Chapter 150
The Su Family old and young left dispiritedly.
Qiao Ying glanced at Huo Chengdong, who was watching intently from the sofa.
Sensing her gaze, Huo Chengdong looked over. He had just chugged some Coke and was so startled by Qiao Ying's expression that he let out a loud burp.
Qiao Ying frowned.
Huo Chengdong immediately wailed, "Sister Ying, I was wrong! Go ahead and hit me! Hit me hard!"
Annoying.
Qiao Ying went downstairs.
Seeing that Qiao Ying didn't hold it against him, Huo Chengdong livened up again and chased after her, asking, "Sister Ying, you're not your parents' biological daughter?"
That didn't seem quite right.
"You're not a Su by birth? You're that dead Eldest Young Master Su's? Is that for real? They weren't just acting out a story earlier, were they?"
"Sister Ying, why do I feel like there's something so mystical about you?"
He hadn't even fully processed that Qin Han business yet, and now there was this Su family stuff, which was just as farfetched.
"The Su family publicly claims that Su Yu died from illness. From what you just said, it was that old madam who killed him? And your birth mom too?"
"Damn! If I'd known that old madam was so nasty, I wouldn't have let her in earlier." Huo Chengdong had only allowed the old woman inside because she was elderly, never expecting her to be so malicious.
"I always thought Old Madam Su was grief-stricken from losing her son, that's why she was so devout to Buddha. Didn't expect she was the one who drove them to their deaths."
"Some Buddhist devotion - more like she's racked by guilt from all the evil she's done."
"You definitely shouldn't go back with them, Sister Ying. That Su family is full of wicked people. I hear even that Su Yu who died was quite formidable, yet she still managed to drive him to death."
Qiao Ying sat down on the sofa.
Huo Chengdong moved closer and asked carefully, "Sister Ying, are you upset?"
Qiao Ying couldn't be bothered to respond to him.
Upset? Resentful? Neither.
Huo Chengdong began spontaneously comforting Qiao Ying, saying the Su family wasn't worth it, that one wasn't worth it either, and if she lacked fatherly or motherly love, his parents would be happy to take her in as a goddaughter and even pay to adopt her.
Indignant, Su Lingwei stormed upstairs.
In the days that followed, the Su family stopped coming around to bother her, giving Qiao Ying some peace and quiet.
The last couple days there was light rain, the perfect weather to appreciate Capital University's landscape.
Yet a post titled "Qiao Ying Gets Liposuction and Plastic Surgery" suddenly exploded on the Capital University forums like lightning striking the ground, splashing everywhere.
"No way, this is the famed school beauty Qiao Ying? Can't be. How did she get so fat? Liposuction and plastic surgery? Is it really that scary?"
"Wow, her grades used to be so bad? Who can tell me how she suddenly rose to prominence? And she gave the school heartthrob love letters before? Whoever made this post sure knows a lot."
"That's her old high school uniform, right? Her features do look sort of similar, but she looks so unnatural here. Must be photoshopped!"
"Your esteemed female academic deity is a plastic surgery freak, haha!"
"Damn, she used to look like this? Let me go barf real quick."
"I think I've seen video interviews of her after taking the college entrance exam - she did look kind of chubby then. So could this be her photo from before the exam? That's just... um..."
"Speechless. So what if she was fat? Did that offend you? Did she eat your family's food? Do fat people not deserve to live?"
"Which master posted these pics? There's so many of them. Is this considered doxxing? Illegal, no? Careful or Lawyer Cheng will throw you in jail."
"Calling Lawyer Cheng! Don't break up my CP!"
"Knew she wasn't as simple as she looked. Rumors of her being a mistress have been around for ages but no one believed them."
Right after the liposuction and plastic surgery talks began swirling, claims that Qiao Ying was a mistress to an old man swiftly followed. It had already been whispered among small circles of people and was now broadcasted far and wide by those who cared little for consequences.
"A mistress to an old man? I want to eat this gossip!"
"Sounds true. Back then there were even photos. Several classmates saw Qiao Ying get out of a luxury car."
"Forget the nice car. The license plate was the real kicker. All zeros - either filthy rich or highly ranked official."
"I can believe the plastic surgery and lipo claims, but a mistress? No way. Huo the Young Master is loaded enough, she could just date him straight up if she wanted money."
"Agreed. Plus there's Lawyer Cheng. Sure Cheng Jinyan isn't as prestigious as Huo's background, but he owns a huge law firm himself with considerable net worth."
"I don't believe her, but I believe Lawyer Cheng. An upright man like Cheng Jinyan wouldn't be friends with shady people."
Already quite the attention magnet on campus, news of such astounding developments regarding famed academic genius Qiao Ying, the model student of Capital University, undoubtedly caused shockwaves of immense influence.