Chapter 72
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Chapter 72: Mockery
After Fang Yu came ashore, he glanced at the old man Xia and his group, then turned to leave.
“Young brother, please wait!” Old man Xia shouted loudly.
Fang Yu turned around and looked at Old man Xia, asking, “Is there something you need?”
“May I ask… why did you come out of the river…” Old man Xia’s face was filled with shock as he inquired.
“It was a bit hot, so I jumped in for a swim. What’s the problem?” Fang Yu replied nonchalantly.
Upon hearing this response, Old man Xia was taken aback.
Jumping into the Lijiang River for a swim? It sounded absurd, but Fang Yu’s expression didn’t seem like he was lying.
“Did you cause those dead fish?” Xia Weiyu asked directly from the side.
Fang Yu glanced at the large number of dead fish on the river’s surface, knowing they had been electrocuted when Lei Jiao unleashed its thunderous power just moments ago.
But he still shook his head and said, “It has nothing to do with me.”
Old man Xia squinted as he scrutinized Fang Yu, suddenly noticing something that made his expression change drastically.
He realized that the young man’s clothes were completely dry, with not a trace of wetness!
He had watched this young man walk out of the river, yet his clothes were somehow dry!
How could this be!?
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving,” Fang Yu said, turning to walk away.
“Wait, young brother…” Old man Xia called out to stop Fang Yu again.
Fang Yu frowned slightly and halted his steps.
“May I ask what your name is, young brother?” Old man Xia inquired.
“Fang Yu,” Fang Yu answered.
“I am Xia Heguang. If you have time, I would like to invite you to my residence for some tea…” Old man Xia said.
“Sorry, I’m busy,” Fang Yu replied, turning and jogging away.
“You!” Xia Weiyu was a bit angry, glaring at Fang Yu’s retreating figure.
Did this Fang Yu know who was inviting him for tea? How could he have such an attitude?
In the entire Jiangnan City, there were only a handful of people whom her grandfather would personally invite for tea!
“Grandpa, why do you want to invite this person for tea? Just because he swam in the Lijiang? Look at his attitude!” Xia Weiyu said indignantly.
“I was too abrupt; it’s normal for him to refuse me,” Old man Xia said, watching Fang Yu’s gradually receding figure, still in shock.
Noticing the look in Old man Xia’s eyes, Xia Weiyu asked with more confusion, “Grandpa, can you tell me why you wanted to invite him for tea?”
“Didn’t you notice?” Old man Xia withdrew his gaze and looked at Xia Weiyu.
“Notice what?” Xia Weiyu asked, looking puzzled.
“Weiyu, you are still as careless as ever…” Old man Xia shook his head helplessly and said, “Did you not notice that his clothes were all dry?”
“His clothes are dry?” Xia Weiyu recalled and her expression suddenly changed.
She had indeed overlooked this detail!
But she remembered clearly that Fang Yu’s clothes were indeed dry, even his hair was dry!
Yet Fang Yu had just crawled out of the river!
“Could it be…” Xia Weiyu thought of a possibility, her face turning pale.
“What? Do you have any thoughts?” Old man Xia looked at Xia Weiyu.
“Grandpa, could it be that we’ve encountered a ghost…”
As she said this, a cold breeze blew by the riverbank, causing Xia Weiyu to shiver.
…
After leaving the Lijiang, Fang Yu ran straight home.
As for Old man Xia, Fang Yu could tell at a glance that he was someone of considerable status, likely with a powerful background.
But for Fang Yu, the higher the status of a person, the more likely they were to bring trouble.
So, he had always tried to avoid dealing with such people.
Returning to the Lijiang community, it was just half-past nine in the morning.
Fang Yu walked into the house, and Wang Yan was just coming out of the kitchen with breakfast.
“Xiao Yu, you’re back! I just made breakfast, come eat!” Wang Yan smiled.
Due to the sudden encounter with Lei Jiao during his morning run, Fang Yu had indeed forgotten about breakfast.
He walked to the dining table, picked up a sandwich made by Wang Yan, and started eating.
A few minutes later, Yu Yueyue, dressed in pajamas and still half-asleep, came down from upstairs and also began to eat breakfast.
“Yueyue, I have to go for an interview at a restaurant later, so I can’t accompany you to the mall to buy clothes today. Why don’t you ask Brother Fang Yu if he has time? If he does, let him take you,” Wang Yan said to Yu Yueyue.
Yu Yueyue looked at Fang Yu, her big eyes full of expectation.
Fang Yu nodded and said, “I have time.”
“Great!” Yu Yueyue’s eyes turned into crescent moons as she smiled.
Half an hour later, Yu Yueyue changed into a sky-blue dress and came down from upstairs.
Since their previous home had been destroyed, Yu Yueyue had lost all her clothes. The dress she was wearing now was a makeshift purchase from the market.
Today, Yu Yueyue wanted to buy two more outfits she liked because apart from her newly bought school uniform and this low-quality dress, she had nothing else to wear.
Fang Yu initially planned to head out directly but thought for a moment and walked back to his room.
He took out a black and gold credit card from the drawer of his desk.
This was given to him by Tang Mingde during his last visit to the Tang family.
Previously, Tang Mingde had given Fang Yu a check, but Fang Yu had yet to go to the bank to cash it.
So this time, Tang Mingde had directly shoved a credit card into his hands.
After putting the credit card into his pants pocket, Fang Yu left the room and went out with Yu Yueyue.
Not far from the Lijiang community, there was a large shopping center.
On the second floor of the shopping center, there were various brand specialty stores for clothing.
“Brother Fang Yu, I feel like the clothes here are so expensive. Why don’t we go to the wholesale market? There, you can buy beautiful clothes for just a few dozen yuan,” Yu Yueyue said after browsing for a while.
“Let’s look around a bit more,” Fang Yu replied.
The two continued walking.
As they passed by a specialty store’s window, Yu Yueyue suddenly stopped.
The mannequin in the window was wearing a snow-blue skirt paired with an orange short jacket and a white shirt.
“This outfit looks so nice,” Yu Yueyue said, her eyes sparkling as she stood outside the window.
“Let’s go in and take a look,” Fang Yu suggested.
The two entered the specialty store and walked over to the mannequin.
A female shop assistant approached them with a smile and said, “Excuse me, miss, are you interested in the outfit the mannequin is wearing? This is our brand’s latest featured combination, perfect for tall and graceful girls like you…”
Yu Yueyue indeed liked the outfit very much, but she knew that it would surely be very expensive.
Wang Yan had only given her five hundred yuan today, which she definitely couldn’t afford.
Yu Yueyue bit her lip, just about to speak.
“Hey, isn’t that our class flower, Goddess Yueyue?” At that moment, a female voice came from behind.
Hearing the voice, Yu Yueyue’s expression changed slightly as she turned around.
Two girls and a boy were walking in from the store entrance.
Seeing these three people, Yu Yueyue’s face turned ugly.
She recognized both girls; one was named Huang Hui, and the other was Shi Fei.
The two girls were like the queens of the school, and no one among their peers dared to provoke them.
Yu Yueyue had never provoked them either, but they seemed to have a particular disdain for her and always targeted her.
The slightly chubby boy walking beside them was named Li Bingyan, a well-known rich second generation, rumored to be the son of a coal boss.
“Wow, our Goddess Yueyue has a boyfriend now?” Huang Hui feigned surprise upon seeing Fang Yu standing next to Yu Yueyue.
“How could that be? He must just be her brother or something… Our Goddess Yueyue is so pure, like a fairy that fell from the heavens; how could she be with a boy?” Shi Fei said sarcastically from the side.
Meanwhile, Li Bingyan was staring directly at Yu Yueyue’s face, saying nothing.
“Yueyue, why are you here to buy clothes… This brand’s clothes are very expensive, at least a few thousand yuan for an outfit!” Huang Hui mocked.
She knew that Yu Yueyue came from a single-parent family and was not well-off, so she probably didn’t have much money.
“A few thousand yuan for an outfit? What does that matter? Can’t you see that Yueyue has someone standing next to her? If they didn’t have money, would they come into this store? Huihui, you’re really something!” Shi Fei chimed in.
The two girls played off each other, making Yu Yueyue’s face grow increasingly ugly.
Yu Yueyue looked at Fang Yu and whispered, “Brother Fang Yu, let’s go.”
“Go? Yueyue, didn’t you come in to buy clothes? Why do you want to leave after just looking around? Could it be that Huihui is right, and you don’t have any money?” Shi Fei laughed mockingly.
