Retired Villainess Transmigrates into a Cannon Fodder - Chapter 891

True or False Heiress: Becoming a Vicious Supporting Female Character (54)

“No, no, no,” Chu Xiang exclaimed in alarm and quickly stopped her. “Working part-time, earning a few dozen yuan a day is already good. I won’t be able to repay you if you lend me that much. 200 yuan for a week is enough. Really, just lend me 200 yuan. By the way, I won’t eat with you guys at noon. I’ll go to the cafeteria.”

Yu Nan had a straightforward personality and felt a little anxious seeing her like this. “No, something’s not right. Why are you being foolish? Isn’t the minimum cost for a meal in the cafeteria around 30 yuan? Are you going to eat only one meal a day? Besides, why did your family froze your card?”

Dong Fei ran over to Yu Nan and heard this, her eyes widened in surprise. “Froze your card? Your family isn’t giving you money anymore? Why? Just because of the incident in the changing room?”

Yu Nan said irritably, “What are they trying to do? The principal already investigated and confirmed that it had nothing to do with you. Did Chu Xuan go home and complain?”

Seeing Yu Nan’s voice getting louder, Chu Xiang panicked and got up, covering her mouth, and awkwardly looked at her classmates. “Uh… I’m sorry…”

The few classmates in the class didn’t know what to say. They hadn’t even processed it yet. 200 yuan, could it last for a week?

Someone curiously asked, “Chu Xiang, with 200… how will you manage to eat?”

Chu Xiang replied matter-of-factly, “Doesn’t the cafeteria have steamed buns? Two yuan each, a bowl of soup for eight yuan. Ten yuan for a meal is enough. I can manage with 200 yuan.” She saw everyone’s shocked expressions and sat down, saying, “Really, maybe you’re not used to it, but there have been times when I couldn’t afford to eat before. A steamed bun and a bowl of tasty soup are really enough.”

Dong Fei couldn’t accept it and asked, “Explain it to your parents. If they don’t believe you, we’ll help explain or let them come to the school and check the surveillance footage.”

Yu Nan paced back and forth, angrily saying, “This time it’s clearly Chu Xuan setting you up, and your parents actually punished you. They’re out of their minds!”

Dong Fei pushed her, and Yu Nan held onto Chu Xiang’s desk. She said, “What are you afraid of? In such situations, you should confront them head-on. Remember when you called Chu Xuan a green tea bitch? Weren’t you bold then?”

Chu Xiang shook her head in distress, “No, it won’t work. You don’t understand. I could really be kept at home and forced to drop out of school. Home is not a reasonable place. What’s the use of confronting them when I go back? I might not even have a meal if I go back.”

The classmates initially thought that when she said she couldn’t afford to eat, it was during the Chen family’s impoverished times. They didn’t expect her to be referring to the Chu family. The sensational gossip captivated their attention.

However, Chu Xiang didn’t want to talk about it anymore. She pulled Yu Nan and said, “Yu Nan, just lend me 200 yuan. I’m doing fine like this. As long as I maintain the status quo, it doesn’t matter if they don’t give me money. Anyway, I’m used to working and earning money before. It’s nothing. My life now is much better than before.”

Dong Fei wasn’t as straightforward as Yu Nan. She thought for a moment. They wanted to help Chu Xiang out of loyalty, but it was true that home was not a reasonable place. Based on the behavior of the Chu couple, Chu Xiang could really be locked up when she returned home.

Moreover, the Chu family had already mentioned that they intended to make Chu Xiang drop out of school. If things backfired and Chu Xiang couldn’t continue her education, they would be to blame. Not to mention that after Chu Xiang was confined by the Chu family, those damn servants wouldn’t even bring her food. Considering her malnourished body, the Chu family was like a dangerous place!

Dong Fei held onto Yu Nan and said seriously to Chu Xiang, “Lending you money is not a problem, but you have to have meals with us. Good friends don’t care about those things. If you don’t eat with us, it’s like you’re not giving us face.”

Chu Xiang smiled helplessly and shook her head. “That’s a face I really can’t give. I know you’re doing it for my own good, but I can’t just leech off you for meals and drinks. What’s the difference between that and taking advantage? I would look down on myself. Actually, I planned to stop relying on my family once I turned 18. If it weren’t for not having had my 18th birthday yet, I wouldn’t have used the Chu family’s money before. Now I’m just becoming independent earlier, it’s nothing. Let me support myself.”

Yu Nan said angrily, “You should be supported by them before you come of age. They have an obligation to support and raise their children!”

Chu Xiang smiled and said, “Didn’t they pay my tuition? It’s hundreds of thousands of yuan per year. I might never earn that much in my whole life. I’m very content. Luckily, I paid a year’s accommodation fee a couple of days ago. Otherwise, I might have to sleep on the streets. Alright, don’t be all puffed up with anger. I’m not angry. Life isn’t meant to be filled with only good things, right? I’m already very fortunate.”

Seeing the situation, Dong Fei directly transfered a 200 yuan red envelope to Chu Xiang via WeChat. She pulled Yu Nan out and said, “I’ll talk to her. Don’t worry, I won’t let her act recklessly.”

Chu Xiang also spoke to her classmates, “Sorry for disturbing everyone during your morning study time. Um… about what just happened, I hope you can help me out and not spread it.”

The classmates nodded. Some of them wanted to ask Chu Xiang about her meals and part-time work, but she had already taken out her exercise book. They realized that even though she was once a wealthy heiress, she had now fallen to the point where studying was her only way out. They couldn’t bring themselves to ask any more questions and quietly gave her the best study environment.

Shao Yan couldn’t help but send a message to Chu Xiang: [Let’s eat it together. I asked my family to prepare lunch and I’ll have it sent over. You need to take care of your health and can’t just eat steamed buns and soup.]

Chu Xiang calmly checked her phone and found that Shao Yan had actually sent her such a long message, showing some urgency. She explained: [I’m just pretending. How can I let the whole school know that my family has frozen my card if I don’t eat steamed buns? Don’t worry, a few days of eating steamed buns won’t affect me. I’ll come to your house and have some delicious food this weekend.]

Shao Yan was taken aback but didn’t find it strange. Just like how Chu Xiang pretended not to know how to solve problems, he realized that she was completely different from the person everyone knew. He breathed a sigh of relief but also felt a little happy because he was the only one who knew the real Chu Xiang, and because of her trust in him.

He insisted, [I’ll secretly bring it to you, and you can secretly eat it. Xiao Zhang is a retired soldier and my bodyguard. He has excellent counter-surveillance skills. He’ll handle the delivery discreetly without being noticed.]

Chu Xiang had long noticed that Xiao Zhang was not an ordinary driver, and he was probably not an ordinary retired soldier either. He seemed to be at the level of the king of soldiers. She couldn’t help but wonder why the Shao family had such a powerful bodyguard and driver for Shao Yan.

However, with Xiao Zhang handling the delivery, she felt reassured and agreed to Shao Yan’s proposal.

When the classmates came to class, those few students from earlier managed to hold back and not say anything. However, during lunch and dinner, Chu Xiang would go to the cafeteria to eat steamed buns and soup, and then find a corner to study with her books. Many people noticed this and even posted a thread on the forum expressing their confusion.

After all, the tuition fees at this school amounted to millions. Which student had ever eaten such simple meals? They were naturally puzzled by what Chu Xiang was doing.

Chu Xuan brought her own packed lunch to eat. She didn’t want to attract attention in the cafeteria, so she quietly stayed in the classroom. It wasn’t until she saw the forum post that she found out what Chu Xiang had been up to. Her expression immediately changed.

With the Chu family freezing Chu Xiang’s card, she had become so pitiful. Wasn’t this a disgrace to the Chu family? What would people in the school say about the Chu family? What would they say about her?

Before Chu Xuan could do anything, she saw someone anonymously mentioning on the forum about Chu Xiang’s card being frozen, stating that Chu Xiang couldn’t resist it. If she resisted, she wouldn’t be able to attend school anymore and might even be put in confinement without food.

Chu Xiang, the dignified heiress of a wealthy family, could only eat steamed buns every day and work part-time on weekends, with the risk of dropping out of school at any time. Looking at Chu Xuan enjoying the carefully prepared delicacies from home and being chauffeured to and from school, it was clear who was suffering.

The teachers and students at the school gained a much deeper understanding of the “Chu family of three.”

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