After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 797: He Just Wants to Die on the Spot

Chapter 797: Chapter 797: He Just Wants to Die on the Spot

"You said you’re not my online romance, so why did you come to see me early? Aren’t you here to scope things out?"

The girl looked at Chen Shu with a scrutinizing expression.

Chen Shu felt guilty and couldn’t explain himself, so he turned his pleading eyes to Shi Yaoguang, "Sis, can you help me explain this?"

Shi Yaoguang appeared contemplative, "Explain what?"

"About, about the online romance thing!" Chen Shu scratched his head, "You know that it’s Old Ji who’s in an online romance with her, not me. I was just purely curious, wanting to know what Old Ji’s online romance looks like and if she would deceive Old Ji’s feelings! I’m really not Old Ji..."

The girl didn’t need Shi Yaoguang’s help to understand the situation upon hearing this.

However, when she looked at Chen Shu, she still had a measure of wariness, "Hey, if you say you’re not Chuanliu Buxi, you have to provide some evidence, right? Otherwise, I’ll tell others that you deceived my feelings!"

Chen Shu was baffled upon hearing this.

What does it mean that he deceived feelings?

When did he ever deceive feelings?

He was absolutely innocent!

He, a lifelong bachelor!

Had never even dated once!

How could he be accused of deceiving feelings?

Maybe his eyes were too pitiful because the girl began to feel a bit sympathetic, "Alright, I believe you."

Chen Shu was elated, "Really? You don’t think I’m deceiving your feelings, do you?"

"No." The girl was very firm in her response.

Chen Shu sighed with relief, "I knew my innocence would be vindicated!"

No sooner had he spoken than the girl said, "Someone like you, it’s obvious you’re a single dog, how could you possibly have a girlfriend? My brother Chuanliu Buxi is much better than you."

Chen Shu: "..."

Ssst—

He felt as if an invisible arrow had struck him in the chest.

He’d already fallen on the battlefield right there and then.

Really.

He was too miserable.

Why did they have to do this to him?

What had he, a mere single dog, done to deserve being mocked by a pig!

Wuu wuu wuu wuu—

Chen Shu imagined himself biting a handkerchief, whimpering and crying in his mind.

After determining that Chen Shu wasn’t her online romance, the girl was no longer inclined to pay him any more attention.

Her gaze landed on Shi Yaoguang with an excited expression, "Shi Yaoguang, what’s your relationship with Chuanliu Buxi? Do you know where he is? I want to meet him! And also..."

As she spoke, her disdainful gaze fell upon Chen Shu.

Chen Shu’s heart sank, feeling even more wronged.

What had he done wrong to be so disliked?

The girl said to Shi Yaoguang, "I also want to know who this person is and why he’s pretending to be Chuanliu Buxi!"

Chen Shu became anxious, "You can’t just say anything you want! When did I ever pretend to be Chuanliu Buxi? I already explained that your online lover isn’t me. It was a misunderstanding on your part, what does it have to do with me? You can’t blame me for everything, can you?"

"Would I have misunderstood if you hadn’t intentionally misled me?"

The girl argued logically, "If you hadn’t recognized me first and mentioned the characteristics of my account, I wouldn’t have thought you were Chuanliu Buxi."

Saying this, she pouted and looked woefully at Shi Yaoguang, "Shi Yaoguang, you’ll help me, right?"

Shi Yaoguang met her blinking big eyes and nodded.

Seeing this, Chen Shu couldn’t help but clutch his chest and wail, "Sister-in-law, how can you do this? I am your true love, how can you—"

Before he could finish, he heard an icy voice, "Who is your true love?"

Upon hearing this, he instinctively turned his head to meet Quan Jinbei’s cold face.

Chen Shu: "..."

His heartbeat abruptly stopped.

In a panic, he explained, "Brother Bei, I was just kidding around, don’t misunderstand! I don’t have any thoughts about sister-in-law."

Shi Yaoguang deliberately displayed a saddened expression, "You don’t have any thoughts about me? Am I not worthy?"

Chen Shu: "..."

At that moment, he just wanted to drop dead on the spot.

If he could choose, he wished to go back half an hour.

No.

He should go back to before he was resolute in transferring from Mingzhu City to the Imperial Capital.

He shouldn’t have actively sought this!

One after another, none of them were good people!

All they knew was to bully him, the poor little thing.

The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt.

So aggrieved he was close to tears.

Seeing Chen Shu’s pitiful state, the girl couldn’t hold back her laughter, "Pff—"

"Why are you so miserable? You weren’t always the one being bullied in the group, were you?"

Chen Shu: "...I wasn’t before."

Now, well, that’s hard to say.

Really, he was about to die of misery.

No matter how wronged Chen Shu felt inside, there was just no one to empathize with his frail little heart.

Quan Jinbei didn’t even mean to interrogate him; of course, he knew Chen Shu saw Shi Yaoguang as his sister-in-law and wouldn’t harbor any other thoughts towards her.

Watching Chen Shu’s expression growing increasingly cringeworthy, he asked directly, "Why did you come here alone?"

Chen Shu knew what he was asking about and immediately said, "Old Ji took on a task halfway through and left first."

While speaking, he even sneakily glanced at the girl and timidly said, "If Old Ji hadn’t left, I wouldn’t have come by myself..."

"Hmm?" By now, the girl had already figured out, her online love interest was obviously "Old Ji," mentioned by Chen Shu, with whom Chen Shu appeared to have a pretty good relationship.

If it weren’t for that, Chen Shu wouldn’t have known about Old Ji’s online love interest.

However...

She couldn’t quite understand why Chen Shu would come to Emperor University behind Old Ji’s back to see her.

Facing the girl’s skeptical eyes, Chen Shu hurriedly said, "I really don’t have any other intentions, I’m just worried that Old Ji might be getting scammed. With Old Ji’s iron tree blossoming once in a blue moon, what if he encounters a romance scammer? How tragic would that be? I am the kind of friend who would go through fire and water for a pal, and knowing Old Ji’s situation, of course, I should help him strategize, don’t you think?"

The girl rolled her eyes, "Is this how you strategize? Anyone who didn’t know better would think you’re trying to steal someone’s girl."

After saying that, she snorted proudly, "But you can’t sway me; I’m not that kind of easy girl."

Chen Shu snorted, "As if everyone is dying to have you! If it weren’t for Old Ji, I wouldn’t bother with this at all."

Then he couldn’t help but lament again, "If I had known you were so fierce, I should have warned Old Ji earlier to be cautious. But... Old Ji is a soldier after all, way cooler than you. Even if you got mad, you wouldn’t be able to commit domestic violence against him."

Having said that, he looked as if he had finally set his mind at ease.

The girl, on the other hand, was speechless, "What is up with you? Why do I feel like you just came here to stir things up?"

"Who’s stirring things up?" Chen Shu combatively replied, "I’m just trying to help!" As for whether he was actually making things worse, that he would never admit.

Besides, there were plenty of examples where good intentions had led to bad outcomes. Even if he accidentally did a disservice with good intentions, it was... understandable!