As soon as Su Li hung up the phone, the gazes of her classmates around her shifted to sympathy.
Having such a terribly confused mother was indeed enough.
Logically speaking, with the situation having developed to this point, even someone with a thick hide would be unable to withstand so many people’s scornful looks and would’ve needed to hurriedly cover their face and flee.
However, Wan Shimin was an oddity; he just didn’t follow the usual paths.
His face showed anger, looking as if he would burst into a frenzy any second, but in the next, something unexpected happened.
He bent his knees and knelt on the ground, "Xiao Li, how can you speak of me this way? My love for you is sincere."
"From the moment I saw your photo, only your image remained in my mind. I think of you when I eat, when I walk, even when I sleep."
Men’s knees are as precious as gold.
Wan Shimin kneeling , as speechless as it made people, also diminished the animosity others felt towards him.
After all, not all boys could bear to humble themselves so deeply, woefully beseeching for love.
Especially some male classmates, putting themselves in his shoes, could very much empathize.
If it were them, they absolutely couldn’t love someone to the extent of lowering themselves to the dust.
Not just the male students, but also some female students who yearned for romance softened their expressions, showing empathy.
What’s so wrong about love?
Su Li chuckled coldly a few times; love wasn’t wrong, but despicable love was nauseating.
Some people always say, loving you is my own business, it doesn’t concern you or anyone else, so no one can stop my love.
But if you’re going to speak like that, then please briskly roll into some dark corner and don’t delude yourself or try to move others, alright?
As long as you don’t impact or bother others, you can love till the end of time and it wouldn’t matter.
Tan Zhi: "Su Li, even I can’t bear to watch this. He just likes you; isn’t this a bit too much?"
Su Li: "According to what you’re saying, by just labelling something as love, can you do whatever you want? Where’s the logic in that?"
As she spoke, Su Li elegantly strolled up to Tan Zhi, don’t think she couldn’t see the slight malice in her eyes.
"Slap," a crisp slap landed on Tan Zhi’s pretty face.
Her eyes widened as she covered her reddened cheek, too shocked to speak.
Everyone around also didn’t expect that Su Li would strike without a word, her hit looking quite forceful too.
After hitting her, Su Li pulled out an embroidered handkerchief from her pocket, neatly cleaning each finger.
Who knows why someone would still carry a handkerchief around these days.
Just watching Su Li’s elegantly lazy to dominantly imperious actions, even without saying anything, one could deeply feel the disdain and arrogance displayed.
Tan Zhi, being the closest to Su Li, felt this the most acutely.
How could she, how dare she....
Her mind blanked for a few seconds, then was left with three furiously questioning sentences roaring and assaulting her reasoning.
Su Li: "I love you... I really love slapping you, you understand, right?"
"Everything stems from love..."
The exaggerated, comical tone provokes laughter, but no one could laugh, staring dumbfounded at this audacious move.
Can things really be done this way?
As Su Li’s gaze shifted from Tan Zhi to him, his legs swiftly straightened, and he uncontrollably moved backward, retreating a few steps.
Soon, he felt annoyed at himself for behaving so cowardly and disgracefully.
Bullying the weak and fearing the strong is human nature; upon realizing that Aunt Zhu’s "dough-like" daughter was not as she described but rather terrifying like a Dragon, Wan Shimin started to regret his rash actions.
"Ah, you dare to hit me? I’m going to fight you," Tan Zhi, having come to her senses, charged at Su Li like a madwoman.
Old grudges and the humiliation of losing face in front of so many people caused Tan Zhi to completely lose her reason and her usual façade of gentleness.
Su Li, grasping Tan Zhi by the collar as if she were picking up a chicken, lifted her off the ground.
Damn, many people thought they were seeing things. Su Li, with her frail figure, lifting someone taller and heavier than herself with such ease made everyone feel like they were witnessing something fantastical.
For people who love to nag, you just have to tear off their mask.
One slap, two slaps, three slaps...
"Feeling more awake now..."
"You’re just a hypocritical black-hearted lotus, pretending to be a gentle sister."
"You were the first one yelling about how ’this man is my boyfriend’... If you think he’s so great, I’ll give him to you for free."
"You must appreciate his type, just look at what you said... You would be delighted if he liked you."
Originally, Su Li hadn’t planned to make things difficult for someone like Tan Zhi.
In her past life, the original owner suffered tremendous pressure in school, much of which stemmed from the jealousy of people like Tan Zhi.
They recklessly used words to defame others without considering the destructive power of their verbal attacks wasn’t any weaker than sharp knives.
Su Li threw a knife-like glance at Wan Shimin, causing him to immediately cower.
How is this woman so terrifying, with such explosive power? What would I do if she abused me in the future?
At this moment, Su Li’s unparalleled beauty seemed far less attractive in Wan Shimin’s eyes.
Beauty is important, but life is more important.
Looking at Su Li swinging Tan Zhi by the collar, Wan Shimin’s fear increased, and various thoughts shifted in his mind.
This Tan Zhi girl isn’t bad-looking, all gentle and soft, even her angry screams are like a kitten puffing up its fur.
He was sure he could handle her.
Wan Shimin’s greasy gaze slid smoothly over Tan Zhi.
Not only Su Li could understand the meaning in his gaze; Tan Zhi saw it clearly too.
She shuddered instantly, feeling both hatred and anger.
Naturally, she knew that getting entangled with such a shameless person would be troublesome.
She had always steered clear of such people in the past; no matter how rich or powerful, she’d always take a detour.
Tan Zhi was well aware of her own limitations.
Hadn’t she only come to see Su Li’s misfortune? Was this a case of trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice instead?
Wan Shimin suddenly acted like a master of drama, putting on an extremely disappointed look, and shouted, "I was wrong about you. I thought you were pure and kind, but you’re actually so venomous."
"What did this lady do wrong for you to bully her ?"
During his speech, Wan Shimin, like a messenger of justice, went ahead and saved Beauty from the clutches of the Dragon—no, he rescued Tan Zhi from the clutches of the evil woman.
"People like you don’t deserve love. Only a kind and beautiful girl student deserves my affection and is worthy of my love."