Chapter 985: Beautiful Girl (30)

Tang Guo stood up. “Ladies and gentlemen, you only have one month to prepare. Everything here is yours. I have plenty more materials like these. You can call me anytime if you need additional evidence.”

“I start school again tomorrow, so I'll take my leave.”

With a smile on her lips, Tang Guo turned and walked out.

The moment she left, the thirty lawyers could no longer contain their curiosity. They eagerly gathered around the discs, desperate to see what was inside. They were immensely curious about what kind of evidence could have prompted such confidence.

The next day, Tang Guo returned to school.

No one there had forgotten about her existence. The strange looks directed at her remained unchanged.

For the first two days, everyone noticed that Zuo Ran and Wei Liang no longer came to invite Tang Guo to lunch on the rooftop cafeteria.

At first, no one thought much of it. They simply assumed that the two boys, now seniors, were too busy with their studies to eat with her.

But after two weeks had passed, Zuo Ran and Wei Liang still didn't even greet Tang Guo when they saw her.

That inevitably made people suspect that the relationship between them had broken down.

Especially when some students deliberately whispered insults about Tang Guo right in front of the two boys, yet neither of them reacted.

After countless tests and observations, everyone finally concluded that Tang Guo had fallen out with Zuo Ran and Wei Liang.

Or perhaps the two had simply lost interest in her. Seeing that she neither cried nor caused trouble, most people assumed they had already paid her enough “compensation,” and that the three had parted ways peacefully.

Without Zuo Ran and Wei Liang protecting her, the number of people talking about Tang Guo behind her back increased.

The rumors evolved from selling herself and being kept by old men to claims that she had been simultaneously kept by both Wei Liang and Zuo Ran.

Some even spread stories that during the vacation, Tang Guo had been fooling around with the two of them all along.

They figured the boys had simply gotten bored after having their fun. Once the novelty wore off and they had gotten what they wanted, of course they would lose interest.

After all, that fit the image the two young masters had always cultivated. There was nothing surprising about it.

Because of their generosity, wealth, and status, almost no one criticized them.

Besides, they hadn't forced any girls.

The girls had gone willingly, so what was there to blame?

Whenever Zuo Ran and Wei Liang heard these rumors, they merely laughed.

In truth, they often watched Tang Guo from hidden corners.

Seeing others insult her and mock her to her face made them feel uncomfortable.

But whenever they remembered the cold way she had rejected them, neither wanted to step in.

They were waiting.

Waiting for her to seek them out.

As long as she admitted she needed their protection, then even if she refused to become their girlfriend, they would still help her for the sake of their past friendship.

Yet they never got what they were waiting for.

It could even be said that their waiting had slowly turned into resentment and wounded pride.

One day after school, Tang Guo once again entered the same alley as before.

There, Chang Zhan blocked her path.

“Is there something you need, Senior Chang Zhan?”

Chang Zhan's expression was complicated.

“Have the rumors at school really not affected you?”

“No, not at all. Are you worried about me?” Tang Guo asked with a smiling face. Her bright smile made her seem like someone who truly wasn't bothered.

Even Chang Zhan no longer knew whether she was enduring everything or whether she genuinely didn't care.

“I'll persuade them to come forward and explain things.”

“Senior Chang Zhan, you're really a good person. Even during the hectic final year of high school, you're still taking the time to meddle in other people's business.”

Chang Zhan disliked such praise.

“I just don't want to see the friends I've grown up with make more mistakes,” he said. “The harm they've caused you… I'll apologize to you on their behalf.”