Chapter 1041: Chapter 1011: Who Could Be More Shameless Than You?
Song Chengyun’s face couldn’t hide the embarrassment, but he quickly returned to normal.
With a slight sigh, he looked at Chu Ling with an unreasonable expression, his eyes filled with ’stop this nonsense’ helplessness.
"Even so, couldn’t you be a bit nicer? Josie just wanted to say hello to you, and you..."
"Slap—"
Before Song Chengyun finished his sentence, Chu Ling’s cold face landed a slap directly across his face.
The scene fell silent instantly, with everyone staring in shock, unable to help but gasp.
"What are you doing?!"
Josie Martin snapped back to reality, reaching to hold Song Chengyun’s slapped face. Seeing the spreading red mark, she turned her head and glared at Chu Ling angrily.
Chu Ling cast a faint glance at her, then turned her gaze to Song Chengyun who was watching her in shock.
"Song Chengyun, I gave you face and yet you give me trouble! Asking me to be nicer? What right do you have to tell me to be nicer?! Can’t you see I fundamentally don’t want to be involved with you all? I say I don’t know you well because I believe a suitable ex should be like a dead person, but you insist on rising from the dead, bringing your current girlfriend to provoke me for no reason! Do you really think I’m the old Chu Ling who used to swallow grievances without a temper?"
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Everyone present was shocked into inaction by Chu Ling’s aura.
In their impression, Chu Ling had always been gentle, polite, and approachable. Seeing this domineering side of her today was startling.
But the most shocked was Song Chengyun. He had known Chu Ling for many years and had never seen her so authoritative.
Josie Martin observed everyone’s reaction, bit her lip in frustration.
A useless waste, how dare to act so defiantly before her?
Josie Martin’s features twisted slightly, unwilling to be overshadowed by Chu Ling, she turned furiously, pointing at her with burning rage and shouted:
"So, do you think you’re really something now that you’ve made it? What superiority do you have? You couldn’t hold onto a man yourself and blame me for taking your boyfriend! Why don’t you look in the mirror and see yourself? What can you bring to him?! You’re doing all this just to get Chengyun’s attention, right? I’m telling you, no matter how hard you pursue, Chengyun won’t glance at you even once!"
Hearing Josie Martin’s distorted truths, Chu Ling almost burst out laughing in anger.
Unable to contain it any longer, she chuckled sarcastically, "Me? Persistently pestering? After a man who only relies on women?"
"Who are you calling a freeloading man?!" Josie Martin’s voice suddenly heightened.
Chu Ling raised her brow, that reaction, true love indeed!
But within this declaration of true love, is there any sincerity?
"Of course, your beloved boyfriend, Miss Josie might not know yet, but your boyfriend used to be completely supported by me!"
"You’re spouting nonsense!!"
"Chu Ling!!!" Song Chengyun’s voice was urgent and panic-stricken, he looked at Chu Ling with a menacing and warning gaze.
Seeing this, Chu Ling smirked slightly, "Isn’t it true, Teacher Song? During the four years of college, your training, education, various tools and equipment, wasn’t it all funded by me? Otherwise, given your family background, did you really think you had a chance to become a stylist? And still have the audacity to swagger before me with your new lover?!"
What?!
Everyone’s eyes widened in shock, about to pop out.
This is some explosive news!
Song Chengyun’s face turned ashen, his whole body swaying involuntarily.
She...
She actually dared...
Seeing his appearance, Chu Ling sneered, looked up at the equally incredulous Josie Martin, and spoke coldly:
"During the four years of college, I was not only responsible for all his expenses, including his overseas costs, but also for the first gift he bought while pursuing you. You ask what am I smug about? What superiority do I have?!"
Josie Martin was compelled backward by Chu Ling’s fierce rebuke, and her retreat woke up Song Chengyun who was stunned.
Song Chengyun came to his senses, his face livid, looking at Chu Ling with a gaze full of malice, "You bitch, stop fabricating lies..."
"Slap—"
Chu Ling slapped his face again.
"Fabricating lies? Want me to pull out the past years’ bank statements for everyone to see? Reversing right and wrong, ungrateful, who can be baser than you?"
Song Chengyun’s face changed, full of gloom.
"Ha." Chu Ling looked at him coldly, her voice full of sarcasm, "Song Chengyun, I, Chu Ling, don’t believe I owe you anything! For four years in college, I secretly carried all your expenses without my family’s knowledge, and after graduating, you told me you wanted to go abroad, to see a broader world, to introduce Hua Country’s fashion internationally. You said, you would achieve success and fame, and you said once you achieved success and fame, honor in hand, you would return immediately to marry me!"
"So to help you chase your dream, I secretly entered the entertainment industry without my family’s knowledge, because I feared you couldn’t live well abroad, I sent nearly all the money I earned to you, even though I lived precariously myself!"
"But what did I end up with? I ended with your heartless betrayal after achieving success and fame! Ended with your shift of affection to someone else, embracing beauty! Ended with your oppressive acts to prevent your new love from knowing, fearing I’d expose your past, pressuring directors to cancel my roles, and forbidding any production to collaborate with me!!"
"Oh my..."
Hearing this, even those present couldn’t help but react.
"This Song Chengyun is too ungrateful! For Chu Ling to be so heartfelt towards him, and he still secretly oppresses her!"
"Climbing up and abandoning when convenient, I’ve witnessed it today!"
Hearing this, Chu Ling smiled mockingly, not sure if it was directed at Song Chengyun or at herself, "I always thought we had shared goals and dreams, so for your words, I struggled bitterly in the entertainment industry, but you..."
Chu Ling sneered once again, looking across at the man, her face full of ridicule.
"Delivered a slap to teach me a harsh lesson! You say, in today’s society, relying solely on one’s efforts won’t lead to success! You also said, clinging to the powerful is a form of strength, so someone like me with no background, no connections, no reputation, no work would never achieve something from my effort alone. But now what, Teacher Song? I’ve managed to carve out my own space in the entertainment world purely through my efforts! No relying on family, no relying on background, nor relying on men! And you? Can you be where you are today without relying on women?"
Song Chengyun’s eyes trembled violently, his entire person appearing miserable.
