"Heh-heh~!! Those people only ever act from the moral high ground. If it really happened to them, I doubt they'd just put up with it."
Lin Xiaowan fell silent upon hearing that. She had never expected there to be such a reason why Su Lin was unwilling to speak with their classmates.
"Why didn't you explain yourself? If you had explained it back then, someone definitely would have believed you. At least I..."
"Explain? Why should I explain? And when would I have even had the mood to explain?" Su Lin interrupted.
Lin Xiaowan was silent. Back then, how could Su Lin have had the mood to explain such things? Besides, he really had been right.
"Heh-heh, repaying grievances with kindness is something only saints can do. I'm just an ordinary person. I'm not that noble," Su Lin said with a cold laugh.
"But you don't have to condemn everyone because of a few people. There are still plenty of good students who repay kindness, like Xiao Yu and Chen Yang. They're both good people," Lin Xiaowan tried to persuade Su Lin.
"That's why I donated money to her, isn't it? And Chen... We're here. Let's hand in our homework."
Lin Xiaowan could tell that Su Lin was changing the subject. She followed him into the office, her mind racing at the same time.
From Su Lin's words, it was obvious that Xia Shiyu was not the only person he had helped. He had also helped someone surnamed Chen. The only poor student in the class with the surname Chen was Chen Yang.
The fact that he went to the cafeteria every evening to get meals was already common knowledge.
After leaving the office, the two of them walked back much faster.
Lin Xiaowan's Persistence—Please Support with Flowers and Votes
Lin Xiaowan was much quieter on the way back to the classroom.
Su Lin had hit the mark. Her feelings were truly tangled now, and she felt somewhat miserable.
She had spent three years with her classmates day and night. She knew some of them had poor character, but most of them were still kind people.
Yet because Su Lin had not explained himself once, the entire class had misunderstood him. That misunderstanding had already taken deep root, and even if she wanted to mediate, there was nothing she could do.
It made her feel terrible.
Su Lin had done so many good deeds, yet because of one incident, things had become like this.
"Su Lin... I..."
"Xiao Wan, don't you dare say you pity me. You know that what I need least is sympathy. And don't think about helping me either. I really don't need it."
"Do you really not care at all?"
Su Lin smiled. "Don't I have your understanding now? And I saw you talking with Xia Shiyu just now. I'm sure she knows too. That's enough."
"..."
Looking at Su Lin's smile, Lin Xiaowan found it painfully glaring. Yet there was nothing she could do. She had all this goodwill in her heart, but no way to help him.
It made her feel extremely stifled, a feeling she had never experienced before.
"Xiao Wan, just leave it alone. There are only three months left until the college entrance exams. Let me spend these three months in peace."
"As for you, you haven't yet experienced the harsh lessons of human nature. These three months might not be easy for you either. If anything upsets you then, you can come talk to me."
Lin Xiaowan asked in confusion, "Me? Why would things be hard for me?"
Su Lin sighed. "Xiao Wan, you've hidden away your pride, leaving only gentleness and tolerance. There's nothing wrong with that in itself. But after you donated more than two hundred thousand today, everything changed."
"The first to be affected will be your deskmate and best friend, Yan Huan. She loves taking petty advantage, causes trouble, and acts like a green tea bitch. She's been mooching meals and drinks off you for more than a day or two. I'd say someone like her will ask to borrow money from you within three days. One or two hundred at first, then two or three hundred. If you lend it to her, next time it'll be five or six hundred, and then she'll just keep borrowing."
Lin Xiaowan protested, "I'm not an idiot. I won't lend money to anyone without a reasonable reason."
"Heh-heh, that's exactly the problem. Everyone who wants to borrow money will find themselves a reasonable reason."
Seeing that Lin Xiaowan still looked unconvinced, Su Lin smiled. "You'll know when the time comes."
Lin Xiaowan remained silent. She felt that Su Lin was just making something out of nothing.
Yan Huan often mooched meals and drinks, but that was because her family was relatively poor. Besides, she occasionally brought food too, even though she herself barely ate any of it.
Su Lin shook his head and returned to his seat.
A girl like Lin Xiaowan would only face the issue seriously after truly encountering it. By then, her pride and nobility would surely reveal themselves.
Su Lin remembered that in the original novel, Lin Xiaowan had remained this innocent and carefree until her sophomore year of college, when one day she caught the attention of a department head from the student union.
As soon as she sat down, Yan Huan leaned close to Lin Xiaowan and asked in a strange tone, "Xiao Wan, what's going on between you and Su Lin?"
"What do you mean, what's going on? Huanhuan, what are you talking about?"
"Xiao Wan, you usually wouldn't go hand in homework with Su Lin, and you definitely wouldn't come back with him either." Yan Huan looked at Lin Xiaowan with an investigative glint in her eyes.
Yan Huan knew very well that although Lin Xiaowan usually acted easygoing and approachable, she was extremely proud deep down. Not just anyone could become her friend.
A large part of the reason Yan Huan could be relatively close to Lin Xiaowan was that they had been deskmates for three years.
"Uh, there's only one road from the classroom to the office. Of course we'd run into each other."
Lin Xiaowan was irritated and restless right now, and she did not want to tell Yan Huan about Su Lin.
Yan Huan was one of the most socially adept people in the class. Once she found out, the entire school would know before long.
At that point, it really would be impossible to clear things up.
"Oh~! Xiao Wan, you'd better listen to me and stay away from that Su Lin," Yan Huan reminded her "kindly."
"Mm-hmm, I know. Huanhuan, don't worry about me. Rather than worrying about me, you should think about Ye Feng. He's completely devoted to you," Lin Xiaowan teased with a smile.
Yan Huan turned back and glanced at Ye Feng, then shook her head disdainfully. "Ye Feng and I are impossible. We're destined to be people from two different worlds."
Ye Feng was one of the few students in the class whom the teachers had already given up on. Even if he worked hard now, getting into college was still unlikely.
Not to mention that Yan Huan ranked in the top ten of the class and could get into a Project 985 or Project 211 university.
So Yan Huan had some basis for saying that she and Ye Feng belonged to two different worlds. Once they passed through the hurdle of the college entrance exams, the two of them would never cross paths again.
"Even if Ye Feng isn't good academically, his feelings for you are genuine. We can all see that."
Yan Huan replied bluntly, "What use are feelings alone? Ye Feng's parents both work at Jiangning Food Factory, and Jiangning Food Factory hasn't paid wages for three months. If I really got together with him, would the two of us drink the northwest wind together?"
Yan Huan's parents also worked at Jiangning Food Factory, but her family was much better off than Ye Feng's.
Her parents were supervisors at the food factory, while Ye Feng's parents were merely ordinary employees.
On top of that, she occasionally interacted with Ye Feng, so she disliked people like him very much.
Especially since Ye Feng actually had those kinds of thoughts about her. It did not make her feel sweet in the slightest; instead, it only disgusted her.
In her eyes, being liked by Ye Feng was simply disgusting.
"Xiao Wan, if you're still my good friend, don't mention Ye Feng again. That guy has no ambition. He spends all day thinking about playing games, and he's already hopeless."
"Fine, but I still have to remind you, Huanhuan. After this, you'll never meet someone as wholeheartedly devoted to you as Ye Feng again."
Yan Huan curled her lips and said nothing.
Although she was a little less attractive than Lin Xiaowan, she was still among the prettiest girls in the class.
In her eyes, without Ye Feng dragging her down, college would only be better.
It was not like now, with him clinging to her like a sticky plaster, making it so no other boys liked her.
Ring-ring-ring~!!!
As the class bell rang, the two ended their conversation.
P.S.: Please send some flowers and monthly votes, everyone! The numbers are too miserable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
The Future Female CEO Was Secured
At lunchtime, Xia Shiyu and Lin Xiaowan entered the cafeteria together.
No matter the era, people were always most proactive when it came to eating.
So when the two arrived at the cafeteria, they found that there were not many seats left.
"Xiao Wan, over here~!!"
Hearing Yan Huan's voice, Lin Xiaowan looked over. Seeing that Yan Huan had saved her a seat, she was quite happy.
Then she thought of Xia Shiyu beside her.
Xia Shiyu noticed Lin Xiaowan's hesitation and took the initiative to say, "Xiao Wan, go ahead. I'll go find Su Lin. I haven't properly thanked him today."
Lin Xiaowan nodded at that and said with a light smile, "Su Lin looks cold and hard to talk to, but once you chat with him, you'll realize he's actually very easy to get along with. Don't be nervous."
"Mm-hmm~!!"
The moment Xia Shiyu entered, she spotted Su Lin sitting by the window in the corner. She was not particularly nervous.
She felt that someone as gentle as Su Lin definitely would not be hard to approach.
The two separated. After getting her food, Xia Shiyu headed straight toward Su Lin.
"Su Lin, can I sit beside you?"
Hearing Xia Shiyu's soft voice, Su Lin sighed inwardly. This girl's voice really was lovely.
Lin Xiaowan had a typically sweet voice. If she acted cute, it would definitely be deadly.
Xia Shiyu, on the other hand, was gentle and delicate. Her voice seemed to possess a kind of magic that made people unconsciously lower their guard.
Su Lin nodded. "Seats are meant for people to sit in. Go ahead."
Xia Shiyu smiled faintly and sat down beside Su Lin.
Quite a few students saw this scene, and in an instant, hearts shattered all around.
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