The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 71 Beauty is a Curse (Part 2)

On the dormitory balcony, Yang Muye switched his phone to his left ear.

"I'm quite curious, who pursued whom first?"

"Of course, it was He Yueyue who took the initiative to pursue Li Yunchang. When she first joined the college's Youth League Committee in her freshman year, no one knew that He Yueyue's maternal grandfather was the vice principal. Given her personality and temperament, she was inevitably ostracized and isolated by everyone. At that time, Li Yunchang took the initiative to do some ideological work with He Yueyue a few times. In the following semester, He Yueyue began to actively pursue Li Yunchang, and she did so openly. The college leaders actually turned a blind eye to this. It was only from then on that everyone gradually learned about He Yueyue's family background."

Yang Tao only talked about things from her freshman year. After Li Yunchang was promoted to secretary of the college's Youth League Committee in his sophomore year, two-thirds of the sophomores in the Youth League Committee left.

Most of them had conflicts with He Yueyue and couldn't stand her tyrannical temper. A small number were aiming for the position of deputy secretary of the college's student affairs office, but knew they couldn't compete with He Yueyue, who had "zero capital outside of ability," so they withdrew in advance to avoid being bullied in the future.

One of Yang Tao's roommates, who was very close to her at the time, was in this situation, which is why Yang Tao knew so much about He Yueyue and Li Yunchang.

Hearing this, Yang Muye jokingly said, "So, the School of Finance did a good thing by recommending He Yueyue for graduate school?"

"You know perfectly well what I'm asking. Didn't you see Li Yunchang today?"

Yang Muyi was about to ask what this had to do with Li Yunchang when he suddenly realized what he was saying.

Before He Yueyue left the business school without being accepted into a graduate program, Li Yunchang must have had a very difficult time.

Yang Tao's next words confirmed this guess.

"After He Yueyue became the student vice secretary in her junior year, the whole business school started to talk about the 'shadow secretary'. It got even worse in her senior year. The student vice secretary, who should have been replaced every year, was still He Yueyue sitting in that position. Do you think Li Yunchang had an easy time?"

Yang Muye was both amused and exasperated.

"Senior, although this juicy gossip has a lot of information to it, haven't we gone a bit off-topic?"

"What, feeling bad about the phone bill?"

"No."

"So you're tired of listening to me talk for so long?"

"I'm not tired, I'm not tired. You can continue, I'm all ears."

That's more or less.

Inside the bridal shop, Yang Tao glanced at her cousin Su Qing, who was trying on wedding dresses in front of the mirror with two staff members. Luckily, Su Qing was on the phone, otherwise she would definitely have been dragged along to advise her.

It's not that Yang Tao is unwilling to help with suggestions, but when it comes to choosing a wedding dress, it's best to decide on one you like as soon as you see it, otherwise the more you choose, the more overwhelmed you become.

It's nice to have someone to chat with on the phone.

"You don't want to hear about Li Yunchang, right? Fine, then I'll talk about Liu Qing. She was in the Marketing class of 2005. She joined the External Relations Department of the Student Union in her freshman year, and in her sophomore year, she single-handedly secured 100,000 yuan in sponsorship for the freshman welcome party. That year, our college's freshman welcome party was the talk of the town. Guess how Liu Qing did it?"

"She's pretty?"

"That's right. It's because she's pretty that she caught the eye of the owner of a gym outside the school. He's in his thirties and just got divorced. He drives his BMW to the school every day to give Liu Qing flowers. He even sponsored the freshman welcome party with 80,000 yuan, and the remaining 20,000 yuan was sponsored by more than 20 companies and shops. You can tell that he really went all out."

At this point, Yang Muyi interjected, "Is 80,000 really considered a huge investment? I don't think so."

Yang Tao immediately retorted sarcastically, "Eighty thousand is too little? Oh, sorry, I forgot that eighty thousand is indeed quite a small amount for you."

"Don't get me wrong, what I mean is that the 80,000 yuan definitely didn't belong to the gym owner. It was probably paid for by those suckers who bought memberships."

Now it was Yang Tao's turn to be shocked.

How did you know—

"I also know that the gym owner definitely ran away with the money, am I right?" "You knew about this?"

"I don't know, but I know that very few gyms that offer memberships actually stay open and close down. Yeah, the same goes for hair salons."

"You've really hit a nerve. Tell me, how much money did you get scammed by these gyms and hair salons?"

I was indeed scammed out of over 100,000 yuan in my past life, a large part of which was because I wanted to hook up with a personal trainer at the gym.

As a result, after getting the girl, the boss ran away.

It has to be said that the old saying, "Money is for women to see, not for women to spend," is becoming increasingly valuable.

Of course, Yang Muye would never admit to anything about his past life, and he attributed it all to a friend.

Although Yang Tao was skeptical, she continued, "You really guessed it. Less than three months after the welcome party, the gym owner ran away. But by then, rumors had already started to spread. Some said Liu Qing was selling her body, others said she was being kept by him. But based on what I know about Liu Qing, the gym owner definitely had no chance. In the end, he probably didn't even get to touch her."

"The rank is quite high."

"That's right. Not only does she have a face that God gave her, but she also knows how to make good use of that asset. Of course, all of this may be related to her background."

Yang Muyi suddenly blurted out: "A gambling father, a sick mother, a younger brother in school, and a broken woman?"

"..."

Yang Tao was speechless. Is this rhyme you're using to prepare for the postgraduate entrance exam?
"What, you guessed wrong?"

"Actually, I don't know the specifics of Liu Qing's family situation. The most reliable version I've heard so far is that her parents divorced when she was very young, and Liu Qing lived with her mother. Then her mother remarried and married a bureau chief in the county. Just before Liu Qing's college entrance exam, her stepfather suddenly went to jail, and her mother went abroad and never came back, leaving behind only her younger brother who is ten years younger than Liu Qing... I heard this from someone else, so I don't know if it's true or not."

"What's the deal between Liu Qing and Li Yunchang?"

"Of course it's baseless, just something everyone's spreading. He Yueyue has offended a lot of people, both openly and secretly, so they're picking on Li Yunchang, who's easy to bully."

"A baseless rumor?"

"Not entirely. Liu Qing became the student union president in her junior year, which coincided with Li Yunchang taking over the student affairs work of our college from Vice Dean Wang, who was about to retire. The timing was too coincidental, so everyone felt that Li Yunchang might have some feelings for Liu Qing."

"Can He Yueyue tolerate these rumors?"

"Of course not. I heard that she ran back to the hospital and made a scene, even threatening to dismiss Liu Qing. But it just so happened that her grandfather was retiring, and the newly arrived Secretary Ji refused to listen and insisted on protecting Liu Qing. You can probably guess what happened next, right?"

"Are rumors starting to circulate again that Liu Qing and Secretary Ji are having an affair?"

"As expected of you, you guessed it right away. But this is pure fabrication. I won't name names, but no one else would dare to spread such rumors."

"Liu Qing still doesn't have a boyfriend?"

"There are quite a few people who pursue her, but after hearing about her many 'femme fatale' stories, they all backed down."

There was a hint of schadenfreude in Yang Tao's words.

It wasn't aimed at Liu Qing, but at Yang Muye.

Anyone with eyes can see that Liu Qing is here for Yang Muye this time.

Yang Muye never expected that he would end up getting caught up in the gossip himself.

Even Yang Tao said that Liu Qing was a "femme fatale," so Yang Muye wanted to see just how beautiful this woman really was.

(End of this chapter)