Chapter 28. How have I harmed you?

On the night of winter break at Haishi University, Wen Li invited Zhou Ying to her home for hot pot. Zhou Ying was going back to her hometown, which was thousands of kilometers away from Haishi, so this hot pot meal was a way for her to practice.

When Zhou Ying was leaving the school, she met Yu Jingchen. After learning that they both bought tickets to go home the next day and that their check-in times were about the same, they decided to call a taxi together when the time came.

The result of the discussion was that when Zhou Ying went to Wen Li's house, she brought Yu Jingchen with her.

It was Yu Jingchen's first time to visit a girl's home, and he felt embarrassed to go empty-handed, so he bought a lot of things at a nearby supermarket.

Although Wen Li didn't know he would come in advance, she was quite enthusiastic when she saw him, and she also thanked Yu Jingchen for helping her call a designated driver last time.

The food she had prepared was enough for one more person. The three of them worked together to bring the food to the table. The electric hot pot started to boil, and the spicy and fragrant bottom of the pot rolled in waves of red. The aroma of the hot pot soon filled the air.

"Zhou Ying and I don't like the three-fresh hotpot, so I only bought the spicy flavor. Can Professor Yu eat spicy food?"

Yu Jingchen nodded, "Yes, I can eat it."

The three of them happily started eating hotpot.

Halfway through the meal, Wen Li's phone rang. It was Huo Yuanchen calling. She didn't want to answer, but he called several times and the phone kept ringing.

Zhou Ying ignored him and just focused on eating the meat. Yu Jingchen said, "Professor Huo is a very sensible person and won't disturb others' rest. He must have something urgent to ask you."

Wen Li had no choice but to answer it.

Huo Yuanchen asked her right away , "Where?"

"at home."

"I'll be there in a quarter of an hour."

Coming to her house so late, Wen Li thought he wanted to do that kind of thing. She glanced at the guests who were eating hotpot, covered the microphone and walked out the door.

"It's not convenient tonight." She lowered her voice and discussed with him, "Can we change it to another day? I have guests."

"Then come down and wait for me."

Huo Yuanchen hung up the phone after saying this. He was a person who could not tell whether he was happy or angry when he spoke, but he spoke too concisely today, and Wen Li could hear the suppressed emotions in his words.

She accompanied Wen Yongjie to the hospital for a follow-up examination last week. The doctor said that the patient had developed resistance to Pratt and the drug was obviously not as effective as before, so he recommended that they increase the dosage.

This meant that she would soon have to coax Huo Yuanchen into giving her medicine, so she dared not disobey him.

Wen Li went back into the house to get her coat. The temperature outside had dropped below zero, and if she went downstairs in her home clothes she would freeze to death.

Zhou Ying asked her, "What does Huo Yuanchen want to see you about?"

Wen Li shook his head, "I don't know. He seemed very anxious and asked me to go downstairs and wait for him."

Zhou Ying was worried and wanted to accompany Wen Li, but Wen Li stopped her, "No need for now, maybe just a word, or give something away or something. Just enjoy your hotpot, I should be back soon."

Zhou Ying agreed, "Then bring your phone with you and call me if you have anything."

Wen Li nodded and went downstairs.

Yu Jingchen teased Zhou Ying, "You seem like Wen Li's mother instead of her best friend when you keep nagging."

Zhou Ying glared at him and said nothing. She was the eldest in the family and was used to worrying about her younger brothers and sisters. After so many years away from home, she still couldn't get rid of this habit.

Wen Li waited downstairs for a long time before she saw Huo Yuanchen's car coming. She was freezing and wanted to get into the car to warm up, so she went to open the passenger door.

The door opened and someone was already sitting inside.

The young girl's eyes were red, and she had obviously been crying. When she saw her, she glared at her with a wronged look on her face and asked, "Sister Wen Li, why did you want to hurt me?"

Wen Li was puzzled. "An Wen, please explain clearly. How did I harm you?"

She was suddenly accused of something, so her tone of voice was naturally not very good. An Wen was obviously frightened by her words, and then she went to see Huo Yuanchen with grievance, crying and asking him for help, "Brother Yuanchen..."

Huo Yuanchen handed her a tissue and turned to look at Wen Li with a grim expression, "As you wished, An Wen failed the elective course."

Wen Li remembered the news Zhou Ying had revealed to her before, and understood. She just felt a lump in her heart, and she felt uncomfortable.

An Wen didn't go to class, and she never responded when the teacher called the roll. Now she has failed the course. Just because the teacher of that course is a colleague of Zhou Ying, and she and Zhou Ying are best friends, An Wen naturally thinks that she is the one behind it?

The reason is easy to find, it’s because of Huo Yuanchen.

Wen Li was so angry that she wanted to laugh. "There were so many students in the class, why did she fail while others did not? Why can't she look for her own reasons? But you are right about one thing. I am very happy to hear that she failed."

This last sentence successfully broke An Wen's defense, and she burst into tears and couldn't stop.

Huo Yuanchen frowned deeply. "If it's none of your business, just explain it clearly. An Wen is young and didn't do well in the exam. She's feeling bad. Why are you irritating her?"

Wen Li couldn't stand Huo Yuanchen anymore. Anyway, An Wen was a treasure in his heart, and if he wanted to pamper her, that was his business. He shouldn't come in front of her and provoke her.

She sneered and said, "My neighbor's kid didn't do well in the final exam, and he knew it was because he played too much. The child is eight years old this year, so he is young."

After saying that, he was still not satisfied, so he squinted his eyes and looked An Wen up and down, and smiled, "This one, you're twenty-two, right?"

The implication is that since we are adults, we should be responsible for our own actions.

Huo Yuanchen frowned even deeper, "Wen Li, are you done yet?"

"It's not over yet." Wen Li didn't want to pamper An Wen at all, and spoke quickly and fiercely, "If you fail a course, think about how to make up for it, instead of crying in a man's arms, complaining to him, and suspecting that someone is trying to harm you. Others are very busy and really don't have time to harm you. Your family gave you the opportunity to study because they hope that you can be a useful person to the family and society, not to make you a crybaby who only depends on men."

An Wen had Huo Yuanchen's protection, and she was used to having smooth sailing all the way. She had never been scolded so badly in person. She felt ashamed and angry, and felt that Wen Li did it on purpose, deliberately wanting to embarrass her in front of Huo Yuanchen.

She was so angry that she forgot to cry and raised her hand to hit Wen Li in the face.

However, the slap did not fall on Wen Li's face, but on Zhou Ying's face.

"Snapped!"

It seems particularly crisp in the night.

The sound of their quarrel downstairs was heard upstairs. Zhou Ying recognized it as Wen Li's voice. Worried that Wen Li would suffer a loss, she went downstairs without even putting on her coat.

As soon as he arrived, he saw An Wen was about to hit Wen Li. Without thinking too much, he rushed over and pushed Wen Li away, but he got beaten instead.

For a moment, everyone was stunned.

An Wen subconsciously looked at Huo Yuanchen, "Brother Yuanchen, I didn't mean it, it was..."

Before she could finish her words, Wen Li pulled her out of the car.

Wen Li said nothing and raised his hand to give An Wen two equally crisp slaps.

“Snap! Snap!”

When he wanted to fight again, someone grabbed his wrist.

Huo Yuanchen looked at her sinisterly, with anger in his pupils that he could hardly suppress.

"Wen Li, haven't you had enough of the trouble yet?"