A misunderstanding?!
A mocking curve tugged at Xie Chen's lips.
If this had still been his previous life, before his rebirth after all those quick transmigrations, he might actually have believed Qin Chuyu's bullshit.
But now...
All he felt was that this idiot was hypocritical to the extreme!
That was right,
Qin Chuyu really had been Xie Chen's schoolmate.
Back when Xie Chen had hidden his abilities and played dumb, getting bullied by his classmates, Qin Chuyu had stepped forward and rebuked the others.
Because of that, Xie Chen had come to see him in a new light, and they had gotten along fairly well.
But only in the end did he learn of Qin Chuyu's wolfish ambitions.
He had helped Xie Chen back then only because Xie Chen was the Xie Family's adopted son.
He had thought that with that connection, he could use the Xie Family as a powerful backer and smoothly enter the entertainment industry after graduation.
But when Qin Chuyu learned that Xie Chen was not favored by the Xie Family and was merely treated like an obedient dog, he immediately turned cold and distant. He even acted like they were strangers who had never met, refusing to so much as greet him when they ran into each other at the company.
The Xie Chen of his previous life had not cared.
After all, the friendship of gentlemen was as light as water.
How many true friends could be like Old Lu,
Carefree yet utterly devoted.
If they could have continued minding their own business, Xie Chen would not have cared, since he had nothing to lose.
But he had never expected that after escaping the Xie Family's dungeon with great difficulty, covered in wounds, with only a sliver of consciousness left as he tried to