Chapter 64 : Hypocrisy and Contempt Toward Me; Neglect and Poisonous Praise Toward You (Full Chapter)
"Hey, Jingchen, which university are you planning to apply to?"
As soon as Tang Qingmo stepped out of the classroom, he saw Song Junqian and Su Jingchen from the neighboring class.
Facing Song Junqian's question, Su Jingchen replied calmly, "Wherever Young Master goes, I'll go."
"Come on," Song Junqian said self-deprecatingly. "With your grades and your cultivation level, you could easily get into Yanjing Martial Arts Academy or Mo Wu, right?"
"Unlike me—just a useless rich second-generation kid. In the future, I'll probably just attend some ordinary university and muddle through the rest of my life~"
Su Jingchen: ...
When Song Junqian lifted his head, he happened to meet Tang Qingmo's gaze.
"Oh! Isn't this the young master of the Tang family?" He immediately switched to a mocking tone. "Going to find Young Master Lu to serve you again now? How nice~ Being able to make the famous Lu Tianren your bodyguard—something even I can't manage~"
Facing his sarcasm, Tang Qingmo simply asked, "Why do you know about that, Young Master Song?"
"Because my Song family's intelligence network is amazing!" Song Junqian said proudly. "Nothing that happens in Demon City can escape my family!"
As he said this, Tang Qingmo silently glanced at Su Jingchen standing behind him.
So it was him who gathered the intelligence.
Lu Tianren had only become his bodyguard yesterday afternoon, yet Song Junqian already knew about it.
Just as he claimed—truly impressive intelligence capabilities.
"Hey! Where are you looking!?"
Seeing Tang Qingmo's gaze land on Su Jingchen, Song Junqian immediately felt displeased.
"Nothing," Tang Qingmo replied, shifting the topic. "I was just wondering which university Young Master Song plans to apply to."
According to the original storyline, Song Junqian would be recommended to Mo Wu Academy as a powerful and outstanding martial artist, and would form a friendship with the original owner.
But now, having achieved nothing, he sneered. "University? Anywhere's fine!"
"My family's rich anyway. So what if I don't even go to school? My mom said it's fine no matter what I do!"
He spoke with utter confidence, perfectly fitting his identity as a spoiled rich brat.
If an ordinary person heard this, they'd surely feel envy or jealousy…
But Tang Qingmo found it laughable.
He really was… being ruined by praise without even realizing it—sold out and still helping count the money.
"So that's how it is," Tang Qingmo said lightly. "Looks like Young Master Song's parents… really dote on you."
"What?"
Tang Qingmo's words made Song Junqian frown, and even Su Jingchen behind him couldn't help but look over.
"After all, this concerns a child's future," Tang Qingmo chuckled quietly. "Yet even so, Young Master Song's parents don't seem to care."
"Speaking of which… Young Master Song's mother—she's your adoptive mother, right?"
"What exactly are you trying to say!?" Song Junqian heard the hidden sarcasm in Tang Qingmo's words and strode forward, grabbing him by the collar, his eyes turning sharp.
"Nothing much," Tang Qingmo sneered as he slapped Song Junqian's hand away and slowly straightened his wrinkled collar.
"I just think our parents are essentially quite similar…"
"To me, it's hypocrisy and contempt. To you… it's neglect and poisonous praise."
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"You—!"
Song Junqian instantly caught the biting irony in Tang Qingmo's words. Enraged, he clenched his fist and swung it toward him.
But Tang Qingmo merely tilted his head slightly, easily dodging the punch. In the next second, he raised his leg and viciously kicked Song Junqian in the abdomen.
"Ugh—!!"
A surge of pain and nausea exploded in his stomach. Song Junqian clutched his abdomen in agony, stumbling back several steps as he lost his balance, nearly falling to the ground.
"You… you actually dared to do this to me…" he growled through clenched teeth, glaring at Tang Qingmo.
He had never expected his attack to miss—nor that the other party would dare to counterattack!
"Because Young Master Song attacked me," Tang Qingmo scoffed, spreading his hands.
"How could I possibly just stand there and let you hit me?"
Just as Tang Qingmo was about to step forward, the previously silent Su Jingchen finally moved.
"That's enough, Young Master Tang." Su Jingchen placed himself in front of Song Junqian and said coldly, "If you continue being disrespectful to my young master, I won't allow it."
"Jingchen…" Song Junqian looked at Su Jingchen's back, deeply moved.
But the very next second, he heard Tang Qingmo say speechlessly,
"No, you should've stepped in to stop me when I kicked him."
Song Junqian: ...
That… actually made sense?
Why didn't he stop it when Tang Qingmo kicked him!?
Su Jingchen turned his head away: ...
"Haha, looks like you're disappointed in Song Junqian's idiotic remarks too," Tang Qingmo said, shaking his head helplessly as he looked at Song Junqian standing there dumbfounded like a fool.
"Tsk tsk. Makes sense. You're a martial artist with a fairly high cultivation level, yet you have to follow a foolish young master into some random ordinary university. You must be feeling pretty conflicted too, right?"
!?
Song Junqian immediately grew agitated. "What nonsense are you talking about!? If Jingchen can get into a martial arts academy, of course I wouldn't stop him—"
"But your adoptive mother would," Tang Qingmo interrupted with a sneer.
"Are you really that clueless, or are you just lying to yourself? Su Jingchen is someone your biological mother left behind for you—he isn't under your adoptive mother's control. Since you're not even planning to apply to a martial arts academy, how could your bodyguard possibly not follow you?"
After hearing this, Song Junqian stared at Su Jingchen in shock.
"Is that true, Jingchen?"
Su Jingchen was the personal bodyguard left behind by his biological mother. The two had grown up together, and in Song Junqian's heart, Su Jingchen was more important than brothers or friends!
If it was because of him that Jingchen's future was ruined…!!
Su Jingchen silently glanced at Tang Qingmo, then turned back to Song Junqian and bowed politely.
"Don't worry, Young Master. Wherever you go, I'll follow willingly."
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At that moment, something slammed heavily into Song Junqian's heart.
So it turned out that he himself…
Was he really the foolish burden holding Su Jingchen back?
[Song Junqian Regret Value +500!]
[Song Junqian Regret Value +500!]
[Song Junqian Regret Value +500!]
...
A massive amount of regret points surged forth, followed immediately by an intense pain exploding inside his head!
"Ah… ahhh!!" Song Junqian clutched his head in agony.
It felt as if something was trying to tear his skull apart…!