Chapter 210
Ji Wanmei and Lu Zhuoxuan left the school cafeteria.
Speculation and gossip about their relationship spread like wildfire throughout the cafeteria.
Ji Wanmei was helpless, but Lu Zhuoxuan seemed oblivious, chatting with her about the weekend plans for tomorrow.
Lu Zhuoxuan knew that Ji Wanmei went to Shuxiutang every weekend. He asked whether Ji Wanmei went in the morning or the afternoon.
Ji Wanmei thought of her idea and told Lu Zhuoxuan that she would go over in the morning.
Lu Zhuoxuan politely escorted her and Zhou Min to the girls' dormitory building, and then left.
After he left, Zhou Min glanced at Ji Wanmei and said, "This Lu Zhuoxuan is indeed the type that girls like very much."
Not only that, but it would also be the type that elders and parents would really like.
Because he was handsome, came from a good family, was highly educated, and had impeccable manners and etiquette.
Ji Wanmei turned her head: "What, you're interested in him?"
Zhou Min optimistically commented, "No, I just want to say that it's probably because he's been so popular with girls since he was a child that he knows how to maintain appropriate boundaries." Zhou Min smiled, "Such an outstanding man, if it were any other girl, she would probably have fallen for him long ago. For example... Fang Xiaoqin."
Ji Wanmei seemed to have found an ally, raising an eyebrow: "You also think Fang Xiaoqin has a crush on Senior Lu?"
Zhou Min replied seriously, "Is that even a question? All she talks about in the dorm with Zhou Yuejuan is Lu Zhuoxuan's name. They're practically digging up his ancestors for eighteen generations."
"Pfft!" Ji Wanmei couldn't help but laugh. "Then you can do me a favor later."
"What kind of help?" Zhou Min asked, puzzled.
Ji Wanmei beckoned her closer, whispered a few words in Zhou Min's ear, and then stared at her with bright eyes: "Do you understand?"
Zhou Min nodded thoughtfully: "So, you want me to act in a play with you?"
“Yes, that’s right!” Ji Wanmei said. “When you get back to the dorm, remember to say it the way I taught you.”
Back in the dormitory, Ji Wanmei and Zhou Min entered and saw Fang Xiaoqin and Zhou Yuejuan whispering to each other.
Ji Wanmei winked at Zhou Min and said, "Sigh, I'm so tired today. I have to get up very early tomorrow. I really want to sleep in."
Zhou Min replied in a flat tone, "Aren't you going to see Senior Lu Zhuoxuan tomorrow?"
Ji Wanmei glanced over and saw Fang Xiaoqin and Zhou Yuejuan over there. She immediately perked up her ears and eavesdropped on their conversation.
Ji Wanmei pretended not to know and said, "I already told you I wasn't going to see Lu Zhuoxuan, but you just wouldn't believe me."
Like an emotionless broadcast, Zhou Min repeated what Ji Wanmei had just taught her: "But I just heard Senior Lu Zhuoxuan say he's coming to pick you up."
Ji Wanmei said, "There are other reasons. Don't be like those people who believe everything they hear."
Zhou Min had already sat down and started flipping through the book, and said seriously, "Oh, okay."
After reciting her three lines, she stopped speaking.
Asking a model student like her to act alongside her was indeed putting Ji Wanmei in a difficult position.
However, Ji Wanmei noticed out of the corner of her eye that Fang Xiaoqin's expression was already filled with barely suppressed curiosity, and felt that this level should be enough.
Today is Friday. Local students can only go home tomorrow after finishing their evening self-study session.
Fang Xiaoqin and Zhou Yuejuan are still in the dormitory.
The next morning, Ji Wanmei got up early, went to the bathroom to get ready, and even dressed herself up.
Fang Xiaoqin and the other woman followed closely behind Ji Wanmei, finishing their tidying up one after the other, and prepared to leave.
Ji Wanmei pretended not to know, slung her small bag over her shoulder, and left the dormitory, saying goodbye to Zhou Min: "I'm leaving now, see you later."
As soon as she stepped out, Fang Xiaoqin and Zhou Yuejuan followed her furtively.
As Ji Wanmei descended the stairs, she glanced back discreetly and saw that Fang Xiaoqin and the others had indeed followed. A slight smile curved her lips; everything was going according to her plan.
After leaving the dormitory, Ji Wanmei walked straight to the school gate and went directly to the bus stop to wait for the bus.
Fang Xiaoqin and Zhou Yuejuan hid behind a pillar for a while, but didn't see Lu Zhuoxuan come to pick them up.
Zhou Yuejuan then said, "Could Ji Wanmei be bragging?"
"Let's wait and see." Fang Xiaoqin knew more about the inside story than Zhou Yuejuan because she had personally witnessed Lu Zhuoxuan delivering something to Ji Wanmei that day.
She was extremely eager to confirm whether Ji Wanmei was really dating Lu Zhuoxuan.
A few minutes later, a bus arrived, and Ji Wanmei boarded, paid the fare, and sat down in a window seat before leaving.
"What should we do? She's gone," Zhou Yuejuan asked.
Fang Xiaoqin, unwilling to give up, said, "Let's take a taxi and follow her to see where she's going."
"OK."
The two quickly hailed a taxi and followed the bus ahead.
Ji Wanmei glanced at the car following behind in the bus's rearview mirror and smiled silently.
After a few stops, they arrived at Shuxiutang. Ji Wanmei got off the bus and walked towards Shuxiutang, just like she did every week.
As she entered, she deliberately greeted an old man at the door and said a few words.
Immediately afterwards, Fang Xiaoqin and the others also got off the bus.
They witnessed Ji Wanmei enter Shuxiutang, and everyone knew that Shuxiutang was the property of Lu Zhuoxuan's grandmother.
Zhou Yuejuan clicked her tongue: "Goodness, could it be that Ji Wanmei and Lu Zhuoxuan are really dating?"
Fang Xiaoqin gritted her teeth and said, "Absolutely impossible!"
She led Zhou Yuejuan to the Shu Embroidery Hall and asked the old craftsman who had greeted Ji Wanmei earlier, "Master, I would like to ask, was the girl who went in earlier here looking for Lu Zhuoxuan?"
The old master craftsman said, "You mean Wanmei? She's Old Madam Song's new apprentice."
Fang Xiaoqin's expression instantly lit up with smug delight. Ha! She'd finally discovered a big secret!
It turns out that Ji Wanmei was just an insignificant apprentice at Shuxiu Hall and was not dating Lu Zhuoxuan at all.
As a result, she went around the school showing off that she and Lu Zhuoxuan had a very good relationship.
After returning to school, Fang Xiaoqin went around telling everyone that Ji Wanmei was just an ordinary apprentice at Shuxiutang, and that Lu Zhuoxuan was only being kind to her because of her grandmother.
The two were not in a romantic relationship at all.
Fang Xiaoqin and Zhou Yuejuan, with their big mouths, spread the word throughout the entire management department in less than half a day.
Yesterday, the students were gossiping because they saw Lu Zhuoxuan and Ji Wanmei eating together in the cafeteria.
Today, thanks to Fang Xiaoqin's confident assertions, this whole affair has been debunked!
In the afternoon, Ji Wanmei returned from Shuxiutang and heard Zhou Min recount how Fang Xiaoqin had helped her 'clarify' those rumors outside. She couldn't help but smile as expected.
That's absolutely brilliant!
Using rumors to defeat rumors is a brilliant strategy!
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