Chapter 1013

Watching Baili Xia’s figure grow farther and farther away, Ning Anran sighed faintly, feeling only sadness and helplessness.

What did she say wrong?

She had spoken only the truth, so why wouldn’t Xiaxia listen?

Being with Mr.

Xiaojiu was indeed a blessing, but if it would destroy him, she would never allow it.

She would rather suffer in her heart than be a stumbling block in Mr.

Xiaojiu’s life; she absolutely couldn’t!

…

As she walked out of the small grove and reached the path beside the school basketball court, Baili Xia finally slowed her hurried footsteps.

She exhaled softly, trying to dispel the gloom in her heart quickly.

There are too many things in life over which we have no control, as Jin said: “A day of happiness or a day of sorrow still makes a day.”

Given that, it’s better to choose to be happier.

After all, if disaster is destined to come, it can’t be stopped.

Let it be.

After lingering at the basketball court for a while, she turned and headed towards the direction of the dormitory.

Ahead, two girls holding lunch boxes were whispering something to each other.

Baili Xia even began to dislike her own hearing; it was so good that she couldn’t help but overhear secrets.

In fact, she really didn’t want to listen to conversations where others spoke ill of her.

What was the point?

Wasn’t this the shortest route to her dorm?

“They say that woman isn’t satisfied with Dongfang and Mu; she clings to Mr.

Xiaojiu every day.”

“Have you heard too?

Someone saw Mr.

Jin drive her back to school this morning, she must have spent last night in Mr.

Jin’s bed.”

“Wow, doesn’t that mean she has affairs with both young masters of the Dongfang Family?

Do you think they might be…

together at night?”

“Yuck!

Disgusting, stop it.

I might lose my appetite.”

“Pretending to be so moral.

If Mu and Mr.

Jin were to spend the night with you, would you refuse?

You say it’s disgusting, but you’d probably strip and climb into their bed.”

“Cut it out!

Do you think I’m like that woman?

I’m not that cheap.

If anyone is to undress, it’s them…”

The two girls giggled and whispered, and Baili Xia, several steps behind them, heard every word clearly.

If it had been earlier, she would have been angry, but not anymore; it wasn’t worth it.

Mouths are on other people’s faces—you can stop them temporarily but not forever.

Let them talk; it’s pointless.

She didn’t care for such gossip and was about to hurry past them back to the dormitory when something one of them said caught her attention.

“Did you hear?

Last night, there was a fire in the Sima Family’s backyard, and Miss Sima was involved in an accident.”

“Is that true?

I thought my sister was just making it up.”

“It seems you heard too.” The girl who brought up the topic furrowed her brows in thought.

“I heard that Sima Liuyue’s face was completely disfigured by the burns, and she was barely saved after an all-night rescue effort.”

“But the doctors said, while her life was saved, her face was completely ruined.”

“Really?

She’s disfigured?” The girl seemed regretful and sighed, “She was quite beautiful, and now her face is ruined.”

The first girl to speak, however, seemed less concerned, “What’s there to worry about?

For a big family like the Sima Family, they have plenty of money.

Even if her face is burnt, after she recovers, she can just get plastic surgery and still look pretty.”