The villagers were all righteously indignant.
Although many envied Meng Chuyue to death and took pleasure in her misfortune, outwardly, they had no choice but to criticize and verbally abuse people like Meng Lixing.
The Meng family had become like rats crossing the street—everyone shouted to beat them.
They hid at home, not daring to step outside, but their hearts still clung to the hope that the leaders and reporters would come as promised and give them a chance to "turn black into white."
Hmph, when the time came, they would surely tell everyone that they hadn’t cut ties with Meng Chuyue; if anyone didn’t believe it, they should provide evidence.
Aside from Meng Chuyue, no one could provide such evidence...
They were sure to turn defeat into victory.
What they didn’t know was that Shen Mei and teachers from the town middle school had kept the leaders and reporters at the school.
Upon hearing that Meng Chuyue’s parents had long been divorced and that her mother had recently passed away, the leaders and reporters sighed with emotion and began to award bonuses and conduct interviews right there.
Out of sympathy, the reporters didn’t want to pry any further and, revolving around the themes of "inspiration" and "hard work," had Meng Chuyue answer a few questions before leaving behind some private sponsorship and departing.
Even though the content of the interview was not rich, the reporters were not disappointed. Meng Chuyue’s exceptional appearance alone was enough to attract readers’ attention; the coverage was a sure thing.
After the reporters left, the principal shared Meng Chuyue’s desire to take part in this year’s college entrance examination with the leaders.
The leaders were stunned speechless.
Did this girl dare to dream too big?
However, she might just have the capability.
Among them, Director Song Zhitin from the Education Bureau, who was good friends with Principal Xie of Hai City First High School, thought for a moment and said to Meng Chuyue, "Wait here for a second. I will make a call to Principal Xie of Hai City First High School and see what he thinks."
There was a telephone in the school office.
After making the call, Song Zhitin came back and said in a mild tone, "Principal Xie says your request is against the rules. At most, he can allow you to participate in next year’s college entrance examination. However, he mentioned that he could ask a few professors at Hai City University; if they are willing to accept you, allowing you to go to their laboratories earlier, there wouldn’t be a difference between this year’s and next year’s college entrance examination, right? Hmm, he asked me to ask which major you are planning to study in university?"
Meng Chuyue, "Either medical studies or journalism." She had long since decided to pursue both.
Song Zhitin nodded, took Meng Chuyue’s contact number, left his own, and called back Principal Xie on the spot, informing him of Meng Chuyue’s phone number and her choice of majors. Then he and the other leaders left.
Meng Chuyue stayed behind to chat with Shen Mei for a while before heading back to Hai City.
She was now living on the second floor of the Fruit Store; the car stopped right in front of the store entrance.
Upon seeing her, Tong Wen and Xia Ping both had their eyes bright with glee as they smiled at her, but they were too busy entertaining customers to come over and chat.
Just as Meng Chuyue was about to go over and help, the store’s phone rang. She picked it up and it was Lin Fangwei.
Lin Fangwei said pitifully on the phone, "Sis, don’t hang up on me, you must listen to me for a few..."
Meng Chuyue didn’t wait for her to finish and "clack," hung up the phone.
She knew Lin Fangwei wouldn’t let it go, waited a while as Lin Fangwei kept calling for a long time before she finally picked up the phone again and said impatiently, "If you have something to say, say it quickly."
Repressing the anger inside her, Lin Fangwei spoke in a weak and soft voice, "Sister, I’m calling to tell you that I just had a kidney transplant surgery a few days ago. The surgery was very successful, and I won’t bother you anymore; you can live in peace. Sister, I’m sorry for everything in the past. I