Zhu Yaya was still scrolling through the netizens' comments under the news. Most of them were saying things like "Good riddance" and so on.
Zhu Yaya's finger swiped quickly across the phone screen, and one comment caught her attention.
[Well, that's that. The Duan family has finally fallen.]
The Duan family?
The plot of the novel seemed to mention the Duan family in its later stages. The Duan family was an existence second only to the Murong family (the male lead's family), the Ling family (the male supporting character's family), and the Shen family (the female supporting character's family). Their business overlapped somewhat with the Ling family's, and they dabbled in the underworld. However, it seemed the Duan family was driven to bankruptcy by the villain, Ling Yixiao, later in the novel.
Zhu Yaya had once even suspected that Yan Heng was actually the villain Ling Yixiao! She had even thought about clinging to the villain's coattails by getting close to Yan Heng!
However, Ling Yixiao was a gangster whose hands were stained with blood, while her Yan Heng was an upright youth with a cold exterior but a kind heart. Therefore, Zhu Yaya gradually stopped comparing the two of them.
The number of people she knew with the surname Duan could be counted on one hand.
Zhu Yaya thought of Duan Zong, as well as the information Li Hao had revealed when she previously complained about Duan Zong pestering her.
He said that Duan Zong's background was actually not simple, and he might be backed by the Duan family.
Could it be that the people in her class were sympathizing with her because the Duan family had fallen? But that didn't make sense! What did she, Zhu Yaya, have to do with Duan Zong anyway?
Zhu Yaya was deeply puzzled.
Just then, Xu Baoying ran into the classroom carrying her backpack. She was also looking at Zhu Yaya with that same sympathetic gaze, though her eyes held a strange kind of excitement.
Zhu Yaya was even more confused.
Xu Baoying plopped down on her chair, leaned in, and asked Zhu Yaya, "Did you watch today's Imperial Capital Morning News and check the campus forum?"
Zhu Yaya: ...
Why was everyone telling her to look at those two things?!
"I just watched the news. Isn't it just about the Daffodil Club getting shut down and the fall of the Duan family? What about it?" Zhu Yaya's expression grew even more bewildered.
Xu Baoying let out a fake cough. "Then you should go check the campus forum."
Zhu Yaya was now incredibly curious after all this buildup. She rested her forehead against her desk and lowered her head to continue looking at her phone.
She quickly logged in.
A massive, bolded headline jumped into her line of sight, accompanied by a bright red "Hot" tag---"Feeling Sorry for the Innocent Girl, Zhu X".
Zhu Yaya: !!!
She suddenly had a bad premonition. With trembling fingers, she clicked on the headline.
[As everyone knows, Duan X from Class One, Grade Two, has been fiercely pursuing Zhu X from Class One, Grade One, ever since the New Year's Eve party. However, the "infatuated" Duan X was repeatedly rejected, causing many ignorant young girls to feel sorry for him and subsequently sneer at the "ungrateful" Zhu X. But little did they know that the seemingly gentle and gentlemanly Duan X actually has such a vicious true face.
That's right! Duan X is the future head of the fallen Duan family, but he also has an unknown secret---he is gay. According to reliable sources, Duan X is a VIP client and a behind-the-scenes investor of the Daffodil Club, having kept countless pitiful straight men as sugar babies. So why would Duan X, who likes men, pursue Zhu Yaya? Fellow alumni, have you ever heard the term "beard wife"? It's terrifying to think about. d(ŐдŐ๑)
My heart aches for the innocent Zhu X. Not only was she pestered by the ill-intentioned Duan X, but she was also subjected to campus cyberbullying. Who knows how much trauma this has caused her. Fortunately, Yan X from Class Seventeen, Grade Two, has been there to comfort and accompany her every step of the way. Let us send our most sincere blessings to her and Yan X!]
Zhu Yaya: ...
She had a pretty good idea which idiot wrote this!
Still, to think that Duan Zong was actually gay!
She absolutely never saw that coming! No wonder everyone was looking at her with such sympathy!
