“I am afraid that someone will sit beside you while you were sleeping, so I came to secure my own spot.” Snakel smiled at Gu Mengmeng. His voice was soft and held a hint of sweetness.
Gu Mengmeng broke out in goosebumps and she shook her shoulders. “Yeah… get up, I want to go to the toilet.”
Snakel stood up and gave way to Gu Mengmeng.
Gu Mengmeng left and Snakel followed right behind. He smiled dotingly as he noticed her embarrassed expression at being followed by him.
Gu Mengmeng entered an empty toilet cubicle and shut the door. She had just squatted down when she heard voices outside. “Eh, did you hear? That kept woman…”
“How could anyone not know? Her photo has already been posted onto the school online forum… tsk tsk tsk, she usually looks so demure and quiet, but is actually a well-skilled slut.”
“That is the truth. Confessing her feelings to the basketball captain in the morning, acting all coy and dewy-eyed during lessons with the coolest dude in school, and then hooking up with a sugar daddy after class… tsk tsk tsk. She’s definitely very highly-skilled.”
“I agree. The basketball captain is famous for his endurance, while the coolest dude in school was previously on the swimming team. His physique is also great… I wonder who her sugar daddy is. Dating three men in one day, she must be as ruthless as a tiger.”
…
Gu Mengmeng was confused at first, but why did the person they were talking about sound increasingly like her?
She understood that part about confessing her feelings to the basketball captain.
She also understood the link with the coolest dude in school.
But being a kept woman—what the hell was that about?
Taking out her mobile phone, Gu Mengmeng quickly logged into the school online forum.
Topic: Freshman with a powerful background. Luxury car, villa and shopping spree. Photos reveal the truth.
Gu Mengmeng clicked the link and felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
There was a photo of her standing alone in the doorway of Snakel’s villa, looking as if she was about to step inside. Snakel was also there then, but he couldn’t be seen from that angle.
There was also a photo of her getting off the car at the mall, with several shopping bags bearing high-end brand names on the floor. The bags were tied together with a red silk sash which bore a tag addressing it to Gu Mengmeng.
The text accompanying photos was totally sensationalized, and more or less indicating that she was the kept woman of a wealthy man.
And that she had been selling herself since she was a junior in high school, and had even undergone five abortions by her third year.
Gu Mengmeng gripped her mobile phone with shaking hands. A chill ran through her body but she was unable to utter a word. Tears flowed down her cheeks, but she was unable to make a sound.
All those years, no matter how hard life had been, she had depended on her own hard work for money. She had been a lady with good morals. As poor as she was, she would never stoop so low for money.
Self-respect and self-love were one of the few things she had left. Who were these people to debase her like this without even knowing her?!
The bell signaling the beginning of class rang. The students in the toilet had already long gone.
Snakel was waiting outside and he frowned when Gu Mengmeng failed to appear. He walked in.
“Twomeng?” Snakel called out softly.
Gu Mengmeng didn’t reply but just hastily pulled up her pants.
“Twomeng?” Snakel raised his voice a notch.
Gu Mengmeng wiped her tears. She didn’t want Snakel to know she had been crying.
But she was too upset and no matter how hard she wiped away her tears or told herself to stop crying, the tears continued to flow. Vexed with nowhere to vent her frustrations, she stamped her feet in anger.