Chapter 3: Could You… Just Stay?

The room was engulfed in silence; both Zhang Caifeng and Gu Shuchen were utterly bewildered by Lu Youyou.

Zhang Caifeng opened her mouth several times but couldn’t utter a single word.

She felt completely twisted and tangled.

Wasn’t Lu Youyou involved with Gu Shuchen as a lover? Could a drug really change one’s nature?

“You… you… how dare you!” Gu Shuchen stretched out his hand, pointing at Lu Youyou with a menacing grimace.

He didn’t fully understand what had happened, but he was certain something had gone terribly wrong.

However, the tall, sturdy man stood like a wall, blocking Lu Youyou tightly the moment Gu Shuchen raised his hand.

Gu Shuchen glared at Gu Qingye, jealousy nearly driving him mad.

Even though their parents had always favored him, giving him everything good from birth, it couldn’t change his weak constitution, while Gu Qingye was tall and robust.

Why was he the one with the frail body?

Even the woman he desired was fickle!

Gu Shuchen resented the injustice of fate, but the fierce, wolf-like gaze of Gu Qingye made him dare not act rashly.

“Mother, is this the match you arranged for me?” Gu Qingye’s voice pierced like shards of ice through the hearts of mother and son.

They dared not admit it. The Gu family’s lofty status in Qiaoshan Village was largely due to Gu Qingye, a promising military officer.

Zhang Caifeng wasn’t sure whether to regret it; ever since Gu Qingye enlisted at sixteen, she had lost control over the child.

She was speechless, but Gu Shuchen could no longer contain himself. The calm and polite demeanor he usually put on had vanished completely.

“You must be dreaming! This clearly is—”

“Gu Shuchen—”

A soft, gentle female voice, neither loud nor quiet, yet it clipped the hypocrite’s throat like a lock snapping shut.

“I heard the commune’s elementary school is recruiting teachers. Besides looking at family background, they also assess words, deeds, and virtues, right?”

Though Lu Youyou hadn’t finished reading this poisonous novel, she knew what the first half was about.

The elementary school in Qiaoshan Village was about to close and merge into the larger Hongqi Commune Elementary School, which was expanding and needed two new teachers.

Gu Shuchen had been teaching at the village school and wanted to enter the commune school, but that required a separate exam.

Nowadays, being a teacher was a coveted position. Securing a post at the commune school meant a formal appointment, a prize that Gu Shuchen naturally sought.

He had gone to great lengths to uncover this information—how could Lu Youyou possibly know?

She called him “Brother Shuchen” during the day, leaned on Gu Qingye at night, and brazenly threatened him.

This fickle woman actually dared to threaten him!

Gu Shuchen ground his teeth in fury, wishing he could tear Lu Youyou apart and swallow her whole.

Gu Qingye felt an inexplicable sting and shifted a step forward, blocking even more thoroughly behind Lu Youyou.

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