Ch. 18
Chapter 18. Cut the Fucking Act. One Slap Is All It Takes.
Backstage,
Su Linyu, dressed in a pink rose gown, with a perfect figure and breathtaking beauty, lifted her skirt and walked into the venue from the rehearsal area.
She was also a student representative. After Lin Wan finished her speech, it should have been her turn.
Su Linyu looked at the photos and videos on the big screen. They had been taken earlier that day, when she had been walking around the school with Brother Yichen.
It’s over, it’s over. Lin Wan misunderstood.
Brother Yichen is definitely going to scold me again. He probably will never speak to me after this.
Su Linyu instantly panicked inside. Seeing Brother Yichen standing there under the spotlight, she bit her lower lip, completely at a loss.
No! If Brother Yichen stopped speaking to her because of this, she really would go crazy.
And if she did not explain things clearly, Brother Yichen would become a scumbag in everyone’s eyes. She would never allow anyone to talk about her Brother Yichen like that.
Even if it meant she would be treated as the other woman and be cursed by everyone, so be it.
Su Linyu tightened her grip on the microphone in her hand. Her expression turned resolute as she stepped onto the stage.
“I’m sorry, everyone!” she suddenly shouted.
Everyone’s attention gradually shifted to Su Linyu. Lin Wan also frowned and turned to look at Su Linyu standing beside her.
That peerlessly beautiful face stirred a trace of jealousy in her heart.
“It’s Goddess Su! Why did she come up?”
“She must be here to clear things up with Jiang Yichen. Goddess Su is Huazhong’s number one genius, and she’s also the Su family’s daughter. How could she possibly like someone like Jiang Yichen?”
“That’s true. Goddess Su, hurry up and expose this scumbag for what he really is.”
“...”
The crowd burst into cheers, all waiting to see Su Linyu expose Jiang Yichen’s true colors.
Only Jiang Yichen shook his head with a smile. His gaze rested on Su Linyu, who was so beautiful it hardly seemed real, and she was looking at him as well.
“Please don’t blame Brother Yichen. I’m the one who likes him. He is the man I admire most. It has nothing to do with Brother Yichen.”
“I’m sorry, Lin Wan. I shouldn’t have interfered with you and Brother Yichen. Please don’t be angry.” Su Linyu bowed to Lin Wan with complete sincerity written across her face.
Jiang Yichen felt utterly helpless. So after spending the whole day with you, you still think I like Lin Wan?
Sure enough, four years of ingrained belief were not so easy to change.
Yet the venue fell into a strange silence, and all the smiles on people’s faces froze.
Those admirers of Su Linyu immediately clutched their chests.
“Ah! My goddess actually likes a useless loser with bottom-ranked grades? I can’t go on living!”
“So Goddess Su likes Jiang Yichen? It’s not Jiang Yichen being a scumbag?”
“No! Impossible! Jiang Yichen must have threatened Goddess Su. Jiang Yichen, you beast!”
“Jiang Yichen, you despicable bastard! What kind of man threatens my goddess? If you’ve got guts, come at me instead!”
“...”
However, Su Linyu going onstage not only failed to stop their verbal attacks on Jiang Yichen, it only made them grow even more intense.
Up in the stands, when Su Zhan saw his daughter do something so outrageous, he was so furious that he crushed the teacup in his hand.
“What a disgrace to the family!” Su Zhan cried, beating his chest and stamping his feet.
Jiang Zhentian said nothing to comfort him. His deep eyes remained fixed on Jiang Yichen.
Even though he could already predict that the little bastard would beg Lin Wan for forgiveness, he still hoped, deep down, that his son would not fall into the trap.
If Jiang Yichen sided with Lin Wan, then not only would he have to give up his position as heir, the Jiang family would also lose the Su family, an ally of immense importance.
Jiang Zhentian clenched the teacup tightly in his hand, so tightly that the scalding tea ran over his fingers without him noticing in the slightest.
“Jiang Yichen, why are you still standing there? Don’t you have anything to say?”
“You abandoned the girlfriend who stood by you through four years of hardship, and now you’re threatening my goddess. You’re not even human!”
“Get up there. I want to see how you explain this!”
As Jiang Yichen listened to the crowd’s insults, he straightened his clothes and had his classmates make way for him.
They knew his identity, so naturally none of them dared say a word and immediately moved aside.
Under everyone’s gaze, Jiang Yichen slowly walked toward the stage.
At that moment, Su Zhan, Jiang Zhentian, Principal Zhou Mingyuan, Jiang Feng, the Yanhuang Team, and everyone else had their eyes fixed on Jiang Yichen.
Su Linyu lowered her head, her heart filled with anxiety.
She had wanted to help Brother Yichen, but instead she had only made things worse.
Once Brother Yichen comes up here, he’s definitely going to scold me. Even a slap would be going easy on me.
Back in her freshman year, she had only begged Brother Yichen to pay a little attention to her. Lin Wan had happened to see it, and to keep Lin Wan from misunderstanding, Brother Yichen had slapped her and told her to get lost.
This time it would probably be even worse. What should I do? What should I do?
In contrast to Su Linyu’s nervousness, Lin Wan looked at Jiang Yichen as he walked onto the stage, and delight rose in her heart. Pretending to cry, she said,
“Jiang Yichen, I gave you four years of my youth, and this is how you treat me?”
“You said that if I got into the Yanhuang Team, you would marry me. You heartless bastard!”
“Heh, I really misjudged you. Jiang Yichen, I’m breaking up with you!”
Her tears and sobs made the audience below immediately show sympathy, and people raised their hands one after another in support of Lin Wan’s decision.
“Sister, a man like this is not worth it. Once you enter the Yanhuang Team, he won’t even be worthy of polishing your shoes.”
“You absolutely should break up with him. Bah! Scumbag!”
“In the last graduation mock assessment, Jiang Yichen ranked dead last. A piece of trash like him is not worthy of you at all.”
Hearing the support from the audience below, Lin Wan’s sobbing gradually softened, and the corners of her lips unconsciously curved upward.
Jiang Yichen, you were the one who betrayed me first. Even if you kneel and beg me like before...
“Are you done?” Jiang Yichen’s voice rang out.
Lin Wan froze. She looked up at Jiang Yichen’s calm expression, utterly startled.
At a moment like this, he should already have been crying and begging her for forgiveness.
“Am I done? After what you did, you—”
SLAP!
Before Lin Wan could finish, Jiang Yichen raised his hand and slapped her across the face.
“Cut the fucking act!”
Then Jiang Yichen wrapped an arm around Su Linyu’s soft waist and declared in front of everyone,
“In what way do you compare to the Su family’s young lady? Status? Talent? Strength? You’re inferior to her in every single way. So wasn’t dumping you only natural?”
“Oh, I get it now. You brought this up in front of the entire school because you wanted to stop me from pursuing a better future. You vicious woman.”
Jiang Yichen pointed at Lin Wan, who was clutching her face, and cursed her. Since he had already admitted it, he might as well use her own method against her.
Lin Wan’s eyes widened. Were those not the exact words she had once said herself?
Su Linyu also lifted her head and looked at Jiang Yichen, beginning to doubt herself.
If this were the Brother Yichen from before, then at a time like this, he would definitely be angrily scolding me and apologizing to Lin Wan.
But now...
Could it be that Brother Yichen had really changed?
【Ding! The host has made a slacking-off choice and obtained a ‘Supreme-grade Slacking-off Gift Pack.’ Would you like to open it?】
As the system notification rang out in Jiang Yichen’s mind, a faint smile appeared on his lips.