The manager seemed to have anticipated her response.
Even though she really didn't want to set foot in Imperial Court again, faced with the massive debt of a hundred thousand, Yuanya had no choice but to go. It shouldn't be likely that she'd run into her there again, right?
"The contract ends tomorrow, I'll go over now and finish painting..."
But the female manager interrupted her, "Miss Yuan, you should think about how you are going to repay this money!"
With that, she hung up the phone.
When Yuanya tried to call back, the line was busy.
Yuanya slumped onto her bed, not knowing what to do next.
When Yuan Mo came back, he called out, "I brought back some profiteroles, if you want some just help yourself!"
It wasn't long before Yuanmiao emerged from her room. After Yuan Mo put down his backpack, he asked, "Where is Big Sister?"
Looking at the shoes at the entrance, she should be home.
"Big Sister this, Big Sister that, I'm your real sister!" Yuanmiao retorted.
Yuan Mo frowned, ignored her, and knocked on Yuanya's door.
"Big sister, I brought back some profiteroles, do you want any?"
At this moment, the last thing Yuanya felt like doing was eating profiteroles. Her mind was filled with thoughts of the hundred-thousand-yuan compensation.
"No need, I'm a bit tired, I'll sleep for a bit."
Yuanmiao rolled her eyes, scoffed, "Honestly, spoil her and see what happens!"
"You didn't go to school today?" Asked Yuan Mo out of the blue.
Yuanmiao paused her profiterole eating, then blurted out angrily, "None of your business, just mind your own matters!"
She then promptly took the box of profiteroles into her room, without leaving a single one behind.
The next day, when Yuanya arrived at school, she noticed people whispering about her.
At the studio, Li Jia, who always disliked her, approached her and asked, "I heard Lu Jie dumped you?"
Yuanya hand, which was organizing the paintbrushes, froze; she said nothing.
This piqued Li Jia's interest, "So it is true!"
Another person, who didn't know the story, asked, "What happened?"
"Oh my, they said it was because Yuanya was working as a hostess at a club and when Lu Jie walked in, he saw her and dumped her!" Li Jia said, deliberately raising her voice while staring at the head-bowed Yuanya.
The remark was too explosive, and it immediately stirred up whispers.
Yuanya abruptly lifted her head to look at Li Jia.
Li Jia grinned and asked teasingly, "What is wrong, can't face the consequences of your actions? You have a boyfriend like Lu Jie, yet you still worked as a hostess. What were you thinking?"
"Li Jia, you can't just say anything you want, defamation is punishable by law! Yuanya is not like that!"
"Exactly, you can't just say anything!"
Li Jia turned to the two girls who were defending Yuanya, "The person in question hasn't even said anything, why are you in such a rush? It's a well-known fact that students from the sculpture department saw Yuanya going in and out of the Imperial Court Club. If you don't think she was working as a hostess there, well, then do you believe it?"
"I didn't!" Yuanya repressed her fury and strongly denied, "I was there to paint!"
Upon hearing that, Li Jia laughed, "Yuanya, even as flatteringly impressive as you may be, don't use that as an excuse. Do you think we're all idiots? What kind of place is Imperial Court? They would need you to paint there? Don't you know that all the art pieces hanging up there are masterpieces? Stop acting the innocent after playing the harlot, will you?"
This was too much for Yuanya, "I signed a contract with them!"
She took the contract that she had initially signed with Imperial Court out of her bag.
Li Jia didn't even look at it, "Who knows whether this is real or fake, it's useless even if I looked at it."