"From the countryside? Isn't it said that people from the countryside usually have low educational levels? Could it be that she really got in through connections?"
One of the girls asked in surprise.
"What else could it be?"
"Since the rumor has spread this far, it can't be false."
Xia Sanghuan's eyes darkened.
These words were harsh, and she didn't want to get into another conflict with others.
She simply took a different route and bypassed the two girls.
Although she had endured such rumors since the beginning of the semester, this time they were especially overwhelming.
Not to mention that someone had leaked the fact that she was a young lady of the Fu family.
She recalled what Professor He had said to her this morning.
"The Personnel Department actually ignored this matter?"
He angrily threw the written report approved by the Personnel Department aside.
She picked up the report and skimmed through it.
Although the school had already watched the surveillance video, they still shifted most of the blame onto her.
At the end of the report, she was even warned that this time they had "generously" forgiven her once, but if she made the same mistake again, they wouldn't mind depriving her of the "privileges" she had.
Privileges? What privileges did she have?
Even a fool could tell that they were trying their best to protect the girl who had provoked her.
She couldn't help but curl her lips sarcastically.
Everyone said that she had gotten into Filnos through connections.
In fact, the real "nepotism beneficiary" was someone else, wasn't it?
...
"Hu...?"
"Huanhuan?"
A hand waved in front of her eyes.
"Why are you in a daze?"
Fu Youqing walked up to her.
"It's okay. I'm just a bit sleepy."
The girl tightened her grip on the cup in her hand and smiled at her elder sister.
"If you're sleepy, go to bed then."
Fu Moning said worriedly from behind.
The girl stood up as she was told - she wanted to go back to her bedroom anyway.
...
When she went to school the next day, the rumors about her had spread like wildfire.
Even the incident where she had once been wrongly accused of being a murderer was dug out again.
For a while, the conversations during breaks at Filnos were all about "Xia Sanghuan".
They gathered together and laughed at her arrogantly in a superior tone, but shut up when she appeared.
Country bumpkin, vixen, gold - digger, nepotism beneficiary, airhead...
These words were almost associated with her.
Moreover, the discussion posts about her on the campus forum by the students were deliberately spread online by someone with ulterior motives.
When Fu Youqing, who was on leave at home, saw the relevant posts, she couldn't sit still anymore.
"Second sister, I can't bear it anymore!"
She called Fu Moning.
"Youqing, wait a moment."
"I can't wait! Look how much our Huanhuan has been bullied!"
She said as she walked towards the door.
"Wait a minute. Please don't be in such a hurry."
Hearing her second sister's words, Fu Youqing got even more angry.
"Sister, we really can't be so indecisive..."
"I mean, I'm about to arrive home."
"I'll go with you."
Fu Youqing was stunned for a moment, and then saw her second sister's car stop in front of her.
Fu Moning rolled down the window and shouted to her younger sister.
"Get in the car!"
...
"Yo, isn't this Xia Sanghuan?"
"Why are you alone again today?"
The girl stopped and looked at the girl who was blocking her way.
"Fan Rui. You're really boring."
She said expressionlessly, her eyes as cold as ice.
"Three strikes and you're out."
"Aren't you done causing trouble?"
Fan Rui's face changed instantly when she heard this.
"What's your tone? How dare you lecture me, a country bumpkin from the countryside?"
She put her hands on her hips, looking haughty.
The lackeys behind her also gloated and echoed one after another.
"Get out of the way."
Xia Sanghuan didn't want to continue arguing with her. She had to finish an experiment report this afternoon.
"What, did I hit a sore spot?"
Fan Rui looked at her up and down scornfully.
Seeing that she didn't move out of the way, the girl more or less understood.
As a late - enrolled student who had been following Professor He for research since the start of school, the top students at Filnos naturally looked down on her.
Not to mention that she hadn't even taken the final exam last year.
Moreover, her final - term thesis was anonymously submitted to *Science and Technology*. In the eyes of these people, she was just a "useless student" who couldn't even produce a thesis.
How could these people allow someone like her to be more successful than them?
Naturally, they would seize every opportunity to attack her.
She looked at Fan Rui in front of her as if she were looking at a puppet pushed out by the crowd.
"The young lady of the Fu family. Doesn't seem so special after all."
Seeing that Xia Sanghuan ignored her, Fan Rui walked up to her and looked down at her.
"Or is it that the Fu family just took you back but didn't fulfill any obligations to you?"
She pretended to suddenly realize something.
"That's right. After all, you're already an adult. The Fu family is so hypocritical, isn't it? They should have just left you in the countryside instead of bringing you back to share the family fortune..."
Before she could finish her sentence, her words were interrupted by a scream.
She frowned dissatisfiedly and looked in the direction of the commotion.
The next second, her eyes widened in shock.
Two tall and imposing beauties were walking over from a distance.
The students surrounded them like stars around the moon.
Pieces of paper were constantly being handed to one of them, but that person politely declined with a smile.
Xia Sanghuan also curiously turned around and saw her two elder sisters.
She knew something was wrong.
She lifted her leg and was about to run away when Fu Youqing called her from behind.
"Huanhuan."
It wasn't the usual sticky tone. Sister Youqing's voice was now colder but still full of affection.
She took off her sunglasses, revealing her small and delicate face.
Even the smile on her face seemed to be copied from a formula book.
On the other hand, Fu Moning had a cold face. The corners of her eyes were slightly raised, and she looked very fierce when not smiling.
Unlike her younger sister, no one dared to get too close to her, but the admiration in their eyes was hard to hide.
"Miss. Could you repeat what you just said?"
Fu Moning stood behind Xia Sanghuan and naturally put her left hand on her shoulder.
The corner of her mouth curled up slightly, but her eyes were extremely fierce.
It was as if if Fan Rui said one wrong word, she would devour her alive.
"Why aren't you saying anything?"
Seeing that Fan Rui didn't respond, she asked again.
"Didn't you just say that 'the Fu family might as well not have brought Huanhuan back'?"
She had heard it.
Fan Rui looked up and met Fu Moning's dark eyes.
She involuntarily took two steps back.
"I didn't... I didn't say that..."
"But I recorded it."