Reborn to outshine My Ex and His White Moonlight

Chapter 1147: How Dare She Come to You?

What caught Chu Yin’s eye was an extremely unfamiliar face.

A smart windbreaker, a delicate appearance; overall, she looked like a well-off white-collar worker.

But Chu Yin remembered that Lin Zhiyi seemed not to know such a person.

The clients she faced now were rather high-end, and the woman before her seemed out of reach.

At this moment, the front desk, still looking puzzled, pointed to the coffee in front of the woman.

"Miss, President Lin is fully booked today, she really doesn’t have time, but she said you could have a cup of coffee and schedule for another time."

"You..."

"Please sit down."

The receptionist gave her no chance to refute, topped up the coffee, and turned away.

Seeing this, Chu Yin also retreated to the corridor and headed towards Lin Zhiyi’s office.

Just then, she ran into Chen Jin coming out.

"Assistant Chen, who’s that person making a fuss to see Zhiyi?"

"President Lin didn’t specify, but she doesn’t seem very fond of her. The other party previously handed over a business card; she’s a journalist from a fashion magazine," Chen Jin explained.

"Journalist? No wonder I saw a badge hanging from her chest," Chu Yin recalled, "I’m going to see Zhiyi."

With that, she quickly entered Lin Zhiyi’s office.

Lin Zhiyi was drinking tea, looking quite hopeless.

"What’s going on? You’ve been interviewed by journalists before and never seemed this bothered," Chu Yin said as she approached.

Hearing the voice, Lin Zhiyi immediately stood up.

"Chu Yin, are you alright now?"

"I’ve been fine for a while; I’m asking you, do you really know the woman outside?" Chu Yin asked, slightly gossiping.

Lin Zhiyi pursed her lips: "Yes, I know her, high school classmate."

Chu Yin poured herself a cup of tea: "Looks like you’ve really become famous; even high school classmates are coming to find you."

"I’d rather she hadn’t come; she wasn’t a good person in high school," Lin Zhiyi sighed.

"What happened with her?"

"I attended a regular high school; her family was well-off, among the better-off in school. Her family had paved her way early on, and in school, she formed cliques to bully ordinary students."

"She dared to bully you? Didn’t she know who you were backed by? I heard Third Young Master was quite fond of you during high school," Chu Yin said, shocked.

Lin Zhiyi refuted: "What are you thinking? How could it be possible? Third Young Master was busy then, flying abroad to study and handling company affairs, where would he find time for me?"

Chu Yin made a questioning sound.

"You really think Third Young Master suddenly liked you?"

"This... I never asked, but certainly not that early; I wasn’t even an adult then, was he crazy?" Lin Zhiyi joked.

She went to the Gong Family at sixteen and met Gong Chen then.

He was already Third Young Master, what kind of women hadn’t he seen, what could he possibly think of her?

Though Lin Zhiyi had also asked Gong Chen when exactly he became interested in her, he always avoided the question.

She guessed it might have been after she went to university, or maybe that night?

Chu Yin propped her chin, looking understanding.

"So it’s a nurturing story, Third Young Master really hid it deep."

"Stop teasing me, let’s get back on topic. That girl was challenging to interact with, and as a regular student, I certainly didn’t want trouble; but for some reason, she just liked to bother me," Lin Zhiyi shook her head.

Chu Yin looked Lin Zhiyi up and down: "Even in high school, you shouldn’t have been too ordinary, right? I suspect you’re being modest."

"Really."

Lin Zhiyi pulled out her phone and found a high school graduation photo.

When she first entered high school, she did cause a bit of a stir.

The homeroom teacher was a female, very gentle.

She said it was normal for teenage girls to like looking pretty.

Feeling joy when attracted by the opposite sex was also normal.

But the priority was study now, and if overwhelmed by such joy, it would only lead to loss outweighing gain.

She hoped Lin Zhiyi would adjust her mindset and not be influenced by others.

Lin Zhiyi already had a high peak in her heart, totally indifferent to others, but to avoid unnecessary trouble, she deliberately lowered her sense of presence.

At a teenage age, it was easy to be attracted to other things, and gradually, no one paid her excessive attention.

Chu Yin looked at the photo curiously.

Lin Zhiyi was dressed in drab colors, had a typical student haircut, and a little messy hair.

Though still very pretty, her presence was certainly less striking than now.

"Which one is your classmate? All of them don’t seem like the woman outside," Chu Yin asked.

Lin Zhiyi pointed to a certain girl.

"Her? If you hadn’t said so, I couldn’t recognize her even if you beat me."

It wasn’t because she was unattractive.

But in the high school group photo, the one with full makeup and fake eyelashes must have been her.

No wonder she was unrecognizable.

She looked completely like a gang girl.

Among the sea of black hair, only hers shone brown under the sun, with big Karis eyes, and lipstick in the popular color back then.

Though in a school uniform, she intentionally opened the collar, revealing the lace edge of the trendy camisole inside.

Chu Yin just saw the girl but never connected her with the white-collar woman outside.

After all, during high school, her school also had such little gang girls, and teachers were generally lazy to manage.

As long as it didn’t affect good students.

"Her family must have spent a lot paving the way for her? A proper fashion magazine journalist isn’t easy to get into."

"I don’t know how she got in, nor do I want to know, but seeing her just reminds me of the past," Lin Zhiyi frowned.

"What did she do to you exactly? Bullying?" Chu Yin asked worriedly.

School bullying is a very heavy topic.

Lin Zhiyi thought for a moment and nodded: "Kind of, though she wasn’t too excessive; sometimes verbal provocations, sometimes intentional bumps, so it was always suppressed as minor conflicts. Over time, my mentality started to crumble."

Chu Yin observed Lin Zhiyi’s expression, feeling things might not be that simple.

"What was the worst incident?"

"Rumors. She said she saw me get into a luxury car at the school gate with an old man, claiming I was kept by him, but actually..."

"I know, it was Second Young Master."

"It was Third Young Master," Lin Zhiyi said quietly.

"Cough cough cough..." Chu Yin coughed, "Did she even seriously look? Just so sure it was an old man?"

"She surely only saw what she wanted to see, I also thank that she didn’t see clearly; otherwise, if it reached the elder’s ears, he probably wouldn’t agree for my mom to return to the Gong Family with my uncle."

This was also why Lin Zhiyi didn’t tell Liu He at the time.

Chu Yin asked again: "And then? She just kept spreading rumors about you?"

"Of course not, I privately talked to the teacher, and she publicly explained it was a relative who picked me up conveniently. The girl originally led the commotion, saying the teacher was covering for me, but I stood up and asked her for evidence to prove I was kept, or I’d bring my relative to confront her. I quietly reminded her to consider whether the luxury car with sequential plates was someone her family could provoke," Lin Zhiyi answered.

Chu Yin nodded.

Lin Zhiyi: "People like her without study worries would find trouble to seek attention, but her dad probably didn’t want too much attention, so it ended with her apologizing and writing a review."

Chu Yin puzzled: "Given all this, how does she have the nerve to come find you?"