Chapter 66: Chapter 65: The School Beauty is a White Lotus
Ye Jinwen found this reason quite convincing.
Because they were worried that Lu Mian wouldn’t be able to pay the debt back and afraid that the debt would crush their whole family, they decided to give up one of their children.
He couldn’t imagine how desperate Lu Mian must have felt when she heard her birth parents say “save your sister”.
They clearly could borrow the money if they just put aside their so-called pride, and they had the capability to save her but chose not to, which is fundamentally different from “not having the ability to save”.
For Lu Mian to still be this emotionally stable, she’s already very kind, okay?
“Have you ever thought that she also wanted to live very much?” Ye Jinwen’s voice was somewhat hoarse.
“Who doesn’t want to live? What did I do wrong?” Lu Xinnuan said with a helpless smile, “Look, she’s living well now, isn’t she?”
Ye Jinwen opened his mouth but was completely speechless.
He didn’t want to say anything more to Lu Xinnuan and left the broadcast room with a flick of his sleeve.
Lu Xinnuan steadied her emotions as if she had fought a tough battle, and eventually, she smiled a victorious smile.
She took a deep breath and planned to continue the broadcast.
However, a young girl from junior year walked in, looking at Lu Xinnuan with a strange expression.
Lu Xinnuan, somewhat annoyed, asked, “What’s with the hesitation, is there something wrong?”
“Senior Lu…” the junior struggled to speak, “What you just said… it all went out on the broadcast…”
Lu Mian was the victim of the 726 kidnapping case, a child abandoned by her parents, and this news quickly spread around the campus.
It was a secret buried deep, yet now it had been exposed by someone who knew the details.
Everyone was shocked.
Lu Mian, whom they saw as a unique and aloof girl, had actually had such an experience.
They had spoken against her on the forums, they had isolated her in private, yet they had never tried to understand her.
“Why?” Fat Hao cried with watery eyes, “Mian, you finally came back, why are they still so cold toward you? Can’t they just sincerely care about you?”
Shouhao was also wiping tears, “Didn’t Lu Xinnuan say it? Mian’s parents didn’t like her to begin with, maybe, they never thought Mian could come back alive… Damn, are these even biological parents? They’re too biased!”
“It’s not even a question of favoritism, I think the problem is with the parents themselves!”
“Mian’s sister is also awful, pretending to be a white lotus. I used to think she was a goddess, hell! I was just blind!”
“They never think they’ve done anything wrong, in fact, they’ve never cared about Mian…”
The classroom was abuzz with discussions, very noisy.
Several people wanted to come and comfort Lu Mian, but were frightened off by the somber aura surrounding her.
Lu Mian dropped her pen, “I’m going out for a bit.”
Under the eager gaze of everyone, she left the classroom rather impatiently.
She arrived at the quiet hill behind the school and closed her eyes.
She had never thought of garnering sympathy with her own experiences, never showing weakness to gain tears.
The kidnapping case brought her the deepest darkness, but at the same time, it endowed her with the ability to no longer fear the dark.
Actually, there was nothing pitiable about her.
She didn’t need that kind of fickle care.
Lu Mian was closing her eyes when suddenly a male voice sounded in her ears.
She slowly opened her eyes to see a crew-cut boy.
“They say when you’re in a bad mood, eating chocolate can help you relax. This is from my dad, he brought it back from overseas, for… for you!”