Chapter 107 Slandering
The sudden scolding caught Violet off guard.
She never expected Finnian to show up here so early in the morning.
Finnian's angry shouting drew a crowd of onlookers. The area below the teaching building was instantly packed, with people even watching the drama from the second-floor balcony.
Violet clenched her palms and took a deep breath. She knew Finnian must be here today because of her breakup with Charles, so she said, "Finnian, can we talk about this privately?"
"What? Now you know you should be ashamed?"
Finnian sneered and pointed at Violet's nose. "Now you know shame? Where was that before?"
"How has our Charles wronged you? Don't forget, you wouldn't be where you are today without our Charles's efforts. Now that your singing has made you famous, you just kick him aside—you ungrateful little bitch!"
"I was the one who saved your father's life! Otherwise, where do you think you'd be today? You and Charles getting engaged after graduation was agreed upon by both our families. Now that you've made it big, you forget all that kindness and want to break up with Charles to climb higher!"
"The Green Family has treated you well. Your father's life, your whole family's lives—they were all given by the Green Family! Now that you're about to be famous, you want to kick us aside! Dream on!"
Finnian's voice was shrill and loud. As she spoke, spit flew everywhere, and each accusation was more unpleasant than the last.
Violet stood before Finnian, reminding herself that this person was Zephyr's lifesaver. She didn't speak, just clenched her fists tighter, her face looking terrible.
Hearing this, most people understood what was going on.
"So Charles's dad saved Violet's dad's life! No wonder Violet and Charles have known each other since childhood."
"Isn't Violet being too ungrateful? Charles's dad lost a leg saving her dad. No matter what, Violet shouldn't look down on Charles, right?"
"What do you know? She's famous now, companies are coming to her door. Of course her standards are higher now—she doesn't think Charles is good enough anymore!"
"She better not forget that without Charles's dad, Violet wouldn't even have a complete family, let alone be where she is today."
"Really ungrateful."
"Charles is so pitiful. His dad's leg was broken saving someone, and the girl he's devoted to still wants to break up with him. So tragic."
The murmuring grew louder, and everyone's looks toward Violet became contemptuous.
Violet listened to the accusations around her, looking dazed.
Isabella was drinking a cup of coffee when she suddenly tilted her head and looked at Finnian with confusion:
"Finnian, you're saying Violet broke up with Charles because her singing made her famous and she looks down on him?"
Finnian glanced at Isabella, assuming she was just here to watch the drama, and said without hesitation, "That's exactly it! She's just taking advantage of her success to break up with Charles! It's completely burning bridges!"
Isabella looked even more confused. "But as far as I know, Violet and Charles broke up a month ago! At that time, Violet hadn't even released her song yet!"
Finnian froze when she heard this.
Violet and Charles broke up a month ago?
How did she not know this?
Charles never mentioned it.
Isabella's words reminded everyone.
The people in Class 11 remembered clearly when Violet and Charles broke up, because it happened right in their classroom.
"That's right, Violet and Charles broke up a month ago! Does everyone remember?"
"I remember, I remember! That day during morning self-study, Charles came to find Violet like he always did, and Violet brought up breaking up. We don't know the reason, but Violet was very firm about breaking up with Charles at the time!"
"Violet releasing her song is a recent thing, which means she had already broken up with Charles before she released her song."
Finnian's face stiffened for a moment. "This... how is this possible?"
The facts were right there, and people around started refuting: "Why wouldn't it be possible? We all saw it that day!"
"And after that, Charles never came looking for Violet again, until after Violet released her song. Then Charles tried to get back together with Violet on the street, but Violet refused him."
"Finnian, did you get it wrong?" Isabella looked at Finnian with a confused expression. "Everyone's saying this—Violet broke up with Charles a long time ago, and the reason for the breakup doesn't seem to be because her song became popular!"
Everyone was brought back on track by Isabella's words, and they chimed in: "Finnian, you seem to have misunderstood Violet. Things aren't the way you said. There must be another reason why Violet broke up with Charles."
Isabella continued drinking her coffee while scrolling through her phone, then suddenly spoke up: "Right! Speaking of which, why exactly did Violet break up with Charles? I've always been so curious!"
Hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Isabella.
Wait...
Isabella, you... as the person closest to Violet, don't you know the reason?
They're the ones who should be curious—the ones who don't know!
Isabella's gaze lifted from her phone, swept past Finnian, a cold gleam flashing in her eyes. Then she covered her mouth dramatically:
"I remember now—Violet broke up with Charles because Charles cheated!"
Everyone froze.
After a few seconds of silence, the crowd suddenly exploded.
"Really? Who did Charles cheat with?"
"Could it be Juniper?"
"The day Violet and Charles argued, she mentioned that Charles went shopping with Juniper."
"But didn't Charles say it was to have Juniper help pick out a gift for Violet?"
"..."
Listening to the discussion around her, Finnian felt something was very wrong.
But Charles had personally said he never did anything to wrong Violet.
Finnian immediately flew into a rage: "You student, you're making false accusations! How could our Charles possibly cheat? He's always been sincere with Violet. It's Violet, that little bitch, who can't wait to climb higher and dumped Charles!"
Isabella said very innocently, "I'm not making false accusations. Someone posted a recording of Charles and Juniper's private conversation on the school forum. Finnian, you'll know if you listen to it."
Finnian was stunned.
What recording?
Listen to what?
Before she could say anything, Charles's voice came from Isabella's phone speaker:
"Juniper, don't worry. No matter what, I'll get her family's factory!"
"My marriage to Violet has been settled long ago. It involves that accident from over ten years ago, involves human lives. The Cooper Family has no right to back out!"
"Charles, how did your face get injured?"
"Someone confessed to Violet, I ran into it, so I rushed over and got into a fight with him. I beat him off."
"Be more careful next time."
"Juniper, I got into a fight with someone because of Violet. Aren't you jealous of her?"
"Don't worry, I only love you. In front of Violet, I'm just pretending."
"As long as I successfully get the Cooper Family's factory, we can be together openly."
"When that time comes, I'll give you the most grand wedding in the world."
"Charles... whether or not you can successfully get the Cooper Family's factory, I'll still be with you. What I like has always been you as a person."
"Juniper, you're so good. I love you."
"You're a thousand times, ten thousand times better than that Violet."
"I love you too."