As Xu Xinduo and Mu Qingyi were also present in the Advanced Class, no one talked about the issue too much. However, they all secretly observed these two people.
Mu Qingyao hadn’t come to school for a week, claiming that she was on a sick leave. After that, the Mu family went bankrupt and Mu Qingyao’s engagement fell through.
Many people speculated that Mu Qingyao was targeted and hurt pretty badly due to these malicious comments, making her afraid or embarrassed to come to school. Only when Mu Qingyi, who would usually return home once in a while, saw Mu Qingyao, did he know the actual truth.
Mu Qingyao was severely beaten to the point where she couldn’t come to the school at all. It just so happened that the incident was revealed at the same time, so she had coincidentally shielded herself from psychological attacks as she suffered from the physical ones.
Mu Qingyao worked very hard this semester. She actually went from the upper middle ranks of the class to the position of the elites little by little.
However, as a result of taking a leave of absence for a period of time, coupled with the burdens and the stress from the other issues, she didn’t know how long her ‘vacation’ would last. She didn’t even know if Father Mu would make her transfer schools and she certainly didn’t know if she could still catch up with the pace of the academic material.
Xu Xinduo used to ignore the APP’s forum as she was too lazy to pay attention to the gossiping group of people online. Today, she took out her phone and had a brief understanding of the situation before she placed it on the desk.
She turned her head to look at Mu Qingyi. She saw that he was very calmly paying attention in class, so she didn’t know how to start asking about a matter like this even though she wanted some answers.
Mu Qingyi also noticed her dilemma as he leaned over to her and whispered, “I’m fine. If you want to know about it, let’s have a chat during our lunch break.”
“Okay.”
Xu Xinduo took a deep breath and continued the class.
During the break, when Xu Xinduo was keeping her books, Liu Yating probed into the Advanced Class. When she saw Xu Xinduo, she immediately called out, “Duoduo!”
Xu Xinduo looked up at her and walked out of the classroom. She glanced at Liu Yating, who stood at the doors, and asked, “What’s the matter?”
“Is what happened on the forum true?”
“Ah… Mm,” Now that things were like this, there was no reason to hide it any longer— especially from Liu Yating.
Liu Yating’s eyes turned red the moment she heard her affirmation. Then, she asked Xu Xinduo in a choked voice, her tone irritable and sorrowful, “F*ck! How can they do such a thing?! Do they have bags as a replacement for brains? I can’t imagine how hard of a time you were going through! Oh goodness, my heart hurts just thinking about it. Are you living uncomfortably now? Are you telling me if you’re having trouble?”
“I’m fine now, so don’t worry; I have Tong Yan with me.”
“Tong Yan is an idiot— what does he know? He doesn’t take care of others at all.”
“He’s pretty good at taking care of people though.”
“If he can take care of others well, it would be the equivalent of a sow driving an aircraft carrier,” Liu Yating continued to curse at him, pacing back and forth in front of Xu Xinduo as she waved her arms and continuing to let out fiery insults.
Xu Xinduo could only raise her hand to appease Liu Yating as much as possible. Since Liu Yating was still rather agitated, she thought that patting her on the shoulder would be little to no use. Hence, she patted her on the head, “Don’t worry, I’m really fine.”
