What Separates Me and You

Chapter 258

Chapter 258 Distinguished and Haughty

The loud screeching sound of the brakes being applied made Josephine’s scalp go numb. Thankfully, the car narrowly brushed past her. Her knees went weak immediately before she collapsed to the ground.

A moment later, the car door was opened before a man got out of the car and stomped toward Josephine angrily. Then, he started screaming at her.

“Are you trying to die? If that’s what you fucking want, don’t fucking die here! Why the fuck would you try to con me in the middle of the road? You fucking deserve to get run over, idiot!”

Josephine could only sit on the ground helplessly, finally feeling waves of pain flaring from her knees while listening to Rufus shouting at her.

Just now, the car hood had bumped into one of her knees.

Josephine looked up at the furious man, noting his heavy-set appearance and balding head. He looked extraordinarily unfriendly and fearsome.

The driver, Rufus, became angrier when he realized Josephine didn’t say anything. “Why the fuck are you still sitting on the ground? Are you trying to con me? Well, you can forget about it! I won’t spare idiots like you even a penny, you hear? Fuck off!”

Poor Josephine looked down at her lap before she attempted to get up while trying to tolerate. the pain. The pain was too much for her to handle; intense pain would start flaring every time she tried to move even an inch.

“Ho! Are you trying to con me for real? I got a dashcam installed in my car, so it’s useless for you to sit here!”

Many cars which happened to pass by the area slowed down to a stop. Everyone watched the scene unfold before their eyes, clearly enjoying it. Some of them did attempt to appease Rufus.

“I think that lady is really hurt. Maybe you should take her to the hospital.”

Rufus didn’t hesitate to retort. “As if I’ll do that! Can’t you see that she’s trying to con me? This didn’t happen to you, so you’re able to spout all those righteous bullshit in my face! I’d like to see you do the same after getting conned!”

Once that man started cursing at everyone else, no one dared to speak up for Josephine.

However, a kind person still went forward and asked Josephine, “Are you alright, miss?” Content held by NôvelDrama.Org.

She hung her head while clutching her injured knee with her hands. Then, she shook her head mutely.

“Can you stand up?”

Josephine continued to shake her head. It was true that she couldn’t stand up right now. If she

could, she would have left a long time ago.

Rufus became even more frustrated upon seeing Josephine’s reaction. “Just look at her! If she’s not a con artist, then what is she? She’s clearly conning me!”

Josephine bit her bottom lip while trying to push herself up from the ground with her hands, but she was forced to give up after trying to get up several times in a row.

“She looks so young. Why must she be a con artist instead of taking up any other respectable jobs?”

Drivers were scared of people who rushed out in front of their cars all of a sudden the most. It didn’t matter whether those people were actual con artists or were just simply too careless-if anything were to happen to them, the drivers were always the ones facing the consequences.

Many people could relate to Rufus right now. They all hated reckless people the most. There were times when they got so frustrated that they wanted to run over those reckless people and get it over with.

“That young lady’s nothing compared to the elderly people you see these days. They tend to latch onto you without any intention to leave you alone.”

“Ugh! People like them will face their own retribution one day! Dude, we’ll become your witnesses and prove that she’s the one who tried to con you!”

“I know, right? Lady, you should leave right now. Otherwise, you won’t be able to wash your hands off this incident once the traffic police are here.”

The crowd’s voices started swirling like an invisible tornado above Josephine’s head. Their words buzzed in her ears, making her feel like a criminal who had just committed an atrocious. crime. Everyone surrounded her while blaming her for what she had done.

Josephine bit her bottom lip and covered her ears, not wanting to listen to those strangers.

More and more people joined the crowd and the act of blaming Josephine. They gradually surrounded her, not giving her any room to breathe at all.

Poor Josephine could only clutch her head while forcing herself to drown out all those voices. However, harmful words continued to flow into her ears.

No longer able to withstand the murmurs and gossip about her anymore, Josephine raised her hands to start gesturing to explain that she wasn’t a con artist. She merely couldn’t stand up due to her injury.

However, no one could understand her.

Someone even started jeering at her. “She’s pretending to be mute! Hah, she’s still trying to pull off this trick! Dude, I think she’s going to latch onto you this time!”

“Maybe she’s an actual mute. That’s why she’s trying to weasel money out of people because she’s unable to survive without a job.”

“She can always beg for money on the streets! Why must she drag us down with her?”

Josephine’s hands froze in mid-air as she stared at the disgusted expressions on everyone’s faces. She opened her mouth, but in the end, her hands lowered to her sides helplessly.

Right, her explanation wasn’t important at all.

Everyone in this world only cared about their own profits and benefits. They were all afraid that they would be the next victim on the con artists’ list.

Originally, Rufus wanted to leave, but he was worried that something did happen to Josephine. That meant he would be charged with the “hit and run” crime.

Hence, he could only chase Josephine away with his mean words, hoping she could leave as soon as possible.

Since Josephine could not move, Rufus reached out to grab her arm. “Stop pretending like you don’t hear me! Hurry up and get lost! Are you hanging around this place just so you can con other people?”

The poor woman could only let Rufus drag her along. She was unable to move her legs at all, so Rufus ended up dragging her across the icy road.

The freezing snow that was accumulated on the ground melted against her clothes, thus wetting them. Josephine looked extremely wretched right now because of her appearance.

A long trail of melting snow could be seen behind her.

Soon, Rufus ditched her on the sidewalk. The passersby walking on the sidewalk all stopped to see what was going on. However, no one bothered approaching Rufus and talked him out of releasing Josephine. All of them decided to watch the show from the sidelines instead.

The young woman

woman felt like she was just dumped at the junction like a sack of trash. Then, Rufus started lecturing her loudly once again. “Stop committing misdeeds like this in the future! Otherwise, you might end up getting run over by someone with an extremely bad temper! Just so you know, you fucking deserve it!”

After that, Rufus continued rambling on and on. “Count your blessings that I was in a good mood when you met me earlier! Otherwise, I would have killed you on the spot!”

He even spat at Josephine as he spoke.

“You fucking idiot!”

When that man got into arguments, his temper would flare even more if the other party remained silent or pretended not to hear him.

Just as he was about to leave after venting his frustrations on Josephine, he felt something colliding against his stomach, causing him to stumble backward and fall to the ground on his

butt.

Rufus sat on the ground while clutching his stomach and wailing in pain. After that, he raised his head to glare at the person before him.

It took him a few seconds to realize what just happened. Someone had kicked him in the stomach earlier.

The person who kicked him was the one who stood in front of him. He wore a professional suit, with a long coat draped over his shoulders. That man had a tall, slender frame with a cold.

expression.

Lewis just stood there while looking down at Rufus arrogantly as though he was looking at a pile of trash with disdain in his

eyes.

“W-Who are you?” Of course, Rufus started panicking. It was impossible for one to fake their bearing, after all.

Rufus standing in front of him, looked incredibly distinguished and haughty in a way that one might have thought it was perfectly natural for him to possess such qualities.

Lewis walked forward and stopped right in front of the collapsed man. Then, he raised a foot and stomped it onto Rufus’ leg, his leather shoe shining under the faint light. “Since you’re sitting on the ground right now, are you trying to con me as well?”

His voice didn’t hold any trace of emotions, as though it was just a random question. However, the force he applied to Rufus’ leg showed no signs of letting up, resulting in the latter wailing in pain.

“Ow! It hurts!”

“It hurts, hmm? Are you trying to con me?” Lewis said the exact same words Rufus had used. on Josephine earlier. Naturally, the latter finally understood the situation. Either his attacker was trying to save the damsel in distress, or he was here to back that woman up.

He explained hastily, “N-No! I’m not trying to con you!”

Lewis’ expression remained the same. He simply hummed lazily before asking, “Then why aren’t you getting up?”

He even dug his heel into Rufus’s leg while he asked that question.

Rufus felt like crying at that moment. He wanted to get up, but he was unable to do that since Lewis’ foot was still lodged in his own.

“Hmm? Are you still trying to con me?”

Rufus was so frustrated that he wanted to curse at Lewis on the spot. How could he get up when the latter’s other foot was stepping on his hand? That man was definitely trying to stir up trouble!