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They pretended as if nothing had happened, abruptly stopping their hushed discussion. Their gazes made Zhao Mingyue feel disgusted. She had clearly heard them discussing her name as she entered the room.

Without greeting them or showing an awkward smile to pretend she hadn’t heard anything, Zhao Mingyue acted as if the matter had passed.

Carrying her schoolbag in one hand, she walked straight towards these few classmates with a serious expression on her face.

These few people obviously hadn’t expected Zhao Mingyue to directly walk towards them. After all, they had just been whispering about her, and now the person in question was here, walking towards them. They felt a bit embarrassed and didn’t know whether to leave or continue sitting there, pretending nothing had happened.

Zhao Mingyue didn’t give them time to react. She stopped in front of them, standing straight with a gentle smile on her face. “I heard everyone seemed to be discussing something about me just now. I wonder if you could share it with me? Perhaps there’s some misunderstanding.”

Zhao Mingyue was very polite. At this time, there were more than just these seven students in the classroom. There were others sitting in their seats, and when Zhao Mingyue said this, the gazes of the other people in the classroom also turned towards them.

The female classmates mostly had curious looks, while many of the male classmates’ gazes lingered on Zhao Mingyue before hurriedly looking away, pretending to be uninterested. However, their hands had already stopped moving.

With the gazes of nearly twenty classmates gathered on them, the few students who had been gossiping were becoming visibly anxious.

Some remained silent, some waved their hands dismissively, saying it was nothing and that they were just casually chatting. Others smiled awkwardly, indicating that she shouldn’t take the rumors to heart.

However, the girl in front of Zhao Mingyue directly stood up, her gaze fixed on Zhao Mingyue.

“What we say and discuss is our freedom. Why must we tell you? You say we were discussing you. How do you know? Did you hear it?”

The girl had light makeup on her single-lidded, narrow eyes. Her cheekbones were high, and her jawbone was wide. Her long hair was slightly curled, and the scent of some perfume wafted from her body.

“No, Zhao Mingyue, don’t you feel embarrassed yourself?”

“And what’s with ‘perhaps there’s some misunderstanding’? It’s ridiculous, as if we’re slandering you.”

“If you don’t know how to speak, then don’t come and join in the excitement. I really don’t understand. Disrupting the atmosphere of other people’s small circles, does it make you feel good? Not only is it embarrassing for you, but it’s also embarrassing for us, you know?”

Just as the girl was getting into it, someone lightly tugged at her from behind. “Niannian, stop talking.”

Zhao Mingyue didn’t mind. She waited for Zhu Niannian to finish speaking before opening her mouth, still smiling. “If you don’t want to say it, then forget it. I didn’t force you. It’s normal for me to ask what happened when you called out my name just now, don’t you think?”

“I was just worried that you all believed the rumors outside. I wanted to tell you that those rumors are unreliable, just like what’s being spread outside. You confessed to Li Nan but were rejected, and you even cried and threatened to drop out of school.”

“A smart person would know it’s definitely a rumor because I believe Classmate Zhu is well aware that as students, we should prioritize our studies.”

“But you’re right, I did interrupt you, and for that, I apologize.”

With that, Zhao Mingyue turned and walked away, not giving Zhu Niannian a chance to retaliate and completely ignoring her livid expression.

It’s worth mentioning that Zhu Niannian had once publicly expressed her feelings to Lu Liangting, but was directly rejected by him with the words “prioritizing studies.” It had been a topic of discussion in the school for a long time, almost becoming a meme.

Returning to her seat, Zhao Mingyue sat down and picked up the heart-shaped chocolate on the desk with both hands.

She naturally knew who had sent it, but she only untied the pink ribbon tied in a butterfly knot on top and took out the book underneath, placing it on the desk.

At this moment, most of the male students in the class shifted their attention over. They really wanted to know what Zhao Mingyue would choose, accept the chocolate or mercilessly throw it away.

Zhao Mingyue picked up the note on top and carefully read its contents.

Then, in front of everyone, she directly opened the box of chocolates and calmly took out a piece, unwrapped it, and popped it into her mouth.

At this moment, not to mention the other classmates, even Bai Yu couldn’t understand this girl’s actions.

She had just countered Zhu Niannian, indicating that she wasn’t a blockhead who knew nothing about matters of the heart. But not only did she not throw away the chocolate, she even ate it herself?!

This box of chocolates was a gesture of affection, not for you to eat!

Agreeing meant accepting it, refusing meant returning it. There were two choices.

“Mingyue, the school you’re at now is different from your previous one. It’s best not to eat or accept this thing,” Bai Yu’s voice echoed in Zhao Mingyue’s mind. Zhao Mingyue replied to Bai Yu while eating.

“Why can’t I eat it? Wasn’t it given to me? The note on top only says that this is compensation for lending me the book and hopes that I can accept it.”

“Besides, this box of chocolates is quite expensive. It’s 198 yuan per box, which is two or even three days’ worth of my salary!”

Bai Yu didn’t respond for a long time. She felt that she might have overthought it.

This girl was far from being as stupid as she seemed. In fact, she was quite clever. On the surface, she looked honest and easy to bully, but upon careful observation, one would find that she wasn’t someone who would suffer in silence.

If one were to say that Zhao Mingyue’s honest appearance was an act, deliberately playing the fool to catch the wise, that wouldn’t be right either.

Based on Bai Yu’s understanding of her, her being scolded and actively fighting back was simply based on a thought in her mind.

That was “Why should I let you bully me for no reason? Wouldn’t I be at a loss then? No way!”

Going back to why this girl ate the heart-shaped chocolate in front of the whole class, the reason was actually quite similar.

“I told you not to give it to me, but you insisted on giving it to me. Since you must give it to me, then it’s mine. If I don’t eat such expensive chocolate, wouldn’t I be at a loss?!”

As for what others might think or say, that wasn’t important.

Who said heart-shaped chocolates must express affection? Li Nan himself wasn’t even here, and the note he left didn’t say anything about it.

If Li Nan came to find her because of this matter, thinking he had a chance, then she could just reject him.

The only risk she had to take was the other party asking for the box of chocolates back.

As for other risks, when Bai Yu thought about it carefully, there seemed to be none.

Would Li Nan become angry and seek revenge? Or would she become the new talk of the class?

Honestly, none of that mattered.

Just as Zhao Mingyue continued enjoying the chocolates, Lu Liangting walked in, his gaze almost instantly falling on Zhao Mingyue.

At this moment, he had many things he wanted to ask Zhao Mingyue.

Like what had happened last night.

And whether Zhao Mingyue knew the whereabouts of that female ghost.