Night had fallen, with a few stars twinkling in the dark sky, flickering on and off.
A sliver of moonlight, mingled with starlight, shone into an inconspicuous rental room in the slums.
After washing away her fatigue, Su Zhiyi changed into her pajamas, dried her hair, and lazily lay down on the bed.
Propping herself against the pillow, she grabbed her phone from the bedside and opened WeChat.
In WeChat, three people had sent her messages: Su Qinghuai, Song Lian, and Si Yanjing.
She didn't rush to reply to them. Her gaze swept indifferently over the three names, and she tapped directly into her Moments.
She had carefully curated her Moments, consistently posting even after being cast out of the Su family.
Every post was a standard photo of a wealthy heiress, each picture casually revealing various luxury items to showcase her wealth.
In reality, most of these photos were things she had leeched off.
Whenever she went somewhere slightly upscale, she'd take a photo and keep it on her phone for later use, waiting to accumulate enough to post.
For example... her latest leech: a photo with Si Yanjing's Rolls-Royce Phantom.
Su Zhiyi selected the photo, edited the caption, and thoughtfully blocked the true owner of the Rolls-Royce Phantom—Si Yanjing.
After confirming that Si Yanjing was blocked and the photo had no flaws, she posted it.
In the photo, the girl stood at a distance from the luxury car, yet appeared as if she was leaning against it. Her head was slightly tilted, and strands of hair fell from her shoulders with the movement.
The focus was mostly on her pure, beautiful face—at first glance, it was hard to look away from her features.
Next, the Rolls-Royce Phantom beside her caught the eye, and finally, the designer bag with its logo visible.
A flawless post.
Within less than a minute of posting, she had dozens of likes and several comments.
【Li Yuexin: Baby Zhiyi, how are you so pretty? Come here, let me kiss you!】
【Xia Wan: Did Zhiyi buy a new car? The color really complements your skin tone.】
【Classmate A: That bag looks familiar—is it last year's limited edition from their brand?】
【Classmate B: Even luxury cars and bags can't overshadow the beauty of the young lady!】
【Song Lian: Zhiyi, it's time to reply to my message [smile]】
Apart from Si Yanjing, who was blocked from commenting, one other person silently liked the post: Su Qinghuai.
Su Zhiyi glanced at Su Qinghuai's name, feeling nothing inside.
She exited Moments and finally began leisurely replying to the three men's messages.
First, she replied to Song Lian.
Song Lian had seen her post and promptly left a comment.
If she didn't reply soon, he'd probably start overthinking again.
【Song Lian: Did you ask for Si Yanjing's contact info at the basketball court today?】
【Song Lian: [smile]】
A gentle interrogation right off the bat. Su Zhiyi could picture Song Lian smiling softly as he spoke those piercing words.
His tone was sweet as honey, seemingly harmless, but capable of breaking down one's psychological defenses.
Fortunately, her mental defenses weren't that weak, so she wouldn't fall into his gentle trap.
Instead of answering directly, Su Zhiyi calmly turned the question around.
【Su Zhiyi: Hmm? How did you know?】
【Song Lian: I saw it on the forum.】
【Song Lian: I didn't deliberately look up your info. You know, managing the forum is part of the student council's duty.】
Song Lian was the president of the St. Désmo Academy student council.
While managing the forum, he happened to see a post about his ex-fiancée, so it was only polite to ask, right?
Su Zhiyi remembered that last time, Song Lian had also seen the rumor about her and Su Qinghuai on the forum and specifically asked about it.
So he had seen on the forum that she voluntarily asked for Si Yanjing's contact.
Su Zhiyi sighed. There was no hiding it now.
【Su Zhiyi: I'm not blaming you for checking my info.】
【Su Zhiyi: I added him just because I heard he studied abroad in the US.】
【Su Zhiyi: I've never been to the US, and I'm planning to travel there this year, so I thought I'd get a heads-up from him.】
Su Zhiyi was quite satisfied with her answer.
Rather than hide it, it was better to admit it openly.
Being overly evasive would only fuel Song Lian's suspicion.
Sure enough, Song Lian seemed to let his guard down.