Dedicated to studying, yet forced into a chaotic situation.

Chapter 54 Pretending, what a show-off.

There weren't many students in the garden restaurant; they were scattered around. Seeing this, they all put down their knives, forks, and chopsticks and pricked up their ears to listen.

In Xinghua, everyone knows Chi Yan, and everyone knows that Song Xinying admires him.

I recently heard that Chi Yan has a new deskmate. A couple of days ago, she made a fool of herself on the campus forum. In addition, Shi Sui made it into the top 20 in the campus beauty pageant with a candid photo.

Everyone here has been following the gossip, and they all recognize Shi Sui.

Oh ho ho, two rivals who admire Chi Yan are meeting and their eyes are blazing with hatred. This is going to be a good show.

The girl who was close to Song Xinying looked at Shi Sui with undisguised disgust and wanted to reveal the school bullying she had just heard from Jiang Tianyao, but a voice blocked her way.

"You." Song Xinying's gaze shifted from the girl's finger, quickly glancing at her before she said, looking down, "You're only fit to serve dishes and wipe tables for Chi Yan. Do you think that will make Chi Yan look at you even once? Don't be delusional!"

Song Xinying didn't want to talk about what happened in the activity room.

She thought about it all morning and realized that she had also done something wrong.

Out of jealousy that Shi Sui wore the clothes Chi Yan had given her, he deliberately set a water bucket trap on the door, wanting to get her clothes wet and see her make a fool of herself.

Thinking about it later, it was just a piece of clothing. It's not like I couldn't afford it myself, so what was there to be jealous of? Chi Yan also often gave Yan Ze and his gang of underlings things.

Jealousy is not something a well-mannered young lady would do.

Song Xinying didn't want to talk about it, but her girlfriends loved to stand up for her: "Shi Sui, we've all heard that you used to bully people in high school. We didn't expect you to be so lawless even after coming to Xinghua!"

"That's right, how dare you—" the girl suddenly stopped speaking.

"What did I do?" Shi Sui looked over and said slowly, "If anyone is bullying, it's you. You invited me to the activity room and put a bucket of water on the door to try to drench me. I haven't seen such a low-class way of teasing people in a long time."

He spoke slowly but loudly, and when he looked over, the mockery in his eyes was undisguised.

Being mocked in public, the girl's cheeks flushed red, and she retorted, "Then what did you say about pulling hair and stuffing rags in my mouth—"

"I was just joking, you didn't actually take it seriously, did you? I didn't do anything." Shi Sui interrupted her, paused, and then remembered, "No, I did. I gave Song half an apple."

Shi Sui tilted her head slightly to look at Song Xinying, who had her head down with a large bow on her head.

Shi Sui asked, "Are the apples sweet?"

Song Xinying raised her head, her face grim, and said, "It's not sweet, it tastes awful."

Shi Sui thought she would just throw it in the trash, but she was surprised to find that she ate the apple.

She took another sip of milk tea and asked Song Xinying, but her gaze was fixed on Jiang Tianyao beside her.

"By the way, Song, I think I just heard someone spreading rumors that I bullied someone in high school?"

Song Xinying lowered her head and scooped up a mouthful of pudding with a spoon, without saying a word.

She was still preoccupied with the apple.

Although she clearly didn't like apples, on her way out of the activity room, she cried while crunching on an apple to vent her pent-up frustration.

To be honest, that apple was ugly, but it was quite sweet.

Jiang Tianyao's breath hitched, and she turned her face away, not daring to look Shi Sui in the eye.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, one of the girls took the initiative to lighten the mood: "It was Jiang Tianyao who said it. You are the adopted daughter of the Jiang family. She knows you best. You were a bully in your old high school!"

Forming cliques is childish; Shi Sui stopped doing it after starting high school.

Although she got into fights, she believed they were just friendly exchanges between classmates. She always looked down on and couldn't understand bullying.

Shi Sui looked at Jiang Tianyao and asked, "Jiang Tianyao, I know you don't like me, but you don't have to spread rumors that I'm a school bully, do you?"

"No, I don't dislike you..." Jiang Tianyao twisted her fingers and pursed her lips timidly.

"Oh, so it's because I can't stand you." Shi Sui suddenly smiled.

Article 6 of the school rules prohibits fighting on campus.

In the past, a few slaps would have been enough to teach a dog that spread rumors to speak human language. But now, beating her up would only confirm the bullying. Shi Sui thought of a more interesting solution than fighting.

Shi Sui pinched her thigh, her clear pupils shimmering as if filled with tears.

"Jiang Tianyao, I know you can't stand me."

“I was abducted when I was a child, and the Jiang family adopted you. Although I was only found by my biological parents two months ago, I never had the idea of ​​taking away my parents and brother. If you want to be the real eldest daughter of the Jiang family, I will give it to you. When others say that I am an adopted daughter, I never argue.”

"But why do you keep targeting me? You slandered me on the forum for stealing your fiancé, and now you're accusing me of bullying you. What exactly do you want? Do you want to drive me away?"

“I’m already so happy to be back home. I know I’m a nobody from the countryside, so I don’t expect my parents and brother to accept me. You call me an adopted daughter, a country bumpkin, or whatever, I don’t care. I just want a complete family…”

"..."

The girl's eyes were misty with tears, her long eyelashes drooping as if she were trying to hold back her tears. Her voice trembled slightly, which was heartbreaking.

Song Xinying was taken aback: "What?"

The ladies and the onlookers: "??"

Holy crap, Shi Sui is actually the real daughter of the Jiang family, and Jiang Tianyao is the adopted daughter!

Is this true? All eyes turned to Jiang Tianyao: Speak up, quickly refute it!

Jiang Tianyao's face suddenly turned pale. She looked at Shi Sui, who looked like a pitiful little flower who had suffered all kinds of grievances. Only she could see the smugness emanating from Shi Sui.

He's really good at pretending.

Jiang Tianyao gritted her teeth in anger, tears streaming down her face as she choked out, "No, that's not it. I am the real daughter of the Jiang family. Don't talk nonsense. Although you are just an adopted daughter, none of us have looked down on you..."

She knew she was lying.

However, she also knew that since Mr. and Mrs. Jiang had allowed Shi Sui to return to the Jiang family as an adopted daughter, they would not acknowledge Shi Sui's true identity. After all, such an ill-mannered person was not worthy of being the eldest daughter of the Jiang family.

Her parents and brother would definitely stand by her side. As long as she insisted that she was the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, then Shi Sui would be lying.

She was popular at school from a young age, and her classmates believed her.

Song Xinying was completely bewildered: "What?"

The ladies and the onlookers: "??"

Holy crap, what's going on? Why are these two both claiming to be the real daughter of the Jiang family?

The girls were definitely on Jiang Tianyao's side, and had already pulled out tissues: "Tiantian, don't cry. She's a liar. We all know you're the only daughter of the Jiang family."

Yan Ze, who was eating melon seeds, suddenly tripped over a chair and gasped in pain.

When I looked up, I realized that someone was missing from my side.