Chapter 19 I heard she's being kept by a wealthy businessman.

Song Xu's words made Lin Xi blush. She didn't plan to keep wearing disposable slippers. She had come in a hurry today and hadn't had time to buy new slippers.

"I plan to buy it tomorrow," Lin Xi explained softly.

She looked down at the slippers Song Xu had taken out. They were pink and had a little white rabbit on them. They were so cute; it was the first time she had ever worn such pretty slippers.

“No need to buy any more, this is for you,” Song Xu glanced at her feet again, “Try not to move your feet if you can, and get better as soon as possible so you don’t cause me any trouble.”

"Don't worry, Mr. Song, I definitely won't cause you any trouble." Lin Xi felt quite apologetic about this; she didn't want to get hurt either.

Lin Xi changed into pink slippers, only able to wear them on the edge of her injured foot.

Song Xu pushed the wheelchair over and said in a commanding tone, "Sit down, I'll push you to your room."

Lin Xi didn't dare to refuse, and sat back in her wheelchair with her backpack in her arms.

There are four rooms in total. Song Xu and Song Chen each occupy one bedroom, and there are two guest rooms.

Song Xu pushed Lin Xi into the guest room where she had slept one night before. "You will stay in this room from now on. You can use everything in the room. You can also make any requests, and I will try my best to accommodate them."

Is there anything else she can ask for? This room is much bigger than her and her grandmother's house.

She and her grandmother lived in a house of less than 20 square meters, with a bathroom of only one square meter, which was a squat toilet where they used to go to the toilet and take a shower.

This guest room is 40 square meters in size, with a private bathroom, a small walk-in closet, and a two-meter-wide bed that she can roll around on as much as she wants.

The room also has a sofa for resting and a desk and chair for studying and working. In this environment, Lin Xi felt that she would never get tired of studying, no matter how long she studied.

"Thank you, Mr. Song. I am very satisfied."

"Then you should rest." Song Xu left Lin Xi's room.

After closing the door, Lin Xi began packing her belongings: a few old clothes, a legal English dictionary, and the precious family photo tucked inside.

Lin Xi was admitted to the law school of Jiangbei University. This was a promise she made with her brother when they were young. They aspired to become great lawyers and judges and send bad people to prison.

She didn't know if her brother still remembered the vow they made back then, but she had never forgotten it in the past ten years.

She took out her admission letter, touched the three words "law school," and her thoughts drifted away. The people she most wanted to send to prison were actually her parents.

Give her a few more years, and she will definitely find those devilish parents and make them receive the punishment they deserve.

A text message pulled Lin Xi back to reality from her reverie. She picked up her phone to check the message, which was from her high school classmates' group chat.

She had set the high school group chat to do-not-disturb mode, and today the notification sound only came when the class monitor tagged everyone.

She opened her high school class group chat. The class monitor was organizing a reunion. Everyone was about to go their separate ways, and they wanted to get together one last few days of the holiday.

The class monitor asked the students who could come to join in, and soon more than 20 people had signed up.

Lin Xi closed the classmate group chat interface. She never attended gatherings; she had no money and didn't want to take advantage of others.

Moreover, she had a distant relationship with her classmates. Those who knew about her family's circumstances would gossip about her, laugh at her, and look down on her behind her back.

Lin Xi didn't care about any of this. As long as they didn't cricket at her in front of her, she would pretend not to know. However, if they said anything to her face, she would never tolerate it. She would scold them if she had to, and she would take action if she had to.

People are naturally inclined to back down when they're being bullied. After she stood up for herself a few times, those people stopped daring to do anything openly and at most said a few bad things behind her back.

Lin Xi changed out of her dress; she needed to wash it and return it to the organizers.

She examined the fabric of the skirt and Shen Yan's coat, and checked online carefully. She found that they were machine washable. Afraid that the clothes would bleed color, she first threw Shen Yan's black coat into the washer-dryer combo.

Lin Xi limped out of the bathroom and sat on the sofa to rest. She opened her phone to check the price of Chen Yan's coat on a second-hand platform, but was attracted by the information that popped up in the high school group chat.

The class monitor tagged her half an hour ago, asking if she wanted to come to the party.

Because she didn't reply, a female classmate named Yang Jiayi in the group started to make sarcastic remarks.

Lin, the class beauty, doesn't have time for us. I heard she's been kept by a wealthy businessman and wouldn't even deign to associate with us.

Yang Jiayi's words were like a bomb, bringing everyone in the group to their feet.

[Really? How could Lin Xi do such a thing?]

Yang Jiayi: [Of course it's true, I have firsthand information.]

Wow, I never expected Lin Xi to be so aloof in school.

[Class monitor, do you still like Lin Xi?]

Some people, unafraid of making things worse, started tagging the class monitor.

The class monitor remained silent, no matter how many people tagged him.

[Don't tag the class monitor anymore, he's probably crying in the bathroom right now.]

Someone tagged Yang Jiayi again, asking, "Are the men who keep Lin Xi old?"

"She must be very old. How could a young, handsome, rich second-generation heir possibly support her?" Yang Jiayi replied.

[Yeah, tsk tsk tsk, how did Lin Xi end up on this path?]

[It's definitely about the money. Their family is so poor, they probably can't even afford the tuition.]

【If you don't have money, just say so. We classmates can each donate a little, and that should cover her tuition.】

[Donate what? Beverage bottles? Hahaha!]

Lin Xi read every message with a cold face, taking screenshots as she read. Finally, she saw someone speaking up for her.

She was her only friend in the class, and also her deskmate—Jiang Ran.

Jiang Ran: [What nonsense are you talking about? Spreading rumors is illegal.]

Lin Xi felt a warmth in her heart. Jiang Ran was a cool girl with a cold personality. She didn't talk much in class, but because she was tough, no one dared to mess with her.

The teacher paired them up as deskmates so that Lin Xi could help Jiang Ran with her studies. Lin Xi often explained problems to Jiang Ran, and over time, their relationship became more and more harmonious.

With Lin Xi's help, Jiang Ran's college entrance examination score improved by nearly 200 points, and she was admitted to the Police Academy in Jiangbei City.

Perhaps because Jiang Ran will become a police officer in the future, the group fell silent after she said that.

Lin Xi took a deep breath, typed a message on her phone, and sent it to the classmate group chat.

[I have taken screenshots as evidence. The person who spread these false rumors about me should publicly apologize to me, otherwise you will receive a lawyer's letter.]

Yang Jiayi was the first to break down, and she quickly replied to Lin Xi in the group chat: "Lin Xi, I'm sorry, I didn't make up the story about you being kept by a sugar daddy; it came from another class."

Lin Xi frowned and continued to ask in the group chat: 【Outside the class? Who said that?】