Chapter 8 Rumors

  Su Xiao was a bit irritated and splashed cold water on herself, wanting to wake herself up. She felt particularly guilty towards Gu Mo Ning, and had allowed Shen Rui to deceive Gu Mo Ning's feelings for her own selfish reasons. She comforted herself that Shen Rui didn't really like Gu Mo Ning anyway, and she would just remind her later that Shen Rui was a flirt, telling her not to take it too seriously. But what about herself? Shen Rui had said they could try dating in a month's time? Forget it, forget it, it was all too complicated, she'd just take things one step at a time. For now, the most important thing was to remind Gu Mo Ning, so that she wouldn't get hurt later. Su Xiao took a deep breath and regained her usual carefree smile, tidied herself up and walked out of the bathroom towards Gu Mo Ning.

  Gu Mò Níng saw Sū Xiǎo with a smile as usual, and was slightly stunned. Then she smiled again and gave Sū Xiǎo a big hug. "Xiǎo Xiǎo, have you forgiven me?" "Mmm, I never blamed you, it's just that my heart couldn't let go. Now it's fine. But I want to remind you, that Shěn Ruì is quite a playboy, he changes girlfriends very quickly, don't take him too seriously." Sū Xiǎo reminded Gu Mò Níng with a bit of embarrassment but also seriousness. Gu Mò Níng felt a bit puzzled, why did Sū Xiǎo suddenly say these things to her? "Xiǎo Xiǎo, what did Shěn Ruì say to you?" "Nothing, just don't take him too seriously, he's not a good person. Haven't you heard enough news about him before?" Sū Xiǎo looked at Gu Mò Níng with a serious face, Gu Mò Níng pouted, looking disbelieving. "But I think he's quite nice, he's different from others, warmer than sunshine, especially when he smiles, it feels very clean and sunny."

  Su Xiao's heart skipped a beat, and she really wanted to tell Gu Mo Ning about the betting situation. Taking a deep breath, she suppressed this idea again. Anyway, she had already fallen in love, getting hurt was just a matter of time, forget it, let her be happy for a while first. "Hey, I heard that Gu Mo Ning and Shen Rui are together." "The school flower and the school grass, sounds like a good match." "I'm so envious, really hope they'll be together forever" "What's the big deal? They just look pretty, that's all." "Usually looks quite well-behaved, but secretly dating in private, huh." "Hypocrite, showing off as a good student in front of teachers, who knows what she's like behind their backs..."

  Gu Murning stepped out of the house early in the morning, and various voices reached her ears. Gu Murning's face remained unchanged, and she calmly walked towards the classroom, but in her heart, she lamented again why rumors spread so fast.

  However, Su Xiao couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't bear to see her good sister being gossiped about like this. "What's wrong with you guys? Are you jealous? If you have the ability, try to be as excellent as Mo Ning. If not, then don't just blindly talk nonsense." Su Xiao also thought that if she really got together with Shen Rui a month later, what would people gossip about her? The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became. Suddenly, she pushed one of the girls who was talking the most and glared at the crowd with hatred, as if they were talking about her.

  The girl who was pushed glared at Su Xiao with a mixture of anger and mockery, "What's wrong? You dare to do it but don't want others to talk about it?" Su Xiao shot back furiously, "Even if Mo Ning and Shen Rui are together, at least Shen Rui pursued her. Unlike some people who wouldn't leave Shen Rui alone even when he ignored them. And now that Shen Rui is pursuing our Mo Ning, you're still slandering us? You can't get what you want, so you don't want others to have it either. You can't stand seeing others do well, that's just despicable..." Su Xiao was worked up as she scolded the girl, and in the process, she also sent her regards to the girl's entire family.

  The girl not only didn't get angry, but instead looked at her with a smirk and said, "Oh, you're talking about yourself, aren't you? Who doesn't know that you confessed to Shen Rui yesterday, but he didn't even look at you. He said that Guo Mo Ning would be unhappy. People like you, who steal their friends' boyfriends, are really lower than those of us who don't steal our sisters' boyfriends. Haha. But you're also pitiful, your crush was stolen by a good sister, and you still have to help her deal with people like us. Be careful that one day Guo Mo Ning sells you out and you'll still have to help her lose money!"

  Su Xiao's face turned white, and even with Gu Mo Ning's good temper, he couldn't help but explode. "Enough, you people are always just talking nonsense, what else can you do? Every day, instead of studying properly, you just know how to slander others. Having people like you in our school is truly a shame." Gu Mo Ning rarely had a cold face, and his sharp eyes scanned the crowd, causing the people around him to be intimidated by his aura and quiet down.

  Gu Mò Níng pulled Su Xiǎo's hand, quickly leading her to the classroom. With concern, she asked, "Xiǎo Xiǎo, are you okay?" Su Xiǎo suddenly burst out laughing, interrupting Gu Mò Níng's worry, "What could be wrong with me? I just can't stand those people bullying you. You should know that you're my sister, and even if someone is going to bully you, it can only be me."

  Gu Muer Ning looked at Su Xiao with deep emotion, the little bird-like girl clinging to her hand. "Xiao Xiao, you're really great. But don't take it too hard either, it's not worth getting angry for that kind of person." Su Xiao helplessly hummed in agreement and sat down, staring blankly into space.

  The storm of rumors in the morning passed quickly, and Gu Mò Níng still went to teach dance class in the afternoon. Sū Xiǎo didn't follow her again, listening to the lesson alone in the classroom.

  This time, Teacher Yang didn't come, but Shen Rui did. Gu Mò Níng doesn't have to worry about Su Xiao anymore and is no longer restrained. The two of them set up the dance room together, chatting and laughing, having a great time.

  Very soon after setting up the dance room, Gu Mò Níng took out a bottle of water from her backpack and smiled at Shěn Ruì with a mischievous grin. "Look, I can do magic! Are you thirsty? Here you go." Shěn Ruì smiled and accepted it, looking at Gu Mò Níng's beaming smile, and had a strange feeling flash through his mind. In his heart, he couldn't help but let out a slight snort of disdain, thinking why this person's smile was so childlike, just like what Xiǎo Sù said?

  Shen Rui twisted open the bottle cap and took a sip of water, then handed it to Gu Mò Níng, holding it in front of her face, hinting for her to drink. But Gu Mò Níng pulled out another bottle from her backpack and waved it at Shen Rui with a smug expression. "You can have this one, I still have water." "Don't you want to share a bottle of water with me?" Shen Rui raised an eyebrow at Gu Mò Níng, somewhat perplexed. His previous girlfriends had always loved sharing a bottle of water with him, so why was Gu Mò Níng being so unwilling?

  "Why do I have to drink a bottle of water with you when I already have two bottles?" Gu Moring asked, puzzled. Shen Rui couldn't help but chuckle at the silly expression on Gu Moring's face and snatched the water from her hand while she wasn't paying attention, handing her the bottle he had drunk from instead.

  Gu Moring looked at him with a disgusted expression, "This bottle of water has been drunk by you."

  "Do you have a phobia of germs?" Shen Rui teased, looking at Gu Moring with amusement. Gu Moring pouted and replied, "No, I don't."

  "Then why won't you drink the water I've drunk from?"

  "Why do I have to drink the water you've drunk from?"

  "Because I'm your boyfriend."

  "Why does being your boyfriend mean I have to drink the water you've drunk from?"

  "Would you drink water that Su Xiao has drunk from?"

  "Yes, I would."

  "Then treat me like Su Xiao."

  "But you're not Su Xiao."

  "So why do you want to drink Su Xiao's water?"

  "Because she's my friend."

  "Am I your friend or not?"

  "Yes, you are."

  "Would you drink a friend's water?"

  "Yes, I would."

  "Then drink this."