missnovel Chapter 1240 - 1229: Refusing to Swallow Injustice
Chapter 1240 - 1229: Refusing to Swallow Injustice
Xie Lizzi could hardly believe she was expelled, nor could she believe that all of this started with Gu Xiaotong. How dare she?
She was just a lapdog who usually nodded her head by Xie Lizzi’s side, yet she caused such a big mess!
Xie Lizzi clicked into the trending topic on her phone and looked at the familiar screenshots and stories, feeling dizzy with anger.
Was she giving Gu Xiaotong too few benefits? How could she harbor such big resentment? Playing the innocent online? Making it look like Xie Lizzi forced her into bad things. Wasn’t she arrogant back then too?
While getting benefits on one hand, she kept a grudge against Xie Lizzi, and yet she posted it online, underestimating the netizens’ love for drama?
Recalling the anger from her grandfather, the ridicule from her uncle and cousins, and the disappointed faces of her parents, Xie Lizzi grew more and more furious. She had always been the epitome of good character and academic excellence before everyone, now expelled from school, all the goodwill she had hard-earned in front of her grandfather vanished. She might even be worse off than her wayward cousin.
Gu Xiaotong vented a little, but Xie Lizzi faced losing her inheritance rights, Gu Xiaotong must pay for this. Did she really think Xie Lizzi was easy to deal with?
Thinking about being expelled, thinking about the lasting stain on her life, Xie Lizzi was filled with resentment. These people are just jealous of the rich, and they brought it on themselves. Isn’t it right to teach them a lesson? Life is unfair; who told them not to choose wisely when reincarnating?
Despite these thoughts, Xie Lizzi dared not lash out at the netizens. If the company’s stock price fluctuated again because of her, her grandfather would surely kick her out.
It’s just admitting fault, after all. Netizens are forgetful. When she returns from abroad in a few years, who will remember what she did?
But she couldn’t swallow this anger, besides Gu Xiaotong, the main culprit, she also tracked down the original poster who claimed the protagonist in the story was her. Sadly, even after using hackers for a long time, she couldn’t find out who they were.
Her instinct told her it was someone she knew, otherwise they wouldn’t know her affairs so well. However, that person was well-hidden, but Xie Lizzi won’t give up searching; she had never suffered such a loss.
After dealing with Xie Lizzi, Ye Qiu’s life didn’t settle down. Because the tasks Lu Mei Juan was supposed to complete, under Xie Lizzi’s instruction, weren’t done, not only did Xie Lizzi threaten to take back the paid money, but her recent irritation also caused Ye Qiu’s foster father to lose his job.
Lu Mei Juan wouldn’t let this go lightly; she felt it was all Ye Qiu’s fault. If Ye Qiu had listened to her, how could she lose such a large amount of money? How could her husband lose his job?
She thought Ye Qiu was envious and believed ever since adopting Ye Qiu, things hadn’t gone smoothly. Knowing this, she should have been more ruthless, shouldn’t have let Ye Qiu study. Studying too much just distances her from the family, filling her head with different ideas.
Ye Qiu should have been sent to work after graduating junior high, worked for a few years before marrying, though Ye Qiu’s looks were decent, with which she could earn quite a dowry.
But now it’s too late. The child grew disobedient, thinking a college degree is impressive, wanting to sever ties as others suggested? Impossible! Until Ye Qiu earned enough money, Lu Mei Juan wouldn’t let her live peacefully, she thought bitterly.
After returning home once, Lu Mei Juan headed to City A with her husband. Unable to enter A University, she waited outside with her husband, stalking Ye Qiu after school, determined to find out where Ye Qiu lived.
Then she watched Ye Qiu enter a rather upscale community, only to be stopped outside again.
"She lives here?" Ye Yide asked in surprise, "Where did she get the money for such a place?"
"Wait and see if she comes out later," Lu Mei Juan said worriedly. She felt she could no longer control her foster daughter. If that was the case, who would she rely on for her old age? She didn’t want her daughter to suffer.
But Lu Mei Juan didn’t realize that Ye Qiu had long noticed her and Ye Yide, and upon returning home, began plotting trouble for her unrelated-by-blood sister Ye Meng.
Ye Meng was only two years younger than Ye Qiu, now a junior in another city. Ye Qiu started school a year late; if community workers hadn’t intervened back then, Lu Mei Juan would’ve delayed Ye Qiu another year just so she could care for Ye Meng.
Growing up, whenever Ye Qiu’s grades surpassed Ye Meng’s, there was always a big fuss, and Lu Mei Juan and Ye Yide would vent on Ye Qiu. During college entrance exams, Ye Meng even threatened Ye Qiu to not score high, causing Ye Qiu’s original self to underperform due to emotional suppression during the first exam. But later, whether due to courage or something else, she performed normally.
While applying for university, Ye Qiu almost fell for Ye Meng’s tricks again. Ye Meng was like that, vain outwardly, tyrannical within, she couldn’t stand Ye Qiu doing well.
She didn’t care about Ye Qiu’s difficulties, showed no understanding, demanding money when broke. If refused, she’d make a scene, and Ye Qiu had to endure her foster parents’ abuse.
Ye Meng took pride in bullying Ye Qiu, never thinking herself wrong, feeling entitled like her mother did. Ye Qiu grew up in her home, should obey her, should repay her family.
So when Ye Qiu plotted against Ye Meng, she didn’t hesitate at all. She began with the incident involving Xie Lizzi, gathering videos shot by observing classmates that day, then invaded Ye Meng’s personal space, duplicating childhood photos, focusing on a few family portraits.
In truth, it wasn’t an invasion since Ye Meng’s album had no password lock, anyone could view it. She was that vain, photographing outings for everyone to see her wealth.
With these materials, Ye Qiu anonymously posted on Ye Meng’s school website, compiling them into a post portraying Ye Meng as vain, arrogant, greedy, and vicious.
Ye Qiu crafted a particularly exaggerated title for the post, pinning it to the top, spreading it into student groups to ensure the matter didn’t die down.