Chapter 6

Wen Sixue...?

What a lovely name!

It's like sticking your fingers into the winter sun. The first moment is cool, the edges of your fingers touching the thin chill in the air; the next moment, however, warmth slowly seeps out, like snow melting quietly in your palm.

...

The short but enjoyable weekend came to an end in the blink of an eye.

During my student days, Mondays were always an unpopular day.

The rich young ladies, carrying their schoolbags and sporting dark circles under their eyes, were respectfully driven to the school gate by their own drivers. They looked haggard, and no amount of makeup could hide the emptiness that came with being drained.

Several girls couldn't help but lean on the table, their lips showing red, swollen marks as if they had been bitten.

Yun Zhan, with his sharp eyes, noticed that several girls were wearing turtlenecks. They kept pulling their necks up with their fingertips, and despite being sweating profusely from the heat, they refused to expose their necks, as if afraid of being seen, and carefully guarded against the people passing by.

"Why do they look so strange?" Yun Zhan gently closed the book, pushed up his glasses, and looked at the girls with considerable curiosity.

"Host, didn't you know? Noble ladies often have sex parties on weekends," 21 explained.

What party? Yun Zhan blinked. Was she going to some kind of party this weekend? The innocent girl couldn't understand what 21 was saying at all.

"You asked this yourself, it's about going to the other person's house... um... um... let me describe it to you." 21 coughed a few times, tirelessly recounting the chaotic love affairs of the nobility it had researched...

In short, the girls at Minton School would have parties with their loved ones on weekends. As for the content of the parties, 21 directly played a purely yellow scene in Yun Zhan's mind.

Yun Zhan bit her lip, her face flushing red instantly. She quickly stopped 21 from doing anything. Curiosity killed the cat; she should have known better than to ask...

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the previously lifeless classroom changed. Several girls around Yun Zhan raised their eyes, their faces grim, and unanimously cast unfriendly glances toward the classroom door.

Yun Zhan's gaze followed them and landed on the slender young woman at the door.

Wen Sixue? ....

Yun Zhan was stunned. She hadn't expected to meet a girl from the weekend in such a place. Her intuition told her that Wen Sixue seemed to be very unpopular here.

Unlike her usual weekend makeup, Wen Sixue's face was bare today, her natural beauty appearing exceptionally ethereal. Strands of hair fell beside her temples, giving her an innocent, girl-next-door charm. She walked silently to her seat, head bowed.

Wen Sixue straightened her back, the black school uniform covering her slender body, her delicate waist as thin and fragile as a willow branch.

Even though her makeup was different from that day, Yun Zhan still recognized her at a glance.

Yun Zhan hadn't noticed how thin Wen Sixue was because she was wearing heavy costumes when she performed.

"Wen Sixue, you bastard! How dare you go back to school?"

Suddenly, a girl next to Yun Zhan became furious, glaring fiercely at Wen Sixue with her phoenix eyes, and threw the heavy Spanish textbook in her hand at Wen Sixue's face.

Wen Sixue used her arm to block the corner of the book. The sharp corner hit her delicate arm, and it was estimated that her hand would turn bluish-purple soon.

"Tao Tao! Don't be impulsive! Hitting someone at school will get you locked up in the detention room!" Tao Ye's friend quickly stopped her.

"Sis, don't get angry over this person. We can just kick her out. There are so many of us. If she insists on staying here to attend class, we have plenty of ways to slowly torment her. It's better to keep a low profile under the surveillance cameras." Another girl leaned over and whispered to comfort Tao Ye, while glaring at Wen Sixue several times.

"You want me to let her go?! You all know what her family has been up to all these years! Her whole family are geishas, ​​naturally promiscuous, and the elder one, with her foxy face, has turned my family upside down under the guise of performing."

Tao Ye's eyes were bloodshot. He pointed at Wen Sixue's face and roared for a long time until he cried until his voice was hoarse before being stopped by the people around him.

Yun Zhan's expression was solemn. Her gaze lingered on Wen Sixue for a long time. Just as she took a step forward, Jiang Yanmo pulled her back forcefully.

"Yun Zhan, don't get involved!" Jiang Yanmo pulled Yun Zhan back with a sour face.

She looked at Yun Zhan several times with a complicated expression before whispering, "Don't get caught up in the righteous indignation and join in the fun. This Wen Sixue's family was born into the entertainment industry, and their singing was excellent. At that time, they were considered a 'cultural elite family.' However, her family did some despicable things, sending the actors they trained to become mistresses of powerful figures in wealthy families... both men and women. That's how Tao Ye's family was ruined."

During the chaotic period, traditional operas were still sought after by high-ranking officials and nobles in Yuedu Theater. Famous actors held a high status, and a performance often became a social event for political and business elites and literati.

However, the head of the Wen family was unscrupulous. He used performances to befriend various powerful figures and sent the beautiful actresses from his mansion to these dignitaries in order to gain money and power.

The Wen family exposed the ugly side of the wealthy and powerful, leaving them nowhere to hide. After enjoying the beauty, these officials and nobles began to fear the Wen family, afraid that the Wen family would leak even a little information and affect their reputation in the outside world.

As time went on, more and more wealthy families began to ostracize the Wen family, even to the point of wanting to exterminate them.

By the time of Wen Sixue's generation, the Wen family had lost everything; all of their ancestral assets had been mortgaged. The grandmother, over fifty years old, swallowed her pride and begged her old friend to help Wen Sixue get into Mington School.

Nowadays, Wen Sixue has nothing left but a good voice and good looks.

"What's the current situation at Wen Sixue's family?" Yun Zhan asked.

"It's terrible. Wen Sixue not only has to support herself through performances, but she also has to use any extra money to pay off her debts. Wen Sixue's parents have too much bad debt outside, and even selling their mansion and theater wouldn't be enough to pay it off. So they simply abandoned Wen Sixue and went abroad to hide."

"It's so tragic," 21 sobbed several times as she read Wen Sixue's information. "Wen Sixue goes to school during the day, performs at the opera house on weekends and evenings, and has to hide from her parents' creditors. There are also thugs in the old, dilapidated neighborhood who harass her because she's pretty."

Wen Sixue's life was destined to be a tragedy from the moment she was born.

The moment the Wen family, like a great tree, was uprooted, she lost everyone who could protect her.

At the age of 18, he had to endure unbearable insults at school; he had to tolerate harassment from a small number of customers at the theater; and finally, his place of residence could not even guarantee his basic personal safety.

It's really hard to imagine that someone like Wen Sixue would have to grit her teeth and attend the strictly class-based Minton School just because of her ancestors' reputation.

Tao Ye stared intently at Wen Sixue, then suddenly went berserk, grabbed a mug of boiling water from the side, and poured the scalding water at Wen Sixue without warning!

Yun Zhan's seat and Wen Sixue's seat were in a straight line.

Yun Zhan reacted extremely quickly. She stood up swiftly and, almost without hesitation, shielded Wen Sixue from the cup of boiling water. The nearly 100-degree water splashed onto her arm, causing Yun Zhan to wince in pain.

"Yun Zhan! You... Tao Ye, that's enough! You've hurt someone!" Jiang Yanmo panicked, half-squatting on the ground and watching Yun Zhan's expression.

Tao Ye's eyes cleared instantly. She dropped the mug in her hand, her face pale, and looked dazed, almost fainting...

Wen Sixue's legs were trembling. She stared incredulously at Yun Zhan, who was half-squatting on the ground. The moment Yun Zhan looked up, Wen Sixue noticed her true face...

"It was the pretty little guest who gave her the gold brooch that day."

Wen Sixue's face was pale, and she felt a sharp pain in her chest. Ignoring the disgusted looks from others, she stumbled and knelt down in front of Yun Zhan.

"Why did you do this... I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..." Wen Sixue stared at Yun Zhan's pained face, two lines of clear tears overflowing from the corners of her peach blossom eyes.

She stared at the reddened skin on Yun Zhan's arm, not daring to touch him, for fear of hurting him again.

The incident happened suddenly, and someone went to the office to call Pei Yanxi.

Pei Yanxi, dressed in a black suit, was in a meeting when she heard the news of Yun Zhan's injury. Her expression turned serious, and she immediately paused the meeting.

Before entering the classroom, Pei Yanxi had already prepared herself mentally, but seeing Yun Zhan's flushed skin still made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

Pei Yanxi stared at Yun Zhan, who was squatting on the ground breathing heavily, a rare hint of ferocity appearing in her cold eyes. She clenched her fists tightly, the sharp pain maintaining her usual composure. Yun Zhan was the one who was injured, but Pei Yanxi was in no condition at all. On the contrary, her throat felt like it was being squeezed, and seeing Yun Zhan's burning red skin, her breath caught in her throat.

After calming down, he glanced around and finally fixed his gaze on Tao Ye.

"It's you, isn't it? Tao Ye." Pei Yanxi's tone was very unpleasant, her voice trembling with anger.

Pei Yanxi's gaze was extremely oppressive; her imposing stare left Tao Ye speechless... She closed her eyes and almost fainted in the classroom.

"Senior, she originally intended to splash water on me..."

"Senior Pei, it was Yun Zhan who shielded Wen Sixue from the boiling water, and that's how this happened. You know, Wen Sixue, she..."

The other students chattered noisily nearby, each saying a sentence or two. From these scattered fragments of conversation, Pei Yanxi roughly pieced together what had happened.

So, Yun Zhan is playing the hero and saving the damsel in distress, right?

very good...

Pei Yanxi gritted her teeth; she was truly angry now. She coldly told them to shut up.

"Get the person to the hospital first, and have the relevant personnel go to the principal's office immediately."

After Yun Zhan was sent away, Pei Yanxi stared at Tao Ye and Wen Sixue for several moments with a gloomy expression.

Especially Wen Sixue...

...

"Why are you still watching the surveillance footage?" Xue Qi sat next to Pei Yanxi. The entire afternoon had passed, and Pei Yanxi had been in the surveillance room the whole time.

This person sits for three hours straight, doesn't he get tired?

"Find out the truth." Pei Yanxi said calmly, but her eyes never left the screen.

"You're upset because your junior schoolmate shielded someone from boiling water..." Xue Qi pouted, speaking sarcastically.

Pei Yanxi's best friend knew perfectly well what she was thinking. What did she mean by "finding out the truth"? Those few seconds she spent watching Yun Zhan shield Wen Sixue were hardly what "finding out the truth" meant.

"Xue Qi, if you keep talking nonsense, don't blame me for turning on you." Pei Yanxi finally turned her gaze away from the monitor, her sharp eyes sweeping across Xue Qi's face, making Xue Qi feel cold all over.