Chapter 43 Real and Fake Gold
After Shen Kuo watched Su Jinyi and Jin Jinshu leave, he seemed to feel much more relieved. She didn't belong to him in the first place, so why bother with her?
The look Shu Mengyu gave him when she left flashed through Shen Kuo's mind, and he was immediately annoyed. She must have been extremely disappointed in him.
Shen Kuo hurriedly chased after her, luckily Shu Mengyu hadn't gone too far.
"Shu Mengyu, I've broken off the engagement. Now I can be responsible for you." Shen Kuo looked more determined than ever.
Shu Mengyu was in a trance for a moment, it seemed that this was quite good, at least... Shen Kuo was not bad either.
But she quickly put this thought behind her, as she was very clear about the look in Shen Kuo's eyes when he looked at Su Jinyi.
Shu Mengyu shook her hair that was messed up by the wind and said nonchalantly: "Congratulations to Mr. Shen for regaining his freedom."
Shen Kuo frowned: "What do you mean?"
"It's meaningless. Now you don't have to be responsible to anyone." Shu Mengyu shrugged indifferently.
"Shu Mengyu!" Shen Kuo squeezed out each word from between his teeth, "I said I would be responsible for you, which part of me didn't understand you?"
"Then I'll tell you too, I don't need you to be responsible for me! This is a matter of mutual consent, don't make it seem like I'm at a disadvantage. I don't care." When she thought of the loving look that Shen Kuo gave Su Jinyi, her heart ached as if it was stabbed.
"Shu Mengyu, you had this attitude yesterday. Why are you crazy?" Shen Kuo frowned.
"Why am I crazy?" Shu Mengyu pulled the corner of her mouth in self-mockery, and said helplessly: "You keep saying that you will be responsible for me, how can you be responsible?"
"Get engaged to me like Su Yunning did? And then regret it when you don't want it anymore?"
She took a deep breath and said, "Or are you marrying me because you have someone else in your heart?"
"Shen Kuo, please tell me how you will be responsible for me?"
Shen Kuo retorted: "Su Yunning and I were arranged by our parents!"
Shu Mengyu asked: "What about Su Jinyi? Is she also someone your parents made you like?"
"Shen Kuo, maybe you don't even know how much admiration you have for Su Jinyi? She is all you can think of."
Shu Mengyu was filled with unprecedented sorrow and pain. Her chest felt stuffy and her voice became hoarse. "How can you be responsible for me like this? Shen Kuo... let yourself go."
"That's not like you at all."
Shen Kuo's lips slightly opened, as if he had a thousand words to say, and his brows were slightly wrinkled, but he seemed to have no reason to refute, and the corners of his mouth drooped.
He was indeed very reluctant to part with Su Jinyi.
but……
Shu Mengyu didn't want to see Shen Kuo's distraught look, which was completely different from the always lively and cheerful Shen Kuo in her mind.
school.
The consequence of the Su and Shen families' engagement party being held too high-profile was that this farce became a topic of conversation among the wealthy circles after dinner, and naturally became a new thing in the school.
What is even more lively in the school is the real and fake daughter of the Su family.
"Oh my god, have you heard that Su Yunning is not the daughter of the Su family? Su Jinyi is the real daughter of the Su family!"
"What? Is it true or not? Why is there still this old joke about the real and fake daughter? Is it fake?"
"It's true. The engagement party held by the Su and Shen families yesterday was very high-profile. I thought Su Yunning could become a phoenix, but she turned out to be a wild chicken!"
"Yes, I heard that too. She is a child picked up by the Su family. Su Jinyi is the real daughter of the Su family!"
"Don't you think this is unfair? Su Yunning has been the daughter of the Su family for more than ten years, and now someone named Su Jinyi suddenly appears. What should she do?"
"That's right. Ningning was about to get engaged to Mr. Shen, but because of Su Jinyi, she cancelled it and became a laughing stock! If it were me, I would be so pissed off!"
"That's right. I feel sorry for my Ningning. Can Su Jinyi just go back to where she came from? I feel so annoyed just looking at her."
"Maybe it was because of her that Young Master Shen canceled his wedding with Ning Ning. Everyone knows that Su Jin started to seduce Young Master Shen as soon as she came to our school!"
"That's right, and Senior Lu Jingchen! Why does she seduce everyone she sees? She's like a fly, always causing trouble for others!"
Jiang Youran, who was washing his hands and preparing to leave, saw the scene gradually turning into scolding Su Jinyi, and couldn't help but say:
"Why don't you say that Su Yunning has taken over Su Jinyi's life? She was originally the daughter of the Su family, and now she has returned to her own home. How can she make up for the love she lacked before?"
Jiang Youran doesn't like to meddle in other people's business, but for some reason she just can't stand others scolding Su Jinyi. She feels that Su Jinyi has not done anything wrong, but is being scolded by others, and she feels very unhappy.
Jiang Qingying frowned and asked, "You Ran, what's wrong with you today? You never used to meddle in other people's business, so why are you defending Su Jinyi?" She suddenly asked, "Are you also a fan of hers?"
"You Ran, remember that although some people are good-looking, you can't judge a person by appearance. Look at Su Jinyi, who relies on her looks to seduce others all day long. She has ruined Ning Ning's life. How can such a person be worthy of being a goddess?"
Jiang Youran's face flushed red. She had never scolded anyone before, but she would not gain any benefit from it. She still defended herself: "Anyway, Su Jinyi is not that kind of person! Anyone who has evidence that she ruined Su Yunning's marriage? Don't make false statements without evidence!"
One girl couldn't bear to watch it anymore and was about to reach out to push Jiang Youran, but was grabbed by a hand.
She looked at Su Jinyi in disbelief: "How dare you arrest me?"
"What is there to be afraid of? Do you think you are the emperor?" Su Jinyi said sarcastically.
Su Jinyi let go of the girl's hand, put his arm around Jiang Youran's shoulders, looked at the crowd gathered around and said, "Why? You care so much about your Ningning? Why not do something practical and donate some money to her!"
After saying that, she embraced Jiang Youran and left.
When they reached a quiet place, Su Jinyi let her go and said seriously: "Don't bother them if they say bad things about me in the future. Let them say it. We can't control other people's mouths." She paused and continued: "If you have any difficulties in the future, just come to me. I'm very free."
Jiang Youran was amused by her tone: "You sound like a little hooligan!"
Su Jin felt warm in his heart when he saw her smile.
This was her only friend in her previous life. When she was bullied by Su Yunning at school, she was the first one to rush to protect her. Unfortunately, she was implicated and became the second target of their bullying. In the end, she couldn't stand their torture and ended her life.
She is always so kind, no matter in the last life or this life, she has always been unhesitatingly protecting herself with her kindness even when no one understands her.
It's just that her family is not well off, and she goes to school on the basis of a scholarship for good academic performance. The rest of the time she works, and because she is a minor, she earns very little.
In this life, she had already supported her and sent her money regularly so that she wouldn't have to work illegally.
Su Jinyi said: "You don't even know me, why are you helping me?"
Jiang Youran said seriously: "I think you are very kind. Kind people should be happy. And... there is also a kind person who has been supporting me, so I can go to school with peace of mind."
Su Jinyi couldn't help but touch her head and said like an adult: "Study hard, kind people will be happy."
Jiang Youran was surprised and asked, "Why do you act like an adult? You are obviously the same age as me!"
Su Jin smiled, waved and left.
Jiang Youran didn't know why, but she always felt that she and Su Jinyi had known each other for a long time, and she liked her very much... Maybe they had known each other for a long time.