Zhou Zixuen sat at the desk packing her things; the final exams were over, just waiting for the results.
Zhou Zixuen and a few classmates had already started packing, preparing to go ho for winter break.
She suddenly thought that He Tiantian seed to have no place to go.
This county is too small; He Shengnan’s scandalous matters aren’t exactly known to everyone, but nearly all the students and teachers at County First Middle School know about it.
He Tiantian is isolated because the "Little Fox Spirit" label is so notorious.
In September, He Shengnan finally outlived the original wife and achieved her goal with the scumbag.
It’s likely that after being scolded for so many years, He Shengnan, finally reaching her status, wanted to flaunt her achievents.
She often boasted in front of the neighbors. On her wedding day, she even had that man rent a fleet of luxury cars to take her away in style.
People ridicule the poor, not the immoral. He Shengnan being a mistress did draw a lot of criticism.
But seeing a woman in her forties getting married to a man with so assets, so even envied her.
Of course, whether mocking or envying, He Shengnan just walked away without hearing any of it.
Her life wouldn’t be affected by any of this.
Poor He Tiantian, because of He Shengnan’s "glamorous marriage," her past was dredged up again.
And as He Tiantian beca more beautiful and confident, she beca a target for gossip.
The only solace was that no one maliciously called her "Little Fox Spirit," but the rumors were rampant.
So even pitied He Tiantian, using concern as an excuse to ask her so sharp questions—
"Tiantian, your aunt got married and reportedly even sold the small supermarket—what will you do?"
"Oh, she should be going back to her parents. I heard that Tiantian’s dad is a leader at a public office!"
"...But why hasn’t anyone co to pick her up? Tiantian, don’t be upset, I didn’t an your parents abandoned you, I’m just concerned!"
"Maybe it’s for her studies. Tiantian is in her second year of high school; moving now before the college entrance exam wouldn’t be good!"
"For studies? Ha, the high schools in the Provincial City are way better than ours in this small county. I think it’s just—hey, why are you nudging !"
He Tiantian had heard too many similar comnts.
These people always seed to act like they were doing it for her own good, never really saying anything too excessive.
At most, it just left a bad taste in her mouth.
He Tiantian was no longer the sensitive, shy, and timid girl she once was; internally, she had beco much stronger.
She wouldn’t hold grudges against these gossiping won but wouldn’t entirely dismiss them either.
Every ti she encountered such "concern," He Tiantian would kindly and cleverly retort—
"Aunt Ma, I heard your son is already thirty this year, has he gotten married?"
"Aunt Chen, you’ve retired, right? How much is your pension? I heard Aunt Fang gets over three thousand a month!"
"Grandma Zhang, there was a news report on the county TV about a health product store scam that swindled many elderly, but you’re too smart to fall for that, right?"
"Oh, Aunt, don’t go yet! I wanted to ask if Cousin has bought a house or a car. These days, rural bachelors without property find it hard to get a wife!"
With He Tiantian’s clever maneuvers, those gossipers would avoid her like the plague.
Behind her back, comnts like "ungrateful," "heartless," "no wonder her parents don’t want her" were inevitable.
But as long as they didn’t confront He Tiantian face-to-face, she wouldn’t go looking for trouble.
However, the rumors eventually spread to the school.
So Zhou Zixuen and her dorm-mates knew about He Tiantian’s "holess" predicant.
After months together, Zhou Zixuen, Ma Siqi, Chen Nan, and others had beco good friends with He Tiantian.
Especially Zhou Zixuen, who was cheerful and kind, and most loyal.
Now with the winter break approaching, Zhou Zixuen thought of inviting He Tiantian to her hotown, as it seed she had nowhere to go.
Zhou Zixuen knew He Tiantian wasn’t short on money and would probably manage fine on her own.
But celebrating the New Year was different.
Originally a ti for family reunions, He Tiantian would be pitifully alone, staying up for the New Year’s eve... the thought was unbearably sad.
In fact, it wasn’t just Zhou Zixuen thinking about He Tiantian’s loneliness during the New Year; even He Tiantian’s biological father and her aunt, whom she had long ignored, were discussing this over the phone.
"Hmph, that stubborn girl wants to take actions against , her own father..."
"New Year is almost here, and I see her staying alone in the county without family or friends. Won’t she regret it!"
He Shengli clutched the phone, angrily speaking to his sister He Shengnan!
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