Amidst the crowd, the derisive laughter was jarring to the ear.

Yang Fei couldn't help but frown.

He hadn't expected it.

That Liu Chan's classmates, not yet out of the school gate, had become so snobbish.

Yang Fei's sharp hearing even caught many grating comments.

"How can Liu Chan dress so poorly, she's really losing face for all of us girls!"

"Humph, a hotel hostess playing all innocent now, does she really think she's a white lotus?"

"Who's that man with her? Couldn't be some security guard she met while working, could it?"

"Humph, trash paired with a mutt, a match made in heaven!"

...

The whispering was so soft, almost inaudible to the average person.

However, it couldn't escape Yang Fei's ears.

Yang Fei's eyes became somewhat terrifying, and he snorted from his nose.

Just then, a girl in an extremely gentle manner, wearing a water lily and lotus silk dress, stood out from the crowd.

She came to Liu Chan's side.

The girl had delicate features, and her expression was extremely gentle.

As soon as the girl appeared, even Wu Haitian's eyes lit up.

The girl approached Liu Chan and looked at her tenderly.

"Liu Chan, what's the matter with you?"

"Attending such an important gathering, you didn't even change your clothes. Where's the bracelet I gave you last time?"

Liu Chan's eyes reddened slightly, and she lowered her head.

"I didn't wear it... the company has regulations against it..."

"Pah, a broken hotel with so many rules,"

the girl spat lightly and looked at Liu Chan with pity.

"I heard you're interning at a hotel and even helped your mother sweep the streets."

The girl said softly.

She took off the platinum necklace around her neck and put it on Liu Chan.

The girl carefully scrutinized it.

"It suits you. From now on, don't take it off—it's a gift from me."

Upon hearing the girl's words, Liu Chan became instantly flustered.

She hurriedly tried to take off the platinum necklace from her neck.

"Yang Nan, I can't accept your gift..."

"Keep it on. We've been sisters for so many years,"

Yang Nan said gently, holding Liu Chan's hand.

Wu Haitian looked at Yang Nan with a softened gaze and nodded slightly.

Yang Nan turned around and glanced over the bunch of boys and girls whispering to each other.

"We're all classmates here—let's not say things that sound unpleasant, shall we?"

It was obvious, this girl Yang Nan was well-liked among the classmates.

After she spoke, everyone fell silent and began to disperse in small groups.

Wu Haitian gave Yang Nan and Liu Chan a complex look, then turned around to call out to his classmates.

"Everyone, please have a seat. Don't be shy; there are drinks in the cabinet."

Liu Chan held Yang Nan's hand with gratitude.

"Thank you, Yang Nan. I truly didn't expect everyone to see me this way."

Yang Nan showed a shallow smile.

"Just be yourself. Why care about what others think?"

As she spoke, she took out two recruitment forms from her bag.

She handed one to Liu Chan.

"My father has already spoken with a senior executive from Yalan International."

"After graduation, I should have a chance to join Yalan International."

"We'll go together."

Liu Chan, surprised, said, "You're going to Yalan International?"

"Don't you know about Yalan International?"

Yang Nan looked at Liu Chan reproachfully, her gentle voice was very soothing to hear.

"Yalan International is the biggest company in Yannan with the best treatment, and it might go national, or even international."

"Everyone wants to get in."

Yang Nan said, thrusting the recruitment form into Liu Chan's hands.

"Fill it in quickly. Tomorrow, I'll have my dad deliver it personally to the HR department of Yalan International."

"He is a leader after all, and the higher-ups at Yalan should give him some face."

"But even so, at most we'll just make it to the interview, and then we will all have to perform well."

Liu Chan looked at Yang Fei, her eyes filled with gratitude.

The father of Yang Nan, after all, was the deputy director of the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce.

His influence could only get Yang Nan an interview.

One can imagine how difficult it was to get into Yalan International.

But with a nonchalant statement from Yang Fei, Liu Chan not only got into Yalan International.

She even entered the senior management of Yalan International and became the president's secretary.

The two girls were discussing Yalan International when a few girls nearby overheard them.

One of the girls looked at Liu Chan with disdain.

"It's possible for Yang Nan to enter Yalan International since her father is a leader."

"As for you, forget about it?"

"Exactly, Yalan International hires only graduates from prestigious universities."

"Some departments even require a Ph.D. degree, do you qualify?"

"Hehe, what a lofty dream, a hotel intern hoping to rise to the heavens in one step!"

...

A group of sharp-tongued girls ridiculed Liu Chan.

Liu Chan was both amused and irritated, and she couldn't help but glance at Yang Fei by her side again.

Yang Fei frowned deeply on the side.

He recognized the voice of Yang Nan as soon as she spoke.

This seemingly gentle girl was the one who had just uttered that nonsense about "watch dogs mating."

It seems there were many troublemakers around Liu Chan.

Yang Fei slowly walked over to Liu Chan's side, took off the necklace, and casually handed it to Yang Nan.

"Miss, I'm sorry, but Liu Chan doesn't need your necklace."

Yang Nan's eyes widened, and she asked with hostility, "Who are you?"

The volume of Yang Nan's voice suddenly rose, attracting the attention of many classmates.

All eyes once again converged on them.

Wu Haitian came over: "What's the matter?"

Yang Fei couldn't be bothered with Wu Haitian, speaking indifferently.

"Who I am doesn't matter."

"However, you called Liu Chan a watch, and now you're hypocritically offering her a necklace."

"I want to ask, what exactly do you mean by that?"

Yang Nan was startled: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Liu Chan was also startled, looking nervously at Yang Fei.

"Brother Fei, Yang Nan isn't that kind of person."

Yang Fei looked at Liu Chan dispassionately.

"Having a kind heart is a good thing, but don't be so naive."

As he spoke, his gaze fixed on a girl on the easternmost side with a mole on her face.

"You girls were just happily slandering her, weren't you? Come forward and prove it."

The girl with the mole was startled.

She instinctively wanted to shrink back: "We didn't..."

Just then, Yang Fei's eyes flickered with a strange red light as he stared at her.

Tiger Ghost!

The girl shuddered immediately.

She didn't dare to speak, as if continuing to lie would bring unimaginable disasters.

Under the deterrence of Yang Fei's gaze, the girl honestly stepped out from the crowd.

Yet she dared not look at Yang Nan.

Yang Fei said coldly, "Tell us, what did Yang Nan say just now?"

Yang Nan's typically gentle face showed signs of nervousness.

The expressions of gentleness froze and stiffened on her face.

"Huang Qingfang, think carefully before you speak. Am I, Yang Nan, that sort of person?"

Wu Haitian looked at Yang Nan in surprise.

Everyone was looking at Yang Nan.

In everyone's memory, the gentle Yang Nan rarely seemed this anxious.

The girl didn't meet Yang Nan's gaze and spoke directly.

"Yang Nan said Liu Chan was a watch, and that Liu Chan worked as a Miss at a hotel—it was Yang Nan who said it."

"Liu Chan and Yang Nan used to hang out together all the time, so we thought her words were true."

"What did you say?"

Liu Chan's eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at Yang Nan.

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