Chapter 8: You Did All This

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Don’t…”

At some point, Yan Si’s hands had reached into Xu Lan’s clothes. She was wearing a short cotton skirt underneath, and he was stroking her thighs wantonly.

Xu Lan stopped him at the critical moment.

It was one thing for him to touch her chest, but he actually dared to push his luck.

Xu Lan glared at him. A devilish smile appeared on his handsome face.

“Do you know how tempting you are?”

The corner of her lips moved, and she looked away. She wanted to move but was pressed down even more tightly to his body.

“I regret it now,” she said softly, her eyes tearing up.

“Regret what? Saving me? Tsk, hehehe…”

Looking at her face, he let out a low laugh like a loose ruffian.

Xu Lan looked back and frowned.

Although she had lived in the countryside for many years and had seen many handsome men, a noble, beautiful, and cold man like Yan Si was practically extinct.

Xu Lan admitted that she was obsessed with looks, but it was as if she had been living in a different place ever since she came to Li City.

“If you don’t agree to marry me, you’ll be harassed by me.”

As he spoke, he suddenly lowered his head and took a deep breath in front of her chest.

“How fragrant.”

Xu Lan’s face immediately turned ashen. She gritted her teeth and spat, “Pervert!”

Just as he got up, she raised her hand and gave him a slap. However, he caught her wrist again.

“So feisty? I like that.”

He pulled her up and caressed her waist before returning to the driver’s seat.

Xu Lan tidied her hair and clothes meticulously. Suddenly, she heard him sneer.

She looked up to see him dialing a number.

“Make it clean. It’s best if it’s… a backlash.”

Sensing that something was amiss, Xu Lan took out her phone from her bag. There were a lot of missed calls and a text message: Sister Lan, you’re on the trending list!

When she clicked on the first Weibo post, ‘The Xu Family’s adopted daughter’s secret rendezvous with her fiancé’ appeared!

There were five lines, and all of them were photos of her and Yan Si.

“This…”

She pretended to panic and turned to look at the man beside her. He had already lit a cigarette and was leaning against the car seat smoking.

“Don’t panic, it’s a small matter.”

Xu Lan could not see through his calmness.

“Send me back. I don’t want to stay here anymore.”

After a while, she scanned the basement.

Yan Si finished his last cigarette, extinguished it, and started the car.

He sent her back to school. Due to the fact that she was facing her college entrance examinations, the students did not pay much attention to online discussions. As a result, Xu Lan was exceptionally calm in school.

However, what she did not know was that the outside world’s Internet was already in a mess. Most of the netizens were attacking her and accusing her of throwing herself onto Yan Si!

She was so delusional, she thought she was Cinderella!

Fake b*tches would do anything to get into a rich family!

…

There were even some who directly criticized her as a prostitute and cursed her to die immediately…

When Xu Lan saw that there were no major movements, but she knew someone was deliberately carrying the momentum, and felt a little upset.

This was completely ruining her reputation!

Just as she was about to deal with the matter, a post about her stepsister being jealous rushed to the top of the search rankings and soon dominated it.

As for Xu Lan’s post, it disappeared without a trace.

After Xu Lan’s first class in the afternoon ended, she received a message: “Sister Lan, the Xu Family’s stocks have plummeted because of Xu Yan.”

Xu Yan was really vicious!

Xu Lan moved her fingers and replied, “I can add more fuel to the fire.”

The next day, during morning reading.

Father Xu went to school to see Xu Lan and apologized to her for what happened online.

Xu Lan refused to accept it and remained cold.

Outside the classroom, Father Xu almost knelt down.

“Lan’er, I’m your father and the Xu Family’s business is your grandfather’s hard work. As your granddaughter, you can’t just watch the Xu Family go bankrupt.”

“When you said that I wasn’t registered in the household, did you remember that I was the Xu Family’s granddaughter?”

Xu Lan was not stingy with her rebuttal. Father Xu choked and could not refute.

After a while, she wanted to return to class, but Father Xu asked her to stay, “Yan’er is being attacked on the Internet and has been severely punished. She has left school and can’t even go out to face the world.”

“She deserves it!”

“Yes, yes…”

“Please go back. I’m just a third-year student. There’s nothing I can do.”

She pushed away Father Xu’s hand and left.

Father Xu returned home in a daze. Xu Yan immediately approached him with anticipation, “How was it, father?”

As soon as she finished speaking, Father Xu raised his hand and slapped her.

The loud sound echoed throughout the living room, shocking Li Meixiang who was coming down from upstairs.

Xu Yan covered her swollen face and choked out with teary eyes, “Why?!”

“Why? It’s all your fault!”

When Father Xu reached out to slap her again, Li Meixiang ran over to stop him, allowing Xu Yan to escape.

However, her hatred for Xu Lan was deeply rooted.