Chen Yanxi remained calm throughout.
She patted her clothes, brushing off the shoe prints.
Then she looked at the woman on the bed, gently adjusted her large-framed glasses, and said:
"This time, you didn't go back to Grandma's."
Without giving the woman on the bed a chance to speak, Chen Yanxi continued, "Was it because Grandma and the others were fed up with you too and didn't want you to go?"
"What are you talking about!?" The woman grew even angrier.
"Grandma and the others didn't want you to go because they were afraid." Chen Yanxi looked at her. "They were afraid that if you went back this time, my dad wouldn't coax you like he used to. They were afraid he would divorce you."
"At your age, once you get divorced, you'll never be able to marry again. By then, you'll be a completely useless burden—lazy, incapable of making money, and only good for playing mahjong."
As the woman's face gradually flushed red, Chen Yanxi calmly drew her final conclusion:
"Grandpa and Grandma don't want to support a burden like you, so they wouldn't let you go back. That's why you could only occupy my room, throw your weight around in front of me, and vent all the anger you suffered from Grandpa, Grandma, and Dad on me. Am I right?"
"You, you, you..."
The woman on the bed trembled with rage, her entire face flushed crimson. She pointed at Chen Yanxi and shrieked hysterically, "Chen Yanxi! I raised you all these years just so you could talk back to me? Huh!? You ungrateful little bastard, do you have any conscience at all!?"
"Not a single person surnamed Chen is any good!!!!"
She frantically searched for anything within reach that could be used as a weapon and threw it all at Chen Yanxi.
Pillows, blankets, slippers, even the books on the desk.
She had never been this furious before.
Chen Yanxi's cruel words struck at her heart like one knife after another.
She couldn't believe that Chen Yanxi, who had always endured beatings without fighting back and insults without answering, had actually mocked her.
She felt that her dignity as a mother had been utterly provoked!
Chen Yanxi gave her a pitying look, turned around, and left, closing the bedroom door behind her.
All her attacks landed on the door instead.
This only made her even angrier, and her shrill curses rang throughout the entire house.
They were unbearably vile.
Chen Yanxi ignored her. After entering the living room, she turned to her father and said, "I'm going to my tutoring class."
Her father had been silently smoking the entire time. Hearing Chen Yanxi's voice, he answered with an "Mm."
Chen Yanxi paused, then continued, "I'm not coming back tonight. I'm going to sleep over at a classmate's place."
"All right. Be careful. Call me when you get to school the day after tomorrow."
"Mm."
After answering, Chen Yanxi walked toward the door.
Just as she was about to step outside, she heard her father's exhausted voice:
"Your mother's going through menopause. Don't stoop to her level. Study hard at school. If you need anything, tell me. Don't let it affect your grades."
After a two-second silence, Chen Yanxi said, "Mm, I know."
With that, she turned and left.
When she walked out of the building, a gentle breeze greeted her. The May wind brushed her face, carrying a hint of heat.
"Little Yanxi, why are you out again?" Grandpa Liu, the security guard, asked in surprise.
"I'm going to my tutoring class, Grandpa. I told you about it before." Chen Yanxi smiled.
Grandpa Liu raised his eyebrows. "Why do I feel like you're in a pretty good mood?"
"I did something I've always wanted to do but never had the courage to."
Chen Yanxi shook her head. "I'll be going now, Grandpa. Bye-bye."
"All right. Be careful!"
"Mm."
She answered, then turned around, slung her bag over her shoulder, and slowly walked into the distance.
When Chen Yanxi left home, Wang Ge also knocked on Gu Panyan's door.
"Panyan, are you home?"
"No."
Wang Ge's face darkened. "Panyan, stop fooling around. Come open the door."
"Wait a moment. Don't bother me."
Wang Ge obediently waited for a while.
It wasn't that he was afraid of getting beaten up. He mainly just... well, cared about his girlfriend.
Although they hadn't officially defined their relationship yet, it was only a matter of time.
"You're crazy. If you're not going home, what are you doing at my place?"
A few minutes later, Gu Panyan opened the door while cursing at him.
After returning home, she had changed out of her long-sleeved shirt and into a cool black cropped camisole. She wore denim shorts on her lower half, revealing a pair of long, snowy-white legs. She looked hot and sexy, with stunning curves.
Wang Ge admired her outfit for a few moments before saying, "Of course I'm here to tutor you!"
"Tch."
Gu Panyan snorted contemptuously, too lazy to expose him, and turned to walk into the room.
Wang Ge followed behind her with a grin and conveniently closed the door.
"Your house is really big..."
Wang Ge looked around and praised it.
"My dad left it to me."
Gu Panyan sat at the living room table and continued what she had been doing before Wang Ge arrived.
—Working through practice problems.
The reason her grades had improved so quickly wasn't just because of Wang Ge's cheat-like assistance. She herself was also diligent and hardworking enough.
Wang Ge sat beside her, propped his chin on his hand, and watched her work through the problems.
"Why are you staring at me? Can't you find something to do yourself?" Gu Panyan glanced at him.
Wang Ge answered seriously, "Being able to sit here and quietly watch you is already a very, very beautiful thing."
"Is that so?"
Gu Panyan gave him a half-smile. "I was actually planning to keep my promise from last time and let you touch my legs. But since simply looking at me is enough for you..."
"I'm sorry, I was wrong! I'm guilty! I repent!"
Before she could finish, Wang Ge loudly apologized. His speed and sincerity made the curve of Gu Panyan's lips rise even higher.
She said nothing and continued lowering her head to work on the problems.
But Wang Ge couldn't sit still. Since he had a chance to enjoy the meat, he certainly wouldn't be satisfied with merely drinking the soup.
He moved his chair a little closer and called out softly, "Panyan, my dear Panyan~"
"What?"
Gu Panyan lazily dug at her ear.
"Didn't we agree last time? You're not going to go back on your word, are you?"
"Is this your first day knowing me? I'm hardly a person of noble character who never breaks promises."
Gu Panyan spun the pen in her hand and shot him a sidelong glance. "Besides, why should I keep a promise to a scumbag who's two-timing?"
"What are you talking about!?" Wang Ge protested. "There's only you in my heart, Panyan. There's absolutely no room for anyone else!"
"So you mean that if there were room, there would still be someone else, right?"
"My entire heart and soul are devoted to you, Panyan. How could there possibly be any room left? There isn't any now, and there never will be!"
"Hah. You certainly know how to talk."
Gu Panyan laughed disdainfully.
"All right, I'll reluctantly consider you to have passed."
"I passed? Then I..."
Wang Ge was overjoyed. He lowered his head and glanced at those slender, fair legs, the anticipation on his face growing stronger.
This time, Gu Panyan didn't disappoint him.
She moved her leg a little closer to him and said lazily:
"Go ahead and touch it."
"I love you to death, Panyan! I knew you were the best!"
P.S.: Some readers said in the previous chapter that Chen Yanxi's mother seemed a little too stupid, so I'd like to explain that here.
Just like the bad students in a class always like to pick on the well-behaved ones, imagine that you had a child who had been obedient and well-behaved since childhood, someone who wouldn't fight back when hit or talk back when scolded.
If you were dissatisfied with this child in some way and felt frustrated by their lack of ambition, and your moral standards weren't particularly high, then after suffering some grievance outside, wouldn't you vent your anger on that child or at least take it out on them?
This has nothing to do with whether parents love their children. This is simply the evil in human nature, my friends.
It's about taking advantage of the psychological superiority that comes from being born above them, and the fact that they have no way to survive independently of you.
We always reserve our worst emotions for the people closest to us because, subconsciously, we know that those close to us won't leave us over something so minor. Isn't that right?
It all follows the same principle.
The reason I didn't explain it in as much detail in the previous chapter is that I thought parents like this were still fairly common in China. I only exaggerated things a tiny bit. If you thought she was too stupid, perhaps that's because you come from very happy and harmonious families, and your parents have relatively high moral standards. That's why you saw it that way.
This was my oversight. I'm very sorry. I'll write it in more detail next time.
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