Yao Zhiyuan gave Yu Tiantian a look that said, "I'll go ahead and wait for you," and then he really went to the classroom door first.
As soon as the person left, Xu Zhe straightened up and comfortably leaned back in his seat.
Yu Tiantian sat next to her, leaning against the back of her chair, her fair and delicate hands opening the tablet.
Xu Zhe: ? ? ?
"Wasn't the class monitor calling you?"
Still sitting here watching your tablet? Are you about to start binge-watching anime during break?!
Yu Tiantian opened the newly updated anime: "I didn't agree to it."
That nonchalant attitude, that carefree ease, is simply awesome!
Xu Zhe: "......"
How come all her friends are so brave?! She's the only coward!
How despicable!
Xu Zhe looked down on himself while tilting his head to watch anime with Yu Tiantian.
"Sweet and juicy."
Yao Zhiyuan's voice again?!
Xu Zhe will not back down this time; she will be a person with guts!
"Is there something you need?" Yu Tiantian didn't give him any face at all, not even raising her head.
The deep furrow between Yao Zhiyuan's brows deepened and then faded: "Something's up, let's go outside and talk."
Yu Tiantian didn't even look away: "Let's talk here."
Yao Zhiyuan frowned, his brow furrowed, and his expression, though seemingly restrained and patient, revealed a fierce aura.
Yu Tiantian seemed detached from the situation, her expression changing only with the anime's plot.
Xu Zhe felt incredibly uncomfortable, so embarrassed that she frantically dug her toes into her shoes. She couldn't understand why she was being so cowardly!
Looking at her classmate, the arrogant and domineering young lady from a wealthy family, I could only feel admiration and respect!
Unable to persuade Yu Tiantian, Yao Zhiyuan finally walked away with a dark expression.
Xu Zhe quickly approached Yu Tiantian and whispered, "The class monitor wants to talk to you, why won't you talk to him?"
He was a class leader, though he was nothing compared to the rich kids.
Yu Tiantian replied lazily, "I find it annoying that he's so overly familiar. I've barely spoken to him, but he comes over and calls me Tiantian."
Xu Zhe: "......"
She never expected this reason. Yao Zhiyuan certainly didn't expect it either! A casual, overly familiar address had offended the young lady!
"Then, Miss Yu, would you like to prepare the lab report later? I'm not very good at it yet."
"Yeah, I wasn't expecting you to come anyway."
Xu Zhe: "......"
I had just resolved to be a courageous person, but now I feel like I've chickened out again.
At the end of the day's classes, the classmates went their separate ways.
Xu Zhe ran towards the cafeteria as soon as she left the classroom, where Su Nan and Bei Xiaoyu had already reserved seats for her.
Yu Tiantian calmly packed her backpack and was about to get up when she was stopped.
"Student Yu, I need to talk to you." Yao Zhiyuan stood in front of her, blocking the aisle next to her seat.
Yu Tiantian raised her hand and glanced at the time on her watch: "Keep it under two minutes."
Yao Zhiyuan's jaw tightened, then relaxed: "I want to advise you to stay away from Xu Zhe. Her background is complicated; she's not an ordinary college student."
Yu Tiantian found it ridiculous that the seemingly tall and sunny young man was just a facade, and that his true face beneath the mask was so despicable and ugly.
"Did Xu Zhe offend you?" She lowered her eyes to meet his, her gaze revealing a penetrating insight that seemed to see right into his heart.
Yao Zhiyuan's heart skipped a beat. Yu Tiantian's gaze was completely different from the round shape of her eyes; it was so sharp that it made him uneasy.
"No." He answered her question instinctively.
Yu Tiantian picked up her backpack and was about to leave again when Yao Zhiyuan reached out to stop her:
"Do you know that Xu Zhe is an old man's mistress outside of school?! She willingly sells herself for money to serve that perverted old man!"
Yu Tiantian frowned. An old man?!
Seeing the change in her expression, Yao Zhiyuan felt a secret sense of triumph.
"That old man is rich and powerful, and he even managed to get the school to make an exception and let her change her major early! I advise you not to associate with such a dishonest and despicable person!"
Yu Tiantian still frowned, feeling puzzled by Yao Zhiyuan's repeated use of the word "old man".
"Yu, as the class monitor and your classmate, I'm offering this advice out of good intentions. Haven't you noticed that the other students in the class don't even talk to her?"
Yu Tiantian's brows relaxed: "So it was you?!"
Yao Zhiyuan did not expect her reaction, and the faint lines between her eyebrows were revealed.
"It was you who spread rumors about Xu Zhe in class!" Yu Tiantian had previously formed a group chat with her classmates for the experimental group, and these past few days the group had been discussing that Xu Zhe was a rich man's kept canary.
She also found it strange where these messy rumors came from; it turned out they were from the class monitor in disguise!
"What exactly did Xu Zhe do to offend you?!"
She asked again, genuinely curious about what Xu Zhe had done to provoke Yao Zhiyuan into treating her this way.
Yao Zhiyuan's face turned ashen, and he felt guilty that his mask had been exposed.
He was very careful, not showing himself, but instead having his trusted confidants spread the word about Xu Zhe. This was to prevent anyone from finding out about him.
He personally informed Yu Tiantian because the whole class already knew about it, and he was simply stating something that everyone already knew.
Another reason is Yu Tiantian's family background. They were afraid to approach her before because of her coldness and aloofness, but now they can use the excuse of well-intentioned advice to get closer to the young lady.
Yao Zhiyuan was always calculating and shrewd. Because he was poor, he didn't want to be poor for the rest of his life.
My dream of becoming a prince consort has been shattered; being a live-in son-in-law isn't so bad after all.
“Xu Zhe did not offend me,” he explained to the young lady.
“She just transferred here and doesn’t know anything, so I’ve been taking good care of her. It’s just that I really despise her character.”
"Also, I didn't spread this story; I heard it from a classmate, and I even saw a photo of that old man visiting Xu Zhe at school!"
Yu Tiantian smiled and took out her phone to look through her contacts: "It's okay, I'll have my family's lawyer investigate, it'll be easy to find out who the source is."
Yao Zhiyuan's face darkened, and the corners of his lips twitched involuntarily.
"There's no need to make a fuss." He couldn't help but reach out to stop Yu Tiantian from flipping through her phone.
Yu Tiantian avoided it with disdain.
"This is hardly a big fuss. If we really want to investigate, Xu Zhe should call the police. This is spreading rumors, and he will be held legally responsible!"
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