Chapter 441: Murong You’s Admirers Bashing Zi Yi
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The Dou Family was also rather surprised when they received the call from Mrs. Lu.
Mrs. Lu had directly called the eldest son of the Dou Family, Dou Jingning.
Dou Jingning just happened to be at home today. After he received the call, he had immediately informed his father.
After telling him about the call, he continued to speak with a serious expression. “The Dou Family and the Lu Family have no contact with each other and it is unexpected for us to have received an invitation from them.”
Elder Dou’s speech was much smoother these days and he asked, “Did anything happen in the Lu Family these days?”
Dou Jingning answered, “I heard that Patriarch Lu’s third grandson would be in town during this period of time.”
The First Madam standing on the side seemed to have thought of something as she said, “The other grandsons in the Dou Family have already gotten married and formed their own families. For Patriarch Lu to have held this banquet, could he be trying to matchmake for his remaining two grandsons?”
The Fourth Madam agreed with the First Madam. “Jingye is Jingtong’s proud student and I’ve met him several times too. He has a handsome appearance and is also gentle. Jingtong has mentioned that if it were not because he had to take over the Lu Group, he should have already gotten married and settled down too. It seems like Patriarch Lu has the final say in the marriages of the younger generation.”
As soon as the Fourth Madam said that, the Third Madam managed to make a guess. “Could it be that Patriarch Lu has taken a liking to the young ladies of our family and he intends for them to attend the banquet?”
The Second Madam furrowed her brow. “Even though, based on what Fourth Sister said, Lu Jingye has a good personality, but ultimately, he is from the Lu Family. I don’t agree with having the daughters in our family marry into theirs.”
In fact, all the Dou Family members had the same thought.
Elder Dou did not immediately speak out. He merely asked Dou Jingning. “What else did the Second Madam say?”
“The Second Madam said that the Lu Family had also invited Little Zi.”
“Why would they invite Little Zi?”
Even though Elder Dou had never come into contact with Patriarch Lu before, he had often heard stories about him.
In particular, the situation whereby Patriarch Lu had been choosing the spouses for his grandchildren, no one in high society doesn’t know of this.
When choosing a wife or husband for his grandchildren, his first requirement was that their family had to be on the same level and have a good reputation.
As for Zi Yi, based on the things she had done in the past, Patriarch Lu would not have considered her a candidate.
Elder Dou said, “Call Zi Yi home tonight. We’ll ask her if she wants to go.”
…
Zi Yi was not surprised to receive a call from Dou Jingning, asking her to come back and have dinner.
After hanging up the phone, she planned to go back together with Dou Xiangling and so, she gave her a call.
Dou Xiangling got Zi Yi to wait for her at the School of Fine Arts. Her class had just ended and she was still tidying up the work that her students had submitted.
Zi Yi then made her way to the School of Fine Arts.
It just so happened to be when classes ended and by the time Zi Yi made her way over, she had been surrounded by a group of students from the School of Fine Arts.
“Student Zi, you’re so amazing. Not only are you so talented in painting, but you’re also even knowledgeable about medicine. You’re simply my goddess.”
“Student Zi, can you come to the School of Fine Arts to hold a lecture?”
“Student Zi, I will vote for you when you run for the officer position of the External Relations Department.”
“Me too.”
…
Zi Yi finally recalled what she had said two days ago and the corner of her lips curled up as she said, “I don’t need votes for the time being.”
She headed towards the office building after saying that, leaving behind a group of puzzled students.
“Zi Yi said that she doesn’t need votes for the time being? But doesn’t the voting start tomorrow?”
“Perhaps what she meant was for us to keep our votes until the last day before voting. In that case, the votes will soar all the way. Just the thought of it is making me excited.”
“It’s very possible, but… The online recruitment of the Student Union positions will be ending at 8:00 p.m tonight. Why hasn’t she signed up yet?”
“Could it be that she’s planning to sign up at the very last minute?”
“It’s possible.”
…
Besides the students from the School of Fine Arts who were guessing why Zi Yi had yet to sign up, it could be said that the whole of M.Uni was paying attention to the situation.
The opinions of the masses varied.
However, the majority of them felt that she was deliberately waiting until the last minute before signing up.
“I think that Zi Yi is trying to attract attention. Signing up doesn’t take up tons of time and yet, she insists on waiting until the very last minute.”
When Chen Yuying headed to the school canteen, she just so happened to hear someone saying that.
She then stopped and turned to look at the female student. Unexpectedly, the first person she saw was Murong You, who was walking beside the female student.
Murong You had also looked back at her and smiled as she nodded. Following that, she said to her friend beside her, “This matter has nothing to do with us in any case.”
She took her leave first after having said that.
Chen Yuying looked at Murong You who had walked far away and shifted her gaze away from her.
Chen Yuying’s good friend, Zhang Lan said, “To be honest, I don’t like Murong You in the slightest.”
Chen Yuying tilted her head and glanced in her direction. “We aren’t even in the same school and you’ve not come into contact with her. How can you be so sure that you like or dislike her?”
“Say, Chen Yuying. Did you forget about the incident where you ran for the campus belle selection? When her admirers canvassed votes for her, they were simply acting like maniacs. If it weren’t because of the fact that you had no dark history that could be dug out, they would have used your dark history to kick you out of the rankings!
Just you wait. Zi Yi is the greatest contender for the position of the campus belle. Something big will definitely happen in the coming days.”
“You’re saying that Murong You’s admirers would bash Zi Yi?”
“Who doesn’t know about that?”
“Impossible, they wouldn’t be able to do that,” Chen Yuying said with certainty. “Zi Yi saved forty to fifty people today and M.Uni clearly plans to nurture her well. Do you think the school will allow these people to do as they wish?”
Zhang Lan thought about it and found her argument reasonable. “It’s even better this way. I’ve already found her an eyesore long ago. That big white lotus should be taught a lesson, else she would really think that her beauty is incomparable in the world.”
“Incomparable in terms of appearance?” Chen Yuying was a little shocked. “Anyone who has eyes can see that Zi Yi is the most beautiful one, right?”
…
No matter how the others made guesses, Zi Yi paid them no heed.
She had never thought of running for the officer of the External Relations Department position.
When she arrived outside Dou Xiangling’s office, she did not expect to see Zhang Hanyu again.
The door was ajar and when Zi Yi arrived at the door, the both of them had noticed her arrival.
Dou Xiangling was currently packing the drawing paper submitted by the students into a large art portfolio bag, which she planned to take home and look through.
The moment Zhang Hanyu saw her, he smiled and called out to her in a natural way. “Student Zi, your arrival is quite timely. I heard that the sugar-fried chestnut near the East Gate is pretty good and I bought some. Do you want to try it?”
Zi Yi walked over and saw the paper bag placed on the office table and she subconsciously looked at Dou Xiangling.
Dou Xiangling just so happened to be done and she said to Zi Yi, “Teacher Zhang has already come back to teach these days and he has something on tomorrow morning. I just so happened to be free and he’s here to ask if I could take his class on his behalf.”
Zhang Hanyu could not help but chuckled and teased her as he heard her explanation. “When asking for a favor, I would definitely have to bring bribes. Only then would I not end up blacklisted by Teacher Dou.”
Dou Xiangling laughed and grabbed the art portfolio bag along with the bag of chestnuts on her table. “You can rest assured. Since I’ve accepted your bribe, I will take care of your class for you.”
“Thank you so much.” Zhang Hanyu placed his crutches to the side of the table and cupped his fists as he gave her a salute..