Chapter 23

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

The driver had no choice but to leave Lu Miao behind and drive away.

After Lu Miao left the school, she walked straight to the row of shared bicycles at the school gate.

She scanned one with her phone and was about to ride away when Shen Muhuan called her.

“Boss, where are you going?”

Shen Muhan ran up to them from behind.

Lu Miao said directly, “Home. ”

“I’ll send you off.”

To prevent Lu Miao from rejecting him, Shen Muhan said, ” Luo City is my home. No matter where your home is, it’s on the way. ”

Lu Miao was speechless.

After getting into the car, she closed her eyes and took a nap.

Shen Muhan peeked at her from the side. He had a lot of things to say and hesitated for a long time.

Only until they reached the Gu’s residence and Lu Miao was getting off the car, Shen Muhan brought up the topic.

“Boss, the news on the forum…”

Lu Miao raised her eyebrows and looked at him. ” You believe? ”

Shen Muhan waved his hands hurriedly. ” No, no, no. I don’t believe. ”

“Then that’s it.”

Lu Miao opened the car door and got out of the car.

Shen Muhan patted his chest and shouted, ” Boss, don’t worry. I’ll find the person who spread the rumors behind your back.

And those people who scolded you on the forum, I won’t let any of them off.

From today onwards, I will protect your reputation!”

Lu Miao’s lips twitched. How did she meet such a chuunibyou?

She waved her hand to him behind.

As for those revelations, even a child could see that Gu Xingyu was being used as a pawn by Lu Siyu.

Behind him, Shen Muhan looked at Lu Miao’s back and couldn’t help but marvel at how cool his boss was. Even something as simple as waving her hand looked stylish.

However, was the Gu family abusing my boss?

The school was so far away from here, yet they didn’t even provide a driver and Lu Miao had to ride a shared bike.

Those rumors that accused Luming of scamming for money were clearly baseless and absurd.

When Lu Miao returned home, Shen Qinghe was sitting on the sofa in the living room, completely absorbed in watching TV.

She didn’t know what she was watching, but her entire body was about to burrow into the television.

When she saw her enter, she immediately stood up and went forward. She reached out and pulled her up, up, down, left, right, and carefully sized her up.

Lu Miao was baffled. ” What’s wrong, Aunty Shen? ”

Shen Qinghe looked at her with concern. ” Are you hurt anywhere? ”

“No, I didn’t.” Lu Miao replied in confusion.

Shen Qinghe heaved a sigh of relief. ” Catching thieves is such a dangerous thing. It’s better to leave it to men. ”

Lu Miao looked at the TV and saw that the short videos of her catching the thief had been broadcasted on the news.

The TV reporter somehow found the street vendor where Lu Miao had breakfast and was now interviewing the people who were there at the time.

They were all talking excitedly, adding embellishments to their stories and making them sound even more thrilling.

“I’ve already arranged for a few bodyguards to protect you from tomorrow onwards.

In the future, if we encounter such a thing, just let them handle it.” Shen Qinghe reminded.

Lu Miao…

“Auntie Shen, did you not see that I was the one who caught the thief?”

“Of course, I saw it. That thief was so tall and strong. How dangerous was that?

With your thin arms and legs, if the thief had used more strength, he would have broken your bones.”

Shen Qinghe felt a lingering fear when she thought of the reports on television.

Luming facepalmed. She wondered how many layers of filters Shen Qinghe had on her to believe all of this.

If she really fought with that thief, he would have ended up with a broken bone.

Helpless, she looked at Shen Qinghe seriously and said, ” Aunty Shen, there’s really no need. I have the ability to protect myself. ”

“No, safety is not negotiable.

They will only follow you in secret. They won’t affect you.”

She thought of something and asked with a smile.

“Miao Miao, did Ah Yan go to breakfast with you that day? How was his appetite? Was it alright?”

Others only saw her bravely catching the thief, but she had sharp eyes and saw Gu Shiyan sitting in the corner from the video.

Lu Miao nodded and replied honestly, ” His appetite looks good. He ate a few soup dumplings and drank a bowl of tofu pudding. ”

When Shen Qinghe heard that Gu Shiyan had eaten so much, she was so happy that she could not close her mouth.

This was comparable to what he had eaten at home for the past two days.

Miaomiao was really their little lucky star.

No wonder she had asked Gu Shizhen to have breakfast with her that day, but that stubborn kid refused to eat. It turned out that he had already made plans to go out and eat with Miao Miao.

These two children had started a secret dating so quickly.

She immediately took out her phone and transferred another two million yuan to Lu Miao.

“Take this two million. The roadside stall is not safe or sanitary.

If you like to eat soup dumplings and tofu pudding, you can go to Red Goblet Square. The chefs there used to specialize in serving state banquets. They’re very good at cooking Chinese food.”

She thought for a moment and said, ” Nevermind. I’ll get someone to invite the chef back tomorrow. Tell him whatever you want to eat. ”

As Shen Qinghe spoke, she had already taken out her phone with a smile and started sending messages to arrange for people to poach the chefs from Red Goblet Square.

Lu Miao looked at the extra two million in her phone and felt a headache coming on.

Did Shen Qinghe forget that it had only been a week since she had given her two million yuan?

Was he treating her like a gold-devouring beast?

“What two million? Lu Miao, did you take advantage of my absence to cheat my mother of her money again?”

Gu Xingyu walked in fiercely.

Shen Qinghe glared at her. “I didn’t ask you yet. Where did you go with the driver? Why did you let Lu Miao come back alone?”

Gu Xingyu shrugged and replied dismissively, “She’s not someone without legs. I went to drop off Siyu.”

Shen Qinghe was so angry that she wanted to slap Gu Xingyu. How could she have such a stupid daughter?

” From tomorrow onwards, you can walk to school and home on your own, ” she said unhappily.

Gu Xingyu’s face instantly turned bitter. ” Mom, our house is so far away from school. My legs will break if I walk. ”

“You also know it’s far? And yet,you let Miaomiao walk back alone?

She has legs, but you don’t have?” Shen Qinghe said angrily.

Gu Xingyu felt a little guilty. She braced herself and said, ” She’s from the countryside. She’s in good health. ”

“Then you can take it as exercising your body.”

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Lu Miao shook her head and went upstairs.

After dinner, Lu Miao took a shower, turned on her computer, and logged into the school forum.

The first thing he saw was a big red headline, ” Exposing the fake hero, the real scheming woman, Lu Miao. Lu Miao, get out of Zhenhai High School. ”

In just a short afternoon, there were already more than ten thousand posts.

Some of them boycotted her, while others chose to believe her and support her.

The two groups of people were engaged in a bloody battle.