Chapter 5: White lily Mei

After a few moments Qin Qianyu re-emerge at the courtyard patting her stomach lightly.

"Dirty old man! What did you do to me?"

"I only helped in expelling the mass impurities that were accumulating inside of you. No need to be upset, besides, every living thing expels gas."

Qin Qianyu grit her teeth as she seethed internally,

"Expel your head!"

"So grandpa Wú, are you saying that I'm free from impurities now? Just like in those people written about in novels?"

"Mhm, that's right,"

"I don't believe, wasn't that just the regular way people do their business!?"

Qin Qianyu pouted and humphed as she crossed her arms in front of her chest.

"Aren't all story's based on some form of truth? The basics are in there, they just follow a simple formula."

"But it is indeed true that you've expelled the impurities in your body, the stuff written in those novels are just a glorified version of the truth. It doesn't sound heroic if the author wrote it how you just experienced it."

" . . . "

"Just imagine, "our mighty hero squats down and bellowed loudly and screamed "Hot! Hot! Hot!" As he expelled the impurities out of his marrows, muscles, organs and blood through the small opening between his cheeks!"

" . . . "

"The visual doesn't seem that great right? Unless you have that type of fetish."

"Dirty old man!"

"Alright enough about your smelly bowels, take this, go four stores over and buy you some over and under clothes. After you wash up I'll treat you to a nice meal in celebration of our Master, Student relationship and your future."

"Mhm,"

Qin Qianyu grunted as she took a red envelope from grandpa Wú. Qin Qianyu left the studio and followed the directions given and found a secondhand clothing store, she opened the red packet to find 400 yuan.

"How could such a store appear in such an upmarket area like this?"

Sighing, she shrugged her shoulders and entered the store. A few moments later she came out again looking at the receipt.

"1400 yuan! Not bad!"

She smiled as she nodded at the purchased contents inside her bags. Qin Qianyu was utterly surprised when she entered the store it wasn't like how she thought it would be.

It was totally different from the secondhand stores she knew of.

Qin Qianyu returned to the studio as she entered, she heard the old man bellowing out,

"Hey Girl Qin! Did you buy out the entire store? What took you so long?"

"Grandpa that store is so good! I saw some suitable clothing for my parents so I bought some things for them also. Hehe! Grandpa I'll go wash up first."

"Mhm, go, go,"

A hapless but extremely happy smile formed on the old man's face. He was really in a good mood.

At this time while Qin Qianyu was washing up, two photos appeared on her schools forums with the caption,

[You know you're poor when you have to shop here!]

The two photos were of Qin Qianyu standing outside the secondhand store empty handed then coming out the store with several bags and a large happy smile.

[Haha! Oh my god isn't that Qin Qianyu?]

[Yup! Who knew that this uptight cow was so poor! Look at that smile! That's the smile I give when shopping at 501!]

[501+99]

[501+501 👍]

[Haha! Only a poor filthy dog like her would shop there!]

[Wait! What's with her clothes? Is wearing knee pads?]

The messages started flooding in after that, all of them looking down on her for having the guts to shop there, soon another comment was put up, it was from the original poster.

[It's not her fault her family situation isn't great, besides she can shop wherever she wants too.]

[This post above me and the post title confuses me! First the title mocks Qin Qianyu then the OP comes in with this . . . Am I dumb?]

[Ignorant plebeians! The only poor ones are all of you for not knowing this is a high end store called "Secondhand" My mother and sister shop there whenever they can, a simple dress starts at 50,000 yuan that's the lowest priced item.]

[Nice try Qin Qianyu!]

[yeah what high end store! Send in proof! Dare to name yourself? But we already know!]

[Dont regret!]

Soon three pictures appeared, one was the bag with the secondhand logo on it, another was of a dress and receipt showing a grand total of 650,000 yuan.

But it was the last picture that was taken that shocked and surprised everyone, it was a mirror selfie of the person in the dress from the other picture.

[Proof and dare accepted! I am Lu Mingxi!]

[Oh my goodness! It's Goddess Mingxi!"]

[Just done a search! It's legit! It's really a high end store. It makes 501 look like a 10 Yuan store! Haha So poor! you guys have to shop at 501 but what's sadder is that you all actually brag about it!]

[I just done a search! It turns out that this is a branch store of a luxury brand in the capital, you have to be super rich just to buy the most inexpensive item!]

[I think the person that started this post has beef with Qin Qianyu! It reeks of malicious intent! I'm wondering if it's the same person that set me up yesterday? Is it you little white lily? I have a feeling it is!]

[Ohhh Goddess Mingxi! Do tell us more. The plot thickens! Name and shame! Name and shame!]

Lu Mingxi was right, it was the handy work of Meimei, she had gone out with a young man and she happened to spot Qin Qianyu.

She quickly pulled out her phone and secretly snapped some photos of her before making the post.

Meanwhile, Lu Mingxi sat on her bed scrolling through all the comments from the Qin Qianyu is poor post.

She tossed the phone and opened up the email she got late last night on her tablet and re read it again.

Subject: White Lily Mei

CC

BC

Sender: Reconnect@*********

If you want to continue being used by her then disregard this email and keep listening to her woven tails.

Reconnect.

Attached to the email were several photos with both Murong Meimei and another male.

It looked as if the two were on a date. Next were post from their weibo accounts where the meta data showed the close proximity of the two in the same area on the same day at the same time with the same ambiguous captions under each picture.

These were the most damming of clues, the pictures of food. A portion of another set could be seen in the upper corner of one image and the other was a complete image of the meal from the portion captured in the upper corner.

"Dare to use me into attacking another person you actually told me about, in reality it was all you! All just so I couldn't catch a scent of your skank ass! Murong Mei let's play!"

This email was put together by Qin Qianyu before she went to sleep that night. She had no other intentions other that to make Lu Mingxi and her cronies leave her alone so that she could concentrate on the SIC competition as well as the training she'll be undergoing.

Qin Qianyu had washed up and changed she was extremely happy and shocked.

When she had removed her wrappings, she found that her skin had been repaired the scrapes and scars were nonexistent.

"Was this all from the breathing exercise and expelling the impurities!? Am I a comic book hero!?"

This is what shocked her. She decided to think about it later as grandpa Wú was waiting for her.

She quickly braided her hair into a loose side ponytail and let it sit over her left shoulder. She then grabbed her bags and went out to meet her master.

"Grandpa Wú I'm ready."

"Mhm, this dress suits you, you look very pretty and refined."

"Hehe! It's all because of the store you sent me too, to think that such clothing could be found in a secondhand store, this dress look as if it had never been worn. It's an incredible find."

"Secondhand store!? Oh haha right, well enough of that let's go eat."

Qin Qianyu flash a pretty smile then nodded,

"You lead I'll follow."

The pair left the area from the back of the studio. Out the front however Meimei and her male friend were still hanging around the area when suddenly a black luxury car pulled up, the rear window came down a pair of sunglass covered eyes peered at the pair who where holding hands.

"Hoho! So this is your family emergency?"

"Huh!?"

"Lu Mingyu! . . I . . This is my cousin!"

The woman named Lu Mingyu sitting inside the luxury car was none other than Lu Mingxi's older sister. The man with Meimei was none other than the boyfriend of Lu Mingyu, Li Chen.

"Huh!? Since when has the Murong family have such a close familial relationship with the Li family? Murong Mei care to explain this lineage?"

The pair of Murong Meimei and the male surnamed Li were like totem poles, erect, stiff and unmoving. Suddenly Li Chen found some courage and stood in front of Meimei in a protective stance.

"I don't care what you have to say Lu Mingyu, let me tell you here and now, I've never liked you, I just went along with it because of my father's orders. My heart belongs to Meimei, unlike you, she's pure hearted, kind and gentle. She isn't at fault. But no matter what I'll never get back together with you."

"Buhahaha! Idiot with the Surname Li! You think too highly of that lily and of yourself. Besides, I don't do refunds. I'll always go new, seconds are for trash like her. Speaking of seconds, if it weren't for her post I wouldn't have even known you two were here."

"Post! What post!?"

Lu Mingyu being a senior at the same school as Meimei log into her account and showed him the "you know you're poor post"

Li Chen started reading all the messages that accompanied the two images. He knew that Meimei had created the post as he saw the images in the post. He knew she had taken them as he had caught a glimpse of the first image when Meimei had taken it at that time.

He had questioned her at that time, Meimei only gave him a vague answer then.

Soon he saw the message by Lu Mingxi, he then turned to look at Meimei and gave her a confused look.

Lu Mingyu scoffed then went on to explain the relationship between Meimei and Qin Qianyu and how Meimei even told Mingxi that it was Qin Qianyu that was hanging around Li Chen trying to hook up with him and the incident that occurred yesterday as a result.

"So tell me idiot surnamed Li, this is the pure hearted, kind and gentle person you were talking about!? . . "

Meimei looked at Li Chen with anxiety in her eyes, she quietly mumbled,

"Chen gege, I honestly don't know that Qin Qianyu girl,"

"Lu Mingyu, You think I'd fall for your tricks!?"

Lu Mingyu only shrugged at the cheating pair while Meimei was at a loss, her base character had been exposed, now people were trying to bring it all out in the open.

But after hearing Li Chen's retort she started to relax a bit because Li Chen seemed to be taking her side.

Suddenly another voice called out

"Meimei? Hey did come after seeing that post about your close friend Qin Qianyu too!? Man it's blowing up all over the forums. Wait! I thought you had a family emergency in another city? Is that family member alright now!? Why didn't you message me?"

Another young man approached Murong Mei, she started to panic seeing this person here.

She flinched when he reached out his hand towards her with a large smile on his face ignoring Li Chen and even Lu Mingyu.

"What are you doing!? Get away from my girlfriend!"

Li Chen cried out. The new comer looked at the pair, confusion apparent in his eyes as he questioned Meimei but got no reply.

"Meimei make yourself clear right now! Tell me who is this guy? Why is he saying you are his girlfriend!?"

"I . . This . . "

"Hey guy! Take a hike! Don't disturb our date!"

The new comer pulled out his phone angrily and showed photos, and messages between the two to Li Chen.

The last message was only 2 hours ago as he told Li Chen how for the last 8 months Meimei has been his girlfriend.

"Meimei what is this? You've been cheating on me!?"

Lu Mingyu laughed loudly and hysterically at Li Chen's accusation.

"Like you can talk idiot surnamed Li, Haa the pot calling the kettle black. Hey, you know what!? you're right! this Murong Mei is truly pure! Pure white lily that is hahahaha! Alright I've vented enough, and I really detest dirty messy things so have fun being all pure and stuff, I'm going shopping."