At this time, in a teaching building of Jiangcheng University.
The first class in the afternoon is a political class.
On the podium, the teacher was explaining obscure theoretical knowledge incessantly, but there were very few people in the audience who were truly paying attention.
Most of the students were quietly fiddling with their cell phones under the table, and some gossipy girls gathered together, whispering to each other.
In the slightly noisy atmosphere, Li Susu seemed particularly focused.
She sat upright in her seat, her eyes fixed on the blackboard, taking notes seriously.
Suddenly, the cell phone in the bag vibrated.
She frowned slightly, took out her cell phone and saw that it was her mother calling.
Without much hesitation, she hung up the phone with a flick of her finger, then quickly typed a WeChat message: [I'm in class now, I'll call you later.]
Almost instantly, a message from my mother, Zhou Caiying, popped up: [It doesn't matter if you call or not, just send the money first. Your grandma is going to have surgery the day after tomorrow, where's the money you raised?]
Seeing this message, Li Susu's heart tightened.
She knew very well that if her mother knew that she had transferred the surgery fee she had prepared earlier to her aunt, she would definitely try her best to get it back.
She was silent for a moment, then made up her mind, opened the gold card associated with Bo Junyi, gritted her teeth and transferred three thousand yuan.
[This is all I have. I don't have a penny. Please don't ask me for money again until I graduate and start working...]
Before I finished typing, the phone screen showed that my mother had already accepted the money.
Immediately afterwards, several voice messages came in one after another.
Li Susu looked at the unread voice messages. Without clicking on them, she could guess what kind of vicious words were contained in them just by her imagination.
She suppressed her inner restlessness and anxiety, and waited until the bell rang and most people in the classroom had left. Then she took a deep breath, turned on the voice call, and put the phone to her ear.
Instantly, my mother's sharp and piercing voice rang out: "You little bitch, what can you do with this little money?! Send me 20,000 right now!"
[Your grandma loves you so much, but you're such an ungrateful person. You only care about enjoying yourself in the big city and don't care about your family's well-being at all!]
"If you can't come up with 20,000 yuan, I'll go to Jiangcheng and bring you back. Marrying any man will cost hundreds of thousands of yuan in gifts! I'm taking pity on you and letting you study for a few more years. If you don't care about my life or death, I'll never let you off easy!"
Messages came one after another, like sharp knives piercing her heart and making it ache.
Li Susu's eyes turned red instantly, and tears welled up in her eyes uncontrollably.
She sniffed hard, trying to hold back the tears.
Over the years, she grew up almost under her mother's scolding day after day. She thought her heart had been numbed by it, but in fact, she found that she was not as strong as she thought. Those hurtful words could still hurt her easily.
She silently deleted all the messages one by one, as if this could erase all the pain and grievances.
At this time, the noise in the classroom gradually dissipated, and Tang Yixin, who was sitting in the back row, packed her schoolbag neatly and walked over.
Noticing Li Susu's slightly red eyes, she raised her hand and gently put her arm around Li Susu's shoulders, her voice full of concern: "Susu, what's wrong? Who made you like this?"
Li Susu forced a smile and shrugged nonchalantly, "Who else could it be? My mom. She just sent me a WeChat message saying that every time she and my dad contact me, it's to ask for money. This time it's even more outrageous. She said that if I don't give her money, she'll force me to go back to my hometown and marry someone random."
When Tang Yixin heard this, she frowned instantly and said indignantly: "If they want you to get married, they should ask Mr. Bo for his consent first!"
Li Susu was amused by her appearance, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly: "That's right, now I have Mr. Bo as my backer, I don't have to be manipulated and bullied like before."
Tang Yixin patted Li Susu's arm, looked her in the eyes seriously, and said earnestly, "Susu, it's great that you think this way. If you encounter any unsolvable problems in the future, don't carry them alone, be sure to tell me first. If I can't help you, let's go find Mr. Bo. Don't push yourself so hard anymore, don't live such a tiring life, okay?"
Li Susu nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, Xinxin, I will. I feel very safe with you and Mr. Bo around."
As they were talking, the two of them had already packed up and walked out of the classroom.
The next class was computer theory. In the bustling campus, Li Susu and Tang Yixin went to another teaching building together.
The afternoon sun dappled the campus paths, and the sounds of students chatting and laughing filled the air.
As we were walking, there was suddenly a commotion ahead.
Seven or eight female classmates gathered together, chattering and looking excited.
A girl said in a shrill voice: "Isn't that Zhou Huaixu?"
There was unconcealable excitement in his voice.
The other girls immediately chimed in: "Oh my god, so handsome."
"Hey, who's that sloppy old man next to him? He looks so familiar."
Someone nearby patted the girl's shoulder gently and said jokingly, "You're so forgetful! Isn't that Li Susu's father? Just this morning, he was calling Li Susu out at the classroom door."
"Oh, yes, yes, I remember now!" The girl suddenly realized and nodded repeatedly.
Li Susu was originally talking to Tang Yixin. When she heard the discussion, she subconsciously followed their gaze.
When she saw Li Minghai, who was carrying a large bag of snacks and wearing old clothes and looked a little sloppy, standing next to Zhou Huaixu, she subconsciously stopped.
Many girls in the class obviously saw Li Minghai, but seemed not to see Li Susu. Or perhaps they did it on purpose. Their voices were particularly loud, and every sarcastic remark could be heard clearly.
"I saw her buy the latest Huawei phone with my own eyes. It's not cheap, over 10,000 yuan!"
"It's easy to tell with your toes that she must be kept by someone, otherwise where would she get so much money?"
"Being kept is fine, but at least she should pay some attention to her own parents. Look at her father, he's dressed in rags, like a beggar..."
"Tsk, to put it bluntly, she's just an ungrateful person who only cares about enjoying herself and doesn't care about her parents' lives..."
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