Chapter 97: Sowing Discord

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“The few of you, restore everything to its original state immediately.”

Zhou Ce’s entire body was exuding an icy cold aura. He stared coldly at the two boys, his lips moving slightly as he ordered them.

The two boys were so scared that their legs were trembling. They hurriedly moved the desk and chair, using their school uniforms to wipe the red marks on the table.

Zhou Ce leaned against the desk and chair, his gaze lightly glancing at the dirty and messy textbooks.

The boy swallowed his saliva, wanting to wipe the footprints off the textbooks. They tried their best but were unable to restore it to its original state.

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“I… Can we change the textbook?”

The boy trembled as he held a brand new textbook. Zhou Ce tilted his head and stared at Qu Xiao. She raised her hand to take it, as if she wanted to move on from the matter.

The gazes of all the students in the class fell on Zhou Ce. He used his long legs to kick away the desk and chair, sitting loosely as he said, “From today onwards, Qu Xiao is under my protection! Yesterday’s incident with Li Xuan has nothing to do with her. I don’t want to hear anyone mention it again!”

“In the future, whoever bullies Qu Xiao is targeting me. You’d better think twice about your abilities.”

Zhou Ce’s gaze was cold as he stared at Li Xuan and said.

Qu Xiao looked at him in surprise. All the girls in the class looked at her with envious eyes and said softly, “I’ve never seen Zhou Ce care so much about anyone. Does he like Qu Xiao?”

“Zhou Ce is so handsome! I was curious about what kind of girl he would like in the past. I thought he would like girls like Qu Qi!”

Qu Qi heard the discussion of the female students in front of her and stabbed her pen into a paper. Her eyes were full of jealousy.

During the class break, Qu Xiao rummaged through her school bag and took out two bags of blood-tonifying pills.

She stuffed them into Zhou Ce’s school bag. Zhou Ce was listening to music and staring out the window. He noticed her movements and took off his earphones. He stared at her with a puzzled look and asked, “What are they?”

“Pills that replenish blood and Qi. I opened a Chinese medicine store.”

“These pills are from my store. You’re still young, so you should take care of your body.”

Zhou Ce weighed the Chinese medicine pills with interest. He shrugged and put them in his pocket. “Thank you.”

Zhou Ce’s personality was cold and cheerless. Qu Xiao did not expect him to have a warm attitude towards her. She buried her head in her textbooks and continued reading.

In the evening, Shang Liqing and Qu Qi met at a coffee shop for dessert.

Near the French window, Qu Qi thought of what happened in class. She narrowed her eyes and poked the cake with her knife and fork.

Shang Liqing saw the damaged cake and held Qu Qi’s wrist to stop her.

“What’s wrong? You seem to be in a bad mood.”

Qu Qi’s heart skipped a beat and she pretended to be worried. “It’s because of Qu Xiao.”

“I was worried that it would be difficult for her to fit into the new environment, but I didn’t expect her to adapt well.”

“There’s a school bully in our class. He’s very handsome and many girls like him. He’s gotten very close to Qu Xiao recently. Today, he announced publicly that he’s going to take care of Qu Xiao. I’m afraid that it won’t be good if this news gets out.”

Qu Qi stole a glance at Shang Liqing and continued, “After all, Qu Xiao is CEO Shang’s wife.”

“If someone secretly spreads this, it will affect the Qu family and the Shang family’s reputation.”

“I want to ask Qu Xiao to distance herself from him, but considering her relationship with me… I’m afraid that she won’t listen to what I say.”

After Qu Qi finished her words, Shang Liqing’s face turned livid. Qu Qi hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand. “Aiya! Liqing, don’t tell CEO Shang about this matter. I don’t want to destroy their relationship!”

“We’re friends. I am just ranting to you. Don’t think too much. They might just be ordinary friends.”

Qu Qi deliberately emphasized the last two words. On the surface, she was trying to clarify, but in reality, she was inciting Shang Liqing’s disgust towards Qu Xiao.

Shang Liqing silently clenched her fists and muttered to herself, “I knew it. She only knows how to cause trouble!”

Seeing that it was late, Qu Qi pretended that she had family matters to attend to and left in a hurry.

Shang Liqing flagged down a taxi and rushed to the Shang family’s villa, wanting to tell him about everything.

At the same time, at the corner of the alley outside the cafe, Qu Qi quietly watched Shang Liqing leave. A trace of viciousness flashed in her eyes.

“Qu Xiao, once Shang Yan stops caring about you, let’s see how arrogant you can still be!”

Qu Qi put on her sunglasses and walked in the opposite direction without looking back.