Chapter 1421: Chapter 1448: Accumulated Disappointment 16

Lu Xingshen didn’t say anything, but his eyes kept fixed over there.

On the man’s cold face, you couldn’t see any obvious emotion.

But if you looked more closely, you could still sense a faint, hard-to-detect gloom rising in his eyes.

He’d come up through university himself, so of course he knew things like this were common; on campus girls often picked on whoever they couldn’t stand.

A few incidents had happened to Shi Nuan back in high school too, and at that time Lu Xingshen had never stepped out to do anything for her. It would’ve hurt his status and pride; he only went and had people issue a warning afterward.

But now, seeing Jiang Tian running into the same kind of thing, reason told Lu Xingshen he should make a call and have someone come handle it, yet he just stood there, unable to move.

His hearing was sharp; he heard the words coming from the other side.

Tang Xueli snatched the red wine out of Jiang Tian’s hand, pointed at her nose and mocked, "Well, well, you even dare to drink red wine.

I mean, Jiang Tian, a bumpkin like you from the countryside—if you hadn’t been lucky enough to get into the nursing department at university—you probably wouldn’t be able to afford a single sip of red wine in your whole life.

Watching you thick-skinnedly freeload food and drink here under the pretense of the school anniversary, I honestly feel embarrassed for you!"

When she finished, Tang Xueli threw her head back and burst out laughing, her laughter razor-sharp with malice. The other girls around her were stunned for a moment, then also broke into peals of laughter, the way they looked at Jiang Tian full of contempt.

The girl gripping Jiang Tian’s arm said, "Xueli-jie, that’s not quite right. With a village hag like Jiang Tian, plain boiled water is more her level—how could she possibly afford red wine? For all we know she doesn’t even know what kind of red wine this is!"

Jiang Tian couldn’t break free. She kept her cool and said, "So what if I’m from the countryside? I got into university on my own effort. I’m not inferior to any one of you. It doesn’t mean I can’t learn and improve. The things you know, I can know too."

Tang Xueli let out a cold laugh.

"Wine tasting takes quality; only people with quality can taste the different flavors. Even if you ’know,’ what good does it do? A thing raised by mud-legged peasants like you will never understand.

Let me ask you: can you name the wine you just drank and say where it comes from? I bet you don’t even know what red wine is made from, do you?!"

Jiang Tian’s mind was a mess; in that moment she suddenly remembered that dinner at the Lu Family’s main residence, when she’d been mocked by Shi Yue for not knowing proper table etiquette.

And also Lu Xingshen’s offhand comment back then—that she didn’t understand.

Jiang Tian’s eyes suddenly went a little red, mist gathering inside. Why did everyone look down on her? Why did they all have to step on her from their higher ground?

Seeing Jiang Tian’s suppressed grievance and forbearance, Lu Xingshen clenched his fist, and for an instant, the air between his brows and eyes froze.

"Second Uncle." Shi Yue grabbed Lu Xingshen’s sleeve. "Let’s go back and get the principal to deal with this, okay?"

Jiang Tian stubbornly lifted her gaze. "If I do know, are you going to get on your knees and apologize to me?"

Tang Xueli exploded. "You? And you think you can make me kneel? Who the fuck do you think you are?"

She raised her hand and swung it straight toward Jiang Tian’s face.

Lu Xingshen couldn’t hold back anymore. He forcefully pried Shi Yue’s hand off and shot toward Jiang Tian like an arrow, grabbing Tang Xueli’s hand just as it was about to land on Jiang Tian’s face.

Shi Yue felt like she’d fallen into an ice cellar in an instant.

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Fourth update; there’ll be two more after ten tonight.

[Actually, Second Uncle is quite a good man, he just doesn’t know how to love, doesn’t know how to manage feelings.

Jiang Tian’s appearance is precisely to teach him how to love. Only after he learns to love, will all the angst that comes later really hit hard.]

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