Chapter 298 - 298 Keeping a Mistress
298 Keeping a Mistress
Shen Xi felt that there was a distinct possibility that Zheng Huai and Lu Lin were using this roundabout method to give her money. Her form teacher had mentioned that several companies that wished to remain anonymous had offered sponsorships, and even she did not know the names of the companies providing the prizes.
Li Jin spotted Guan Lei as he entered the classroom and immediately drew Shen Xi aside. “Xixi, do you have a sugar daddy? Lu Lin and Dr. Zheng are outstanding. I know a person can fall in love with more than one person, but isn’t it inappropriate to have an affair with both?”
Shen Xi pinned Li Jin with her sharp gaze, retorting, “Why are you so sure I’m kept woman?”
Li Jin realized the accusation she had levied against Shen Xi at the last minute.
She panicked. “I-I just read it on the school forums. I’m sorry if I misspoke.”
Shen Xi looked at Li Jin deeply, her eyes flickering to the tightly wound silken scarf around her neck. A thought suddenly occurred to her.
Could it be because of Guan Lei?
Li Jin seemed different today… almost impatient.
Li Jin did not dare meet Shen Xi’s eyes and silently returned to her seat.
Li Jin knew she had screwed up.
She would never forget what happened on Saturday night, that feeling of death as it wrapped around her neck. Li Jin never thought Guan Lei would treat her like that; it had sown a seed of fear in her heart.
But how could she back down so easily? Were those five years she had spent pinning after him in vain?
No. She would not allow it. Li Jin knew she needed time to overcome her fear of Guan Lei. While she dealt with her fear, she could not allow anyone to steal him from under her very nose.
Li Jin wanted to ensure Shen Xi and Guan Lei did not get together. If she could not be with him, then no one could!
Guan Lei heard the news as soon as he stepped into the school. With a frown, he checked the school forum and read all the abuse and hate directed at Shen Xi.
Guan Lei would be the first to admit he was angry. No. Furious! The way those netizens were throwing mud on Shen Xi’s good name made him clench his teeth. The fury coursing through his veins was greater than his jealousy of those two men who had involved themselves in Shen Xi’s life.
“Xixi!”
“Xixi!”
Two anxious voices sounded at the door to the classroom. Shen Xi looked up and saw it was Zheng Huai and Lu Lin.
“What are the two of you doing here?” Shen Xi asked, bewildered.
Zheng Huai and Lu Lin shot each other a look of disdain. They each took her by the arm and ushered her out.
The classroom instantly grew rowdy.
“Am I seeing things? Wasn’t that Lu Lin?”
“My word! Is Shen Xi truly their mistress?”
“So it wasn’t an accident back then? Was Shen Xi caught two-timing with them both?”
“What do we do now? Should we look for our form teacher? Is Shen Xi going to be beaten up?”
Li Jin was surprised by Lu Lin and Zheng Huai’s sudden appearance, and more so that they rushed to Shen Xi without giving the latter a chance to respond. It filled her with an indescribable joy that took the form of a peal of laughter.
Li Jin snuck a look in Guan Lei’s direction. At this moment, Guan Lei appeared to be an incarnation of frost. Li Jin could not stop herself from shivering. She did not want to be on the receiving end of Guan Lei’s rage; it reminded her too much of that night.
Still, Li Jin felt an irresistible pull, like a moth to the flame. Was this how it felt to be burned by love?
Guan Lei, who had been silent for a long time, seemed to have reached his limit, slamming his fists against his desk, scaring the rest of his classmates who were idly gossiping about what they had just seen.
Rage twisted Guan Lei’s visage in a horrific display of its power over him. He had spent 200,000 yuan. How could he be only one of three suitors? Where did that leave him? With nothing?
Whoever it was that exposed the news did not know what they were doing. How could they leave him out? He was, by far, the best match for Shen Xi, yet no one seemed to ship them together! Why?!
Hatefully, Guan Lei vowed he would not let the person who had started the rumor off. If he learned who had done the deed, he would ensure he taught them a lesson they would never forget.
Guan Lei whipped out his phone and hacked into the user’s account. He would learn the whole truth of the matter if it was the last thing he did.
It did not take much for him to dig out the names of the three sponsors. They were Lu Lin, Zheng Huai, and himself.
Guan Lei ground his teeth. He could not take it anymore. He wanted to become an unparalleled existence; one Shen Xi could not ignore.
The rumors circulating on the school forums were a problem, though. After all, his family was supposed to be poor. Everyone in school knew that since it was what he had built himself to be.
No one would think he could have a mistress with how poor he was supposed to be.
“There’s a problem with that theory. Is Shen Xi Guan Lei’s mistress? Impossible, absolutely impossible! How could she have entered Lu Lin or Zheng Huai’s sight if she wasn’t even Guan Lei’s mistress?