Shen Nian and her party weren't particularly early. By the time they arrived at the school auditorium for the assembly, quite a few people were already there.
And Shen Nian's appearance, as expected, drew a great deal of attention.
After all, even though the rumors Qin Xueling had spread around school had been proven false, they had nevertheless made Shen Nian much more well-known.
In fact, many people hadn't changed their opinion of Shen Nian just because the rumors had been cleared up.
Who could blame them? Shen Nian was pretty and got good grades—a natural target for resentment.
There were always those kinds of people, the ones who preferred to blame others for their own inadequacies rather than look for the problem in themselves.
"Hey, isn't that Shen Nian from Class One? I heard she got married right after the college entrance exams!"
"Yeah, but there were rumors she was fooling around after getting married. How shameless!"
