He Gave Me Hearing, Then Taught Me What Silence Really Means novel Chapter 306

Nelson didn't take the gossip to heart. He had been well-known at the university, and sometimes he honestly couldn't fathom how girls' minds worked—how could they bully another girl just because she had a crush on him?

He had always despised that kind of petty drama and never bothered to get involved.

He had always known he belonged to a completely different world than the rest of the student body. If it hadn't been for a certain someone, he wouldn't have even stayed at Capital University; he would have gone abroad for his degree long ago.

He lowered his eyelashes, ignoring the owner's rambling, and simply instructed, "Add two spoonfuls of vinegar."

"You got it. Are the two bowls for you and your girlfriend? I used to tell my daughter you had a girlfriend, but she refused to believe me. She kept begging me to snap a picture of her, but I never saw you bring a girl around, so I couldn't. But she gave up eventually. Word is, the girl who was obsessed with you got harassed for almost a year—to the point where people would spit on her when she walked by."

Nelson frowned, scanned the QR code to pay, and didn't press the subject.

The owner had wanted to keep gossiping, but seeing his total lack of interest, she swallowed the girl's name.

*It was June something...* She had heard the girl's life on campus was a living hell, chased around like a rat in the street.

Even the owner had felt a chill down her spine hearing her daughter recount the stories. She hadn't realized college students could be so vicious. She had warned her daughter to stay far away from those toxic cliques, warning her that kind of karma always came back around.

Her daughter had just stared at her freshly manicured nails, replying coldly, "It's her own fault for being a slut. Honestly, Mom, I think those girls picked the right target this time. She was the one who started spreading rumors that she slept with Nelson. But you probably don't know this—Nelson actually has a fiancée. They grew up together, total perfect match, and half the school ships them. So when this random nobody suddenly popped up spreading lies, the girls who actually liked Nelson obviously weren't going to just sit back and take it."

"I work hard to send you to school to learn, not to participate in bullying."

"Ugh, I told you, I didn't bully anyone. That girl got exposed for being completely insane. I mean, there's no hard proof yet, but her own mom came to the school to withdraw her, and rumor has it she checked her into a mental asylum. Think about it—she went crazy obsessing over Nelson and ended up in a psych ward. Doesn't she deserve it? Did she really think Nelson was someone she could just latch onto?"

The owner hadn't known what to say to that. So the girl had ended up in a psychiatric hospital. It was tragic, yet somewhat pathetic.

What was truly pathetic was that she had chosen to harass Nelson. Nelson was completely innocent in all of it.

Nelson carried the two bowls of noodles back to the car and handed one to Juniper.

The bowls were high quality, with thick rims that didn't burn the hands.

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