Wealthy Beauty in the 60s-Chapter 656 - 658: Withdrawal

"Brother Shitou, Xiao Mei has broken off her friendship with me, she thinks I’m an embarrassment, will you also break off with me?" Xiao Shan Yue asked Shitou with teary eyes.

Xiao Shan Yue had been very upset these past few days, feeling that wherever she went, people were talking about her dad and her young aunt, and even some classmates who knew about it mocked Xiao Shan Yue.

In the Intermediate Class, everyone sided with Xiao Mei, and Xiao Shan Yue was isolated by her classmates.

"What have you done?" Shitou asked.

Xiao Shan Yue hung her head, "It’s about dad and the young aunt; it’s ugly what people are saying outside."

Shitou nodded, "It has nothing to do with you, why think so much about it? Just concentrate on your studies, and if it’s unpleasant for you in your class, then work harder to get into the Advanced Class."

The best thing about the Genius Youth Class was that as long as you had the capability, you could take the promotion exam at any time. If you were talented, you could move from the Junior Class to the Intermediate Class today, and from the Intermediate to the Advanced Class tomorrow, all depending on your comprehensive grades.

Normally, Dr. Xi’s situation wouldn’t have turned out this way; people in the research lab are unassuming, and even though Shitou was the center of attention, others wouldn’t pay attention to the rest.

Moreover, although the research lab was close to the Genius Youth Class, like the Genius Youth Class, it was located in a secluded corner of the Technology University, and other students wouldn’t come by.

But also because Qian Xiaomei often flaunted herself — not just the lab’s assistant researchers, but even the school’s professors and lecturers, and the cafeteria’s chefs — as long as the person was a man, married or not, as long as he was not ugly, Qian Xiaomei greeted them with a smile and warmth. With her coquettish attitude, she drew a lot of attention. Even the cafeteria chefs had a thing for Qian Xiaomei.

Women naturally disliked someone with Qian Xiaomei’s attitude, and men were put off by her as well, so once the incident came out, it spread immediately. Dr. Xi and Assistant Qian barely left the research lab door, but they also felt uncomfortable inside, with others casting strange looks at them.

Even though Dr. Xi and Assistant Qian had explained, not many believed them; the brother-in-law and young aunt angle was enough to stir up everyone’s imagination.

As for the cafeteria, Dr. Xi and Assistant Qian also faced cold shoulders. With no one to take care of the child, Xiao Shan Yue was in the Genius Youth Class, and Assistant Qian couldn’t leave her daughter with Xiao Shan Yue, so she had to take leave to care for her child temporarily while considering hiring someone else.

However, after this incident, the relationship between Dr. Xi and Assistant Qian started to sour. Dr. Xi was a person who cared a lot about appearances; otherwise, he wouldn’t have neglected his own daughter after his ex-wife’s remarriage and divorce.

Now, Dr. Xi hated Assistant Qian and even Qian Xiaomei to death. He was once the respected Dr. Xi, but now facing those contemptuous glances, how could Dr. Xi feel at ease?

"Do you want to quit?" Xia Xiao asked, eyes widening.

"Yes," Dr. Xi didn’t explain too much, but he wanted to quit the project.

Xia Xiao naturally tried to persuade Dr. Xi, but Dr. Xi had made up his mind and indicated he would apply to be transferred from the research project.

After Dr. Xi left, Xia Xiao felt that Dr. Xi had a weak capacity for psychological endurance, and his social skills were also lacking; otherwise, when this situation arose, there would have been people speaking up for Dr. Xi. It was evident that many suspected Dr. Xi was capable of such a thing and most people believed it.

As for Qian Xiaomei, she was driven out by Assistant Qian. A woman with a fair bit of beauty, utterly alone in this big city, looked lost and forlorn, which attracted a lot of attention.

It would have been better if Qian Xiaomei had directly bought a train ticket home, but she was not willing to leave the Capital like that. She even went to Gaoxia Group to confront Feiteng, but unfortunately, Feiteng was not there, and Qian Xiaomei didn’t confront anyone.

Disheartened, Qian Xiaomei stumbled around and ended up drowning her sorrows in a bar. A bar is a place of entertainment, but it’s also a place of complexities.

As a lonely and dispirited woman, if you go to a bar to drown your sorrows, don’t blame others for noticing you. So, a drunken Qian Xiaomei was taken away by a few people.

When she woke up again, Qian Xiaomei had been abandoned. She felt deep hatred for her heartless older sister. If it hadn’t been for her driving her out, she wouldn’t have ended up in such a state today.

She clearly hadn’t done anything to her sister’s husband, she clearly hadn’t seduced him—it was just an accident—yet her sister didn’t believe her.

After that, Qian Xiaomei’s whole demeanor darkened, and she quickly spiraled downward.

Dr. Xi and Assistant Qian, of course, knew nothing about this. Xia Xiao had also stopped paying attention to the matters involving Qian Xiaomei, although the gossip had yet to die down.

Dr. Xi had applied for a different project and, when he left, Assistant Qian and his daughter Xi Beilei naturally followed him, with no plans to bring Xiao Shanyue.

However, Xiao Shanyue, due to her ties with the Genius Youth Class, stayed behind and was basically let go to fend for herself.

Perhaps it was the isolation from her peers or another experience of her parents’ departure, Xiao Shanyue matured quite a bit, but conversely became much more silent.

"It’s fine. If he’s not here, he’s not here. I can still do research. After all, my time in the lab hasn’t been in vain," Shitou said, taking things in stride.

"Yes, but they’ll send someone else over," said Xia Xiao. Although she was also a state employee, she had retired after all and had her own business, and the state didn’t feel comfortable entrusting the entire project to her, naturally sending people to assist.

So, new researchers arrived quickly, and coincidentally, Dr. Jiang turned out to be Jiang Meimei’s father, Xiao Shanyue’s deskmate.

Xia Xiao and Shitou both felt that the world was truly small.

Thus, Shitou gained another little tail that stuck to him, "Brother Shitou, Brother Shitou."

Shitou walked on ahead, paying no mind to the little tail chasing after him, irritation in his eyes.

"Brother Shitou, wait for me, it’s Meimei."

"Who allowed you to call me Brother Shitou?" Shitou stopped and looked at Jiang Meimei seriously: "Classmate Jiang Meimei, you’re older than me."

Jiang Meimei felt awkward. She was three years older than Xiao Shanyue and two years older than Shitou. And while Jiang Meimei was in the Intermediate Class, Shitou was in the Genius Class; he seemed more mature than a typical immature young boy, and always listened to Xi Shanyue calling him Brother Shitou. Jiang Meimei had not considered the issue of age.

"Student Gao Peize," Jiang Meimei corrected herself. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"Don’t follow me," said Shitou. He wasn’t a real child; with his keen intuition and sensitivity, he was very accurate at judging people. Jiang Meimei was young with many thoughts in her head, which Shitou didn’t like.

So Jiang Meimei became Xiao Shanyue’s deskmate and they became best friends. Shitou still didn’t like Jiang Meimei, so when she invited him to her birthday, Shitou didn’t go.

Compared to Jiang Meimei’s frustration, Xiao Shanyue was forlorn. However, Xiao Shanyue put most of her energy into her studies. Brother Shitou was too far away from her; she needed to study hard and strive to move up academically to catch up with Brother Shitou’s footsteps.