Chapter Fifty-two: Collapse

  I've heard from the elderly that when young children fall, it's different from when we young people fall. When children fall, because their reflex nerves are slower, they need about a minute to feel the pain, and then they start crying. In fact, adults also have this kind of reaction when they encounter a huge blow.

  "Ouyang, hey, Ouyang, say something." The banquet dispersed, and Zhou Feng pushed Ouyang with all his might, while Ouyang stared blankly ahead.

  "I knew it would be like this!" Wang Lin slammed his hand on the table and continued, "Actually, I've long thought that Xu Yuemei wasn't a good person."

  "Alright, alright, what's the point of saying all this? Zhang Hao, you can go back first, we've got this under control." Zhou Feng said to Zhang Hao, who was standing on the side and had no idea what was going on. Zhang Hao clearly didn't understand what was happening, so Xu Xue Mei stood up and said: "Let's go, I'll walk you out." Zhang Hao nodded, and the two of them left the dining hall. Xu Yu Jie and Li Quan had already left early, and during the gathering, all that could be seen on Xu Yu Jie's face was happiness and satisfaction, not a hint of guilt, which Ou Yang didn't notice at all.

  "Sit down and explain clearly." Mu Yu Hang pulled down Xiao Yang Chen, who wanted to get up and leave, and Xiao Yang Chen looked very helpless. He said: "I have no choice either, what kind of person she is, you don't know yet, Ouyang? This matter is our fault towards you, I'm sorry, but that's all." After finishing speaking, he got up and walked out of the restaurant.

  "Hehe, hehe, why did you choose my friend?" These were the first words Ou Yang said after hearing Li Quan announce that he was with Xu Yuejie.

  "So that's how it is. That makes Xu Yuejie really terrifying." Zhang Hao said thoughtfully to Xu Xue Mei outside the restaurant after learning about the whole thing.

  "I don't know if Ouyang can accept it." Xue Mei still looked a bit worried, "We came out of District D together, and what Mother said was true - people in the city, not just students, but everyone, has nothing good in their hearts."

  "Ah, I suddenly thought of a question." Zhang Hao thought for a moment and then blurted out a sentence. Xu Xue Mei thought that Zhang Hao knew how to make Ouyang recover, so she quickly asked what the question was.

  "Why didn't Xu Yuejie choose me as her target? I should be more handsome than Li Quan, right? Ah..." Before Zhang Hao could finish speaking, Xu Xue Mei punched him hard.

  "Alright, I'm fine. You can go now." In the restaurant, Ouyang leaned against the chair and closed his eyes, covering his face with his right hand as he spoke slowly.

  "Ouyang..." Zhou Feng, Wang Lin, and Mu Yuhan all looked very worried. After 0.1 seconds passed, they heard Ouyang's furious roar "I told you to leave, didn't you understand? Or do you want to stay here and watch me make a fool of myself?"

  As soon as this was said, everyone sighed and dispersed. Zhou Feng walked out of the dining hall with Zhang Hao on the same road home. Wang Lin looked at the sky and saw that it was still early, so he agreed to Xu Xue Mei's invitation and went to her house for a visit.

  "Why..." Ouyang kept asking himself in his heart, why, as if there were two voices fighting inside him...

  "What's wrong with you? You don't like Xu Yu Jie at all, it's Mu Yu Hang that you like."

  "But Xueyuejie has already promised me, maybe she didn't like it before, but starting from the holiday, I'm sure it's Xueyuejie that I like."

  "So what? You put in your true heart, you like her, what's the result?"

  "I can accept her leaving me, but why did she have to find Li Quan as her boyfriend? Is he better than me? Or is it that I couldn't give her what she wanted?"

  "Don't be too full of yourself, others are just playing you and you still don't understand? How many people have warned you before, aren't you the one who refused to listen? This is what they call 'asking for it'."

  "Well, it serves me right." After a while, Ouyang put down his right hand and opened his eyes. Looking around, not a single person was left behind, he smiled bitterly to himself.

  "...Dawn..." A hand landed on Ouyang's shoulder, and when he turned his head, he saw Mu Yuhan. At close range, it seemed that Mu Yuhan had grown a lot taller than last year, and his hair had also grown out gradually. Ouyang hadn't noticed before that Mu Yuhan had changed to a new glasses frame.

  "You're also staying to watch me make a fool of myself?" Ouyang pushed Mou Yuhuan's hand, but unexpectedly, it was grasped tightly by Mou Yuhuan. Mou Yuhuan kept repeating one sentence: "Sorry."

  "What do you have to apologize for? Did you know she was this kind of person all along? Why didn't you tell me earlier, why?" Ouyang Yue's words became more and more agitated, finally, tears uncontrollably flowed out from the corners of his eyes.

  "I'm sorry" Mu Yuhan didn't say anything else, just repeating this sentence. Ouyang struggled free from Mu Yuhan's hands and grasped his shoulders tightly, shaking him violently "Why, why, why?" Ouyang cried louder and louder, many people in the restaurant looked over. "I'm sorry..." Mu Yuhan had already been crying uncontrollably seeing Ouyang like this. Ouyang's hands slowly let go, calming down a bit, then said: "I know, this is my own doing, it has nothing to do with you, thank you for being with me."

  Mù Yǔ Háng said: "Don't worry, I'll stay with you until you don't need me anymore."

  "It's okay, I'm enough by myself." Ouyang said, slowly walking out of the dining hall, leaving Mu Yuhan crying on the table.

  In September, it was no longer summer. Ouyang walked alone on the way home and saw that the leaves on both sides had begun to show signs of yellowing, and a few fallen leaves fell under his feet. Suddenly, Ouyang felt that it had started raining in his world.

  "How was the play today, giving a birthday to new classmates." When returning home, Feng Hongyan walked out of the kitchen and said to Ouyang, but Ouyang didn't respond. He directly walked into his own room, pulled up the curtains, closed the door, pulled down the curtain that blocked the large glass window, and lay motionless on the bed.

  Feng Hongyan couldn't open Ouyang's door, so she put her ear against it. What she heard was Ouyang's sobbing, at first very quiet, then turning into loud wailing. Feng Hongyan went to her own room, picked up her phone and made a call.

  "Auntie, Ouyang is fine, just under a lot of pressure lately, you don't have to worry." On the other end of the phone was Xu Xue Mei's voice. Feng Hongyan had always trusted this child, so she didn't ask much more. Then she called Ma Si and asked him to ask about Ouyang's situation, while she herself went back to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

  "What did you say?" Wang Lin, who was at Xu Xue Mei's house, had just peeled a banana and was about to eat it. Xu Xue Mei said: "I find that I'm getting better and better at telling lies when I'm with you guys, one lie after another." Wang Lin smiled wryly and said: "This isn't called lying, it's called a white lie." After finishing speaking, he started eating the banana.

  At this time, Mais was in District D, grinning from ear to ear because of something. The phone rang, "Mais, answer the phone, grandma is cooking." Feng Qinglian's voice came from the kitchen. Mais very reluctantly walked over to the phone and picked it up.

  "Oh, it's Old Auntie, how is Ouyang doing?"

  "What's up? Alright, I'll give him a call later. See you tomorrow, bye." Max hung up the phone and could probably guess why Ouyang was crying.

  "Let this guy take a good look at people." While thinking so, he dialed Ouyang's mobile phone.

  "Hello." Ouyang's voice on the other end of the phone sounded a bit hoarse.

  "I've got some good news for you," Mais said nonchalantly.

  "Speak," said Ouyang, still lacking in spirit.

  "My class flower, Su Qian, has already agreed to be my girlfriend. She dumped her original boyfriend and we won the bet." Ma Si said this while glancing at the kitchen, where the range hood was humming, indicating that Feng Qinglian couldn't hear what he was saying.

  "Oh, is that so? Congratulations." Ouyang still seemed very nonchalant. Mais's anger rose, "What's with you, you lost, so you have to treat me to PS2, it's settled then. I'll come find you tomorrow. Wait for me at home, don't go anywhere."

  "I'm not in the mood, let's do it another day." Ouyang seemed to want to hang up the phone, but Mais immediately said: "What do you mean by 'another day', are you trying to welch on a bet? The person who loses a bet has no right to speak. I'll come over tomorrow and collect my winnings from you. If I don't see it within a month, your temper will get even worse." With that, Mais hung up the phone.

  "Are you going to your aunt's place tomorrow? Won't it be unsafe for you to go alone?" At dinner, Feng Qinglian asked Ma Ke. Ma Ke shook his head repeatedly and said: "I have to go, mainly not to play games, Ouyang is in a bad mood, as for me, don't worry, District C is not far." After finishing speaking, he picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

  At the same time, at Ou Yang's home, Ou Yang was eating with a expressionless face, and all the food in his mouth had no flavor. Feng Hongyan had never seen Ou Yang like this before, so she didn't say a word during dinner. After finishing dinner, Ou Yang went to wash his face, then locked himself in his room again. Although Feng Hongyan didn't know what happened to Ou Yang, she knew that it was a huge blow to him. Tomorrow is Sunday, hopefully Max can do something about it.

  In a restaurant not far from the Happy Community,

  "How about it? I chose to announce today, didn't even scare you?" This familiar voice was Xu Yu Jie, who was inviting Xiao Yang Chen to have a cold drink.

  "Yu Jie, I think what you did this time is really a bit..." Xiao Yangchen said slowly after taking a sip of his cold drink.

  "What's wrong, wasn't it always like this? You're not sympathizing with him, are you? You're not that kind of person. Besides, don't you think Li Quan is a hundred times better than Ouyang?" Xǔ Yuèjié said nonchalantly.

  "Xu Yu Jie, Ou Yang and those boys you found are different!" The one who pushed the door open was Mu Yu Hang.

  "Hey, what wind brought you here? Come on, come on, hurry up and sit down." Xiao Yangchen thought to help mediate, but Xu Yuje gestured for him not to speak. She smiled at Mu Yuhuan and said: "I know it's different, so what if you like him?"

  "Say it again." Mu Yuhan was apparently furious.

  "What does it matter?" Xue Yuejie deliberately raised her voice

  "Slap!" The curtain universe was bright and clear, a crisp slap landed on Xu Yu Jie's face...