Half an hour later, the Xia family driver drove the car into Tsinghua University and parked it in front of Apartment Building No. 2.

Xia Laozi glanced at the girls' dormitory building outside the window, then turned to look at Xia Zhixu beside him, "Have you contacted Shi Miao? Have you explained our purpose to her?"

Xia Zhixu's face was somewhat pale. He twisted his hands and said in a low voice, "Grandpa, Shi Miao has blocked me. I can't contact her either."

Grandpa Xia rubbed his temples, feeling a bit of a headache. "You must have the contact information for the other people in her dorm, right? Ask if Shi Miao is in the dorm, and if she is, find a way to get her down."

"Let me ask." Xia Zhixu lowered her eyes, concealing the emotions within them, and took out her phone to send a message to Su Wenxue: [Is Shi Miao in the dorm?]

Su Wenxue replied almost instantly: [Zhixu, you finally replied to my message! What happened?]

Xia Zhixu frowned, her eyes filled with undisguised disgust. She forced a smile and sent another message: 【Is Shi Miao in the dorm?】

Su Wenxue: [Yes, are you looking for her?]

Xia Zhixu: [Could you please tell her for me that my grandfather and I have come to apologize to her in person, and ask if she can come downstairs?]

Su Wenxue: [Zhixu, what happened? Why did you suddenly clarify your Weibo post and now you're personally apologizing to her?]

Xia Zhixu looked at the chat, her annoyance barely concealed in her eyes and brows. Why was there so much nonsense when she was asked to do something? [Can you please stop asking? Did I even get my message across?]

After a long pause, Su Wenxue finally replied: 【Shi Miao said he wouldn't see her.】

Xia Zhixu's face stiffened, and a gloomy look settled over her brows. She turned to look at Grandpa Xia beside her, "Grandpa, Shi Miao said she can't see him..."

Upon hearing this, a trace of sorrow flashed across Old Master Xia's eyes. Was the Xia family doomed just like that?

He pressed his temples, thought for a moment, and said, "It's not convenient for me to go into the girls' dormitory. Here's what you do: go up to her and apologize to her properly."

He paused for a moment, then sighed heavily, "The rest is up to fate."

Hearing what Grandpa Xia said, Xia Zhixu felt a pang of sadness, but she knew there was nothing she could do. No matter how much she hated Shi Miao, she had no choice but to bow down to her now.

She pursed her lips and whispered, "I understand, Grandpa."

...

Xia Zhixu, carrying large and small bags, slowly walked to the entrance of Shi Miao's dormitory.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he raised his hand and knocked on the door.

The door opened the next second.

When Jiang Ning saw the person standing at the door, she was slightly taken aback. After regaining her senses, she frowned and said in an unfriendly tone, "What are you doing here?"

Xia Zhixu's fingers tightened slightly as she held the bag. She took a deep breath and said with a smile, "I'm looking for Shi Miao."

Jiang Ning blocked the door, preventing her from entering, and turned to look at the girl sitting not far behind her, "Sister Miao?"

Shi Miao naturally heard the noise at the door. She put down her phone, raised her lazy, half-closed eyes and looked towards the door, her voice slightly hoarse: "Let her in."

Jiang Ning snorted coldly, turned around and sat back in her chair.

Xia Zhixu pursed her lips, glanced at Su Wenxue sitting to her right, and then walked over to Shi Miao and stopped.

Su Wenxue naturally noticed her gaze, and subconsciously lowered her eyelids, biting her lip. She was extremely flustered and had no idea what Xia Zhixu wanted to do.

Xia Zhixu gently placed the bag on the ground, clenched her fists at her sides, lowered her head, and said sincerely, "Shi Miao, I'm sorry. I posted those Weibo posts because I was jealous of you. Could you please ask Young Master Ji to let the Xia family off the hook? If you want to do anything, just come at me. It was all my doing, it has nothing to do with my family..."

Shi Miao raised an eyebrow, looking rather lazy, yet his sharp gaze fell upon her.

She stood up and leaned against the table, arms crossed, her voice slightly cold: "I think you should understand how much damage spreading rumors can do to a girl. If today's protagonist wasn't me, but just any ordinary girl, wouldn't she deserve to be drowned in other people's spittle because of your so-called jealousy and baseless claims?"

Xia Zhixu pinched her palm, her face turning pale and then red, burning as if she had been slapped. "The video was sent to me by Su Wenxue. She told me that you were being kept by a sugar daddy."

Upon hearing this, Shi Miao's eyes flashed with surprise, but she wasn't too surprised. She had only noticed that Su Wenxue was acting strangely, but she hadn't expected that the two of them had worked together to do this.

"What did you say!" Jiang Ning's eyes widened involuntarily, filled with disbelief. In her shock, she subconsciously stood up and knocked the chair away, making a screeching sound.

She then turned to look at Su Wenxue across from her, only to see that Su Wenxue's face was as pale as paper, and her eyes and brows showed undisguised fear and panic.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning finally believed that Xia Zhixu was telling the truth. No wonder she had suddenly changed so much and had a strange attitude before. It turned out that she had been bought off by Xia Zhixu long ago!

"Su Wenxue, Miao-jie and I really misjudged you! We never expected you to be this kind of person, secretly taking a lot of benefits from Xia Zhixu!"

Su Wenxue felt as if she had fallen into an abyss, frozen in place, her blood seemingly frozen. She bit her lip, her throat dry, and explained, "No, please listen to me, it's not what you think... I... Xia Zhixu ordered me to do this... Yes, she ordered me, I... I was forced into it..."

Xia Zhixu sneered, a mocking smile curving her lips. "What did I force you to do? Isn't it because you're greedy for money? You've taken so many things from me, and the dress you're wearing now was also given to you by me. You've also spoken ill of Shi Miao to me behind my back. Do you want me to release the chat history?"

Su Wenxue was in a state of turmoil. She clenched her fists, feeling all the blood rush to her fingertips, which trembled uncontrollably. She tried desperately to calm herself down but could not.

Meeting Shi Miao's dark eyes, her heart pounded in her throat, her legs went stiff, cold sweat beaded on her forehead, and her voice became hoarse and distorted with tension: "It's not like that..."

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Jiang Ning's angry and disappointed eyes. He felt his scalp was about to explode. Unable to bear the pressure, his eyes rolled back and he fainted to the ground.

Seeing this, Shi Miao's lips twitched almost imperceptibly, and she was quite speechless. She raised her chin slightly, showing little emotion, but giving people an invisible sense of pressure. She instructed Xia Zhixu, "Take her to the infirmary."

Xia Zhixu's expression was as ugly as if he had eaten shit. He never expected that Su Wenxue, that bitch, would be so weak and frail. She fainted after saying just a few words. She must be faking it!

She bit her lip, hesitated for a few seconds, and then said, "What about my matter..."

Shi Miao sat back in her chair, glanced at her, and lazily rested her chin on her long, pale hand, saying slowly, "I think with the Xia family's savings, supporting ten more of you wouldn't be a problem."

Xia Zhixu's face stiffened, knowing there was no room for negotiation. She slightly clenched her cool fingertips, but dared not say anything more to anger Shi Miao.

Jiang Ning coughed and pointed to Su Wenxue on the ground, "Well, saving lives is the priority."

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