177 Such Scandals
Li Wei's doubts were quickly explained. During the break between exercises, Li Wei was playing a game of kicking a colorful shuttlecock with Lin Xiao when Ding Anni and Zhou Xiaoyan hurriedly pulled her to a quiet corner of the playground where there were few people.
Li Wei glanced at the time; it was almost time for recess. What were they doing? She straightened the fur collar of her little cotton-padded jacket, which Ding Anni had pulled askew: "What are you two doing? Running so far, you'll have to run back later, really."
The two acted as if they hadn't heard, but Ding Anni couldn't hold back any longer. She grabbed Li Wei's forearm and blurted out, "Hey, hey, what's going on? You're the talk of the town now! You and that person..."
Turning to Zhou Xiaoyan, he asked, "Who was that again? Who is it that you heard about? The one with the scandalous news?"
Li Wei was jolted awake. Oh no, she'd been caught!
You damn Luo Da, you've disappeared at this crucial moment! You're so unreliable!
Li Wei tried her best to remain calm and not appear too suspicious.
When Zhou Xiaoyan saw Ding Anni ask, she turned her head to look around to make sure no one was there before saying, "I'm not sure either. There are two versions now. One version says that Li Wei and Gao Jin were holding hands while shopping, and the other version says that Li Wei and Geng Xinyang were doing *that* in the park."
After saying that, the two of them stared at Li Wei almost simultaneously, and said in almost unison: "Tell us, what happened? Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely!"
Honestly, it's a shame that they were the last to know about this, given how good they are to Li Wei. That's so unfair.
Li Wei was stunned. What... what's going on?
It seems like she did the bad thing, but the witnesses and evidence don't match up? How can such impossible conditions lead to a possible answer? That's amazing.
Li Wei was standing there in shock and uncertainty when the exercise break bell rang. Without time to think, no matter how strange the situation seemed, she had to firmly deny it. She immediately said, "It wasn't me. I have nothing to do with them. Let's go to exercise break."
After saying that, he took off running.
Ding Anni and Zhou Xiaoyan exchanged a glance. Very suspicious. Case closed.
As Li Wei did her exercises along with the broadcast, she pondered this situation. Why was it so strange? The time and place were right. The female lead was right, so why was the male lead wrong? Why wasn't it the female lead who was wrong?
She pondered for a long time but couldn't figure it out. Looking up at Geng Xinyang in the boys' line, she didn't notice that many classmates who were paying close attention to her were also looking up at the same time. When they saw Geng Xinyang in front of them, they exchanged knowing glances.
At No. 1 High School, students line up for morning exercises in descending order of height, so those closest to the platform are the tallest. Because there are fewer girls, the girls' line is filled by boys, making it half girls and half boys.
Geng Xinyang was among the tallest girls, so Li Wei, standing in the middle of the girls' line, had to look ahead; he was quite a target. But no matter how hard Li Wei looked, she couldn't see any resemblance between Geng Xinyang and Luo Da.
After looking at Geng Xinyang, Li Wei glanced at Gao Jin in the next class. Gao Jin was the bigger target. Since Luo Da wasn't there, he stood at the front of the boys' line. Li Wei remembered that Gao Jin was about the same height as Luo Da, but Gao Jin was slightly thinner and looked more like a refined student. Therefore, at first glance, Luo Da appeared taller, which is why he always stood at the front.
However, when both of them are wearing loose jeans, sneakers, and down jackets, they do look somewhat alike.
To outsiders, it was like this. As for Li Wei, she never felt that the two had anything in common, so she looked at Gao Jin for a long time but couldn't see anything.
This also caused others to stare at Gao Jin in confusion, wondering what was going on and who he was paired with.
Geng Xinyang was a little better off, since he already had a bad reputation in junior high school. Most respectable girls kept their distance from him, though some of them secretly liked him.
Gao Jin was different; he was the dream prince of most of the girls in the first year of high school. There were plenty of girls who secretly drooled over him, so Li Wei had incurred the wrath of the crowd.
The reason is quite compelling: You're two-timing!
One is Geng Xinyang, the other is Gao Jin.
Many righteous figures in the martial arts world are using the banner of justice to punish the evil cult and the sorceress. Unfortunately, Li Wei, who always believed herself to be a law-abiding citizen, suddenly finds herself an orphan of a cult.
The first to come knocking were Ding Anni and Zhou Xiaoyan. At noon, they took the opportunity of having lunch with Li Wei to enter the house.
So he ate very quickly, and then drank the flower tea that Aunt Gao poured for him while waiting for Li Wei to finish eating.
Li Wei knew from their expressions that this wasn't over, so she deliberately ate slowly, but eventually she would finish.
Holding a teacup, she sat on the sofa opposite the two of them: "Speak up, what do you want to ask? I can tell you two are holding it in." Li Wei had already prepared her answer.
Ding Anni spoke first: "We just want to know, who did you go on a date with? Given our relationship, you'd better tell us the truth, otherwise if we find out you lied to us, we'll never see each other again!"
The words sounded serious, but Li Wei seemed to think that even if things got chaotic, she would still want to know. So she took a sip of water, gently put down her teacup, and made a show of it before saying, "Let me ask you first, what makes you think I was dating them? What evidence do you have?" She had to find out the details first, otherwise she would be making baseless accusations and the two of them would be hard to fool.
Zhou Xiaoyan, who had been carefully observing Li Wei's expression, spoke up: "Of course there's evidence! Otherwise, why would so many girls single you out? There are plenty of pretty girls in our school. But among those pretty girls, when it comes to dressing well and expensively, I doubt anyone can compare to you. Take that white fox fur coat, for example. According to a girl in my class who saw you on a date, her mother saw it first. She said she'd seen it on display in a shopping mall, and it cost tens of thousands of yuan. The girl recognized the person wearing the fox fur coat and looked closely, confirming it was you. No one would believe it if it were someone else. Everyone knows you're rich and dare to spend money like that!" Unlike her, who has two New Year's coins but doesn't dare spend them, sob...
Li Wei felt wronged: "When did I ever spend money recklessly? It was all my aunt who bought it for me, okay? I'm very thrifty..."
Ding Anni quickly interrupted her, "Don't change the subject. I really did see you wearing that coat on the day of the lantern festival and the day after. I didn't expect it to be so expensive. I want one too. I'm going to find my sister-in-law..."
Although Ding Anni knew that the company was mostly owned by Li Wei's family, she didn't know it belonged to Li Wei herself. So it would be a lie to say she wasn't jealous.
Li Wei smiled awkwardly: "Um...it's my birthday, my mom asked my aunt to buy it for me. It wasn't just something she bought for me randomly, so don't overthink it, hehe..."
Damn, it's not good for all the relatives to get together; there will be too many problems.
Zhou Xiaoyan quickly interrupted them, "Don't go off-topic! Come back, come back, where were we?"
Ding Anni: "It was Li Wei wearing fox fur on a date!" Why is it that neither of these two things has anything to do with her?
"Yes, yes. Li Wei, you tell us. What excuses do you have now? We have witnesses and evidence!" Zhou Xiaoyan stared intently at Li Wei, demanding an explanation.
Li Wei rubbed her hands together to generate heat. Then she rubbed them on her face, supposedly for beauty. After that, she said, "I swear to you two, I really didn't go on dates with Gao Jin or Geng Xinyang. As for clothes, how would I know if anyone has the same clothes as me? It's not like a famous painting or calligraphy piece that's unique. There should be people with similar clothes to mine. Anyway, I didn't go on dates with them. If you don't believe me, ask Li Lin and Xiao Hui. Oh, and Luo Da too. I've been staying home these past two days, keeping a low profile. Sigh, if you two don't believe me, fine, but I didn't run into Gao Jin or Geng Xinyang."
Ding Anni and Zhou Xiaoyan noticed that Li Wei's expression seemed genuine, and there was nothing to fake. Li Wei had never seemed afraid of them, and would even reprimand them directly if anything seemed amiss. Besides, this didn't seem like something Li Wei would do.
Most importantly, they felt that Luo Jianhua couldn't give in either.
However, Ding Anni added another piece of evidence: "Hey, I heard from my classmates that someone helped Gao Jin deliver love letters to you. Is that true?"
Even now, she couldn't admit it. Li Wei said firmly, "That's not true. Who is Gao Jin? Would he do something so sneaky? If he has something to say, why would he go to all that trouble to write some kind of letter?"
"Yeah, if Gao Jin likes someone, a wink would be enough to make her swoon. Why go through all this trouble? But don't let us find out you're fooling us, or we'll break off all ties with you!"
"How could that be? I'm telling the truth! It has absolutely nothing to do with Gao Jin and Geng Xinyang. You can wait for time to prove my innocence. Also, if you're a friend, please help clarify things. I'm so wronged." She was indeed wronged; she had taken the blame for Luo Da.
During the afternoon self-study period, Li Wei was ordered to retrieve her English workbook. She hadn't walked far from the teachers' office building when she ran into Qin Ling and Gao Yue.
Li Wei looked over a stack of exercise books, glancing at this one and that one, and spoke up before the two girls could speak: "I have nothing to say to you two. A good dog doesn't block the way. Let me tell you, I've been apprenticed to a martial arts master for the past six months. I've learned everything from Black Tiger Fist and Continuous Kick to Shaolin Staff and Ground Technique. I'm basically half a master now. If you two are still not convinced and want to challenge me, you can come up and try!"
Whether she can win or not is another matter, but at least her running speed has improved. She can't outrun Li Lin, but she should be able to outrun these two good-for-nothings without any problem. She'll definitely go to the principal and give them a good scolding. She's even willing to go after the teachers.
Gao Yue, however, was more cunning and rational, and calmly asked, "We just want to ask you, what exactly is your relationship with Gao Jin?"
If other people ask, Li Wei might actually be able to entertain them if she's in a good mood, but these two are nobody to her name.
Fine, just one word: "Get out!"
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