Chapter 250 It really was her.

She looked down at Shen Xuewei and said softly, "If, if I told you that I'm not the kind of person she described, would you believe me?"

As soon as she asked that question, her breathing became much lighter.

Shen Xuewei nodded, "I believe you."

Xu Yue was stunned, not expecting that she would trust her so readily.

She turned her head away. "Aren't you afraid I'm lying to you? Actually, some of what she said is true..."

"I have indeed never met my father, and my mother did jump off a building a few days after giving birth to me. It's not wrong to call me a jinx..."

As she said those words, her eyes welled up slightly, as if tears were about to spill over.

He turned to look at Shen Xuewei, but his expression remained as optimistic as ever.

She wrinkled her nose. "However... apart from what I admit, none of the others are things I would do."

She paused, then muttered to herself, "When I'm not in school, I have to help out at Aunt Cui's shop. I don't have much time then. At most, I can go out to play occasionally, but that's never by myself with anyone else..."

Regardless, Xu Yue was overjoyed that Shen Xuewei was willing to believe her.

Looking at the person in front of her, Shen Xuewei finally uttered the words she had been holding back:

"That friend of yours has probably said this about you behind your back before."

"I think her character is rather... average. I suggest you be careful when you associate with her."

To be honest, loose lips sink ships, and Shen Xuewei generally tries not to speak ill of others... It has a feeling of sowing discord.

Moreover, Xu Yue and Lin Yuru grew up together and have been friends for over ten years. Shen Xuewei wasn't even sure if Xu Yue would listen to her.

However, at least for now, she and Xu Yue are still friends, so she should say what needs to be said, and it's up to Xu Yue to decide what to do.

Xu Yue nodded emphatically, "Yes, I remember. I've broken off all ties with her now. If she contacts you again in the future, just tell me, and I promise I won't let her get away with it."

Seemingly unsure, she asked again, "You really want to believe me? But... my reputation isn't very good..."

Shen Xuewei stood on tiptoe, reached out to straighten her shoulders, and looked into her eyes, saying:

"Xu Yue, sometimes you don't need to care too much about what other people think. You are beautiful, have a good personality, and are popular, which are all good things about you."

"If you were a little more confident and a little more positive, you would be even better. Just like you are now..."

Winters in the past always felt like being wrapped in an impenetrable layer of cold; the sky was gray, and even breathing carried the chill of white mist.

The sky was still gray, but at this moment, Xu Yue felt that this winter didn't seem so cold anymore.

She was gently nudged by Shen Xuewei, who urged her to leave the school.

She walked around the campus in a daze, and when someone looked over, they instinctively tried to bend down.

But then he remembered what Shen Xuewei had just said, and his back straightened up again.

Riding his bicycle home, his good mood turned sour the moment he saw Lin Yuru, who had come uninvited, in his house.

Her eyes turned cold. "What are you doing at my house?"

Lin Yuru looked aggrieved. "I didn't do anything. You haven't spoken to me for days. I was wondering if there was some misunderstanding between us, so I came to your house to see you."

She looked behind Xu Yue and said, "Grandma Xu, could you please talk to Xu Yue for me and tell her not to ignore me? If I did something wrong, I'll change it, okay?"

Grandma Xu stood at the kitchen door, looking at Xu Yue with displeasure.

"Xiaoyue, Xiaoru came to visit you out of kindness, and this is how you treat her? Is this how I raised you?"

Xu Yue pursed her lips, stubbornly remaining silent.

Seeing that she remained silent, Grandma Xu continued, "Xiaoru just told me, don't let those shady people outside make you ignore a good girl like Xiaoru. All this time you've been boiling water and helping others carry water, you're helping that person, right..."

Hearing the words "neither fish nor fowl" triggered Xu Yue's sensitive nerves.

Realizing what she had done, she mustered her courage and retorted, "Grandma, Weiwei isn't some shady character, she's a very..."

"Alright! Don't tell me that. What I say goes." Grandma Xu interrupted her impatiently.

"Didn't I teach you not to talk back to your elders? Today you even talked back to me for the sake of an outsider, abandoning even your best friend. What kind of spell has that girl cast on you? Huh?"

"Speak!" Grandma Xu snapped.

Xu Yue kept her head down, her expression unreadable, but she remained silent.

Grandma Xu was probably getting angry. "I think you're just like your heartless father, equally ungrateful! If it weren't for him, how could your mother have died..."

"grandmother!"

Xu Yue suddenly screamed, on the verge of collapse.

"Don't always tell me these things, don't always blame me for these things, I didn't want this either!"

After she finished speaking, seeing Grandma Xu's trembling body, a look of regret flashed in her eyes.

She...she shouldn't have said such harsh things to her grandmother...

The grandmother and granddaughter were locked in a stalemate. Lin Yuru saw that the two were having a conflict and secretly laughed to herself. She then pretended to step forward and try to stop them.

"Oh dear, Grandma Xu, Xu Yue, please talk it out. Don't argue over such a small thing..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xu Yue suddenly yelled, "Lin Yuru, you have no right to speak here!"

If Lin Yuru hadn't said something to her grandmother behind her back, she and her grandmother wouldn't have ended up like this.

Not wanting Lin Yuru to continue her underhanded tactics, Xu Yue decided to confront her and make things clear.

Ignoring Lin Yuru's resistance, she pulled Lin Yuru onto the rooftop.

Grandma Xu thought the two were going to make up, and followed behind, saying, "You two talk it out. Xiaoyue, don't fight with Xiaoru over other people anymore..."

Xu Yue took a deep breath and forced a smile: "Grandma, don't come over. I'll talk to her properly."

Grandma Xu looked at the two of them, but ultimately remained where she was and did not follow them.

After confirming that Grandma Xu hadn't followed, Xu Yue released Lin Yuru's arm, her expression colder than ever before.

Lin Yuru felt uneasy under her gaze and avoided her eyes.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm just telling the truth..."

Xu Yue stared at her intently, as if looking at an utterly unfamiliar soul.

"Lin Yuru, that man, you were the one who called him that day, weren't you?"

Lin Yuru vehemently denied it: "It wasn't me!"

Realizing she had been exposed too quickly, she tried to cover it up, saying, "I... I was just too scared, that's why I left you and ran away. I didn't call anyone here."

Xu Yue's expression was unusually calm. "He has already implicated you."

Lin Yuru's body stiffened instantly, and her head and feet felt cold.

It took her a while to recover, and she immediately knelt down at Xu Yue's feet.

"Xu Yue, Xu Yue, listen to me, I didn't mean it. He... he threatened me, I had no choice but to do it, please forgive me this time, just this once!"

Lin Yuru tugged at her trouser leg, her eyes full of pleading.

This must not be known to anyone else. If anyone finds out, she's finished!

I wasn't entirely sure at first; I just wanted to test her, but it turned out to be her.