Chapter 53 - Ill Take Care Of You (1/2)

Ning Mufan stared at the foolish, foolish woman in front of him. How did I ever fall for her? He had been full of heartache after finding out she was married, unwilling to relinquish her so easily. But he had been deluding himself–that cripple was the only one who mattered to her.

“I respect your decision,” he managed to say. “But we’re still friends, right?”

Tang Qiu nodded, smiling. “Weren’t we always?” Then she added, “As for what you said earlier, I’ll take it as a prank. Don’t bring it up again, okay?”

A prank? Ning Mufan clamped down on the fury that rolled within him. However, he could only nod back, with her bright-eyed and beaming at him.

Not far off, a few onlookers were watching the scene play out with intensity. They whipped out their phones to take pictures and record the interaction.

***

Jiang Hanchen looked through the photos of Tang Qiu with Ning Mufan and said without a trace of emotion, “We can’t let him keep this woman around.”

The butler nodded. Jiang Hanchen was grateful for his silence. He didn’t want to let Tang Qiu’s name pass his lips–that bastard-born lowlife. She wasn’t worthy of his time.

***

After school, Tang Qiu found Jiang Shaocheng waiting for her in the car and perked up. “Why aren’t you undergoing your rehab at home, dear?”

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“Why?” He arched a brow at her. “Were you hoping I wouldn’t show up?”

“Never!” She always looked forward to when she could see him again after school.

Look at her, smiling so thoughtlessly. The photo He Lei had shown him dangled before his eyes. He took his hand in hers, as if it would fend off the imprint of another man’s hands on his wife. After all, beasts hated nothing more than when other creatures encroached upon their territory.

“Did anything unusual happen in school today?”

“No… What about you? Did the rehab tire you out?”