Luo Bai had waited outside the gate for over an hour. Unable to stand it any longer, he called out to the bodyguard inside.
"Hey, could you help me hurry Bei..."
The bodyguard interrupted him, clearly displeased. "Mr. Luo, please don't address our young madam so intimately. Our eldest young master will be angry when he wakes up."
Luo Bai: "???" What did he mean, Huo Cixiao would be angry when he woke up? Had those two even met before? Besides, Huo Cixiao was a vegetable who might never wake up. Hmph, what an act. Had Luo Beishi just added that line to the bodyguard's script? How ridiculous.
"Mr. Luo, please leave. Our young madam said not to come polluting the air around our residence and bringing bad luck," the bodyguard continued.
At that, Luo Bai could barely keep the smile on his face.
"You're joking, right? It's been over an hour, and you're only telling me now?"
"We only just received our madam's response. Our madam said he's very busy and has no time to see people whose faces would ruin his appetite."
Luo Bai's smile vanished completely. Why weren't they chasing away the paparazzi outside instead of him? He had thought Luo Beishi would come out to humiliate him, giving him a chance to put on another show in front of everyone... Who knew he would wait two hours only to receive those two infuriating remarks?
The livestream viewers had once again caught someone showing up.
[So this is that White Lotus Luo? He's not even that good-looking. Why is the Shen Family's eldest young master so crazy about him?]
[All I can say is, he's got some tricks.]
[Haha, Luo Beishi is so cocky. I love him.]
[I can just imagine how gorgeous a beauty like Luo Beishi would look frowning and cursing someone out. Hehe.]
[Nice. Every few days, someone shows up asking to get roasted.]
[The love and hatred between wealthy families is the drama of the year. These real and fake young master stories never stop coming.]
Luo Bai gritted his teeth and finally left. Damn Luo Beishi. He would have to find him back at school.
He had recently contacted the neighbor who doted on him most, an older boy now overseas who had lived next door to the Qin residence.
That older boy next door had always taken good care of him when he was little. After this incident, he had told him not to panic and said he would come back to help him handle it. But the public backlash online had frightened Luo Bai so much that he had hidden at home for a week...
He had originally come looking for Luo Beishi to turn things around, but who knew that coward would keep hiding at home and refuse to come out?
"Hubby, not bad. I've graduated to professional wash, cut, and blow-dry services. My skills are so good I want to open a barbershop. But on second thought, that would be too tiring. I'll just cut your hair from now on." Luo Beishi surveyed his handiwork. Not bad. His grumpy husband's bangs no longer covered his eyebrows, which would make cleaning him easier too.
That grumpy face really was handsome. Someone like Huo Cixiao was a great demon king, the sort who could strangle you with one hand.
But Luo Beishi wasn't afraid. Even if Huo Cixiao woke up, he still wouldn't be afraid. After all, he had an indestructible body. Hehe.
When Huo Cixiao heard the words "just cut your hair," it felt as though a pebble had dropped into the still lake in his heart, sending ripples across it.
Hmph, did his bargain wife think a few sweet words like that would make his heart flutter? He had only been a tiny bit touched just now.
"So handsome. Your face is just too grumpy. Hubby, how about a smile?"
Huo Cixiao: "..." Don't be ridiculous. Would you listen to what you're saying?
"Another day of not wanting to go to school. Hubby, could you get up and go to class while I lie here instead?" Luo Beishi sighed softly, suddenly envying Huo Cixiao. He had a wife, a wife to take care of him, a wife to help keep his company stable, and loyal subordinates to do the work.
Huo Cixiao: "..." I'd love to get up, but could I attend your classes for you? You'd lie here while I took care of you? In your dreams. Hmph, I'm going to keep lying here until the end of time.
The next day.
Luo Beishi arrived in the classroom on time. He hadn't driven his car in the garage again since then. Instead, he went out to the school gate, where the bodyguards picked him up and dropped him off in a dedicated car.
The bodyguards couldn't stay beside him during class. The school wouldn't allow it either.
So after class, he headed toward the school gate under everyone's gaze.
But the protagonist's group always appeared whenever he was bored. What performance would they put on this time? Luo Beishi was a little curious.
Luo Bai blocked his path, wearing an expression that seemed to have been a long time in the making. His reddened eyes and nose gave him a pitiful air.
But to Luo Beishi, he looked like he might be constipated.
He coolly scrutinized Luo Bai like that, his entire bearing exuding an air of superiority.
The people around them knew about the Luo Family's affairs. Barely containing themselves while pretending to be calm, they stopped to watch. Some even began secretly recording videos.
Luo Beishi's gaze made Luo Bai a little nervous. How had this person transformed so completely in just half a month, no longer someone he could provoke with a few words?
"Beishi, I'm begging you. Let the Luo Family off. For the sake of Mom and Dad having raised you, at least, please spare the Luo Corporation..." His voice choked up as though he had suffered some terrible injustice.
"Are you kidding? If your family hasn't done anything wrong, why be afraid of ghosts knocking at your door?
"Besides, what makes you so sure I was the one who reported you? You're still just as good at making things up on the spot as before. Nothing new at all." Luo Beishi's gaze was utterly cold, his tone without the slightest hesitation. His gaze lingered no longer, and he turned to leave.
Luo Bai hadn't expected this. Luo Beishi wouldn't take the bait at all anymore... Damn it.
He could only let Luo Beishi slip away like that...
Although Luo Beishi had left, the spectators were still there. Someone immediately spoke up.
"If your family hadn't broken the law, would you be in trouble? Blaming other people is ridiculous."
"I used to think Luo Bai was the most pitiful person alive. Now just looking at him makes me want to puke. What an actor. Let's go, before we catch the green tea virus."
"He used to talk like this too. No evidence, just his mouth, and he got the whole school feeling sorry for him."
"Now that you mention it, true. A hundred and fifty yuan. Who'd want to take over your pigeonhole of a home? And you called it a dove occupying a magpie's nest. What a joke."
"So basically, Luo Bai made up everything that happened before?"
"Hey, Luo Bai, answer us. Did you make all that up before? Is it true your adoptive parents abused you? If it is, I'll call the police for you. I'll save you right now!"
One male student whom Luo Bai had fooled into crying for an entire day and night had thought his background was truly tragic. He had felt awful for a whole day and often cyberbullied Luo Beishi. Now, unable to swallow his anger, he immediately took out his phone and called the police.
Two hours later, Big Brother Qin, Qin Feilin, hadn't expected to reunite with Luo Bai, whom he hadn't seen in so long, at a police station.
Five or six male and female students were nearby, all with distinctly hostile looks in their eyes.
Qin Feilin walked past them and found Luo Bai. "What's wrong? What happened?"
Before long, Mother Qin also arrived at the police station.