Xu Xiu was startled awake by the phone ringing. Xiao Ruoyan was stammering and nervously speaking on the phone, and Wang Mengqi couldn't stand it anymore and snatched the phone away.
He stated succinctly: "Someone on the Lao Xu forum exposed that you were two-timing."
"You should go check the forum right away."
"Oh well."
Xu Xiu hung up the phone calmly and slowly, then opened the school forum, where the topic about himself had become a hot post.
The post can be summarized as follows: "Xu Xiu said at the opening ceremony that he had someone he liked, but the other person didn't know it. However, a girl claimed to be his girlfriend."
"The final conclusion is that Xu Xiuyi, the top scorer in the college entrance examination, is a hypocrite who cheated on his wife with two women."
Xu Xiu knew immediately who posted the message.
Ning Bufan slept for a while in the morning. It's good to be young; he only slept for a few hours and felt almost fully recovered, ready to go to class.
But as soon as he got to the classroom, he heard his classmates whispering. He went over and asked, "What are you all talking about?"
"Xiao Fan, um... didn't you see the posts on the forum?"
"What post?"
The classmate next to him handed him his phone and pointed it out to him.
Ning Bufan was stunned when he saw the title. He quickly took out his phone to look at it, but the more he looked, the more he felt something was wrong.
After class, Ning Bufan went directly to Li Lingxuan and questioned her face-to-face: "Why did you do this?"
That day in the studio, when Liu Qianxue was targeting Li Lingxuan, she revealed that Xu Xiu was her boyfriend. Only the team members knew about this.
The only outsider was Li Lingxuan, and what Li Lingxuan said to him that day had initially moved him somewhat.
However, during their time together, Li Lingxuan hinted several times that she wanted him to buy her cosmetics and bags, but Ning Bufan refused each time, saying that he had lent the money to Xu Xiu and didn't have it at the moment.
He even promised to buy it for her once he got the money back, looking rather silly.
Li Lingxuan responded nonchalantly to the questions: "The facts are the facts. If he's capable of doing it, why would he be afraid of others finding out?"
He thought to himself, "He's not satisfied with having Liu, the school beauty, and he still says he has a girl he likes. I'd like to see how he, with his tarnished reputation, can stay in school any longer."
Xu Xiu had hinted to him more than once that this girl was not a good match for him.
But Ning Bufan was too caught up in his love at the time to listen to reason. Only today did he realize that Old Xu was right after all.
"So, is it true that you have feelings for me, or...?"
"Heh, fine, I'll be frank with you too. I'm disgusted by the time I've spent with you. Looking at your pathetic appearance, do you think I would want to be with you?"
Just as Li Lingxuan was feeling smug and triumphant.
Wang Mengqi appeared out of nowhere, grabbed Ning Bufan's arm, puffed out her chest, and mocked, "My Xiaofan wouldn't even look at you. A woman like you will be punished by God sooner or later."
"What...what are you saying?!"
Li Lingxuan said angrily.
Wang Mengqi ignored her and simply took Ning Bufan's arm and walked away. All the way, Ning Bufan kept rubbing his arm against the spherical object, his face burning red.
After walking for a while, Wang Mengqi let go of his arm, her cheeks slightly flushed, and said somewhat flusteredly:
"No... don't overthink it. I just can't stand that kind of woman. You can't have any improper thoughts about me."
"We're best buddies."
Ning Bufan didn't know whether it was because he was moved or what, but he actually started to shed tears.
This scene left Wang Mengqi a little confused. "My goodness, why are you crying, you big man?"
"Thank you, Mengqi. It's so good to have you all here."
"Alright, alright, I'm getting goosebumps from listening to this. Let's go to the studio together. I wonder what Lao Xu plans to do about what happened on the forum."
Ning Bufan wiped away his tears and nodded. The two walked together toward the studio.
Xiao Ruoyan followed behind Xu Xiu the whole time. She knew about what happened on the forum, but she didn't know how to comfort him. However, seeing that Xu Xiu seemed to be fine made her even more worried.
Seeing Xiao Ruoyan's hesitant expression, Xu Xiu smiled and said, "Is Xiao Ruoyan worried about me?"
The little head nodded, and its expression was quite adorable.
"It's okay, I don't care what other people think. Do you think I'm that kind of person?"
The little head immediately shook.
"Then do you believe me?"
The little head nodded again.
Xu Xiu couldn't help but flick Xiao Ruoyan's forehead with his hand, "You idiot!"
Xiao Ruoyan felt a slight pain in her forehead, raised her hand to touch it, and said seriously, "I'm not stupid!"
"If you're not stupid, why are you so worried?"
Xu Xiu had barely finished speaking, and before Xiao Ruoyan could reply, someone at the door said, "Xu Xiu, don't push your luck. You're trying to harass Ruoyan just because I'm not here, are you?"
Wang Mengqi's demeanor completely shattered the good impression Ning Bufan had just had.
Ning Bufan shrank back and quickly returned to his seat.
Wang Mengqi walked up to Xu Xiu and asked, "Old Xu, what are you planning to do about the forum incident?"
"Just do whatever you want."
Seeing Xu Xiu's nonchalant expression, Wang Mengqi became anxious, "Old Xu, if you just let this go, everyone will definitely think it's true."
"We should at least go to the forum to clarify this."
Xu Xiu was inexplicably touched by Wang Mengqi's concern for him, but Wang Mengqi's next words made him realize that he had been overthinking things.
"Old Xu, I don't care about your reputation at all, but I can't ignore Ruo Xiufan's reputation, since it affects mine."
Xu Xiu: "......"
Xiao Ruoyan felt that Wang Mengqi's words had gone too far, so she tugged at her sleeve and whispered, "Mengqi, say less. Xu... Xiu will definitely have a solution."
Wang Mengqi glanced at Xiao Ruoyan and said, "Ruoyan, you've been siding with outsiders a lot lately."
"Have you forgotten how Xu Xiu treated you before?"
"No wonder he said you were stupid; you really aren't very smart."
Even a rabbit will bite when cornered. Xiao Ruoyan felt ashamed upon hearing Wang Mengqi's words and opened her mouth to bite her.
The two of them started bickering for no apparent reason.
Xu Xiu didn't intend to stay in this troublesome place. Not long after he returned to his seat, Ning Bufan came over.
"Old Xu, I'm so sorry, if it weren't for me..."
"Why are you apologizing? This has nothing to do with you. Did you know everything?"
Xu Xiu smiled slightly.
"Yes, I confronted her, and today I finally saw her true colors."
"It's not your fault for meeting the wrong person. You're lucky. You didn't suffer any losses or pay too much. If you cut your losses in time, you'll only be sad for a couple of days at most."
"I'll transfer the money back to you later. You'll learn something from this experience; life is long, and you'll eventually meet your soulmate."
Hearing Xu Xiu's words, Ning Bufan was a little confused. "Old Xu, didn't you say you needed the money?"
"Hehe, what use is your little bit of money? I'm just keeping it safe for you because I'm afraid you'll be cheated by women."
"ah......"
"What are you 'huh' about? Get back to work!"
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