Chapter 599: If I Can't, Neither Can You

After Qi Yunzhi spoke, the more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed. After all, that young master from the Gu family had been calling Shen Nian “sister” over and over again.

“I hope not.”

Shen Nian was genuinely wary of campus gossip. Back then, Qin Xueling had used the very same kind of rumors to come after her.

Qi Yunzhi shrugged. She still thought it was highly likely. And the more she considered it, the more curious she became.

Shen Nian had already told them how she’d met the Gu family, but for some reason, Qi Yunzhi felt more and more certain that the connection between them ran deeper than that.

Over the next few days, Shen Nian once again experienced the power of campus gossip. No matter where she went, it seemed people were discussing her, Gu Shuxin, and the Gu family.

And just as Qi Yunzhi had predicted, some people had indeed started a theory that Shen Nian might be the real Miss Gu.

Some people even came to ask Shen Nian for confirmation, but she flatly denied it.

Shen Nian disliked campus gossip and certainly wouldn’t exploit it like Gu Shuxin. Moreover, being stared at everywhere she went lately was really starting to annoy her.

Even their class advisor, Xu Zhe, came to ask her about the situation after class, which only added to Shen Nian’s distress.

Furthermore, the students had spontaneously revised the campus belle list, removing Gu Shuxin, who was deemed unworthy of the title. Now, Shen Nian was the sole campus belle among the freshmen.

This turn of events left Shen Nian, who had planned to spend her four years at university in a low-key manner, feeling utterly exasperated.

Shen Nian had been doing her best to avoid the other main subject of all this talk, but when the person in question insisted on confronting her, there was nothing she could do to stop it.

“Shen Nian, are you satisfied now?!”

Gu Shuxin cornered Shen Nian at the entrance to her dormitory. Over the past few days, Gu Shuxin had learned what it truly meant to be a public laughingstock; everywhere she went, she could hear people mocking her.

The very people who used to flatter her would now bad-mouth her the moment they saw her. This drastic change was more than Gu Shuxin could bear.

“What would I have to be satisfied about?”

Shen Nian wouldn’t go looking for Gu Shuxin, but she certainly wasn’t afraid now that Gu Shuxin had come to her.

“Stop pretending! Don’t you dare say this isn’t exactly what you wanted! You’re proud of yourself for making my life so miserable, aren’t you?!”

“Gu Shuxin, are you sure I’m the one who’s harmed you?”

Shen Nian shook her head. She really had no desire to harm Gu Shuxin. However, she was getting really tired of Gu Shuxin coming to pick a fight with her again and again.

“If it wasn’t you, then who was it?! Shen Nian, you’re just getting revenge on me! Revenge because I have a crush on Lu Cheng! That’s why you deliberately sought out the Gu family and used some kind of trick to make Fanfan like you. Don’t think you can just waltz into the Gu family this way. I couldn’t become Gu Ke’er, and you never will either!”

Gu Ke’er was, one might say, a permanent shadow hanging over Gu Shuxin’s heart, but the same was not true for Shen Nian.

Shen Nian looked at Gu Shuxin and frowned, not because she had mentioned Gu Ke’er, but because she had brought up Lu Cheng.

‘No wonder Qi Yunzhi always said Gu Shuxin was shameless. She really has no shame at all!’