Song Ying's expression was somewhat bewildered; this plot wasn't what she had imagined.
She had thought it was a case of a real young master being replaced by a fake one, but it turned out to be the child of a mistress being raised as the legitimate wife's child.
Having experienced Hong Yan's baby-swapping incident, Song Ying felt that her moral standards had lowered considerably. Compared to Hong Yan, at least Wei Xin hadn't been completely replaced by the mistress's child.
Song Ying shook her head. This wasn't good; it needed to be changed.
There were still quite a few classmates who hadn't left the scene, and because they left late, they had heard all about the Wei Family's child-swapping incident.
Others inwardly rejoiced, thankful that they were the only children in their families and didn't have to worry about their siblings possibly not being their real siblings.
As more and more people who could hear Shi Li's inner thoughts gathered, and these people all had quite a bit of gossip about them, there was a risk that Shi Li's inner voice might be exposed. They had to do something.
So the class monitor resorted to his old trade, creating a group chat that included students from three classes.
The monitor got the list of students in the ethics class from the homeroom teacher, and a large group of about eighty people was created.
When a new group chat suddenly appeared on their phones, students from Class 2 and Class 3 responded with a string of question marks.
The class monitor, well-versed in this, began to explain to everyone about the origin of the inner voice and its source.
Moreover, for sustainable development and to ensure that everyone could continue to get juicy gossip in the future, he hoped that everyone could keep their mouths shut and keep this matter confidential.
This wasn't something very easy to accept, and the monitor could understand that.
After all, this matter was too fantastical, and even their own classmates took some time to fully accept it.
However, students from other classes accepted it very quickly.
[Holy crap, that's amazing]
[So your class gets to gossip every day?]
[That's too lucky]
[Is your class still accepting new students? Is it too late to transfer?]
[I can't even imagine how much good stuff your class has been secretly enjoying without us]
[Why doesn't our class have such a magical treasure?]
Class Monitor: *poker face*
There were also many clever suggestions from others.
[I think we could have Shi Li rotate classes, MWF in our class, TTh in Class 1]
This clever suggestion was proposed by a student from Class 2, and it received unanimous approval from all Class 2 students.
Class 2 students: Actually, if we could have Shi Li in our class seven days a week, that would be even better, but considering that the students in his class might not agree, we'll take a bit of a loss and share him with you half the time.
Class 3, completely ignored: ??? We're still in this group!
Class 1, having Shi Li stolen from them: ??? Don't even think about it!
The group chat erupted into a heated discussion about Shi Li's ownership.
The 80-person group chat was much livelier than Class 1's original chat.
Class 1 students now had a new task: fighting with other classes for the right to keep Shi Li.
Seeing the topic getting increasingly off-track, the class monitor had to use his special admin powers to mute everyone.
He emphasized again that this matter must be kept secret and not told to others.
After sending the message, the monitor unmuted the group.
The monitor kept a close eye on the group dynamics, seeing these neighboring class students all expressing that they would definitely keep the secret and absolutely not spread it around.
[All for the gossip!]
[All for the alliance!]
[All for the alliance!]
[All for the alliance!]
Class Monitor: ??? Where did this alliance come from?
Until he glanced up at the group name, he realized someone had changed the default name to — Gossip Alliance.
Fine, he hoped everyone could keep quiet for the sake of the alliance.
Because Wei Xin was suddenly hit with a major change, she was lost in her own world, staring blankly. Classmates who wanted to call her to join the group chat saw her bloodless lips and hesitated, deciding not to disturb Wei Xin who was immersed in her own world.
It wasn't until after school that she saw the 999+ message notifications on her phone screen.
She clicked in with a head full of question marks, scrolled for an hour, even skipping some messages along the way, but still couldn't get to the beginning of the conversation.
Since there were too many messages, most of which were useless, she wasn't in the mood to chat idly.
Anyway, she understood the main point of this group, which was hoping everyone could keep it confidential and not spread it around.
However, when she looked at the number of group members, her finger paused, and she clicked in. She scrolled through the member list from top to bottom but didn't see a familiar avatar.
Wei Xin pursed her lips and opened a private chat with the group admin.
[Excuse me, classmate, I'm sorry to bother you, but I wanted to ask if you forgot to add Wei Xing to this group]
The class monitor, who had just finished dinner, saw the unfamiliar message from a nickname and avatar he didn't recognize.
The monitor slowly typed out: [Who are you?]
[I'm Wei Xin]
The monitor thought, this couldn't be someone coming to pick a fight, right?
*Teacher, why don't we have our own Zihan.jpg*
This afternoon when Shi Li said Wei Xing was the child of a mistress, all the students from Class 1 were present. The monitor, upon hearing this, didn't add Wei Xing to the group when creating it, to prevent him from seeing everyone discussing his family gossip and then warning his Scumbag Dad in advance.
The monitor felt he hadn't done anything wrong, but for the moment, he wasn't sure about Wei Xin's attitude. What if some people just had a different way of thinking?
Even though he's not my real brother, you can't bully him.
This pair of siblings was well-known in the school, famous for the sister's extraordinary protectiveness of her brother.
Could it be that his thoughtful action was seen as unnecessary by the other party?
Out of consideration for not offending anyone as much as possible, the monitor finally replied: [If you think it's inappropriate, I'll add him to the group right away]
Let go of the helper complex and respect others' fate, right?
Anyway, no matter what, it had nothing to do with him.
If Wei Xing was added to the group, he could see even more drama.
Wei Xin hurriedly replied: [No, that's not what I meant. Please don't add him]
[Oh, okay. I figured since he probably won't be able to hear the inner thoughts in the future anyway, I didn't add him]
After the Wei family drama unfolds, it's not even certain if Wei Xing will still be able to study at the school, the monitor thought, feeling his response wasn't wrong.
[Thank you, I understand]
Class Monitor: ??? So what did she understand?
A week later, the monitor finally knew what Wei Xin had understood.
In the big gossip group, he heard from Class 2 students that Mrs. Wei had come to the school to process Wei Xing's withdrawal paperwork. Apparently, he was going home to inherit the family property.
