Chapter 30: Xie Fangzhu, What Are You Doing?

Xie Fangzhu completely ignored him. Not only did he refuse to shake hands, but he didn’t even look at him. He simply picked up his tray and stood up to leave.

Seeing that Shen Yingying wasn’t moving, he frowned slightly. “Aren’t you coming?”

His voice was as cold as ice.

“Oh… okay…”

A chill ran down Shen Yingying’s spine, and she hurriedly picked up her tray to follow him.

Just as she took a step, Xie Fangzhu suddenly stopped, his cold gaze landing on the medicine bottle sitting quietly on the table.

“He hit you, so he should compensate you. What’s wrong with accepting it?”

Was he telling her to take it? Shen Yingying was stunned.

Did he not know about the relationship between the original owner and Li Yanzhao?

Before she could figure it out, Xie Fangzhu’s voice sounded again.

“Comrade Li, don’t try to get attention when you have nothing better to do. My temper isn’t as good as you think.”

Li Yanzhao glanced at his hand, which was still hanging midair, then lowered it without a word.

Shen Yingying’s heart pounded. Xie Fangzhu’s words… he not only knew Li Yanzhao but was also familiar with him?

Her scalp tingled, and she didn’t dare think too much. She quickly grabbed the medicine bottle from the table.

At the same time, taking advantage of Xie Fangzhu’s inattention, she shot Li Yanzhao a vicious glare.

That sneaky bastard—he better not fall into her hands, or she’d make sure he paid for this!

Seeing her look, Li Yanzhao was amused.

Earlier, she had looked at him as if he were her lover, full of tender affection.

Now, she looked like a fierce tigress, ready to tear him apart.

Women truly were fickle creatures…

Meanwhile, in another corner of the cafeteria, Wu Xiaoxia’s eyes burned with unprecedented excitement.

She saw it!

Shen Yingying’s old lover had appeared, and Brother Xie was indeed angry! Shen Yingying was scared too!

This was perfect!

They were definitely going to have a big fight!

Brother Xie must not forgive Shen Yingying!

Just fighting wasn’t enough—he should beat her up! Beat her to death!

No, wait, he couldn’t kill her. If he did, he’d go to jail.

He should beat her half to death and then divorce her, sending her back to her hometown!

Wu Xiaoxia picked up her tray, so overjoyed that she didn’t notice the bone on the floor.

By the time she did, she had already stepped on it—

With a loud thud, she fell flat on her back.

…

Xie Fangzhu walked so fast that Shen Yingying had to jog to keep up.

Their bicycle was parked at the north entrance of the cafeteria, but he deliberately exited through the south entrance.

Shen Yingying knew he was angry.

When they first came to the cafeteria, he had been so worried about her walking too much that he insisted on taking the shortest route.

Now, he was deliberately making her suffer.

Her poor injured knee—every step felt like walking on knives.

Before long, she couldn’t keep up.

Watching his figure grow smaller in the distance, Shen Yingying silently cursed Li Yanzhao eighteen times in her heart.

After that, she cursed Xie Fangzhu as well.

Putting aside the fact that the original owner’s affair with Li Yanzhao had long since ended—

Even back when they were involved, Xie Fangzhu had known and tacitly allowed it.

Now, he was throwing a jealous tantrum over a few perfectly normal sentences? How unreasonable!

If he was this petty, they might as well get a divorce.

Otherwise, considering how many “high branches” the original owner had clung to, if each of them showed up one by one, Xie Fangzhu would probably die of anger.

But that was just wishful thinking.

With how much he hated the Shen family, even if he couldn’t take it anymore one day, he would never let her go.

He would only find new ways to torment her.

She could only hope she managed to escape before that day arrived.

With a resigned sigh, she adjusted her emotions and called out:

“Xie Fangzhu!”

The man ahead finally stopped and turned to look at her, his gaze cold and indifferent.

Shen Yingying had already prepared her act. She stopped as well.

“You’re walking too fast. I can’t keep up.” Her voice held a slight tremor. “My leg really hurts.”

Xie Fangzhu had already noticed she was struggling to keep up.

But he hadn’t slowed down.

He wanted her to suffer.

In the past, he hadn’t cared who she was involved with.

He had even known about her and Li Yanzhao.

Not only had the others in the mining district subtly informed him, but Li Yanzhao himself had come to talk to him.

At the time, he hadn’t cared.

He had even been hoping she’d do something outrageous so he’d finally have an excuse to deal with her.

But now—

He was losing his mind with anger.

Seeing her talk to Li Yanzhao—

His heart was in turmoil, and his mind was filled with unwanted images.

What was she like when she was alone with Li Yanzhao?

Did she look at him the same way?

Did she whisper sweet words to him too?

And if it wasn’t just Li Yanzhao—if there were others—

He nearly lost control.

She had said she liked him.

That her heart belonged to him.

Then why had she tangled with so many men?

She was a liar!

But now, looking at her about to cry from pain, Xie Fangzhu didn’t feel satisfied at all.

Instead, he felt strangely empty.

Frustrated, he let out a heavy sigh and finally walked back toward her.

Seeing him approach, his expression softening, Shen Yingying let out a sigh of relief.

She took a couple of steps to the side and sat on the edge of a flower bed, looking up at him expectantly.

“Xie Fangzhu…”

Xie Fangzhu’s gaze fell on her face.

Her large, beautiful eyes were brimming with tears, looking at him like a child who had done something wrong—

A mix of grievance and fear.

His anger dissipated instantly.

With a sigh, he crouched down and lifted the hem of her wide pant leg.

Her slender, smooth calf came into view—

And just above it, her knee was a bloody mess.

The glaring red formed a stark contrast against the fair skin.

Xie Fangzhu was momentarily stunned—he hadn’t expected the injury to be this serious.

With Shen Yingying’s delicate and pampered nature, if she were truly in pain, she would never hide it.

Yet today, she hadn’t uttered a single word about the pain. He had assumed it wasn’t that bad…

Thinking about how she still insisted on riding her bike to pick him up despite her injured leg, then struggled to chase after him on that same leg…

And he had even lost his temper at her…

Guilt and self-reproach instantly flooded his face, impossible to conceal.

“I’m sorry…”

Shen Yingying had been watching his expression closely and knew that this little episode had officially blown over.

She clenched her fists slightly, and the tears that had been welling up in her eyes finally fell.

Leaning forward, she wrapped her arms around Xie Fangzhu’s neck. “So, you’re not mad anymore?”

Her soft body pressed against his, and with that tearful, delicate voice, Xie Fangzhu let out a sigh.

“I’m not mad anymore. It was my fault—I lashed out at you for no reason.”

“I thought I did something wrong and that’s why you were ignoring me,” Shen Yingying murmured against his neck, her voice muffled, helpless, and anxious. “But no matter how hard I thought about it, I couldn’t figure out what I did wrong… Xie Fangzhu, I was really scared…”

Xie Fangzhu’s mind went blank for a moment.

Had Shen Yingying actually done anything wrong today?

In truth, no.

It was he who had stubbornly fixated on his own frustrations, driving himself mad with anger.

“It’s my problem. It has nothing to do with you.”

At the end of the day, he just kept wanting more.

Annoyance flickered in his eyes. He wrapped one arm around Shen Yingying’s back and supported her leg with the other.

Then, with a slight toss upward—just like lifting a child—he held her securely in one arm.

Shen Yingying, suddenly losing her balance, was startled and immediately clung to his head.

“Xie Fangzhu, what are you doing?!”