Chapter 21 Returning to the Song Residence
Xu Yunru asked me to return to the Song residence for dinner that night.
I did not know her intentions, but they could not be good.
After class I went back to Song Chengyuan's place first to change clothes.
I did not tell Song Chengyuan. Aunt Wang seemed to know anyway.
The moment I stepped through the door alone, Xu Yunru's face darkened.
The table was full of food. It didn't seem meant for me.
Xu Yunru could not hide her irritation. "Where is Chengyuan? Why did he not come back with you?"
"Brother is busy."
Xu Yunru lost patience at once. She pointed at me and shouted, "Useless thing. You could not even bring him home for one meal after all these months?"
I shrank back in fear. "I..."
Seeing me cower the way I always had, Xu Yunru grew even angrier. She raised her hand to hit me.
"Stop."
Xu Yunru looked up in shock as the man strode toward us.
Song Chengyuan reached me in a few steps.
He usually stayed composed, yet now his fingers brushed my cheek without thinking.
"Are you hurt anywhere?"
I looked at him and felt a calm I had never known before. "No."