True or False Heiress: Becoming a Vicious Supporting Female Character (41)
This was rather disgraceful, especially considering that Chu Xuan excelled in various aspects and was the school’s belle. This image was akin to pulling a goddess down from her pedestal. Many people felt a sense of shame and considered her lacking in integrity, individuality, and courage, as well as being vain.
Furthermore, many classmates believed the post wholeheartedly. Seeing Chu Xiang’s pitiful appearance, they thought she was pretending and perceived her as cunning, which intensified their dislike for her.
Apart from that, what left a deep impression on the classmates was the toad in the photo!
The two tables near Chu Xuan’s dining table couldn’t help but glance at her face while eating. However, as soon as they saw her, they were reminded of the toad and felt nauseous. They lost their appetite and mumbled to themselves before leaving.
The few classmates who were a bit further away had a similar experience. They couldn’t continue eating halfway through their meal. Even though they hadn’t eaten enough, they left with displeasure. As they left, they whispered, “I shouldn’t have looked at that photo. It’s disgusting!”
Chu Xuan heard them.
She couldn’t believe her ears and clenched her fists on her knees, controlling her expression. She casually looked around and noticed many people looking at her face, and they… hadn’t eaten much.
She looked at Wang Shasha across from her. Her complexion was equally unpleasant, and she had hardly touched her food. It was evident that she had no appetite.
Her heart sank. She had thought that she had escaped the ordeal of the post, successfully making half of the people believe in her innocence. But now, she realized that the exposé wasn’t the scariest part; the photo was the most terrifying. From that moment on, she was labeled as the toad, a label that couldn’t be torn off. Everyone had seen that photo, and whenever they saw her face, they automatically thought of that photo, feeling disgusted.
She and the word “disgusting” were now intertwined.
Chu Xuan felt her heart tighten. It was a dead end, and she couldn’t find a way out.
Since her rebirth, she had always maintained a good image, yet now she had been stuck with this kind of label. Her classmates in school were not just classmates; they were also part of her social network, and their circles intersected. The photo had spread within the school, which meant it would circulate in the upper-class circles of the capital. In the future, when she attended banquets, would people also feel disgusted when they saw her?
As this thought crossed Chu Xuan’s mind, her mood darkened, and she accidentally dropped her chopsticks on the floor. Wang Shasha across from her asked with concern, “Xuanxuan, are you okay? You don’t look too well. Do you want to take a leave of absence and rest for a while?”
Chu Xuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, “I’m indeed not feeling well. Can you help me apply for a leave of absence? I’ll go home for now.”
“Okay, should I accompany you?”
“No need. I have a driver. You were tired yesterday, so go home early after school and get some rest. See you tomorrow.”
Chu Xuan smiled and got up, leaving. She intentionally asked Wang Shasha to go home and rest, fearing that she would go to her house and say things she shouldn’t say to her parents. Previously, she had asked Wang Shasha to do that in order to instigate trouble. Now that Chu Xiang had left the Chu residence and stayed at school, she wished their parents would forget about her. She didn’t want to mention anything about Chu Xiang’s misdeeds.
Love and hate are both emotions. If their parents ignored Chu Xiang, that would be the most reassuring outcome for her.
Chu Xuan walked outside with a restless and troubled mind. Along the way, she caught sight of a secluded pavilion where Chu Xiang and their group of five were happily eating and chatting.
Chu Xiang was making friends so cheerfully and independently. She was completely beyond her control, which further proved that she was skilled at winning people over. Even the cold and aloof Shao Yan was drawn in.
It didn’t feel good to have the plan disrupted, but despite the many heart-stopping moments, the final outcome was still advantageous for her. Her ultimate goal was to push Chu Xiang away, become the only daughter favored by their parents, and become the heir of the Chu family. As long as this goal was achieved, it didn’t matter what Chu Xiang did outside. Without her parents’ support, could she still thrive in high society? Could she still marry into a prestigious family without her parents’ approval? She was just a discarded piece, not worth worrying about.
With this self-consolation, Chu Xuan felt much better, to the point where she didn’t even care much about the toad photo. Time would dull the impact of this incident—one year, two years, three years— Besides, inheriting the Chu family would bring tangible benefits. She could endure it all.
Currently, the most important thing for her was to take advantage of Chu Xiang’s absence and further strengthen her parents’ favor towards her while sowing discord between Chu Xiang and their parents. Their parents’ attitude was the most important thing. As for the matters at school, they wouldn’t escalate too much. Let it be.
After leaving school, Chu Xuan immediately contacted a hacker expert through someone she knew and paid a high price to have the campus forum hacked and the post deleted.
After Chu Xiang found out, she didn’t repost the thread. The people who needed to see it already did. These small squabbles only had an effect on their peers, and there was no need to continue spreading them. Anyway, all the classmates, including those in their social circle, would know how unfairly she was treated and how much she had suffered when she returned home. Whether they believed it or not didn’t matter. She just used their mouths to convey the incident to her elders at home and, incidentally, to make her peers exclude Chu Xuan.
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