"Yeah, I heard the guy's family is pretty rich... Sigh, my dream has collapsed!"

Pei Si's eyes narrowed, then he became furious! Xie Li had actually announced their engagement so publicly? Was she trying to use public opinion to force him to back down?

Shameless! Absolutely shameless!

Pei Si stormed over, grabbed one of the boys, and demanded, "Who told you about Xie Li's engagement?"

Several students looked up and saw it was the school bully, and immediately gasped.

"It came from within the first-year international class..." someone said weakly.

Pei Si put the man down, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot. "If I ever hear you mention this again, I'll beat you every time I see you!"

Only after Pei Si had walked away did the students show lingering fear in their eyes.

The school bully truly lives up to his name; his cold expression is absolutely terrifying!

"But what does our discussion about departing from God have to do with him?"

If I remember correctly, the few times Li Shen clashed with the school bully, their relationship wasn't very good.

But the other party just told everyone to keep quiet, which seems like they were protecting Xie Li's reputation.

"Could it be... that the school bully is also a fan of Li Shen?"

This speculation was just something the person involved said casually, but it changed completely when it got out.

When Ming Xiaoxiao went to fetch water, she overheard the girls discussing Xie's divorce.

But as she listened, she quickly realized something was wrong. She originally wanted to go up and tell everyone not to talk nonsense, but she almost got into an argument with someone as soon as she opened her mouth.

"How dare you spread such rumors! Xie Li's engagement isn't like what you're saying! She was promised to someone else by her adoptive mother in exchange for a dowry!"

The room fell silent after those words were spoken.

Ming Xiaoxiao also regretted her slip of the tongue and was about to apologize.

"Just because you say so doesn't mean it's true! What do you know?!" The girl in the lead looked at her suspiciously. "You didn't spread this rumor, did you?"

"It wasn't me!" Ming Xiaoxiao exclaimed in surprise, quickly trying to explain.

"So what are you doing now, spreading rumors?" The other person stared at her with hostility. "Aren't you usually very protective of your friends? You wouldn't be thinking of stabbing them in the back now, would you?"

This guess was too malicious. Ming Xiaoxiao felt wronged and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I misspoke."

I quickly left after getting some water, still unable to understand how the rumors had spread like this.

That's not what she said when she was talking to Qian Shujian, Jiang Yifan, and those other boys!

However, when she returned to the classroom, Qian Shujian seemed completely unaware, happily joking and playing around with the boy next to him.

Seeing Ming Xiaoxiao enter the classroom, he smiled and handed her a cup of milk tea: "I went out of my way to buy this for you."

Ming Xiaoxiao did not answer.

Qian Shujian's hand remained outstretched somewhat awkwardly. He took a deep breath and asked cautiously, "What's wrong?"

Ming Xiaoxiao: "Nothing much. I just heard someone spreading rumors that Xie Li is engaged. Could it be something you guys did?"

Qian Shujian and Jiang Yifan exchanged a glance. "Xiaoxiao, I'm sorry, I..."

"How could you do this!" Ming Xiaoxiao complained in a low voice. "Besides, that's not how it happened at all. Xie Li is very pitiful. She was sold by Aunt Shen and her adoptive mother!"

"She had a very hard childhood. The Li family owned a mountain, which made them quite wealthy in our area. If it weren't for Li Chen protecting her and the Li family being willing to spend money on her, she might have been..."

As Qian Shujian listened, he thought to himself, "Just as I guessed."