Lu Siqiao returned to the dormitory, where Fang Yao and the others were holding various snacks. While eating, they teased her, saying, "You really can't judge a book by its cover. She's only thirteen and she already knows how to seduce men. No wonder she came back from the countryside to reunite with her family. Tsk tsk..."
"Fang Yao, don't talk nonsense! I'll tell the teacher!" Mo Yan stood up angrily and scolded.
Lu Siqiao asked what happened.
Mo Yan said angrily, "Fang Yao spread rumors that you went on a date with a boy."
Lu Siqiao responded with an "oh," her bright eyes sweeping across Fang Yao's face.
"What are you looking at? We all saw it. You got into the car with a man." Fang Yao grabbed Lu Yilin and made her testify.
Mo Yan stomped her feet in anger, but Lu Siqiao comforted her, saying, "Why are you so angry? When the Fang family comes to pick her up, we'll go watch the show. Whenever she's with a man, she's just seducing him."
"Lu Siqiao, don't talk nonsense!" Fang Yao was furious. She jumped out of bed and yelled, "Do you think everyone is as shameless as you?!"
Lu Siqiao calmly said, "The Fang family came to pick me up. One was my younger brother, and the other was the driver. You insist that I seduced a man. Well, I'll give you a taste of your own medicine next time. You're so chaste, so I suppose there aren't any men in your family, right? By the way, even your own father won't do. If I don't know your father and mistake him for your lover, I'm sorry."
Hearing this, Mo Yan behind him chuckled.
"Ah, every time Fang Yao comes to school, she's always followed by one or two men. Good heavens, doesn't that mean she's—" She deliberately made it sound exaggerated.
Fang Yao's face darkened instantly, and she lunged forward, ready to tear Mo Yan apart.
Lu Siqiao grabbed her hand, the little girl's aura was in no way inferior: "Fang Yao, before you provoke others, have you thought about how the mud will be thrown on your own head? Stop stirring up trouble all day long, otherwise, I don't mind making you suffer a little."
Fang Yao recalled how she had slapped her before, and inexplicably felt intimidated. She pushed her away and said, "Hmph, I was just saying it. Is it illegal? As for you, if you have nothing to hide, why are you afraid of what others say?"
"I'm not afraid. But next time before you criticize me, I'll drag you down with me." Lu Siqiao leaned closer and sneered, "Anyway, I'm from the countryside, rude and ignorant of manners, but if your reputation as the eldest daughter of the Fang family is ruined, will you still be able to laugh like me?"
Fang Yao looked like she'd seen a ghost, and left cursing.
Mo Yan gave Lu Siqiao a thumbs up, saying that only Lu Siqiao could handle Fang Yao.
The next two weeks will be dedicated to military training.
Regardless of their social standing, all the first-year high school students had a tan on their faces. Fang Yao fainted on the first day, and her family had to get a certificate from the hospital to exempt her from military training. Without her, Lu Siqiao was happy to have an easier time.
September 2nd, the sun was shining brightly.
Lu Siqiao sat in the bright and clean classroom, eagerly absorbing the content taught by the teacher on the stage.
Even after school at noon, she didn't forget to read. Mo Yan found her from another class and took her hand to go out for lunch.
"You're pushing yourself too hard. The Fang family doesn't need you to eat, do you really want to go to Beijing University?" Mo Yan even brought the food to her and complained.
Lu Siqiao smiled and said, "The Fang family is the Fang family, and I am me. I just don't want to have any regrets."
As the two were eating, Mo Yan suddenly pointed to the girl carrying the food in front of her and called out, "Li Rou, over here!"
These past few days, Li Rou has been leaving early and returning late. I heard that something happened at home, and I haven't seen her anywhere.
Lu Siqiao also noticed that she was dozing off in class and was caught red-handed by the Chinese teacher.
Li Rou glanced at them, then quickly lowered her head and went to eat alone in a corner.
Soon, Fang Yao arrived with Lu Yilin and Xia Xiaotian. They sat down in front of Li Rou, picked up the bread she had ordered with their chopsticks, took a bite, and sneered, "Li Rou, you're eating so little, why didn't you order more dishes?"
Xia Xiaotian poured the juice he was holding onto her rice and said with a grin, "Here, have some extra food for you, don't be shy."
Li Rou stood up angrily, slamming her hand on the table and saying, "Xia Xiaotian, don't go too far!"
"Hey, you poor wretch who can't even afford juice, I'm treating you, and you're not even grateful?" Lu Yilin leaned in and pushed her away.
Lu Siqiao walked over with Mo Yan.
"Hey, so you're bullying the weak with numbers?" Mo Yan said.
They meant well, but Li Rou didn't appreciate it and coldly said, "Mo Yan, go away, it's none of your business."
Her attitude became distant and cold, with a hint of deliberately suppressed heaviness.
Mo Yan was surprised that her good intentions were met with such ingratitude. Although she didn't know why Li Rou had become so distant, she was somewhat angry: "Li Rou, what's wrong with you?"
"I told you, I don't know you. Get out of here," Li Rou said in a low voice, her eyes lowered.
Lu Siqiao pulled Mo Yan away in time and glanced at Li Rou with a frown.
Fang Yao seized the opportunity to kick someone when they were down, saying, "Mo Yan, they don't even recognize you, who are you trying to fool with your shamelessness?" As she spoke, she put her arm around Li Rou and said in a completely different tone, "Li Rou, that's right. Only by staying away from trash can you find happiness."
Li Rou kept her head down and remained silent.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Xia Xiaotian raised his middle finger at Lu Siqiao and the other person, displaying extreme arrogance.
Lu Siqiao lost interest in watching and pulled Mo Yan back to her seat.
"Qiaowa, what's wrong with Li Rou?" Mo Yan said sullenly. "She's so strange."
Lu Siqiao noticed the change in how Fang Yao and the others treated Li Rou. They said they treated her as a friend, but in reality, they treated her as a follower and someone to be beaten and scolded at will.
Why bother?
Not only that, Lu Siqiao had no friends in Class 5. Her classmates avoided her like the plague. Even her deskmate, Li Haidong, drew a line between them and angrily told her not to cross it.
Lu Siqiao ignored him and went about her business alone.
That day after class, she was cornered in a corner of the campus by several female classmates. The girl in the lead was named Lin Li, who was tall and strong and majored in physical education. She was accompanied by two other girls, who had candy in their mouths and acted like delinquents.
Sunshine High School is an elite private school, but the quality of its students is uneven, which is quite disappointing.
"Hey, Lu Siqiao, I heard you're from the countryside, and used to be a horse manure collector?" Lin Li walked up, her tall figure looming over Lu Siqiao, making her appear even smaller.
Lu Siqiao covered her mouth with her hand, actually stuffing the stimulant into it, her brows furrowing slightly: "Fang Yao told you?"
"Haha, without her saying anything, the whole school knows you're the real heiress the Fang family adopted, a poor girl whose father died and whose mother doesn't want her." Lin Li laughed wildly, teasingly saying, "You're really so pitiful."
Lu Siqiao asked nonchalantly, "What do you want to do?"
He appeared calm, as if he had heard something insignificant.
Lin Li was surprised.
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