Chapter 72: The Other Face.

The crowd heard such words; they also understood, after half a day, emotional problems.

Girls, like on girls, this thing has not really been dealt with; although this society is now open a lot, the same sex is still relatively rare.

The old principal also does not know what to do well. If she was just peeping and following Liu Qinnuan, it would be fine, but if she almost hurt someone, he couldn't let it go like this.

They have to give each other an explanation, but the police are not conducive to the school's reputation, so directly let the class teacher call over the other party's parents.

Liu Qinnuan comforted the girl; her parents came to the school 10 minutes later.

Both dressed in ordinary working class, especially her father, still wearing clothes stained with dye, apparently just came from the renovation site.

Xu Lin also thought of his own father; he immediately thought of a good refutation line, but Chu Fengyi could not care about that.

She directly went up and said, "Your daughter used a knife; we see she is still a student; we did not call the police; you look at the handling of it!"

"Zhu Mei, your old man, I work hard outside to earn money; your mom, she works 12 to 13 hours a day; for you to go to school, but you give us such problems!"

Saying that, the dark and thin Father Zhu drew out his belt and flung it directly towards his daughter. The class teacher and a few teachers rushed forward to stop it.

"Don't don't; no matter what the situation is, don't make a move first. Ah, Mr. Zhu, you calm down too."

"Old Zhu, don't do it; is it still not embarrassing enough?" Mother Zhu yelled lowly, and Father Zhu also spat out a breath and put his belt away.

"Zhu Mei, you also don't pretend to be a grandson there; do you still want to miss this school or what? If so, then go out and work for me right away!"

Father Zhu was yelling loudly. Mother Zhu was calmer, walked up to Xu Lin, bowed towards him, and then was about to bend down and kneel down.

Xu Lin rushed forward to pull the other party away. "You are an elder; I cannot afford it. Don't don't. Let's talk if you have something to say."

Xu Lin pulled for a long time before the other party stopped and grabbed Xu Lin's arm. "It is our fault that we couldn't give a proper education to our daughter. As long as it is within the scope of our ability, we will certainly make full compensation."

"I didn't hurt him; why should I give him money?"

"Stinky girl!" Father Zhu didn't hold back this time and directly stepped forward, slapping his daughter.

Zhu Mei lowered her head, and Xu Lin was also a bit fed up, pulling on Chu Fengyi, who still wanted them to apologise publicly.

"Let's put it this way: we all also don't make things difficult for anyone; I'm not injured either, and I don't want any compensation."

"Mental damage is even less to talk about; any loss is Ms. Liu Qinnuan's loss."

"If you don't want compensation, we can't get over it in our hearts!"

Mother Zhu acted like a good old lady, and Father Zhu also continued to scold the child. As long as they are normal people, they can see that it is a double act with a black and white face.

Try to minimise some compensation. When Xu Lin said this, they were a little excited. If he doesn't want money, their daughter might have to go to jail.

Although the mouth said ruthless words about their own daughter, they certainly don't want to let their children go to jail.

"I hope you guys and Liu Qinnuan talk properly. On our side, can you just give 500 and let it pass?"

"You said 500?" Mother Zhu was stunned, and Father Zhu also stopped his violent temper.

"Well, 500 yuan, even if it's for my moral damages."

"No, no, that's too little."

"If I want 5 million yuan, you two can't come up with it either, so that's it. And don't think I'll come after you guys in the future; do you think we, as public figures, are as far as that goes?"

"Yes, yes, yes, we don't mean to doubt you, but it's too little; we can't bear it in our hearts. I've brought $1,000 here! It's all for you."

"Okay." 

The other party directly pushed the money onto him; Xu Lin also took the money and put it inside the small bag that Chu Qingchan was carrying.

Chu Qingchan also instantly felt that the unpleasantness from just now when Xu Lin shook her sister's hand disappeared, and the corner of her mouth slightly picked up, teasingly seeming to look at Chu Fengyi.

Chu Fengyi completely ignored her sister's gaze, steady as an old dog, but in her heart, she apologised a little. Sorry, sister, I'll win this.

Xu Lin accepted the money, the other party was also relieved, and Mother Zhu went to start crying with Liu Qinnuan again.

At about 7 o'clock, the Zhu family's three people finally left the school. Xu Lin and others were also ready to find a place, eat something, and then go back to the hotel to rest.

"Xu Lin, you guys go first; I'm going to have a word with Liu Qinnuan." Walking out two steps, Chu Qingchan suddenly said something.

Xu Lin and the others didn't think much about it; after all, Chu Qingchan and the other party are like old friends at first sight, and seeing as Liu Qinnuan has gone through so much, she needs to chat for a bit, right?

But what the two didn't know was that when Chu Qingchan walked next to Liu Qinnuan, who was planning to go back to the dormitory, her face became surprisingly cold.

"What's wrong? Sister Chu?"

"Liu Qinnuan, you've gone overboard; do you know that?"

Chu Qingchan came up with a sentence, causing Liu Qinnuan to be stunned as well.

"I rarely have a friend as chatty as you, and I also like your acting very much and want to take you as a friend."

"But you turned around and used my friend; I don't think I can accept that!"

"What are you saying, Sister Chu? Why can't I understand...?" Liu Qinnuan also retreated a step back, her pretty little face full of confusion.

"You deliberately guided Xu Lin to help you, right? Of course this is fine with me, but the main thing is that you already knew in advance who was following you, right?"

"How would I know, sister? I don't understand."

"You didn't go straight to the solution just to keep a good image of yourself, the image of a victim, and it's really meaningless to let us be the ones to reveal this."

Chu Qingchan's face was full of frost, more serious than her usual appearance, and Liu Qinnuan's hand was also involuntarily gripping tighter and tighter.

"Alright, I don't have anything else to say; after we finish filming the short film, we won't have much chance to meet each other; it doesn't matter."

After saying that, Chu Qingchan directly turned around and left, from the beginning to the end, without looking at Liu Qinnuan.

Liu Qinnuan just looked at Chu Qingchan walking further and further away; her fists were also slowly loosening up, leaving a thin layer of sweat on her forehead.

"I had actually been seen through. But I don't like being seen through it, Chu Qingchan. In these two days, we can still go a little over the top."

....

The three people had planned to go out to eat something, but the two sisters wanted to eat differently, and in the end, after arguing, they directly chose to go back to the hotel.

Back to the hotel to eat a bite at random, Xu Lin was quite happy; after all, he can rest early this day down, although he did not do physical labour but feels so tired.

But the daily update is still necessary, so he returned to the room and sent a message to Ms. Ye, and then Ms. Ye said to come to her room.

Xu Lin also went directly to her room and knocked, and a little cutie opened the door for him.

"Brother~!"

"Shaoyao, did you listen to mom today?"

"I was very obedient!"

"Good, where's your mom?"

"She's taking a shower."

"Oh, washing the dates for eating?"

"Big brother is so funny! It's a bath to get clean and white."

"Oh."

[T/N: I think It's a Chinese word play. I don't know how to translate this into making it something funny.]

Xu Lin nodded, but his heartbeat accelerated a few points, and his thoughts instantly did not follow the top; they followed the bottom.

However, looking at the pure Shaoyao, he regained his composure. Though not her biological child, she was still someone's mother, and he needed to respect that!

He noticed that her computer wasn't being used. He also wanted to update today's chapter, so he planned to write. But then he heard the sound of the bathroom door opening.

He couldn't help but glance over, but instead of what he hoped for, what came out was a long nightgown wrapped from the shoulders to the calves. Out of instinct, he was a little disappointed.

Ye Fanleng walked over and sat down next to him, and an aroma that didn't belong to shampoo and body wash hit him.

What most people do not understand is that in many cases, science shows that the girl's aroma comes from cosmetics, toiletries, body odour, which very few people have, or that the taste is very light.

But every time you get close to a woman, you can always smell what comes from beyond the cosmetics—another aroma. It's amazing.

"Disappointed?" Ms. Ye asked playfully.

"Nope."

"Haha, Jiangli is still there," she whispered softly, causing Xu Lin's originally calm heart to start racing again.

"Ms. Ye, don't tease me."

"Alright, I've prepared a small gift for you today."

"A small gift?"

"Mhmm." She got up and walked to the window, took out a bag, and then pulled out a silver notebook and placed it in front of him.

"A notebook?"

"Mhmm, the local branch in Jinling bought a lot of notebooks recently, and I thought you might need one, so I asked someone to get you one."

"But this is from Apple, right, Ms. Ye? This gift isn't small at all."

To be honest, despite the brand's fame, he had never used any of their products in his life. When he wanted them, he didn't have the money, and when he had the money, he felt that brand didn't matter.

"Don't even mention thanks; it's really just a casual thing."

Ye Fanleng's words left him unable to say anything else, so he could only remember this favour.

To be honest, the moment the other person handed it over, he felt overwhelmed by her thoughtfulness. Sometimes, it's not about the value of the item but about someone thinking of you ahead of time when you need it.

Later, the two chatted about the day's events, and Shaoyao wanted to take a bath and go to bed, so Xu Lin left early, fearing to disturb their rest.

"I'll come play with you again tomorrow, little sister. I'm leaving now."

"Okay."

Back in his own room, Xu Lin took out his new notebook and resumed his writing routine. He stopped typing when it was already past 11 o'clock. He quickly washed up and went to bed. After a few minutes, as the room fell into silence, a small object in the drawer flashed faintly, and the door clicked open slowly.