Chapter 26 He's still clinging to his ridiculous pride...
As soon as the recording in Shen Jiawan's hand came out, everyone's eyes turned to look at Shen Jiawan, Fu Shi'an, and Xu Miaoyan.
Finally, one classmate couldn't hold back any longer, "So Xu Miaoyan was a mistress."
"I knew it! Shen Jiawan was the one who pursued Fu Shi'an the whole time. How come Fu Shi'an got together with Xu Miaoyan right after the college entrance exam? Turns out he dumped the rich girl after she went bankrupt and got together with Xu Miaoyan."
"It's one thing for School Heartthrob Fu to cheat on his girlfriend, but why does he have to turn around and kick Miss Shen? Miss Shen used to treat him so well, she practically gave him her heart and soul. This guy is so heartless and ungrateful."
"Although the young lady is a silly beauty, she does have a brain sometimes. I knew that the two of them were acting strangely before the college entrance exam. Luckily, the young lady recorded the conversation, otherwise that scumbag and bitch would have successfully turned the tables on her."
As Xu Miaoyan listened to the discussions, she gave a wink to those who had initially spoken ill of Shen Jiawan. However, those people, listening to the recording, were unsure what to say and chose to remain silent.
Since those people couldn't be trusted, Xu Miaoyan had no choice but to speak up herself, "No, this is fake. It's a recording that Shen Jiawan forged. Shi An and I have been together for a long time. Shen Jiawan is the mistress."
This statement is not convincing, since it was Fu Shi'an who personally agreed to date Shen Jiawan. If he had a girlfriend and still agreed to date Shen Jiawan, then his cheating would be confirmed.
Fu Shi'an stared at Shen Jiawan with a livid face. "I never expected you to be so scheming, Shen Jiawan. Are you trying to ruin me?"
Shen Jiawan didn't speak. In her heart, she still had some feelings for Fu Shi'an. She had been chasing him for almost three years, and now she suddenly realized that the person she liked was rotten inside. How could she not be heartbroken?
This means that everything she has done over the past few years has been completely worthless.
The recording was given to her by her mother, and it contained what Fu Shi'an himself had said at the time.
Xiang Bei sighed, "It's good to vent."
The recording system found it. Although they were avoiding the crowd when they were talking, there were cameras above their heads, so the system could easily extract the video and audio.
Xu Miaoyan couldn't hold back any longer and lunged forward to snatch Shen Jiawan's phone, but Jian Jingqiu pushed her away.
It would have been better if the two of them hadn't spoken, but once they started talking, the classmates immediately started gossiping.
One student, with a wild imagination, said, "You two have been together for a long time, so Xu Miaoyan and Fu Shi'an are trying to swindle the young lady's family fortune and take advantage of her childless heir?"
Everyone knows that Miss Shen is the only daughter of Shen's father. Before the bankruptcy, if Fu Shi'an had married Miss Shen, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he would have saved himself twenty years of hard work.
Looking at Fu Shi'an, he is indeed good-looking, but his family background is notoriously poor. Although he is the school heartthrob, he is still poor.
The poor but handsome schoolboy.
If Fu Shi'an's family were any better off, they wouldn't have been called that.
Then look at his clothes.
"That thing on his wrist looks like a Patek Philippe." A classmate picked it up and looked at it.
"Wait a minute, wasn't I wearing a Rolex before? Did I switch watches again?"
The students picked up their phones and started searching.
And the designer brands Fu Shi'an was wearing weren't cheap either.
Given Fu Shi'an's family background, it's simply impossible for him to afford it.
“What Patek Philippe? This watch only costs a few hundred yuan,” Fu Shi’an said.
One classmate joked, "Fu, school heartthrob, is this a gift from the young lady before her family goes bankrupt? How could the young lady give you a fake? You're not trying to have your cake and eat it too, are you?"
"That's right, Miss, take your things back. Fu Shi'an is deceiving you."
Each student chimed in with their own words, their mouths seemingly spitting poison, making Fu Shi'an's face turn ashen.
Several classmates who wanted to speak up for Xu Miaoyan were silenced.
Fu Shi'an was about to leave when Jian Jingqiu blocked his way.
“Since the items were obtained through deception, Fu Shi’an, return the things Shen Jia’an gave you.”
Fu Shi'an turned to look at Shen Jiawan, his eyes filled with hatred, and said through gritted teeth, "She gave it to me willingly. I didn't want it, but she forced it on me and lied to me that it was only a few hundred yuan."
“That was a gift from Shen Jiawan to her future boyfriend, and it was from you, right? Even if it was worth a few hundred yuan, or even if she just picked it up off the street, you still have to return it,” Jian Jingqiu said.
Others chimed in sarcastically, "Exactly, a young lady like her wouldn't give anything to random people. If she doesn't want it, she shouldn't wear it out. The school heartthrob is nothing special."
"Haha, he's the poor school heartthrob. He's so poor that he has to rely on the young lady to get rich. This outfit isn't cheap, Fu, the young lady said it cost a few hundred yuan to protect your pride, but don't actually return a fake worth a few hundred yuan."
The students who were just watching the drama unfold suddenly turned their attention to Fu Shi'an, and the feeling of being attacked by the crowd was not pleasant.
Fu Shi'an took off the watch on his wrist.
Jian Jingqiu looked at him and said, "Try throwing one. If it breaks, can you afford to pay for it?"
Fu Shi'an still had his pride. No matter how unwilling he was, he wouldn't accept such gossip. He slammed his watch heavily on the table and looked at Shen Jiawan, "I'll return the rest to you in a bit."
After saying that, Fu Shi'an quickly walked out of the private room.
Xu Miaoyan also chased after her.
Xu Miaoyan's close friends also quickly followed her out.
The students who stayed behind felt ashamed, realizing they had actually agreed with those people earlier.
"I'm sorry, Shen. I don't know what came over me just now. I must have had a brain fart to think what they said made sense. Please don't take it to heart."
"Yes, Zhao Qing and her gang often do bad things in your name and steal your money. Sending her to jail is the right thing to do. Speaking of which, why did I feel that Miss was not good earlier?"
Someone picked up the watch and stuffed it into Shen Jiawan's hand. "Miss, oh no, Shen, this watch is worth a lot of money when it's recycled. If you sell it, your life will be much better."
Other classmates came over and said, "Yes, Shen, you need to cheer up."
"Yes, yes, Miss, you are really, really good. No other young lady is as good as you."
Everyone took turns comforting Shen Jiawan.
"Thank you everyone, I'm fine."
Shen Jiawan thanked everyone, though she didn't actually have any deep-seated grudges against them.
Several girls who usually get along well with Zhao Qing didn't dare to speak at this moment.
Several teachers from the class arrived at this time, and they asked Fu Shi'an, Xu Miaoyan, and some other students a few questions because they were not there.
The students simply said that the two of them couldn't come because of other commitments, and the teacher didn't ask any further questions.
When the teacher met Shen Jiawan, she asked about her plans and agreed when she heard that she intended to repeat a year of high school.
Shen Jiawan's father has donated a lot to the school, so the school can't just stand by and do nothing. If Shen Jiawan repeats her studies at the same school, they can apply for a reduction or waiver of her tuition and fees.
Knowing that she didn't plan to repeat a year at the same school and had her own plans, the teacher sighed, "Then do you still have the money to repeat a year?"
"Yes, you don't need to worry."
The teacher sighed and said, "With your grades, you can only go to the lower-level class. Staying here to repeat a year is really not good for you. Jiawan, if you really want to repeat a year, you can't be like before. You have to work hard."
Hearing her teacher's concerned yet somewhat ominous words, Shen Jiawan was unsure whether to be touched or what expression to make.
The meal was quite good.
When Shen Jiawan returned with the Patek Philippe, she kept sighing.
"You can't bear to part with Fu Shi'an?" Jian Jingqiu felt a headache coming on when she heard her sigh.
The young lady was born into a privileged family with no worries about food or drink, and her father always covered her academic shortcomings. So she only suffered in matters of the heart, and even then, she suffered such a great loss.
Jian Jingqiu suspected that the young lady still harbored some feelings for Fu Shi'an.
"Who would miss him? I'm just reflecting on the fact that there's a saying that's really true."
"What did you say?"
“Spending money on a man will bring you bad luck for life. If it weren’t for spending money on him, my family wouldn’t have gone bankrupt,” Shen Jiawan said bitterly.
Jian Jingqiu: "..."
"Thank goodness you were here, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get my things back."
Shen Jiawan knew she wasn't good with words, so when Jingqiu and the other classmates asked for things for her, she would stand by and cheer them on in her heart.
Jian Jingqiu didn't want to talk to Shen Jiawan; their thought processes were completely different.
When she returned, she saw that Fu Shi'an had changed back into his own clothes, wearing a slightly faded summer school uniform. Looking at him, Shen Jiawan felt as if she had returned to the time when she was first moved.
If you fall for him again, I'll beat you to death, you unfilial daughter!
Upon hearing her mother's words, Shen Jiawan immediately came to her senses.
Even after all this, she still has feelings for Fu Shi'an; she really deserves a beating.
"Everything's here. Take a look and don't say I took anything from you later." Fu Shi'an put one hand in his pocket, reverting to his aloof and arrogant demeanor, and handed over the items in his hand.
Jian Jingqiu didn't even glance at him, but opened the backpack and let Shen Jiawan see for herself.
Shen Jiawan couldn't remember the specifics either. She never made a point of remembering what she gave away; she only had a vague impression.
But as the barrage of comments flashed before her eyes, she read them aloud softly.
Jian Jingqiu helped her check the information.
Fu Shi'an's expression grew increasingly grim. "Shen Jiawan, was it really necessary to make such a scene?"
Jian Jingqiu looked at the other person and said, "A man who is two-timing has no right to question others."
"Shen Jiawan, what do you mean by having Jian Jingqiu speak for you? Why don't you say it yourself?"
“Fu Shi’an, stop pretending to be something you’re not. Let me tell you, your ridiculous self-esteem is worthless. From now on, if you see me, you better stay away, or I’ll beat you up every time I see you,” Shen Jia’an said, clenching her fists.
"Have you counted everything?" Shen Jiawan asked Jian Jingqiu.
"All accounted for." Jian Jingqiu nodded and quickly tapped a few times on her phone.
"A lot of things are missing. I just checked, and according to the prices online, all the odds and ends add up to about 20,000 yuan."
Jian Jingqiu didn't really know the prices of those things, so she specifically searched for them online.
You won't find Lego toys, authentic plush dolls, or anything like that here.
Fu Shi'an's expression turned even uglier. His mother had given the Lego toys to his cousin, and Xu Miaoyan had taken the plush doll because she liked it.
He thought they were small items, but he didn't expect them to add up to so much money.
Shen Jiawan tilted her head and looked at Fu Shi'an with an innocent expression. Looking at her, Fu Shi'an had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, Shen Jiawan laughed and said, "Fu Shi'an, you couldn't even afford the school uniform fee back then, so I paid for it."
Although Fu Shi'an was admitted through a special admission program due to his outstanding academic performance, he still had to pay other fees.
For example, the cost of school uniforms.
The school uniform that Fu Shi'an was wearing was bought with money from Shen Jiayuan.
He couldn't possibly take off his clothes and return them to Shen Jiawan now; how could he face anyone after that?
"I'll convert it into money and give you an IOU. I'll pay you back later."
Even now, Fu Shi'an is still clinging to his ridiculous sense of self-esteem.
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