Heads-up! The CEO's Wife is a Hidden Big Boss! novel Chapter 1096

Chapter 1096: It Was Your Fortune That I Was Interested in You (Lu Guixin Part 20)

Editor: Atlas Studios

The news spread around the school quickly. Both girls and boys were gathered in groups in the corridors discussing this matter with phones in their hands. All eyes turned to Lu Guixin the moment she stepped out of the classroom. There were looks of all sorts, from disgust, nonchalance, and sneering to schadenfreude.

Lu Guixin hadn’t walked far when her phone rang inside her pocket. It was a call from the capital. She answered the phone and spoke in an aggressive tone, which was unlike her usual gentle voice. "Just watch. I’ll settle it on my own, Dad."

Lu Chengzhou lazily reminded her, "Do a good job. Don’t embarrass your mother."

As soon as Lu Guixin ended the call, she received another call. This time, it was from Tan Ying.

Tan Ying sounded relaxed as he said, "I’ve already clarified on Weibo that it was my great-grandfather’s birthday that day. I’ve also contacted a few media outlets, so this matter will soon die down."

"Die down?" Lu Guixin laughed, her voice light, slow, and sinister. "Do I look like a magnanimous person?"

Tan Ying froze and instinctively looked at his phone to check the name of the person he was speaking to. For a moment, he thought he’d called the wrong number. When he confirmed that he was indeed speaking to the right person, he asked hesitantly, "Lu Guixin? My little princess?"

Hostility shone in her eyes. "I have to know who’s picking on the new student who’s been barely here for a few months and hasn’t offended anyone."

As the Tan family’s heir who grew up with high expectations of him, Tan Ying naturally wasn’t a simple character. Despite his young age and frivolous appearance, he was a deep and introverted person.

After getting over his initial shock at the change in Lu Guixin’s attitude, he chuckled to himself and said, "Alright, I won’t get involved, then." I should have known. Even though her IQ might not be as high as her parents’, she still grew up under her parents’ influence. There’s no way she’s that simple.

Tan Ying remembered how her parents were notorious for being ruthless and how her uncles and brothers were always coddling her lest she suffered from any injustice. If the idiot behind the exposé finds out who they’ve offended, I bet they wouldn’t even dare cry.

After ending the call, Lu Guixin strode off to the toilet while assembling her other phone.

The toilet was empty as everyone was currently outside discussing the post on Weibo.

Lu Guixin stood in front of the sink and speedily assembled the small, complex metal instruments in front of her. Her fingers flew across the red projection keyboard that was on the black porcelain countertop without even looking down at it.

A beam of light projected from the left side of her gold-rimmed glasses and onto the white wall, showing the surveillance footage of the entire Ming City.

She searched for all the footage from the time she left Ming City High School and got into the Tan family’s car on the day of Elder Tan’s birthday.

People and cars flashed across her eyes as the video played at maximum speed.

The Xia family’s car, which was sent to fetch Xia Cheng, followed the Tan family’s car all the way from the school gate. Upon reaching Hotel W, the Xia family’s car didn’t enter the hotel’s parking lot. It stopped outside for a few minutes before driving off.

Lu Guixin took out her phone. The time shown on the huge electronic screen in front of Hotel W matched the time the Xia family’s car stopped outside the hotel entrance.

...

Meanwhile...

The Year Three cohort.

All the students were discussing the news of Lu Guixin and Tan Ying going to a hotel. Most of the Year Threes had seen Lu Guixin’s face on the school field previously, so they were certain that the person in the photo was her.

With photos serving as proof, a few girls in Class One’s classroom haughtily said, "What else do you guys have to say? Who said that Su Zeyue spread false rumors and that Lu Guixin wasn’t promiscuous?"

"She spent five whole hours inside the hotel with Tan Ying. That’s the true colors of your so-called innocent campus belle."

"You people drove Su Zeyue away!"

"Zhou Fu." One of the girls looked at Zhou Fu, who was sitting in the last row. "Are you going to continue to stand up for Lu Guixin? Su Zeyue was forced to withdraw from school for just stating the facts."

"I found it strange when the school made the decision to have Su Zeyue withdrawn. It turns out that Lu Guixin has Tan Ying behind her."

"How disgusting. On the one hand, she went to a hotel with Tan Ying while she deliberately approached Zhou Fu."

The girls who got picked on by the guys for speaking up for Su Zeyue felt a sense of triumph at this moment.

While holding his phone, Tian Rong glanced toward the seat near the door in the last row.

Zhou Fu was sitting with his legs wide open and his back against the side wall while looking down at his phone. He was expressionless as he looked at the photo showing Lu Guixin and Tan Ying coming out of the hotel after 11 pm. In his other hand was the slip of paper Lu Guixin had folded for him the night before, and he was spinning it between his fingers.

The malicious comments and criticisms from netizens and their classmates made Xia Cheng smirk.

Someone had posted the entire Tan family’s family tree on Weibo, and the public opinion grew louder and louder—people asked the relevant authorities to conduct an investigation on them.

Tan Ying is part of the scandal, so the Tan family is in trouble themselves. And, without their protection, the school will surely punish Lu Guixin for causing such huge damage to their reputation. It’s such a shame that I didn’t manage to find out anything about Lu Guixin’s family even after spending so much money. Not even the netizens could, either. Xia Cheng put her phone away and turned her head to look at Zhou Fu.

He was poker-faced and aloof as usual, and he seemed unaffected by the matter.

Xia Cheng pursed her lips. She couldn’t tell what he was thinking. "Zhou Fu, you..."

Just then, he stood up as the school bell for the next class rang.

Tian Rong asked, "Where are you going? It’s time for class."

"Restroom," said Zhou Fu before leaving the classroom through the back door. He kicked the door of each toilet cubicle to check if it was empty and then quickly reassembled his phone into a mini laptop. He leaned against the sink while tapping quickly on the keyboard. Even though it was tiny, it didn’t affect his typing speed.

The initial Weibo post had already been deleted by the original author, and they even deleted their own account. After the huge media coverage on that post, the exposer no longer mattered.

That said, it was easy for Zhou Fu to restore the Weibo account, and he managed to trace the IP address to an internet cafe abroad. After hacking into the internet cafe’s surveillance system, he found the footage showing the exposer properly concealed in a cap and a mask.

Pretty smart, huh? They got someone abroad to expose the news. Zhou Fu chuckled to himself and made an outgoing call. He shoved his earphones into his ears and then growled aggressively, "I need you to look for someone. I’ll send you their information in a bit."

...

Five minutes later, Lu Guixin arrived at the Year Three’s academic building. As soon as she got out of the lift, she ran into Zhou Fu, who happened to come out of the restroom just then. Neither moved as their gazes met.

A hostile, dark, and icy aura emanated from Lu Guixin, but she closed her eyes to hide those emotions the moment she spotted Zhou Fu. After a few seconds of silence, she opened her eyes again, only to look gentle and mild again. She took a few steps toward him and explained softly, "There’s nothing between me and Tan Ying. He only sees me as his younger sister. We weren’t there alone at the hotel, and we weren’t there to get a room. He took me there for his grandfather’s birthday celebration."

"There’s nothing between us," said Zhou Fu blandly. "So why did you come all the way here to give me an explanation?"

His tone made Lu Guixin fall silent.

Zhou Fu slipped his hands into his pockets, his voice insipid. "There’s no need for you to do that."

"No need?" Lu Guixin’s expression became cold as she stared at his face. This is the first time I’m explaining something so seriously to another person, but he’s telling me that there’s no need for it.

His icy attitude made her instantly sober up, and she started to reflect on her past month’s actions. All along, he has been keeping his distance from me, and the reason for our close contact is only due to my proactiveness. Even now, he has no concern about me—not that I care, but his lack of concern has proven that my efforts have been futile. I was simply wasting my time on him. There has been no change in our relationship.

I thought I was close to overcoming an interesting high-level challenge—as long as I made it into the top 300 in the exam, he would agree to fulfill my wish—but everything is clear now. He wasn’t playing hard to get with me—he was playing along with me. He treated me well when he was in a good mood and then gave me the cold treatment when he wasn’t in a good mood. I thought I was the one in power, but I now realize that the power has always been with him. He’s been a spectator laughing nonchalantly at my performance. He gave me a response when he felt like it, but I was so thrilled about it.

Having grown up getting everything she wanted, she naturally didn’t think that Zhou Fu would be an exception. However, the truth was that she wasn’t capable of thawing his icy heart.

Hah, boring. Since I can give out my heart, I can take it back as well.

Zhou Fu was about to say something upon noticing that something was off with her, but she suddenly chuckled to herself and nodded with a self-deprecating smirk. "Fine. I have no more concerns now."

Zhou Fu frowned at that.

Lu Guixin raised her hand with her palm facing up. "Return it to me."

"What?" Zhou Fu looked at her with confusion.

Her cold voice rang out. "The slip of paper I wrote for you last night. Return it to me."

Zhou Fu didn’t take it out, though. "Why do you want it?"

Lu Guixin seethed. "I’ll say it for the last time. Return it to me."

Upon seeing her irritated look, Zhou Fu pursed his lips, took out the folded piece of paper from the pocket of his school uniform, and passed it to her.

"I can’t believe that you brought it around with you." Lu Guixin sneered as she took it from him. "Unfortunately, I no longer want it." There’s no need for me to cling to someone who won’t respond to me. It’s time I pick up my ego.

"Game over, Zhou Fu." Lu Guixin stared into his eyes, her voice devoid of any warmth. Right in front of him, she tore up the paper and dumped it in the trash bin outside the restroom.

Zhou Fu’s pupils constricted at that. For the first time, a trace of panic appeared in his usually calm and aloof eyes as he instinctively reached his hand slightly toward the trash bin.

As soon as Lu Guixin finished saying her piece, she turned around and headed toward Class One’s classroom.

Zhou Fu curled his fingers. He wanted to go after her, but he ended up walking to the trash bin instead. He looked inside the bin but couldn’t find what he was looking for. It seemed that the pieces of paper had fallen to the bottom of the bin from the sides.

With a frown and pursed lips, Zhou Fu then reached both hands into the bin and rummaged through it.

...

Lu Guixin could hear the voice of Class One’s form teacher even before she reached the entrance of the classroom. "Stop talking about Lu Guixin and Tan Ying. The school and the relevant departments will get to the bottom of this matter before putting up a notice. Let’s get on with the lesson."

As soon as she said that, she heard a bang. The classroom’s door had been kicked open. The loud sound made her jump in shock. It came from the metal door hitting the wall. She whipped her head around, only to see Lu Guixin standing in the doorway. Without her glasses, the latter’s pretty eyes appeared especially clear. At this moment, her eyes were unusually dark, and she was wearing a sneer on her face.

"Hi, I’m looking for Xia Cheng." Lu Guixin greeted the teacher in a gentle and polite tone, but it somehow sent a chill down the latter’s back.

The form teacher was present at the principal’s office previously to handle Su Zeyue’s matter, so she knew who Lu Guixin was. It was her first time meeting the girl face-to-face, but all it took was a look at the latter for her legs to go wobbly. She was so frightened that she stood rooted to the spot.

The way the students looked at Lu Guixin varied, too. How can she come here after what happened?

"Teacher, I’m looking for Xia Cheng," Lu Guixin repeated herself slowly while maintaining her smile.

When the teacher snapped back to her senses, she didn’t dare to say anything else. She looked at Xia Cheng, and her voice trembled a little as she said, "Xia Cheng, you should go out."

As everyone’s attention was on Lu Guixin, they didn’t realize their teacher’s odd behavior.

Although Xia Cheng didn’t know why Lu Guixin was looking for her, she was flustered at the thought of what she had done. Don’t tell me that she’s found out? But that’s impossible. I spent a bomb hiring a stranger from another country to publish that post in an internet cafe and leave that country right after. My plan was all flawless. There’s no way she’d know.

At the thought of that, she felt slightly relieved. She then got up and walked out of the classroom.

Lu Guixin was standing in front of the metal railing, expressionless and with her hands in her pockets while looking down.

Xia Cheng slowly walked up to her. "Why are you looking for me?"

Lu Guixin turned around. Being half a head taller, she looked down at Xia Cheng with a cold smirk.

When Xia Cheng found it hard to breathe when faced with such a piercing face, she hated herself a little for being so cowardly. She thus said in annoyance, "What do you want..."

Lu Guixin slapped her on the face.

It was so loud that the sound resonated throughout the entire hallway and even reached all the classrooms on that floor. All the students sitting near the window immediately stood up and looked out of it. What they saw left them floored, for Xia Cheng was lying sprawled on the floor with blood trickling from her nose and mouth. "D*mn!"

Just how hard did Lu Guixin hit Xia Cheng for her to end up in this state?!

The teachers in the classrooms all ran to the doorway and were rendered speechless by what they saw. The color drained from the face of Class One’s form teacher as she threw her chalk aside and walked out. She was so shocked by the scene that she couldn’t say anything at all.

Smirking, Lu Guixin tilted her head slightly. The aura she exuded was so frightening that it left one’s head numb.

The slap made Xia Cheng feel dizzy, and there was a buzzing sound in her mind. She was unable to climb to her feet despite her repeated attempts, and blood flowed out nonstop from her nose to the ground.

The form teacher gasped in shock when she got a clear look at Xia Cheng’s face.

Lu Guixin slowly crouched down and placed a hand on her knee for support. With her other hand, she clamped down on Xia Cheng’s jaw and lifted her off the ground to make her look up at her.

Xia Cheng instinctively shivered in fear when her vision cleared up enough for her to meet Lu Guixin’s eyes. She was so scared that she cried to her teacher for help. Blood flowed out of her mouth and onto Lu Guixin’s hand when she did so. "Teacher... Save me..."

The form teacher, who had never seen anything like this before, said with trembling lips, "L-Lu Guixin, is there a misunderstanding somewhere? There’s no way Xia Cheng—"

Before she could finish saying her piece, she found Lu Guixin directing her glacial look at her. Her eyes widened in fear as she sucked in a breath, not daring to say a word more.

It was dead silent on the entire floor. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Tian Rong and the few other guys leaning out of the window stared dumbly at Lu Guixin. Is this really the soft-spoken campus belle we know?

As Lu Guixin squeezed Xia Cheng’s jaw, the latter whimpered in pain. It felt as if her jawbones were about to be crushed.

Lu Guixin smiled and asked gently, "It hurts, doesn’t it?"

Xia Cheng, who was filled with fear, grasped at Lu Guixin’s wrist in an attempt to break free.

Everyone who was watching this didn’t dare make a sound.

Still smiling away, Lu Guixin coldly asked, "Do you now know how angry I am?"

"You mad woman! You’re a lunatic!" Xia Cheng whimpered in pain while glaring at the other.

Lu Guixin’s smile vanished all of a sudden. "This slap is for following the Tan family’s car and taking photos of me and Tan Ying."

Flustered, Xia Cheng blurted, "What nonsense are you spouting?! I didn’t do it! It wasn’t me! What evidence do you have?!"

Slap!

Everyone watching this couldn’t help but shiver in fear. She reduced Xia Cheng to this state with just two slaps...

All the students gasped in shock when they heard that. Wow, she’s so fierce! Never mind that she came all the way to beat Xia Cheng up, but she’s even scolding Zhou Fu now and asking him to get lost... She looks as if she’s going to fight him right here and now...

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