Chapter 48: Are All Young Ladies This Bold?

And now— Gu Jiayan, tall and elegant, stood at the entrance of Class Seven. The moment he appeared, every girl in the class turned to look at him.

“Is that Gu Jiayan?? I can’t believe I’m actually seeing Gu Jiayan at the door of my classroom in my lifetime!”

“I’m losing it! I’m so excited! Oh my goodness! Is he looking at me?”

“Aaaah, my heart can’t take it! Who is he here for?”

Gu Jiayan spoke to the girl sitting in the first row, “Could you please call Ruan Wei from your class?”

Blushing, the girl walked over to Ruan Wei and said, “Weiwei, what’s your relationship with Gu Jiayan? He actually came to our class to find you.”

Ruan Wei glanced toward the door. All the girls in her class had their eyes fixed on Gu Jiayan’s striking appearance. A sense of pride welled up inside her, her cheeks tinged pink. “We’re just classmates, that’s all,” she replied, shy and hesitant. But if it were really just a simple classmate relationship, who would believe it?

She stood up from her seat and walked to the door. “Jiayan, what’s the matter?”

Gu Jiayan’s gaze lingered in the classroom. When his eyes landed on Ruan Cha, who was lying asleep on her desk, a subtle flicker passed through them.

He led Ruan Wei out into the corridor. “Last time at the amusement park, I had a bit of a disagreement with your sister, Ruan Cha. After all, she’s your family, and with things so tense between us, it must be difficult for you to handle. So I thought…”

The moment Gu Jiayan mentioned Ruan Cha, Ruan Wei’s expression changed and her eyes grew dim.

“So I thought, if there’s a chance, I’d like to apologize to her.”

Ruan Wei lowered her eyes. “Jiayan, actually, my sister has never liked me. The reason she argued with you last time is, in large part, because she doesn’t care for me at all. So, naturally, she doesn’t like you either.”

In other words, don’t waste your efforts. She dislikes me, so she’ll dislike you as well.

“Weiwei, I’ve already made up my mind,” Gu Jiayan said, catching the implication in her words. His expression cooled, and his gaze toward her became complicated.

Ruan Wei looked up and met his eyes. A tremor passed through her heart. She quickly looked down, hiding her emotions.

“All right.”

Instead of returning to the classroom, Ruan Wei quietly slipped into the restroom. Once inside, she took out her phone and dialed a number.

No one could have anticipated that the first time Moxing No. 2 High School would trend on Weibo because of negative news, it would be due to a senior girl named Ruan Cha.

Moxing No. 2 High was among the top schools in the country, with parents doing everything they could to get their children admitted. With its century-old heritage, it was nearly impossible for anyone to buy their way in. A student like Ruan Cha, who scored only eight points on her exam, was an absolute rarity.

The story blew up quickly and furiously on Weibo, all because of a lengthy post by a user called “Umbrella Loves Encounter.”

[Breaking: Ruan Cha, a senior at Moxing No. 2 High, has questionable morals. After being kept by a wealthy man, she’s even two-timing him and seducing a married man…]

A high school girl, being a kept woman, seducing a married man—such sensitive and shocking words instantly set the internet ablaze. The school administrators at Moxing No. 2 High tried in vain to suppress the uproar.

Outraged, internet users transformed into self-appointed guardians of justice, flooding the comment section with scathing remarks—over fifty thousand insults hurled at Ruan Cha in no time.

[Are young girls these days really this brazen? So young, yet capable of such things—don’t their parents care at all?]