CHAPTER 279: CHAPTER 279: HEARTBROKEN

"Tang Yue."

A strange yet familiar voice sounded.

Tang Yue’s footsteps quickened subconsciously.

"Tang Yue." Wu Xinming hurriedly chased after her, quickly stepping in front of Tang Yue.

"What do you want by blocking my way, classmate?" Tang Yue’s face was cold. The memories of her past life were slowly fading; she didn’t want to have anything to do with her past anymore. The him from before had made her crave that warmth, and now she just thought she was out of her mind back then.

She regretted not seeing Wu Xinming’s true colors sooner—he was scum, a wolf in sheep’s clothing, who had conspired with Xu Zhenzhen to plot against her.

He wanted to make money off her, yet he couldn’t part with Xu Zhenzhen. He was despicable to the core.

"I am Wu Xinming; we’ve met before." Wu Xinming pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, looking scholarly and polite as he said with a slight smile, "Congratulations, our Arts top scorer."

"Thank you." Tang Yue replied distantly, attempting to walk past him.

Wu Xinming had finally intercepted Tang Yue and was unwilling to let her go. Behind his glasses, Wu Xinming’s eyes seemed almost glued to Tang Yue as he said, "Tang Yue, we’re classmates. I just wanted to ask, which university do you plan to attend in the future?"

Wu Xinming tried to appear benevolent, calculating in his mind where Tang Yue decided to go, he would follow.

"That’s none of your business, is it?" Tang Yue had the urge to swear.

"Tang Yue, how can you say it doesn’t concern me? Although my grades aren’t as good as yours, I will definitely be able to attend a university." Wu Xinming looked at her with a lovelorn expression and said, "The first time I saw you, I thought you were beautiful, so if there’s a chance, if we choose the same university, we can look out for each other in a foreign place."

"No matter which university I go to, your grades definitely won’t get you into the same school as mine." Tang Yue ruthlessly retorted. Wu Xinming’s scores, at best, could get him into a second-tier university, which was leagues below hers.

Wu Xinming’s face changed. He didn’t expect Tang Yue to be so merciless, not leaving him any dignity as he said, "We could be in the same city, though."

"Why would I want to be in the same city as you? Are we close?" Tang Yue sneered, looking at Wu Xinming’s face; she finally understood why she was so foolish in her previous life. Wu Xinming was so shameless and daring; with that deeply infatuated act, he could easily deceive naive young girls.

"We’re not close now, but we could become close in the future." Wu Xinming persisted, seeing that the back entrance was empty. Suddenly, he reached forward to grab Tang Yue’s hand.

Tang Yue instinctively dodged, not wanting any physical contact with Wu Xinming.

Perhaps she dodged too quickly, and Tang Yue stumbled.

Wu Xinming was secretly delighted, thinking this was his chance. He pretended to be worried as he quickly moved towards Tang Yue, scheming in his heart. As he lunged for Tang Yue, wouldn’t he end up holding the beauty in his arms?

Even if they fell, he could argue that he was in a hurry and lost his footing. Either way, he would benefit from the situation.

Tang Yue gritted her teeth, thinking even if she fell, she would not let Wu Xinming touch her. The disgust in her eyes was so clear.

"Be careful."

A familiar voice sounded, which was already pleasant to hear, but at this moment, it was like the music of heaven. Tang Yue fell into a secure embrace as the familiar scent filled the air. His strong arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her back swiftly.

With a ’bang’, Wu Xinming had been ready to catch Tang Yue, but she was quickly pulled away by a man in a white shirt. Wu Xinming could not react in time and lunged into the air, crashing to the ground. His glasses fell off.

There was a clattering sound as the lenses shattered on the floor, and Wu Xinming fell in an extremely ungraceful manner. Squinting due to the loss of his glasses, his vision blurred, he stood up angrily in humiliation.

"Xiao Yue, are you alright?" Mo Siyu steadied Tang Yue, checking her over to make sure she was unharmed, before turning his gaze away from her to look at Wu Xinming. Wu Xinming’s eyes, usually hidden behind glasses, now appeared sunken without them, and his already small eyes squinted further. Without his glasses, he lacked the slightest bit of his usual scholarly appearance.

"Who are you?" Wu Xinming squinted, vaguely making out the white shirt on the man with a strong aura before him. The gaze that met him was cold and piercing, as if his every little scheme was being seen right through.

Mo Siyu glanced sideways at him and then turned back, smoothing Tang Yue’s hair and said, "Xiao Yue, let the dog bark, don’t stoop to its level. If you get bitten by a dog, you’ll have to get a rabies shot, and that would make me worry."

"Okay, don’t worry, I won’t lower myself to argue with a dog." Tang Yue lifted her face with a smile, feeling especially reassured with Mo Siyu by her side.

"How did you do on the exam?" Mo Siyu took Tang Yue’s hand to leave, not paying Wu Xinming any further attention.

"First place." Tang Yue, seeing he wasn’t bothered by the incident, immediately reported the good news with excitement.

Mo Siyu continued to escort Tang Yue home. "About what happened just now..."

"Who asked me to have such an excellent little fairy in my house?" Mo Siyu cut off what Tang Yue was about to say, "Xiao Yue, rest assured, with me here, I’ll make sure those flies won’t dare to bother you."

"Alright." Tang Yue looked up, her face full of smiles. She did not mind at all Mo Siyu comparing Wu Xinming to a fly; in fact, she thought it was quite fitting.

"Let’s go home and share the good news. Uncle Tang and Aunt Tang must be worried too." Mo Siyu saw her into the house and turned to leave, his expression instantly darkened. Mo Siyu immediately started to investigate who exactly Wu Xinming was.

With Mo Siyu’s sharpness, Wu Xinming was nothing in his eyes. In just one day, Mo Siyu had all the details clear. Wu Xinming might appear wealthy on the surface, but in school, not only was he entangled with Xu Zhenzhen, but he was also involved with several female students in an unclear manner...

What opened Mo Siyu’s eyes even more was that Wu Xinming was even involved in an ambiguous relationship with a woman in her forties.

Mo Siyu did not hesitate to expose this.

As the college entrance examination results were released and many students got together for gatherings and invited teachers for meals, especially since Tang Yue and Zhang Tingyu also secured the provincial top spot, such an honor was not something everyone could claim. Therefore, these students still gathered together.

When Wu Xinming’s affair was exposed, many couldn’t believe it, and the female student who released the information didn’t come to school because of her poor exam results.

In the school, Wu Xinming had always been considered polite and refined, but now, all the students avoided him.

"Mo Siyu, you’re really too lazy, here, let me give you something explosive." Chu Hong was well-known in Jiang City, not only there but also had his connections in Shenzhen. He directly exposed the matters of Wu Xinming’s in his hometown in a county of Shenzhen.