The Black-Hearted Beauty Is Spied On By Crazy Critics Again [Quickly Pass] Chapter 21

Chapter 21 The Omega at the Noble School 21 The Kiss Was Seen…

Lu Qingyun froze when the realization hit him: Shen Zhifan was crying. He blinked slowly, his expression puzzled.

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“…”

The two of them were probably frozen for a few seconds. Lu Qingyun tilted his head slightly to confirm his thoughts. Just then, Shen Zhifan looked up, and Lu Qingyun met his gaze.

Now he was certain. Shen Zhifan was crying; his eyes were bloodshot, and tear tracks stained his face.

Lu Qingyun scratched his neck, unsure what to do. The lie he had prepared on the way here was stuck in his throat, and he didn’t dare speak it.

Finally, Shen Zhifan spoke first. His voice was low and sounded strangely terrifying. He didn’t bring up the gift, as Lu Qingyun had expected, but instead mentioned something completely unrelated.

“That man you drank milk tea with last time, are you really not close to him?” he asked hoarsely, sounding like he was restraining something.

It took Lu Qingyun a full two or three seconds to register who he was talking about. He didn’t understand why the man was asking this. Just as he was about to speak, Shen Zhifan suddenly interrupted him.

“Think carefully before you answer,” the man said, staring at Lu Qingyun with bloodshot eyes, as if afraid of the response he might hear.

Lu Qingyun clearly saw a flicker of pleading in the man’s eyes.

Shen Zhifan thought to himself: Just tell me the truth, even if it’s only this one sentence. As long as you tell the truth, everything before won’t matter. I can forget it all.

Lu Qingyun pondered for a moment, then replied flatly, “Not close.”

Shen Zhifan’s eyes suddenly dimmed, and he pulled at the corners of his mouth, forcing a smile.

Lu Qingyun looked at him blankly. He had never seen Shen Zhifan like this. He didn’t understand why Shen Zhifan had changed so much after not talking for just one day.

Seeing the confusion in Lu Qingyun’s eyes made Shen Zhifan feel even more pathetic. His hands trembling, he pulled his phone from his pocket, lowered his head, and found a photo.

He held it up and handed it to Lu Qingyun, gesturing for him to look at the image.

Lu Qingyun looked down, his hands instantly clenched, and he raised his head in shock.

The photo on the phone was a bit dark. The first thing visible was a black car, and beside the car were two boys who were kissing. The taller boy was gently lifting the chin of the other, kissing him with absorption. The boy pressed against the car was having his lips parted, accepting the other’s kiss. The surrounding scenery seemed blurred, and the visual focus was entirely on the two people.

Naturally, these two boys were Lu Qingyun and Xie Jin.

This was from last night after he got drunk, but how did Shen Zhifan get this…

Lu Qingyun calmed himself and instinctively tried to deny it, “That’s not me…”

“That is you!” Shen Zhifan suddenly interrupted sharply. His emotions were agitated, and it was the first time he had spoken to Lu Qingyun in such a tone.

He was absolutely certain that the person in the photo was Lu Qingyun, because he had waited outside Lu Qingyun’s Dormitory building all night. The next day, he watched Lu Qingyun wake up and followed him, watching the boy who claimed to be busy enter someone else’s birthday banquet hall. He stood at the door and waited.

After a long time, he saw the boy again, and then watched him come out with a man. Shen Zhifan had excellent eyesight, which allowed him to recognize the man instantly. Lu Qingyun had told him last time that he wasn’t close to that person, yet the next second, the two of them were kissing on the street as if no one else existed.

Right now, having such good eyesight felt like a cruelty. Each scene, each moment, cruelly tore away at his flesh, clearly telling him that everything was a lie. Everything Lu Qingyun told him was a lie.

Shen Zhifan slowly took a few breaths, forcing himself to calm down, though his bloodshot eyes still betrayed his instability.

After a long silence, during which Lu Qingyun remained quiet, he asked again, “So, are you two… dating?”

He spoke the sentence with great difficulty, as if forcing it out of his throat. After speaking, he watched Lu Qingyun’s reaction without blinking.

Lu Qingyun let out a soft breath, his expression unchanged. He repeated flatly, “I told you that wasn’t me.”

He looked at Shen Zhifan and slowly emphasized, “You saw wrong.”

“I didn’t…”

Seeing that Shen Zhifan was about to say something else, Lu Qingyun stood up directly, looked down at him, and emphasized again.

“I said, you saw wrong.”

Shen Zhifan’s eyes reddened, and tears threatened to fall again. He knew what Lu Qingyun meant—he was now only allowed to say that he had seen wrong. But… but all he wanted was the truth or an explanation. He remained rigid, unable to speak.

Lu Qingyun’s face completely darkened. He averted his gaze, no longer looking at him, and turned to leave. His steps were quick and decisive, with almost no pause. He was already nearing the doorway.

Just as he was about to exit, hurried footsteps sounded behind him, followed by two arms wrapping around his waist, pulling him tightly into an embrace.