45 Self-Respect

What happened later to Chen Fang. He was only fined. Even if the other party was from a rich family, the police did not care. The family was an upstart after all. It had to be noted, even those with deep roots could hardly make the prideful bunch in the police station bend their will.

The guy who did not know that even this had taken a great deal of luck was still unhappy about it though. His money gotten from the sold antique was spent for such a matter yet Qin Li did not even have to pay a single dime. The ones detain were the gangsters. The case this time was not big. But these guys had a history so the cops took this chance to teach the bunch a lesson.

One thing Chen Fang only felt thankful about the whole ordeal was that he would not be expelled. He sighed in relief when the professor from the Education department, a respectable man in his late fifties, told him that he would get some penalties once they got back but he would not be kicked out.

Before heading back, he remembered that he had yet to clarify something with Long Lingqing.

He turned his head to her just in time to see her looking at him with a complicated look in her eyes.

"Just let me say my piece to clear a misunderstanding in your head. I've long been aware of your relationship with that paranoid guy."

Long Lingqing's eyes widened. He continued. "So, I don't care about you anymore."

Technically, he was long aware, since he came from the future.

"I-if you know, why didn't you say a thing?" Embarrassment flickered in the woman's eyes. She lowered her head later, for she suddenly felt like the cold gaze from her ex was terrifying.

"Why?" Chen Fang laughed, his voice turned a bit hoarse. If Long Lingqing looked up for even a second, she would have seen the pain that briefly lingered in his face. His laughter that had a hint of loathing. "I can't believe you still have the nerve to ask."

"I-I'm s--"

Chen Fang was still affected by the previous incident and thus he had no whatsoever patience left for his ex. "Anyway, you should know. I'm really done with you this time. I've loved you for so long but you cheated on me. Don't think you're so amazing or lovely enough for me to overlook that. Please, I still have enough love set aside for myself."

After that, Chen Fang headed for the nearest bus station. Behind him, Qin Li's furious yell reverberated.

"It must be you! Why did you betray me?!"

Qin Li dragged his dazed girlfriend away. The two had a fight in front of the station but Chen Fang was no longer around, nor was he interested in the whole affair. At most, he found it funny that Qin Li questioned Long Lingqing if she did it - ratting his plan out to Chen Fang. The man must have not been thinking straight to not remember he never told her anything about his evil arrangements.

When Chen Fang reached the dormitory, he shared his experiences with his curious dormmates. Behind him hovered a trainee guide who could be mistaken for a creepy stalker, that was if not for being in a separate dimension.

There was a beaming expression on Zhang Mei Xing's face as she updated one of the progress bars.

Though this smile also disappeared when she remembered a certain sexy fox demoness that passed by the police station just when the examinee was about to leave that place. That ticking bomb seemed to have taken an interest in Chen Fang because she heard him talk to Long Lingqing about self-respect.

"Interesting."

When Zhang Mei Xing picked up this word from the fox demoness and saw the unusual stare the woman threw Chen Fang, she didn't know if she got the goosebumps from finding the line too cringeworthy, or if she was scared by the coincidence.

'Really… Do they want Chen Fang to become a cultivator?'

'But he's doing fine being a normal guy though.'

'I'm quite positive people who went through a lot want no more unnecessary drama and excitement in their lives, unless they're irredeemable fools or masochists.'

If Liu Yang were here, he would have smacked the head of this willful and stupid trainee guide who was still judging things subjectively with herself as a basis.