Hidden identities of the AI Heiress

Chapter 61: Chapter 61 The Unverifiable Rumor

Editor: Inschain

Lu Jingzhi looked at her, puzzled, as if he didn’t understand why she was so agitated.

“Big brother, we only got this project through connections. If you rashly go and thank someone, it might cause misunderstandings and make people think we got it through improper means.”

Lu Ting’s heart was racing, and she didn’t dare to look into Lu Jingzhi’s eyes, trying her best to appear calm.

“You’re right,” Lu Jingzhi sighed without thinking much. “I haven’t been caring enough towards you and even spoke to you harshly before.”

Lu Ting smiled, “Mom and Dad, as well as my brothers, are so good to me. I shouldn’t have had such wild thoughts, fearing that you would abandon me. Because of that mindset, I always felt a bit uncomfortable when interacting with my sister.”

“But I’ve thought it through now; I won’t have those thoughts anymore.”

“You’re really too sensible.”

Lu Jingzhi sighed in admiration, marveling at how well-behaved Tingting was.

It was only because of Qiaoqiao’s return that she felt uneasy, yet she didn’t do anything excessive. Now that she realized her mistake, it was a good thing.

***

Meanwhile.

On the campus forum of Shengyang High School, a post about–

[Let’s dig into the new senior student who is the Lu Family’s daughter found in the countryside and how she got into the school using connections]

This post contained a lot of information and quickly attracted a crowd.

[The Lu Family? Is it that Lu related to Lu Ting?]

[Which other Lu could it be? It’s said that the Lu Family lost her for fifteen years and found her last month in the countryside]

[Can a country bumpkin understand Shengyang’s education?]

[Man, Lu Ting is so pitiful. With her biological daughter back, can she still have a good life?]

[No wonder Shengyang accepted a transfer student in senior year, must be the Lu family’s money talking, right?]

[The school is starting to decline too. I hate people who get in through the back door the most]

[Someone present at the scene said that the Vice Principal also attended Lu Ting’s coming-of-age ceremony]

[Heh, let’s see her try to keep up with our pace. Falling to the bottom of the class and getting held back would be hilarious.]

[One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel. Shengyang is ruined by money. So having money is such a big deal?]

The thread’s popularity continued to rise.

Lu Xue looked at her phone, lips curled in pleasure.

Especially upon seeing everyone’s doubts and belittling comments about Qiao Yun, she felt better than ever.

Such unconfirmed rumors, accumulating day by day, spreading from one person to ten, ten to a hundred, can ruin a person’s reputation like nothing else.

She still bore a grudge against Qiao Yun for making her lose face at the coming-of-age ceremony and for causing the Lu Family to punish her family’s company, which led to her father slapping her.

Previously, she couldn’t do anything to Qiao Yun at the Lu Family’s house, but now that she was at the school, she didn’t need to lift a finger.

Just the fact of Qiao Yun entering through the back door was enough to get her ostracized.

And she was not lying—Lu Ting’s evasive behavior clearly indicated that the Lu Family indeed spent money to get Qiao Yun into the school, didn’t it?

After seeing the post, Jiang Huai went to Lu Xue and asked her, “Does the Lu family care so much about this person?”

“They do care a lot. They even bought her a limited edition dress for Lu Ting’s coming-of-age ceremony, letting her steal all of Lu Ting’s thunder,” said Lu Xue with a touch of scorn.

“That biased?”

“Totally biased. Although Lu Ting is not their biological child, they’ve raised her for so many years. Now that their biological child is back, they treat Lu Ting like this.”

Lu Xue spoke with indignation, “To let her get into Shengyang, they even spent so much money to pull strings, without even considering whether she’s qualified.”

“She’s very good at winning people’s favor, with a face that looks like it’s meant to seduce people.”

She was referring to the banquet where Pei Ya paid attention only to Qiao Yun, ignoring Lu Ting.

The students who overheard couldn’t help but frown.

Jiang Huai was also angry. Lu Ting was his goddess, the one he liked, and she was being treated this way.