NOVEL WEB Chapter 6 - Moral High Ground
Chapter 6 : Moral High Ground
Looking at the two girls outside the window, the classroom was filled with whispers.
Although they knew that Xia Shiyu must be thanking Lin Xiaowan, they saw that Shiyu didn’t feel like she was thanking her; instead, they felt like they were chatting with each other.
“Our campus beauty, Lin, is too calm. She just donated two hundred and twenty thousand just like that. With that amount of money, one can buy a house in Zhongjiang.”
“Hehe, this is the difference between an ordinary person and a rich person. Look at campus beauty Lin’s calm face. She doesn’t look like someone who just donated two hundred thousand.”
“Unfortunately, my wealth doesn’t allow me to, or else I would like to try spending money like water.” Feng Yifei looked at Lin Xiaowan’s back, his eyes full of obsession.
As long as it was a student at Jiangning First High School, there weren’t many who didn’t like Lin Xiaowan. Feng Yifei also liked her, but he could only watch and didn’t dare to pursue her because he was clear about his situation. No matter how he compared himself, he was far behind Su Lin.
Lin Xiaowan didn’t even like Su Lin, why would she like him? Today, after seeing Lin Xiaowan’s feat of spending money, he completely let go of his thoughts.
Such a woman was definitely not someone he could touch. Xia Shiyu, on the other hand, came from a poor family, had a good character, was beautiful, and had a good personality. She was a good choice.
However, Xia Shiyu often went to and from school with Ye Feng. Rumors in the class said that the two were childhood friends and grew up together. If he wanted to pursue Xia Shiyu, he must deal with Ye Feng.
Feng Yifei narrowed his eyes and thought that Ye Feng was a coward and it would be easy to deal with him.
While he was thinking, Xia Shiyu and Lin Xiaowan had already returned to the classroom, laughing and talking with each other.
When they passed by the aisle, Lin Xiaowan looked at Su Lin, who was sitting in his seat, and asked, “Su Lin, have you collected the homework?”
“Hmm?” Su Lin paused and then remembered that, as the vice class monitor, he was also the math class representative.
Fortunately, everyone had the habit of handing in their homework by themselves. Except for a few veterans, everyone else took the initiative to pass their homework to the desk.
“Let’s go to the office together.”
Su Lin already knew that Lin Xiaowan and Xia Shiyu had chatted outside for a while. Presumably, they had something to talk about.
Su Lin nodded. “Okay!”
The two walked to the office with their books. Su Lin was surprised to find that Lin Xiaowan’s steps were very slow after leaving the classroom. He glanced at Lin Xiaowan and waited for her to speak.
Lin Xiaowan noticed Su Lin’s gaze and said, “Su Lin, there’s something I’m very curious about. Is it convenient for you to explain it to me?”
Su Lin smiled and said, “Xiaowan, you want to ask me why I usually ignore my classmates, especially those from ordinary families right?”
Lin Xiaowan nodded. She knew that her curiosity was meaningless, but she just wanted an answer.
Su Lin was silent for a moment. After receiving the memories of the previous Su Lin, he knew that there was a reason why this guy had become like this.
He said gloomily, “Xiaowan, if you really want to know, there are some things that you might be greatly disappointed with when you find out the truth.”
“Stop keeping me in suspense and just hurry up and tell me.”
Su Lin chuckled, “Xiaowan, I didn’t expect you to be so impatient. I thought you would always have that confident and calm look.”
“Are you going to tell me?”
“Okay, okay, okay. Since you want to know so much, I’ll tell you.”
Su Lin seemed to be immersed in his memories and sighed, “Xiaowan, do you still remember? When I was in my first year of high school, I had a lot of friends. The boys in the class liked to play with me. Wherever I went, I was surrounded by stars as if I were the focus of the crowd.”
Hearing Su Lin’s words, Lin Xiaowan thought back to her memories of the past.
During the first year of high school, Su Lin was indeed like that. Wherever he went, there would be a bunch of underlings. He was high-spirited, similar to the current Feng Yifei.
“Sigh, in fact, before the first year of high school, I got along well with my classmates, similar to the current Feng Yifei. However, during the next semester, my mother passed away, leaving me in a state of sorrow.”
“In order to get me to buy them water and snacks, the students in the class insisted on dragging me to go play basketball with them. I told them I did not want to go, and guess what they said?”
At this time, Lin Xiaowan was already immersed in Su Lin’s story, and there was a faint sadness on her face. “What did they say?”
“They said that it was fine if I didn’t go, but they asked me to lend them money to buy water.”
“Hehe, except for a few of us in the class, the rest of the students basically didn’t have much money. They never returned the money they borrowed from me. I didn’t care about this before and never asked them to pay me back.”
“One time I was in a bad mood and did not lend them money. As a result, those people started rumors, saying that I was heartless because I was rich and looked down on the poor. In less than half a day, almost all the students in the class knew about it.”
“Since these people spread rumors about me, I certainly couldn’t let them continue to not return the money I lent them. So, I went to them one by one, asking them to pay me back.”
“Those female students who thought they were standing on moral high ground stood up at this time, saying how rich my family was and how poor they were. They shouldn’t have to return the money, or they should return it later.”
“Hehe~!! These people will only do things from the moral high ground. I think if what happened to me happened to them, they wouldn’t be able to endure such a thing.”
Hearing this, Lin Xiaowan was silent, not expecting that Su Lin was unwilling to talk to the students in the class because of this.
“Why didn’t you explain? If you explained at that time, there would definitely be people who would believe you. At least I…”
“Explain? Why would I explain? How would I be in the mood to explain?” Su Lin interrupted.
Lin Xiaowan was silent. At that time, Su Lin’s mother had just passed away, and he wasn’t in the mood to explain anything. He was indeed right.
“Hehe, repaying evil with good is something that only saints can do. I’m just an ordinary person; I’m not that noble.” Su Lin sneered.
“Then you don’t have to blame everyone. There are still a lot of good students who know how to repay kindness. For example, Xiao Yu and Chen Yang are both good people.” Lin Xiaowan tried to persuade Su Lin.
“So, didn’t I donate money to her? And Chen… We’re here; let’s hand in the homework.”
Realizing that Su Lin changed the topic of conversation, she no longer pursued the matter. She followed Su Lin into the office, and at the same time, her mind was spinning rapidly.
Hearing Su Lin’s words, it was clear that he not only helped Xiao Shiyu but also helped Chen Yang.
In the class, the only poor person with the surname Chen was Chen Yang. Everyone knows that he goes to the cafeteria every night to get food.
The two walked out of the office and walked back much faster.