Chapter 9: Making a Wedding Dress

In the message, Shen Ai was full of apologies. Her parents had suddenly come to the school, so the evening date could only be postponed.

Chen Fengshi’s mood was beyond words. He had already changed his clothes and prepared his mood, only for this to happen at the very last minute…

However, he could not blame Shen Ai for this. Chen Fengshi could only suppress his depressed mood, expressed his deep understanding, and comforted Shen Ai by saying it was fine.

As for his very much not-fine emotions, he could only digest them on his own.

With the date suddenly rescheduled, Chen Fengshi figured he might as well directly find the true form of the red mist and solve the problem completely. But he was also worried about Shen Ai’s situation. Through their messages, he learned she was walking toward the school gate, so Chen Fengshi chased after her. From afar, he saw that Shen Ai was no longer covered by the red mist, and he finally felt a bit relieved.

Shen Ai was wearing a light blue long dress, and her face and the figure wrapped by the dress were even more beautiful and eye-catching than the blue itself.

At this moment, Chen Fengshi almost felt ashamed of himself! But only almost, because Chen Fengshi’s way of keeping a positive mindset was to turn his inferiority into narcissism, and then transform it into confidence. So in the next moment, he felt that that beautiful blue figure was a perfect match for him.

Chen Fengshi messaged Shen Ai: ‘I spotted a blue fairy.’

After reading the message, Shen Ai could not help but look around. She saw Chen Fengshi standing diagonally behind her, and could not help but wave with a smile. “What a coincidence!”

Chen Fengshi deliberately walked a little closer to Shen Ai. Even though she was not covered by the red mist, he was still worried that there might be some hiding inside her body. When he watched movies and stuff in the past, he really hated those slow-witted characters who made mistakes because of a moment of carelessness.

“Are you going out for noodles? What about you? Will you come back to school tonight?”

Shen Ai did not show any discomfort even though the distance between their shoulders was less than a centimeter. She could not stop apologizing, and then mentioned her plan to go out with her parents tonight, saying she would not be back at school until tomorrow noon at the earliest.

The two walked out of the school gate. Chen Fengshi was not in a hurry to leave, and deliberately stayed to chat with her while she waited for the car. Shen Ai did not chase him away either, even though she clearly knew it would not be good if her parents saw her in this situation.

However, Chen Fengshi did not plan to stay until her parents’ car arrived. He just wanted to stay a little longer to make sure that even if the red mist was hiding inside her body, it would be completely wiped out.

Chen Fengshi secretly calculated the time. Feeling it was about right, he was just about to say goodbye when he happened to see Skinny coming out of the school to buy cigarettes. He took the opportunity to say goodbye to Shen Ai, saying directly: “If your parents see you, they ’ll probably worry, right?”

Shen Ai could not help but laugh, finding Chen Fengshi both considerate and straightforward. “My parents have always trusted me a lot. But, there will definitely be some small doubts!”

“Well then, see you tomorrow.” Chen Fengshi could completely understand. Not to mention parents, as someone with a secret crush on her, even though he had great faith in Shen Ai’s principles, when he saw her talking alone with some guy, he would still have brief, anxious doubts. But that was within the range of rational control, the kind he could digest on his own in thirty seconds.

“See you tomorrow—” Shen Ai smiled and waved, watching Chen Fengshi walk over to Skinny across the street.

Skinny was drinking beer. He watched Chen Fengshi looking back at every step as he walked over, and noticed that Shen Ai watched him for a long time. Even after Chen Fengshi had come over, the two were still making eyes at each other. Skinny bumped his arm with a mix of envy, jealousy, and hate, saying: “You’re doing great, man! The hero saves the beauty and directly captures Shen Ai’s heart! Look at you two making eyes at each other, I don’t think you even need to wait until graduation!”

“Stop talking nonsense. She’s just grateful, so she’s being extra polite.” Chen Fengshi did not dare to be that certain, and he certainly could not act rashly. What if it was a misunderstanding? If Shen Ai said something like ‘she truly saw him as a friend, but he only wanted her as a girlfriend’, wouldn’t that be terrible?

Besides, based on his understanding of Shen Ai, he was very sure she would not be so reckless. If it was that easy to make her lose her principles, could she have held on until now? Although Chen Fengshi occasionally had little fantasies about Shen Ai making an exception for him, they were just fantasies. In fact, if something like that really happened, he would actually be a bit disappointed.

“I’ll just quietly watch you show off.” Skinny looked dismissive. Just then, he saw a black Mercedes driving over from afar, and it finally stopped next to Shen Ai, and she got in. Chen Fengshi did not care about the car, but Skinny sighed and said sympathetically: “Holy crap, you’re in big trouble. An AMG, man, that’s not just ordinarily rich.”

“How expensive?” Chen Fengshi’s impression of a Mercedes was just the common saying of one million.

“Go look it up on the Chinese search engine yourself.” Skinny did not want to talk anymore, because his attention was diverted. He saw the goddess in his heart walking out of the school gate, and there was a guy next to her, and it was no one else but the pretty boy Qiu he had begged Chen Fengshi to help him deal with.

Xiao Baiqiu’s real surname was Qiu. Because he was handsome and was a very strong rival in love, Skinny privately gave him the title of pretty boy Qiu. This guy was a second-degree black belt in karate. How awesome he was, Skinny did not know, but anyway, Skinny knew he was much better than him.

“Old Chen, your goddess has already gotten in the car, it’s time for you to help me! This is simply a heaven-sent opportunity, an opportunity that won’t come again!” Skinny suppressed his excitement and put the beer bottle aside. When he was originally thinking about how to get revenge, he realized that getting revenge was actually very hard. It required the coincidence of all four of them being present, and it had to be in a situation where both Xiao Baiqiu and he could be noticed by the goddess.

So, with the opportunity suddenly right in front of him, it was hard for him not to be excited.

Chen Fengshi did not expect it to be such a coincidence either. He could only hope that Xiao Baiqiu and Skinny’s goddess would walk slower, and hope that the car Shen Ai got into would turn around faster and get further away as soon as possible.

Skinny kept his head down, taking deep breaths to adjust his emotions, waiting for the moment to act. Then he suddenly worried and whispered a plea: “Old Chen, will I not be able to knock Xiao Baiqiu over?”

“…Just focus on bumping into him, I’ll secretly give you a boost.” Chen Fengshi felt Skinny’s worry was very realistic. After all, one was a bag of bones who was 1.76 meters tall and weighed only ninety jin; while the other was a sturdy guy who was 1.8 meters tall, weighed a hundred and forty jin, and had martial arts training.

When Xiao Baiqiu and Skinny’s goddess walked over side by side, they noticed Chen Fengshi from afar for a few seconds. Perhaps they had heard about his heroic deed of saving the beauty, so they would inevitably chat a bit when they met.

Skinny kept his head down. When he saw them right in front of him, he pretended to suddenly step forward, gathered all his strength and lunged forward, directly crashing into Xiao Baiqiu!

And right when Skinny made his move, Chen Fengshi pressed his hand on Skinny’s back and gave him just the right amount of push.

Caught off guard, Xiao Baiqiu was directly knocked backward, and unable to stop his momentum, he fell flat on his butt!

This effect was an unexpected and pleasant surprise for Skinny! But he did not forget to follow the original plan, pretending to be shocked as he said: “Sorry! I didn’t see you.”

Xiao Baiqiu was no pushover either. He knew very well in his heart whether Skinny did it on purpose. Although he was not usually a bully, how could he let a completely looked-down-upon skinny guy make him lose face in front of his goddess? He immediately jumped up and reached out to push Skinny.

Chen Fengshi, who had been prepared early, grabbed Xiao Baiqiu’s wrist. With just a little force, he immediately twisted him until cold sweat broke out on his face!

If he wanted to embarrass him, Chen Fengshi only needed to add a little more force and pull, and he could directly make Xiao Baiqiu kneel in pain. The difference in strength between them was too huge right now. Even if Xiao Baiqiu had practiced the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, it would be useless. However, Chen Fengshi felt that it was enough for Skinny to get his revenge, and he did not want to bully him too much.

Xiao Baiqiu was originally not afraid of Chen Fengshi, but he never dreamed that his strength would be so terrifying, and the gap was so big that it was unbelievable. Since both of them had trained, he knew very well the principle that absolute strength overcomes technique. If they really fought, it was impossible for him to win, and there was absolutely no chance of turning the tables right now. The fact that he did not continue to apply force was obviously showing mercy.

But he did not want to show fear directly, so he forced himself to say: “Chen Fengshi, what do you mean? We have no grudge, you didn’t see that he bumped into me first! You can’t protect your friend like this!”

At this time, Skinny’s goddess recovered from her shock and shouted at Chen Fengshi excitedly: “Chen Fengshi, are you sick? He bumped into someone and you help the bully? Is this the kind of person you are?”

Skinny was stunned, and the feeling in his heart was beyond description. Even though he tried to hold it in, he finally couldn’t control it and exploded, accusing excitedly: “I bumped into him first? Who bullied who first! Don’t you know how he bumped into me right in front of your face last time? I came to take revenge today, is that too much?”

“You are so narrow-minded! So despicable! So shameless!” What Skinny’s defense earned him was an even more angry and disdainful scolding from the goddess in his heart.

Xiao Baiqiu had no intention of fighting back in the first place. His original anger had mostly dissipated, completely replaced by the pleasant surprise brought by the goddess’s reaction. At this moment, he felt a kind of delight, like thanking Skinny for being smart enough to make a wedding dress for him. So he pretended to be magnanimous and said: “Alright, since you deliberately took revenge for that accident last time, let’s call it even. From now on, we owe each other nothing!”

Skinny was so angry he almost exploded. Chen Fengshi saw the situation and knew that continuing the fuss would only make things worse, so he let go of Xiao Baiqiu. The goddess then pulled him and walked away quickly, and at the end, she glared at Skinny with extreme hatred and contempt.

“Holy crap!” Skinny was trembling with anger. With nowhere to vent, he grabbed the wine bottle and smashed it on the road. Still feeling unsatisfied, he picked up Chen Fengshi’s unopened wine bottle and smashed it on the road too.

At this time, the black Mercedes that had turned around slowly drove past them. Inside the car, Shen Ai heard her cousin say with disgust: “There are actually people like this at your school, looking decent on the outside! Bumping into people and then hitting them, and even lacking the public decency to dirty the street. I really should talk to your principal. If someone like this goes out, won’t they ruin your school’s reputation?”

Shen Ai could not say a word, because the scene was indefensible. She only turned her head to take a look when the car accelerated, and happened to see Chen Fengshi chasing her gaze.

The car went far away, and Chen Fengshi’s mood was very bad. Although Shen Ai’s parents might not remember him for long, this was a bad impression after all, and it was not something to be happy about.

But at this moment, what made Chen Fengshi even sadder was that Skinny had his heart broken!

His good brother Skinny had failed before he even had the chance to confess his feelings as planned. Anyone could tell from the reaction just now that Xiao Baiqiu had actually captured her heart. The conflict instead helped the two of them pierce the window paper and accelerated the warming of their relationship.

The goal of revenge was not achieved, and instead he made a wedding dress for someone else, and even dealt a fatal blow to Skinny himself… As the person involved, how could one describe the mood after experiencing such a thing? It was simply like being screwed over by a dog!

Skinny, who had smashed two wine bottles in a row, still felt it was not enough to vent. The owner of the small shop behind him casually said: “That’s an extra fifty cents for the broken glass bottles—”