Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 206 - 198: Wild Picnic (Part 3)

Chapter 206: Chapter 198: Wild Picnic (Part 3)

"Really, you’re living large, even willing to use ’Huayan’ for you— you know, my mom uses the cheapest one, the nine-yuan ’Huayan,’ and she flinches every time I use a little bit of it. She keeps telling me I’m too young to need it."

Wu Xiuyu covered her face and pretended to cry.

"It’s over, Lu Yun, I’m getting more and more jealous of you, what should I do? Boo hoo hoo, I need to cry a little first, or I won’t be able to resist the urge to bite you."

"Hehehe..."

Lu Yun was amused by Wu Xiuyu. As it happens, ’Huayan’ had undergone a price adjustment, and the domestic three-yuan iron box version now cost nine yuan.

"What are you guys talking about?" Seeing the two of them chatting in seemingly joyful spirits, more female classmates, one after another, gathered around to join the conversation.

Among them were those who envied Lu Yun for having been born into good fortune, as well as those who genuinely didn’t believe that Lu Yun’s family was wealthy, who deemed the previous rumors as the truth and looked down on her.

In fact, Lu Yun has always been a kind of "mysterious" figure in everyone’s eyes, and many were quite curious about her. After all, who wouldn’t be curious about a provincial exam topper in their class? And this exam topper had a habit of keeping a low profile.

She did not participate in military training, did not board at school, did not eat in the school’s cafeteria, and did not join in collective activities; she always arrived just in time for class and left immediately afterward. It was not easy for everyone to interact with her in daily life, but there was no shortage of "news" about her among the classmates.

While Lu Yun was not particularly beautiful, she had a certain charisma, and yet there were plenty of boys who liked her and wanted to pursue her, including Duan Muhong, famed for his exceptional family background and handsome looks, who was even called the campus prince. He was notably smitten with her and pursued her relentlessly...

Even more exaggerated were the rumors of people seeing her get picked up and dropped off for school by a middle-aged man on multiple occasions. Consequently, some nastily speculated she was being kept by someone.

Considering the recent sight of the "Shenlong Fukang" and the middle-aged man Lu Yun called "Uncle," many classmates who had heard the rumors about Lu Yun still thought they had uncovered the truth.

After all, who has ever heard of an "uncle" who could pick up and drop off their "niece" to school daily? That guy just now clearly looked red-faced and awkward; wasn’t that an obvious sign of guilt?

Lu Yun said that the boxes contained things prepared by her parents. Tsk tsk, in fact, when the class monitor opened them, many curious students crowded around to see, and the items were indeed lavishly prepared, far surpassing what they had pooled their money to buy.

There was an assortment of vegetables, meat, not to mention the high-end fruits—many people didn’t even recognize what they were at a glance. And those huge hairy crabs, dozens of them packed together, how much money would that cost?

Faced with such a topic of conversation, even those who felt disdain or looked down upon her would still gather around to gossip, satisfying their curiosity. If they could also dig up some "exclusive scoops" to later boast about with other classmates, all the better.

"Lu Yun, do you also use ’Huayan’? I thought your skin was naturally like that." A girl came over curiously to examine Lu Yun’s skin, her eyes filled with envy. Humph, it turns out this was the result of using ’Huayan,’ no wonder her skin was so good.

"The ’Huayan’ you use must have been bought for you by that ’uncle’ who drove you to school today, right?"

Another person also reached out to pinch Lu Yun’s cheek while speaking with a sour tone, but their face bore a hint of contempt.

"Your ’uncle’ sure is generous, still often driving you to and from school. Don’t your parents care about that? We have strict family discipline at home. If I did that, my parents would beat the life out of me."

"I really can’t make sense of what you’re saying. What I’m curious about is how my uncle taking me to and from school every day is in any way related to your family’s discipline and your parents wanting to kill you over it?"

She was clearly out to stir trouble, with ill intentions, and she directly dared to insinuate without any evidence that I was being kept; that was the implication, right? From where did she deduce that I was an easy target?

Lu Yun swiftly brushed the other’s hand away, looking over coldly, only to see a short, plump girl with eyes the size of mung beans spinning around, her round face wearing a genial smile.

If one were to ignore what she had just said, the smile on her chubby face would have given off a friendly vibe, quite deceptive, indeed creating a good first impression at first glance.

Unfortunately, after hearing what she had just uttered, now her smile looked utterly insincere no matter how one looked at it.

Appearances really can be deceiving.

"Liu Jinli, Lu Yun has never provoked you, has she? How can you smear her in public with such nonsense?"

Wu Xiuyu was so angry she wanted to slap Liu Jinli, who usually won people over with her chubby, smiling face, showing a warm-hearted attitude toward her classmates, fooling many in the class with her exterior.

But who knew behind their backs, she was the one who loved to talk ill of others the most.

When she had just joined the school, she also thought well of Liu Jinli and was coaxed into sharing a lot of personal matters with her. Then, suddenly, she overheard Liu Jinli badmouthing her to others using that same personal information, even mocking her maliciously, and when confronted, Liu Jinli tried to turn the tables. That’s when Wu Xiuyu finally saw her true colors.

"How did I smear Lu Yun? You ask her herself, was the man who drove her just now her real uncle?"

Liu Jinli tossed her head back, scoffing triumphantly, "You ask her, the two of them don’t even look alike. If he’s not her real uncle, what else could their relationship be? Anyone could guess it with their toes. Do I even need to smear her? I’m afraid she doesn’t dare admit it."

"You, you..." Wu Xiuyu, trembling with anger, turned around and looked at Lu Yun with hopeful eyes, grasping her hand and saying with firm conviction, "Lu Yun, I believe you’re not that kind of person."

The others, seeing how the rumors outside had been directly confronted in front of the person involved, couldn’t help but get excited, and even the group of boys not far away quieted down, looking over here with pricked ears.

"Thank you for your trust," Lu Yun said calmly, smiling at Wu Xiuyu then looking indifferently at Liu Jinli, lifting her head slightly with a mocking smile on her face, "The person who drove me here was indeed not my biological uncle."

As soon as Lu Yun’s words fell, her classmates erupted into a buzz, with every face showing an intriguing expression, and their gazes toward Lu Yun changed.

"Hah, didn’t I speak the truth? Such a person should be kicked out of our B University; they bring shame upon the students of B University," Liu Jinli quickly became smug.

"Lu Yun--" Wu Xiuyu immediately became anxious; in her heart, she still utterly refused to believe that Lu Yun could be such an unsavory person.