Su Ziran was satisfied to see the shocked expression on Xiao Yao's face, but it wasn't enough. She then deliberately said something in front of everyone.
"Didn't you like Zhong Xuyang back in college? Now that you're finally his girlfriend, you should be very happy, right?"
Xiao Yao's expression changed from shock to speechless silence. This was the first time Su Ziran felt she had the upper hand with Xiao Yao, and she couldn't have felt more comfortable.
She was pampered by her family since she was a child, and they would do everything they could to get her whatever she wanted. The first person in her life who made her unhappy was Xiao Yao.
Throughout her four years of university, Xiao Yao constantly opposed her, always acting as if she were upholding justice and pointing fingers at her. Every time they argued, Xiao Yao would always be the one to verbally dominate her.
Today, she invited Xiao Yao to the class reunion to expose her true colors as someone who pretends to be righteous but actually covets other people's boyfriends, and to see if she can still be so arrogant.
"Xiao Yao had a crush on your cousin's boyfriend in college? That can't be true, right?" Wang Qian chimed in, playing along.
Su Ziran immediately chimed in, "How could it not be true? Zhong Xuyang is the captain of our school's basketball team. Didn't Xiao Yao often go to watch basketball games? She was even talking about that basketball boy with Gu Yueji in the dorm, and she was talking about Zhong Xuyang. Zhong Xuyang and my cousin were childhood sweethearts and got together in high school."
"Hasn't Xiao Yao been eyeing your sister's boyfriend for a long time?" Wang Qian asked, feigning surprise.
Su Ziran chuckled, "Isn't that right?"
For a moment, everyone at the scene looked at each other in bewilderment, exchanging silent glances as if they had heard some big news.
Gu Yueji and Situ Ying looked at Su Ziran in surprise.
Because it wasn't appropriate to mention Zhong Xuyang's name directly, Xiao Yao gave him the nickname "basketboy," a homonym for basketball. This was a little secret among the three of them. They didn't know that Su Ziran was Lin Wenwen's cousin, so sometimes Xiao Yao and Gu Yueji would talk about Zhong Xuyang in the dorm using "basketboy." Unexpectedly, Su Ziran discovered this secret.
Gu Yueji finally understood why Su Ziran insisted on inviting them to the class reunion; it turned out she was there because of Xiao Yao.
She thought for a moment and then sent a WeChat message to Zhong Xuyang.
When the secret was revealed in public, Xiao Yao inevitably felt a little lost, but perhaps after what happened with Lin Wenwen, she quickly calmed down.
There's another reason she gave Zhong Xuyang this nickname: she really liked the movie "Flipped," and her favorite scene was the basket boy auction, where the male lead realized his feelings for the female lead and bravely admitted them.
So why should you be afraid of what others say if you like someone?
She looked up and stared straight at Su Ziran.
"What's wrong with me liking Zhong Xuyang? Is there a problem?"
Su Ziran was taken aback. She actually asked what the problem was?!
"Zhong Xuyang is my cousin's boyfriend!" she shouted indignantly.
Xiao Yao retorted nonchalantly, "So what? What did I do? Did I ruin Lin Wenwen and Zhong Xuyang's relationship? Or did Zhong Xuyang cheat on Lin Wenwen with me? What did I do to deserve your sarcastic barking?!"
Su Ziran was stunned, never expecting to be rendered speechless by Xiao Yao's retort once again.
When Lin Wenwen came to ask her if Xiao Yao was her roommate and said she had discovered that Xiao Yao liked Zhong Xuyang, she was very surprised because Zhong Xuyang and Xiao Yao were two people who had no connection at all. However, she did not doubt Lin Wenwen's guess because Lin Wenwen was a very possessive person. She could not accept that there were other girls around Zhong Xuyang. Even normal interactions between classmates and friends would make her jealous. Therefore, she could always sensitively detect which girls liked Zhong Xuyang, especially pure and beautiful girls like Xiao Yao who often appeared at Zhong Xuyang's competitions. She noticed them immediately.
Su Ziran felt a sense of excitement, as if she had caught Xiao Yao red-handed, so she did not refuse when Lin Wenwen asked her to keep a close eye on Xiao Yao.
She quickly discovered from Xiao Yao and Gu Yueji's chat that they used a code name to discuss a person. The word "basketboy" was too easy to associate with, and when it matched up with what they were discussing, she confirmed that they were talking about Zhong Xuyang, and also confirmed that Xiao Yao liked Zhong Xuyang.
She had been waiting for the day to expose Xiao Yao, but even after graduating from university, she had not caught any evidence that Xiao Yao was seducing Zhong Xuyang. Apart from watching him play basketball from afar, Xiao Yao had never taken the initiative to approach him. Lin Wenwen had once tried to test Zhong Xuyang and found that he did not know Xiao Yao at all.
Su Ziran was disappointed and angry when her expectations were not met.
Not long ago, Lin Wenwen came to her crying and said that Zhong Xuyang had changed his mind and was with Xiao Yao.
She didn't sympathize with Lin Wenwen, but she disliked Xiao Yao even more.
"What makes you so self-righteous? You interfered in someone else's relationship and seamlessly transitioned into a relationship with Zhong Xuyang. Are you still trying to deny it?!"
"When did Zhong Xuyang and I seamlessly transition into each other?"
"Stop pretending. Zhong Xuyang and my cousin only broke up in April, and you two got together in May. What else could it be but a secret affair? What else could it be but stealing someone else's boyfriend?"
Xiao Yao froze. She hadn't asked Zhong Xuyang and Lin Wenwen about the specific time of their breakup, and she didn't know how Su Ziran knew that she and Zhong Xuyang had gotten together in May. To be precise, May was the time they first slept together, not the time they officially got together. Such private matters are usually not told to others.
Xiao Yao's gaze slowly darkened; the only thing she could think of was what Zhong Xuyang had told Lin Wenwen.
Dong Ruicheng said that the best way to forget an ex is to find someone else. Lin Wenwen said that Zhong Xuyang was just using her to forget, and if it wasn't her, it would have been someone else.
Perhaps she really was just a tool to help Zhong Xuyang forget his old love, and even had a bit of a vengeful function.
Su Ziran continued her rant, "They've been together for ten years, and both sets of parents are preparing for the wedding. My sister cries every time she talks about Zhong Xuyang. Don't you have any conscience?"
Xiao Yao suddenly felt very tired. Why did she have to fight for someone again and again, and prove her innocence to the whole world just because she loved him?
Let it be, whether it's discarded or dirty, so be it.
Thinking this, she picked up the wine glass she had put down for a long time and drank it all in one gulp. After drinking it, she felt that it was really delicious. Why did she have to obey him when he said to drink less?
They say drinking is bad for your health, but it also hurts others. Why doesn't he stay away from her instead of causing her so much infamy and sorrow?
Xiao Yao thought the wine glass was too small, so she grabbed the bottle and started drinking. Gu Yueji worriedly reached out to try and snatch the bottle away.
Suddenly, with a "bang," the door to the private room was pushed open forcefully.
Zhong Xuyang stood panting at the door of the private room, his gaze fixed on Xiao Yao, who was holding a wine bottle and drinking with her head tilted back.
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