A post from five days ago had been hanging on the homepage of the St. Dismas Academy forum for several days. Comments had been pouring in nonstop, keeping the热度 high.
It was a post about Su Zhiyi.
Strangely enough, previously, relatively controversial posts about Su Zhiyi on the forum would be deleted within two days of being posted. This post was extremely controversial, yet it had been floating on the forum for a full five days without being deleted.
[St. Dismas Academy Forum]
[Breaking News! Huge Bombshell! Everyone who attended the Su family's charity gala last night knows, right?!]
[1L: In just one evening, two huge bombshells dropped. One of them isn't important, but the other one... I wonder how many young masters from wealthy families will be crying and drowning their sorrows in drink all night.]
[2L: The Su family? The one with the Eldest Miss? The Su family held a charity gala last night?]
[3L: How are there still people surfing on 2G? The news about the Su family's charity gala has been buzzing since last month.]
[4L: In City A, which Su family could it be other than the one with the Eldest Miss? You're probably not from a famous family and weren't on the Su family's invitation list, so you wouldn't know.]
[6L: What major event could happen at a charity gala? Don't make a fuss over nothing.]
[7L: You're wrong. There are two major events. First, the Su family announced at the gala that they had recovered their bloodline—it's Su Qinghuai, the one from our school who was admitted as a special recruit with the highest score in City A. The Su family said he is their lost bloodline, the eldest son, and the sole future heir.]
[8L: That special recruit is a member of the Su family.]
[9L: Wait, I remember there were rumors about him and the Eldest Miss before? Now it seems they're siblings, so not rivals in love. That's a relief.]
[10L: Damn, I remember him. Isn't he the academic genius in the same class as the Eldest Miss? Always with a cold face, super aloof, has a mouth but says nothing all day. I thought he was poor and proud, but it turns out he actually has the capital to be proud...]
[12L: Forget whether being the Su family heir is capital for pride. Give me the identity of the Eldest Miss's sibling, and I'd walk sideways like a crab at school.]
[111L: Can we focus on the Eldest Miss? Why discuss that special recruit? The key point isn't that the special recruit is the Su family heir!]
[112L: Yeah... there's a second major event.]
[113L: What exactly is the second event? Could it be bigger than a poor special recruit from the slums being the Su family heir?]
[114L: It's actually bigger than the first. Compared to the second, the first seems insignificant.]
[115L: The second big event is that the Su family and the Si family are forming a marriage alliance.]
[116L: ...?!]
[117L: The Su family and the Si family? Is it Su Qinghuai and some daughter of the Si family? I remember the Si family doesn't have a daughter, right?]
[118L: Did the Si family also recover a long-lost daughter?]
[119L: What pig brains do you young masters have? You're so stuffed with money you can't think straight, making wild guesses. Stop guessing randomly. The one forming the alliance isn't Su Qinghuai; it's Su Zhiyi. Yesterday, the Si family head and the eldest son personally proposed the alliance to the Su family head, Su Zhiyi's father.]
[120L: Didn't the Si family eldest son get married years ago? Then the alliance partner for the Eldest Miss is... Oh my god! The only unmarried male in the Si family is Si Yanjing! The Eldest Miss's alliance partner is the Second Young Master Si!]
[121L: Sigh, yesterday I drank and cried all night in KTV with a few buddies. Everyone took leave today and didn't come to class. I just can't accept that the Eldest Miss has a fiancé again. Oh well, in the end, I have to accept it.]
[122L: Tsk... why Si Yanjing...]
[123L: Boohoo, I thought after Song Lian and the Eldest Miss broke off the engagement, I'd finally have a chance to pursue her. Now she's engaged to Si Yanjing.]
[124L: Where did the guy above come from? Get lost! Even if the Eldest Miss breaks off the engagement with Si Yanjing, the people who like her and want to be with her could line up from City A to Country M. You're not even worth mentioning.]
[126L: I'll put it bluntly—only the Song and Si families in City A can match the Su family. Since the Song family and the Eldest Miss's engagement is over, only the Si family remains. It's just a matter of whether the Eldest Miss looks favorably on Si Yanjing.]
[127L: Rumors about Second Young Master Si and the Eldest Miss have been around for a while, right? Their engagement was expected.]
[125L: What's so good about Si Yanjing? Everyone keeps praising him to the skies. A playboy isn't even fit to hold the Eldest Miss's shoes! He's just riding on the Si family's power and influence.]
[126L: Yeah, Si Yanjing is just a second son with no inheritance rights. I can't see how he deserves the Eldest Miss.]
[127L: I say only the eldest Song young master is worthy of the Eldest Miss in City A. He's not only the heir but also the only son of the Song family.]
[128L: But didn't comment 7 say the Su family heir is now Su Qinghuai? Doesn't the Eldest Miss have no inheritance rights now?]
[129L: Even if the Eldest Miss isn't the Su family heir anymore, Si Yanjing still doesn't deserve her! He's not even fit to marry into the Su family!]
[130L: ...Are you rich young masters crazy? Before Zhiyi broke off the engagement with Song Lian, you were all madly jealous of Song Lian, cursing him on the forum. Now that Song Lian and Zhiyi's engagement is over, you're jealous of Si Yanjing. Do they even know you exist? And you're cursing them behind their backs?]
*
St. Dismas Academy, Third Year, Class A.
Su Zhiyi sat in her seat, chin propped on her hand, her head turned to look out the window.
She appeared to be admiring the view, but actually her eyes were downcast, her expression indifferent, like a wisp of wind that couldn't be caught.
She was thinking about that night five days ago.
Every time she recalled the awkward scene at the charity gala, her heart raced. Even though it had already happened, the memory always made her limbs weak.
She couldn't forget the varied expressions on everyone's faces after she agreed to Si Yanjing's proposal and let him slip the ring onto her left ring finger in front of everyone.
Joy, bewilderment, jealousy...
Su Qinghuai, whose emotions usually seemed stable but were actually the most volatile, completely lost control. He curled his lips into a cold sneer, said nothing, shot her a chillingly indifferent glance, then looked at Si Yanjing, turned around, and left.
Compared to Su Qinghuai's emotional breakdown, what surprised her most was Song Lian's calmness.
She could sense the turmoil in Song Lian's eyes, but she couldn't see through the gentle layer that covered and hid all his emotions.
Song Lian's emotional stability was incredible. After Su Qinghuai sneered, he let out a soft, chillingly gentle laugh and said an ambiguous sentence to Su Qinghuai before he left.
"Young Master Su, don't forget our cooperation."