I became financially independent right after entering college.

Chapter 96 If you are possessed by a ghost, let me wake you up!
Chen Rongrong subconsciously froze on the spot, her heartbeat suddenly accelerating.

After being stunned for a long time, Chen Rongrong finally realized that it was not right. These words were not said by her, nor by Li Xue.

The three of them turned their heads and looked at Shan Meng, who had been silent since just now, as if he and the three of them were in two different worlds.

At some point, Shan Meng, who was sitting in front of the table, stood up, his face frosty, his eyes revealing undisguised disgust, and continued to criticize Kim Hyo Joo.

"In the final analysis, you don't like Bai Chou at all. You just like his money, the comfortable life he can give you, and the brand-name clothes and bags he gives you.

Don't you feel guilty about accepting such an expensive gift? It costs one or two hundred thousand dollars. An ordinary person may not be able to earn that much money in a year. You accepted it without blushing or feeling nervous, and even planned to ask for more!
Aren't you just vain? You're despicable. A materialistic gold digger like you is not worthy of him at all!"

Shan Meng's words were sharp and he became more and more agitated. With red eyes, every word he said pierced Kim Hyo Joo's lungs.

Over the past half month, Shan Meng had been able to tolerate Jin Xiaozhou, thinking that there was nothing wrong with her. Even when Bai Chou took Jin Xiaozhou to a luxury hotel a few days ago, Shan Meng was still able to accept it.

Opening a presidential suite is essentially spending money on yourself, and Kim Hyo-joo is just doing it for free.

But Shan Meng couldn't stand today's situation at all.

Listening to Jin Xiaozhou quoting the prices of those gifts under Chen Rongrong's questioning, listening to Jin Xiaozhou and others discussing hundreds of thousands of brand-name bags...

Shan Meng felt that Kim Hyo Joo was more and more despicable and disgusting!
Seeing Shan Meng suddenly opening fire with a frosty face, Li Xue and Chen Rongrong looked at each other. After looking at each other, no one dared to step forward to act as a peacemaker. They silently stepped back a few steps to avoid being affected like Poland in World War II.

Kim Hyo Joo, who was almost being scolded by Dan Meng, remained calm on the surface but became more and more angry in her heart.

Is she materialistic and vain?

If she were to be honest, Kim Hyo-joo could not deny this, at least she could not deny that she did take Bai Chou's financial conditions into consideration when she first came into contact with him, and after they officially established their relationship, she was indeed happy about the expensive gifts she received.

So even though it was somewhat embarrassing to be pointed at and accused of being materialistic, Kim Hyo-joo could still endure it.

What really made Kim Hyo-joo unbearable was that Shan Meng actually said that she didn't like Bai Chou at all and didn't love Bai Chou at all, which made Kim Hyo-joo feel insulted.

How could I not know whether I like him or not, whether I love him or not?
Suppressing the anger in her heart, Jin Xiaozhou said calmly with a cold face: "You are right, I do worship money and love vanity. I like the comfortable life brought by being in love with him, and I will not deny this.

But you must never say, "I don't like his people, I don't love his people." You are insulting me and Bai Chou, as if no one would like him if he didn't have money.

"So you're not worthy of him at all!"

Shan Meng raised her hand with red eyes, and this time she really pointed at Jin Xiaozhou's nose and scolded him: "You also admit that you like his money, and you also admit that your love for him is not pure.

He likes you so much but your love for him is not pure. Do you think you are worthy of him? "

"I don't want to discuss with you whether I am worthy of my boyfriend. You are a bit too extreme, and I don't think I can reach an understanding with you on this issue."

If you have different values ​​and different opinions on the same thing, it will be useless to argue.

Kim Hyo-joo knows this clearly. She does not expect Shan Meng to understand her. Similarly, she will not deliberately make the choice that Shan Meng thinks is right just for Shan Meng's opinion.

Besides, she didn't think she had any obligation to wake Shan Meng up.

Kim Hyo Joo just tried to remain calm and hoped to end this farce in the calmest possible tone: "The fact is, I like him and he likes me too. We are a couple now and we enjoy every moment together..."

"That's only because he was deceived by you!"

Don't listen to the bastard chanting sutras.

Shan Meng's eyes were red, and she cried and accused him in a choked voice: "You approached him with a purpose from the beginning. You were pretending for money. If he didn't have money, would you cater to him so deliberately?

He was deceived by you. If he had no money, if he knew your true face..."

Shan Meng covered her mouth and choked with sobs, becoming more and more excited as she spoke. Why? Why should my white moonlight, my favorite boy, be ruined and harmed by a gold digger like you?
He should date a better, more perfect girl, at least one whose personality and family background are worthy of him, instead of a parasitic gold digger like you...

"Snapped!"

With the sound of a clear slap, Shan Meng's crying stopped abruptly. She stood there with her hands covering her face, at a loss.

After giving Shan Meng a loud slap in the face, Jin Xiaozhou, who had been scolded all the time, suddenly felt relieved. She still had a blank expression on her face: "I say, you are a bit too extreme."

If you are possessed by a ghost, let me wake you up!

Oh, what a generous gift!
Li Xue and Chen Rongrong, who were standing aside and watching the fight, swallowed their saliva at the same time, unconsciously raised their hands and touched their cheeks.

Chen Rongrong secretly thanked her luck for the close call. Fortunately, she did not do anything openly to offend Kim Hyo Joo. The slap in the face was so decisive, just like the vicious female supporting role in Korean dramas.

Li Xue was also secretly glad that she had amazing wisdom and did not compete openly with Kim Hyo Joo, otherwise she would have been slapped in the face like Pinru slapped Ellie in "Temptation to Go Home".

Shan Meng covered her face and looked at Jin Xiaozhou with a blank look. She stopped sobbing. It was unclear whether her brain had completely shut down or she had figured something out.

"You can slap me back, I owe you." Kim Hyo Joo's face remained expressionless. Shan Meng said nothing, turned his head past Kim Hyo Joo and the others, and silently rushed out the door, no one knew where he went.

After Shan Meng left, the tense atmosphere in the dormitory eased somewhat. Chen Rongrong and Li Xue, still frightened, approached the two without daring to breathe.

Li Xue patted her small chest and asked sympathetically: "Fuck, I was scared to death. Hyo Joo, why are you fighting Meng Meng?"

"I told her I didn't want to argue with her anymore, but she still chased me and scolded me like a mad dog. What else can I do? Should I just swallow my anger and give in to her? Why?"

Kim Hyo Joo argued that she never felt that she owed anything to Dan Meng.

Just because I'm dating the boy you had a crush on before, do I owe you something? What kind of logic is that? Then why don't you just say that everything you like is off limits to others?

From the beginning to the end, Jin Xiaozhou firmly believed that her relationship with Bai Chou had nothing to do with Shan Meng.

Before, they didn't want to make the situation too ugly because they were roommates, but today, Shan Meng suddenly bit like a useless dog. After being patient again and again, Kim Hyo Joo decided not to indulge Shan Meng's bad temper anymore.

"Yes, yes, yes. I also think she's a bit too much. She's just like Lin Daiyu, melancholy and neurotic all the time..."

Chen Rongrong also chimed in, complaining about Dan Meng in various ways, calling him paranoid, extreme, childish, and a bit of a literary youth...

Anyway, he just kept blah blah and took the opportunity to say bad things about Dan Meng.

Li Xue said nothing. As a loser, she didn't think Shan Meng was absolutely right, but out of sympathy for the weak, she could empathize with Shan Meng more.

"Okay, everyone loses control of their emotions sometimes. Rongrong, stop saying bad things about Mengmeng!" Li Xue impatiently interrupted Chen Rongrong who was chattering.

"What do you mean I said bad things about her? Hasn't she always been like this? She doesn't allow others to say anything." Chen Rongrong muttered a few words in a low voice and said nothing more.

The three of them quickly calmed down and began to think about the problems that followed their impulsive behavior.

Li Xue asked timidly, "What if Mengmeng goes to the counselor to tell on you? Hyojoo, you won't be punished or expelled, right?"

Kim Hyo-joo and Chen Rongrong looked at Li Xue in surprise at the same time: Li Xue has always acted like a young lady, and they thought Li Xue was fearless, so why did she become so cowardly when encountering something?

"I won't be fired. At most I'll be punished for trying to smooth things over. It doesn't matter. I hit someone, so I deserve the punishment." Kim Hyo Joo had a blank expression on his face and was very calm.

In comparison, Kim Hyo-joo is more mature than the three girls in the same dormitory and is not too afraid of the school.

Oh, then you are really awesome.

Li Xue felt that Kim Hyo Joo was too scary. She slapped people without hesitation and was not afraid of the school's punishment. She was like a big devil.

Unlike her, who is usually very brave but becomes timid when encountering problems.

Li Xue, who had made up her mind to avoid direct conflict with Jin Xiaozhou, asked again, "What if Mengmeng goes to find Bai Chou?"

"...I'll explain to him." Kim Hyo Joo thought silently for a moment and felt that the problem was still not serious.

She did feel that Shan Meng was a half threat, but it was only half a threat. Right now, her relationship with Bai Chou was progressing rapidly, and as long as she didn't make any big mistakes, there would be no problems with her relationship with Bai Chou.

Was it a big mistake to slap Shan Meng? Of course not. At best, it just gave Shan Meng a chance to act weak.

"I think it's better to be careful. Dan Meng might go to Bai Chou to pretend to be weak. Otherwise, you can contact Bai Chou on WeChat and tell him what happened..."

Chen Rongrong wanted to take the initiative, but it can't be considered as turning the tables. Both sides did have problems in this attack. When the time comes, when she goes to complain to Bai Chou, she can use her expertise in journalism to emphasize Dan Meng's fault from a biased and neutral standpoint, and she can completely shift the blame.

Kim Hyo Joo shook her head and said no.

Telling Bai Chou about this is just to make things difficult for him. This is not what a qualified girlfriend should do. She will handle the matter beautifully.

In short, Jin Xiaozhou did not take the initiative to contact Bai Chou to tell her about the sudden situation in the dormitory. Until the evening when Shan Meng calmed down and returned to the dormitory, Bai Chou did not contact Jin Xiaozhou to ask.

Shan Meng neither went to the counselor to tell tales nor went to Bai Chou to pretend to be weak.

Shan Meng seemed like a different person after returning to the dormitory. She first said "thank you" to Kim Hyo Joo inexplicably, and then greeted Li Xue and Chen Rongrong warmly and cheerfully, completely different from her previous Lin Daiyu attitude.

Why did he change so much after being slapped? Is he trying to paralyze us?
Li Xue and Chen Rongrong always felt uneasy, and they asked Shan Meng about his well-being in various ways. They tried to test him many times but failed to find any problems.

The biggest problem is having no problem.

That night, the suspicious Li Xue and Chen Rongrong both suffered from insomnia and did not fall asleep until the late night.

The two of them would suddenly wake up at the slightest noise and huddle in the cool summer quilt, shivering, fearing that Dan Meng would cosplay as some unspeakable senior and hit them one by one with a hammer.

(End of this chapter)