Chapter 19: The Butterfly Effect (Part II)

As the saying goes, character determines destiny. In fact, this sentence should be changed to "the character of adults determines fate", especially in Chinese society, young people are often difficult to be independent, except for a few individual examples of extremely prominent real personalities, the fate of teenagers is almost entirely decided by their parents - Fang Ting and Mu An in their teenage years are also the same.

That night, Mu An was only halfway through his words, and the two had been pulled out of hiding by the school security team.

Although Mu An repeatedly emphasized that the accidental arson had nothing to do with Fang Ting, because Fang Ting's dress and behavior were too weird, the two were taken to the police station together.

"Don't worry, you will be fine if you do things alone." Fang Ting always remembered how Mu An swore and promised.

However, the boy's commitment is so weak and weak under the intervention of adults.

Later, Mu An's mother appeared in front of Fang Ting's house with a sum of money, and she said that as long as Fang Ting was willing to take the crime, she would settle privately with the victim on behalf of Fang Ting, and promised not to let Fang Ting leave a criminal record...... After talking for a long time, no matter how soft and hard she was, Fang Ting never ate oil and salt.

It's a pity that as a minor, too many things are not up to Fang Ting.

Fang Ting's mother accepted the money and signed the settlement as a guardian. Everything went against Fang Ting's own will, as quickly and smoothly as a car driving onto the highway.

Regarding this matter, Fang Ting's mother always thought that she had made the right decision.

"You were weird that day, if the child of the Mu family bites to death and plants the black pot to you, this lawsuit may not be able to win, and when the time comes, won't we have to pay money and suffer the crime? Now that the people of the Mu family have settled the victim, and there is no need to fight the lawsuit, not only do we not have to lose money, but we also make a profit, what's so bad? Besides, your father's situation couldn't withstand the blow, so he solved it privately, and it didn't alarm him. This is Fang Mu's point of view.

What Fang's mother said seemed to be reasonable in terms of consequentialism, as if she was making the most advantageous deal with her most rational head, but she didn't mention one point: the fire that was accidentally ignited had nothing to do with Fang Ting, how should an innocent girl become someone else's scapegoat?

In just a few days, Fang Ting witnessed what it means to turn black and white upside down, and her world experienced a storm change.

But Fang Ting still has one last glimmer of hope in her heart, she thinks that as long as she finds the real perpetrator Mu An, she can clear her name.

However, since the day of the incident, Mu An has never come to class again, and she is the only one who faces all the gossip.

She had no choice but to go to Shen Baixian.

Shen Baixian and Fang Ting were students in different classes in the same grade, and that day he heard Fang Ting, who had always been silent, say so many words for the first time.

Most of the troubles of students at that age are nothing more than a few points more and a few less points on the report card, so Fang Ting, a gifted student of 10,000 years, always has a sense of alienation that does not know the suffering of the world in the eyes of others - just like a doll placed in a cupboard.

Such a doll was suddenly forced out of the cupboard and infected with the suffering of the world.

"Please, take me to see Mu An. Only when he comes out and tells the truth can I be rehabilitated. Fang Ting pleaded eagerly.

The corners of Shen Baixian's mouth rose slightly, as if he was indifferent to everything, and as if he had seen through the absurdity of the world.

He said lightly: "My aunt has already hidden him, and told him that she has reached a settlement for him, so that he can reflect at home...... That guy thinks he's taken responsibility. Even if you find him, it's useless, my aunt has a way to stop him from telling the truth, and then let him know that he has hurt others, but it is just one more person in pain. ”

"So, just leave me alone? Even if you let a person who is not wrong confess her mistake, and let a person who is not guilty confess, is it okay? Fang Ting's eyes turned red, and she said stubbornly.

Shen Baixian stared at Fang Ting for a long time, perhaps because he didn't know how to explain Fang Ting, suddenly the conversation changed and pulled out another topic: "Do you believe in fate?" Do you want me to figure it out for you, how will this matter end up? ”

Fang Ting couldn't help but laugh and said, "What? Why don't you have a sense of what you say? What is the fate of a good one? ”

"Then why don't I conjure a magic trick for you, if you are happy, let me tell my fortune and practice my hands."

"Otherwise, let's have a game, and if you lose, let me tell my fate. It's up to you to decide what's more. ”

"Then it doesn'...... again"

At that sunset after school, Shen Baixian followed behind Fang Ting reluctantly, and finally got Fang Ting's eight characters with great difficulty.

Shen Baixian energetically took Fang Ting's eight characters home to study, and he didn't know where he got a flash of inspiration, so he carefully compared Fang Ting's eight characters with Mu An's, and came to the conclusion that "a thousand miles of marriage is a thread".

After that day, Fang Ting never returned to school. Shen Baixian learned from others that the school had expelled her from school due to the arson incident.

Shen Baixian has an inexplicable confidence in his skills, so he firmly believes that one day he will witness the day when Mu An and Fang Ting are united.

Later, Shen Baixian came to Xiangjiang, and was hooked by Tong Ling's glimpse of the three spirits and seven souls, and in order to get close to Tong Ling, who was too self-protective, he came up with a game called "Secret Devil".

In fact, this game originally had only one owner, and only one "Devil", who just wanted to use another mysterious identity to solve his "hostess" worries.

Unexpectedly, this website began to be recognized by some people at some point. The game has unwittingly turned from a false pretense into a money-making tool for him to reap the benefits of a fisherman.

Not long after the website was in operation, Shen Baixian met Fang Ting again at a dance.

She was slightly dressed up, more like a doll in a cupboard than before, but if she looked closely, she was no longer as docile as she used to be.

Shen Baixian suddenly thought of his cousin, who was no longer lively, and it was conceivable that these two people had probably changed a lot over the years, but their fate had not been broken.

Shen Baixian doesn't like this old-fashioned cousin at all. He thought: If Mu An falls in love, will he become the funny and playful cousin he used to be?

Shen Baixian played with his heart, so he made a fool of himself, and took a lot of effort to bring Fang Ting to this game.

He thought that Fang Ting would definitely use the website to spit out a bad breath, so that between Fang Ting and Mu An, one person and one person will be rectified, and there will always be a day when they meet.

In Mu An's view, a catastrophe turned out to be nothing more than an unintentional joke by Shen Baixian, an intentional or unintentional matchmaking.