Free Web NovelChapter 165: Chapter 165: Accursed Heavens
With a screech of tires, Wu Sheng’s car skidded to a halt by the lakeside.
SLAM! The car door was shut heavily.
Wu Sheng was simmering with frustration, but he had no way to vent it.
Fearing he’d lose control of his primal rage, Wu Sheng had made a quick exit before he actually ended up hitting someone.
After that, he had sped the entire way here.
But the fast drive had only made his frustration grow instead of diminishing it.
Wu Sheng looked at the watch he had so carefully polished and maintained until it looked brand new. Then he thought about the surprise confession and the lines he’d prepared, and in his dejection, he raised his hand to throw the watch away.
The moment the watch left his fingers, he snatched it back.
In the end, he put the watch on his wrist. His raised hand changed posture, becoming a single finger pointed toward the sky.
"Damn you, cruel fate! Being handsome and smart isn’t a crime, so why are you doing this to me!"
"Damn you!"
Wu Sheng cursed the heavens a few more times before finally lying down on the ground to contemplate his life.
This was the first time Wu Sheng had ever faced failure.
The failure of what he thought would be a successful first confession finally made him recall all the times he had rejected girls in the past.
Wu Sheng was exceptionally good-looking—he had grown up to be exactly the type that girls adored. He had been attracting them since he was a child.
On top of that, his personality was unique and interesting. Whether he was being casually indifferent or playfully teasing, he easily made girls’ hearts flutter.
Attractive inside and out, Wu Sheng had never lacked female admirers growing up.
As people around him often said, nearly every woman who got to know Wu Sheng would fall for him. Basically, no woman could escape his charm.
Therefore, there had been countless overt and covert confessions of love.
So many, in fact, that Wu Sheng couldn’t even remember how many people he had rejected, both directly and indirectly.
It wasn’t that he’d never considered being in a relationship; he just found it boring.
Finding all those young women uninteresting, Wu Sheng became a veritable heartbreaker. He was always merciless and blunt, rejecting them with the plain truth without any consideration for their feelings.
He thought he was doing them a favor, but sometimes the truth hurts.
He got called out for it more than a few times.
A long time ago, his buddies had told him, "Dude, these girls like you. Even if you reject them, you don’t have to be so harsh. Look at how hurt they all are because of you."
And how had he replied? He thought it was something like this:
"If I don’t like them, I don’t like them. What good would it do to drag things out or be ambiguous? It’s better to make a clean break. Ripping the band-aid off is better than prolonged pain, isn’t it?"
He hadn’t cared, marching to the beat of his own drum, feeling that as long as his conscience was clear, everything was fine.
As Wu Sheng mulled this over, he dug up a memory of something a brother and sister had once said to him.
He couldn’t remember who they were, nor their names or faces. He only remembered the girl who’d previously confessed to him shouting at him.
"Wu Sheng, I hate you!"
Then her brother had told him, "Wu Sheng, I’m telling you, for treating my sister like this, you’ll get what’s coming to you sooner or later!"
’Get what’s coming to me?’
Wu Sheng shot upright.
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"Is this fate’s way of punishing me because I rejected too many girls and broke their hearts? Is this my retribution?"
Wu Sheng had clearly fallen into a state of post-rejection confusion, suffering from the full range of aftereffects.
While he was in turmoil, Tang Yuanxiao wasn’t having an easy time either.
Wu Sheng was gone, but Tang Yuanxiao’s tense body didn’t relax. As he watched the car drive away, his expression only grew heavier.
How could it not be heavy? How could he not be tense?
That wasn’t just anyone—that was Wu Sheng!
’He and Su Li are about to get divorced. If he finds out about this...’
Wu Sheng was, without a doubt, his strongest rival.
Whether in the workplace or in love, Tang Yuanxiao had no confidence he could win against him.
He had prepared himself to win Su Li back after the divorce, and he was ready to face a crowd of rivals. But for Wu Sheng to suddenly appear...
A vein on Tang Yuanxiao’s neck throbbed twice.
’Wu Sheng... Wu Sheng...’
Tang Yuanxiao’s nerves were stretched tighter than ever before, and his already desperate heart grew even more urgent.
He needed to move faster, even faster.
’Faster, faster, even faster...’
Little Tang Mo didn’t quite understand the turmoil in Tang Yuanxiao’s heart.
But seeing Wu Sheng leave was a relief to him.
"Mommy, do you and that uncle know each other well?"
’The color of that uncle’s clothes was the same as the big monster that carried Mommy away in my dream. It made me so nervous.’
’Good thing he left.’
Little Tang Mo’s question brought Su Li back to her senses. "We’re acquainted. But your daddy probably knows him better. He’s your daddy’s boss."
Su Li’s brows furrowed slightly.
’Something seems off about Wu Sheng. It looked like he’d taken a huge blow...’
"Oh." Little Tang Mo nodded.
"How did you two get here?" Su Li asked Little Tang Mo, then glanced at the preoccupied Tang Yuanxiao.
Tang Yuanxiao snapped out of it and reached for Little Tang Mo. "Here, let me hold him."
After taking Little Tang Mo in his arms, he finally answered, "It was all because of Momo."
Little Tang Mo buried his face in Tang Yuanxiao’s neck, embarrassed.
"When I got back this morning, Momo was there crying his eyes out. He was packing his school bag between sobs, insisting on finding you. He said a big monster carried you off and wouldn’t let you be his mommy anymore."
"I couldn’t console him no matter what I did. He just kept crying, so in the end, I had no choice..."
Tang Yuanxiao looked completely exasperated.
Little Tang Mo, unhappy that Tang Yuanxiao was revealing everything so frankly, started muttering in protest.
Su Li listened, at a loss for words.
Little Tang Mo, whose nightmare had nearly come true, had no idea that he had actually driven away a certain someone who was ambitiously planning to confess and "carry off" his mother—Wu Sheng.
And even Tang Yuanxiao, who understood his rival’s intentions, didn’t make the connection at that moment.
"Did you finish your registration?" he asked, looking around the school.
"I did." Su Li nodded, then couldn’t resist asking, "Is Wu Sheng your boss?"
Tang Yuanxiao’s jaw tightened instantly.
Su Li noticed his wariness and explained, "I didn’t mean anything by it. It’s just that you two didn’t seem to be on good terms."
"We’re on fine terms." Looking at Su Li’s completely oblivious expression, Tang Yuanxiao didn’t know whether to sigh or feel relieved.
He paused before continuing, "He’s not my direct supervisor, but he is one of the top bosses. We’re on fine terms."
Su Li had only asked casually, so if he said they were on fine terms, she let it go.
Tang Yuanxiao checked the time and had no choice but to say, "Su Li, I have to head back."
He still had things to do; he had only brought Little Tang Mo up because the boy had been crying uncontrollably.
"Then you should get going." Su Li watched Little Tang Mo immediately turn and throw himself back into her arms. Without even asking, she knew he didn’t want to leave again and helplessly took him.
"I’ll bring Little Tang Mo back down tomorrow."
"Okay." Tang Yuanxiao left without another word.
Su Li was helpless against Little Tang Mo, who was looking up at her with a sweet, fawning smile. "This is the last time."
’Why do I get the feeling Little Tang Mo is getting a bit mischievous?’
Little Tang Mo nodded and changed the subject. "Mommy, is this your school?"
"Mhm," Su Li nodded. "Do you want to look around?"
Little Tang Mo immediately nodded. "Mhm."
’I need to know where Mommy has her classes so I can find her later!’
Su Li thought for a moment and changed her plans for the day.
"Alright, come on. I’ll show you around, and we can grab lunch at the cafeteria."
Little Tang Mo’s face lit up with joy. He hopped twice and giggled nonstop.
"Mommy... Teacher." Once they were on campus, Little Tang Mo cleverly corrected himself. "Where’s the cafeteria? Your school is so big, much bigger than mine."
Su Li couldn’t help but laugh. Of course an elementary school wouldn’t be as big as a university.
"When you grow up, you’ll go to a school that’s even bigger and better than this one. You could even study abroad."
Little Tang Mo bounced with a smile. "Okay! And Teacher will come with me then."
The campus was much bigger than Little Tang Mo had expected. After lunch, as they walked around, Little Tang Mo was in a constant state of awe. freewebnσvel.cøm
Little Tang Mo also carefully memorized the route, committing the location of Su Li’s classes to memory.
Early the next morning, Su Li set out again with Little Tang Mo.
This time, they went straight to the county’s Civil Affairs Bureau.
Not long after Su Li and Little Tang Mo arrived, Tang Yuanxiao also showed up on time, just as they had agreed.
