Song Xuanhe’s indifference and disregard had utterly humiliated him. The expression on the completely mortified Lu Chao’s face turned malevolent. Even though he had already tried to cover it up, he couldn’t stop some of the malice from leaking out of his eyes.
Xiao Yuanmu easily sensed the hostile gaze. His own eyes involuntarily paused over Lu Chao’s face. Although the pre-rebirth him had memories of Lu Chao, it was his own memories from his previous life that left the greatest impression. 1sapd6
After having returned to the Xiao Family in his last life, the Xiao Family had quickly held a banquet to announce his identity. Families from all over China had come to participate. After finding out his true identity, the Song Family had also sent someone to sound out his intentions. Naturally, Xiao Yuanmu hadn’t been willing to let Song Xuanhe go. Therefore, he had said that the Song Family was his enemy.
A month after he had said that, the Song Family had sent someone to pass on a message. They had said that they would not let Song Xuanhe off and would give Xiao Yuanmu a satisfactory outcome. Back then, he had already been trying to assimilate into the Xiao Family and had had to guard against other people’s malicious covert attacks. He had already forgotten about Song Xuanhe. Another half a month later, he had then received news that Song Xuanhe had been lured into drug addiction.
And, the person who had done the luring had been the person in front of him right now, Lu Chao. He had been Song Xuanhe’s best friend back then.
Xiao Yuanmu hadn’t really felt anything when he had heard about this. This was because he had already been under great pressure with the Xiao Family’s matters. Aside from telling one of his subordinates to make a bit more trouble for the Song Family, he hadn’t had any more time to take revenge on Song Xuanhe or the Song Family. 40Giut
Who would have expected that, when he had finally gained a steady foothold in the Xiao Family, he would find out that Song Xuanhe had previously fallen to the point of having to sell himself? Furthermore, because he had offended one of his patrons, he had been thrown into a forest that was supposed to be used as a secret colosseum of sorts. He had died with his corpse torn to pieces.
The person who had secretly orchestrated all of this had also been the person in front of him, Lu Chao.
When he had heard of Song Xuanhe’s ending in his last life, he had been momentarily surprised. Although he had loathed Song Xuanhe, he hadn’t hated him to the point where he’d throw stones at someone who had already died a tragic death. He also knew that, although Song Xuanhe’s death hadn’t been directly caused by him, it had happened because of him. Although he hadn’t directly orchestrated it, his revenge could be considered fulfilled.
After finding out that Song Xuanhe had died, he had thrown all his memories of the Capital and Song Xuanhe to the back of his mind. It had been only another five years later that he had received news of the Song Family and Lu Family again. iVDqE
——Lu Chao had been murdered in an extremely sadistic fashion. His dismembered corpse had been deposited in the wilderness. By the time the Lu Family had found him, all that had been left had been his upper half and one thigh.
Lu Chao’s death had been very similar to Song Xuanhe’s. Furthermore, the Lu Family had been fully aware how important of a role Lu Chao had played in Song Xuanhe’s death. Therefore, after Lu Chao had died, they had immediately thought that the Song Family had been responsible for his death.
Back then, although the Song Family had been on the decline after having been suppressed in all directions, a dying camel was still stronger than a horse. They were not something the small Lu Family could casually accuse. Furthermore, the Song Family would never admit to such a thing. Everyone in the Capital had known that Song Xuanhe had been expelled from the Song Family back then. No one thought that the Song Family would risk offending the Xiao Family Head to get revenge for him.
The Lu Family had been without proof, and they couldn’t come up with a motive. Therefore, they could only give up. 3TlmLS
Yang Jie had known about what had happened between Xiao Yuanmu and Song Xuanhe. He had told Xiao Yuanmu all of this for fun. Or maybe, he had been hoping that this would have bettered his mood. But, Xiao Yuanmu hadn’t been interested. The other’s words had gone in one ear and out the other.
Right now, when he saw how Lu Chao couldn’t hide that fierce gaze in his eyes, a cold light emerged in Xiao Yuanmu’s own. From what he knew, regardless of which life it had been, Song Xuanhe had treated Lu Chao well prior to the pool party. He really wanted to know just why the other had disregarded their friendship and had been so eager to cause Song Xuanhe’s demise.
In his previous life, Lu Chao had meddled with his revenge and messed up his plans. It had been his fault that Xiao Yuanmu had felt little satisfaction after getting revenge on Song Xuanhe. Back then, he hadn’t had the time nor interest to haggle over this. But now that he had thought about it, he felt quite unhappy.
Xiao Yuanmu suppressed the coldness in his eyes. Since it was like this, making the Lu Chao of this life pay could be considered karma. 6PiHQy
Lu Chao wasn’t good at controlling his expressions. Song Xuanhe also noticed this. Originally, Song Xuanhe hadn’t really felt anything. But now, a sliver of anger appeared in his chest. Xiao Yuanmu getting revenge on the original host could be considered karmic retribution. But, what Lu Chao had done to the original host had been nothing but a case of repaying kindness with enmity. Song Xuanhe hated ungrateful people like this the most.
He would make Lu Chao experience everything the original host had suffered in the book.
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Song Xuanhe wiped the indifferent expression off his face. His slightly hook lip flattened, and he asked in a flat tone, “You said you wanted my help. Tell me, what do you want help with?”
Lu Chao hadn’t expected for Song Xuanhe to suddenly change attitudes so quickly. Although he didn’t know what had caused this change, it still meant that he finally had some hope. A hint of joy appeared on Lu Chao’s face. He parted his lips, about to tell him about his family’s situation. However, when he realized where they were and that there were others around, he shut his mouth again. fcivAm
As expected, Lu Chao looked around and then said hesitantly, “Er shao
It was rare for Xiao Shenglin to see him smile so brightly. He couldn’t help but rub the other’s head. He also smiled and said, “If you like design, you can go learn it in school. Even if Uncle Song doesn’t approve, you can think of another way.”
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Song Xuanhe shook his head, but his smile didn’t change. He had only said that before to convince Xiao Shenglin and Zhou Nan that he had learned design behind Song Guochao’s back. But, fashion design meant a lot to him. He didn’t want to lie too much about it. Therefore, he changed the topic.
Zhou Nan hadn’t been interested at all. He instead searched for Xiao Yuanmu’s silhouette, bored to death. Finally, he managed to find the other and shouted, “Xiao Yuanmu!” xZg6SN
Song Xuanhe and Xiao Shenglin also turned at the same time. They noticed Xiao Yuanmu, who was standing not too far from them. Xiao Yuanmu’s gaze was on Xiao Shenglin’s hand atop of Song Xuanhe’s head. His eyes then drifted down to Song Xuanhe’s clear, bright smile. The light in his eyes gradually turned cold.
Eve: Ooh, angst is ramping up. Break up talk. But MuMu clearly isn’t going to be okay with it. And XYM getting jealous over XSL is never not funny. Also fulfills my love for the jealous!ML trope. It’s a guilty pleasure.\n