Chapter 99 (Part 3): Rebirth of the Tool Man in a Pampered Protagonist Novel

But he had completely overestimated his judgment. Yan Tong was nothing but a hypocritical and shameless fraud!

“Get out of my way! Anyone who stops me will pay dearly!” Xie Wenxu roared, his eyes bloodshot, causing the staff blocking his path to freeze in place.

Though he didn’t mean “pay dearly” literally, the Xie family’s power was something none of these small-time staff could afford to offend. Losing their jobs would be a minor issue; if Xie Wenxu held a grudge, their lives could be ruined.

Immediately, the staff who had been blocking him didn’t dare to move.

They could only quickly call the person in charge to report the situation and then follow him.

Ignoring the trailing staff, Xie Wenxu stormed toward the backstage lounge with a dark expression.

The layout of the backstage lounge was simple, a large open practice room with many small sofas. As soon as he entered, he saw Yan Tong sitting in the corner, looking upset.

Seeing Yan Tong, Xie Wenxu’s eyes turned even redder.

He rushed over and, without a word, slapped Yan Tong hard across the face.

“Slap!”

The loud slap echoed through the lounge, instantly silencing the lively room.

Everyone was startled, immediately turning to look.

“Xie… Xie Gege…” Yan Tong was stunned by the slap, holding his face in disbelief as he looked at Xie Wenxu. He never expected Xie Wenxu to come to the recording site and slap him in front of everyone.

He felt both wronged and furious. Xie Wenxu actually hit him! The gentle and affectionate Xie Wenxu hit him in public!

But before he could fully process his anger and grievance, Xie Wenxu’s next words made his face go pale.

“Don’t call me that! It’s disgusting!”

Xie Wenxu shouted, glaring at Yan Tong’s innocent face with a fury that could almost engulf him, the voice of someone completely betrayed.

“Yan Tong, what have I ever done to you to deserve being cuckolded?”

“Yes, I admit I regretted being with you and that I still had feelings for Fang Ziyang. But I never thought of breaking up with you, never thought of abandoning you. I even lowered myself to apologize and promised to let go of my past feelings and be with you properly.”

“And how did you repay me? By cheating on me and getting pregnant! Did you think you could make a fool out of me?!”

As these words came out, everyone present was stunned, their mouths agape.

Cheating? Pregnant? What explosive gossip had they just stumbled upon?

Yan Tong’s face turned deathly pale, tears streaming down as he desperately denied it.

“What are you saying? I don’t understand! Xie Wenxu, don’t talk nonsense. Don’t think you can trap me with these lies. I want to break up with you…”

He tried to cover Xie Wenxu’s mouth, terrified of the consequences if he continued.

His voice was full of panic, utterly caught off guard by Xie Wenxu’s sudden outburst.

But there was no way Xie Wenxu would let him off so easily.

Yan Tong, with his smaller and weaker frame, was no match for the well-built and fitness-maintained Xie Wenxu, a product of elite upbringing.

Xie Wenxu shoved him aside and threw the documents he had been holding into the crowd.

As the papers scattered, he continued to glare at Yan Tong, his voice filled with despair and rage.

“Yan Tong, what did I do to you? Yes, I’m a scumbag for betraying my childhood fiancé. But I’ve never wronged you!”

“For you, I cheated. For you, I lost face in our circle. I gave you my credit cards, helped you clear your online scandals, hired lawyers to pull you out of the college exam scandal, and spent money and connections to get you into an arts school despite your lack of qualifications.”

“I did all this for you, and this is how you repay me?”

“If you didn’t want to be with me, you could have just broken up. I wouldn’t have clung to you. What I did for you would have been my own foolishness and karma.”

“But cheating on me, getting pregnant to ensure you can’t leave me, using a child as leverage to climb higher—do you find it amusing to play me like this?”

“Fine, you lying scoundrel. If I have to wear this cuckold’s hat, you won’t get off scot-free either!”

Xie Wenxu roared in rage.

At this moment, he didn’t care about his dignity. He had already lost face; his pride had been trampled by Yan Tong. There was nothing left to hold back.

Yan Tong had made him lose everything, including his true love. There was no way he would let him off easily.

“No, it’s not true, I didn’t…” Yan Tong shook his head in panic, tears streaming down as his mind went blank.

Apart from denying it, he couldn’t think of anything else to say in his defense, feeling as though he had fallen into an icy abyss.

But his denials were weak and unconvincing.

The scattered intimate photos and pregnancy test documents felt like a slap across his face, burning with pain.

No matter what he said, today he was destined not to escape responsibility as easily as before.

And when the people around saw the photos and documents Xie Wenxu had thrown, they couldn’t help but widen their eyes, followed by unabashed disdainful remarks.

“Holy crap, that’s Lu Yan in the photos, right? So they’re really involved! I thought Lu Yan was being nice to Yan Tong because of Xie Wenxu, but it turns out they’re just scumbags!”

“And he’s pregnant! No wonder Yan Tong’s been moody, irritable, and hasn’t had much of an appetite lately. Turns out he’s expecting…”

“Even if you cheat with Lu Yan, did you have to go as far as having a baby to trap him? Comparing looks and family background, Lu Yan doesn’t seem to measure up to Xie Wenxu.”

“Lu Yan is Fang Ziyang’s uncle. I’ve heard Yan Tong likes to snatch the people close to Fang Ziyang. What kind of grudge does he have against him?”

“His head must be greener than a meadow, no wonder Xie Wenxu is so furious…”

The crowd murmured, their eyes filled with sympathy, schadenfreude, or disdain as they looked at Xie Wenxu.

Sympathy was in the minority.

Though Xie Wenxu seemed pitiful now, he had brought it on himself. Who told Xie Wenxu to insist on breaking off his engagement and abandoning his true love to pick up the worthless Yan Tong?

As Xie Wenxu said himself, what goes around comes around; a scumbag gets treated like one.

But everyone truly despised Yan Tong.

Stealing someone’s fiancé was bad enough, but now hooking up with Fang Ziyang’s uncle as well? What kind of bad luck did Fang Ziyang have to be targeted by such a person?

And there was also Fang Qianhao, who went to jail to help Yan Tong.

Whoever called Yan Tong a jinx wasn’t wrong!

The surrounding discussions pierced Yan Tong’s ears. Each word felt like another piece of clothing being stripped off, exposing him naked before everyone.

No matter how much he considered this a paper world, no matter how thick-skinned he was, at this moment, he couldn’t help but feel intense shame.

Yan Tong, unable to bear it, wanted to flee.

Meanwhile, Lu Yan had finally heard the news and rushed over, looking panicked.

He hadn’t known about Yan Tong’s pregnancy. When he heard Xie Wenxu was here, he realized their affair must have been exposed.

Although he felt guilty about being caught, his machismo wouldn’t let him shirk responsibility, especially since breaking an engagement wasn’t legally binding, and breakups among boyfriends were normal.

If Xie Wenxu could cheat, why couldn’t he and Yan Tong be together?

He was from a prestigious family; couldn’t this be settled privately? Why make a public scene? Xie Wenxu was just like his immature nephew!

Lu Yan wasn’t exactly a paragon of virtue, so he felt no guilt about stealing someone’s partner.

He was very fond of Yan Tong at the moment and seeing him standing helplessly, he got angry. He punched Xie Wenxu first.

“Xie Wenxu, come at me if you have a problem. Why bully Yan Tong? I couldn’t resist being with him, it’s not his fault. Besides, didn’t you want to get back with my nephew? You’re fickle, so what right do you have to question us?”

Lu Yan’s eagerness to take responsibility wasn’t out of nobility but pure machismo. He saw Yan Tong as his possession, and no one else was allowed to touch him.

Xie Wenxu, already furious, saw Lu Yan, the adulterer, not only without guilt but also attacking him. It was like pouring gasoline on a fire, pushing his rage to a new level, burning away his last shred of reason.

“Fine, very good. Yan Tong, you really are something. How did I not see that you were a slut everyone could ride?”

Xie Wenxu’s eyes were red with anger, and he laughed bitterly, pointing at Yan Tong.

Then he looked at Lu Yan, his gaze cold and hateful.

“Lu Yan, you worthless scumbag. Out of everyone, you chose him? What right do you have to criticize me? Don’t you know he has a grudge against Ziyang? You use the resources Ziyang gave you to support his enemy. If I’m a scumbag, what does that make you?”

“Fine, you’re all great. Since you cuckolded me and have the nerve to fight back, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

With eyes red with rage, Xie Wenxu grabbed a knife from a nearby fruit platter and stabbed Lu Yan in the shoulder.

“Ah—” Lu Yan screamed in pain, “Xie Wenxu, you lunatic, let go.”

He yelled in pain and tried to push Xie Wenxu away.

But Xie Wenxu was now in a blind rage, pinning him down, his gaze cold. After stabbing Lu Yan’s shoulder, he began to slash at his handsome face, avoiding vital spots.

Despite his fury, Xie Wenxu retained some clarity.

These two scumbags didn’t deserve a fatal blow from him. They had humiliated him, making him a laughingstock. He wanted them to suffer more than he did!

After disfiguring Lu Yan’s face beyond repair, even with plastic surgery, Xie Wenxu gave a final cut to his groin.

“Ugh—!” The intense pain made Lu Yan’s eyes bulge.

Yan Tong, seeing this, snapped out of his daze in terror and tried to run.

But Xie Wenxu wouldn’t let him go.

Seeing Yan Tong trying to flee, Xie Wenxu released the nearly unconscious Lu Yan, stood up, and chased after Yan Tong, kicking him hard in the lower back.

Yan Tong lost his balance and fell, his stomach hitting the corner of a table, causing him to scream silently as blood started to stain his pants.

“I gave up everything for you, lost my true love, and now have nothing. Do you think you can just walk away unscathed? With a deceitful, shameless father like you, this child is better off not being born. Yan Tong, you will pay for everything you’ve done.”

Xie Wenxu, eyes bloodshot, stared coldly at the fallen Yan Tong.

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Sandy: omg Xie Wenxu, you’ll be going to jail if you do all these omg there are better ways to solve this than putting yourself at disadvantage for these scums … well although you’re also a scum

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