Chapter 286 – That Shi Xue
Murong Jing was envious of Xu Jinning’s good fortune but couldn’t obtain it for the time being.
However, she needed to recover from her recent injuries first. Only after regaining her strength could she make any plans.
Lately, she had her eyes on a male student from the same department.
This boy had a crush on her current body and had a decent amount of luck.
Murong Jing decided to start with him.
As for Xu Jinning, she would take her time.
“Student Murong…” Just as she was thinking about this, she heard someone calling her.
She turned around to see Lu Di, the boy she was planning to target.
Lu Di ran over to her, his face showing a bit of shyness. “Murong, would you like to have lunch together?”
Murong Jing smiled and nodded. “Sure.”
Lu Di’s eyes lit up. Great.
“Then, let’s go.”
“Alright.”
Murong Jing was trying to get closer to Lu Di. Due to her injuries and her recent focus on Lu Di, her awareness of other things around her had diminished.
Therefore, Murong Jing didn’t realize that she was being watched.
The person watching her was waiting for her to reveal something unusual so that they could capture her.
Every word she said and every action she took was being reported.
*
That weekend, a familiar person visited the small courtyard.
It was Cai Shumin.
Back then, Cai Shumin was accepted into the Teachers University in Beijing, which had a strong faculty and was a prestigious institution.
Previously, she had been busy with the start of the school year, but now she had some free time to visit Xu Fanghua.
Cai Shumin and Xu Fanghua had grown closer over time.
When Cai Shumin arrived, Xu Jinning was also present, listening to their conversation.
“Fanghua, did you know, a few days ago, I received a letter from my parents. In the letter, they told me about Zhou Yingsheng. Do you know how Zhou Yingsheng is doing now?” Cai Shumin had long moved on from the betrayal and divorce.
Now, she could talk about Zhou Yingsheng as a topic of conversation.
“Zhou Yingsheng failed the college entrance exam twice and nearly went mad.”
“I heard he often mutters to himself and sometimes looks disheveled, always clutching a book to his chest.”
“Oh, and I heard that his sweetheart, Shi Xue, got into Beijing University.”
“Zhou Yingsheng used to say he would take the college entrance exam with Shi Xue so they could be together again.”
“But Shi Xue got into Beijing University, and Zhou Yingsheng didn’t.”
“Guess what?”
“Shi Xue stopped replying to Zhou Yingsheng’s letters, but he kept waiting eagerly for her responses, convinced that they were still in love and making excuses for her silence.”
“I think Shi Xue just doesn’t want him anymore.”
“By the way, have you heard of a Shi Xue at Beijing University?” Cai Shumin asked.
Xu Fanghua nodded and said, “Actually, there is a Shi Xue in my class, but I don’t know if she’s Zhou Yingsheng’s sweetheart.”
“The Shi Xue in our class is quite pretty and very sociable. She’s quite popular with many of the male students,” Xu Fanghua said.
“I even saw her accepting gifts from different male classmates.”
In fact, Xu Fanghua wasn’t very interested in Shi Xue, even though Shi Xue flirted with many male classmates and was often seen accepting gifts from different boys, sometimes even holding hands.
Shi Xue’s behavior was indeed questionable.
But that was someone else’s business, and Xu Fanghua wasn’t very concerned about others’ affairs.
While at school, she mostly focused all her energy on her studies.
However, she happened to witness Shi Xue’s antics by chance.
“It’s hard to say for sure; after all, there are plenty of people with the same name,” Cai Shumin had just finished saying when a familiar voice was heard.
[It’s her!]
[The Shi Xue in the same major as my sister is Zhou Yingsheng’s sweetheart!]
It was Xu Jinning’s voice, but the little girl hadn’t spoken out loud.
Cai Shumin realized that this was another of the little girl’s inner thoughts.
With her previous experience, Cai Shumin wasn’t startled this time.
On her end, Xu Jinning didn’t know who could hear her inner commentary about the plot.
She was simply venting in her mind.
After all, she was still restricted and couldn’t speak her thoughts out loud.
Even though Cai Shumin confirmed from Xu Jinning’s inner thoughts that the Shi Xue in Fanghua’s class was indeed Zhou Yingsheng’s sweetheart, she was only slightly surprised and didn’t react strongly.
She had no intention of causing trouble for Shi Xue.
Although the reason for her divorce from Zhou Yingsheng was Shi Xue, the bigger issue lay with Zhou Yingsheng himself.
Moreover, after the divorce, the messy affairs of Zhou Yingsheng or Shi Xue had nothing to do with her.
All she needed to do was live her own life well and focus on her studies.
She just felt a bit sentimental.
Zhou Yingsheng was probably being deceived by Shi Xue.
Shi Xue, while studying at Beijing University, was busy flirting with other boys, while Zhou Yingsheng still naively believed that Shi Xue was waiting to retake the entrance exams with him so they could be together.
Who knows what Zhou Yingsheng would think if he found out about Shi Xue’s behavior?
Cai Shumin had initially decided to ignore Shi Xue’s affairs, but the next moment, Xu Jinning’s inner thoughts made her frown.
[Shi Xue didn’t even get into Beijing University; she didn’t even pass the most basic vocational school.]
[Her spot at Beijing University is actually her sister-in-law’s!]
What?
Shi Xue didn’t get into university and took someone else’s spot?
What’s going on?
And sister-in-law?
Could it be that Shi Xue was married?
In the following inner thoughts from Xu Jinning, Cai Shumin finally understood the whole story.
It turned out that a few years ago, after being sent to the countryside, Shi Xue didn’t want to work, get tanned, or have rough hands.
So, she set her sights on the son of the brigade captain.
This captain had six children, only the third one was a son, and the rest were daughters.
The family favored boys over girls, and all resources were given to the son.
Ironically, the son was so honest that he was almost foolish, while the five daughters were all exceptionally smart.
Although the couple favored their son over their daughters, to maintain his position as brigade captain and avoid gossip, he allowed his daughters to attend school, up to junior high school.
The first three daughters who attended school all graduated with excellent grades.
They also wanted to nurture their son, but unfortunately, he struggled academically and dropped out of school voluntarily before even finishing elementary school.
Shi Xue set her sights on the only son of the captain.
Under her deliberate seduction, he indeed fell for her.
Although the captain and his wife didn’t have a good impression of educated youth and didn’t want their son to marry one, their son was adamant, even threatening to harm himself, so they had no choice but to relent.
Thus, Shi Xue married Zhou Feng.
