Chapter 396: Chapter 396
Shen You’an was the only impoverished student exceptionally admitted to Lanya High School—a fact that had long been no secret.
Thinking about the losses she suffered at Shen You’an’s hands back in Chunzhou, she gritted her teeth in resentment.
Helian Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. "Summer break? Chunzhou?"
"Your mother said I have ulterior motives. What do you think?"
Liu Runxi stopped walking, turned around, and looked at her.
It was the first time Shen You’an had seen those eyes without the glasses obscuring them.
Shaped delicately like willow leaves and Rui Feng’s curves, the eyes were long and narrow, accentuating the depth of the pupils. Like still waters flowing in a deep ocean, all sharpness carefully hidden beneath the calm surface, leaving only the soft ripples gently brushing across the water, tenderness flowing like silk.
Shen You’an had applied a potion from the system onto her glasses, intending to seal her appearance.
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Mountains upon mountains, capturing all the autumn waters.
Typically, nearsighted eyes appear dull and void due to their deformation, but his eyes were exceptionally clear and profound, with a trace of icy detachment lifting at the corners, exuding a composed and steely aura.
The young man gazed at her intently. "I’m sorry. My mother is biased against you. Over time, one’s true character will become clear. One day, she will change her mind."
Shen You’an shook her head. "In a movie I like, there’s a line that goes: Prejudice in one’s heart is like a towering mountain. No matter how hard you try, it cannot be moved."
Liu Runxi’s face paled slightly, and his thin lips pressed together tightly.
"You don’t need to apologize to me. You are you; she is she. Her bias toward me stems from her obstinacy. This isn’t my fault, nor is it yours. I’m friends with you, not her. Therefore, her prejudice doesn’t matter to me. You should let go of this burden too."
Liu Runxi appeared lost in thought.
Shen You’an changed the subject, meeting his eyes. "You’re not nearsighted?"
Liu Runxi, as expected, found his train of thought derailed by Shen You’an. He raised his hand to touch his eyes, his voice slightly strained.
"When I was young, I didn’t like interacting with people. Every time I looked into someone’s eyes, it felt as though I could see into their heart. It was unbearable for me. A psychologist gave me a pair of glasses. Once I wore them, it felt like there was a barrier between me and the world. Gradually, I got used to it and could never take them off again."
Shen You’an peered into his eyes, raising her brows with a teasing smile. "Now that you’re not wearing glasses, can you see into my heart?"
Liu Runxi shook his head with a soft laugh. "I thought I was the only peculiar person in this world until I met you."
In essence, they were the same kind of person—accustomed to hiding behind glasses and viewing the world through a layer of glass.
As they say, the eyes are the windows to the soul. That saying couldn’t be truer.
A person’s eyes can reveal many things—good or evil, joy or sorrow. Human emotions are ever-shifting, yet they all reside within those small windows.
Shen You’an was the only one whose eyes he couldn’t see through.
What began as curiosity gradually deepened without his awareness, like spring rain quietly nourishing the earth.
It wasn’t until I met you that I realized the beauty of clear skies, blooming flowers, and verdant willows—the true colors of the mortal world.
Wen Zhou brought Tian Wei back to the police station and conducted an overnight interrogation of Ma Liu and his group.
Ma Liu was tight-lipped, but Tian Wei confessed everything.
She had a silver tongue and had won Ma Liu’s trust, so she knew many of his secrets. This time, when she participated in the plan to kidnap Liu Runxi, Ma Liu’s original intention was to use her to lure Liu Runxi. However, Tian Wei, acting on a hunch, persuaded Ma Liu to use a third-party courier instead.
"Officer, Ma Liu planned to film a video and then toss that girl out the window to create the appearance of a brutal murder and frame it on Mr. Liu. With video evidence, even if Mr. Liu jumped into the Yellow River, he’d never clear his name. I didn’t intend for things to go this far—it was all because they coerced me into it. Please, Officer, you must believe me."
Wen Zhou’s expression turned cold and grim. Liu Runxi was such a good child, yet these people planned to destroy him with such vile, dirty tactics—it was simply heinous.
Wen Zhou slammed his hand on the table, the veins on his temple bulging. "Speak! Who’s the mastermind behind all this?"
"I... I’ll tell. It’s Gao Jie. He’s the one who orchestrated everything."
As expected, it was Gao Jie. Now that they had a witness, they could request an arrest warrant. Once Gao Jie was in custody, there were plenty of ways to dig out the people supporting him from behind the scenes.
No doubt, Gao Jie alone didn’t have the guts to pull this off. There had to be a bigger fish behind him.