Aside from the specially admitted students from poor families, anyone who could attend the private Ningde High School generally came from a family with some clout.
That was even more true of Ye Xiao's class. Their families were either fabulously wealthy or immensely powerful. In short, most were prominent figures in Magic City.
And as everyone knew, figures like these never lacked gossip. Ye Xunzhi had once had the good fortune to hear a little about this Xiao family.
She silently grumbled to herself.
[Back you up, my foot. Your parents are about to be stripped of their power.]
[Though "stripped of their power" might not be quite accurate. At most, it's the Xiao Group's true crown prince returning to claim his throne.]
As for why Ye Xunzhi knew so much, it was, of course, because she had once happened to meet the Xiao Group's true crown prince, who had shared the gossip with her.
[Old President Xiao's first wife was seriously the ultimate sucker. He hadn't married her for love at all, but because she looked incredibly like the unattainable love of his life.]
[That alone would have been bad enough. Then his first wife once fell and accidentally sprained her arm, so she asked her younger sister to look after her. Who would have thought her sister was the very woman Old President Xiao had loved but couldn't have? Then those two ended up in bed together.]
[By the time the older sister's arm healed, the younger sister was already a month pregnant. The older sister nearly went mad with anger, and Old President Xiao took the opportunity to ask for a divorce.]
[Though she was furious, she agreed and received a huge settlement for it.]
Ye Xiao sighed inwardly. *How awful. Betrayed by her husband and sister,