Actually, since they started dating, Ling Yuchen has given her ample security.
He was respectful and considerate towards her, with a touch of pampering and care.
Thinking about it carefully, she couldn't find anything bad, except for one thing.
He was always eager to get close.
He always liked to cuddle, but online sources said that men only act like that when they like you.
Thinking this, her face flushed slightly, and she couldn't help but chuckle.
"Why are you all smiles so early in the morning?"
Qiao Xinyue emerged from the downstairs room, yawning, wearing pajamas and with a head of messy, bird's-nest hair.
"Can't I be happy?" Xia Wantang immediately restrained her smile.
But those two blushes were particularly noticeable.
Qiao Xinyue clearly didn't believe her and was about to tease her when Aunt Ou came out from the kitchen.
Upon seeing Qiao Xinyue's appearance, she couldn't help but nag, "As a young lady, what do you look like? How bad it would be if the young master saw you. Next time, you should go back to the old house yourself."
"Isn't the young master not here?" Qiao Xinyue pouted and ungracefully rolled her eyes.
If the young master were here, she certainly wouldn't be like this.
Besides, she didn't like the young master, so why should she pay so much attention to her image?
Seeing her still lounging carelessly on the sofa, unwilling to move, Aunt Ou almost wanted to hit her with her spatula.
"Hurry up and go. Wantang is still here. What kind of impression are you making looking so disheveled?"
"Got it."
Qiao Xinyue had no choice but to get up and walk towards the bathroom.
Aunt Ou was about to say something to Xia Wantang, but seeing her flushed face and smiling eyes,
She knew she was in a good mood. She was worried she might have said something wrong earlier that affected her mood.
Just as she was breathing a sigh of relief, she suddenly smelled something burning.
"Oh no, my egg."
Aunt Ou rushed into the kitchen in a panic, followed by sighs of regret and lament.
Even Xia Wantang couldn't help but be amused.
She lowered her gaze and casually flipped through her phone, only to find that her college and high school group chats were all flooded with messages.
College was understandable; there were usually many messages, but her high school group hadn't been active for a year or two.
She had many group chats, so she rarely paid attention to group messages.
Casually clicking into one and scrolling through, she discovered that they were all talking about her.
Classmate A: "Our classmate Xia Wantang is trending on hot search."
Classmate B: "Online, they're saying she's being kept by Ling Yuchen."
Classmate C: "Princes and commoners are just fairy tales. Who knows what's really happening in reality."
...
As she casually scrolled, Xia Wantang's expression grew uglier.
The way she met Ling Yuchen was indeed not glorious, but she absolutely did not intentionally climb into Ling Yuchen's bed.
She wasn't being kept either; she and Ling Yuchen were a legitimate couple.
Her face turned paler and paler, and her whole body trembled with anger.
This was just the classmate group chat, with some restraint. She couldn't imagine what people were saying online.
She knew in her heart that reading such news was no good, but she couldn't help but scroll through each message.
She found records of Wen Xuanyuan speaking up for her.
Wen Xuanyuan: "If you don't know the real situation, don't talk nonsense. Have you all swallowed your books? Do you not know that a kind word warms three winters, while harsh words hurt six months?"
Her message received no replies, perhaps due to her status as Miss Wen.
However, they still didn't restrain themselves, continuing to gossip one after another.
Unconsciously, Xia Wantang was already in tears.
Sobbing, she tremblingly flipped to her college classmate group chat.
As she had expected, they were all discussing her, with even more vulgar and unspeakable words.
She wanted to refute, but felt it was pointless. It was just gossip, and who would care about the truth?
Xia Wantang broke down, wanting desperately to cry.
But thinking of Aunt Ou and Xinyue being there, she didn't want to trouble them.
Yet she really couldn't take it anymore. Anyone would find it unbearable to be slandered so groundlessly.
She bit her lower lip, suppressing her sobs, and hurried upstairs.
Once in her room, she locked the door and hid in the bathroom, weeping uncontrollably.
She felt so wronged. She hadn't done anything wrong, yet everyone was slandering her, discussing her without regard for right or wrong.
With less than a month until school started, could she still return to school?
The thought of everyone's strange looks and whispers sent a chill down her spine.
Cyberbullying and school bullying were truly terrifying.
Would she even lose the chance to graduate from university?
Why was this happening? Why was she always so unlucky, with all misfortunes finding her?
When people are in a low mood, they can't help but overthink.
Xia Wantang wailed, feeling all the malice surrounding her at that moment.
Her adoptive parents didn't treat her like a human.
Her elder siblings treated her like a servant to be summoned and dismissed at will.
Her former classmates treated her as a slut, a homewrecker, a cheap woman who climbed into beds.
After thinking about it, only Wen Xuanyuan had ever shown her warmth.
And Ling Yuchen, a stranger she had known for less than a week.
But why was there so much malice in this world?
Slumped on the floor, Xia Wantang sobbed and opened her phone.
She wanted to find someone to confide in, but was afraid of burdening others with her bad mood.
In the end, she could only silently bear the pain in her heart.
She thought that watching videos to distract herself might help.
As soon as she opened the video app, the first video featured Ling Yuchen.
Title: Ling Yuchen Announces He Has a Girlfriend, the Mysterious Woman from the Hospital the Other Day.
In the video, Ling Yuchen was shown wearing a black suit, exuding an extraordinary aura.
Just standing there, he possessed a natural nobility and an imposing presence, as if he were born a leader.
The scene shifted, and the next picture was of her.
It was her student ID photo.
In the photo, she was smiling brightly, her eyes curved, and even in a photograph, her sparkling eyes conveyed a sense of joy.
Yet her heart held no happiness. Even though Ling Yuchen had given her a title.
Even her school ID photo had appeared online, so had she been doxxed?
Hesitantly, she clicked on the comments.
NameTooLongToDisplay: This beauty is quite good-looking, and a bit of a match for President Ling.
LittleSourPickle: I heard she's just a university student, and an adopted daughter from a minor family. How can she be worthy of President Ling?
Below the comment: I saw your profile, and you're at least better looking than her.
Your comment, just like your username, reeks of sourness.
ImASchoolStudent: Those who said she was seducing, climbing into beds, and being kept a few days ago, all come out and apologize. See? She's the legitimate girlfriend.
SoulEater: OMG, President Ling actually has a girlfriend, *cries*... Checking in, waiting for the breakup.
...
Compared to the malicious words in the classmate group chat, the words of strangers felt remarkably insignificant.
After all, they were strangers, and no one knew each other, so who cared what they said?
Moreover, not everyone was malicious, and they weren't making direct accusations or insults.
Of course, there were still some people with malicious intentions.
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