After Breaking Up With the Scheming Bad Woman 109

Chapter 109: I Like You.

It was like a stone being thrown into a deep well, and the sound of the well water gurgling and churning kept coming out.

The calm surface of the water was shattered and was trembling wildly.

Chu Yiming’s pale brows were pressed down, and he said in a deep voice, “Lingyi and Xiao Zhao were just friends.” He looked at his granddaughter. Her features were very similar to his late daughter’s, and even her angry expression at this moment was as if it had been carved from the same mold.

He asked, “Where did you hear such an unfounded thing? This rumor has been in the past for many years. It caused our Chu family…”

“Do you still insist that this is a rumor?” Chu Wantang stared at the old man’s eyes. “In 1991, my mother and Auntie Huai Zhao were exposed as lesbians. Rumors were rampant, and they were besieged from all sides. Xu Zhixun came to your door and asked you to marry my mother to him to quell this storm… right?”

Chu Yiming’s action of playing with the walnuts paused. His age was there, and his lips were dry and shriveled, the corners of his mouth pressed down.

Hearing Chu Wantang’s words, he gripped the walnuts in his hand tightly, turned his head, and looked at the lake in front of him, thinking of his daughter, and was silent.

Chu Wantang asked in grief, “Grandpa, did my mother not ask you and Grandma for help back then? She was only in her early twenties, and had just graduated from university.”

“She brought it on herself! She can’t be a homosexual!” Chu Yiming was so angry that he was trembling. “Ah Ying and I only have her as a child. We cultivated her carefully and placed all our hopes on her. The group was also to be inherited by her… How could she be a homosexual?”

He looked at his granddaughter at the side again and glared at her. “She did come to us, hoping that we would fulfill her and Huai Zhao. It was simply unreasonable and wishful thinking! She was really crazy!”

“Did you have a hand in the Huai family moving to Yuncheng?” Chu Wantang’s eyes were filled with tears, and she asked again. “Was it not enough that my mother was forced to marry Xu Zhixun? You also had to have the Huai family move to another city so that they would have a hard time seeing each other again?”

Chu Yiming snorted coldly. “They were two children who had gone astray. Only when they were completely separated would the rumors completely stop.”

Chu Wantang’s tears fell. She lowered her head slightly, and her chest was so heavy that it felt as if it were blocked by mud.

Seeing her like this, Chu Yiming reached out his old hand and patted her on the back. “Tangtang, you can’t be like your mother. Your mother was just too stubborn. If she hadn’t been so stubborn back then, she wouldn’t have left so early…” Speaking of this, he was also a little teary-eyed. He wiped his own tears. “We’ve lived for so long. We don’t know when we’ll go and find her.”

Chu Wantang laughed mockingly. “She and Auntie Huai Zhao will be very happy in heaven, Grandpa.”

“They were not wrong to love each other. The ones who were wrong were you people who were high and mighty and claimed to be saving them. It was you who made them feel so depressed that they couldn’t get over it. They only lived to be forty-seven, all because of you…”

With a “slap,” Chu Wantang was slapped hard.

She turned her head to the side and looked at the green grass. Her cheek felt as if it had been hit by a red-hot iron plate, and countless fine needles seemed to have drilled out from under her skin, pricking her face.

Chu Yiming stood up and looked down at her, saying coldly, “Chu Lingyi also said that they were not wrong to love each other back then, and I also gave her a slap. You should sober up, Chu Wantang.”

“Don’t forget that your surname is Chu.”

The finger marks on Chu Wantang’s face were much deeper than the ones she had gotten at the Xu family’s house five years ago. She looked up at Chu Yiming and also said coldly, “I will never step into the Chu family’s house again in the future.”

She curled her lips. “Fortunately, I inherited my mother’s sexual orientation. My lover’s surname is also Huai, it’s Huai Xing… Grandpa, there have been two homosexuals in the family in a row. Do you want to go and see if there’s something wrong with the ancestral grave?”

Huai Xing had just comforted the old lady to sleep when she saw the Chu family’s butler rush in. Seeing that the old lady had her eyes closed, she could only suppress her anxious expression.

She then turned to Huai Xing, who had just come out, and said in a low voice, “Miss Huai, could I trouble you to go and see the young lady? I don’t know what the young lady and the master talked about, but the master was so angry that he fainted, and the young lady’s condition is not very good either…”

Huai Xing’s heart was in her throat, and she nodded. “Thanks.”

Passing through the corridor, she saw Chu Wantang sitting on a chair not far away.

Chu Wantang’s head was lowered, and her scattered hair covered a part of her profile. It was unclear what she was thinking.

As if sensing her gaze, Chu Wantang slowly turned her head and smiled at her.

Huai Xing looked at the finger marks on the woman’s face, and her lips were pressed together tightly.

She held her breath and slowly walked to Chu Wantang’s front and knelt down, tentatively reaching out her hand, but she did not dare to touch the half of Chu Wantang’s face that had been slapped. The concern in her eyes covered everything in this world.

Chu Wantang grabbed her hand, and her other cheek pressed against her palm, comforting her. “It doesn’t hurt. I’m fine.”

“Let’s go home,” Huai Xing said, stroking her face.

Chu Wantang: “Okay, let’s go home.”

The phrase “we” and “home” was once again associated with her.

She ignored the unease in her heart, stood up, and still held Huai Xing’s hand. The two of them stepped on the grass, and the warm sunlight shone on them.

She glanced at the Chu family’s manor and said softly, “I won’t be coming back in the future.”

Huai Xing held her hand tightly. “Okay.”

“Aren’t you going to ask me why?”

“No.”

Huai Xing said with great certainty, “It’s not your problem.”

Hearing her trust her so much, Chu Wantang wanted to reveal a smile, but because of the pain in her face, she could only “hiss.”

Seeing her like this, Huai Xing became worried. “I’ll go and ask the butler for some ice, and we can ice it first…”

“We’ll ice it when we get home. I don’t want to be here.”

…

When they returned to their former home, Chu Wantang was sitting on the sofa, leaning against it properly.

They had bought medicine and an ice pack at the pharmacy at the entrance of the complex. Especially the ice pack, they had never had this thing at home.

The ice pack was wrapped in a towel. Huai Xing knelt on Chu Wantang’s lap, her legs apart, and she held the ice pack to Chu Wantang’s face.

Chu Wantang looked at her serious expression, her face full of unhappiness, and touched her waist, saying lightly, “It seems I’ll have to wear a mask for my work vlog next time.”

“But don’t worry. It should be almost recovered before the big show starts.”

Huai Xing’s brows were furrowed. “Mm.”

The ice pack was effective, and the burning sensation was not so hot.

Chu Wantang’s hand went under Huai Xing’s clothes, pressed against the skin of Huai Xing’s waist, and her fingertips slid on it, continuing to adjust the atmosphere. “You can still kiss my other cheek.”

Huai Xing did as she was told, leaned over, and kissed her other cheek.

Chu Wantang held her wrist, took the towel and ice pack, and said in a low voice, “The person at the pharmacy said to apply it for ten to fifteen minutes at a time. It’s almost time now, Xingxing.”

With that, she captured Huai Xing’s lips.

But because of the injury on her cheek, Huai Xing did not dare to kiss her too hard, but only gently exchanged lips and tongues, sharing this rare quietness and peace.

After a gentle kiss, Huai Xing was sitting in her lap.

Chu Wantang smelled the fragrance of her hair. Afraid that she would disappear in the next second, she held her very tightly.

The sky outside was clear and sunny. Chu Wantang kissed Huai Xing’s cheek and suggested, “Do you want to get the tablet?” She smiled, and her face still had a hint of pain. “We still haven’t seen the ‘new food’ that the netizens were talking about.”

“What new food? That’s my work vlog,” she said, but Huai Xing still stood up and went to get the tablet.

She opened the video app, entered the company’s account space. The video had just been released last night, and it had not yet been 24 hours, but the number of views was already in the hundreds of thousands, and there were also thousands of comments.

She was still sitting in Chu Wantang’s lap with her back to her, their legs overlapping.

Looking at the title that the marketing department had chosen, she didn’t know what to say—

[The boss told me to be more restrained in this issue. Restrained? My dictionary doesn’t have these two words.]

Chu Wantang commented, “Mm, a very attractive title. If it were me, I would open it and take a look.”

Huai Xing was silent for half a second and opened the video.

A whole page of somewhat dazzling bullet comments popped out: [Grandma! The documentary-style romance variety show you’re following has been updated!!!]

Chu Wantang: “I’m a little regretful that I let you get the tablet.” She rubbed Huai Xing’s ear with the side of her face that was fine. “I really want to laugh.”

Huai Xing turned her head to the side, glanced at her, leaned closer, and pecked her on the lips. “Why don’t we not watch it now? We can watch it when you’re better.”

“Anyway, it’s nothing. It’s okay. I can just endure it.”

Chu Wantang wrapped her arms around her and asked in a warm voice, “I really like being with you like this. Do you like it?”

“I do.”

“As long as you like it,” she said. If you like it, can you not give up on this relationship?

Huai Xing did not completely close the bullet comments, but only left a part of them at the top to see the netizens’ feedback.

Well, everyone was really seriously shipping her and Chu Wantang’s CP.

When Chu Wantang had taken her bag and was carrying it herself, everyone: [I’m dying from shipping them.]

When Chu Wantang had said that she was born with a smiling lip, and she had called Chu Wantang “Chu Ruan Tang,” everyone: [Give me a respirator.]

When the two of them had interacted from time to time in the car, and Chu Wantang’s gaze was always on Huai Xing, and the two of them had also drunk from the same bottle of water, everyone: [What’s going on? My little face is turning yellow from watching.]

…

After watching the video, she scrolled through the comments section again.

Thousands of comments were all urging the company to quickly release a new issue. This food was really too fragrant, delicious, and I love to eat it.

There were also some who felt that now, for the sake of publicity, they were going to all extremes, and even the boss had to come out and sell her lesbianism. Such comments were retorted by the netizens: [The promotional effect is very good. I support selling more.]

[Thanks for the invitation. I’ve already bought ‘Silk Season’s’ handkerchief and have pre-ordered the ready-to-wear…]

[Passing by, who’s selling tickets for the big show?]

After scrolling through the comments, the corners of Huai Xing’s lips had not gone down.

Chu Wantang turned her face, looked at her smiling features, and then took the tablet and placed it to the side. Before she kissed her, she said in a hoarse voice, “I want to take a nap with you, Xingxing.”

That night, Huai Xing met with her friends from Jingcheng.

Her work vlog’s view count was still rising rapidly, and it would also be pushed to these friends of hers who loved to go online. The meal was a little subtle.

Just as the dinner was about to end, Huai Xing received a call from Chu Wantang, telling her that she had driven to the vicinity and was waiting for her.

After hanging up, Zhuo Xin propped her chin on her hand and looked at her, and then asked directly, “Xiao Xing, are you and Sister Wantang together?”

This question made Tu Zhaoyu and the others stunned for a moment.

Was she asking so directly?

Several gazes fell on Huai Xing. She held her phone and curled her lips into a smile. “No, she’s just here to help me with my work.”

But the ambiguity and intimacy shown in the video did not look fake.

Her friends exchanged a look and said nothing.

Huai Xing took a deep breath, lowered her eyes, and her nose felt a little sour. “I’ve been so tired from being busy recently. It’s a good thing everything is almost over.”