Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 423: Making up Her Mind, Staying Away from the Scummy Man!

Zheng Yanyan's breath caught in her throat. She had almost forgotten she ever said such a thing.What did Lu Lin mean by saying this in front of Zhou Yuwen?

Zheng Yanyan immediately grew anxious and exclaimed, "I said that back when I was just a freshman! How do you still remember that?!"

Lu Lin simply stated, "Regardless, I don't owe you anything!"

Zheng Yanyan really wanted to cry at this moment, but she held back her tears. She then turned her gaze toward Zhou Yuwen. Unlike Su Qing, she didn't throw a crying and screaming tantrum.

This matter simply had too massive of an impact on her. If Su Qing was telling the truth, it meant Zhou Yuwen had been seeing other women behind her back this entire time.

No girl would be able to accept this, right?

Therefore, Zheng Yanyan could only pin her last shred of hope on Zhou Yuwen.

She looked at Zhou Yuwen with red-rimmed eyes, making him too ashamed to even maintain eye contact with her.

In truth, Zheng Yanyan wanted to soften her stance right then. She wanted to act coquettishly with Zhou Yuwen, maybe even throw a little fit until he caved, but when the words reached her lips, her nose simply stung as she asked, "Is what they said true?"

Zhou Yuwen truly felt guilty toward Zheng Yanyan in his heart, but things had already reached this point. Saying anything more would just be annoying. After a long moment of silence, he simply said, "I am sorry."

The moment those words left his mouth, Zheng Yanyan turned on her heel and walked away.

Tears did well up in her eyes, but she forced them back down.

Leaving right now was her final shred of dignity. If she shamelessly stayed behind after this, she would truly have no dignity left.

"Yan Yan!"

Shen Yu had witnessed everything that just unfolded with absolute clarity. Seeing Zheng Yanyan open the door and leave, Shen Yu chased after her without a second thought.

She definitely had to leave too. She had wanted to leave earlier but simply never found the right opportunity.

If she didn't leave now?

Was she supposed to stay and watch Zhou Yuwen, Su Qing, and Lu Lin show off their affection for each other?

After Zheng Yanyan left, the Big Flat quietly descended into silence.

Since Lu Lin had just been slapped, Zhou Yuwen's first reaction was naturally to check her injuries. However, Lu Lin waved her hand and said she was fine, expressing her worry for Zheng Yanyan instead.

She asked Zhou Yuwen if he was going to chase after her to check on her.

Zhou Yuwen thought about it for a moment and replied, "With Shen Yu following her, it shouldn't be a big problem."

After saying this, Zhou Yuwen turned his head to look at Su Qing.

Actually, Su Qing did not want to bother with Zheng Yanyan. She had been thoroughly enjoying the drama earlier. Seeing Zheng Yanyan's misfortune, Su Qing was too busy being happy to care, but then she noticed the look in Zhou Yuwen's eyes.

Although reluctant, she ultimately knew how to read the room.

"Then, how about I go take a look too?"

"Yeah, okay."

"..."

Su Qing instantly knew she had spoken out of turn. To think she had actually hoped Zhou Yuwen would ask her to stay.

There was nothing she could do. After everything that had just happened, having the three of them stay together would indeed be awkward. The best solution was to send everyone else away so he could properly comfort Lu Lin alone.

Once Su Qing left, Zhou Yuwen retrieved the household first-aid kit and applied some ointment to Lu Lin's slightly red cheek.

Zheng Yanyan had not held back any strength with her slap earlier. Looking closely, one could see that half of Lu Lin's cheek was already starting to swell. Zhou Yuwen had Lu Lin sit on the sofa while he stood to apply the medicine for her.

Lu Lin insisted that she was fine.

"I was too impulsive just now. I shouldn't have said so much to her," she murmured.

"What silly things are you saying? She should have been told a long time ago. This is for the best," Zhou Yuwen replied while applying the ointment.

He could say that, but Lu Lin was clearly in low spirits. She felt that Zheng Yanyan was truly angry today and might never forgive Zhou Yuwen or herself for the rest of her life.

In other words, because of her, Zhou Yuwen had lost a woman.

Lu Lin felt that she wasn't as beautiful as Zheng Yanyan, nor was her family background any better. Therefore, it really wasn't worth it for Zhou Yuwen to lose Zheng Yanyan over her. After Zhou Yuwen finished applying the medicine, Lu Lin took the opportunity and embraced Zhou Yuwen's waist, resting her head against his abdomen.

However, Zhou Yuwen just stroked Lu Lin's head and said, "Those who want to stay can't be chased away. Those who want to leave can't be kept."

Zheng Yanyan looked as if she had suffered a massive grievance. When taking the elevator down, she pressed the button for the first floor several times, as if afraid the elevator was descending too slowly. Then, with red eyes, she ran out of the apartment building.

The property manager, Huang Xiaoyuan, was sitting properly at her post when she saw a girl run past crying. Before she could even react, another girl chased after her.

Then, Su Qing followed them out as well.

In the blink of an eye, three girls had run past.

Sigh, the drama in the home of the homeowner, Mr. Zhou, was even better than watching a soap opera.

Huang Xiaoyuan was already used to it.

Zheng Yanyan ran all the way into the residential area in one breath, then leaned against a pillar and started crying.

After Shen Yu found Zheng Yanyan, she stood beside her and tried to console her, urging her to stop crying.

Instead, Zheng Yanyan turned around, embraced Shen Yu, and began sobbing.

Shen Yu patted her shoulder, telling her that what's done is done.

"It's not too late to see his true colors now."

Speaking of seeing Zhou Yuwen's true colors.

Zheng Yanyan's crying came to an abrupt halt.

Only now did she fully realize it.

Zhou Yuwen had cheated on her.

She shouldn't forgive him.

Which meant.

The two of them were over again?

She wouldn't be able to be with Zhou Yuwen in the future anymore?

The thought of not being with Zhou Yuwen in the future...

Made Zheng Yanyan's nose sting once more. She wanted to say that she didn't want to part with Zhou Yuwen. But no matter what, she couldn't force those words out.

Shen Yu, on the other hand, was a reasonable person. She did have a good impression of Zhou Yuwen, but no matter how good her impression was, knowing about this kind of thing...

Made it very hard to judge him favorably.

The priority right now was to properly console Zheng Yanyan.

So, Shen Yu took Zheng Yanyan's hand and said, "Let's go, we're heading back to the dormitory."

Zheng Yanyan just kept sobbing and didn't reply, but when Shen Yu pulled her along, she didn't resist either.

After Su Qing came out, she saw Zheng Yanyan and Shen Yu leaving. She trailed behind them and sent a message to Zhou Yuwen, telling him that she was heading back to the dormitory with Shen Yu and Zheng Yanyan.

Upon returning to the dormitory, Shen Yu first had Zheng Yanyan take a hot shower to comfortably wash away all her exhaustion. Zheng Yanyan still felt miserable, but she had stopped crying, though her eyes were still slightly red.

She hadn't been back to the dormitory in several months, so her bed was no longer in a sleepable condition. Shen Yu told Zheng Yanyan to share a bed with her tonight.

Zheng Yanyan felt a bit touched. She embraced Shen Yu and said, "Shen Yu, you're the only one who's good to me. I was truly blind. I thought if I treated Lu Lin well, she would remember my kindness. I never dreamed that I would raise such an ungrateful wretch."

"Ahem, saying that is going a bit overboard." Su Qing, who had returned to the dormitory with them, felt a bit awkward upon hearing this.

She said that, to be perfectly honest, it really didn't count as her raising Lu Lin.

"Even if someone raised her, it was Zhou Yuwen who did."

Having Su Qing retort her words, Zheng Yanyan became extremely irritated and angrily asked, "Why are you even here? Are you here to laugh at my expense?!"

Su Qing replied, "This is my dormitory. Isn't it perfectly normal for me to be here?"

"You!" Before she could even finish her sentence, Zheng Yanyan's eyes turned red once again.

Thankfully, Shen Yu stepped in to smooth things over. "Alright, alright, it's getting late. Let's rest early," she suggested.

For Shen Yu's sake, Zheng Yanyan didn't continue arguing with Su Qing. She was currently full of grievances. Even after the lights were turned off, there was no way she could actually fall asleep.

Being held by Shen Yu while huddled together in a single dormitory bed, Zheng Yanyan tossed and turned. Eventually, unable to hold it in, she confided in Shen Yu, saying she was terrible at judging character.

"And that Zhou Yuwen, I should have seen his true colors long ago. He's just a scummy man!" Mentioning Zhou Yuwen made Zheng Yanyan gnash her teeth.

This time, she had truly seen right through Zhou Yuwen's nature.

She swore she would never have anything to do with Zhou Yuwen again.

Lying nearby, Su Qing felt that it was fine for Zheng Yanyan to curse out Lu Lin, but there was really no need to curse Zhou Yuwen.

"Because at the time, you were the one throwing yourself at him! You chased Zhou Yuwen; it wasn't Zhou Yuwen chasing you," she pointed out.

Zheng Yanyan countered, "Well, how was I supposed to know he was a scummy man?!"

"And it's all your fault too! You clearly knew he was a scummy man, so why didn't you tell me earlier?" Zheng Yanyan whined.

Su Qing let out a snort of disdain. "I didn't know, and I don't think Zhou Yuwen is a scummy man either."

"Things have already escalated to this point, and he still doesn't count as a scummy man?!" Zheng Yanyan asked, feeling horribly wronged.

Su Qing simply closed her eyes and pretended to be sleeping.

In reality, Zheng Yanyan wasn't trying to criticize anyone right now; she was just purely suffering. She wanted to vent to anyone she saw. Seeing that Su Qing was ignoring her made her even more depressed. She began muttering to herself, "You all bully me. Su Qing, you bully me too."

"You just want to see me act like a clown!"

Su Qing continued to keep her mouth shut and didn't utter a word.

"Shen Yu, look at her, she's completely ignoring me!" Zheng Yanyan cried out, feeling even more heartbroken when Su Qing wouldn't respond.

Shen Yu patted her back and softly told her it was okay.

"Everything will pass. We just won't associate with them in the future, that's all."

Hearing this, Zheng Yanyan felt a pang of sorrow at the thought of completely cutting ties with Zhou Yuwen and Lu Lin. However, remembering the pain they had inflicted on her...

Zheng Yanyan made up her mind once again. "Right! I must stay away from that scummy man! None of them are any good. They bullied me so much!"

"He just calculated that I wouldn't be able to leave him! He's probably thinking I'm going to go crawling back to him, but this time, I absolutely refuse to beg him!" Zheng Yanyan recalled every single time she had acted submissively in front of Zhou Yuwen. Looking back on it now, she felt like a total clown. She never wanted to be like that again.

Shen Yu nodded firmly; she fully supported Zheng Yanyan in doing this.

Zheng Yanyan declared, "I won't go begging him this time. I am going to become better. I will make him come begging me!"

"???"

Shen Yu blanked for a moment.

Zheng Yanyan pouted, looking incredibly serious. "I'm going to make him regret it. Shen Yu, tell me, in what way can Lu Lin even compare to me?"

"No, wait."

The more Shen Yu listened, the more ridiculous this sounded.

Shen Yu asked, "You want Zhou Yuwen to come begging you?"

"Yeah!"

Zheng Yanyan nodded.

Shen Yu said, "You've already decided to separate from him. What do you want him to come begging you for?"

"I..."

Zheng Yanyan was momentarily rendered speechless.

After being stared at by Shen Yu for a long time, she finally couldn't hold it in anymore and burst out crying. "Shen Yu, I still miss him," she sobbed.

Hearing this, Shen Yu was left speechless, but all she could do was embrace Zheng Yanyan and comfortingly say that everything would be alright after a while.