Sheng Tang was very surprised, thinking, has the news about me and Feng Yijin fighting twice this morning already spread?
The cafeteria of the prestigious school was incredibly luxurious, with four exquisite dishes and one soup.
Sheng Tang bought her meal and sat next to her tablemate.
People were looking at her from all directions.
She frowned slightly.
"Is it her?"
"Is she the fat one?"
"She's really fat, how is that possible?"
"She's actually not that ugly, even though she's so fat, she doesn't have much meat on her face."
Sheng Tang knew that discrimination was everywhere, but this blatant, classmates, you're taking it too far!
Just then, the table behind her was also gossiping.
"What's wrong with being fat?" Sheng Tang stood up and responded to that table, her voice was loud, "Did I eat your family's rice?"
The cafeteria fell silent again.
Immediately, someone nearby laughed.
A lively girl chimed in, "Yeah, did she eat your family's rice? Gossiping about others being fat!"
The ones gossiping behind her mumbled some retorts and then put down their bowls and chopsticks and left.
Sheng Tang sat back down, unaffected, and continued eating.
Her tablemate, Jiang Baocu, gave her a special look.
"Sheng Tang, you seem different from before," Jiang Baocu said, "But, 'Did I eat your family's rice?' is really funny!"
Sheng Tang: "...."
This is such a clichéd internet phrase.
Later, Sheng Tang realized that the world she was in now was different from her previous one. This world certainly had clichéd internet phrases too, but not the one she used.
Her classmates found it novel.
Jiang Baocu added, "Actually, they weren't talking bad about you, they were just curious."
"Curious about what?"
"Did you greet Gu Shiting this morning?" Jiang Baocu asked.
"Yeah," Sheng Tang replied.
It was at this moment that she learned the boy's name was Gu Shiting.
He wasn't famous; you couldn't find his name online. The Gu Family had their own media company that protected him very well.
"Gu Shiting never greets anyone at school, not even someone as prominent and beautiful as Yang Mingming. He spoke to you, so everyone was really shocked; that's why they were looking at you," Jiang Baocu explained.
Sheng Tang suddenly understood.
Jiang Baocu had also just heard this from other classmates while getting her meal.
The gossip flame in her heart was burning brightly: "Sheng Tang, how do you know Gu Shiting?"
"I don't know him."
"Don't lie, then why did he greet you?" Jiang Baocu pouted.
"Because I greeted him first," Sheng Tang said, "Responding won't kill you, there's no special reason."
Jiang Baocu: "..."
Are you fooling a child?
The afternoon classes also ended smoothly, and at precisely a quarter past four, school was dismissed.
Sheng Tang went home right after school.
The school entrance was filled with luxury cars, all there to pick up students. Sheng Tang figured no one was coming for her, so she headed straight to the bus stop.
A few students were at the bus stop, and seeing Sheng Tang, still influenced by the morning's rumors, they were gossiping about her secretly.
Sheng Tang pretended not to see it.
She had noted down her neighborhood's address in the morning, compared it to the bus stop, and after only two minutes, the bus arrived.
She got off the bus not far from the neighborhood entrance.
By this time, many students were coming home from school, and adults were returning from work; the entrance was bustling.
A rather inconspicuous black sedan stopped.
A boy wearing the Huishi High School uniform got out of the car, saw Sheng Tang, and called out, "Sheng Tang."
Sheng Tang turned her head.