Today, there were lots of people at Capital Music University’s ensemble concert, and it made Owner Li’s shop seem even emptier. He had not received a single customer since he opened his store in the morning.

Owner Li lay back on his armchair and browsed through Wei Bo on his phone, feeling bored. He got to the gossips containing Tang Tu and Hanfu Goddess.

Of course, he recognized Tang Tu. But why did this Hanfu Goddess look familiar to him, too?

Hey, hey, hey. Isn’t this the girl who accompanied Wen Fangfei last weekend to fix the Guzhen at his shop? He had a deep impression on her. This girl had excellent Guqin skills.

Since he had nothing to do, Owner Li carefully read through all of the information about this gossip.

He did not believe it. He did not believe in a single word there.

There was a saying: “The words you write represent who you are.” Same for musicians: “How you play your instrument represents who you are.”

The low-tiered girl described in Wei Bo could never have played Guqin to such a high artistic level. A person’s personality, actions, and temperament could be faked. However, it was extremely difficult to fake one’s artistic level. It presented one’s real self on the inside, and nobody could control it.

Owner Li was just thinking whether he should post a Wei Bo to protest for the Hanfu Goddess when the Hanfu Goddess appeared in front of him.

He was stunned for a moment before he smiled and said, “Speaking of the devil.”

Liu Man noticed that he still had a Wei Bo page open on his phone, and she realized why he was thinking of her.

When she and Li Xiaoru walked from the practice room to this music street, every person stared at her. The once-seen admiration on their faces got replaced by contempt. Someone even called her a “mistress” in her face.

She never thought she would be hated and disgusted by everyone one day.

Liu Man did not feel awkward. Her anxiety and helplessness only appeared in that first moment. Now, her inside was completely calm.

Liu Man only felt sorry for Li Xiaoru, for she was also mistreated.

Liu Man and Li Xiaoru came to Owner Li under the “rain of bullets.”

She expected Owner Li would mistreat her just like the others.

Owner Li, however, presented a smile,

“Why are you here? I thought you have a performance today.”

“I’m here to buy a Guqin,” Liu Man and looked towards that fake “Lu QI” Guqin. Two weeks had passed, and it still didn’t get sold and was only sitting there.

This business came very suddenly. Owner Li felt very weird. The two girls in front of him had a deep expression, and they looked completely different than how happy they looked last time.

It seemed normal since everyone online was defaming this girl with such vicious language. She already had a strong mindset by just showing up here and purchasing a Guqin as if nothing had happened.

But why was she buying a Guqin at such a moment? Why wasn’t Wen Fangfei here?

And he also noticed these two girls each carried a bag. According to his experience, these bags must contain their performance uniforms.

It was obvious they were going on stage later, but they were here right before their performance to buy a Guqin?

Owner Li felt very perplexed.

But it was great that he gets to earn money. Why would he care so much?

“The original price for this Guqin is 2,480, but I admire your playing, and I will only ask for 1,600. It is the price I bought it with,” Owner Li was being honest. To be fair, he never thought he could show this much empathy. He thought Liu Man was too pitiful from all the cyberbullying, and he wasn’t that cruel to take her money.

Liu Man didn’t try to alter the price, “Okay.”

She scanned the Paypal QR code on the wall and immediately paid 1,600 RMB. Her movements were fast and seemed a tad urgent.

Owner Li did not waste the girls’ time and said, “I will tune every string, and it will be ready soon.”

Li Xiaoru looked at the time shown on her phone screen. The morning concert was already over, and after one hour of break, the afternoon concert would be starting.

At this time, Liu Man received a message from Zhang Jiaojiao, “I’ve already arrived at your school.”

She turned her head to say to Li Xiaoru, “That friend of mine who knows how to apply makeup is here.”

Liu Man had already told Li Xiaoru before that there was going to be a friend from Capital University here to help them put on makeup.

Zhang Jiaojiao sent over her current location. She was very close to them; just a few hundred meters away. Liu Man sent Zhang Jiaojiao her location so she could directly come to Owner Li’s shop.

Owner Li didn’t even finish tuning up the Guqin before Zhang Jiaojiao arrived.

She was not the only one here. Sun Weiwei, He Qisi, Chen Han, Wang Sheng, Fang Hao, and Jiang Chengfeng were all here in a nice group.

A huge herd of straight-A students flowed into Owner Li’s shop, and space which only took up 20 square-meters suddenly seemed crowded. Owner Li did not mind them at all and smiled as he said, “These are all your friends here to support your performance, right? That’s great.”

Li Xiaoru only knew Jiang Chengfeng among all these people. Jiang Chengfeng smiled at her and waved his hand unnoticeably. To be fair, Li Xiaoru thought he had a dumb and silly smile, but he was extremely comfortable to look at. She glared at him, but the corners of her lip raised sneakily.

Liu Man did not see any weird expressions on these boys’ faces. They probably hid away all their thoughts. Liu Man didn’t know the others very well except for Jiang Chengfeng, and the other boys weren’t dumb enough to embarrass her in her face.

Zhang Jiaojiao, however, had an admiring expression as soon as she saw Liu Man,

“You are so impressive! You seduced Tang Tu, and he even dumped his ex only to be with you. You are too charming!”

Liu Man: “…”

Zhang Jiaojiao seemed to have a different judgment of what was right and what was wrong than the netizens.

Sun Weiwei burst into a laugh, “I do not believe a single word they say on the internet. I just don’t believe you have the ability to do it.”

Sun Weiwei and Zhang Jiaojiao argued against each other on their entire way here as to whether Liu Man could seduce Tang Tu. Ever since Sun Weiwei learned to walk, she knew Liu Man. Although they unfriended each other for six years, she was sure she had a pretty good understanding of who Liu Man was.

Liu Man was a moron and had a pretty low IQ, sure. But she would never have done something like becoming a mistress. Her aloofness would never allow her to do something so low-tiered. Even if she was a moron, she still had a good definition of what was moral.

Besides, to seduce a man, one needed IQ, and EQ. Did Liu Man have any of that?

They all said the person who knew you the best is always your enemy. Sun Weiwei knew Liu Man too well.

She was completely right.

Liu Man had a crush since she was in eleventh grade. She finally got into college and got so close to Tang Tu, but she was not even able to touch a corner of Tang Tu’s clothes from Freshman year to Sophomore year.

One needed strategies to get a man. Liu Man was too stupid and aloof; she did not know what strategies were. She only knew how to wait for God to give her a chance like an idiot.

As a result, God gave the chance to Shen Mozhen. Liu Man stayed desperate and heartbroken for a month but realized this was fate. She had never even thought about stealing Tang Tu away from Shen Mozhen.

Liu Man was very thankful for Sun Weiwei, for she believed in Liu Man and was willing to side with her.

Translated by: Sydney