Chapter 472 - 453: Finding The Reason-III

"Look at the time, it's now our turn, Chang Min," said Zhuang Xuan when he perused the time on his watch.

"Now?" He Chang Min's eyes was torn between Zhuang Xuan and Li Lian. He still wanted to stay here with her and not leave when they had just spend time together for the day. "I'm sorry Lian Lian," Chang Min said with a tone as if he was hateful to leave, causing a hint of happiness to appear on Li Lian's lips.

"I don't mind, I need to leave soon too," Li Lian said as she pushed herself to stand.

"I will come to your concert when it's your time to appear," He Chang Min made a promise before he left the place, bidding goodbye with a wave of his hands.

Now alone, Li Lian decided to look around as many classes were holding the festival and their own point of attraction. Walking alone, she noticed the girls who were whispering after sneaking glances at her. Unlike the time she was with He Chang Min, the gazes became much sharper and filled with malice, something Li Lian had noticed long time ago.

People hated her as for what the reason was, Li Lian could only guess that it had something to do with her being He Chang Min's girlfriend. Li Lian at first minded the gaze. It hadn't been more than half a year since she embark on the journey of meeting her biological family. It supposed to be a very delightful experience and moment for her but as her feet continue to take more steps in China, she felt as though the ground beneath her feet turning less solid and gradually turn into a mud that would pull her to be buried under the ground.

She had learned and begin to shake things off, the gaze of others that judged her now became less painful than how it was at first. Walking away, Li Lian noticed the sign of a haunted house which might look fun, but Li Lian who wasn't fond of ghosts as much as her older twin brothers did, decide to miss the attraction.

"Look, who this is, Li Lian!" came the voice from behind her that had Li Lian to sigh as she could immediately guess who it was. The guess was proven to be correct when Li Lian turned her face to find Fu Wanxi. "Alone? I thought there would be the two knights who love to be with you."

"Two? Is it two timing?" another voice chimed from the woman who stood beside Fu Wanxi.

"Maybe, for a person who sleep around with the professors for her marks, I can only imagine that she had slept around with the people close to her, ugh, disgusting," spat Fu Wanxi who then chuckled. More people begin to stop on their heels, curious of what was happening with the tension that strained but no one tried to help Li Lian and instead laughed as if the degrading remark Fu Wanxi said was a funny joke.

"Tell me Li Lian, I also wish to have marks like you, but of course without doing things like you, what do you think I should do? You are clever, there must be some method you have in mind don't you?"

Li Lian had always remained silent when events like this occurred. Martial arts had been taught to her to her bones, but Li Lian wasn't allowed to attack anyone as she knew the difference between her and the people around her. If she was serious, she could take their lives which Li Lian would like not to do. But the limit of her patience was nearly on the breaking point with the slanders Fu Wanxi kept on babbling. 

"I am not sure if I get your point, Wanxi," Li Lian said, causing Fu Wanxi to laugh at her flimsy retort.

"I can't blame you, the words we use in the City must be difficult for a country bumpkin like you to understand," Fu Wanxi chuckled, expecting for Li Lian to feel offended for her satisfaction but she didn't know that people learn from pain, and with how often Fu Wanxi demean her, this much worth nothing to anger her. 

Instead, Li Lian threw her head forward and laughed the way Fu Wanxi did, starling the life out of the woman, "I understand it now, what you want from me. If I tell you how, will you leave me alone?" Li Lian's bold question caused Fu Wanxi's smile to fell.

"Okay, tell me how then," Fu Wanxi took a step forward, placing her hand on her shoulders.

Li Lian's eyes trailed on the woman's hand and lightly she took Fu Wanxi's hand before dropping it aside, "Let me make my question clear. You wish to have the knowledge on how to sleep with a professors, don't you?"

Fu Wanxi drew her brows. This wasn't what she wanted to ask! "What-"

"I don't know anything about sleeping with professors but I suggest you begin by dressing yourself a little more feasibly. Wearing crop tops with a very low cut to show cleavage everyday will only make you look boring and cheap; especially when you buy your clothes only in white and black color. I almost thought that our college had issued a uniform."

"Your words! Did you just called me cheap?!" Fu Wanxi was ready to lash out but all of a sudden, Li Lian pulled a frown and a naive expression as if she was confounded by her question.

"I am sorry, but I don't really get what you mean... I mean, I am not fluent with the language city folks like you use. Maybe that's why we cannot speak in the same page; unless you are the one whose IQ is too low to understand my words?" Li Lian put on a smile and watched Fu Wanxi as she struggled to keep her emotions.

In anger, Fu Wanxi reached out her hand to slap Li Lian's face which Li Lian could easily dodge but someone had stopped Fu Wanxi before she did. His voice was low and husky when he warned, "It's embarrassing to sort out words with violence. You should go or behave more civil with words and actions unless you wish to help everyone across the world to learn the ugliest side of humanities. Look around you, see how many cameras are here to record your action? Even if I tell you this now, I assume it's to late to stop them now with what you've done."