Standing Next To You-Chapter 147: Thump Thump Thump?

Bei Sangyun stiffened. It was a gentle touch, but the lingering sensation of Fei Chuan’s finger on her cheek made her heart race, her cheeks flushing involuntarily.

She blinked in a daze.

Silence engulfed the room, broken only by the soft patter of milk tea droplets hitting the floor. Everyone stood dumbfounded.

No one had expected the tyrant to face such an unexpected assault. But what was more unexpected was Fei Chuan’s interruption.

Even Sophia and Lin Sunji hadn’t anticipated that the usually quiet man would leap forward to shield Bei Sangyun from the drink.

Fei Chuan lifted his eyes, fixing a dark gaze on the perpetrator. "You ask people to be polite to you. But do you deserve it?"

Sophia was left utterly stumped.

Bei Sangyun woke up abruptly. She stood up in a hurry. "Let’s get you cleaned." She took Fei Chuan’s hand and pulled him away.

As she passed Sophia, her eyes turned eerily cold. "You’re really asking for a beating, huh? Don’t worry. I’ll give it to you."

The coldness in those empty eyes made Sophia subconsciously stepped back. She felt as if she had faced a predator wanting to eat her alive.

Bei Sangyun pulled Fei Chuan away. The people in the room hurriedly gave way to them. The scary aura beneath the tyrant’s calm face made them shudder.

Bei Sangyun was indeed furious. If Fei Chuan hadn’t been here, she would have dragged Sophia’s hair and mopped the floor with her face. If not for the warmth in her hand, she would have exploded like a burst balloon.

After experiencing many highs and lows in her past life, the matter with the Simons seemed childish to her now. Sure, she had played some petty tricks in retaliation, but compared to her past self, it was nothing. If the past Bei Sangyun sought revenge, she would have uprooted the Simon family or at least hindered their future.

In this life, with her grandma alive and her health returning, she believed it wasn’t worth her time and energy to exact revenge on the Simons. Just as she found it uninteresting to ruin the lives of other Lin family members.

There was so much hate in her past that she grew tired of it. She did not want to live her current life with anger and hatred.

However, these people were now targeting Fei Chuan. Richard had pointed his sword at Fei Chuan, prompting Bei Sangyun to take action. The Simon children wouldn’t let her be. And they were determined to drag Fei Chuan down with her.

Bei Sangyun’s eyes flashed coldly. It seemed she had been too lenient with them.

"Bei Sangyun," Fei Chuan softly called out, but Bei Sangyun wasn’t able to hear him. Her mind was full of thoughts on how to kill that bitch.

"Bei Sangyun!" Fei Chuan tugged at her hand with great force.

This caused Bei Sangyun to be pulled back unexpectedly. She almost fell out of balance, but then an arm held her waist. The fragrance of fabric softener mixed with milk tea reached her nose. The warm and sturdy chest hit her back.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

Bei Sangyun stiffened.

This again...

Seeing that Bei Sangyun was out of danger of falling, Fei Chuan finally let her go.

"Watch where you are going," he reprimanded.

Bei Sangyun patted her chest. "It’s because you suddenly pulled me."

"You are going to drag me all the way to the ladies’ restroom; how can I not stop you?"

Bei Sangyun: ?

She turned around and saw the ladies’ room less than a meter away from them.

Bei Sangyun: "...."

"I can wash myself alone. You don’t have to accompany me," Fei Chuan continued.

Bei Sangyun calmed down and looked at him. With his messy sticky hair all over the place, he looked disheveled.

"Alright. I’ll fetch a towel for you." She then hurriedly walked towards the locker area.

Bei Sangyun patted her cheeks. Did that damn brat just make her heart skip a beat? Geez.

....

Inside the boys’ restroom, Fei Chuan washed his hair. He gazed up in the mirror, and his pair of beautiful eyes held complicated emotions.

He recalled what happened earlier. Before he knew it, he had already acted and shielded her.

Fei Chuan frowned. He was being a busybody. It was not in his place nor his business to do that.

Frustratedly, Fei Chuan combed his hair, exposing his clean forehead and slender dark brows. He should really watch himself in front of that woman.

"Ooh, what a sight." Bei Sangyun’s voice caused Fei Chuan to jump in fright.

Bei Sangyun stared at Fei Chuan’s clean and handsome face. The youth’s hair was wet, and some water droplets fell from his temple to his well-defined jaw. His collar was open, revealing his sculpted sexy collarbone. His white shirt was drenched and was sticking to his fair skin.

With his handsome face exposed like this, any woman would fall for him at first sight.

Such a charming and seductive appearance made Bei Sangyun tweet like a middle-aged man. "You should really cut your hair. It’s a pity your handsome face cannot be appreciated by everyone."

Fei Chuan’s face turned dark. He grabbed the towel from Bei Sangyun’s hand. "This is the men’s bathroom! Get out!"

Bei Sangyun was not embarrassed. She handed him a clean shirt. "Change your shirt. If you walk around soaking wet like this, how many women will jump at you?"

Fei Chuan grabbed the shirt with red ears. He then pushed Bei Sangyun, who seemed to have no intention of leaving the restroom. After kicking her out, he closed the door hard. The sound of the knob locking made Bei Sangyun chuckle.

Bei Sangyun shook her head with a smile. The teenager Fei Chuan already had such charm. No wonder he had become the lady killer when he entered adulthood.

Bei Sangyun patted her heart. It was calm and steady, not racing and jumping like earlier. She was right. She was just surprised by his actions earlier. There was no other meaning behind it.

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The drama of what transpired in Class 3-1A quickly spread. There was a new post in the forum, and its title made everyone urgently click on the post.

[The tyrant is an illegitimate child!]

There was even a video attached to it. It was a brief clip of Bei Sangyun explicitly not denying Sophia’s accusation of her being an illegitimate child. The post also claimed that Bei Sangyun schemed against Sophia, resulting in the latter’s injury and weeks of recuperation.

The post berated Bei Sangyun’s arrogance, claiming it knew no bounds.

[She played everyone in the palm of her hand and acted so high and mighty. But it turns out her status is just low! She is a stain in the Lin family yet she acts like she owns the world! So disgusting!]

The post was clearly condemning Bei Sangyun. If it were in the past, no one would dare to post something like this or mention the tyrant in such a hateful tone.

However, with this rumor going around, a few anonymous commenters spoke out their thoughts.

[I know the tyrant is crazy. But it is still wrong to scheme against someone while endangering their well-being. What if Sophia lost in that mountain for many days? She will suffer not only injuries but traumatized as well.]