"Child, I'm sorry, we brought up your sad memories." Wu's mother stepped forward and hugged Xia Lan with heartache.
Xia Lan, whose child is about the same age as her daughter, has lost the protection of her parents and has no home, which makes her, as a mother, feel terrible.
"I'm fine." Xia Lan leaned against Wu's mother's chest. The mother's embrace brought tears to Xia Lan's eyes. Seeing her vulnerability, Xia Lan quickly left the warm embrace.
She had been praying for years. After her mother remarried and had children, she completely lost her mother and came here. She also had to experience the pain of losing both parents.
Perhaps she was born without parents, Xia Lan thought bitterly.
"If you need anything in the future, come find us," Wu Jianmin said, a rare occurrence for him.
These words stunned Wu Shishi and her mother.
This was the first time Wu Jianmin had said such a thing to Wu Shishi's friend. It's important to understand that Wu Jianmin's words contained the implication of giving Xia Lan a protective shield.
Xia Lan bowed slightly to Wu's parents.
"Thank you, uncle and aunt. I can do it myself."
She didn't want to trouble the Wu family, especially since the Wu family wasn't an ordinary family, and she didn't want to bother them.
Seeing Xia Lan like this, the Wu family felt even more distressed.
Xia Lan and the others were asked to stay for dinner.
At the dinner table, Sudan and others kept putting food on Xia Lan's plate, showing her the utmost care.
Although no one said anything, Xia Lan received their concern.
"Thank you, you all eat too, don't worry about me."
Xia Lan smiled at them.
Only then did Sudan and the others stop serving Xia Lan food. When Wu Jianmin and his mother saw that Xia Lan's bowl was empty, Wu's mother couldn't help but put a piece of meat on Xia Lan's plate.
"Eat more meat, look how thin you are..."
In Wu's mother's eyes, Xia Lan's slender body was the result of missing her parents and becoming haggard. She already looked weak, but her body was still too thin.
"Don't be shy, eat more. You're not as fat as Shishi..." Wu Jianmin also advised.
Xia Lan glanced at Wu's parents in surprise, then looked at Wu Shishi. She wasn't jealous at all, and even nodded in agreement.
"Lanlan, eat! Eat more!"
In Wu Shishi's eyes, Xia Lan had become a pitiful little girl who was orphaned and alone.
When they were about to go home, Wu's mother prepared a lot of things for them, which Xia Lan and the others couldn't refuse, and Wu Shishi kept insisting that they accept them.
I had no choice but to accept it.
On the way back, Xia Lan and the others looked at the bags they were carrying and fell into deep thought.
How did they go from carrying a bag of fruit to returning with four bags of gifts...?
Hmm...
Back in the dormitory, Su Dan and Zhao Pandi treated Xia Lan like a porcelain doll, not letting her touch anything.
"It was one thing at the Wu family's place, but please don't treat me like a fragile thing... I'm not that vulnerable."
Xia Lan looked helplessly at the two 'mothers'.
"Lanlan, we'll take good care of you from now on! Don't worry..."
Zhao Pandi held Xia Lan's hand and comforted her.
"Dandan..."
Xia Lan looked at Sudan, hoping she could be more rational.
Sudan stepped forward and hugged Xia Lan.
“You can rely on us. I know you have a husband, but he's not with you right now! During this time he's not here, you can try to rely on us!”
Xia Lan leaned against Sultan's chest and sighed heavily.
Oh well, let them do whatever they want.
That doesn't make sense.
"What happened to Xia Lan? Can you tell me?"
Liu Xiaohong looked at the three of them and took the initiative to come closer and ask.
"No." Xia Lan smiled slightly at Liu Xiaohong and refused.
"Xia Lan, why are you so cold to me? What did I do wrong that you all hate me so much..."
Liu Xiaohong looked at Xia Lan with a feeling of grievance, thinking that Xia Lan had gone too far.
She was just asking her, wanting to show her some concern, so why was she so resistant to her indifference?
"Because this involves my private affairs, and you and I don't have a close relationship. We're just ordinary roommates, so it's best to keep our distance."
Looking at Liu Xiaohong's effeminate manner, Xia Lan had no interest in playing along.
"Besides, Comrade Liu Xiaohong, don't you look down on us? There's no need for you to lower yourself and try to curry favor with us."
"Hmph, what's so great about it?"
Liu Xiaohong snorted coldly, and seeing that Xia Lan was showing her no respect, she turned around and went back to sleep.
Sudan and Zhao Pandi shrugged indifferently at Xia Lan's attitude towards Liu Xiaohong, offering no comment.
After all, they didn't want to pay any attention to Liu Xiaohong.
The next day in class, as soon as Xia Lan entered the classroom, she felt that all the students were looking at her with strange eyes. They were just whispering to each other, but when they saw her, they suddenly fell silent.
Xia Lan calmly found a seat and sat down, waiting for the teacher to come in and start the lesson.
"She looks so innocent, I never expected her to be like this..."
"I really can't tell, is it fake?"
"What do you mean it's fake? People saw it with their own eyes, and it came from her dorm room, how could it be fake..."
"Really? That's true... you can't judge a book by its cover!"
"It doesn't look like it to me either, you must have made a mistake!"
"It's her. They said she got into school because she slept with someone..."
"Oh my god..."
The whispers around her reached Xia Lan's ears, but she simply raised an eyebrow and ignored them.
After Xu Yu entered the classroom, he saw Xia Lan sitting in her seat, his eyes filled with resentment and infatuation.
Upon seeing this, one of the classmates immediately told Xu Yu about Xia Lan's gossip.
"What nonsense are you spouting! How can you just spout nonsense without any evidence?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Yu slammed his fist on the table and stood up, vehemently rebuking those classmates who had believed the rumors.
"This came from their dorm, how could it be false?" the student who was scolded retorted.
"You just parrot what others say. Don't you have any basic judgment? We're in class together every day, can't you tell what kind of person Xia Lan is? She got into university, how could you not have this much judgment?"
Xu Yu glared at them and said angrily.
"How do you know it's fake? What if it's real?"
Several classmates didn't believe it.
"Flies don't land on eggs without cracks. If she hadn't actually done something that was known to others, why would people say such things about her..."
"She could never do such a thing!"
Xu Yu glared at them coldly and said firmly.
Xia Lan glanced at Xu Yu with surprise, and her opinion of him changed somewhat.
"Comrade Xia Lan, are those rumors true?" A female classmate walked directly up to Xia Lan and asked her face to face.
Xia Lan looked at her blankly and tilted her head.
"What rumors? Is there anything I don't know?"
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