Chapter 128: Xiao Chuchu the Person

Sun Dawei was visibly stunned, not because someone had stepped forward to stop him, but because of the astonishing force transmitted through his fist; it was as surging and overwhelming as a mountain-toppling sea, yet as heavy and solid as a towering mountain, striking fear into one's heart and making one shudder.

He took a deep look at this exceptionally handsome face, took the opportunity to stand up, and said, "I don't want to make a big scene either, but I can't just let myself be hit for nothing."

Shen Yan nodded and released his fist. Zhu Baoping had already lost his composure; having gained a moment to catch his breath, he immediately stood up, preparing to retaliate, but was scolded by the balding professor who had hurried over.

"Try moving again, anyone!"

Facing the balding professor with his eyes wide with anger, Zhu Baoping could not help but feel timid, and the fist he had raised could not be swung out no matter what.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and glared fiercely at Sun Dawei, while Sun Dawei also revealed a murderous look.

"All of you, get back to your seats. If anyone causes trouble again, I will report you directly to the school."

Facing the pressure from the balding professor, Sun Dawei didn't care and sat down directly, while Zhu Baoping let out a cold snort and strode out of the classroom.

With things having escalated to this point, there was no point in continuing this class.

As the protagonist left, the classroom soon returned to calm. The balding professor gave Shen Yan a look of approval, then, as if nothing had happened, returned to the podium to continue today's lecture.

Since the matter hadn't blown up, he couldn't be bothered to make things difficult for these young people.

After all, whose youth hadn't involved making a few small mistakes?

Thinking back to those years, he had also once... *cough cough! * Never mind, not worth mentioning.

Shen Yan's intervention just now hadn't caused much of a stir in the classroom; on the surface, it looked more like Sun Dawei had voluntarily given up, and what everyone was discussing privately was the truth hidden behind the fight.

Some said Xiao Chuchu was fickle, having flirted with Zhu Baoping one moment and then getting together with Sun Dawei the next, inciting the two boys to fight out of jealousy.

Others said Zhu Baoping had always liked Xiao Chuchu, but Xiao Chuchu hadn't paid him any mind; now that he saw Xiao Chuchu with Sun Dawei, Zhu Baoping had been provoked into acting.

Everyone leaned toward the second guess: one was from a rural area in the Northeast, short and dark-skinned, while the other was a local from Hangzhou, a tall guy of one meter eighty—even a fool would know how to choose.

Just like that, Zhu Baoping became the talk of the town for his classmates, who mocked him for overestimating his own capabilities, not even looking at his own sorry state before daring to pursue a beauty like Xiao Chuchu.

As soon as Shen Yan returned to his seat, he heard Lin Yang expressing his regret, "Old Shen, you shouldn't have gone over to stop them. It would have been better to let that guy suffer a bit more and learn a lesson."

"If someone had gotten seriously hurt, it would have been hard to clean up the mess if things had blown up." Shen Yan actually couldn't be bothered with these messy affairs, but since they were roommates, he couldn't just sit by and do nothing.

Wu Yue'er didn't say anything, but the little starlight flickering in her eyes, as beautiful as peach blossoms, revealed the surging waves in her heart.

The reason was simple: Shen Yan's posture just now had been incredibly cool. Holding Sun Dawei's fist with one hand, his calm and collected demeanor, as unshakable as a mountain and as serene and deep as an ocean, gave people a sense of endless security.

What to do? This man was like poison; the deeper one got, the more addictive he became.

Then, Wu Yue'er glanced to the side, curious about how these two had gotten together. Not long ago, Xiao Chuchu had been all smiles with Zhu Baoping, and at the time, she had been puzzled as to why someone with Xiao Chuchu's conditions would take a fancy to someone like Zhu Baoping, who was short, poor, and ugly.

Could it really be as Lin Yang said, that Xiao Chuchu was the type to call anyone "mother" for a bit of milk, and that her attitude had done a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn just because of those small favors from Zhu Baoping?

Looking at it now, Lin Yang had really hit the nail on the head. Xiao Chuchu had latched onto Sun Dawei, a local from Hangzhou, and Zhu Baoping no longer had any utility value, so he had been kicked to the curb.

Tsk tsk! This woman's methods were even more sophisticated than she had imagined.

Meanwhile, Sun Dawei's mood was a complete mess. He rubbed his bruised cheek, looking at Xiao Chuchu with great dissatisfaction.

"Didn't you say you were just ordinary friends with Zhu Baoping? What's the situation now?"

Xiao Chuchu felt a bit guilty and explained, "I really didn't know it would be like this. My family conditions aren't good, and I didn't get the quota for poor students. Zhu Baoping helped me and even said he treated me like a younger sister."

"I was deceived by him too. It turns out he wanted to use that excuse to get close to me. Does it hurt? I'm sorry, it's my fault."

Touching Sun Dawei's cheek, Xiao Chuchu's eyes were full of heartache.

After such a barrage of sugar-coated bullets, Sun Dawei was captured on the spot. He grabbed Xiao Chuchu's jade-like hand and said, "This isn't your fault. I'll take good care of you from now on."

"Mm! Dawei, you're so kind!" Xiao Chuchu put on a look of deep affection.

Xiao Chuchu's family background was not very good. Her parents divorced when she was five and each started a new family. From then on, she became a poor wretch whom neither father nor mother loved, raised by her grandmother. Aside from sending living expenses every month, her parents didn't even offer a single word of concern.

And just when she graduated from high school and turned eighteen, the living expenses were cut off directly, and her grandmother was unable to support her in continuing to university.

Helpless, Xiao Chuchu could only find ways to raise money herself. Later, through an introduction, she started working as a hostess in a KTV.

The work wasn't complicated; it was just sitting there, accompanying guests to pick songs, and occasionally letting people take advantage of her, like touching her legs. As long as the actions weren't too excessive, she would just endure it and it would pass.

Because she was quite good-looking, many guests requested Xiao Chuchu, and earning a few hundred yuan a night was more than enough. Because of this, she started spending money lavishly, giving people the illusion that she wasn't short of money, which led to misunderstandings by Yu Youwei and others, causing her to miss out on the poor student quota.

Furthermore, there was no shortage of well-dressed young masters coming in and out of the KTV, boasting that they wanted to keep Xiao Chuchu, offering one hundred thousand yuan a month plus a car.

Xiao Chuchu scoffed at this. She was a top student in the law department of a prestigious university; she wouldn't have to worry about not making money after graduation, so why sell her body? Besides, who knew if these men's words were true or false? If she were cheated, she wouldn't even have a place to cry.

After entering university, she worried that continuing to work as a hostess would be discovered and damage her reputation, so she had to find another way to survive.

However, clean money wasn't that easy to earn. The income from part-time jobs was a drop in the bucket for the spendthrift Xiao Chuchu, so she locked her sights on those wealthy students.

This included Lin Yang and Shen Yan, but both of them looked at Xiao Chuchu with disdain, while Zhu Baoping was just a temporary stepping stone for Xiao Chuchu, barely filling the gap in her living expenses.

Sun Dawei was her third target: a local from Hangzhou with a big house in Gongshu District, very generous with his spending, clearly someone who wasn't short of money. He was a good choice for a boyfriend.

If things went smoothly, settling down in Hangzhou, getting married, and having children in the future—for Xiao Chuchu, such a life was already wonderful enough.