Guagua continued: [Speaking of which, Su Yunian's life has been pretty tragic. She's her mother's only daughter, and her mother dotes on her. But her father? She isn't his only daughter!]
Lu Chi turned his head slightly and glanced at Su Yunian, who was sitting beside him.
He found that Su Yunian was looking at him too.
Their eyes met, and for a moment, there was an awkward silence.
Both quickly looked away.
Lu Chi continued chatting with Guagua in his mind.
Su Yunian pretended to listen intently to the lesson, but her ears missed none of Lu Chi and Guagua's conversation.
Lu Chi: [Why do you say Su Yunian isn't her father's only daughter? Does he have children with that family doctor?]
Guagua: [Exactly! Su Yunian's father, Su Jingang, and the family doctor, Zhao Min, don't just have one child. They have two. The older one is a daughter,
the same age as Su Yunian, eighteen. They were even born on the exact same day, month, and year. The younger one is a son, fifteen this year. His health is poor, and he has a congenital heart condition.
The mistress, Zhao Min, used the convenience of her position as the family doctor to move brazenly into the Su family mansion. Su Yunian's mother likes traveling everywhere, so the mistress and Su Jingang openly play poker in the mansion.
Zhao Min has also secretly hired someone to deal with Su Yunian's mother, Xie Qing. Once Xie Qing leaves this world, the Su family will belong to Zhao Min and her two children.
Although Su Yunian looks cold and aloof, she isn't very calculating. Dealing with her would be easy. Sooner or later, she'll be killed or crippled too.]
Lu Chi: [Tsk, tsk, tsk. I never thought Su Yunian had it so rough. Sigh, forget it. I won't call her a lunatic anymore. In the end, she's a pitiful person too.]
Guagua: [Zhao Min had someone tamper with Xie Qing's car. When Xie Qing drives out tonight, she'll get into an accident... Poor school belle. She'll be a motherless child from now on.]
Lu Chi: [...That's it. School Belle Su is going to have a miserable time ahead.]
Ring, ring, ring~
The bell signaling the end of class jolted Lu Chi out of his conversation with Guagua.
Su Yunian gave Lu Chi a grave look.
In the past, she would never have believed Lu Chi's inner voice.
But after Lu Chi reported those three students for hiding things and foresaw the principal passing by the window, Su Yunian firmly believed his inner voice.
Besides, her father's name, her mother's name, and the family doctor's name all matched.
Su Yunian had even met Zhao Min's two children. She simply hadn't known they were actually her father's offspring.
Lu Chi hadn't even known her two days ago. There was no way he could know her family affairs so well.
Everything indicated that what his inner voice said was true.
Su Yunian was in agony!
She had thought she lived in a happy, harmonious family, with a father and mother who loved her, and that she was a carefree, happy girl. She had never imagined her father was such scum!
Not only had he found a mistress behind her mother's back, but he had even brought that mistress into their home under the guise of being their family doctor.
He had even had children with the mistress!
It was absolutely outrageous!
Enormous fury surged from the depths of Su Yunian's heart like raging winds and towering waves, rushing straight to her head.
It was now the fourth morning period, with two more lessons to go, but Su Yunian couldn't sit through even one more.
She kept worrying that something would happen to her mother.
She had to find a way to contact her mother now and tell her the truth!
It was urgent beyond measure!
Su Yunian rushed into the office in a blazing hurry and told her homeroom teacher, Gao Qiliang, "Old Gao, my stomach suddenly feels really bad. I'd like to take leave and go home."
The balding little old man, Gao Qiliang, had his head down, marking assignments, when he heard Su Yunian asking him for leave.
Gao Qiliang looked up and asked with concern, "Yunian, if your stomach's bothering you, would you like to see the school doctor first?"
Su Yunian shook her head.
She said, "No, Old Gao. I'd like to go home and rest."
Gao Qiliang shook his head. "Yunian, it's class time right now. Under school rules, I can't let you leave. You need to have your father or mother call me."
"All right, Old Gao. Sorry for the trouble, but could I borrow your phone to call my dad?"
Gao Qiliang saw her pale face and breathless state, neither of which looked fake.
Besides, Su Yunian had always been a well-behaved girl with excellent grades and many talents, so he had even less reason to doubt whether she genuinely needed leave.
"All right." Gao Qiliang took out his phone and called Su Yunian's father, Su Jingang.
He called several times without getting through.
"Yunian, I can't get through to your father. What about your mother?"
Su Yunian hadn't wanted to alarm her mother, afraid that she would worry and drive to the school, only for something to happen on the way.
But now her father wasn't answering, and without a call from her mother, she certainly wouldn't be able to get leave or leave the school.
She had to tell her mother about the tampered car as soon as possible!
Su Yunian told Gao Qiliang, "Old Gao, please help me call my mom."
Gao Qiliang dialed Su Yunian's mother's number.
Once the call connected, he handed the phone to Su Yunian.
Remembering Lu Chi's inner voice saying that her mother would have a car accident tonight, Su Yunian couldn't hold back her tears.
"Mom..." Su Yunian said through her tears, "My stomach feels bad, and I want to go home. Please ask Mr. Gao to give me leave."
"What? Your stomach feels bad?... Wait there. I'll come pick you up and take you home right away."
"Don't!" Afraid that Xie Qing would drive out, Su Yunian hurriedly stopped her. "Mom, don't come. I'll get home myself. It's not serious."
"How can I let you do that? Honestly, child. Stay at school and wait. Mommy will come get you right away. Be good and listen."
Hearing that Xie Qing was coming to pick her up, Su Yunian panicked beyond measure.
She could only say, "Mom, if you really must come get me, remember this: whatever you do, don't drive your car. There's something wrong with its brakes. If you drive it, something will happen.
Go take Dad's car instead, if he's home. If he isn't, get a DiDi here. Remember, whatever you do, don't drive your car. Whatever you do!"
"All right, sweetheart. Mommy will be right there. Wait for me at school."
"Mom," Su Yunian lowered her voice and reminded her several more times, "Whatever you do, you absolutely must not drive your car when you leave. I noticed a problem with its brakes this morning. Did you hear me, Mom?"
"All right, I understand. Your dad went out this morning and isn't home right now. I'll get a DiDi."
The call ended.
Su Yunian returned to the classroom, quickly wrote a leave slip, gathered her books and pens, and packed them into her schoolbag.
She had wiped away her tears, and she still looked as icy as ever.
Lu Chi didn't look at her. He remained sprawled over his desk, dreaming his grand dreams.
He only hoped the remaining six months would hurry by and the college entrance exam would be over soon, so he could be free earlier.
Sitting in this cage every day, studying this and that, was enough to drive him mad with frustration.
Although the original owner had excellent grades, he didn't want to study. He just wanted to lie flat and let things rot.
Her best friend, Han Xiaoran, ran over and asked, "Yunian, where are you going with your bag packed?"
Su Yunian moved in a hurry as she said, "Something's come up at home. I'm going back for a bit. Xiaoran, help me hand in my leave slip."
Without waiting for Han Xiaoran to react, Su Yunian rushed out.
Ten minutes later.
At the school gates, Su Yunian saw her mother, Xie Qing.
Thank heavens, she really had come in a DiDi.
As soon as Su Yunian saw Xie Qing, she threw herself into her arms and burst into tears.