"Hahahah~" Ella clutched her stomach.
Wait... Could it be Ella descended into madness post her depression phase?
Watching her laughing like a madwoman till tears spilled from the corner of her eyes, Esther took a cautious step back.
’’Oh my god!" Ella did some deep breathing and wiped her tears, ’’These kids are so creative.’’
Esther bit her bottom lips, her eyes narrowing.
’’See these hashtags... I mean, what is even campus gold? I feel like they are praising me more than they are dissing me! They have even let me surpass the news of their god, goddess and other elites. I don’t know if I should feel offended or flattered!"
’’But sis, aren’t you the least bit bothered? After all, this news...’’
’’...is all fake,’’ Ella tossed Esther’s phone up in the air.
Esther hurriedly caught it, her heart dropping. This was the brand new model she had gotten with a diamond embedded mobile case.
Yet this madwoman just swung it up like that!
’’Others might not know, Essie but you know the relationship between me and Adrian,’’ Ella shrugged her shoulders, ’’That invalidates all of this bullshit."
"But sis... With such rumours, how can you keep your head high in front of people? This... They will mock you and humiliate you... They will laugh at you...’’ The Ella from before would panic just at the thought of this. Esther’s eyes glinted as she tried to poke at Ella’s inner insecurities, ’’Sis, I think you should leave the university for a while to let the matter settle down...’’
Ella sneered inwardly.
If she left the university, won’t she be automatically kicked out?
Before, she really would have left the university without thinking of further consequences.
Esther coldly thought inside.
Ella would be disqualified, with these rumors and her previous records of never attending classes.
Given Adrian’s noble identity, he wouldn’t really put up with a woman who keeps embarrassing herself left and right.
But at this moment, Ella calmly spoke, ’’Why should I leave?"
’’But sister, these rumours...’’
’’Hmm, if they like to talk about me, I would let them?" Ella shrugged her shoulders, ’’Popularity comes at a price!"
Esther walked away from the place in a daze.
It was only after she had walked far away from Ella’s room did she come to her senses.
Ella’s nonchalance, her smiling face, her unbothered aura... it seemed to be a slap to her face.
Why... When did it start exactly?
Since when did she become so unlike herself?
Esther gritted her teeth and pulled out her phone.
’’Don’t delay it anymore. Remember to teach that bitch a good lesson!" Her eyes darkened, ’’Don’t hold back. The brutal you are, the better it will be.’’
After she hung up the call, Esther looked down and her lips slowly curved up.
Ella, oh, Ella, you should only blame yourself... Blame yourself for getting the best of both worlds all the fucking time when you are worthy of none of these at all.
Back in the room, Ella washed her face and applied a face mask like nothing happened.
She did not see this fiasco coming.
In her previous life, she hadn’t gotten a chance to attend the university at all.
But she was not fazed by it.
’’Hmm, my skin looks better and better!" Ella couldn’t stop admiring herself in the mirror while applying the face pack, ’’Must be the beauty of freedom huh~"
While waiting for it to dry, she read a comic book.
After it dried, she took a shower, had her breakfast and even got ready for classes.
But in the back of her head, something kept bugging her.
She felt like she was forgetting something.
However, being blessed with the memory of a goldfish, she couldn’t remember it at all no matter how she thought.
Hence, she put it to the back of her head and proceeded to her classes, not knowing the storm she had stirred up in the distance.
Silence had enveloped the place.
A phone laid on the coffee table.
A puppy and two humans looked at the phone with intense focus.
The phone was connected to a charger even though it was already 100% charged.
The tension in the air made it difficult for one to breath.
Riri averted his gaze and looked around, breaking the stiff atmosphere.
Adrian did not look away from his phone.
Ji Yan coughed, ’’That... Second Master...’’
’’Two hours, twenty-one minutes and thirty-two seconds.’’
At the man’s words, Ji Yan was bewildered, ’’Ah...?"
’’She hasn’t called back,’’ A deep frown was settled between Adrian’s brows.
So, the Second Master even managed to note the accurate time since his last call that Miss Yu didn’t answer?
Ji Yan dabbed his flower-embroidered handkerchief on his forehead, ’’Eh... Second Master, Miss Yu probably didn’t see your call.’’
Even he did not believe his words.
Ella was the kind of person who stayed close to her phone all the time.
How was it possible that she did not see her phone? And that too, in such a long time.
Ji Yan just hoped that Ella was not stirring another curry over there...
At this moment, Ji Yan’s phone buzzed.
He stepped aside to check through the texts.
And suddenly, his face paled.
Truly, bad news always came uninvited.
Even though Adrian was not keeping a tight check on Ella, they still had contacts in the university just in case something major happened.
Who could have known trouble would come knocking just when he was thinking about it?
Ji Yan looked at Adrian and hesitated, not knowing how to speak.
Adrian saw through his strange expressions, and his eyes emitted a harsh light, ’’Speak.’’
’’S... Second Master, it seems like there are some rumors doing rounds in the Imperial University. They... They... They are all about Miss Yu.’’
Adrian’s gaze darkened.
’’They... Somebody probably spotted Miss Yu getting off the car yesterday and clicked some pictures saying that she has a sugar daddy.’’
Adrian paused and then his brows furrowed, ’’Tell them I am her husband.’’
Skipping a few steps, he held onto little Riri’s basket for support.
Gasping, he blurted, ’’Master, you cannot... You must not!!"