Chapter Ninety-Six: A Fire in the Rear Courtyard (1)

Yang Xiaofan naturally could never have liked her anymore.

His precious class monitor was prettier than she was, better built than she was, newer in all the right places, better decorated, and belonged to him alone.

Why not covet the class monitor? Was that not far sweeter?

Why stoop so low, becoming obsessed with a used car and unable to break free?

Only an idiot would do such a thing.

When he got home, Yang Xiaofan went into the kitchen and handed the salt to his parents, only to find that Qin Nuanyu was nowhere to be seen. He called her, but her phone was turned off. He could not help frowning.

“Dad, Mom, have you seen where Nuanyu went?”

“No idea. She was still sitting in the front room just now. Go look for her.”

“Okay.”

Yang Xiaofan went outside and glanced around. Sensing someone in the car, he immediately opened the door and got in.

Sure enough, Qin Nuanyu was there, sitting in the back seat with her eyes closed, resting.

“Class monitor, why are you sitting here?”

“I felt like it.”

Her tone was not very pleasant, and Yang Xiaofan could not help being a little surprised.

He had not done anything to make Qin Nuanyu angry, had he?

Scratching the back of his head, Yang Xiaofan leaned in again with forced good humor.

“Hey, who made my precious Nuanyu angry? Tell me, and I’ll go beat him to a pulp.”

“Sure. Then trouble President Yang to beat himself up.”

Yang Xiaofan was even more bewildered.

“What exactly did I do? I didn’t do anything wrong, did I?”

Qin Nuanyu let out another cold snort.

“Still pretending! Keep pretending for me!”

“Pretending about what?”

“Didn’t you tell me before that you had never dated anyone, and that I was the first girl you ever liked?”

Yang Xiaofan’s heart gave a jolt. Could Qin Nuanyu have found out about Yang Xiaomei?

No way.

How could that be such a coincidence?

She had only just arrived here today.

Besides, there was no way she could know. She didn’t know anyone here, so who would tell her something like that?

Seeing his expression, Qin Nuanyu had already confirmed what Yang Xiaomei had said.

She snorted, clenched her fist, her eyes seeming to spit fire as she glared at Yang Xiaofan and snapped, “Yang Xiaofan, you big liar, you deceived me! You liked someone else for more than ten years, and you still told me that apart from me, you never liked anyone!”

The more she spoke, the angrier she got. She even raised her small pink fist and pounded wildly at Yang Xiaofan’s body.

“Ow, that hurts, gentler, I was wrong, class monitor, please forgive me.”

With Yang Xiaofan’s current physical toughness, he naturally had no reason to fear those little fists of hers.

But he understood very well how to read the moment.

At times like this, only by letting Qin Nuanyu vent could she calm down.

Otherwise, she would keep being angry, and that would be a real headache.

Most importantly, Qin Nuanyu was still carrying their child. If he resisted at all, it would only make her movements even fiercer. If she got worked up and strained herself, the little one would be in trouble.

That was his child. Yang Xiaofan could never bear to let it be lost like this.

After beating him for quite a while, Qin Nuanyu finally stopped, her eyes red with grievance and tears falling patter after patter.

Yang Xiaofan’s heart ached for her terribly, and he hurriedly wiped away her tears.

“Waaah... I’ve grown up this big and I’ve never even had a boyfriend, never even held a boy’s hand. And yet you liked some other girl for so long, and... and even kissed her. You... you’re shameless, you scumbag!”

“...”

Yang Xiaofan was so exasperated he could almost spit blood.

Where on earth was this coming from?

What kissing?

“Class monitor, I swear to heaven and earth, I really did get along very well with Yang Xiaomei before, but the two of us never did anything improper, and we certainly never kissed. Don’t go making up charges against me.”

“You’re just trying to sweet-talk me. Xiaoqing already told me: the two of you kissed up on the mountain. She’s a child—could she really be lying?”

“So it’s that little brat.”

Yang Xiaofan was so angry that his teeth itched. No wonder Qin Nuanyu knew about his business. It turned out to be Yang Xiaoqing, that troublemaker, stabbing him in the back.

Of all things to say, she had to bring up this one. Wasn’t she deliberately trying to set his house on fire?

Still, he had no time to deal with Yang Xiaoqing right now.

First and foremost, he had to appease the class monitor.

He took her small hand tightly in his own and said with deep feeling, “That never happened. Xiaoqing is a little girl who’s always making things up. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Yun later. Xiaoqing is nothing but a little troublemaker, all day long either causing mischief or talking nonsense and repeating hearsay. If you believe her, you could even celebrate the New Year wrong.”

“Really?”

“Of course it’s true. Truer than true gold. I don’t like anything else now; all that’s left of my heart, I give entirely to you. I promise you’re my one and only—then, now, and forever.”

Just a few tender words softened Qin Nuanyu’s heart. Only then did she stop crying and mutter with a soft snort, “Fine, I’ll believe you this once. But let me tell you, if you dare go messing around with other women in the future, I’ll just jump into a river and make you collect my body. No, I’ll poison you first, then drag your son along and jump into the river together. Our family of three can meet again in the underworld.”

Yang Xiaofan did not know whether to laugh or cry.

“There are female ghosts in the underworld too. Aren’t you afraid some woman ghost will come out and try to be a mistress?”

“I’m not afraid. I’ll fight her until her soul is scattered. Don’t even think about stealing my man, Qin Nuanyu.”

Yang Xiaofan could only shake his head helplessly.

The class monitor was truly terrifying, but also very adorable.

Only a woman who loved you to the bone would carry things to such extremes.

It was precisely because Qin Nuanyu loved him that deeply that she cared so much about mistresses.

If there were a few flirtatious little flowers and birds around him and she never questioned any of it, then it would truly be fair to say that she had come only for his money.

Ruffling the class monitor’s little head, Yang Xiaofan comforted her, “Don’t worry, class monitor. I’m not a scumbag. I remember everything you’ve done for me, so for the rest of my life, I’ll only be good to one woman—you. Don’t cry anymore; look, your eyes are all red. You’re like a little kitten.”

Only then did Qin Nuanyu break into tears and laughter, nodding.

“Hmph, if I’m a little kitten, then aren’t you a tomcat?”

“A tomcat and a she-cat go well together, don’t they?”

“Who’s going well with you?”

Qin Nuanyu gradually found his words hard to withstand, and with a faint blush on her face, she opened the car door and got out.

At that moment, Yang Xiaoqing also came running down from upstairs with her phone in hand.

“Nuanyu, what is this thing? Why does my phone go black after I open it?”

Before Qin Nuanyu could speak, Yang Xiaofan had already slipped out from behind with a sinister smile.

“Xiaoqing, let your brother take a look for you.”