The Downtrodden Villain In A Redemption Romance Novel Chapter 28

Chapter 28 A way out

The two of them hurriedly returned to the Ping An Hotel. The dark alley at night seemed like a completely awakened monster. The turbid neon lights blended with the deep shadows, hiding all the ulterior transactions and dangers under the sultry night. Every step made people shiver down their spines.

It wasn’t until he locked the flimsy door with his backhand that Xu Wen breathed a sigh of relief and pulled off the cheap black peaked cap on his head.

His slightly long wolf-tail hairstyle was a little messy and deformed by the hat, and a few strands of sweaty hair stuck to his forehead, adding to his embarrassment.

“We can’t stay here forever.” He took a deep breath and looked at Lu Qingrang, who was standing quietly by the side. His tone was urgent, “It’s still too unsafe here. Nangong Chen will come here sooner or later. We have to leave City A as soon as possible.”

He was used to such one-way communication and knew that Lu Qingrang must be listening.

While he was analyzing the predicament at hand, he took out the smartphone that had long been unable to make calls from his pocket.

Fortunately, he shamelessly asked the hostess of the hotel to get the network password. At this moment, the phone still has basic functions except that it cannot make and receive calls.

He habitually opened the screen and clicked on the green communication software icon.However, the next second, Xu Wen was stunned and smiled bitterly,

He opened their dialogue almost automatically.Except for the group chat that he had set to do not disturb and named “Love each other as a family”, it was lying quietly in the list, although it showed 99+ unread messages. The most dazzling ones were the private messages sent by the adoptive father, the adoptive mother, and the unrelated brother.

But it had only been one day, just one day when he didn’t spend as much effort as usual to deal with it, to prevaricate, to weave lies to appease them… Crazy harassment instantly flooded his chat interface.

He numbly clicked on the foster mother’s dialog box first.

[Adoptive mother: Xiaowen, please call me back as soon as you see me!Your brother’s grades have dropped drastically!I have to sign up for a cram school recently, and I also have the tablet phone he wants. Have you found a job?】

[Adoptive Mother: Voice Adoptive Mother: Do you want to keep the money for yourself again?White-eyed wolf!Did we raise you so big for nothing?If it weren’t for us…]

His fingers slid stiffly and he clicked open his adoptive father’s.

[Adoptive father: A manly man who procrastinates in doing things!What about this month’s living expenses!!】

[Adoptive father: Don’t think it’s okay if you don’t answer the phone. I know you are in City A!Believe it or not, I will find your home!】

Finally, there was his younger brother.

[Brother: Brother, are you ready with the money?My classmates all have tablets!You can’t let me be looked down upon by them!】

The dense text and voice penetrated the screen and penetrated his already exhausted nerves.

Those familiar never-ending demands, moral kidnapping, and emotional blackmail formed an extremely absurd contrast at this moment with the life of escape he was experiencing, with Lu Qingrang who needed his protection, and with the death threat brought by Nangong Chen.

Xu Wen felt deeply tired. Although these were his parents, he didn’t want to make the situation so embarrassing.

However, the carefully packaged PUA talk that filled the screen still made him feel physiologically uncomfortable, as if he had swallowed a fly.

Lu Qingrang had been watching Xu Wen quietly. Seeing him staring at the screen of his mobile phone, his body stiff and his fingertips resting on the top of the screen, trembling slightly, he asked softly: “What’s wrong?”

Xu Wen suddenly came back to his senses, as if he had been awakened from a nightmare.

He twitched the corner of his mouth and tried to cover up his gaffe with a relaxed expression: “Ah, it’s nothing.” He shook his phone and said to Lu Qingrang in an almost cheerful, gossip-like tone, “It’s the ancestors of my family who found that my ATM machine was suddenly disconnected for a day, and they are frantically testing whether I am still alive.”

He clasped his fingers and gave the summary to Lu Qingrang:

“My dear brother’s grades have declined and he needs to enroll in a cram school to soothe his soul. He is interested in a new tablet computer and needs to use it to defend his social status in the class. As for me, their kind brother and long-term meal ticket, have I found a new job? Have I lost my way with this month’s living expenses? Finally, a classic PUA package is included: White-Eyed Wolf Warning and Nurturing Grace Replay.”

His tone was understated, even a little teasing, but the tiredness deep in his eyes could not fool Lu Qingrang.

Lu Qingrang listened quietly without showing any surprise or sympathy.He just frowned slightly and used a gentle tone to gently fan the flames: “It sounds like… they didn’t seem to have thought about whether you were having a good time during this time.”

Xu Wen was stunned, and a mixture of grievance, relief and determination suddenly rushed into his heart.Forget it, I’m sorry, original owner, I really can’t handle this mess anymore.

He muttered something insincerely in his heart, and then looked down at the suffocating family group.

“You’re right.”

He twitched the corners of his mouth, as if he had finally broken free from some invisible shackles.

Then he took a deep breath and quickly typed a few words on the cold screen. Without any hesitation, he sent it directly to the group called “Love each other as a family”:

[Let’s sever ties.】

Sent successfully.

Xu Wen didn’t even read the reply that might explode in an instant. Instead, he exited the group chat extremely calmly, entered settings, found account management, and chose to log out of his WeChat account without hesitation.

All processes are completed in one go.

When the screen finally dimmed and prompted the user to log in again, Xu Wen threw the phone on the bed, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

Lu Qingrang quietly watched Xu Wen’s series of neat actions, sending decisive messages, exiting the group chat, and finally logging out of the account.

An imperceptible ripple spread in Lu Qingrang’s heart.He clearly felt that a joy that could not be tolerated by light was quietly growing.

Xu Wen personally cut off all escape routes. From now on, it seems that he is the only one who can be relied on and trusted.

They seem to have become a symbiosis that truly depends on each other.

However, as soon as this unparalleled joy appeared, he immediately aroused strong self-disdain.

He was actually secretly rejoicing in other people’s pain and determination. This thought itself seemed so dark and despicable.

He subconsciously curled up his fingertips, as if he wanted to suppress this shady thought.

But that thought had already quietly taken root in the shadows, growing silently.He found that he was unable and unable to completely curb this dark throbbing stemming from absolute possessiveness.

In the end, he just sighed silently in his heart, letting the secret joy quietly spread in his heart.