Returning to Infancy with my Nemesis - Chapter 83

Wei Haifan felt somewhat restless for no apparent reason. It had been a long time since something with such a significant deviation from his expectations had happened.

First, he waited the whole night for Tang Mian’s friend request but didn’t receive it. Then, after adding Tang Mian as a friend, he discovered that Tang Mian spent every day with his younger brother, who was a top student in the science class. There was a risk of their chats being seen by him. And then, there was the failed attempt to wait at the art studio on Saturday.

Although his interactions with Tang Mian had been very smooth, he thought that the distance between them had narrowed considerably. But in reality, Tang Mian treated him no differently from the other classmates he could converse with.

The only difference might be that he was a bit more proactive than the other classmates.

Although he already knew Tang Mian’s preferences – strawberries, kittens, drawing – he still found himself at a loss when it came to pursuing Tang Mian.

Despite planning everything so well, he always fell short of his expectations, as if there was a force constantly hindering him. Ironically, it was the unattainable that always left him itching.

Knowing that Tang Mian probably wouldn’t come to the art studio today, Wei Haifan threw away the cigarette butt between his fingertips and left aimlessly towards the school gate.

Suddenly, his phone vibrated in his pocket.

Wei Haifan took out his phone and glanced at it, finding a message from Zhan Wanqi, showing concern for his current state in every line. He had initially been with Zhan Wanqi because of her personality – very gentle, caring, and nurturing.

With his family busy with business, he had received very little care at home since childhood, so he preferred someone a bit clingy. Wei Haifan sighed softly.

Looking at the message from Zhan Wanqi, he realized he still had some feelings for her and wasn’t ready to break up with her directly.

Maybe he shouldn’t break up with Zhan Wanqi just yet.

He would figure out how to pursue Tang Mian completely before making a decision.

Wei Haifan sent a voice message directly.

“I’m feeling better. Do you want me to pick you up at the fork in the road near your house? Do you want to come to my place to see the cats? “

“You’re going out with him again tonight and not coming home all night,” her friend’s voice on the phone raised a few degrees.

Zhan Wanqi bit her lip. “Ah fán has had some trouble at home recently and is in a bad mood. I want to be with him. You know, he hasn’t been in a good mood all week. “

Her friend rolled her eyes, thinking maybe he was looking for someone else because he couldn’t deceive you, but she didn’t say it out loud. She just coldly said, “Don’t come to my house to stay, I won’t help you lie to Ah fán’s matters anymore, and don’t tell me about you and him in the future.”  Zhan Wanqi’s friend’s sudden change of attitude made her eyes slightly red, and she quickly hung up the phone. Obviously, her friend had been very supportive of her and Afán being together at first, even praising Afán as a top boyfriend. Why did it suddenly become like this?

Just because of that incident?

If she had known, she wouldn’t have told her friend about that incident…

She was already seventeen years old, turning eighteen next year after her birthday, almost an adult. Ah fán had said he had already thought about what gift to give her for her coming-of-age ceremony next year, and they would always be happy together.

Thinking of the voice message she received just now, Zhan Wanqi simply packed her school bag, wore the school uniform she had been wearing since this morning, and lied to her family with another friend and went out.

Her family didn’t seem to suspect anything.

Ah fán had recently adopted three kittens and had taken many photos of them for her. Finally, she had the opportunity to see those three kittens.

Seeing the familiar figure at the familiar intersection, Zhan Wanqi’s mood suddenly brightened, and she ran towards Wei Haifan’s direction.

After playing at the archery range last Saturday, Tang Mian felt a bit sore in his back for the next few days. Fu Shizhao seemed to be carefree, actively helping Tang Mian carry his school bag every day. Tang Mian was quite satisfied with this.

Wei Haifan didn’t make any further advances, just coming to talk to Tang Mian every day, and sending messages to Tang Mian after school, talking about this and that.

It probably had to do with Tang Mian treating him no differently from the other classmates, so Wei Haifan didn’t have the chance to “get closer.”

In the previous life, Wei Haifan failed to get closer to Tang Mian even though he was friends with him. In this life, it was even more impossible.

This was within Fu Shizhao’s expectations, but it relieved Fu Jiacao and Mu Zichen.

The two of them were more worried about the relationship between Tang Mian and Fu Shizhao than Fu Shizhao himself.

That Saturday, Wei Haifan didn’t meet Tang Mian at the art studio, but he finally caught up with him on another Saturday.

However, every following Saturday, Fu Jiacao and Mu Zichen would come to the art studio together and sit behind Tang Mian and Fu Shizhao to do their homework.

Wei Haifan almost couldn’t find a chance to talk to Tang Mian, and his line of sight would be blocked by Fu Jiacao and Mu Zichen.

Tang Mian found this a bit strange, not knowing why these two suddenly came to the art studio for a date.

Seeing this, Mu Zichen joked, “Xiao Cao didn’t perform as well as expected on last week’s exams. He felt that his efficiency was a bit low when he was with me on weekends, so he came here to let you supervise us.”

The scattered exams last week were to prepare for the mid-term exams. The mid-term exams would be in two weeks. After hearing this, Tang Mian’s doubts disappeared completely, and he comforted Fu Jiacao instead.

Fu Jiacao indeed didn’t perform as well as expected on a few exams, but he had improved somewhat compared to last time, which was already quite good. Tang Mian knew how hard Fu Jiacao had worked to reach the same level as Mu Zichen, but he didn’t want him to put too much pressure on himself.

Time passed quickly after the mid-term exams, moving from spring to summer, and the temperature gradually rose.

Until one day, Fu Shizhao found that his other SIM card received a text message without a contact name.

This card was originally used to send anonymous messages to Zhan Wanqi, and he had kept it all along, in case it might be useful later. He didn’t expect to receive a message from Zhan Wanqi.

It had been a month since Wei Haifan added Tang Mian as a friend.

During this month, Fu Shizhao had been paying attention to what was happening on that end and knew that Wei Haifan had not broken up with Zhan Wanqi yet.

His original plan was to wait until Wei Haifan couldn’t resist anymore, just like in the previous life, and would say some unbearable words behind his back, save the evidence, and then beat him up again, making Tang Mian completely see through this person.

By then, Tang Mian would definitely associate it with various events from the previous life, discover some intentional slips he made, and completely uncover his secret of rebirth.

Zhan Wanqi was not originally in his plan.

He had anonymously texted Zhan Wanqi because he found Wei Haifan disgusting and didn’t want a nice girl like her to be left with such a person’s shadow for the rest of her life.

But Zhan Wanqi didn’t appreciate it, so he didn’t interfere with other people’s choices and fates.

But now, Zhan Wanqi had taken his phone number out of the blacklist and replied to him with a text message.

His plan might need some adjustments again.

?Are you Wei Haifan’s ex? Has he done anything bad to you??

Fu Shizhao: ………

Fu Shizhao had a moment of silence.

Although being misunderstood as Wei Haifan’s ex was a bit speechless, Fu Shizhao still keenly sensed that something was wrong.

Why did Zhan Wanqi suddenly ask this?

Could it be that the tragedy from the previous life happened again?

Carefully considering his words, he replied to her with a text message. ?It’s inconvenient for me to tell you my identity, but you can rest assured that I and scum like Wei Haifan are on opposite sides.?

After sending the message and not immediately receiving a response, Fu Shizhao was slightly stunned and sent a new message.

?Has something happened? Do you need my help??

At this age in this life, he had the ability to help Zhan Wanqi. If she was willing, he could directly get Wei Haifan into trouble, make him bear the criminal responsibility he deserved, leave a lifelong stain, and do his best to protect her.

That would be the most satisfying outcome.

But if she didn’t want to tell anyone about this like in the previous life… he wouldn’t force her, after all, he wasn’t the victim himself, and it wasn’t his place to talk.

But Fu Shizhao still hoped she could face it bravely, otherwise, it would be difficult for her to move past this hurdle for a long time, or even for a lifetime.

“What are you looking at?” Tang Mian suddenly pushed the door and walked in, accompanied by Snowball, who had just taken a bath today and was exceptionally soft all over.

“Nothing, just browsing.” Fu Shizhao turned off his phone screen and casually threw it on the table, then rubbed the head of his big dog. He didn’t intend to “deal with” these messages.

The messages he sent to Zhan Wanqi before were all saved in his phone. As long as Tang Mian carefully checked the messages, he could find out. But after so long, Tang Mian hadn’t even opened the messages.

He didn’t know if Tang Mian would notice this message. It would be good if he did.

The plan was prematurely advancing in another way.

“You go take a shower; I’ll do some homework.” Tang Mian said.

“Okay.” Fu Shizhao obediently got up and took off the sports bracelet with recording function on his wrist.

Tang Mian casually glanced at the sports bracelet on his wrist and then lowered his head to continue writing his homework.

It wasn’t clear from which day Fu Shizhao started wearing a black sports bracelet on his wrist, and Tang Mian didn’t think too much about it. After all, Fu Shizhao did like sports.

When Tang Mian was halfway through solving a problem, Fu Shizhao’s phone, placed on the table, suddenly vibrated. Tang Mian’s attention didn’t focus on it but continued to solve the last small question of this problem.

This was the last major problem on this math test, a bit difficult, but it didn’t stump Tang Mian.

After completely solving it, Tang Mian stretched lazily.

The beauty of math lies in the moment when you solve the problem and feel a burst of achievement.

He didn’t know why Fu Shizhao liked math so much.

Tang Mian had asked Fu Shizhao this question before, and Fu Shizhao jokingly said it might be because he liked it in his past life, so he liked it in this life too. Tang Mian rolled his eyes at that.

The Fu Shizhao from the previous life didn’t like math as much as he did.

Thinking of Fu Shizhao, Tang Mian’s gaze fell on Fu Shizhao’s phone, remembering the vibration just now. He put down his pen and picked up the phone. A text message appeared in front of him.

?Sister, I hate him so much. I’m pregnant, and he gave me a little money to have an abortion by myself. He doesn’t want to accompany me, and he even mentioned breaking up with me, blocked me, and threatened me that if I tell anyone about this, he won’t let me go, he has a lot of my photos?

Tang Mian: …

Sister???????????