Chapter 241: Chapter 145-146: Hidden Truths / Accidents / Joy? (Part 2)
"Ask him if he’s finished with the company’s business?"
Tang Luo quickly leaned in to convey Luo Ye’s instructions. Fu Mo’s lips curled into a smile as he pulled Tang Luo closer to Luo Ye’s side and whispered, "The highest realm of a hunter is to let the prey run to their heart’s content. When the prey thinks it has escaped and becomes smug, that’s when you shoot it half to death with an arrow, then show off your big knife in front of it before finally killing it with one strike!"
Luo Ye glanced at Fu Mo, "Just don’t get ahead of yourself."
"Cough... Well, actually, there’s another reason. This matter isn’t something I can handle alone; it’s quite complicated and involves a lot. I’ll tell you about it when there’s time."
"Okay."
"I want to hear about it too when the time comes, you can’t leave me out." Xing Nong, the little classmate, couldn’t help but turn her head again and pressed the toy knife against her deskmate Tang Qingming’s waist, "If you dare to blab about our conversation, I’ll kill you!"
"Xing Nong, what’s wrong?" Tang Qingming, the chubby classmate, lifted his head from his English book, poked his glasses, and looked utterly bewildered.
"What are you pretending for?" Xing Nong pressed the toy knife harder.
"What, what’s wrong? Can you please take the knife away? My Mom just bought me this shirt, and if it gets cut, I’ll get an earful when I get home."
"It’s fine, it’s nothing to do with you. Keep at it, focus on your work." Xing Nong spoke dismissively as she pushed Tang Qingming’s head back down to his book, and sure enough, he began to study seriously again.
Tang Luo was laughing hysterically over the desk. Fu Mo and Luo Ye were also all smiles. Xing Nong gave everyone a glare, "Laugh yourself to death!" she said, but then she couldn’t help but laugh as well. Her deskmate had stuck to his seat ever since he came to school, hardly ever moving except to go to the restroom, and even eating his lunch from a food box he brought from home.
However, looking around the class, these kinds of students were actually in the majority. It was senior year; everyone was all in. The few of them like this were basically considered outliers.
...
After school, Luo Ye and Xing Nong arranged to take a ride together to the master’s villa. Coincidentally, they ended up catching a ride with Wang Peirong’s dad’s car again. As soon as Mr. Wang saw the group, he laughed, "Kids, we really have fate."
"Uncle Wang, it seems you really enjoy cruising around here." Luo Ye greeted him while urging everyone to hurry into the car, glancing sideways at a tree by the road. It’s polite to be discreet; Princess Rong certainly didn’t want her identity revealed.
Mr. Wang chuckled, "Yeah, but don’t you kids tell my daughter. She doesn’t want me loitering around here. I didn’t dare tell her about our previous encounters."
"We know. Don’t worry, Uncle. We’re going to 26 Fenyang Road, Building 1."
"Right on!" said Mr. Wang as he stepped on the gas. Following them, or more precisely, following Fu Mo who was hiding behind the tree, Wang Peirong turned pale. She heard every word her dad said just now. Did it mean these people already knew about her family’s background?
"Only absolute strength can win everything. The pile of lies will one day be pierced. Understand?"
The sudden voice startled Wang Peirong, who trembled and turned slowly to find Yang Xing looking at her with a mocking smile. She swallowed with difficulty, "Did you know all along?"
"Yes, such lies are too easy for me to see through. And let me tell you something else. Luo Ye is the daughter of Mayor Luo... Oh no, Secretary Luo. It would be effortless for her to know your identity!"
"Are you... telling the truth?" Wang Peirong took a step back, staring at Yang Xing in astonishment.
"Of course. I wouldn’t bother with such a joke."
"Hehe... Too ironic. Tian Furong once mocked her face, saying a sparrow could never become a phoenix, but turns out, hehe... it’s too ironic!" Wang Peirong suddenly became agitated, "Why, why are some people born to have everything?
And I, just trying hard to make my own life a bit better, why is that so difficult? You tell me, where am I inferior to her? Academics? Looks? Why can she easily have everything, and no matter how hard I try, it’s no use!"
"Do you know why I took an interest in you?"
"You want to get to Luo Ye, you want me to distract the attention around her, to create an opportunity for you, right? I didn’t quite understand before, but now I do!"
"That’s right, at first, that was what I thought. But later, it was because I realized you’re a natural actor in life with a strong desire. I need someone like that. Are you willing to help me?"
"What do you mean?" Wang Peirong was stunned.