offset the tuition Sui Yi owed...

And he, this handsome young man, whom people like Ye Anan silently adored and admired, was now humbly speaking low just for Yhan Qingwu’s sake.

Yhan Qingwu’s slender fingers gently fiddled with the ballpoint pen in her hand, then clipped it into the pocket on the back of her backpack,

"No need, this is fine."

She could understand Sui Yi’s indifference toward these people since they were innocent and were merely expressing the most genuine touch of society with their simplest emotions. Language, sometimes, is the most fragile force.

Sui Yi was clearly not the type to explain himself to others, especially to those he didn’t care much about.

Ponytails lightly fluttering, her slender legs stepped over the dusty concrete ground, moving toward the bus station.

She just left their sight like that.

Han Yuanchong watched her back with a bit of obsession but ultimately refused to lose face by catching up, because he had failed before and would not allow himself to be embarrassed again.

He smiled gently at other girls and suavely mounted his bicycle, glancing toward the gloomy Yu Hang. Han Yuanchong smiled, half-mocking, "Yu Hang, although school just started, I really hope you can surpass me in the exam next month~~"

He paused, then laughed, "But obviously your mind is already elsewhere... such a peculiar taste."

Taste? Was he referring to Yu Hang taking the initiative to get along with Sui Yi?

People’s expressions became odd, with some laughter, some cursing, and some indifferent gossip.

And none of them noticed, across from the school at the corner, a Volkswagen silently merged into the traffic.

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On the outskirts of Nanxun Town, although the greening was not bad and the Nanxun River quietly flowed by, it belonged to a corner that was officially planned but temporarily forgotten. A somewhat yellowish, ancient residential building just lay desolately amidst the overgrown wild grass, looking particularly lonely and cold.

As Sui Yi followed Li Jingyan and the others closer to the residential building, looking around, there was a panicky and decayed atmosphere, both upstairs and downstairs. Many people had pale faces and seemed in poor spirits.

Even the children were shy and dared not frolic about.

Sui Yi frowned; she wasn’t familiar with these people, even though she had lived here for over two years, seeing such a scene was still upsetting.

However, it wasn’t appropriate to say anything in this situation, especially since she wasn’t a very warm person.

So she said nothing.

Li Jingyan paused as he watched Sui Yi stop for a moment then walked upstairs as usual, feeling somewhat sorrowful, he couldn’t help wanting a cigarette.

"Brother Jing, what are we going to do later?"

These young men, most of them had family here. Although they mingled and weren’t exactly good people, they still felt uncertain about the future.

Nanxun Town wasn’t big, but it wasn’t small either. How could it not accommodate them?

"Don’t know... for now, we can only move out of here," Li Jingyan exhaled a puff of smoke, shrouding his eyes.

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By the time Sui Yi reached the seventh floor, she ran into Old Lady Wang dragging a cardboard box upstairs on the third floor. She was Sui Yi’s neighbor, and her family of five had been living in a shack-like room for nearly ten years.

She was old and struggled to carry the load, but she kept dragging it.

Sui Yi reached out to grab a corner of the box, stuffing her books and uniform directly inside. Before Old Lady Wang could react, she had already lifted the old woman’s body. "Let me do it... "

"Ah... is that you, Sui Girl..." Old Lady Wang’s eyesight wasn’t very good, but she recognized Sui Yi as she came closer. Before she could say anything, Sui Yi, neither too gently nor too roughly, dragged her up to the seventh floor.

Huh, strange, the previously frail girl, why was she so strong today?

After delivering her next door, Sui Yi walked silently to her own door.

The door was still open, having not been closed in a hurry that night, and the inside was very messy... A lot of things were missing.

She knew it would be like this.

Sui Yi sighed softly and touched her forehead as she walked in.