Chapter 63: Chapter 62: Care Too Much, and You’ll Lose It
"Next time, next time then."
He couldn’t help but resent the little creature in her belly, but he had to consider Su Xiaomeng’s health.
It took Su Xiaomeng a while to react, and for a moment, her nose tingled...
She felt she owed him so much.
After three songs, Su Xiaomeng didn’t feel that tired, and Ren Yixuan got a call from the mechanical engineering department’s office, saying there was a problem with the event.
"I’ll go handle something. Wait for me to come back and take you back to the dorm."
"...Okay."
Ren Yixuan left the ballroom, and Su Xiaomeng went to sit on a chair by the side.
As the saying goes, the boat will straighten itself when it gets to the bridge; once the event was over, the conflict with Ren Yixuan would be resolved. Then, she would take two days off, plus the weekend, to go to the hospital and take care of her pregnancy, and all the problems would be gone.
Thinking this way, she relaxed her entire body, her eyelids drooped, as she indeed felt a bit sleepy.
She lay down on the small table, and soon couldn’t hear the noise from outside.
Yet she didn’t know how long she had dozed off, but suddenly dreamed a hand touched her belly, waking her up with a start!
In her drowsiness, she heard a girl shout, "It really seems like there is..."
In an instant, all her sleepiness vanished; Su Xiaomeng felt her scalp tingle as she stared wide-eyed at the girl beside her who had touched her belly...
Why, why touch her belly? As if there really is... what?
Why did all these people gather around her, why were they all staring at her?
"Senior, senior... are you really pregnant?"
"Buzz!"
Su Xiaomeng’s mind exploded!
"You, you, what rubbish are you talking about!"
Su Xiaomeng hastily said, but these stuttered words barely formed a sentence, revealing her guilty conscience.
The junior who touched her belly might not have bad intentions towards Su Xiaomeng, and handed her phone to Su Xiaomeng.
"The school forum says... says you’re pregnant... and says you’re being kept... is it true?"
Su Xiaomeng took the phone, her fingers trembling as she swiped through the forum page—
—Pregnant? Su Xiaomeng? The president of the OMG Club? Can’t be, right?
—Can’t be? She looks like a pretty pure girl!
—Correction, she looks like a pretty pure b*tch!
—Isn’t she close with Ren Yixuan? Could the child be...
—The original poster said it’s not Ren Yixuan’s! Is my male god going to be a dad?
—Damn! What the hell, why should Senior Brother Ren wear someone else’s used shoes?! I’m against it!
—But she was just dancing with the senior just now... what’s going on?
—The senior definitely doesn’t know! We need to tell him quickly! Seriously, no one can be this shameless! If it were me, I wouldn’t have the face to see the senior again!
—Let me just say, during tonight’s theater event, a mature man sitting next to me said he was Su’s boyfriend!
—Holy crap! So she really is being kept? People like this, didn’t their parents teach them better? Let’s blame the parents!
—Anyway, that man is really rich, the watch on his hand I’ve seen in magazines, it costs seven figures.
—Su’s got skills, huh, could she hook me up with some too, hahahaha...
Su Xiaomeng’s vision blurred, new comments continually popping up on the forum; in just over ten minutes, the post was at the top...
The noise around her grew louder, people saying all kinds of things, words she had never heard before, so unpleasant...
Those she had never interacted with, never offended, their staring now was like knives, ruthlessly cutting wounds into her.
Did she... do something wrong?
Was being pregnant... her fault?
Even if it was her fault, what did it have to do with these people?
"Senior..."
"What does it have to do with you?" Su Xiaomeng coldly looked at the girl, then her icy gaze swept over the others, "Whether I’m pregnant or being kept, what the hell does it have to do with you?! Why are you gossiping here?"
"Maybe... everyone is just curious. There’s no malice, so you don’t have to blow up. College students being kept, then getting pregnant... it’s quite common now."
Xiao Ling shrugged and said lightly.
Su Xiaomeng glared at Xiao Ling, "If it’s so common! What’s there to be curious about?"
"Hmm... maybe they’re just curious... about the money?"
"Yes! We worked hard to get into A University, study for four years, get certificates, earn diplomas, go to grad school, only to wonder if it compares to you sleeping with others a few times."
The person speaking was a friend of Xiao Ling, who had a mean look.
"Tell us, how much per night? Also... your belly, how long have you been pregnant? Is the father asking you to keep it? Or planning to abort? The first seems unlikely, but the second... Su Xiaomeng, you’re quite ruthless too..."
Her hands and feet turned cold, it was the first time she found people... so terrifying, and their words... so vicious.
The overwhelming crowd, each carried deep malice, bombarding her with their relentless verbal arrows.
"I say, you’re not really planning to let senior wear a green hat, are you? Even shamelessness should have a limit!"
Su Xiaomeng bit her lip tight; she wanted to scream, but what could she yell?
It’s not my fault, I’m not being kept, this is all just a mistake, I never wanted Ren Yixuan to suffer...
But, who would believe it?
They’re all just watching the show...
She wanted to leave; here, a single mouthful of spit from each person could drown her. But why should she stand here foolishly and let these people drown her?
"Su Xiaomeng! Where do you think you’re going!" A tall girl reached out and grabbed Su Xiaomeng’s hair!!
"You haven’t explained yourself clearly! What do you mean by stringing along Senior Brother? You’re already pregnant with someone else’s child, so why did you come here tonight to fight with Senior Sister Xiao over Senior Brother?!"
Su Xiaomeng felt a shiver down her scalp, and her emotions erupted completely. She was never one to endure grievances, and feeling wronged, she turned around, grabbed the girl’s hand, and bit down!
"Ah——"
Seeing this, several girls rushed forward, pulling at Su Xiaomeng’s hair!
Su Xiaomeng was in extreme pain, but she refused to let go of the girl’s hand, with tears streaming down her face.
Hair was torn out, and her scalp was bleeding...
The bystanders never expected that Su Xiaomeng would manage to create a stalemate, even when outnumbered seven to one!
A few boys were hesitating whether to step in and stop it when a fierce voice suddenly came over the loudspeaker——
"If anyone dares to let Su Xiaomeng get hurt today, I’ll make sure she’s expelled from A University tomorrow. I, Yin Meng, always do what I say!"
The microphone emitted a sharp, piercing sound, and the whole scene fell silent.
Yin Meng...
The girl who was holding Su Xiaomeng’s hair slowly let go.
But Su Xiaomeng still stubbornly bit the girl’s arm, feeling miserable...
Yin Meng put down the microphone, pushed through the crowd, and quickly went to Su Xiaomeng’s side, "Xiaomeng, let go... It’s okay now, okay? It’s okay now!"
Su Xiaomeng released her mouth; she looked at Yin Meng, her tear-streaked, aggrieved expression made Yin Meng’s heart ache.
Her face and arms were covered with scratches, and her hair was a tangled mess...
She must have been crazy to hope that Su Xiaomeng and that jerk Ren Yixuan would turn out well!
"It’s okay now, Xiaomeng! Let’s go back."
Yin Meng grabbed a down jacket from nearby and put it on her, her sharp gaze sweeping over the girls just now, "Get this straight, it’s Ren Yixuan who likes Su Xiaomeng! That trash Ren Yixuan doesn’t even have the right to be jealous of Su Xiaomeng!"
"You better watch your——"
One girl was about to curse but was stopped by another girl’s glare.
"For everyone who touched Su Xiaomeng today, I remember all of you, and none of you should think about getting away! Whoever posted on the forum, it would be best to confess to me directly. If I have to drag each of you out... don’t blame me for being unpleasant then."
Yin Meng’s eyes swept across everyone present again.
Those who knew about Yin Meng’s background naturally didn’t dare to make noise, while those who didn’t know much were purely intimidated by her.
No one had ever seen this side of Yin Meng...
The usually easygoing and gentle demeanor... was it just a facade?
Yin Meng took Su Xiaomeng away from the business school.
If she hadn’t had the habit of scrolling through Weibo and the forum before bed, she couldn’t dare to imagine what would have happened to Su Xiaomeng when she woke up.
"Xiaomeng, it’s okay now... okay?"
"How could it be okay... I’m done for..."
The cold wind blew on her face, turning her tears into ice, stinging her skin.
"I will handle it, trust me, I will handle it well!"
"I’ve never bullied anyone, nor harmed anyone. Why are they doing this to me... I’m already unfortunate enough, and if they’re going to bully me, they should come at me one by one! I’m not afraid of them! But seven or eight at once, isn’t that just plain unfair?!"
Su Xiaomeng was genuinely heartbroken, but Yin Meng, hearing this, didn’t know whether to laugh or sympathize.
"Let’s go back to the dorm first, it’s cold outside."
Su Xiaomeng sniffled and sobbed as she followed Yin Meng back.
"Xiaomeng?"
Ren Yixuan, after dealing with matters at the mechanical engineering school, rushed back to see Yin Meng holding an eye-red Su Xiaomeng, and he was momentarily stunned.
Yin Meng hadn’t seen Ren Yixuan before, but seeing him now...
She let go of Su Xiaomeng and went up to slap Ren Yixuan!
The slap not only stunned Ren Yixuan, but also left Su Xiaomeng looking shocked, "Meng, Meng Meng..."
"Ren Yixuan, act like a man! What do you think you’re doing?!"
"Have you gone crazy?"
"It’s you who are crazy! The news about Xiaomeng’s pregnancy was posted on the forum, did you know that?"
"What?"
Ren Yixuan’s expression changed!
"Ha! Ren Yixuan, I didn’t expect you to be gracious enough to not mind Xiaomeng being pregnant, but I didn’t expect you to destroy what you couldn’t get!"
"You think I posted it?"
"The only people in the world who know about Xiaomeng being pregnant are you and me. If it’s not me, it’s you. I can swear that I haven’t told anyone. Can you swear that, Ren Yixuan?"
"Of course I——" The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he couldn’t say them.
Su Xiaomeng just looked at him, why... wouldn’t he say it?