As soon as the words fell, everyone's mobile phone let out a "ding," and a post popped up.
Seeing the content of the post, the classmates' sympathy immediately turned into contempt and disgust.
Zhao Shuyuan triumphantly held up her mobile phone.
"Everyone, come and see! Jiang Wu is still stubbornly denying she seduced Young Master Xing!
I finally caught her red-handed, didn't I?
A proper college student, actually going to a hotel with an old man!"
Jiang Wu's face was stained with quite a bit of dust, and her almond-shaped eyes were wide with anger.
"Zhao Shuyuan, stop talking nonsense!"
Photos on the forum?
Lin Yingyue opened the school forum and scrolled through it; a post was listed there.
【Shock! Female College Student from Linhai University Goes to Hotel with Old Man】
Below it was a photo taken from a sneaky angle.
Although it was a bit blurry, you could see Jiang Wu and a middle-aged man dressed like a migrant worker entering a room together.
The comments section immediately exploded.
【Cat Poop Coffee: Isn't this Jiang Wu? I heard she's really short on money and goes out for part-time jobs every day. But even if she's short on money, she can't sell herself out...】
【I'm the Boss: I said we shouldn't let these lower-class people study with us! What 'Special Excellent Poor Student,' what a joke, they only corrupt the school's atmosphere!】
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On the sports field.
Jiang Wu's eyes were filled with tears.
"You're lying, that's my uncle! The roof of our house was blown off by the wind, so we stayed in a hotel together."
Zhao Shuyuan's laughter grew louder.
"You and your uncle sharing a room? Who would believe that?"
"It was to save money. I slept on the bed, and he slept on the sofa..."
But no one listened to her defense. The wealthy kids nearby all showed looks of disgust.
"Eww~ This financially disadvantaged student is so shameless..."
Behind the crowd, Su Xiaoxiao was extremely disdainful.
"Zhao Shuyuan must have eaten too many red beans and wants to die. She probably faked that photo again to bully Jiang Wu."
Lin Yingyue naturally understood.
Jiang Wu had caught the "favor" of the F4, which made many people jealous.
That troublesome Zhao Shuyuan was spreading slut-shaming rumors about her again.
Linhai University was the nation's most prestigious institution, and most of the people there were children of high-society elites.
Their elders had mutual interests in various circles, and the younger generation also formed their own cliques.
So many people were born with a sense of superiority.
Financially disadvantaged students like Lin Yingyue and Jiang Wu, who got in through good grades, were just small-town exam grinders.
Zhao Shuyuan was especially bad. She had a secret crush on Song Zeqian and often led the bullying of the female lead.
After the female lead caught Song Zeqian's attention, Zhao Shuyuan, afraid the female lead would retaliate, sent assassins ahead of time to try and eliminate her.
As a result, the female lead was saved by Song Zeqian, and the two embraced tearfully.
Such a villain naturally had no good ending.
Zhao Shuyuan ended up disgraced, was personally sent to prison by the male lead, and became roommates with Lin Yingyue, who was also a villain...
Thinking of this, Lin Yingyue couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth.
Su Xiaoxiao poked Lin Yingyue. "Yueyue, should we go help? Zhao Shuyuan is going too far!"
Lin Yingyue shook her head.
In the original plot, both she and Zhao Shuyuan were vicious female supporting characters, and their fates were each more tragic than the last.
She wasn't a saint.
She couldn't even spare the energy to feel sorry for herself, so how could she be in the mood to save others? It was better to keep a low profile and stay safe.
Besides, the female lead's troubles were all to reasonably advance the romantic plotline.
This smutty novel was stuffed with yellow trash.
All the settings were designed to make the spicy scenes more exciting and thrilling.
The female lead would gradually fall into depravity through repeated humiliations, eventually playing around among the various noble scions, relying on their power and doing naughty things with them.
Lin Yingyue counted down the time. That person was almost here...
On the other side, Jiang Wu tried to stand up. Zhao Shuyuan signaled to the people beside her, and two delinquent boys each grabbed one of Jiang Wu's arms, pressing her to the ground.
"Jiang Wu, don't be ungrateful! Who said you could get up?
If you don't lick my shoes clean today, don't even think about getting up!"
Jiang Wu refused to bow her head.
Zhao Shuyuan saw that she had been defied.
"Since you refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit, then we have no reason to tolerate someone who brings shame to the school's reputation continuing to study here.
Otherwise, what will outsiders think of us Linhai University girls?"
A boy next to her took out his mobile phone, grinning maliciously.
"Then let's call her family and have them take her home!"
Upon hearing this, all color drained from Jiang Wu's face.
Her family was poor, but she had good grades. Her uncle had always been proud of her and supported her education.
If her uncle found out that she had gotten into the best university, but was looked down upon by everyone for being poor, had slut-shaming rumors spread about her and her uncle, and was even about to be expelled from school...
Would her uncle blame himself to death?
She finally lowered her head, trembling as she leaned towards the tip of Zhao Shuyuan's shoe...
Suddenly, a person stumbled and fell into the circle!
The moment she saw the newcomer, Jiang Wu stopped her movement, her dark eyes filled with astonishment.
Lin Yingyue held her butt, looking completely bewildered, and glanced around.
"Who pushed me just now!?"
The crowd was packed, everyone trying to get a look at the commotion, and some jerk had pushed Lin Yingyue, who was just passing by, right into the middle.
Seeing it was Lin Yingyue, Zhao Shuyuan gritted her teeth in hatred.
"What, another financially disadvantaged student, here to stand up for justice?"
Lin Yingyue scratched her head awkwardly. "I was just passing by."
As she said this, she tried to slip away, but Jiang Wu called out to her.
Jiang Wu's face was full of pain.
"Classmate Lin, I know you're a good person.
Don't worry about me. I don't want you to be isolated too. Just go!"
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Lin Yingyue suddenly felt she had to say something.
So she stood firm in front of Zhao Shuyuan.
"Zhao Shuyuan, there hasn't been a heavy rainstorm lately, so which grave's soil got washed away for a Qing Dynasty corpse like you to crawl out of?
Seeing a girl go to a hotel with a guy and immediately thinking of selling herself? Then you live in the same house as your dad, does that mean you and your dad have..."
Zhao Shuyuan had never won a single argument with Lin Yingyue.
So she was so angry that she raised her hand, intending to slap her.
"How dare you curse me? Have you lost your mind?"
The lackeys grabbed Lin Yingyue, and the slap was about to land on her face.
A basketball hit Zhao Shuyuan on the head.
It made her see stars and stagger a few steps.
"Who threw that at me!" Zhao Shuyuan covered her head, furious.
The crowd suddenly parted to make way.
A handsome man walked over, a roguish smile curling on his lips.
"It was me."
Jiang Wu took the chance to get up.
Everyone watching gasped.
"Senior Xing Wu!"
Seeing the student council president, Zhao Shuyuan instantly cowered.
"P-President? I was just disciplining a financially disadvantaged student for you. She slandered you, saying you approached her first."
"Disciplining? Who do you think you are? Is it your place to discipline a classmate?"
He handed Jiang Wu a handkerchief, his smile gentle.
"Classmate, wipe your face."
The people nearby whispered in awe, "The president is so gentlemanly and handsome!"
Only Lin Yingyue watched Xing Wu coldly.
Xing Wu had just made a bet with three other people in a Rolls-Royce Phantom to pursue Jiang Wu, this impoverished student, and make her devoted to him.
Xing Wu was sinister and dangerous; he wouldn't easily let go of a prey he was interested in.
Initially, approaching the female lead was just for the bet.
On the surface, he was polite, but deep down, he looked down on financially disadvantaged students, finding them lowly.
While entangled with Jiang Wu, he also dated and slept with other girls.
Later, when the bet was exposed, the female lead was furious and ignored him, and only then did he regret it.
To make the female lead forgive him, he turned his dirty hand towards Lin Yingyue.
She still remembered in the book, it was this lunatic who set up Lin Yingyue to get into a car accident as a peace offering.
Trying to use that to win the female lead's favor.
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