WHBU Chapter 26

Beat Up the Scum

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Chapter 26 – Beat Up the Scum

Novel Title: 我们已经分手了 (We Have Broken Up)

Author：御小凡 (Yu Xiaofan)

Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)

Protagonists: 刘帆 (Liu Fan -MC), 陈谦 (Chen Qian -ML)

*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*

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“Did he go back and tell Zhou Xiang?”

Liu Fan asked this question somewhat timidly. Last night they had agreed to be on call anytime. But he hadn’t seen Liu Mengjiao’s WeChat message. After all, it’s hard to notice message notifications when you’re cuddling in bed with your boyfriend.

Fortunately, Liu Mengjiao’s WeChat message was just to inform him about the results of her discussion with Zhou Chi. Though Zhou Chi appeared to be a quiet, bespectacled man on the outside, his personality was far from meek. In fact, he couldn’t tolerate his sister being deceived for even one more second and immediately expressed that he would go back and knock some sense into his foolish sister.

When they parted, it wasn’t even 10 PM. By 11 PM, Zhou Chi had already messaged Liu Mengjiao, confronted Zhou Xiang, and even supervised Zhou Xiang as she made the breakup call to Zheng Nian.

Liu Fan put the breakfast on the table, “Doesn’t he doubt whether what you said is true or false?”

“From what I saw, he’s long been unhappy with Zheng Nian. And he wanted to lecture his sister but couldn’t find a reason to break up their relationship. I just handed him the perfect opportunity. How could he not seize it immediately?” Liu Mengjiao yawned, clearly having worried about this matter all night. “He didn’t tell Zhou Xiang that I was the one who said it. And fortunately, Zhou Xiang couldn’t argue against her big brother. Why did you buy two bowls of porridge? Didn’t you eat last night?”

“Oh, when I was buying porridge, I couldn’t decide between fish slice porridge and chicken porridge, so Chen Qian just bought both. But when I came up just now, I realised I still prefer the fish slice one, especially since we already bought lotus leaf wrapped glutinous rice with chicken, which would be repetitive. Do you want the fish slice one? It’s very famous in our area. Chen Qian specially drove a detour to buy it. Oh, right. He bought a lot of fruit last night. I brought some mangosteen, shall I wash a few for you?”

Liu Mengjiao responded painfully: “Woof.”

Liu Fan: “…What are you doing?”

Liu Mengjiao said, “I’ve been abused to the point where I can’t speak human language anymore.”

She pulled the porridge over, took a sip, and pretended to be in tears, “Coach, I want to be in a relationship…”

“How is Zhou Chi? Did you two exchange numbers?” Liu Fan unwrapped the lotus leaf, releasing the fragrant aroma of the chicken and glutinous rice inside. “Got any photos? Let me take a look.”

Liu Mengjiao glanced at him, “That’s enough. Don’t let Zhou Xiang hear you. If she tells her brother, he’ll teach you a lesson in no time.”

Liu Fan snorted, “What does he do that’s so impressive?”

“He’s a doctor,” Liu Mengjiao said with a pout. “Of course. People with boyfriends are different, aren’t they?”

Liu Fan took a bite of the glutinous rice, savouring the delicious taste. “A surgeon? Doctor-patient relationships are tense these days, tell him to be careful.”

“He’s not worried about doctor-patient relationships,” Liu Mengjiao said. “He’s a forensic doctor.”

Liu Fan: “…”

As they were joking around, someone pushed open the door and came in. Seeing it was Zheng Nian, they both fell silent.

Zheng Nian greeted them as if nothing had happened, not looking like someone who had just been dumped. At least on the surface, he seemed no different from usual.

Liu Mengjiao and Liu Fan exchanged a glance, then both lowered their heads to drink their porridge. After a while, Guo Yan arrived right on time. In the four-person office, only the sounds of keyboards and mice could be heard.

Liu Mengjiao was lazily working on Photoshop when suddenly her eyes widened. She paused, then her hands flew to the keyboard, typing rapidly.

Liu Fan, who liked to listen to headphones while writing copy at work, was always slow to notice what was happening around him. It wasn’t until Liu Mengjiao abruptly stood up and threw the pen holder from her desk at Zheng Nian that he reacted.

The other three were shocked. Liu Fan yanked off his headphones, dumbfounded. Before he could do anything, Liu Mengjiao had dragged her chair around the short office desk and started swinging it at Zheng Nian without a word.

Guo Yan screamed, and this time Liu Fan grabbed Liu Mengjiao’s arm. Being a girl, Liu Mengjiao was pulled back by Liu Fan. The chair she was wielding fell to the side with the momentum. But she reacted quickly, directly aiming a punch at Zheng Nian’s face.

“Are you crazy?” Zheng Nian was quite startled, dodging his head to the side. His office chair’s wheels slid back a distance, and he almost lost balance and fell to the ground. Seeing Liu Mengjiao grabbing the keyboard and relentlessly charging towards him, he immediately stood up, preparing to fight back.

Although Liu Fan was trying to hold Liu Mengjiao back to prevent the situation from escalating, he couldn’t allow Zheng Nian to hurt her.

“What are you doing! Zheng Nian!” Liu Fan stood in front of Liu Mengjiao, pushing against Zheng Nian’s shoulders, and shouted sternly, “Don’t you dare raise a hand!”

A keyboard flew past his shoulder and hit Zheng Nian’s face. Liu Mengjiao sneered, “Scumbag. Yeah, with a face like that, you should cover it up.”

Liu Fan: “…”

Girl, what are you doing?!

Taking advantage of Zheng Nian’s moment of pain as he covered his face, Liu Mengjiao smoothly raised her high-heeled foot. Liu Fan, as a man, had a natural sensitivity to this motion. He quickly blocked this fierce girl. Her kicking posture is too perfect. If those high heels connect, Zheng Nian will be finished! He shouted, “Mengjiao, what are you doing?! Guo Yan, open the door!”

The office partition walls were made of glass, so the commotion inside had already alarmed those outside. Several men rushed in, hurriedly restraining Zheng Nian, who was bleeding from his nose and trying to hit Liu Mengjiao, as well as Liu Mengjiao, who looked like she was about to pick up a monitor to continue her assault.

Wu Shuang also ran in, “What’s going on here?!”

“Why don’t you ask him first? Gentlemen first,” Liu Mengjiao smiled slightly, folding her arms and looking at Zheng Nian with contempt.

Zheng Nian used a tissue to stop his nosebleed. He didn’t say a word.

Seeing that this conflict seemed to be related to relationship issues, Wu Shuang’s expression turned grim. She first waved her hands at the crowd, “Everyone go back to your work. Zheng Nian, Liu Mengjiao, come with me to the office. Xiao Liu, Xiao Guo, clean up here first, okay?”

Liu Fan frowned as he watched the two follow Wu Shuang out. He turned back to throw the debris and broken keyboard into the trash. Guo Yan still looked shaken, “What on earth happened?”

Liu Fan shook his head worriedly and turned to sit at Liu Mengjiao’s desk. Since everything was fine when they arrived this morning, something must have happened in between to cause this situation.

He opened Liu Mengjiao’s computer, and the chat window with Zheng Nian was right there on the desktop.

Zheng Nian: You told Zhou Xiang?

Liu Mengjiao: What? What are you talking about?

Zheng Nian: No need to play dumb. Liu Fan is gay too, right? You think I can’t tell? Why are you suddenly acting like sisters with Zhou Xiang? You think I’m as stupid as her? I just couldn’t be bothered to care. After all, deceiving such a stupid girl, I did feel a bit guilty. Sometimes I’m just too soft-hearted. If you want to play justice warriors, go ahead. I’ll let you have your way. It’s not like I can’t find others.

Liu Mengjiao: Can’t you stop hurting people?

Zheng Nian: It’s none of your business. You’ve read too many novels, idiot.

Liu Mengjiao: You scumbag, how dare you act righteous? How can your face be so thick? Did your mom give birth to you with a washbasin?

Zheng Nian: Haha, as if you’re so pure. You change boyfriends all the time, dress up all flashy every day. When it’s a bit hot, you dress so revealingly. Are you trying to attract men to fuck you?

The conversation ended there. But it was enough to understand why Liu Mengjiao was so angry. Liu Fan sighed, thinking that Zheng Nian was indeed scum. Even though he was gay, he still had such a misogynistic attitude.

Liu Mengjiao came out of Wu Shuang’s office first, plopping down in her chair, clearly still fuming.

Liu Fan leaned over and asked, “How was it handled?”

Liu Mengjiao said, “Oh, I have to pay for the keyboard. Nothing else. After all, it wasn’t my fault.”

This punishment was very light. Liu Fan could hardly believe it. “Did you tell the boss everything?”

“No,” Liu Mengjiao flipped her hair, snorting, “He felt guilty himself. I didn’t need to say anything. Let him do all the talking.”

That made sense. After all, Zheng Nian’s situation couldn’t be made public. Worrying about how to explain it was Zheng Nian’s problem, not Liu Mengjiao’s.

Liu Fan sighed, “If I had known earlier, I would have helped you kick him a few times.”

Liu Mengjiao touched up her makeup with a powder puff, “I’m so pissed off. Society has no shortage of scumbags.”

Guo Yan looked timidly at the two of them, not daring to speak.

It wasn’t until noon that Zheng Nian returned to the office. As soon as he entered, the atmosphere instantly became tense. Liu Mengjiao raised her chin and glared at him, while Zheng Nian began packing his things without even looking at her.

Guo Yan watched him and couldn’t help asking, “Zheng Ge, what are you doing?”

“Well, I’ve resigned. Do you have a bag I can borrow?” Zheng Nian didn’t say much more. He took the bag from Guo Yan and packed his things into it. Without looking at Liu Fan or Liu Mengjiao, he turned and left the office.

Liu Mengjiao scoffed, “Hmph, acting all high and mighty.”

Guo Yan didn’t know what to say and just huddled at her desk looking at her computer. Suddenly, her expression became strange. She looked at Liu Fan with surprise. When Liu Fan looked back, she quickly turned away.

Liu Fan: “?”

“What’s wrong, Xiao Guo?” Liu Mengjiao noticed too. Being another girl, she was easier to talk to. She joked, “Don’t worry, my issue with Zheng Nian is personal. A cute kid like you doesn’t need to be afraid.”

“Mengjiao Jie… um…” Guo Yan glanced at Liu Fan again, “Can you check the company group chat?”

Liu Mengjiao opened the company’s QQ group chat with a puzzled look.

Copywriter-Zheng Nian: Liu Fan likes men. I saw him going to a hotel with two men last time. Homosexuality is disgusting. Everyone be careful of AIDS.

After posting these two sentences, he left the group.

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*Translator’s Note: Wtf this ZN guy! He himself is gay and even tries to hide it and then says it’s disgusting. He’s the disgusting one! What a piece of shit! -K

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