Standing Next To You
Chapter 78: Unaware of his broken leg

Chapter 78: Unaware of his broken leg

A/n: Content Warning: This Chapter contains depictions of school violence.

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Lin Sunji cried on the ground while hugging her knees. Bei Sangyun was annoyed by her crying.

Before Bei Sangyun could kick her again, Lin Sunji’s friends intervened, blocking her path.

"That’s enough! Lin Sunji said she didn’t do it! Don’t blame her for something she didn’t do!" one of the girls protested.

Bei Sangyun was visibly irritated by their interference and gestured to the bullies behind her. They promptly pulled Lin Sunji’s friends away from her, causing the girls to struggle and cry out.

"This is campus violence! Stop this!" one of them exclaimed.

"This is inhuman!"

With a dark and menacing gaze, Bei Sangyun turned her attention to the protesting girls. "If I hear another word from any of you, you’ll be next."

Frightened, the girls immediately fell silent.

The surroundings suddenly turned quiet except for Lin Sunji’s cry.

Lin Sunji shot an angry glare at her so-called friends. These people were useless. Where their loyalty had gone when she needed it the most?

"Eyes up here," Bei Sangyun demanded.

She crouched down to face Lin Sunji at eye level. Her eyes were devoid of emotion, sending shivers down to Lin Sunji’s spine.

"Fei Chuan must have had his leg broken at that time. But he did not file a complaint. I don’t know the details but something must have gone wrong in your plan. Because if it works, I would have been troubled by that incident." Bei Sangyun reminisced.

Bei Sangyun’s recollection of Fei Chuan walking away from the event with his solitary back weighed heavily on her mind.

Now that she thought about it, his gait had been slightly off at the time, as if he were trying not to limp away.

She was not aware that something major happened and just silently watched on the sidelines as the people around her mocked Fei Chuan.

That realization made her irritated and frustrated.

Why did he have to endure it? He should have confronted her or vented his anger on her. She wouldn’t be feeling this bad if he had done it that way.

"Do you know how long broken bones take to heal?" Bei Sangyun asked, her voice icy as she stared at Lin Sunji.

Lin Sunji clenched her teeth and fought against the pain. "Y-you will not be getting away with this."

"It can take months, even years," Bei Sangyun continued. "You made that person suffer for that long due to a broken leg and made him hate me so much. Do you know how much trouble he caused in every social event? He always disrupts my business plans." Bei Sangyun muttered as she reminisced about the past.

"...You are crazy." Lin Sunji did not get what she was talking about at all. All she knew was that Bei Sangyun was a terrifying crazy bitch!

Bei Sangyun finished reminiscing and looked back at her. Her expression turned several degrees colder, "Where is he?"

"Bei Sangyun, I promise you in the name of the Lin family that I will make you pay for this—Agh!" Lin Sunji’s threat was cut short when Bei Sangyun stomped hard on her feet.

"You’ll get a broken leg too if you keep pushing me," Bei Sangyun threatened, her face devoid of any emotion. "Just answer my question. Where is he?"

Lin Sunji, now crying in pain, struggled to respond between sobs, "You crazy bitch! Do you think my mom and dad will let you go after this—agh!"

Bei Sangyun continued her brutal assault on Lin Sunji’s feet, showing no mercy as she demanded information.

Lin Sunji tried to struggle but Bei Sangun was surprisingly agile. She kicked her on the knees whenever she tried to move.

"Stop it! Stop it, please!" Lin Sunji was unable to bear the pain and cried out.

When did she suffer such humiliation? She was Lin Sunji, the respected and privileged First Young Miss of the Lin family!

How could this bitch treat her like this!

Lin Sunji did not expect that Bei Sangyun would lose her mind and would come to confront her directly.

If she had known, she would have brought her bodyguards inside the school!

"Where is he?" Bei Sangyun demanded.

Lin Sunji sniffled and attempted to lie again. "I... I don’t really know what you’re talking about—"

Bei Sangyun nodded to the bullies, "Break her leg."

The bullies stepped closer to Lin Sunji, ready to carry out Bei Sangyun’s order.

Lin Sunji’s eyes widened in terror as she realized the severity of her situation.

"W-wait!" Lin Sunji cried desperately.

Bei Sangyun was not bluffing! She was really going to break her leg!

Did she really have to confess? Did she have to ruin her hard-earned plan with her own mouth?

Why it was so simple for her to ruin all her plans she had worked so hard to scheme?

"I am giving you three seconds to confess. Three. Two. One-"

Lin Sunji was unwilling. But she was afraid of her leg being broken.

In a moment of desperation, she finally confessed, "I don’t know where he brought your target. I told him to handle it on his own. You can contact him if you want." Lin Sunji cried after confessing.

She was doomed.

Everything she worked hard for...was gone in a flash.

And what she hated the most was she had to ruin it by her own words.

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Lin Sunji’s confession shocked everyone, including her friends.

Who would have thought that the sweet Lin Sunji, the model student that her friends looked up to, would do something like that?

Lin Sunji was crying pitifully on the ground.

Bei Sangyun had already left with those bullies after getting what she wanted. But before she left, she gazed darkly at Lin Sunji.

"We are not yet done."

Lin Sunji was not able to get those scary eyes in her mind for a long time.

But aside from fear, she was furious and enraged.

She was still soaking with vinegar and her knees hurt badly. Although Bei Sangyun did not break her leg, the shame that the bitch put her through made her want to kill her right now.

This humiliation...this grudge...she would make sure to pay it back to her a hundred times!