Lu Jun lowered his eyes, feeling an emptiness inside, for the first time in his life he experienced something akin to annoyance.
Gu Danyu glanced at the young man, and just as they approached a traffic light, she patted his head with her free hand, "Don't overthink it."
No sooner had she finished speaking than the dimness in Lu Jun's eyes gradually gave way to a shimmer of light, and he hummed softly in acknowledgement.
Sitting in the back seat, Dumpling witnessed the scene unfold and rolled its grape-sized dog eyes with disdain.
Poor child… being cajoled in circles by its owner and still clueless about it.
Lu Family's main house.
Uncle Chen was bowing his head, locked in a three-thousand-round cursing match with the trolls in the comment section.
Suddenly, a conspicuous message popped up; he moved his finger and flicked open a video.
The middle-aged woman on the screen was covering her swollen face, weeping softly, "I don't know what I did to offend that student. His family has money and power, and I have to silently endure many things. I never expected him to become even more unbridled and to hit me so hard…"
The 'student' naturally referred to Lu Jun, and the crying woman was Wang Fang.
When Gu Danyu and her companion returned to the villa, they saw Uncle Chen holding his phone muttering, "Impossible, the young master may be mischievous, but his heart is still good."
"Ahem." A few coughs brought him back to reality, and Uncle Chen, only then noticing the two beside him, smiled awkwardly, "Madam, Young Master, you're back."
Following that, he handed his phone to Gu Danyu in frustration, "Madam, do you think this teacher has some sort of misunderstanding? The young master is not like this."
Gu Danyu swiped the screen and saw Wang Fang playing the victim on the platform.
Beside her, Lu Jun's gaze darkened, and he clenched his fists, "Fuck, had I known, I would have thrown a few more punches." A cold look swept over him, and the ferocity on the young man's face froze; he muttered softly, "I get it, no need for violence."
At that moment, a rhythmic ringing sounded in their ears.
Lu Jun's eyes brightened as he answered the call, "Xiao Fei, how did it go with the task?"
The other end was chaotic before a voice finally came through, "Boss, we found the traitor. But the classroom surveillance footage has mysteriously been deleted, can't retrieve it."
"Got it," Lu Jun hung up, the darkness in his eyes unable to conceal his disappointment.
Must he really capitulate and apologize to that old woman?
Xiao Fei was a little loud, and Gu Danyu, standing aside, heard the conversation as well.
She patted the young man on the shoulder and her red lips parted slightly, "Don't be discouraged, leave it to me."
Her crisp, commanding voice seemed to carry a magic that dissipated some of the sullenness in his heart, and Lu Jun nodded.
There must be other ways; he can't give up so soon!
Rekindling hope in his heart, Lu Jun dashed back to his room to think of a solution. As for the woman's comment 'leave it to me,' he automatically dismissed it, assuming it was just her way of comforting him.
Gu Danyu shook her head, glanced at the assembly parts in her bag, and slowly curved the corners of her lips.
#
In the bedroom.
A woman sat in front of a laptop, her small face stern and her beautiful eyes reflecting complex codes on the screen. Her adroit hands moved quickly across the keyboard.
After an indeterminate amount of time, she let her butterfly-wing-like lashes flutter slightly, and her hands slowed.
"Phew, found it." Gu Danyu's lips quirked up slightly; she rubbed her sore shoulder with her left hand while her right continued to maneuver the mouse.
The screen suddenly flickered, and a classroom appeared.
It was during class time, and the room was filled with students. Wang Fang walked in with a stern face and started scolding, "Look at your exam results for this month,
you will all end up being trash…"