At this moment, the waiter brought over the sticky rice cake hotpot. Su Man had no appetite, but she heard Su Weiyi speak slowly, "Let’s eat, our mouths are for eating."

Her voice was neither loud nor soft, but people next door could definitely hear it clearly. Suddenly, there was a silence over there.

Xie Xiaoran glanced at Su Weiyi and rarely offered her a smile.

Su Weiyi looked sweet and was usually gentle-tempered. Su Man never expected her to say something like this.

As for Zhang Ziyu’s reaction next door, they didn’t see, but obviously when they finished eating and left, the next table was already empty.

In the afternoon, they didn’t see her when they returned to the dormitory. The table was already cleaned up, as if she had left school.

Su Weiyi and Xie Xiaoran helped Su Man carry her luggage downstairs, walked her a bit, and then the two of them returned.

Xie Xiaoran unexpectedly, for the first time, began to tell Su Weiyi her own story.

"I know you’re curious about me, but there are some things I don’t want to talk about. However, today, thank you."

Su Weiyi listened quietly. There was an unusual emotion on Xie Xiaoran’s otherwise calm face.

"My dad is named Xie Feng, you should know."

Su Weiyi was taken aback; of course, she knew. As someone who loved painting from a young age, she had heard the name Xie Feng many times. He is currently a world-renowned grand master of landscape painting. At thirty-five, he won the master title with his piece "Green Mountains and Green Waters Around the Homely Sound," and then his fame skyrocketed.

Su Weiyi didn’t expect that Xie Xiaoran was his daughter. No wonder she was able to win so many awards at such a young age. Su Weiyi was somewhat talented, but still far behind compared to her.

This is all hereditary. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Xie Xiaoran saw the shock in her eyes and suddenly sneered, her eyes full of sarcasm, "He is my dad, but the person I hate the most is him."

What Xie Xiaoran said next surprised Su Weiyi. Her narration no longer maintained the usual calm but was loaded with intense emotions.

It all boils down to her father falling in love with his female student after he became famous, and the two ended up together. Later, that female student got pregnant, and her father forced Xie Xiaoran’s mother to divorce. Her mother couldn’t bear the blow and committed suicide.

Completely disregarding that she had two children, after that event, Xie Feng entirely ignored Xie Xiaoran and her brother, as if they weren’t his children at all.

The reason Xie Xiaoran came to Q University was that her former teacher pitied her and recommended her to the school. Her teacher was also quite famous, and coupled with Xie Xiaoran’s own strong abilities, she earned herself a scholarship.

The reason Xie Xiaoran is so in need of money now is partly because the scholarship only covers tuition; she still needs living expenses. Additionally, she has a brother in school, and as his sister, she takes on all his expenses.

Indeed, everyone has their own untold story, but she didn’t expect someone so turbulent to be right around her.

Su Weiyi decisively handed over the keys to the apartment to Xie Xiaoran. During winter break, the school doesn’t allow students to stay, and since she plans to work here, she naturally needs a place to stay.

Su Weiyi also mentioned she knew Xie Xiaoran was "Shi Guang." Xie Xiaoran smiled, and the two gradually shifted their topic to painting.