6kv Chapter 926 - 22: Xiao Chong Extra 22
Chapter 926 - 22: Xiao Chong Extra 22
The second semester of freshman year in high school continued just like before, revolving around monthly exams and studies.
For those students participating in school clubs, life was a bit more fulfilling, but for someone like Lin Wanwan, who wasn’t in any club, all her attention was naturally focused on studying.
Since she’d previously been in the basketball cheerleading team, she showed some talent in dancing. Zheng Ying from the dance club had invited her to join, but Lin Wanwan didn’t accept, which offended Zheng Ying.
Zheng Ying felt that Lin Wanwan’s rejection was a sign of disrespect, so she didn’t treat her warmly.
But Lin Wanwan didn’t really care what Zheng Ying thought, since they weren’t even in the same class and didn’t often interact, so offending her was no big deal, right?
Why should she care about Zheng Ying’s thoughts? There was no way she would waste her precious study time on rehearsing dances for the dance club.
Besides this insignificant matter, there was another thing that was bothering Lin Wanwan.
She discovered that, inexplicably, rumors about her being in an early relationship had started circulating at school.
This made her panic a bit—she didn’t want to be publicly criticized or have her parents called in!
Although since setting a three-year pact with Xiao Chong over the winter break, they had been very polite and restrained while doing homework together, not even holding hands, let alone anything else.
Still, Lin Wanwan felt guilty because she sensed her feelings for Xiao Chong were inappropriate.
But she couldn’t figure out where she had slipped up. Clearly, they barely spoke at school, only exchanging a few words during study group meetings.
Their homework sessions together were at home and they hadn’t told anyone. In their entire small gated community, there were no classmates.
The path between their houses was through a pebble trail in the backyard, so the neighbors would not necessarily see them. How could word have gotten out at school?
After a certain Saturday’s martial arts class, Lin Wanwan anxiously and hesitantly brought up the topic to Xiao Chong, asking if he had heard anything.
Xiao Chong reassured her, "You don’t need to worry about this. The rumor isn’t about us. Someone made up a story about you and Mi Yunzhi, and I’ll take care of it."
Lin Wanwan was surprised, her mouth opening in shock, "Me and Mi Yunzhi?!"
It’s ridiculous! Aside from a few words at school, she had no interactions with Mi Yunzhi!
Even though Mi Yunzhi and the others were Xiao Chong’s close buddies, Xiao Chong never brought them to his house in the villa area.
She had absolutely no contact with Mi Yunzhi outside of school.
Moreover, everything she did with Xiao Chong in the small villa was as safe and hidden as in an underground bunker, perfect for secret agents in training.
Knowing the rumored couple was Mi Yunzhi, Lin Wanwan could relax.
What’s false is false, she wasn’t afraid of being questioned by teachers, she could confidently refute it.
By the time it was late night snack time, her brain, now fuelled, got clearer and Lin Wanwan suddenly slapped the table as she figured it out.
She turned to the window, angrily talking to Xiao Chong across the way, "I know who’s messing with us behind the scenes."
Xiao Chong obligingly asked, "Who?"
"Zheng Ying from the dance club," Lin Wanwan asserted, "During New Year, we ran into her on a date with Mi Yunzhi at the movies. She was already upset when I refused to join the dance club back then.
It has to be her underground romance with Mi Yunzhi blowing up, and she’s deflecting the blame onto me, stirring up trouble to divert attention!"
Most students at the Seventh Middle School lived on campus, while Lin Wanwan was a day student. Gossip didn’t travel much between day students and boarders.
Compared to the exciting rumors among boarders, day students were like naïve members of the Ancient Tomb Sect.
As for the boarding students with on-call parents, they lived like Master Extinction, ignorant of the outside world.
Since Zheng Ying and Mi Yunzhi were boarders, the rumors started among the boarders.
There’s no such thing as coincidence; something fishy is definitely going on!
Seeing Lin Wanwan grinding her little teeth in a cute manner, Xiao Chong couldn’t help but smile.
When he first heard about Lin Wanwan’s rumor, he investigated the source of the gossip and found out that it was his buddy’s girlfriend, Zheng Ying.
Of course, the term "girlfriend" was the guys’ words, not admitted by the girl herself.
Just "ordinary friends" who watch movies together, go on dates, receive expensive gifts, and chat on QQ every day.
Xiao Chong actually didn’t approve of her behavior. Although he had received twelve years of modern education, his values were ingrained during his time in the Great Tang Dynasty, so he didn’t understand the so-called "friends" without boundaries.