Shen Mianmian had thought that given Xu Haiyang’s nature, he would have come looking for trouble soon enough, but several days passed without a peep.
But she didn’t dare to let her guard down, always going to and from school with Lu Siyuan.
Xu Haiyang had been beaten and certainly wouldn’t let it go easily. He might be brewing some nasty idea; one can never be too careful with others.
In these days, Zhou Siyu was also uneasy. She had tried several times to coax information out of Shen Mianmian, but to no avail.
It wasn’t until Thursday after school that Xu Haiyang, accompanied by a man called Gouzi, blocked her, accusing her of taking things without doing her part and saying she needed a lesson.
Zhou Siyu’s legs turned to jelly with fear. "Haiyang Brother, I haven’t failed to do anything! You told me to split up my sister and Lu Siyuan, didn’t I do just that the other day?"
What happened afterwards was beyond her control, anyway.
"You dare bring up that day?" Xu Haiyang’s temper flared up instantly, and he slapped Zhou Siyu across the face, causing one side of her face to swell up immediately.
Zhou Siyu held her face but didn’t dare to cry out loud, "Haiyang Brother, please stop hitting me. Just tell me if there’s anything else I can help with, I’ll definitely help. I don’t want the things either, I will give them back to you."
She emptied her fragrant sachet handkerchiefs in a rush, only for Xu Haiyang to knock them to the ground.
"What the fuck are these good for."
If they hadn’t been used, he could have used them to sweet-talk girls, but these leftovers were no different from trash.
However, the first few sentences Zhou Siyu had said were in line with his wishes.
"On Saturday, lure Shen Mianmian out to the small woods outside your village. If things go well, I’ll forget about the prior incidents and give you another box of fragrance sachet."
As Xu Haiyang spoke, he patted Zhou Siyu’s face lightly twice, his warning intent clear.
Luring Shen Mianmian out seemed simple enough, but the current Shen Mianmian was as clever as a monkey, beyond Zhou Siyu’s deceit.
In the end, she would be the one to suffer.
After a moment of thought, Zhou Siyu’s eyes lit up as she ingratiatingly said, "Haiyang Brother, I don’t have to lure her out. She goes to Shu Tun every Saturday and Sunday to do work for others. She leaves in the morning and comes back in the afternoon, you just have to wait there."
This way, even if something happened to Shen Mianmian, she could wash her hands of the matter. Thıs content belongs to 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢•𝕟𝕖𝕥
"She goes there every Saturday and Sunday to work for others?"
Xu Haiyang’s expression changed.
"Yes." Zhou Siyu nodded with her hand on the side of the face that had been hit. "She has been working there since before the New Year."
As Zhou Siyu finished speaking, her other cheek was met with another slap from Xu Haiyang.
"Fuck, why didn’t you say this news earlier?"
If he had known sooner, he could have just intercepted Shen Mianmian over the weekend, instead of blocking her on her way to school and getting beaten up by Lu Siyuan in the process.
Zhou Siyu’s face was in terrible pain, and she was seething inside.
It was Xu Haiyang who had wanted to give Shen Mianmian a ride to school to win her over.
How was this her fault?
She didn’t dare to talk back, her eyes brimming with tears, and she didn’t dare to let them fall.
"Haiyang, look at you, you’re too harsh with your hands, you’ve swollen her little face."
Gouzi reached out to touch Zhou Siyu’s face and the corner of his mouth curled up with a sinister smile, his eyes glinting with malevolent light.
Zhou Siyu immediately stepped back, a wave of nausea washing over her.
Though only sixteen, and still ignorant of matters between men and women, she sensed the danger.
She roughly knew what that look in a man’s eyes meant.