After Marrying the Cold and Elegant Beauty, I Fell in Love (GL) - Chapter 23.1

Because Long Aodi had been arrested, the matter of Han Shuangshuang and Shen Yuru not returning to school gradually lost its heat on campus.

[System: Warm reminder to Host. Shen Yuru’s current heart healing progress is 50%, and her blackening value is 80%.]

Han Shuangshuang sat in the classroom, unable to understand no matter how she thought about it. Why was Shen Yuru’s blackening value decreasing so slowly?

Yan Huan rushed into the classroom and sat down beside Han Shuangshuang at once. She opened her phone, placed it in front of Han Shuangshuang, and scrolled through Tieba. “Look quickly. The posts on Tieba have all exploded now. Long Aodi’s matter couldn’t be hidden at all. I heard Han Ruhua deliberately leaked the news so she could tie herself to Long Aodi. Right now, the school has forcibly suppressed Long Aodi’s matter, but his expulsion is definite. And since Long Aodi caused such a terrible impact on the school, the school definitely won’t let him off. Speaking of which… did your family trouble you?”

Han Shuangshuang shook her head, propping up her face as she stared blankly. “I don’t know.”

Han Shuangshuang stared in a daze at the phone placed in front of her.

A night plus a morning had already passed, yet Shen Yuru had not sent her any messages. That should not be happening. Their relationship was already very close now.

Han Shuangshuang felt that if she wanted to close the distance between herself and Shen Yuru, she could not always be the one taking the initiative.

Would that not make her a one-sided simp?

Shen Yuru would never take her to heart like that.

She could not become that doggo who came when called and left when dismissed.

“So… did your family receive any inside information? How was Long Aodi dealt with in the end?” Han Shuangshuang finally perked up a little and asked Yan Huan.

Yan Huan leaned close to Han Shuangshuang’s ear and whispered, “The Han family completely cleaned Han Ruhua out of the matter. They said Long Aodi went to solicit prostitution, and any topic involving Han Ruhua has been suppressed. Look at all these posts on Tieba. Not a single one is about Han Ruhua. They’re all about Long Aodi. Now Long Aodi’s background has been dug up too. He’s not from some ordinary family at all. He comes from a single-parent household, and his situation is actually quite difficult. But he never applied for student aid. Every day at school, he pretended to be an excellent student of both character and academics, all dressed up like a proper beast in human clothing. Behind the scenes, he threatened students from poor families, making them obediently listen to him, or else he wouldn’t give them student aid. He even made connections with some shady people to do things for him, using those students’ scholarships and aid money as compensation. He took a chicken feather and treated it like an imperial command arrow, manipulating everything clearly. Now the whole school’s opinion of him has changed. Everyone is stepping on Long Aodi. But this can’t even be considered everyone pushing a wall once it falls, because Long Aodi’s wall was made of paper to begin with. It would collapse with one gust of wind. He just pretended too well before.”

Yan Huan said a whole pile of things, sounding extremely relieved.

“Sis, don’t worry. I blocked those rumors for you before. As for the things you were smeared with because of Shen Yuru, I found people to help clarify them for you. Your reputation will recover very soon. Shen Yuru won’t develop a grudge against you over this.”

Han Shuangshuang held Yan Huan’s hand and shook it hard. “Sis, you’re my benefactor.”

Yan Huan sneakily took a registration form out of her bag and placed it in front of Han Shuangshuang. “If we’re sisters, then help your sister with something.”

Yan Huan’s smile was far too sly, so Han Shuangshuang had to be a bit more guarded. But she knew Yan Huan would not harm her.

“What’s with that look in your eyes? Would your sister trick you? Yun Yun’s department is holding an event. It’s a cooking competition. Sign up and fill a slot, okay? The two of us can join together. If we can drag Shen Yuru in too, even better.”

Yan Huan also knew Han Shuangshuang’s cooking was only so-so, so she had no expectations that Han Shuangshuang could win a good ranking.

The moment Han Shuangshuang heard it had something to do with Yun Yun, her eyes instantly lit up. Yun Yun and Shen Yuru were old acquaintances to begin with.

This happened to give her a topic to use to find Shen Yuru and make contact with her.

Yan Huan placed the registration form in front of Han Shuangshuang. “The food section is divided into two major factions, Chinese cuisine and Western cuisine. Last year, the two big-shot senior sisters from the Chinese cuisine side graduated, so Chinese cuisine has never been able to beat Western cuisine. Those people in the Western cuisine department rely on their food looking pretty and praise themselves in all kinds of ways, but in truth, their food tastes terrible. Yun Yun is in the Chinese cuisine department. I don’t know whether they can win this year. Otherwise, they’ll be mocked by the Western cuisine department again. Why are they so blindly worshiping foreign things?”

Han Shuangshuang grabbed the registration form on the table and rushed out.

Yan Huan looked at Han Shuangshuang’s back and felt as though her family’s good eldest daughter had grown up.

She had not expected Han Shuangshuang to be so reliable. The moment she said it, Han Shuangshuang immediately carried it out. She really was a good sister.

Han Shuangshuang found out which classroom Shen Yuru was having class in, so she secretly slipped over to the back door.

Long Aodi, Shen Yuru, and Yun Yun were all juniors, so after she reached the juniors’ teaching building, she heard even more people discussing Long Aodi.

“I really didn’t expect that you can know a person’s face but not their heart. Long Aodi was actually that kind of person behind everyone’s backs. Truly disgusting.”

“Exactly. On the surface, he dressed neatly and acted like a righteous gentleman. Didn’t a lot of people in our department have crushes on him? I wonder if they feel disgusted now.”

“I heard he came from a single-parent family. In order not to expose it, he didn’t even let his mom come to school to see him. He hid his mom away. And every day after school, he secretly went to work at a restaurant far away from campus. During the day, he spent that money lavishly, pretending his family background was good.”

“Why are men all so hypocritical? They care about face to death. He even went out to solicit prostitution. So dirty. Isn’t he afraid of getting sick?”

“Maybe he pretended too hard at school and the pressure got too great. I heard the school gave him a serious punishment and expelled him. And all the major universities issued a joint notice, so even after he comes out, he probably won’t be able to attend university anymore. His life is probably ruined here.”

“So many things were exposed. The damage to the school’s reputation is too huge. The people who enter our school are already either rich or noble. Some students with excellent grades and poor family backgrounds are admitted by special approval, but unexpectedly, a scumbag actually appeared. I’m guessing those students with good grades and poor families will have an even harder time from now on. Everyone will look at them through tinted glasses. Long Aodi really is one stinky fish spoiling a whole pot of soup.”

“What you all said is still light. I heard from my brother that Long Aodi did too many bad things and was even retaliated against by someone. He’ll have to squat inside for several more years. He won’t be getting out anytime soon.”

Han Shuangshuang did not particularly want to listen, but she was standing at the stairwell, and those people’s voices were too loud, so she heard everything.

It seemed the person they mentioned who had retaliated against Long Aodi should be the Han family. In order to vent anger for Han Ruhua, the Han family had transferred all of their fury onto Long Aodi.

Only after those people finished gossiping did Han Shuangshuang clench her hand into a fist, cough twice, and walk out from the turn of the stairs.

When those people saw Han Shuangshuang, they immediately closed their mouths and no longer discussed the matter. They had also heard a bit of wind and knew Long Aodi’s matter was related to Han Ruhua, while Han Shuangshuang and Han Ruhua were half-sisters with the same father.

Under everyone’s probing gazes, Han Shuangshuang walked all the way to Shen Yuru’s classroom. The moment she reached the back door, she heard someone inside the classroom teasing.

“Shen Yuru, your little girlfriend is here to find you.”

“A junior actually came. Why are you standing outside? Come in quickly. Sit beside your Senior Shen. There just happens to be a seat. Do you want to listen to one class?”

“Come in, come in. Why are you standing there stupidly outside? Although your Senior Shen isn’t looking at you, her heart has already run over to you.”

The voices in the classroom were loud and noisy, everyone joking with each other. Shen Yuru’s face showed no expression, but she also did not reveal any disgust.

Han Shuangshuang suddenly felt a little dazed.

Did Shen Yuru get along this harmoniously with the people around her?

Shen Yuru unhurriedly packed her things, slowly walked to the door, and stood in front of Han Shuangshuang.

For some reason, Han Shuangshuang suddenly felt a little guilty. She could not even lift her head and could only lower it to look at the tips of her shoes, hesitating as she said, “Sister Shen… I…”

Shen Yuru lifted her chin and said nothing. She slung her bag over her shoulder and walked forward on her own, so Han Shuangshuang could only immediately follow like a little tail.

Han Shuangshuang felt that Shen Yuru truly smelled fragrant. It was not like that piercing scent of perfume, but more like a faint natural body fragrance. In any case, it was extremely attractive. As long as Han Shuangshuang came a little closer and smelled that faint fragrance, she could not help wanting to move closer still and smell it carefully.

So Han Shuangshuang unconsciously quickened her steps and moved closer to Shen Yuru. Unexpectedly, Shen Yuru suddenly stopped at the corner of the first-floor hall. Han Shuangshuang narrowed her eyes slightly and could not stop her forward momentum. She immediately crashed into Shen Yuru’s back. From another angle, it looked as though she had tightly hugged Shen Yuru.

“Student Han really is willing to do anything for that hundred thousand yuan.”

Shen Yuru’s clear, cold voice sounded and entered Han Shuangshuang’s ears.

Han Shuangshuang felt her scalp go numb. She immediately jumped away and let go.

Han Shuangshuang pouted and retorted unhappily, “I helped Sister Shen solve such a huge problem and haven’t even asked for credit, yet the moment Sister Shen opens her mouth, you accuse me.”

As if she had not heard Han Shuangshuang’s complaint, Shen Yuru changed the subject. “I have self-study time this afternoon. You should still have class, right? Why did you come find me at this time?”

By chance, during a conversation with Yun Ruyi, Shen Yuru had once heard Yun Ruyi say that women could not have too much money, especially women who had lived pitifully tight lives. Once they had money, they would turn bad. So Shen Yuru became even more determined to keep that one-hundred-thousand-yuan check for Han Shuangshuang.

It was not that she was stingy and unwilling to give it to her. She was merely keeping it for her. Han Shuangshuang was only a freshman now. Shen Yuru would return the money to her after she graduated from university.

This would prevent Han Shuangshuang from having money during university, then indulging in pleasure, playing with feelings, failing to study properly, and after graduation, being unable to find even a job and having to continue suffering humiliation from her stepmother.

Shen Yuru had also heard the teasing from the other students in the classroom earlier.

Shen Yuru frowned slightly, but she did not feel too much disgust.

Han Shuangshuang chased after her every day, so it was understandable that others would say such idle words. As long as Shen Yuru herself knew clearly what was going on, that was enough.

Han Shuangshuang had come to find her. Most likely, she could not help missing her again and wanted to say a few useless, earthy love words to her.

As expected, she was still young. Every day, her mind was focused on love and romance. She had no big goals and did not even think about what she should do with her life in the future.

Shen Yuru accidentally thought a little too far, while Han Shuangshuang took two registration forms, folded all wrinkled and messy, out of her pocket.

“Yan Huan said Senior Yun Yun is holding a cooking competition and hopes more people will sign up. I already promised Yan Huan. Sister Shen, do you want to join with me?”

Han Shuangshuang looked at Shen Yuru with expectation in those puppy eyes. The invisible tail behind her seemed to have already started wagging happily.

Shen Yuru suddenly felt a breath lodge in her chest. She had not expected Han Shuangshuang had come to find her just to say this.

“Boring.” Although Shen Yuru said it was boring, she still took one registration form from Han Shuangshuang’s hand and carelessly placed it in her bag. “My time is very busy. Participating in this kind of meaningless activity will only waste my time, and it won’t increase any credits either.”

The light in Han Shuangshuang’s eyes instantly disappeared. It was as though two invisible dog ears drooped down, and her entire little face became filled with disappointment.

Shen Yuru felt the pads of her fingers start itching slightly again. She kept feeling that she had to press these fingers onto something and rub it properly.

Han Shuangshuang felt a warm palm cover her head, stroking her again and again as though smoothing her fur.

Wait! What kind of expression was this, like she was brushing a dog’s fur?

She was not that brainless doggo who only knew how to wag its tail!

“If Sister Shen doesn’t agree, then forget it. Anyway, I can still find someone else.”

Han Shuangshuang turned her head away sulkily, refusing to let Shen Yuru touch her.

She even turned her body around, putting her back to Shen Yuru, showing that she had super strong backbone.

Shen Yuru’s cold beauty of a face instantly darkened, and the smile in those phoenix eyes slowly disappeared. “Oh?”

Shen Yuru only lightly lifted the ending tone and said “oh,” but Han Shuangshuang inexplicably felt her heart thud, giving her a bad premonition.

“Whether I participate or not doesn’t matter… That’s true. After all, Younger Sister Han is surrounded by many people. Younger Sister Han’s ex-girlfriend eagerly waits for you every day, full of enthusiasm. Younger Sister Han can simply go find her. Why come in front of me to make your presence known?”

Han Shuangshuang: “?”

She had not mentioned Shi Nianxue. Why did Shen Yuru suddenly bring her up?

Han Shuangshuang widened those puppy eyes and turned around, just about to speak. “I…”

But Shen Yuru immediately interrupted her.

Shen Yuru stretched out a finger, white and tender like a section of scallion, and placed it before Han Shuangshuang’s lips. She pressed it against Han Shuangshuang’s mouth, locking all of Han Shuangshuang’s words inside, not letting a single sentence escape.

“Younger Sister Han and I have no relationship anyway. Younger Sister Han doesn’t need to explain anything to me. I also won’t misunderstand anything.”

Shen Yuru said this slowly, her voice becoming lighter and lighter. It was accompanied by a sour scent that seemed to drift from nowhere, something one could only smell if one paid careful attention.

Han Shuangshuang grabbed Shen Yuru’s finger and began looking pitiful, wanting to sell misery and explain. She absolutely could not let Shen Yuru’s blackening value increase because of this matter.

However, at this moment, Shi Nianxue’s voice suddenly came from behind the two of them.

“Han Shuangshuang, I really didn’t expect you to miss me this much. This can count as us having tacit understanding, right?”

Han Shuangshuang felt all the hair on her body stand up. This damned cutesy voice was too terrifying.

When Shen Yuru heard Shi Nianxue’s voice, she silently retreated two steps, putting some distance between herself and Han Shuangshuang. Those phoenix eyes immediately turned icy, and the corner of her mouth curved into a somewhat self-mocking smile.

That gaze seemed to say, see? Was she not right?