Tang Ya: Bei Bei, You've Let Me Down!

She felt that Ye Chen was the one who truly understood her, who knew what she really wanted.

"I'm the Tang Sect Vice Sect Master. It's only right for me to ease the sect master's worries~" Ye Chen gently patted Tang Ya's back and comforted her softly.

"Hehe, looks like I didn't misjudge you~" Tang Ya hummed happily, clearly quite pleased by Ye Chen's comfort.

The two embraced for a while before Ye Chen gently pushed Tang Ya away.

"Sister Xiaoya, that's enough for now. Let's head back today," Ye Chen took the initiative to say.

He had noticed that Tang Ya was holding him tighter and tighter, and was even secretly rubbing her nose against his neck...

For the time being, he wasn't ready to be cuck—pfft, he wasn't ready to accept Tang Ya.

That old man Mu En was still alive.

For now, Ye Chen could only maintain a friendship with Tang Ya. He could not cross the line.

Otherwise, if Bei Bei couldn't take it and went straight to that old man Mu En to complain, Ye Chen felt that he might still be in some danger...

That old man Mu En truly was an insurmountable mountain for him at the moment.

Of course, Tang Ya's change in attitude was not because of Tang Ya herself, but because Bei Bei was too honest, too righteous.

Bei Bei had not learned even a fraction of Mu En's ruthlessness or cunning.

When Mu En was young, he had run around with Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao. He had a great reputation, but also a notorious one—though it had never spread.

For Zhang Lexuan's sake, he could wipe out an entire family without even blinking.

Yet Bei Bei, as Mu En's great-great-grandson and the youngest genius of his generation, had spent years unable to destroy even a tiny Soul Emperor sect. It was truly embarrassing...

No wonder Tang Ya had gone dark in the original story.

It still came down to the same thing.

Bei Bei could not give Tang Ya what she wanted.

"Mm, alright."

Tang Ya nodded gently, though for some reason, a trace of disappointment flashed through her heart.

It would have been nice if she could have stayed in Ye Chen's embrace a little longer.

Holding Ye Chen gave her an immense sense of security. She was becoming somewhat addicted to that feeling, but unfortunately...

"Achoo!"

"Damn it, it's been two hours already. Does a meal really take this long?"

Meanwhile, Bei Bei, who had been keeping watch outside, was already growing impatient.

Unfortunately, the Seven Treasures Hotel protected its guests' privacy too well. Otherwise, he would have rushed in long ago to catch them cheating.

He refused to believe that the two of them had merely been having a simple meal!

"Mm, they're coming out!"

Just then, Bei Bei saw two figures emerge side by side. They were Tang Ya and Ye Chen.

Moreover, Bei Bei keenly noticed that the distance between Tang Ya and Ye Chen seemed to have grown a little closer.

"Sister Xiaoya, you should head back first. I won't see you off," Ye Chen said as he stopped at the hotel entrance and waved to Tang Ya.

Ye Chen still planned to accompany Ma Xiaotao tonight, to raise Ma Xiaotao's favorability as much as possible, and then...

"Mm, thank you for troubling yourself." Tang Ya nodded gently, then turned and left.

Ye Chen, meanwhile, headed in another direction—toward the back gate of Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy had quite a few smaller gates. Entering Sea God Island through the back gate was a little closer.

In a distant alley, Tang Ya walked briskly toward the academy.

Although she was a little disappointed that she had not returned with Ye Chen, she had gained a great deal today. Not only had she made gains in cultivation, but she had also received emotional comfort and reassurance, leaving her in an excellent mood.

"Xiaoya..."

Suddenly, a desolate figure stepped out from a distant corner. It was Bei Bei.

"Bei Bei, why are you here... No, you followed me!" The moment Tang Ya saw Bei Bei, her previously wonderful mood vanished. Her face immediately darkened.

Bei Bei had actually followed her. He clearly did not trust her!

"Xiaoya, what did you and Ye Chen do?" Bei Bei stared fixedly at Tang Ya, his eyes slightly bloodshot.

"I merely had a meal with him. You want to interfere even with that?" Tang Ya frowned, obvious displeasure in her voice.

"A meal takes over two hours?!" Bei Bei gritted his teeth and shouted, "Xiaoya, tell me honestly. Did you do something with Ye Chen that betrayed me?!"

Slap—

Tang Ya swung her hand and gave Bei Bei a hard slap across the face.

Bei Bei was instantly stunned. His head buzzed.

"Bei Bei, I never thought you saw me, Tang Ya, as that kind of person. You've truly disappointed me!"

After saying that, Tang Ya flicked her sleeve and left, not even sparing Bei Bei a glance.

Bei Bei's behavior during this period had made her dislike him more and more.

Especially now that Bei Bei had actually suspected her, saying that she and Ye Chen...

That was something she could not accept!

She only wanted revenge. She only wanted to see the Tang Sect develop better!

For those things, she had worked hard to persuade Ye Chen.

Not only had Bei Bei refused to help, he had even come to cause trouble. And now he was slandering her like this!

"Xiaoya... Xiaoya... I didn't mean it that way... Xiaoya, wait for me..."

Only then did Bei Bei realize that he seemed to have truly said the wrong thing. Ignoring the burning pain on his face, he hurriedly chased after her.

He had also realized that there was nothing unusual about Tang Ya's clothes, nor did she show any signs of having bathed. She clearly did not seem to have...

He had simply been thrown into confusion by concern and said the wrong thing.

Under normal circumstances, he trusted Tang Ya one hundred percent and would never have suspected anything.

But Tang Ya's unusual behavior these past two days had made him increasingly uneasy.

That was why, in a heated moment, he had blurted out those words.

"Xiaoya, Xiaoya, I was wrong..."

Bei Bei truly regretted it now, humbly begging for forgiveness like a bootlicker.

"Go away. Stop bothering me. I'm exactly that kind of loose woman. Bei Bei, leave. I'm not worthy of you."

Tang Ya shoved Bei Bei away, clearly disappointed in him to the extreme.

Now that things had reached this point, she suddenly felt that breaking up with Bei Bei for a while and calming down was probably the best choice.

"Xiaoya... I can't live without you. I was wrong. I shouldn't have doubted you..."

The cracks already present in Bei Bei's heart shattered completely. He grabbed Tang Ya's hand and wept bitterly.

The relationships between men and women on Love Continent were all very pure and sincere, and they were young romances too, so naturally they were even more...

In Bei Bei's heart, Tang Ya was practically his entire world.

And now that Tang Ya had mentioned breaking up, Bei Bei's mentality instantly collapsed.

"Go away."

Tang Ya directly shook Bei Bei off and quickly departed without looking back, without the slightest trace of attachment.

"No!!"

"Xiaoya!!"

"My Xiaoya..."

Bei Bei fell to his knees, clutching his head as he sobbed uncontrollably. His heart hurt so badly that he nearly fainted.

At this moment, Bei Bei was no longer Thunderclap Bei Bei, the youngest genius of Shrek Academy's Outer Court. He was merely a pitiful wretch who had been dumped by his girlfriend and had just suffered a breakup.

The more innocent someone was, the more they valued love.

Especially for love at first sight like this, which Bei Bei believed was fate itself.

He had already decided to spend his entire life with Tang Ya. He had even thought of names for their future children.

But now, the dream had shattered, and Bei Bei's heart shattered with it.

At this moment, Bei Bei wanted nothing more than to slap himself several times.

He regretted it now. He regretted it terribly.

How could he have said something like that?

A sweet, adorable girl like Tang Ya could never possibly do such a thing, much less be that kind of person...

And what he had just said must have utterly broken Tang Ya's heart...

"What should I do? What should I do..."

Bei Bei no longer cared about causing trouble for Ye Chen. All he wanted now was to win Tang Ya's heart back...

Without Tang Ya, he truly could not live even a single day...