CHAPTER 866: CHAPTER 870: BORN A REBEL (20)

The male classmate who first questioned Su Li was named Zhang Wu. He couldn’t stand Su Li and Lan Chengying’s unique style and lazy demeanor at first glance.

Their presence was like two spoons of rat droppings in a pot.

Upon hearing the news, he immediately turned around and sent a complaint letter to the principal’s suggestion box.

Even the principal, after seeing the letter, seemed to be on the verge of losing hair.

Actually, Su Ying wasn’t completely wrong in what she said; the original Su Li’s grades were indeed poor, and she only got into Hua University thanks to Lan Chengying.

But Su Li would never feel ashamed of it.

"Anyone who dares to bully my Sister Su, come at me," Yu Xiang rushed over with the same look as Lan Chengying.

Seeing Su Li, Yu Xiang skidded to a stop and said with a flattering smile, "Sis, we’re classmates now. I had my dad get me into Hua University."

"Pfft, what do you mean ’our dad’? That’s your dad. Don’t learn the bad things and start pulling those tricks like them," Lan Chengying quickly corrected.

The group of four pretenders was stared at tightly by Yu Xiang with a look of determination.

Despite being unreliable in front of his own people, Yu Xiang was entirely dependable when facing outsiders.

As soon as he adopted his young master stance, Mr. Cheng was immediately cowed.

He secretly observed his nominal stepdaughter and couldn’t understand how she had garnered the favor of two young masters standing up for her.

Besides her face, he didn’t see any other special traits.

Did these guys just like this type of style?

His gaze turned to his daughter Cheng Xinxin, and an idea occurred to him.

After class ended, back at home, Lan Chengying heartlessly shut Yu Xiang outside.

"Lan Chengying, aren’t we still good buddies?" Yu Xiang pleaded pitifully.

"You asked this question in the morning already; no, we’re not, and we will never be,"

Lan Chengying made as if to close the door, and Yu Xiang quickly wedged a foot in the gap, earnestly admitting his mistake and showing sincere repentance.

"I was wrong, I’m stupid, I did a foolish thing." Now he realized how his shout in the classroom had affected Su Li.

Although they indeed got in through connections, and even if people gossiped about it, they didn’t care.

It seemed like Su Li didn’t care either, but to be really talked about behind her back, Lan Chengying felt it would make him vomit.

The woman earlier spoke bad of Su Li, and then Yu Xiang confirmed it a bit later.

The original boast Yu Xiang made about getting into Hua University through connections effectively became irrefutable evidence against Su Li.

Lan Chengying was furious, harshly obstinate, and irrational as he said, "Indeed, you’re dumb. Dumb people don’t deserve to hang out with us."

Yu Xiang: "Come on, I’ve been flipping through books for ages now, like... the Poincaré Conjecture, Riemann Hypothesis, and the lifespan of protons—I’ve learned about them all."

Yu Xiang, feeling a bit guilty, urged, "Let me in."

"Precisely because I’m dull, I want to get closer to observe Sister Su’s brilliance. You absolutely can’t stop my steps toward improvement, or else..."

Yu Xiang thought for a long time and finally blurted out, "Or else I’ll have my old man come find you."

It sounded so logical, so irrefutable.

Seeing Lan Chengying slightly wavering, Yu Xiang pressed on, "I need to report Sister Su on the fate of that group of scum. Su Family did most of the work; you can’t stop me from doing this."

Upon hearing this, the dozing Su Li on the sofa finally perked up a bit.

"Come in then."

Hearing Su Li’s order, Lan Chengying reluctantly gave way.

Yu Xiang gave Lan Chengying a triumphant smile, eagerly brought a glass of water to Su Li from the kitchen.

Lan Chengying asked with a bad expression, "How do you know the layout of this house so well?"

Yu Xiang: "Hmph, you forgot? These apartments all belong to my family."

For the first time, Su Li gave Yu Xiang a look of approval; he had good timing, as she was just getting thirsty.

Lan Chengying was terribly annoyed, learning a new layer of insight into his little buddy’s cunning manipulations.

Speaking of the downfall of Zhang Hongwen’s group, Yu Xiang felt a whole body soothing sense of vindication.

Zhang Hongwen set himself up for disaster when he secretly returned from abroad and attempted to stir up trouble, only for it to backfire before it even began.

Racing off a cliff, whether fortunate or not, he survived but was paraplegic, bedridden for life.

Originally, the Zhang family held a grudge against him, but seeing his condition, they softened.

The Zhang family was also unreasonable; all participants in the car chase event, except for Yu Xiang and the unfortunate deceased, were dealt with by the Zhang family.

Yet Zhang Hongwen remained unsatisfied and proposed to drag Su Li into the mess.

It disgusted Yu Xiang, who directly teamed up with other families mistreated by the Zhang family to make them suffer immense turmoil.

Don’t underestimate those small families; ants could indeed bite the elephant to death.

"What, they still dare to covet my Sister Su, the old timer is courting death," Lan Chengying angrily remarked.

Yu Xiang, looking surprised, said, "Lan Chengying, you’ve improved, eh? How come you can use such a culturally rich metaphor now?"

Lan Chengying froze and then smiled brightly.

Another progressive day, so awesome, he felt his life finally had new meaning.

Su Li: "...." She felt something had intruded, yet she had no evidence.

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Forced away by Cheng Jin, Su Ying and Cheng Xinxin harbored discontent.

However, Su Ying didn’t dare retort to her husband, while the heavily spoiled Cheng Xinxin noticed no such restraint.

Unhappy, Cheng Xinxin said, "Dad, why do we need to leave?"

"Su Li doesn’t even recognize her parents and cheated her way into Hua University. How do you think her classmates will see me?"

"And her attitude toward mom is just way too unfilial. We should find the dean, the principal, and make Su Li apologize to us."

As she began sobbing, feeling profoundly wronged, "My classmates even mistakenly think we’re scammers."

Seeing her precious daughter this way, Su Ying felt an intense heartache, instinctively retorting, "How could they...?"

Next, it stirred up a hornet’s nest as Cheng Xinxin loudly exclaimed, "Of course they would! Look, several classmates already texted me us."

Present were busybodies who filmed this spectacle and uploaded it onto the forums.

Though Su Li’s reputation was tarnished, Cheng Xinxin also gained no favors from the ordeal.

Cheng Jingran gently wiped Cheng Xinxin’s tears and casually remarked to Su Ying, "Aunt Su, Su Li is your daughter. You better teach her well, so as not to disappoint Xinxin."

This was the first time her stepson openly disrespected her, and Su Ying felt her face turned sour. Seeing Mr. Cheng’s displeasure, she dared not utter a word.

She could only swallow her anger and deeply resented Su Li.

Born to oppose her, she regretted not strangling her the moment she was born,

to prevent today’s misery.