Rejected by the Campus Belle, I Find My True Love-Chapter 83: I’ll show you a picture of my boyfriend
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"The heiress of the Lin Corporation, worth hundreds of billions, and for Christmas, she only has these two shabby Christmas trees for company? If word of this gets out, I don’t know how many people will die laughing. Tell me, should I take a screenshot and show it to our classmates? You’ve always held your family background over their heads, and they’ve been desperate for something else to mock you about. This is pretty good material."
"Oh, and I almost forgot. Your grades are already a laughingstock. Now that you’ve missed nearly an entire semester of classes, congratulations—you’re number one again this semester. Dead last, that is."
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"Honestly, if you didn’t tell me otherwise, I would’ve thought you were living in some rundown hovel."
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"And where’s that boyfriend of yours? Why haven’t I seen him?"
Lin Xi’s cheeks flushed slightly. "He’s still at the university!"
"Not bad, you actually dare to admit it. So tell me, what do you see in him? Do you like that he makes you suffer? Or is it that he hasn’t forced you to live under a bridge?"
Si Wen was genuinely furious. When Lin Xi ran away from home without a word, she had nearly gone mad with worry. The outside world was a dangerous place, and Lin Xi was the heiress to the Lin Corporation. What if someone tried to harm her for her wealth? After all, there was no shortage of news stories about the children of wealthy families being kidnapped and killed.
As Lin Xi stepped out of the footbath, Auntie Shen immediately came over to dry her feet. Lin Xi then led her friend’s video call into her room.
"Si Wen, listen to me. Don’t call this Christmas tree ugly. I drew its branches myself, cutting them out bit by bit with scissors. I also painted them, stroke by stroke.
"And do you know how it bloomed? Xue Yang mixed up a magical solution and sprinkled it on the paper, and it bloomed overnight. Amazing, isn’t it?
"And this room—if I just sit on this stool, I can see the view outside. The last time it snowed, we built a bunch of snowmen downstairs. Let me tell you, the snowmen Xue Yang makes are absolutely wonderful, so tiny and charming.
"There’s also this laptop, which I use for research and to write my novels.
"And I chose the color for these bedsheets. They’re pink, aren’t they pretty? Let me show you the second bedroom; it’s filled with clothes... all of which Xue Yang earned with his own two hands. And..."
"That’s enough, Lin Xi!" Si Wen cut her off.
"You’ve really changed. We used to talk about clothes, bags, and makeup, or the best places to travel for fun. Now, every other word out of your mouth is about your boyfriend, Xue Yang. Is he really that great?"
Lin Xi said earnestly, "Xue Yang is great. He’s truly wonderful. He’s the best boy in the world. If you met him, you’d definitely like him too."
When Lin Xi spoke of Xue Yang, she became a completely different person, radiating a light of pure happiness. In all the years Si Wen had known her, she had never seen her like this.
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This time, it was Si Wen’s turn to be silent.
"Si Wen, I’ll show you his picture."
Lin Xi found her favorite photo in her phone’s album and sent it to her. She had originally intended to treasure this photo for herself, but Si Wen was her best friend. And what are best friends for? Sharing everything, of course.
Of course, boyfriends aren’t for sharing. Xue Yang could only be hers!
The photo was different from the others. It had been taken on the day of the first snow, when she and Xue Yang were building snowmen downstairs. In it, she and Xue Yang were sitting close together on the snowy ground. In front of them were five miniature snowmen that Xue Yang had made. Lin Xi’s head rested on Xue Yang’s shoulder, her smile as beautiful as a blossoming flower.
Xue Yang gazed at her tenderly. She looked beautiful and playful, while he was devastatingly handsome. No matter how you looked at them, they were a perfect match.
Si Wen was silent. She looked down at the photos in her hand, which a private investigator had taken, and fell into deep thought.
In those photos, Lin Xi was smiling radiantly, and Xue Yang’s face was full of adoration. It was obvious they were in love and incredibly happy. Anyone who saw them would be unable to help but smile fondly. But compared to the picture Lin Xi had just sent, these still lacked a certain spark.
Si Wen wondered what was missing, until... she zoomed in on the photo on her phone and saw the five unique little snowmen in front of them.
Those were miniature versions of Lin Xi and Xue Yang, weren’t they?
Lin Xi, completely oblivious to Si Wen’s strange expression, had her attention fixed on her phone. In fact, there was another photo she had considered sending, but on second thought, she decided against it, worried it might cause trouble for others. She would wait for a chance to look at it with Si Wen on her phone someday.
Lin Xi was a traditional girl. She believed that being with the person you love should be a lively affair. Having a few children would certainly make things lively. As her best friend, Si Wen naturally understood this about her. They say that when a girl truly loves a man, she’ll want to have his children, because only then are the two of them truly connected.
"Lin Xi, you’re hopeless. Alright, I have to go. My phone is about to be confiscated. I told a little lie just to wait for this call, so if I get caught, I’m done for."
With that, Si Wen hung up.
Hearing that the call had ended, Auntie Shen came in from outside.
"Miss, tell me about this Xue Yang."
She genuinely thought of Lin Xi as her own daughter and didn’t want to see her deceived. The young miss is still young; it’s normal for her to be a poor judge of character. She had met plenty of people in her life and wanted to get a sense of who this Xue Yang was and what his character was like before she spoke with him further. In Auntie Shen’s view, Lin Xi was completely lovesick, and nothing anyone said would get through to her. She had to prescribe the right medicine for the ailment.
Lin Xi, who saw Auntie Shen as both family and a friend, began to tell her all about Xue Yang. Auntie Shen didn’t remain idle; she found some ointment and listened as she gently applied it for Lin Xi. Seeing her young miss so vibrant and alive filled her heart with both relief and a touch of worry. If she were to be separated from Xue Yang, she would be heartbroken, wouldn’t she?
"Miss, did you meet Xue Yang right after you left home?"
"No, I walked for a whole day until I reached University Town. It was the middle of the night when I met him. It was raining, too, and we were both soaked like drowned rats."
"Did he do anything unusual then?"
"Unusual... He offered to call the police for me, but I wouldn’t let him. Then I just went home with him. Not here, though. We rented this place later."
"Miss..."
"Auntie Shen, you should just call me by my nickname, Xiao Xi. Xue Yang... he still doesn’t know about my identity."
Auntie Shen was taken aback. She had overheard parts of Lin Xi’s video call with Si Wen and was already filled with curiosity about this boy named Xue Yang. She had originally assumed he had deliberately taken in the young miss to eventually gain some benefit from the Lin Corporation. But it turned out he didn’t even know her identity.
Auntie Shen was completely thrown for a loop.
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