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Lu Tian spent a lot of time in the dorm after getting the money, making her roommates curious. The original owner usually didn’t like staying in the dorm, often going out with friends, but now she had changed.
“Is it that strange?”
He Lianchen shook her head: “Not strange. But someone asked me about you, wanting to pursue you.”
Lu Tian thought thankfully she had just swallowed her water. With Meng Jingdong’s appearance, she didn’t dare to cheat on him.
“Don’t give him my contact information, okay? I don’t plan to find a boyfriend for now.” She was focused on making money.
Naturally, they understood and wouldn’t give out her phone number without her permission. However, many people in the class knew Lu Tian’s contact information, and soon a friend request appeared on her WeChat.
“Dude, your tone is a bit big, haven’t you gotten over your middle school phase yet?” — I’m Lu Zhenzhe, Lu Tian, be my woman!
Lu Tian unhesitatingly rejected him. Jiang Feifei, seeing the name, scratched her head: “I think I’ve heard that name before, the campus heartthrob of the Economics and Management department?”
“Isn’t he just a piece of grass? I’ve heard a lot of Lus lately.”
Peng Yangyang counted on her fingers: “There are several really amazing professors in our school surnamed Lu, our dean is surnamed Lu, are you discovering this too late?”
“Really?” Lu Tian, having nothing to do, opened the school website and saw several bigwigs surnamed Lu. The next second, her phone rang, immediately diverting her attention.
It was an unknown number. She knew it was someone from the Gu family and pretended not to know.
“Hello.”
“Hello Lu Tian, I’m Ji Xinfang, my husband’s surname is Gu, Yu Ningxuan’s grandmother. You should know who I am, right?” — Grandma Gu’s voice was gentle and unhurried, and just from her voice, Lu Tian imagined an elegant old lady.
Lu Tian got up and went to the corridor to answer the phone. The corridor faced the window, and she opened a window to get some air: “I know, go ahead.”
“I want to see your mother. Can you tell her for me?”
“Okay.”
“Thank you, you’re a very smart child.”
Her condescending tone made Lu Tian dislike her. She replied with a simple “You’re welcome,” and then they hung up.
The original owner had been almost eager to acknowledge her maternal grandparents, making people look down on her. This time, Lu Tian planned to change her approach. The original owner’s actions couldn’t be changed, but the increasing interaction between the original owner and Yu Ningxuan started after acknowledging the Gu family. She and Tian Jing wanted to handle things coldly. They could acknowledge the family, but visits could wait until later. Whether the Gu family wanted to spoil their adopted daughter, etc., or to compensate Tian Jing, as long as she didn’t demand as much as the original owner, there wouldn’t be a war between the adopted and biological daughters.
Then—Lu Tian looked at the clear blue sky—she could soar freely.
On the Gu family side, Grandma Gu hung up the phone, her expression melancholic.
Yu Ningxuan and her mother, Gu Yalan, were with Grandma Gu, looking aggrieved at her. Gu Yalan’s biological mother had already appeared, and Mrs. Tian still retained her fighting spirit from her younger years. She entangled Gu Yalan, and knowing her origins, although she disliked her immensely, still gave Mrs. Tian a sum of money to send her away.
“Mom, what did Lu Tian say?”
Grandma Gu sighed wearily: “She said she would contact Tian Jing, but she wouldn’t guarantee when.”
Tian Jing was busy; appointments for work were booked a fortnight in advance, and it was impossible to see her about private matters. It would be impolite to disturb her at her private residence, so they could only ask Lu Tian.
“Lu Tian is definitely playing hard to get! It was clearly her who brought this up! To ruin my engagement ceremony!” Yu Ningxuan was furious. Han Yifan’s family was currently waiting for the Gu family to determine which daughter was biological, after all, the Gu family was powerful, and the Yu family had been relying on the Gu family for several years. If she wasn’t Grandma Gu’s biological granddaughter, Han Yifan’s mother might call off the engagement.
Grandma Gu waved her hand to stop her from speaking further. It didn’t matter what the granddaughter did; she was thinking of Tian Jing. Tian Jing had suffered so much from childhood to adulthood. Didn’t Tian Jing harbor resentment? For over forty years, they hadn’t discovered the truth about their daughter, and she felt truly regretful.
“Xuanxuan, go out first. I’ll talk to your grandmother.” Gu Yalan asked Yu Ningxuan to leave. She understood Grandma Gu’s thoughts best, and it would be better for her to persuade her. Yu Ningxuan bit her lip, aggrieved, and went out.
Coincidentally, her fiancé, Han Yifan, called, cautiously trying to appease her.
“Yifan, what does your family think?”
Han Yifan blurted out, asking: “What are the results of the paternity test?” The Gu family’s affairs were not for others to pry into their privacy. They didn’t release the results, making it difficult for others to find out.
Yu Ningxuan’s eyes instantly filled with tears: “Han Yifan, you disappoint me so much! If your family dislikes me not being Grandma’s biological granddaughter, then let’s break up!”
She hung up the phone and ran to her room to cry.
There were few young girls in the Gu family, and Yu Ningxuan was very spoiled, so there was a fixed room for her in the Gu family’s villa, where she lived permanently.
“Lu Tian, things have turned out like this, are you satisfied?!”
Lu Tian saw her WeChat message and was bewildered. She didn’t follow the original plot; she was focused on making money! She didn’t want to provoke the female lead, so she turned off her phone without replying.
“Lu Tian, are you stock trading?” He Lianchen passed by her while getting water and saw the K-line chart, casually asking.
“Yes.” Lu Tian watched her purchased stocks soaring, feeling very good.
He Lianchen was instantly interested and rushed over to ask: “Can you take me with you?”
Lu Tian didn’t like involving friends in money matters, especially since stocks and futures could go up or down; she couldn’t guarantee she would make money. What if she led them into a pit?
“I’m playing with my lucky money; I’m not sure if I’ll make or lose money in the end. Are you sure you want to get involved?”
Although they studied financial management, they didn’t really understand stock trading. He Lianchen immediately wilted. What if she lost her pocket money and had to explain it to her family? She’d better be honest.
“When I find a good way to make money, I’ll definitely take you along. Save up, girls!”
The three girls clenched their fists, determined to save money, but when it came time to go shopping, they completely forgot their earlier plans.
Lu Tian was originally going to go out with her bag, but when she saw the incoming call display on her phone—her legs went weak. She couldn’t explain why she was so afraid of Meng Jingdong. She obediently answered the phone and stood her roommates up.
Only she was in the dorm. Lu Tian sat properly on a stool.
“Lu Tian.”
“Yes.”
There was a pause, then he asked: “I’ll be at your school in thirty minutes. I hope you’ll come out to see me.”
“O-Okay.”
Meng Jingdong hung up the phone. Lu Tian held her phone, frantically scratching her hair. Why was she so spineless? She didn’t even dare to ask what was going on!
However, this matter with Meng Jingdong… the original owner…
It was truly despicable, and she couldn’t ignore it in her heart.
Time was pressing, so Lu Tian quickly changed into a fitted denim skirt, applied light makeup, combed her hair, grabbed her bag, and went out. As she walked, she was full of worries, completely unaware of the amazed glances from her classmates.
Her legs were long, slender, and white. The close-fitting denim skirt outlined her curvaceous figure. With her high heels, she exuded a powerful aura.
Lu Zhenzhe was one of these students. He only realized that the girl he had been watching was Lu Tian, the one who had been ignoring him, when she was almost at the school gate. He wanted to approach her, but he was afraid of being rejected and losing face, so he secretly observed her actions.
Lu Tian was waiting for someone at the school gate. She checked her watch twice in less than ten minutes. Lu Zhenzhe’s roommate secretly guessed, “Lu Tian must be kept/sponsored, right?”
The next moment, as if to verify his guess, a low-key Mercedes stopped in front of Lu Tian. The man in the back seat lowered the window, and Lu Tian obediently opened the car door. The Mercedes didn’t stop; it drove straight past the school gate.
“Damn, Lu Tian really is being kept/sponsored! You couldn’t tell!”
Lu Zhenzhe frowned. He felt he had seen that car somewhere, but he couldn’t remember where. However, his roommate’s words were harsh, so he subconsciously stopped him: “Don’t talk about girls behind their backs. It’s her freedom how she chooses to live.”
His roommate was dismissive, his gaze lingering on the curvy beauties walking outside the school. He said nonchalantly: “Hey, she does her thing, I say mine, who’s bothering who? What’s that saying? Acting both ways, you know?!”
Lu Zhenzhe frowned in disgust: “Don’t you know that’s her family’s car?”
“You know her?” His roommate immediately shut up. Rich and beautiful girls were definitely different.
Lu Zhenzhe didn’t explain, found an excuse to leave his roommate, and hailed a taxi to the City People’s Hospital.
Author’s Note:
There will be a double update tomorrow, probably one chapter in the morning and one in the afternoon.