Chapter 24 Rumors Were Everywhere

Early the next morning, in A school

After Murong Xue walked into the campus early in the morning, she found that the surrounding atmosphere was weird. Everyone was pointing to her and whispering to each other along the way.

"Look. That girl is Miss Murong."

"She looks pretty. I can't imagine that she is such a person."

"What do you know about her? You can never judge a book by its cover."

"It is said that she is currently dating several men."

"Young as she is, she is already sleeping with so many men."

"Rich as she is, she can do whatever she wants."

"How can she hook up with Yang Feng while living with other men? What a mean girl!"

"At such a young age, she is already living with a man. She really makes the Murong Family lose face."

"..."

Murong Xue's facial expression changed when she heard the whispering. She quickly walked to the bulletin board where the crowd was surging in front.

When the crowd nearby saw the rumored heroine coming, they all consciously dispersed to both sides.

Murong Xue walked near and took a look. There were a few huge photos posted on the bulletin board.

One was a photo of her and Gu standing and talking in front of the raw material piles when they went to buy raw materials. However, the photo was shot from a very good angle. At that time, she raised her head to talk to Gu, and Gu lowered his head slightly because of his height. But it looked like she wanted to kiss him.

One photo was about the scene of Chu Yisen kissing her forehead at the door of her apartment last night.

There was another picture shot on the day when the three people, Mo Aili, Yang Feng, and she, ate together. However, the person who took the picture was obviously very skillful. The photo had happened to skip Mo Aili and only included her and Yang Feng eating together intimately. What was even more annoying was that she happened to pick up a piece of seafood at that time, and she was discussing with Yang Feng about the cooking and workmanship of his restaurant. Now that the photo came out with the effect that she was feeding Mr. Yang with the food.

There were also a lot of words under the photo, "How many men is Miss Murong flirting with? Did she go on a date during class? Is it possible to ignore school rules like this because she is rich? At such a young age, what she has done is terrible. The education of the rich family is so worrying." Every word was sharp, and every word was blaming her.

When Murong Xue saw the people around her gossiping about her fault, she secretly clenched her fists and resisted the anger in her heart. She couldn't get angry. At this time, the more excited she was, the more harmful the rumors would be to her. She should calm down.

She didn't need to think about who had planned it. The situation was just like what had happened in her last life with even the same technique. In her last life, there was also a big picture of her posted on the school bulletin board. The difference was that in her last life, the photo was about her playing in a bar. In this life, she did not go to those places, but there were still similar things happening.

It seemed that some people just didn’t want her to live a good life.

Well. As the saying went, "Speak of the devil and he comes."

"Xue, what's going on?" Xiao Keli exclaimed with an expression of disbelief on her face.

Murong Xue sneered, "I also want to know what is going on. Weren’t you also there when I was in the raw material factory yesterday? You must know so well whether Gu and I are lovers or not."

Xiao Keli's big eyes were immediately filled with crystal-clear tears, which were hanging in the eye sockets, but they did not flow down. She looked like the spreading branches of crape myrtle flowers from head to toe, with changing gentle gestures. "Xue, aunt has asked you to learn from Gu yesterday. I can prove that. However, Xue, there’s one thing I want to know. Why haven't I met Gu at the house of the Murong Family?"

Xiao Keli really hadn’t changed her instinct of striking Murong Xue when she was down yet. Murong Xue felt a little cold in her heart, "Oh. When do the issues of the Murong Family need to be permitted by you? You care about the figures of the Murong Family so much. Do you want to work in the Murong Group in the future? I think that my parents must be very happy to find out that you’re so highly motivated. Don't you think so?"

The whispering around them was louder. This time there were a few more words in the whispers, such as "orphan", "staying at other’s house" and so on.

Xiao Keli's look changed. What she hated most was others’ discussing her identity. The fact that she was staying at the house of the Murong Family had always made her feel awkward. Of course, it would be different if she could enter the main house of the Murong Family. However, due to unknown reasons, Murong Xue had been cold to her recently. She didn't get close to Xiao Keli as usual, becoming more and more unpredictable. Originally, Xiao Keli had planned to make Murong Xue be the breakthrough for her to enter the main house of the Murong Family...

Knowing that it was not good to continue with that topic, Xiao Keli immediately switched to another topic, "But Xue, who is the man kissing you at your door? When did you have a boyfriend?"

The curious people next to them also pricked up their ears…

Murong Xue rolled her eyes, "Who has told you that the man is my boyfriend?"

"Isn't he? But you guys look so intimate."

"That's my brother. He's joking with me." Murong Xue smiled calmly.

Xiao Keli gritted her teeth and exclaimed, "How is it possible? Everybody knows that aunt has only one daughter. That is you."

"A clean hand wants no washing. You will have an answer in a few days. As for the people behind the rumors, they shall just wait for the anger from the Murong Family."

After the words, Murong Xue no longer paid any attention to the discussion of people around her. She was really fed up with Xiao Keli's hypocritical face. She didn't want to see Xiao Keli again, not even for a moment. So she turned around and walked quickly towards the classroom.

Not long after that, Murong Xue's mobile phone rang. After pressing the answer button, there was an angry scream, "Xue, what have you been doing outside? Go back to the house of Murong Family immediately after school today."

Before Murong Xue could speak, the speaker on the line hung up the phone with a "pop". Murong Xue touched her forehead because of feeling a headache. She had to comfort her mother well tonight. It seemed that everyone in the family knew the news. Alas! It was so complexed!

Murong Xue, who had just arrived at the classroom, was importuned by Mo Aili before she could sit down.

"You dare not to inform me that you’ve got a boyfriend! Ah!"

Murong Xue was so dizzy after being pulled by Mo Aili, "Let me go. I’m having a headache."

After a while, Mo Aili withdrew from her madness, "Come on. What's the matter? I don't believe what’s on the bulletin board."

"Don't pay attention to the actions of some villains. I will solve them at that time." Murong Xue was really suffering from a headache. There were so many terrible things that she couldn't settle down.

Seeing that Murong Xue was really irritated, Mo Aili said, "Shall I help you? Who is the b*stard that did it? I will help you to pick her out."

"No need for that. I know who did it." Murong Xue's eyes were cold.

"Who is it?" Mo Aili almost jumped up.

"Don't get excited. It’s just my guess. Don't worry. I will take care of it." Murong Xue caressed her forehead. How did Mo Aili develop such a free temper?

Mo Aili looked at Murong Xue suspiciously, "What's the matter with your worried eyes as if I fail to live up to your expectations? Your looks are just like my mother’s! How come I feel that you are despising me?"

Murong Xue quickly shook her head like a rattle.

After a while, Fang Shihua came over, "Xue, don't worry. I believe you."

Murong Xue's happy smile when she played with Mo Aili stiffened a lot in an instant, "Fang, is there anything of me that needs you to believe?"

Fang Shihua said to Murong Xue softly, "Hmmm. No matter what it is, I will support you."

Fang Shihua's action made the female classmates who had been whispering about Murong Xue even more dissatisfied at this time. Fang Shihua’s excellent appearance and temperament, as well as his extraordinary talents, had attracted the secret admiration of many girls during this period of time, especially because he had spoken with each classmate in such a gentle and polite manner. So he was really popular in the class.

The only exception was Murong Xue. However, Fang Shihua believed that with his appearance and talent, Murong Xue would soon fall into his arms.

Murong Xue looked at Xiao Keli, who was walking quickly from the other side, and she sneered, "You’d better go back to your seat quickly. Look. Your little lover is coming to you."

Fang Shihua lowered his head slightly to look at the coldness in Murong Xue's eyes and smiled in a low voice, "You must be jealous. You have misunderstood. We are just ordinary friends. I just took her to broaden her horizon that day."

Wait. What did she hear? Was Fang Shihua out of his mind? How could he say that she was jealous? Murong Xue's eyes widened, "It’s none of my business whether you and Xiao Keli are lovers or not! Do I need to be jealous?"

"You don’t need to pretend that you’re not jealous. Your eyes are as big as those of a goldfish." Fang Shihua felt that Murong Xue looked so cute when she was staring at him. Her black hair was scattered on her white floral skirt. With her white tender face and widened eyes, she looked like an elf. Fang Shihua's heartbeat speeded up slightly.

Murong Xue felt sick as if she had seen a fly suddenly falling from the food in front of her when she was hungry, "How thick-skinned you are!"

Mo Aili pulled Murong Xue over, "Fang, you’ve thought too much. Xue only likes me. Haven't you seen that Xue is annoyed because of the photos? What trouble are you going to add to her? The female classmates in the class are going to see through her." Mo Aili was uncomfortable when she saw the people around them pointing at Murong Xue even more because of Fang Shihua.

Seeing Fang Shihua watching Murong Xue so tenderly, Xiao Keli, who had walked over, suddenly clenched her hands into fists. Even though her sharp nails had pierced into her delicate palms, she did not feel any pain at all.

Ever since childhood, the boys she wanted to get close to had always cared for her. She could make those boys overwhelmed simply by making good use of her delicate appearance and occasionally squeezing her tears out. However, Fang Shihua, whom she liked so much, had always been neither cold nor warm to her. Although he was gentle, she still couldn't get a step closer to him. He also didn't express his attitude to the behavior that she always got close to him.

What a b*tch Murong Xue was! With such scandals of her being exposed at school, she still managed to make Fang Shihua believe her. Xiao Keli had never hated Murong Xue like this at that moment. But if Murong Xue thought that the rumor was the ending, it would be too naïve of her. Xiao Keli would not let her go. She would take all the things of Murong Xue. She would definitely...

Xiao Keli quickly concealed the turbulent emotions rolling in her eyes and walked softly beside Fang Shihua, with the faint ambiguity lingering around them.

Murong Xue really didn't want to see the two of them. Could they not run to her from time to time? She felt unhappy to see them, "The class is about to begin. Why are you all running to me?"

Xiao Keli's eyes were immediately filled with crystal-like tears, "Xue, don't you like to see me?"

Seeing Xiao Keli’s tears, the whispering voice about Murong Xue from the people next to them became louder, especially from the boys in the class. Xiao Keli was very beautiful in the first place. Adding that she was usually gentle and tender, she let people feel that she was delicate, making the boys want to protect her.

Although Murong Xue was even more beautiful than Xiao Keli and had an amazing appearance, no one had successfully entered her socializing circle so far, except for Mo Aili, which made the students in the class feel that she was extremely hard to get along with.

Seeing Xiao Keli's aggrieved expression, Fang Shihua thought it was because of him that Murong Xue had been angry with her. He remembered asking people to inquire about Murong Xue. Previously, Murong Xue and Xiao Keli were inseparable. Since he came, Murong Xue had paid little attention to Xiao Keli. Was she still not admitting that she liked him? It must be because he had said a few more words with Xiao Keli recently and got closer to her a little bit, which made Murong Xue and Xiao Keli quarrel.

Fang Shihua liked himself too much. If Murong Xue knew what he was thinking in his heart, probably the first thing she would do was to slap him on the face.

Murong Xue really couldn't bear it anymore. And she didn't want to be polite with the hypocritical man and woman, "I’m glad that you finally realize it. Go away quickly. Every time you show up, you shed tears in front of me, as if I have been bullying you. I don’t want to be told that I had bullied you."

Murong Xue’s voice was not low. When all the people heard it and thought about it, they found that this had really been the case. Every time they felt that Murong Xue had bullied Xiao Keli. However, today due to the rumors about Murong Xue, they had paid special attention to them. From the beginning to the end, Murong Xue didn't say anything that would make people cry. Could it be that they had misunderstood Murong Xue before?

Seeing that the people suddenly focused on her with their faces revealing suspicion, Xiao Keli stopped making the weeping sound. She clenched her fists and quickly relaxed again, "Xue, it’s not the case. I'm just sad that you have ignored me recently."

Murong Xue sneered, "Do you mean that we are intimate to each other? Are we good friends?"

When Xiao Keli heard this, she quickly said, "We have always been good friends before. We go to class and play together every day. Do you forget it? Do you ignore me because of Shihua? You really misunderstood us. We’re just friends. Usually, when I have problems with my studies, Shihua will help me. We’re not what you think."

When Fang Shihua heard Xiao Keli's explanation, he sighed with relief. He suddenly felt that Xiao Keli was a considerate and gentle girl and said to Murong Xue, "Now you should believe me."

Murong Xue ignored Fang Shihua’s words and asked Xiao Keli, "Good friends should be clear about each other’s interests. I know you like pearl lotus syrup, white color, and golf. What about you? Do you know what I like? Or is it the case that only I treat you as a friend, and you have never treated me as a friend?"

Mo Aili also jumped on the side, "Yeah! Even I know Xue's hobbies. Don't you know?"

Xiao Keli's face was stiff. Just when she didn't know how to make it through, the class bell rang. Xiao Keli was happy that the bell rang really timely. Turning her head to say that she would go back to class first, she saw the ironic smile on Murong Xue's face.

No matter what, the relationship between the two of them was completely broken.