The Tycoon's Mysterious Darling Wife
Chapter 103. Shen Qinglan Being Kept? (Second Update)

Chapter 103: 103. Shen Qinglan Being Kept? (Second Update)

In early November, at six in the morning, the sky was still bearing the last of the pre-dawn darkness as they walked out of the dormitory building; it was still dark. A cold wind blew, causing Yu Xiaoxuan to shiver and finally wake up fully.

Not many people were on the sports field, just a sparse few. Shen Qinglan led Yu Xiaoxuan through some pre-exercise stretches before they started running.

To accommodate Yu Xiaoxuan, she didn’t run fast.

At first, Yu Xiaoxuan was able to keep pace shoulder to shoulder with Shen Qinglan, but gradually she fell behind. Then she began to breathe heavily, and eventually, her run turned into a snail’s pace walk.

Shen Qinglan slowed down to stay with her, but upon seeing Yu Xiaoxuan turning pale, she finally stopped. "Let’s call it a day."

Yu Xiaoxuan shook her head, "No... no, I have to keep my promise and run with you, even if it is only for two days, I must stick it out."

"Can you still run?"

Yu Xiaoxuan just nodded.

So, the following scene played out on the sports field: Yu Xiaoxuan ran at a pace slightly faster than a snail, with Shen Qinglan following beside her, occasionally glancing over as if worried that, without attention, she might just collapse.

Although slow, Yu Xiaoxuan never stopped; her motivation was not Linda, but what Shen Qinglan had said earlier—the point of exercising was to be able to eat better.

More and more people began to appear on the sports field. Initially focused on running, Yu Xiaoxuan hadn’t noticed, but gradually, she realized that many people were looking at them, whispering things she couldn’t make out.

"Qinglan, have you noticed that a lot of people are watching us today? Could it be that we look especially beautiful?" Yu Xiaoxuan asked earnestly.

Shen Qinglan: ...

"Qinglan, you really haven’t noticed?"

Shen Qinglan: "I’ve noticed. Let’s run half a lap more, and then we’ll head back."

She had noticed, and she also sensed the malice hidden in those gazes.

Ten minutes later, Yu Xiaoxuan finally staggered through the last half lap and followed Shen Qinglan toward the cafeteria.

This time, the sensation was more pronounced; passersby indeed focused their eyes on them.

"Is that her?" a girl asked her companion in a low voice.

The companion glanced their way and nodded, "That’s her, I’ve seen the photos they posted, it’s definitely her in person."

The first girl, Girl A, had a change in expression, a look of disdain on her face, "I never would have guessed that someone with such an innocent face could be that kind of person; I heard it wasn’t just one person."

Her companion, Girl B, said, "Four have been exposed so far, who knows how many there are in secret. It really confirms the saying, appearances can be deceiving."

Girl A nodded in agreement, "And they call her the aloof campus beauty, I see, it’s not that she’s aloof, but that she’s out of their league. After all, we’re just poor students, unlike those rich old men who can throw around hundreds and thousands of millions at a time." Her eyes and tone were disdainful, but if one paid close attention, they could detect a hint of envy.

Girl B chimed in, "We were all deceived by her pretense, but she’s really bold, daring to play around with so many guys at once. Isn’t she afraid of capsizing and drowning herself?"

Girl A said, "She’s got the legs and the skill. Even if she really missed her step, she wouldn’t drown. With that face of hers, it’s likely she’d just latch onto someone even richer. Didn’t you see the cars of the men who dropped her off in those photos? Each one is better than the last."

The two thought they were whispering quietly, but Yu Xiaoxuan and Shen Qinglan weren’t deaf, so how could they not hear? Shen Qinglan had no expression, but Yu Xiaoxuan was furious. After listening for a while, she finally understood what was going on.

"You bunch of gossiping idiots, just blabbering nonsense here. Dare to spread more rumors, and I’ll sue you for defamation!" Yu Xiaoxuan stormed up to the two girls in a few strides and berated them.

The girls were startled by Yu Xiaoxuan suddenly appearing before them, their eyes betraying a guilty conscience. But then they thought, why feel guilty? They hadn’t made up those words, and with that, they straightened their backs defiantly.

Girl A replied, "She had the nerve to do it but doesn’t let others talk about it?"

Girl B added, "Exactly, she has the shamelessness to come to school after doing such things, totally tarnishing the school’s reputation."

Yu Xiaoxuan, flustered and exasperated, said, "Do you have evidence? Without it, suing you for defamation is the least I’d do."

Girl A looked disdainfully at Shen Qinglan, "It’s all over the forums, her being kept by different men. There are high-resolution photos as proof."

Shen Qinglan’s eyes darkened, and Yu Xiaoxuan’s face turned very ugly. The two girls thought their true faces had been exposed, so they became defensive. Their faces grew even more smug as they looked at Shen Qinglan as if she were something dirty.

"Feeling guilty now, huh? Should’ve thought of that earlier, pretending to be the pure school beauty, what a joke," said Girl A.

"Indeed, who knows how many men she’s been with," remarked Girl B.

Yu Xiaoxuan’s face turned red with anger as she glared at the two girls who were spouting nonsense. Shen Qinglan, on the other hand, aside from looking colder than usual, showed no other reaction. Seeing Yu Xiaoxuan was about to argue with them, Shen Qinglan took Yu Xiaoxuan’s hand and walked away.

The pair didn’t go to the cafeteria but headed straight back to their dormitory, where they encountered numerous disdainful looks and heard infuriatingly offensive comments.

Yu Xiaoxuan, with a face full of anger, kicked the door to the dormitory open, startling Fang Tong who was still asleep, causing her to sit up in shock.

After regaining her composure, she pointed at Yu Xiaoxuan, her hand trembling, "Yu Xiaoxuan, what the hell is wrong with you so early in the morning?"

Ignoring Fang Tong’s words, Yu Xiaoxuan immediately turned on the computer and logged onto the school forum. Sure enough, at the top, she saw a post titled "The Men Behind the High and Cold School Beauty." Clicking in, she found that the comments section had exploded, with hundreds of posts, most of them cursing Shen Qinglan. The language was so crude it was unbearable to read.

There were only a few comments defending Shen Qinglan, but they were met with such a fierce attack from others that they dared not surface again in the comments section.

Yu Xiaoxuan scrolled down, looking at the photos attached to the post by the user—one showed Fu Hengyi picking her up in a military off-road vehicle, another was Gu Yang who had been snapped when he came to find her, and the last one was a picture from the previous night when Shen Junyu drove them three back. The photo showed only Shen Qinglan, bending over and talking to Shen Junyu in the car.

The more Yu Xiaoxuan looked, the uglier her face became. Shen Qinglan stood behind her, looking at the computer screen with a deep gaze, his thoughts inscrutable.

Sensing the off atmosphere in the room, Fang Tong crawled out of bed and looked at the screen. Upon seeing it, her face turned as ugly as Yu Xiaoxuan’s.

"Who posted this article?"

Yu Xiaoxuan replied with a grave voice, "I don’t know. It was posted anonymously. If I find out who the bastard is spreading rumors and slandering Qinglan behind her back, I swear I won’t be a Yu if I don’t beat them to death."