《The Ugly Girl Gained a Beauty Purchase System》


 Chapter 1: Beauty

    <h4>Chapter 1</h4>


    ss 2 Grade 10 of Qingteng Middle School.


    "Wow, who''s this?"


    "So beautiful, a real beauty."


    "Pretty girl, can I add your WeChat?"


    "Seems like a new transfer student. Her face is stunning, looks a bit like the famously beautiful XXX."


    The boys and girls were attracted by this beauty, all restless.


    The girl had a bright face, foxy eyes, fair skin that caught the eye, a tall figure with delicate bones. Although wearing the school uniform, she couldn''t hide her temperament and looked like a rich family''s young miss.


    But that was only an illusion.


    Luo Manman stood on the tform, the corner of her mouth tilted mockingly.


    She was just an ordinary girl.


    Oh no, not even ordinary a month ago. Not even close.


    "ssmates, quiet down! This is the new transfer student Yan Xi. Two more years together, I hope you get along well. After all, our ss 2 Grade 10 is nicknamed..." The famous nickname "Extinction Teacher Peng" of homeroom teacher Peng Haiyang, the world geography teacher with a beer belly, kept bbering on and on.


    Yan Xi slightly nodded her head and waited for Peng to finish before speaking, "Hello everyone, I''m Yan Xi. Hope we can all help each other."


    Yan Xi, a name she picked meaning free rein.


    Her voice was clear and clean, contrasting alluringly with her pure charm. Like a half ripe orange, green but with an attractive aroma.


    Some girls were stunned seeing her up close. The boys stared intensely at Yan Xi¡¯s face.


    Not bad for my training results, Yan Xi thought, her charming smile growing, eyes icy cold deep down.


    "Old Peng, move aside, don''t block my view of the beauty." The ss number two, Tu Qingluan,zily called out to Peng Haiyang.


    Turns out the "sturdy" Extinction Teacher was standing in front of Yan Xi, blocking Tu Qingluan who had his legs crossed while sitting in the fourth row.


    Hearing this, Peng Haiyang immediately started yelling at the fourth row, "Tu Qingluan! I haven''t settled with you yet for beingte this morning! You think you can be so arrogant just because your dad is the mayor? How dare you cross your legs! Get out right now!" Peng''s face turned red when angry, forgetting his catchphrase "Ha."


    The number two son didn''t even lift his head, unmoved, eyes glued on Yan Xi without moving an inch.


    In the ss, only Tu Qingluan dared to openly defy Extinction Teacher Peng. Aside from having the mayor as his dad, his grades were also top three in ss every year, which allowed him to make trouble yet stay in the prestigious high school ss 2 Grade 10 for so long.


    "Fine! Brat! Can''t get you to move huh! I''ll call Tu River over!" Peng yelled angrily, throwing a piece of chalk precisely at Tu Qingluan''s head.


    Tu Qingluan easily dodged, only showing some reaction when he heard Peng threaten to call his dad. Hezily stood up, "Old Peng, that''s not right. Our issues should stay between us, why call my dad?"


    After saying that, he slowly walked out, deliberately slowing as he passed Yan Xi, winking at her, "Beauty, want to meet up after school?"


    Yan Xi looked straight ahead, seeming not to hear him.


    "Beauty my a**!" This time, Peng''s grimy rag uratelynded on top of Tu Qingluan''s head.


    The wet rag that just wiped the ckboard, dirty water perfectly covering Tu Qingluan''s head. His hairstyle that took half an hour this morning was utterly destroyed.


    The ss below burst outughing.


    Tu Qingluan wanted to show off but instead got a head full of dirty water. He angrily snorted and went to fix his hair.


    "You''re here to study well, not to flirt with ssmates!" Peng yelled, beer belly sticking out.


    "Teacher, where do I sit?" Yan Xi suddenly asked.


    Only then did Peng remember the new student had been standing there a while. He hurriedly put on a smile, cordial again, "New student can pick any open seat. Thest table in Row 1 seems empty. In Row 2, there''s an open spot next to Shen Qiuyi. Row 3 also has a few empty spots."


    "Thank you, teacher."


    Everyone''s attention was now focused on Yan Xi. A major beauty rarely transfers to the prestigious ss. And she''s top-tier in looks too. Everyone wondered where she''d choose.


    Yan Xi looked at the empty seats, pondering a bit before walking over.


    "Can I sit next to you?" Yan Xi gently lifted her eyes asking Shen Qiuyi.


    Shen Qiuyi looked at the girl before her, brows slightly furrowed, reluctant to say no. Up close, the girl''s skin was still wless, her exquisite features even more striking.


    Shen Qiuyi pretended not to hear, silently looking away.


    "Of course! Yan...I mean Yan, you can definitely sit next to her! Right, Qiuyi?" Shen Qiuyi''s front deskmate Dong Yaya enthusiastically responded, nudging Shen Qiuyi.


    Seeing the ss attention on them, Shen Qiuyi reluctantly hmm-ed, angrily kicking the chair leg in front.


    Unfazed by the kick, Dong Yaya winked at Shen Qiuyi.


    Childhood friends huh, Yan Xi observed their intimacy.


    Without overthinking, Yan Xi confidently sat next to Shen Qiuyi, bringing a citrusy scent.


    Shen Qiuyi straightened her back, seeming unwilling to chat with her new deskmate.


    Yan Xi was in no rush, but the others couldn''t sit still. With Peng gone, Yan Xi was eyed openly and secretly by many.


    The boys'' chat group was already blowing up.


    Kongming: Damn, even prettier up close!


    BravestBro: Skin''s so fair, blindingly white! Who''s better looking, her or Ji Yao? I say Yan Xi!


    NoSoyBeans: I stand by Yao!


    NextTime4Sure: Bros, I''m into Yan Xi''s type, both beautiful and alluring.


    MomKnowsBest: Isn''t Yao more charming and kind?


    NextTime4Sure: You sure Yao''s kind? Go touch her and ten of youbined still can''t beat her. Certified pervert. @MomKnowsBest


    Kongming: Based on my many years of beauty-watching experience, I still say Yan Xi looks better. wless features, fairer than Ji Yao, different temperaments. But Yao is more intimate, better personality. Yan Xi still feels a bit distant as the new girl.


    BravestBro: Kong Jie you old lecher! Observing so closely!


    NoSoyBeans: Who cares who''s better looking! Our ss gained another beauty. Next time ss 2''s Meng Chao dares say our ss has no good-looking girls besides Shen Qiuyi, I''ll thrash him!


    TuQingluan: Beauty picked a seat yet? How about next to me?


    NoSoyBeans: You wish! Tu, wash all that dirty water off your head yet? @TuQingluan


    TuQingluan: Don''t run after school! @NoSoyBeans


    Seeing the group about to go off topic, Kong Jie mischievously held up his QR code to the new ssroom flower Yan Xi behind him, "Yan, add me on WeChat? I''m vice ss pres, I''ll add you to the ss group."


    The boy''s soft yellowish hair looked quite fluffy.


    "Sure." Yan Xi politely smiled at him and scanned the code.


    Kong Jie was surprised. He had prepared for rejection.


    "You bastard! So quick to make the first move!" Tu Qingluan rushed back from washing his hair and snatched Kong Jie''s phone.


    The other boys busily grabbed their phones. Some girls curiously watched while others whispered.


    Watching the lively ss, Yan Xi lowered her head, seemingly blushing, raising a hand to her ear, just enough to hide her cooling expression.


    [Don''t tell me this game only has this much.]


    [What you want, you have to explore yourself. There are no games that are yed poorly, only people who y poorly. Luo Manman.]


    Yan Xi''s fingers trembled, and he suddenly smiled.


    [Alright.....then I wish myself an enjoyable game.]

 Chapter 2: The Deal

    <h4>Chapter 2</h4>


    One month ago


    Luo Manman sat on the windowsill of her attic, on the verge of falling.


    Her long hair obscured her expression, her naturally ugly face, no matter how hard she tried could not achieve an ordinary person''s mediocre figure.


    Just as she was a little tempted to end it all.


    [Would you like to get a good skin? In exchange for a different life?] A voice called Pandora sounded in her ear.


    Luo Manman was a little surprised. An alien product? Or an illusion? She also felt it wasughable. No matter what it was, how could it help?


    Might as well answer this ridiculous question first.


    Luo Manman hooked the corner of her mouth and gave an unexpected answer: "Of course.....I don''t want to."


    [.....Why?]


    [I''m not interested.]


    [Are you sure? Your experience tells me you need it.]


    [You read my memories.] Luo Manman''s face turnedpletely cold, wanting to end this conversation.


    Who the hell do you think you are, such an unequal transaction.


    Luo Manman leapt forcefully, but was bounced back by some unknown force.


    [Hey! I did read your memories. Anyway, you have no will to live, why not make a deal with me! Haven''t you been bored with your life for so many years? Don''t you want to have some fun?] The unnamed creature Pandora said in a panic, fearing that this lord would insist on her suicide mission if offended.


    If she died, it would be very straightforward. It would be hard for herself to find another trading partner.


    [Fun?]


    [I can provide you with different skins, brand new identities. Every period of time you can change into a different skin, different skins have different usage times and prices, but you have toplete the tasks I give you - pump everyone around you to their extremes.] The voice was tempting, stirring people''s hearts.


    [Extremes?]


    [If you agree to trade with me, I''ll go into more details.] Pandora was keeping something back.


    Luo Manman gathered her expression and looked out of the window, her eyes empty and confused, not knowing what she was thinking.


    All the gifts bestowed by destiny are secretly marked with a price.


    Luo Manman fell silent.


    Just as Pandora thought Luo Manman would insist on her suicide n, Luo Manman suddenly spoke out: "Okay."


    There was a smile on Luo Manman''s hideously ugly face. It didn''t seem to be happiness, more like the relief at the end of the road...


    There was nothing left to lose, was there?


    How pitiful.


    Even I feel pity for you, Luo Manman.


    Luo Manman covered half her face with one hand, looked up, and held back her tears.


    When she looked again, Luo Manman had regained her calm.


    Pandora felt that her trading partner this time seemed to have some mental issues, but as long as she could earn extremes, it was fine.


    ____________________


    The school bell rang and Yan Xi picked up her schoolbag and walked out of the ssroom.


    "Yan Xi! Wait for me!" Dong Yaya hurriedly called out to stop Yan Xi.


    Hearing someone calling her, Yan Xi raised her hand to turn off her phone and turned around with a smile, her eyes full of puzzlement.


    "I''m Dong Yaya. Um, Yan Xi, are you a day student?" Dong Yaya asked.


    "Yeah."


    "That''s great! I am too. Shall we go together?" Dong Yaya was the only female day student in the ss. Qingteng was a provincial key high school. The school required everyone to board, especially students in key sses. Although the ce Dong Yaya lived was quite far from Qingteng, Dong Yaya¡¯s mother was a school leader. She felt the school amodation environment was not good and cherished her daughter, allowing her to go home to live. Every day she drove her daughter to school herself. If she was really too busy, she would let Dong Yaya take the bus by herself.


    As it happened today, Dong¡¯s mother was not free.


    How annoying.


    Yan Xi wrinkled her eyebrows imperceptibly, but still answered her question.


    "Okay." Yan Xi responded lightly with a shallow smile, her beautiful eyebrows and eyes shining brightly, dazzling Dong Yaya''s eyes.


    "Yan Xi, you.....are so beautiful." Dong Yaya said somewhat obsessed.


    Much more beautiful than Shen Qiuyi.


    In the bustling corridor after school, Yan Xi¡¯s smile attracted several people to look back.


    "Oh yes Yan Xi, don''t go through the small west alley after school..."


    "Okay." All the way, Dong Yaya kept exining things about Qingteng. Yan Xi could only respond with "hmm, okay, yes" all the way.


    At the school gate, Yan Xi saw the ck sedan parked steadily, waiting to pick her up.


    "See you tomorrow, Dong Yaya." Yan Xi said politely to say goodbye.


    "Oh, oh....okay." Dong Yaya wanted to say something more, but seeing Yan Xi elegantly getting into the car, she went to take the bus by herself.


    Once in the car, Yan Xi breathed a sigh of relief.


    Taking out her mobile phone which she was halfway through looking at just now, the corner of her mouth hooked up.


    Ha....how funny.


    Yan Xi¡¯s ount was almost blown up by friend requests, and they were all from boys.....over 80.


    There were 30 boys max in a ss. Even if each had two ounts, that would be 60. It seemed someone had leaked her ount.


    This face really attractedadmirers like bees to flowers.


    Worth 100 extreme points indeed.


    "What are you giggling about? Luo Manman." The driver said, looking back from the back seat. He was a well-maintained middle-aged man.


    "Panny, am I pretty?" Luo Manman asked the middle-aged man in front of her.


    "How could the faces produced by this trading ce not be beautiful? Your mobile must have been flooded with requests?" The middle-aged man answered calmly.


    Luo Manman smiled charmingly at the middle-aged man,zily leaning against the backrest.


    Possessing the middle-aged man, Pandora spoke solemnly: "Don''t forget your task. I''ve prepared the information of 5 people with extreme points to develop. Have you read it?"


    "Tu Qingluan, Zhou Zhou, Qi Yili, Qi Shi, Ji Yao." Luo Manman counted off the 5 names one by one on her fair fingers, looking very innocent.


    "I did see Tu Qingluan today. Didn''t see Zhou Zhou. His name was on the seating chart though, I heard he took sick leave." Luo Manman said doubtfully, adding: "Can''t I earn other people''s extremes? I saw many little cuties today."


    "You''re quite the yer. Apart from the task targets, you can earn extremes from others too, just that each one is 100 points, while task targets are 500 each. Don''t forget, you only have this skin for 1 year. After a year, if you don''t make the extremes, I might have to find another trader." Pandora warned Luo Manman not to y tricks and focus on the important tasks.


    Luo Manman neither agreed nor disagreed. Her slender fingers slid across the phone screen.


    When her fingers slid across the ID "Tu Qingluan", they paused for a moment, then......she hit agree for all the IDs except "Tu Qingluan".


    Then she threw the phone aside and said loudly to Pandora, "I want to browse the skin shop."


    "I''m driving now! You can check when we get back."


    "Aren''t you some kind of AI? How can you not handle something so simple?"


    "I''m not a lowly AI powered by data, I''m a higher dimensional....." Pandora stopped abruptly mid sentence.


    Higher dimension? Luo Manman lowered her eyes.


    "If you''re not afraid of damaging the vehicle or loss of life, be my guest and try me!" Pandora tried to change the subject. She was done in by this mad woman acting on a whim!


    Try and perish?


    "Fine." Luo Manman lost interest and gave up.


    The car took several turns and exited the suburbs, stopping in front of a duplex bungalow.


    This was the house where Luo Manman had lived for a month. As for where she lived previously?


    Luo Manman had burned it down with a fire.

 Chapter 3: Extreme Value

    <h4>Chapter 3</h4>


    Extreme value refers to the most intense emotions that a person experiences.


    Feelings of love, hatred, regret... even the desire to live or die could all be considered extreme values: essentially, any emotion experienced by a person in its most amplified form.


    Luo Manman''s task was to stimte the extreme values in valuable people around her to meet the assessment criteria for skin recement.


    Almost everyone has a mix of different desires. Luo Manman simply had to purify these.


    "It feels dangerous. Panpan, if I do something less than friendly, do you think their hatred towards me would instantly blow past the extreme value threshold?" While studying, Luo Manman bought a few test preparation books and asked Pandora.


    No one else was home. After driving Luo Manman back, Pandora had left that body and returned to Luo Manman¡¯s mindspace.


    [That¡¯s not a bad idea, but yourbat power iscking. The likelihood of suffering consequences is quite high.]


    "Then I could incite others to do it. The effect would be the same."


    [Who do you think would listen to you so obediently?]


    "Oh, alright."


    Luo Manman¡¯s pen did not stop moving as she swiftlypleted another challenging math question.


    "Panpan, what is 264 multiplied by 34? And help me calcte the square root of 17.6." Sincerely grappling with the questions before her, Luo Manman was filled with motivation.


    [Instead of studying for the College Entrance Examination, shouldn¡¯t you be thinking about how to deal with them? Don¡¯t forget, you only have one year.] Pandora was rendered speechless. She had truly never seen such a fearless trader.


    From the moment Luo Manman abandoned her own skin, she was fated to spend her life endlessly trading up to different skins, wandering between shells, lest she die.


    "I¡¯m a high school student. Of course I have to focus on studying! If I can¡¯t even handle academics, how could I possibly manipte them? I did my research. Three of the five are academic standouts. To get close to them, I naturally need to excel in my studies too. Otherwise, whatmon ground would we have?" Luo Manman¡¯s eyes shone as she radiated motivation.


    [At that age, a beautiful appearance holds no small attraction. That is your advantage, Luo Manman.]


    "People may admire a vase, but they won¡¯t fall in love with one. You don¡¯t understand, Panpan." Luo Manman smiled at Pandora, as if soothing a child.


    Soon, Luo Manman was immersed in a sea of math and physics questions, gazing intensely and frigidly.


    Qingteng¡¯s academic pressure was as immense as Luo Manman¡¯s former school, but it offered far more flexibility. Luo Manman herself excelled in science but favored the humanities.


    After working through several questions from Qingteng Affiliated Middle School¡¯s exams, she grasped their style andparing it against her hometown Y¡¯s test format, she outlined a study n.


    Having finished prepping for the exams, Luo Manman put away her books and prepared to bathe.


    "Panpan, open up the Skin Store."


    The Skin Store sold many items across different price ranges: skins, currency from this world, new ID cards. If you desire it, they have it. Even things you can¡¯t imagine, they have too.


    The prerequisite, of course, is having the funds for those price tags.


    Initially, Pandora had given her 300 extreme values to manage herself.


    She spent 100 extreme values on a new identity and used another 50 extreme values to exchange for 2 million yuan, leaving 100 extreme values to exchange for skins.


    Given her lv0 status, the Skin Store¡¯s offerings were quite limited for her, with most goods greyed out. The skins avable for trade could only be refreshed in the Wishing Pool, once a week.


    Of the 100 skins revealed to Luo Manman in the Wishing Pool, she had her eyes on three.


    One was a premium, pure lust skin: fairplexion,rge pupils that gave an innocent amber gaze, 160 cm in height with a slightly plump, petite figure, pure yet sultry. Just the type most men would love.


    Another perfectly suited Luo Manman¡¯s aesthetics, an aloof vibe. 173 cm in height with enviable bodily proportions, a endearing mole on the nose, slender phoenix eyes: the pinnacle of allure when silent, utterly captivating skin.


    Yet in the end, faced with her dearth of funds, Luo Manman chose thisparatively mboyant skin she currently wore. The rationale was simple.


    Luo Manman had no extreme values!


    None!


    Nada!


    Nil!


    Values!


    Worth!


    Zero!


    The lustful skin for 3 months of use was minimally priced at 300 extreme values, while the elegant skin was 700 extreme values. And this current skin she possessed originally cost 300 extreme values for 3 months. But as a newbie, she was given a special new user big gift pack at the ultra low price of 100 extreme values for 1 full year of use.


    "No extreme values just won¡¯t do! *Sigh*" Luo Manman sighed at the skins refreshed in the store. No funds means no talk. A beauty¡¯s struggles.


    After drying herself, Luo Manman gazed at this gorgeous skin in the mirror.


    So beautiful...


    Leaning in, she left a kiss against the mirror.


    "Good night, Yan Xi."

 Chapter 4: Eight trigrams

    <h4>Chapter 4</h4>


    "Sisters! Qi Shi from ss 7 and Zhou Zhou fought in West Alley yesterday!" The loud voice of Guan Yongyan from ss 3 shook the ground early in the morning.


    Guan Yongyan was known as the gossip queen with a big mouth in ss 3. She was one of the few girls that Zhou Zhou messaged on WeChat yesterday to add salt.


    "Gossip time, gossip time!"


    "Really? Sister Yongyan, give us some insider info!"


    "Isn''t Zhou Zhou that girl''s boyfriend?" One of the gossip girls mouthed some words.


    "Oh my gosh, it seems like you know something!"


    It was the second period now, and most of the boys in the ss had gone out to y basketball since they had Gym next period.


    For the boys, Gym was likebor reform with some fresh air, while for the girls it was like torture under the scorching sun.


    The vain girls didn''t want to sweat like pigs under the sun, so they were trying to stall as much as possible before ss started. At this moment, the absolute majority of girls upied the entire ssroom.


    Why were they so excited? Of course it was because Zhou Zhou and Qi Shi were popr figures at Qingteng High School Grade 2.


    Zhou Zhou''s handsomeness was the wild kind. He had healthy wheatish skin, chiseled features, and the rare six pack abs at his age. He liked ying basketball, but was also adept at fighting and brawls, and was infamous for them. Unlike Tu Qingluan who caused petty troubles, Zhou Zhou had a record of personally sending people to the ICU.


    Even so, many girls were into this type. Not to mention the girls in his ss, even senior school sisters and junior high school junior sisters (Qingteng Junior High School was connected to the high school) admired him. He also had a group of little brothers outside of school who would fight alongside him. In summary, he satisfied certain people''s tastes.


    At the same time, Zhou Zhou had an even more impressive father - a business and political tycoon with deep connections.


    Qi Shi was also an up anding figure.


    Rich, handsome, and fit - the model specimen of a tall, cold and ascetic male god. His face was so devilishly good-looking it was almost unfair. His skin was fairer than most girls'', and he had won countlesspetitions and medals. He excelled in everything he did.


    His family had gained its footing through scientific research. With deep roots and abundant resources fostered by generations of ancestors who were elites across various fields andyers of society, the Qi family had aplex web of connections. In recent years, they had attracted some bacsh, and Elder Master Qi had severed ties with most high-level central government figures, but the family''s socialwork was still powerful. As the precious only grandson, Qi Shi was undoubtedly the focus of cultivation and had boundless prospects.


    Moreover, Qi Shi was a key focus for Qingteng School, since he could help raise the school¡¯s profile and bring honor to it!


    He attracted as many female admirers as Zhou Zhou. As a lofty flower on a high teau, many girls were into this type.


    Therefore, the news that these two had gotten into a fight was thrilling for the girls!


    They chatted excitedly for about five minutes before dispersing. Of course, Zhou Zhou was not present - he had just returned today and was currently ying basketball outside.


    [Gossip about the two hotties - I really want to hear more~ Unfortunately I''m not very close with them.] Luo Manman was still working on her math homework.


    [You can ask Dong Yaya about itter. Wasn''t she also in the gossip group? She''s trying to get on your good side anyway, right?] Pandora gave a suggestion.


    "Yan Xi, let''s go change together for Gym ss! Otherwise we''ll bete, and Coach Da Wang won''t let us off easy. It''ll be miserable if he tells Principal Zhonghai." Dong Yaya spoke up, grabbing her set of PE clothes along with the PE clothes on Shen Qiuyi''s desk to call out to Yan Xi.


    Speak of the devil.


    Shen Qiuyi stood next to Dong Yaya with a frosty look on her face, as if someone owed her eight million dors.


    This girl was quite temperamental. She had kept up this sulky look since this morning.


    "Sure, let me grab my PE clothes first." Of course Yan Xi agreed since she still wanted to hear the gossip.


    Yan Xi took out her PE clothes from her schoolbag, then also took out a box of choctes. She first ced two pieces in Dong Yaya''s hands, then called out to other ssmates toe over for chocte.


    "These are choctes I made myself. Please try them, everyone."


    [Are you sure you made them instead of buying them from the Skin Store? Also isn''t it a bitte to be doing this today instead of yesterday?] Pandora said coldly.


    [Weren''t we interrupted by Tu Qingluan yesterday? I forgot about it until I took out my PE clothes just now.]


    [She has quite the temper! Pandora. Is it because of the choctes? I''ll buy you some next time too, be good~] Luo Manman coaxed Pandora like a child.


    [......]


    "Thanks, Yan Xi."


    "Thank you, Xi Xi."


    "Thanks, beauty Yan."


    ...


    Almost every girl epted Yan Xi''s gesture - after all, it would be foolish not to take advantage of it. Moreover, the choctes looked exquisitely made and delicious.


    Yan Xi was quite mischievous. She gave choctes to many girls, but just happened to overlook Shen Qiuyi who was next to Dong Yaya.


    Shen Qiuyi''s expression grew even uglier as she watched Dong Yaya beam sweetly at Yan Xi. She couldn''t bring herself to openly break up their cozy twosome, so she grabbed the PE clothes Dong Yaya was helping her hold and stormed off angrily, preferring that to enduring humiliation here.


    Just as she was stomping away furiously, Yan Xi blocked her path.


    What do you want?! The blocked Shen Qiuyi also red up.


    "Deskmate, I specially saved these for you." Yan Xi blinked at Shen Qiuyi and stuffed most of the remaining choctes into her hands.


    "Don''t be angry anymore, okay?" Yan Xi stepped forward and whispered to Shen Qiuyi.


    Seeing that Shen Qiuyi remained silent, Yan Xi smiled beautifully enough to dazzle Shen Qiuyi''s eyes.


    Yan Xi moved back and headed to the changing room first with the other girls.


    "As if I care about your choctes!" Shen Qiuyi came to her senses and muttered angrily under her breath.


    Does every fawn over her just because she has a pretty face?


    As a student at Qingteng, Shen Qiuyi naturally didn''te from an ordinary family and had enjoyed a superior upbringing since childhood as a young miss. She had a delicate and fairplexion, and countless boys and girls had tried to curry favor with her due to her family background and looks since she was little.


    Moreover, she was in the upper middle ranking of grades in the elite ss. Among the many well-connected but low-achieving and high-achieving but poorly-connected students, she naturally had some arrogance.


    Ever since Yan Xi had arrived, she directly shook Shen Qiuyi''s position as the ss flower. It was impossible for the gap between them to be small. Shen Qiuyi knew she was jealous and that these emotions were improper.


    Shen Qiuyi gave Dong Yaya an icy look, even more annoyed inside.


    Dong Yaya also realized something was off. She nced at the departed Yan Xi then the angered Shen Qiuyi, hesitating briefly before deciding to stay behind andfort Shen Qiuyi.

 Chapter 5: Eight Trigram 02

    <h4>Chapter 5</h4>


    [I thought you would max out Shen Qiuyi''s hatred bar.]


    [Just some petty tricks, not enough to max it out.]


    "Yan Xi, which school did you transfer from?" Guan Yongyan couldn''t hold back her curiosity anymore and asked. There were too many people aroundst night, so she didn''t have a chance. She was also worried it would be too abrupt to ask the beautyst night after adding her.


    After all, Yan Xi looked like a youngdy, and kept quite a distance.


    Several female ssmates crowded around Yan Xi, curious to hear her response.


    Yan Xi used the chocte to quickly bridge the gap with the female ssmates. Friendships form fast during the student days - a bottle of water, a piece of chocte, a tissue, that''s all it takes. Of course, they fade just as quickly too.


    "I went to high school in a small, underdeveloped city. You probably haven''t heard of that school. By the way, what were you guys just talking about?" Yan Xi cleverly turned the question around.


    "Oh, you mean that! We were talking about Qi Shi and Zhou Zhou." Guan Yongyan replied.


    No kidding, did you think I wouldn''t hear you guys shrieking so loudly?


    That''s what she thought, but her expression remained unchanged as she looked at Guan Yongyan to continue.


    "Qi Shi and Zhou Zhou are the two biggest male deities of Grade 11. Handsome with money and great physique! Zhou Zhou is even in our ss - the one who sat still behind Tu Qingluan all morning without moving a muscle, sleeping through the entire morning."


    "Zhou Zhou is super good-looking!" Some fangirls beside shrieked.


    Of course she remembered, the one who came back in the morning looking like he was possessed after getting beaten up. That tall guy, right? Various images of him shed through Yan Xi''s mind.


    "They got into a fight in the alley behind the west teaching block yesterday, apparently over..." Guan Yongyan paused for dramatic effect.


    "Hmm?"


    "Over Ji Yao."


    "Ji Yao?"


    "Ji Yao is the ss flower of ss 2 next door, voted as the grade''s goddess. Very innocent looking, quite popr with the guys. Her personality is..." Guan Yongyan didn''t get to finish as she got cut off.


    "I don''t believe male deities Zhou Zhou and Qi Shi would be with Ji Yao, much less fight over a girl." A girl with short hair beside flushed.


    "Oh ho ho!" The other girls started jeering.


    Any discerning eye could tell this girl with short hair liked Qi Shi.


    But Qi Shi was so popr with the girls. At least 3 out of 10 girls you run into in the corridors of Qingteng High would have a thing for Qi Shi. Of the remaining 7, another 3 were interested in Zhou Zhou. Thest 4 were study nerds obsessed with academics.


    "Crap, hurry up and change! If we''rete, Da Wang will ughter us!" Looking at the clock in the changing room, Guan Yongyan yelled anxiously.


    The reminder jolted the girls into action as they hurried to change into their sports attire.


    "Don''t forget sunscreen! You didn''t apply it evenly, Guan Yongyan! Don''t pull me so hard!" The girl with short hair shouted.


    The girls who were done changing rushed out, those who ran faster pulling along those slower.


    As for Yan Xi, she had already startedying out her clothes when they were gossiping earlier. She was very efficient and was the first to dash out, done changing long before they finished their chat.


    But mid-run, people still overtook her.


    [Panpan, what the heck! Why is my physical fitness so bad?! I used to run 800m without breaking a sweat.] Yan Xi''s breathing grew ragged.


    [It''s normal for your physique to be adjusted together with the skin when you take on a new one. This is expected.] Pandora replied calmly.


    [What''s the highest physique possible for skins in your shop? Don''t tell me they are all wimps.]


    [No upper limit. Skins can actually be customized, but firstly, your level isn''t high enough, and secondly, your Extremes aren''t enough.]


    By the time Yan Xi and the girls arrived at the gym panting, Da Wang had been waiting for a while. The guys had also assembled, and Yan Xi saw Shen Qiuyi and a minority of girls already in neat formation.


    From afar, standing in orderly rows.


    "Can my lesson bete? Awesome huh! Don''t force my hand or I''ll get your form teacher to switch your PE lessons to English lessons. Let''s see you slip out of those!" Da Wang looked at thete girls with a half-smile that wasn''t a smile.


    Thete girls looked at one another sheepishly, not daring to make a peep.


    The guys also started getting antsy. No PE lessons would be a disaster!


    "Da Wang, you can''t do this!"


    "Da Wang, don''t take away our PE lessons!"


    "My love for PE lessons utterly copsed today. Fatherly love is as tall as a mountain!"


    "Quiet, rascals! From now, girls run 3 rounds, guys run 5 rounds!" Da Wang was furious.


    "Da Wang, do we have to run too even if we weren''tte?"


    "Teacher Wang, unfair!"


    "Keep whining and I''ll add 2 more rounds for the guys and 1 more for the girls." Da Wang added ruthlessly, pointing at the outerne of the basketball court.


    "......"


    200m per round, so 600m right?


    Yan Xi felt her heart tear. She had just sprinted here, and now this?


    To run or not to run?


    She could always fake a stomachache. But...


    [Taser services avable, 10 Extremes per use.]


    [Go ahead, I believe you can make it in this business, Panpan.]


    [Then good luck to you.]


    It was only her first day here, she shouldn''t appear so delicate at the very least.


    Yan Xi decided to run in the end.


    The girls and guys stood by the track looking utterly miserable.


    Dong Yaya nudged Yan Xi. "Yan Xi, you good?"


    Seeing how ghostly pale Yan Xi was, panting heavily with the radiance gone from her beautiful fox eyes, Dong Yaya came over to check on her.


    "I''m fine. You and Shen Qiuyi were so fast just now."


    "What use is being fast when we still get implicated by certain people to run penalty rounds?" Shen Qiuyi mocked from the side, ncing at Yan Xi asionally.


    Her words immediately sparked public outrage.


    The girls and guys who weren''tte looked towards them with some resentment, victimized for no reason. In the entire ss, only two people seemed unaffected.


    One was Zhou Zhou who had been fiddling with a basketball standing by himself, seemingly oblivious to Da Wang''s words.


    The second was none other than ssmate Tu Qingluan, who mimicked a shooting pose...


    Before Yan Xi could react, a basketball flew straight at her...


    "Yan Xi!"


    "Beauty Yan!"


    Everyone eximed.


    Despite reacting quickly upon hearing the shouts and dodging sideways, the surprise basketball still struck Yan Xi''s calf.


    Her fair calf immediately flushed an angry red as tears of pain welled up. Yan Xi couldn''t even stand steadily, the pain was so great.


    Yan Xi let out a muffled groan.


    [This body is too pathetic. Panpan, it hurts so much~]


    [Want me to give you 10 minutes of pain blocking for 10 Extremes? Thanks in advance!]


    [Yu the Great (Yu)''s father (Gun) thanks!]


    "Tu Qingluan, what''s wrong with you?! Yan Xi, you okay?" Guan Yongyan yelled. She was the fieriest one in ss, daring to retort anyone.


    Guan Yongyan''s impression of Yan Xi was rather good. The other girls who received chocte from her also quickly stood by Yan Xi''s side.


    While Shen Qiuyi didn''t join in, her gaze kept unconsciously shifting to Yan Xi''s injury.


    Everyone crowded around Yan Xi, leaving Da Wang with no room to speak. He could only squeeze through to take a look at Yan Xi''s injury - the fair skin was an angry red, somewhat bruised. Da Wang frowned. "Anyone can take her to the infirmary?"


    Hearing that, many guys grew eager. A chance to get on the good side of a beauty and skip penalty rounds! Someone was about to volunteer when he got shoved aside.


    To everyone''s surprise, the culprit slowly made his way over and did something unexpected - he carried Yan Xi directly.


    "Why didn''t you add mest night?" Tu Qingluan whispered next to Yan Xi''s ear.

 Chapter 6: Psycho

    <h4>Chapter 6</h4>


    "Yan Xi, I think he''s pretty good. How much for a dagger? I want to buy one," Pandora imitated Da Wang''s half-smiling expression and asked.


    "Isn''t this great? You don''t have to run anymore. This way, I''m actually doing you a big favor. And don''t reject Tu Qingluan like that. He''se with a valuable gift package. Shouldn''t you reciprocate?"


    "Alright, Yan Xi, I think you make a good point. I want to explode his hatred value. Cheer me on!"


    Ignoring him yesterday, and using a basketball to hit him today?


    Do you think you can do whatever you want just because you''re ugly?


    Actually, Tu Qingluan looks pretty good. He has light chestnut hair, and his eyes and nose have a nice contour. His fashion sense is also quite distinctive. But the most striking feature is his flirtatious peach blossom eyes when he casually looks at people. However, in Yan Xi''s eyes, he''s just an ugly boy.


    "Because I don''t like him," Yan Xi said with a smile, staring directly at Tu Qingluan.


    Especially an ugly thing like you.


    Despite being insulted.


    Tu Qingluan continued to stare nkly at Yan Xi''s smiling face for a few seconds.


    Indeed, she''s beautiful. He could at least feel the warmth and soft fragrance in his embrace. He really wants...


    Quickly snapping out of it, he also smiled at Yan Xi and tightened his embrace, striding towards the direction of the campus room.


    "Now that this student already has someone helping, the rest of you continue with the punishment run for me!" Da Wang shouted at the crowd watching.


    Everyoneplied, "Let us do it!"


    Zhou Zhou looked in the direction they were walking, lost in thought.


    "I just noticed that Zhou Zhou was looking at you. I think you should find an opportunity to interact with him more and skyrocket his affection value," Pandora reminded.


    "Alright," Yan Xi gestured with her finger.


    "It seems like you don''t dislike Tu Qingluan that much either? He''s been carrying you for so long, and you haven''t resisted. My suggestion is to increase his affection value."


    Yan Xi remained silent. Having freebor isn''t a bad thing, right?


    "Be my girlfriend, Yan Xi," Tu Qingluan suddenly asked while holding her and looking at her beautiful profile.


    "Be my son?" Yan Xi replied in her mind.


    "If you don''t say anything, I''ll take it as a yes?"


    "Okay, son."


    "Put me down, and get lost," Yan Xi suddenly withdrew her smile, giving Tu Qingluan a cold nce.


    "Turning your back on me just like that, women are truly heartless."


    "We''ve already reached the school clinic. He''s no longer of value, so Pandora, please don''t speak like that."


    Despite Yan Xi''s unpleasant tone, Tu Qingluan remainedposed and set her down on the hospital bed.


    "Oh, what happened to everyone today? Tu Shao, you''re here too! Did you make ns with handsome Qi?" Wang Jianguo, the robust white-coated school doctor, joked.


    Yan Xi looked up and saw a cold-looking guy sitting at the treatment table, while another short and casually dressed man was tending to his wounds.


    Tu Qingluan noticed that Qi Shi was also there and asked, "Of course, it wasn''t me. How much longer?"


    Qi Shi heard the voice and looked in this direction. His gaze met Tu Qingluan''s, and they nodded at each other as a form of greeting.


    "It''s Qi Shi," Pandora spoke up.


    "Pandora, is this the third target that has appeared?" Qi Shi asked.


    "Alright, is she your new girlfriend? She''s a pretty girl," Wang Jianguo said, finally noticing Yan Xi, who had been blocked by Tu Qingluan.


    Yan Xi''s ck hair was disheveled, falling loosely over her shoulders after running. Her hair, which had been tightly tied up, was now hanging down, and there was a red patch on her calf. She kept her eyes low and her mouth tightly pursed, seemingly enduring the pain in her leg.


    Qi Shi stood up and witnessed this scene.


    "They''re all people from the Crown Prince''s circle, Pandora."


    "One is the son of a mayor, the other has a high background. They are quite evenly matched," Pandoramented.


    "She''s not my girlfriend; I''m currently pursuing her," Tu Qingluan looked at Yan Xi, his tone serious, his eyes bright, and his voice deep and pleasant, reminiscent of the voice of the guy who chatted online with Yan Xi and Sea King yesterday.


    If Yan Xi hadn''t forgotten his frivolous appearance from yesterday, she might have believed him.


    "This guy has good acting skills, Pandora."


    Yan Xi coldly raised her eyes, her gaze drifting, ignoring Tu Qingluan''s trash talk, and beckoned to the school doctor.


    "I was just hit by a basketball, and the wound hurts. Could you please take care of it, Doctor?" Yan Xi politely addressed the school doctor while also taking a nce at Qi Shi.


    "Qi Shi has quite a distinctive appearance. I feel that we''re on par," Pandora remarked.


    "How can you tell that you''re on par with him? One is a man, and the other is a woman. There''s no basis forparison."


    "Let me take a look." Doctor Wang Jianguo walked over and gently touched Yan Xi''s wound with a cotton swab.


    "No major issue; just spray some Yunnan Baiyao on it," Wang Jianguo turned around, opened the medicine cab, and took out a recently opened bottle of Yunnan Baiyao, spraying it onto Yan Xi''s wound.


    The sprayed area on her calf was slightly painful. Yan Xi wasn''t actually in much pain, but she pretended to be.


    Her beautiful fox-like eyes were filled with glistening tears, her eyebrows lightly furrowed, and she bit her lower lip without making a sound.


    "You said Tu Qingluan was good at acting, but I think your acting skills are off the charts," Pandora sneered from the side.


    "Pandora, shut up."


    "Are you okay, Yan Xi? Does it hurt a lot?" Tu Qingluan asked with a worried expression.


    Yan Xi remained silent, looking at him coldly.


    "I''m leaving first, Wang Jianguo." Qi Shi spoke up, picked up his bag, and left the school clinic.


    "You brat! Did you call Wang Jianguo here? Don''t bothering next time if you''re going to act like this!" Wang Jianguo shouted loudly at Qi Shi, his voice as loud as Guan Yongyan''s.


    "Qi Shi left. You haven''t even spoken to him yet. You should have greeted him earlier!" Pandora sounded a little anxious.


    "Pandora, there''s no rush." Yan Xi nced at Qi Shi''s departing figure and narrowed her eyes.


    "Why aren''t you leaving?" Yan Xi questioned Tu Qingluan''s face, showing impatience.


    "What happened today was my fault. I''m sorry. I identally slipped while ying basketball and didn''t see you. But, Yan Xi, I genuinely like you. You added so many people yesterday. Why didn''t you add me?" Tu Qingluan''s tone was sincere, with a hint of grievance at the end.


    "Because You''re the Extreme Value Gift Pack."


    "I don''t like you. Is that answer satisfactory?" Yan Xi''s face was filled with the haughty air of a youngdy.


    Tu Qingluan appeared slightly hurt but still made his promise.


    "I will make you like me. Whatever you don''t like about me, I will change."


    Yan Xi remained silent and turned her head away, refusing to look at him.


    Tu Qingluan''s phone inconveniently rang from his pocket. Apologizing to Yan Xi, he said, "I need to take this call outside."


    "Tu Qingluan seems to have a strong liking for you. Why don''t you agree to be his girlfriend? If you have that girlfriend status, you can use it to enter the social circle of the target of our mission. Then you''ll obtain even more information, won''t you? Besides, he''s not bad-looking."


    "It''s not the right time yet."


    "Your name is Yan Xi, right? Your rtionship with Tu Young doesn''t seem simple. Are you his girlfriend? I''ve never seen you before," Wang Jianguo gossiped as soon as Tu Qingluan left.


    "Of course not," Yan Xi replied with a gentle smile, but if you looked closely, there was a coldness in her eyes.


    _______________


    "Damn it, do you think I''m fooling around with girls? What the hell do you want?" Tu Qingluan looked around to make sure there was no one nearby before daring to answer the phone, walking about 200 meters away from the school clinic.


    "Tu Young, there are a few hot chicks tonight, and their figures are amazing! Shall we have a drink at the usual ce?"


    Tu Qingluan frowned and whispered, "Lately, that idiot Zhou Zhou and that pretentious Qi Shi have gotten into a fight. It''s making my dad watch me closely, afraid I''ll cause trouble. What a load of crap."


    "Isn''t that because of Ji Yao? But, to be honest, she''s quite stunning. Those two haven''t seen any beautiful women? They shouldn''t fight over her."


    "That''s just a cover. Ji Yao is nothing special. The situation is quiteplicated. It seems Zhou Zhou''s dad has hindered Qi Shi''s research project progress. Qi Shi''s dad has been working on this research project for quite some time, and there have been some tensions between their factions before. After Qi Shi, that lunatic, found out about this, he picked a fight with Zhou Zhou for no reason. I don''t know what he did, but those two idiots fought yesterday, and I heard it got pretty violent. However, I didn''t see Qi Shi lying in bed today, and even that moron Zhou Zhou came to school as usual, ying basketball with great enthusiasm. Forget it, let''s not talk about those two idiots anymore. I get angry just thinking about them! I''m hanging up." Tu Qingluan was getting impatient and wanted to end the call.


    "Wait, who are you trying to woo? That''s why you''re so fired up, Tu Young," the guy on the other end curiously asked.


    "Why do you care so much?"


    "Is it that gorgeous transfer student you mentioned yesterday? How''s it going? I saw her photo yesterday, and she looks amazing." The guy asked with a mischievous tone.


    Tu Qingluan remained silent, seemingly confirming it, which made the guy even more excited.


    "Why aren''t you saying anything, Tu Young? Is she hard to win over?"


    "Just a girl from a small city with a bit of money at home, but with quite a temper. However, it won''t be long now," Tu Qingluan thought, finding it a bit difficult to approach Yan Xi with her attitude. But these are not problems at all.


    But indeed, she is a beauty," Tu Qingluan''s eyes flickered.

 Chapter 7: Make Trouble

    <h4>Chapter 7</h4>


    It was hard to endure the leg injury until the end of school.


    "It''s really dirty," Yan Xi wrinkled her nose in disgust as she reluctantly stepped into the small west alley.


    The not-so-pleasant smell filled the ce. The winding alley led to a small shop at the back that had changed owners countless times yet its customer base remained unchanged. The signboard was so faded that one could barely make out the shop name "Doile". The environment was so terrible that it made people not want to set foot in it. The residents living around habitually poured their domestic wastewater in the alley, leaving the ground full of sewage water. Her white shoes were ruined.


    ording to Qi Shi and Zhou Zhou, this was where the fight took ce yesterday.


    The wall was full of scratches and some unknown yellowish stains.


    [What are you doinging here? Do you not care about your feet anymore?] Pandora asked curiously. It didn''t think Yan Xi liked this kind of ce with such a "nice environment".


    [Buying spicy sticks! Dong Yaya said there are tasty spicy sticks sold in the small west alley. Eating more spicy sticks helps heal wounds.] Yan Xi told a white lie with her eyes wide open.


    Dong Yaya: Did I say that???


    "Boss, give me a pack of spicy sticks." Yan Xi walked past piles of sewage water in a few quick steps and shouted at the middle-aged man with a beard who waszily lying in a rocking chair inside.


    "Pick whichever you like. One pack costs one yuan. Add one more yuan for strips," the man said without even opening his eyes and went back to napping after scratching his back.


    [It seems my beauty doesn''t work. Pandora, you''re useless!]


    [???!] What a vicious thing to say!


    [The body you gave me doesn''t seem to have any effect on the boss. See, he didn''t even look at me extra, not to mention giving me a discount. And he still charges me one yuan for a pack of spicy sticks when he knows I only eat the 50 cents ones.]


    [Well... maybe a small shop by the key provincial school is confident enough to charge that price.]


    Yan Xi looked through the wide selection of spicy sticks, overwhelmed with the options that all looked appetizing yet cost her an extra 50 cents per pack.


    Oh well, she went by the proximity principle and grabbed a pack of Weilong that was ced in front of her, and then picked a small pudding cup from the freezer cab.


    Right after she finished choosing, the boss suddenly spoke up, "That will be two yuan in total."


    So he wasn''t really sleeping just now!


    Yan Xi pped a bill onto the boss''s counter and said, "Please give me back the change."


    The boss hazily woke up for a bit and stumbled to the cash register.


    "You gave 100 yuan to buy something worth 2 yuan. Your change is 98 yuan..."


    "You have 100 yuan on you and stille here to eat spicy sticks!" The boss''s eyes shot wide open as he looked at therge denomination bill in shock.


    "This better not be counterfeit! Youngdy, although you look very pretty, I must tell you that you can''t do things like this. I have surveince here you know. Don''t think you can fool me!" The boss suddenly became suspicious.


    [I gotplimented on my beauty but still don''t feel happy. What should I do, Pandora?]


    [As if I''d know.] Pandora was also dumbfounded.


    "You can check to see if it''s real." Yan Xi was a little unhappy but didn''t get angry.


    Still feeling doubtful, the boss looked at the young girl''sck of panic or intention to run away when being potentially exposed.


    He rubbed the bill, held it against the sunlight and felt it between his fingers.


    While doing so, he rambled on, "Don''t get me wrong little miss. It''s just that a lot of unruly youngsters have beening around recently with no moral baseline. Like yesterday, a group of them got into a fight in front of my shop and wrecked the two sunshades. Pissed me off big time! If it wasn''t for me grabbing one of them and whipping out my ancestral de, there was no telling if they wouldpensate me for the damage!"


    As the boss talked more and more agitatedly, the flying specks of saliva forced Yan Xi to retreat several steps back holding her spicy sticks.


    "Seems real... Sorry miss, my bad using you," the boss stroked the bill once more and felt the familiar texture of Grandpa Mao. Feeling embarrassed, he gave his nose an awkward scratch and apologized.


    "Oh wait up youngdy... Let me get your change..." Wracked with guilt, the boss''s attitude took a 180 degree turn as he busied himself searching for money in the greasy cash register.


    Yan Xi fell silent for a bit before suddenly calling out to stop the boss.


    "It''s okay, no need to give back change. Boss, what you said about yesterday''s incident piqued my interest. Tell me more about it, consider it making a new friend."


    "Are you for real?" The boss made a ck guy''s incredulous face. He had never seen a trade that earned the seller 98 yuan profit off a 2-yuan sale.


    "How about giving me 50% off next time Ie then," Yan Xi said indicating she just wanted to buy 50-cent spicy sticks despite looking loaded.


    "Forget next time. From now on, every time youe, it''ll be 50% off for you. Young girls these days sure are generous!" Money settled the issue. The boss beamed like a flower.


    "Take a seat, missy. Let me gab to you about it," the boss pulled up a somewhat chipped little stool for Yan Xi.


    Without standing on ceremony, Yan Xi ripped open the pack of spicy sticks and sat down to listen attentively while taking bites.


    Junk food lived up to being junk food: still tasted pretty damn good.


    "There''s not much to it actually. Fights aremon urrences around here. As long as no one dies, we''ll beat the crap out of each other. It''s pretty normal to see bloodshed here. That''s why I always keep a knife in the shop, you see." The boss pointed to the worn knife hanging above the snack racks, its de looking especially sharp, clearly capable of injuring multiple people.


    "You seem unfamiliar around here: a new student at neighboring Qingteng High? But it''s not even the school season yet. And your ent doesn''t sound local either, you from out of town?"


    "Yes." Yan Xi smiled.


    "No wonder... Back to main topic. The fight yesterday was a bit... odd."


    "Oh?" Now Yan Xi was all ears as she took another bite of spicy sticks.


    "Haven''t seen such a scene in 800 years. Two heads standing upright on each side watching the brawl while their underlings fought like their lives depended on it. When it ended, total silence, like a funeral: so quiet it freaked you out. No shouting or cursing at each other? Damn freaky..."


    "Oh right. When leaving, the paler head gave the darker one a punch out of the blue then dashed off without the other fighting back or giving chase. What a wuss!"


    "Also felt kind of creepy after the fightst night. Something seemed off about the alley. Damn! When I went to pick up the wrecked sunshades, I swear something scurried by - must''ve been a stray cat from god knows where. Scared the hell outta me!"


    "My poor sunshades... so expensive..." The boss grumbled on and on.


    [Stray cat?] Yan Xi''s eyes flickered for a second.


    "Where did they fight yesterday?" She interrupted the boss, looking curiously eager.


    "That stretch ofne out there that reeks the most, where the sewage smell is strongest," the bosszily pointed to a small open area about 100 meters away outside.


    Wow... wow.


    The spicy sticks instantly lost their appeal to Yan Xi.


    [Pandora, why don''t you go take a look.]


    [No need.] Pandora outright rejected without a second thought.


    [I''ll buy you as much chocte as you want.] Yan Xi bargained without even blinking.


    [No.] Pandora refused firmly.


    Yan Xi blinked and hesitated briefly before asking the boss to lend her two masks which she put on topletely cover her nose. She then made her way over there.


    About 20 meters out, she abruptly stopped in her tracks and maintained her distance to avoid choking from the stench.


    Yan Xi''s brows knotted in irritation, feeling somewhat agitated.


    There were only traces of the brawl left. The wall gashes looked to be from repetitive slicing of des. On the ground were some darkened blood stains turned murky over the years. Tiny pieces of ss were mixed together with the sewage water in areas not touched by light, making it quite hard to spot unless looking closely.


    Just an ordinary fight?


    After observing for a bit, Yan Xi still couldn''t stand the smell here so she went back under the sunshade by the small shop.


    [It doesn''t seem there''s anything you want here in this small west alley.] Pandora gloated smugly, vaguely sensing that Yan Xi hade hoping to discover something.


    Yan Xi looked rather repulsed at her shoes which had bottoms covered in sewage water. She felt a strong urge to head home, take a bath, and wash her shoes.


    Suddenly, the reflection of therge marble under the canopy at the small shop''s door fluttered Yan Xi''s eyes.


    No, that''s not right.


    Yan Xi''s fair fingers pinched the dirty edge of a campus card with some dirty water on it. There was even a strawberry badge pinned to thenyard of the campus card. The front of the campus card showed a girl with her hair in a ponytail, smiling very sweetly and cleanly.


    Yan Xi''s clear and crisp voice carried a hint of delight.


    "Ji Yao."

 Chapter 8: Get to Know

    <h4>Chapter 8</h4>


    "Excuse me,ing through." Early in the morning, Yan Xi had just returned to the ssroom, only to find that her desk was upied by several girls, with gossip queen Guan Yongyan even sitting in her seat, murmuring something with the other girls.


    Seeing Yan Xie back, Guan Yongyan immediately stood up from the chair, casting subtle nces at Yan Xi.


    "Yan Xi, Yan Xi, your photo has been posted on the school forum!" Dong Yaya squeezed over and hurriedly said to Yan Xi.


    "Hmm?" Yan Xi put down her bag and pulled out the chair.


    "It seems like it was taken by a boy from our ss, I don''t know who it was that posted it online, but people are saying you''re beautiful, and that you''re the new campus belle." Guan Yongyan casually lowered her voice and whispered into Yan Xi''s ear, while sneaking nces at the school''s top students who hade back early to study.


    The girls showed Yan Xi the photo, it was from when she had introduced herself while standing at the podium, her exquisite features and graceful poise made everyone else fade inparison, especially Peng Haiyang standing nearby, who was stunned.


    This angle? Tu Qingluan''s skills are not bad, very nice photo.


    "They evenpared you to Ji Yao, with some saying you''re prettier than her. Ji Yao has a lot of male admirers, so they started cursing."


    "The cursing got pretty intense!" There were piles of abusivements towards Yan Xi below the post, with both guys and girls, Yan Xi took a quick look before moving on.


    [Pandora, nowadays there are people calling me a fox spirit, for a moment I couldn''t tell if they were insulting me or praising me.]


    [......]


    "Yan Xi really is more stunning than Ji Yao! I''d say Ji Yao definitely can''tpare to Yan Xi''s mor." Dong Yaya kept ncing at Yan Xi as she spoke.


    The other girls chimed in agreement.


    Yan Xi didn''t seem to react much, but still smiled at them out of habit.


    "Thanks for letting me know, I''m nning to meet Ji Yao today anyway."


    "Um...which ss is Ji Yao in?" Yan Xi looked towards Guan Yongyan.


    The girls exchanged strange looks with Guan Yongyan, hesitating for a moment before asking back: "Why are you looking for Ji Yao? She has quite a few people protecting her, just you by yourself....."


    "I''m not going to cause her trouble." Yan Xi immediately saw through her concerns.


    Guan Yongyan didn''t believe her. After all, when hearing about something like this, it''s only natural to feel some resentment towards the other party over being wrongly used. She was even more worried that Yan Xi would escte matters, which would leave her stuck in the middle.


    "Which ss?" Yan Xi asked again.


    Damn, she really didn''t expect the new transfer to be so stubborn. It was all because she blurted it out in the moment. Guan Yongyan felt like smacking herself a couple times. Oh well, might as well go all in since the beans were already spilled. Offending one is better than offending both.


    "She''s in sec...second..." Guan Yongyan had just started speaking when she got cut off.


    "She''s in ss 2 downstairs." Dong Yaya said to Yan Xi.


    "Okay...."


    "Move." Before Yan Xi could finish speaking, she was interrupted again. Shen Qiuyi stood to the side, coldly looking at the short-haired girl sitting in her seat.


    Seeing Shen Qiuyi''s impatience, the girls were frightened and immediately got up. But they couldn''t help grumbling over her rude tone. Was that necessary? As for Guan Yongyan, she was d to slip away quickly.


    [Is this game called "You Interrupt Me, I Interrupt You"?]


    [No, it''s called What Goes Around Comes Around] Pandora retorted.


    "Good morning, deskmate." Yan Xi offered a polite greeting.


    Shen Qiuyi ignored her.


    Yan Xi didn''t mind either.


    The other students gradually returned to the ssroom. Peng Haiyang stood by the window holding an English textbook, overseeing the students'' morning reading while looking out forters to catch.


    "Yan Xi,e out for a bit please." Yan Xi suddenly heard Peng Haiyang calling her.


    "Teacher?" Yan Xi went out to the door and saw Peng Haiyang anxiously taking a phone call with a nervous expression. She asked in puzzlement.


    "Hold on...It''s okay.....Yan Xi please help me record theters and have them stand outside the door as punishment. Bring the list to my office afterwards....Oh okay.....I need to step out for a bit...alright alright." Peng Haiyang hurriedly responded on the phone before tossing Yan Xi this task and rushing off tempestuously.


    Leaving Yan Xi behind with the attendance sheet staring at each other.


    [An opportunity has arrived.] Pandora said in the sea of consciousness.


    [Indeed.]


    Yan Xi had only stood at the door for five minutes when she caught one.


    "Zhou Zhou, you''rete." Yan Xi stated the fact to the tall male student who had just tried entering the ssroom, blocking him at the entrance.


    The boy wore athletic clothes, seeming to have just returned from intense exercise with slightly damp hair. His bronze muscr physique was visible under the clothes, he had a messenger bag slung over one shoulder and looked cocky.


    Although blocked, Zhou Zhou didn''t get annoyed. Instead he looked at Yan Xi''s actions with amusement. After all, few substitute prefects had dared to stop him before if they didn''t want to get beaten up.


    "Sign your name." Yan Xi handed over the attendance sheet with an indifferent expression.


    "Move aside."


    "Zhou Zhou, please sign." Yan Xi held out the pen towards him. Some students inside the ssroom peeked out the window upon seeing the standoff, involuntarily gasping.


    Gutsy transfer student.


    Who''s this?


    Zhou Zhou had initially thought it was someone picking trouble for no reason, then suddenly recalled glimpsing Yan Xi''s face during P.E. ss yesterday.


    The girl from P.E. ss? Seems to be a new transfer student.


    He was busy dealing with that punk Qi Shi''s business yesterday, while Kong Liang kept going on about some girl that should be her? Zhou Zhou actually hadn''t scrutinized the transfer student''s features carefully himself.


    Today Yan Xi still wore the same Qingteng High uniform, casually tied up in a bun to reveal her elegant neckline. The white summer outfit was a bit sheer, outlining the shoulder straps underneath, her exquisite features as dazzlingly gorgeous as ever, easily catching eyes.


    Kong Liang didn''t exaggerate yesterday after all. She could rival Ji Yao, though not Zhou Zhou''s preferred type.


    "What will you do if I don''t sign?" Zhou Zhou pushed away the attendance sheet and cocked an eyebrow, deliberately letting out an insolent whistle as he sized up Yan Xi from head to toe like appraising goods.


    [Pandora, I feel like gouging out his eyeballs.]


    Yan Xi didn''t move, eyshes quivering slightly. Sheughed lightly, the captivating arc at the corner of her eyes extraordinarily morous, fighting rogue with rogue?


    Yan Xi slowly sized him up in the same manner from head to toe.


    The target looks decent, pity he''s a moron.


    The two remained at a standstill by the door for over ten minutes without budging an inch.


    "Please sign, Zhou Zhou." Yan Xi spoke again, sticking the attendance sheet onto him.


    So stubborn huh?


    Zhou Zhou knitted his brows in displeasure. He had stood long enough, impatience getting pent up. Suddenly recalling something, his brow quirked up as he took a step closer.


    He lowered his head towards Yan Xi''s ear,nguidly whispering: "Pink today?"


    Zhou Zhou took a step back with a mocking look, seemingly wanting to see her reaction. Preferably flush with indignation and obediently get lost, he had no wish to scuffle with a girl at the door. Plus he already rued multipleints this week, a few more and he''d get the cane from his old man at home.


    He wasn''t afraid of beatings but would rather avoid it.


    Pink?


    [Yummy yummy, he actually flirted with you, wow how naughty of him~] Pandora exaggerated dramatically.


    [He''s quite bold, I kinda like it.] Yan Xi flowed along.


    [You''re twisted enough, I admire you.]


    "Zhou Zhou." Yan Xi stared at him.


    "Yeah?" Zhou Zhou impatiently looked back. This hemming and hawing was getting on his nerves.


    "Zhou Zhou." Yan Xi spoke again, her tone progressively shifting.


    "What?"


    "Zhou Congee." Yan Xi stepped closer, repeating it over and over. Her voice grew increasingly bewitching.


    His name turning thick and fuzzy, unable to dissipate.


    Yan Xi used her hand to press down his head. Caught off guard, Zhou Zhou didn''t manage to push her away before the warm breath blew next to his ear. Yan Xi''s clear and cold voice turned hoarse, intimately murmuring like a lover: "Congee.....Congee....."


    She prolonged each syble in the most clingy tone: "Dumbass, sign the damned thing."

 Chapter 9: Meet Me 02

    <h4>Chapter 9</h4>


    Zhou Zhou did not expect this change, he was stunned for tens of seconds.


    [expletives expressing frustration]


    The warm breath near his ear was hard to dissipate for a while, his mind was full of the beautiful face of the transfer student, as well as her posture when she approached, tempting without realizing it.....


    "Damn!" Zhou Zhou growled to interrupt his own imagination, his ears reddening from embarrassment or anger.


    Yan Xi finished speaking, and immediately took two steps back to keep a safe distance.


    [Mocking Zhou Zhou] Pandora seized every opportunity to mock.


    [I didn''t want to risk finding out if he would react badly, since I''m rather precious.]


    "A transfer student huh? Quite arrogant aren''t you?" Zhou Zhou sized her up properly for the first time, his tone heavy with anger, staring at Yan Xi as if he wanted to fight.


    "Not at all."


    Yan Xi tly stated while smiling brightly and arrogantly at Zhou Zhou. One hand leaning against the door, blocking the entrance. Seductive and provocative.


    Zhou Zhou doesn''t usually hit girls, but for some reason seeing Yan Xi''s arrogant posture today makes him especially want to smash that beautiful yet arrogant face, anticipating her pleading, tearful expression.


    "Don''t assume I won''t hit a girl." Zhou Zhou kicked over a nearby small stool belonging to Peng Haiyang. Peng Haiyang had a habit of sitting in the doorway waving an English book to fan himself while waiting to beratete students. Hence his other well-known nickname ¡°Guardian of the Gate¡±.


    [He''s so fierce, I''m scared...]


    [......]


    Yan Xi''s upturned eyebrows suddenly drooped, her eyes instantly brimming with water, swaying unsteadily as if frightened.


    Giving up already?!


    Zhou Zhou suddenly heard something tearing through the air, apanied by a familiar trajectory.


    "Zhou Zhou! Late again?! Looking to be punished?! And bullying the new student!"


    Focusing his eyes, the thing flung at him was a colorful slipper!


    Seeing the familiar slippers, Zhou Zhou thought: Crap, it''s the Guardian of the Gate!


    Peng Haiyang had unexpectedly returned, grabbing the slippers he usually wore under his pants and flung them in a parabolic motion. Not yet appeased, he charged over looking extremely like "a wife catching her husband cheating".


    "Teacher.....Zhou didn''t mean it, he definitely didn''t mean to kick your little stool..." Yan Xi hesitated, tears brimming her eyes.


    Peng Haiyang was further incensed hearing this. Ha! My little stool was actually kicked by that Zhou!


    Yan Xi turned slightly, hiding her expression from the ss while smiling innocently yet maliciously at Zhou Zhou. She tilted her head slightly, tears in her eyes, mouthed "Sorry".


    Her entire temperament was like the bewitching Medusa from Greek mythology. Though tearful, her eyes were full of maniption, extremely venomous yet enchanting.


    With Zhou Zhou''s tall staturepletely blocking Yan Xi''s expression from Peng Haiyang''s line of sight.


    Extremely petty!


    "Damn, don''t leave after school!" Zhou Zhou red fiercely at Yan Xi, then shoved open the nearby window. Stepping onto the windowsill with one foot, while stepping onto the desk of some poor ssmate reciting English vocabry with the other. He nimbly leapt right into the ssroom.


    His leap was skilful, but shocked that poor ssmate speechless.


    Seeing this, Peng Haiyang nearly fainted from rage. Forgetting to chase Zhou Zhou, he angrily phoned someone with a grief-stricken tone: "Old Zhou! I give up on that grandson of yours,e get him!"


    After chatting briefly on the phone, Peng Haiyang entered the ssroom to battle Zhou Zhou. Ultimately Zhou Zhou was threatened by his grandfather to "Get punished ore home for a beating", and had no choice but to stand outside the ssroom as punishment.


    Tattling early is wise, I have realized, Master!


    However dashing leaping through the window, now standing outside as punishment felt utterly shameless.


    Zhou Zhou emerged full of grimness, standing at the doorway staring fixedly at Yan Xi''s every move, eyes fierce.


    He grinned maliciously at Yan Xi, seemingly telling her that her good days were over.


    [Worrisome, I''m suddenly very worried about you.] Pandora said strangely.


    [No need to worry, he won''t get the chance.] Yan Xi smiled, meeting Zhou Zhou''s oppressive gaze.


    __________________


    "Excuse me, I''m looking for Ji Yao." Yan Xi stood at the entrance of ss 2, asking a bespectacled male student guarding the door.


    "Oh, sure...." Bespectacled girl turned and called into the ssroom: "Yao Jie, someone''s looking for you!"


    "Oh my gosh, you''re that new transfer student Yan Xi?!" The bespectacled girl eximed, having noticed Yan Xi''s face.


    "Yan Xi?"


    "The transfer student?"


    "Where is she?!"


    Hearing Yan Xi''s name, several male and female students in the corridor turned to look, with some heads poking out from ss 2''s windows upon hearing she was here.


    With striking eyebrows and fair unblemished skin, she had an aloof bearing when not smiling. One nce revealed her to be a rich, noble flower.


    Seeing Yan Xi''s face clearly, some sucked in cold breaths, specting about why she hade.


    Yan Xi just smiled mysteriously, her dazzling eyebrows impacting the bespectacled girl''s vision.


    [There she is, you see see!] Pandora shouted loudly in Yan Xi''s mind.


    [Pandora, your English is very pretentious.] Having seen her photo on the card, Yan Xi confirmed the girl''s identity at first nce.


    But formalities had to be observed.


    Yan Xi asked: "You are Ji Yao?"


    "Yes, Yan Xi." Ji Yao bounced out from ss 2, attracting everyone''s attention again.


    Ji Yao had chestnut colored hair tied up, with stray strands falling at both sides, brimming with youthful spirit. Her bright, clean eyes and sweet smile were incredibly likeable. Even her running exuded a faint fragrance of sweet olive.


    [Yao Jie''s here,e look!] Pandora shouted loudly in Yan Xi''s mind again.


    [Pandora, your English is too fake.] Seeing her at first nce, Yan Xi confirmed it was the girl in the picture.


    But formalities had to be observed.


    "Did you need me for something?" Ji Yao looked slightly puzzled about why Yan Xi sought her.


    Before Yan Xi could reply, a short-haired girl with tattoos on her arm suddenly rushed out and nudged Ji Yao, whispering something to her while ring fiercely at Yan Xi - clearly trouble.


    [Pandora, her tattoo is quite nice.]


    "Ah Le, Yan Xi just transferred, she definitely isn''t that kind of person. Take back your re and return to ss!" Ji Yao said, seeming angry.


    Seeing Ji Yao''s anger, short-hair reluctantly nced warningly at Yan Xi before heading back.


    "Sorry about that, Ah Le didn''t mean it." Ji Yao bowed apologetically to Yan Xi.


    The crowd was now looking askance at Yan Xi.


    [You seem rather skilled at drawing aggro without doing anything.] Pandora mocked.


    [You''re not so bad yourself.]


    "This is yours." Yan Xi lightly flicked Ji Yao''s card before her eyes, stating why she hade.


    Ji Yao''s expression seemed to freeze, but she quickly adjusted it. "My card?"


    "Yes, yours." Yan Xi handed the card to Ji Yao, giving her a friendly smile.


    "Yesterday it fell at....."


    "Thank you! Yan Xi, I had been looking for it for a long time, I was even nning to go get a recement," Ji Yao grabbed her student ID card, and then suddenly grabbed Yan Xi''s hand, and proposed: "Yan Xi, as a token of thanks, let me treat you to some yogurt after school! I know of a store that has really delicious yogurt, don''t refuse me, okay?"


    Ji Yao smiled sweetly, her voice soft and sweet, eyes shining bright.


    Interesting, so it''s after school too? Yan Xi looked at the fair fingers resting on her wrist.


    "Sure," Yan Xi chuckled lightly.

 Chapter 10: Find fault with

    <h4>Chapter 10</h4>


    The school bell rang quickly, and Yan Xi had just finished tidying up the things on her desk when a shadow covered her head.


    [Zhou Zhou came, with his gang.]


    [Uh-huh.]


    "Except for that transfer student, the rest of you get lost. I''ll treat you to a meal another day," Zhou Zhou stood in front of Yan Xi''s desk and yelled loudly at the whole ss, then violently kicked the chair Yan Xi was sitting on.


    Fortunately, Yan Xi got up quickly. The chair was kicked over with a loud bang, crashing into Kong Jie''s desk behind Yan Xi.


    The atmosphere instantly tensed up.


    [What a guy with no brains.] Yan Xi tidied up her clothes.


    That kick just now was malicious enough. Her image would have been ruined if she didn''t dodge it in time.


    When she looked up, she saw Zhou Zhou staring fiercely at her again.


    What a rare fool.


    Yan Xi lowered her eyes, letting her hair fall loose and cascade along her face. Her eyes were red, but her gaze was extremely arrogant.


    This look was tantamount to provocation in Zhou Zhou''s eyes.


    "Bro Zhou, don''t be so angry. My books got knocked askew, and Teacher Peng hasn''t left his office yet." Kong Jie stood up and blocked Zhou Zhou, then turned his head and blinked at Yan Xi, signaling her to leave quickly.


    Kong Jie was the ss vice monitor. If anything happened, Teacher Peng would find him first to settle ounts. Why not the ss monitor? Because the ss monitor was Teacher Peng''s favorite with good grades. Also, he and Zhou Zhou grew up together in the same big family. If Zhou Zhou caused any trouble, he would have a hard time exining to Zhou''s father.


    Zhou Zhou brushed Kong Jie aside impatiently. "Get lost."


    "Zhou Zhou, we''re all ssmates. This is not good." Kong Jie raised his voice deliberately.


    Other boys also came over to chime in and advised, "That''s right, we''re all ssmates. Let''s go y basketball after school, Zhou Zhou."


    The boys were all chivalrous, thinking it was bad for their reputation if word got out that they stood by coldly as a beauty transfer student got bullied.


    "And Teacher Peng might still be in the office. Give me some face and don''t make trouble at school," Kong Jie refused to give up and kept tugging at Zhou Zhou''s arm, lowering his voice to keep talking to Zhou Zhou.


    Zhou Zhou easily shook off Kong Jie''s hand, then put it on Kong Jie''s shoulderzily and paused for a bit before continuing slowly, "And more importantly...I just want to chat with the new ssmate."


    If not for your "kind" smile, I might have believed you.


    [Pandora, when is Yao Jieing?]


    [Probably about 10 minutes away.]


    [Help me send her a message to wait for me at the school gate.]


    [OK.] Pandora had to admit, Luo Manman managed to get Ji Yao''s WeChat after just one ss break. He sure had skills.


    "You guys should just go home early and not loiter around. We can y basketball anytime. I mainly want to wee the new ssmate today." Zhou Zhou articted unhurriedly.


    This transfer student was doomed.


    Hearing this, the boys stopped persuading one after another. After all, it''s never wise to provoke this young master.


    "You''re still not leaving?" Zhou Zhou interrupted them, his voice taut like a wire. It was not a question but a threat.


    Hearing this, the others left more or less, with most of the girls not daring to make a sound either.


    Some elite students simply nced over and took their supplementary books to go self-study in ss B. School and studies came first regardless of other matters big or small.


    Oh right, the ss monitor thought the same way too.


    [I suddenly feel like doing some electromaic field questions too. I haven''t finished the one asking about the motion states of electric charges in a maic field.]


    [A big heart you have there.]


    "Yan Xi, you still owe me money. When are you going to pay me back? I want it now," Shen Qiuyi suddenly stood up and spoke out, hands clenched tightly.


    Hearing this, they both turned to look at her.


    "Now," Yan Xi responded swiftly.


    "Then go help me pay what I owe the stationery store right now...."


    "I''ll pay for her, double the amount. You can leave now," Zhou Zhou interrupted her spell, his tone forceful and his handsome brows knitted heavily, extremely oppressive.


    "You...." Shen Qiuyi was tongue-tied and got pulled away by Dong Yaya.


    Dong Yaya didn''t even dare to look at Yan Xi''s expression as she lowered her head.


    That''s about enough. It''s time for this young master to take the stage.


    "What do you want?" Yan Xi asked inly, staring straight at Zhou Zhou.


    "I just want to invite you toe y, new ss-mate." Zhou Zhou smiled evilly.


    Invite me toe y? Or y with me?


    "Oh right, I''ve also invited some senior sisters. You don''t mind, do you?" Zhou Zhou smiled as he pointed to a few "senior sisters" at the door of ss 3.


    Seeing Zhou Zhou''s signal, the "senior sisters" quickly fluttered their eyes at him. Not sure when they came, but most had heads of rainbow hair in ignorance of dress codes, dressed in clothes catering to the nightclub party style - consistently ultrashort skirts.


    A smiling tiger revealing his true colors. What an eye-opener.


    "Sure." Yan Xi readily agreed without any hesitation.


    [A true hero, daring to face the bleakness of life! Daring to face the dripping blood, such kind of...] Pandora started reciting textbook passages beside her.


    [That''s why I like Brother Xun the most! The senior sisters have such hot figures. I really want to see them dance Xin Baodao.]


    Zhou Zhou, who didn''t seem to want an audience, originally nned to settle things in the ssroom. But suddenly recalling Kong Jie¡¯s words, he walked to the door and said, "New ssmate, let''s go. Let''s take a walk outside."


    After Yan Xi packed up her desk, she followed behind Zhou Zhou calmly with a set of physics test papers in hand.


    Just as she walked to the door, Yan Xi¡¯s wrist was suddenly grabbed, though not forcefully.


    Now who was it? Yan Xi frowned.


    At some point, Tu Qingluan had walked to Yan Xi''s side, her pink eyes full of smiles.


    Tu Qingluan lowered her voice and said to Yan Xi, "Zhou Zhou''s not someone easy to deal with. If you go out with him, I guarantee he''ll y you to your death."


    It sounded like both a threat and a reminder.


    "So?"


    "Be my girlfriend. I''ll help you resolve this." Tu Qingluan threw out her offer.


    Hmm?


    It was really hard to describe this behavior.


    So lovely, each and every one of them.


    But Yan Xi still maintained professionalism to continue the performance.


    Yan Xi seemed to feel insulted.


    Her eyes instantly turned red. She lowered her eyes slightly, her gorgeous features breathtakingly beautiful. She lifted her grabbed hand and shook it off.


    "No need." Her voice was cold but still enticing in refusal.


    "Hurry up with your nonsense." Zhou Zhou red warningly at Yan Xi¡¯s side. The senior sisters also looked at Yan Xi with ill intent.


    [Of course I can''tpare to your speed.]


    [Rubbing salt in the wound there, Luo Manman.] Pandora said.


    Caught off guard, Zhou Zhou''s heart softened a little as he met Yan Xi''s watery eyes. But then seeing her turn cold the moment she noticed him looking at her, Zhou Zhou strangely felt pissed.


    Damn it! It was clearly you provoking me first, yet acting all innocent now, f**k!


    Young Master Zhou then decided to drag her away directly.


    "Zhou Zhou!"


    "Zhou Zhou!"


    Two male voices ovepped.


    They''ve arrived after all. Yan Xi smiled slightly.


    My little white bunnies.

 Chapter 11: Make Friends

    <h4>Chapter 11</h4>


    "Are you trying to get expelled, Young Master Zhou Zhou?"


    The voice was cold beyondpare.


    Zhou Zhou looked up upon hearing the voice to see the speaker.


    Qi Shi was walking over, dressed in a male uniform of green rattan. The badges on his uniform glinted coldly with metal, clearly belonging to the student council president, which only he could wear. Qi Shi adjusted his gold wire-rimmed sses, his expression cold as he looked at the group of three people.


    Yan Xi smiled imperceptibly, a hint of warmth shing through her eyes.


    Pandora saw Yan Xi reveal an expression like this for the first time.


    "Article 37 of the school rules states that bringing students from other schools into our school to disrupt order, and even less using physical or verbal violence against students, is prohibited." Qi Shi looked at therge group of youngdies surrounding Zhou Zhou and the expression on Yan Xi''s face before directly blocking their way in the corridor.


    "None of your business." Zhou Zhou said unpleasantly, directly pulling Yan Xi''s hand to walk past Qi Shi.


    "She''s my girlfriend, give me some face, Zhou Zhou." At this moment Tu Qingluan also came over to intervene in the conversation between the two, and grabbed Yan Xi''s other hand, confronting Zhou Zhou.


    Good heavens, directly forcing thebel of "girlfriend" onto Yan Xi.


    ???


    Tu Qingluan''s self perception is quite good, isn''t it.


    With Tu Qingluan and Qi Shi attacking from front and back, and Zhou Zhou surrounded by arge group of "senior sisters" with unkind expressions, and Yan Xi...


    "So you''re quite popr with others? Transfer student, both Student Council President Qi and Young Master Tu want to protect you?" Zhou Zhou viciously pinched Yan Xi''s hand that he was dragging.


    Damnit, he couldn''t take her away now.


    But he could understand why - with a face as wless and beautiful as hers, Zhou Zhou scrutinized Yan Xi''s face, without the slightest blemish, bewitchingly pretty.


    But he could understand Tu Qingluan the yboy, Qi Shi was less understandable...


    [More backup than I expected, I thought I''d have to use force to break through this time.] Yan Xi''s hand was squeezed until the skin showed purplish bruises, but she didn''t notice.


    "But...do you think that if you escaped once you could escape a second time? Next time, it definitely won''t be resolved so easily." Zhou Zhou looked at Yan Xi''s cold yet gorgeous face, viciously pinching it, whispering a threat into her ear.


    The two''s distance instantly narrowed, appearing intimate yet oppressive...


    In a sh they separated again, but their hands were still tightly sped.


    He had to give her some face, everyone here were genteel people, it wouldn''t look good to make a scene over a new transfer girl.


    Zhou Zhou had wanted to let go, there would be chances in the future - as long as Yan Xi was in this ss, it was only a matter of time before he could settle scores. But how could Yan Xi give him that chance.


    She was the first to speak:


    "Student Council President Qi, I request that you intervene in Tu Qingluan and Zhou Zhou''s campus violence against me. I believe you will not stand idly by, correct?"


    Her voice sounded somewhat choked, her gaze fixed straight at Qi Shi, the corners of her eyes faintly red.


    Quite the drama queen, implying things.


    What?


    Just pulling her hand, nothing had happened! When was there campus violence?


    And Tu Qingluan was also confused. ming Zhou Zhou for campus violence was believable since he was a habitual offender, but how had he be a perpetrator of campus violence?


    Putting on this act?


    With the usations clearlyid out, Zhou Zhou was starting to lose face.


    "Campus violence? Any evidence?" Zhou Zhou also red up.


    Yan Xi suddenly smiled, forcefully struggling free of their grips on both her hands.


    "Click, click"


    Yan Xi took out her phone and snapped two photos of her wrists.


    Oh, forgot to turn off the sh.


    Everyone''s gaze was drawn by the sh, focusing on the part framed by the phone.


    "Evidence. I can go to the hospital for an examination of my injuries."


    Yan Xi handed her phone to Qi Shi.


    Everyone looked on in shock at therge blotches of purple and blue on Yan Xi''s left and right wrists that she had just pulled free, the contrast making them look especially terrifying.


    "Holy crap, psychos! Using that much force, were they trying to break her wrists?" Everyone else pointed andmented.


    Zhou Zhou and Tu Qingluan were also shocked, they clearly hadn''t used much force.


    "There are surveince cameras in the corridors, you can check as well. It''s fine that I''m injured, I''m just worried there might be other students who could also..."


    At this, Yan Xi seemed to choke up, not continuing.


    Quite the consummate performance, implying things.


    Damn, she was crafty.


    Qi Shi picked up where she had left off, "I will report what happened with you two to the school. Yan Xi, go get your injuries treated first. You two..."


    Considering the new transfer student''s status here, as well as Zhou Zhou and Tu Qingluan''s backgrounds, Qi Shi hesitated, then continued, "Your punishments will be handed down in a couple days."


    Zhou Zhou and Tu Qingluan''s expressions changed. Things were being reported up top.


    "I clearly didn''t use any force!" Zhou Zhou cursed, wanting to argue, grabbing his hair in frustration as he red sharply at Yan Xi, looking like he wanted to step forward.


    "Zhou Zhou, you still show no repentance." Qi Shi adjusted his sses again, standing protectively in front of Yan Xi to block Zhou Zhou''s line of sight.


    The two''s gazes shed in midair for a long time, one icy cold, the other refusing to yield.


    Stay calm. Zhou Zhou told himself three times internally, inhaling deeply.


    He couldn''t let his family keep nagging at him for causing trouble, Zhou Zhou''s expression instantly turned unpleasant.


    "You did that deliberately, didn''t you, transfer student?" Zhou Zhou calmed himself for a bit before stepping forward, the intimidating interrogation forcing her back.


    At least he wasn''t grabbing her hand now.


    The girl seemed frightened, involuntarily trembling, but still forced herself to calm down. In a hoarse voice she replied, "I didn''t."


    Her elegant brows and eyes were somewhat lost, but her good upbringing had her straightening her back even under the oppressive atmosphere, her injured wrists seeming especially ring with the mood''s influence.


    "Add on another offense, Zhou Zhou threatening another student."


    Tu Qingluan kept silent at the side, also looking unhappy. With things reported up top, more demerits would surely be docked from him.


    Damn it all, getting implicated by Zhou Zhou this time. Although...


    Tu Qingluan''s gaze lingered on the injuries on Yan Xi''s wrists, fingers repeatedly brushing over the earlier sensation - impossibly soft and delicate.


    Such easy bruising? She really was a premium product.


    [I didn''t expect Qi Shi to actuallye, has he taken a liking to you?] Pandora wondered.


    [Just a transaction.]


    What could move an arrogant scion of heaven?


    Using alluring looks as an intermediary, benefits and desire were the eternal rose.


    -------------


    Two hours ago.


    "I can help cripple Zhou Zhou for you."


    Sunlight fell across the girl''s face. The rose flowers outside the window looked fully ripe, their fragrance filling the room.


    Qi Shi was organizing documents in the Political Education Office, ignoring her.


    "The election in two years, don''t you want it? Old Master Zhou won''t just stand by, and there''s also the matter with your father." Yan Xi said with a smile, tapping her finger on the table.


    Hearing this, Qi Shi finally looked over seriously.


    "If you can,e help me outter after school, it won''t take up too much of your time, Student Council President Qi."


    "And helping out students in need is also the student council president''s duty, right? Student Council President Qi."

 Chapter 12: Ji Yao

    <h4>Chapter 12</h4>


    Qi Shi turned to the girl behind him and said, "Would you like toe with me to the school infirmary?"


    Yan Xi stood behind Qi Shi, tilted her head, and the painful fragility in her eyes vanishedpletely. Yan Xi raised her eyebrows at Zhou Zhou.


    Damn, I knew you were faking it! A repeat bloomer.


    "Okay, president."


    Zhou Zhou wanted tosh out, but didn''t dare to due to Qi Shi''s presence. He could only restrain himself.


    As Yan Xi walked past Zhou Zhou, Zhou Zhou felt something brush against his clothes.


    Yan Xi followed behind Qi Shi and noticed he was walking faster and faster, not towards the infirmary.


    After following for a while, Yan Xi realized he had avoided most people and stopped.


    It was as if Qi Shi didn''t see her and walked on uncaring.


    Qi Shi''s straight back was like a tall pine, and he had a faint, noble pine scent about him.


    Why? Because Yan Xi had deliberately gotten close to smell him earlier.


    His shoulders, his proportions were perfectly suited to Yan Xi''s aesthetic standards.


    "President," Yan Xi called out, but Qi Shi''s pace waspletely unaffected, as if he hadn''t been the one to say he was taking her to the infirmary earlier.


    Is that so.....


    You want to distance yourself from me? Or make me retreat knowing the difficulty?


    Or maybe you looked down on me from the start.


    Yan Xi''s smile grew wider.


    "President, you''re walking so quickly, do you want me to chase you?"


    Azy yet mocking female voice rang out behind Qi Shi.


    Her volume was just right for the two of them to hear clearly.


    There were fewer and fewer people around.


    Qi Shi''s footsteps paused for a moment before finally stopping.


    "Although I don''t know how you found out, this isn''t something you can get involved in," said Qi Shi coldly as he turned around and took off his sses.


    He was warning her about what Yan Xi had said to him today.


    "What if I was Tu Qingluan¡¯s girlfriend, would that make me qualified?" Yan Xi controlled her tone, seeming innocent yet deliberately coy.


    "A girlfriend telling on her boyfriend for campus violence?"


    Yan Xi smiled charmingly and answered, "Just some lover¡¯s quarrel.¡±


    Upon hearing this, Qi Shi turned to leave.


    Despite having his back to Yan Xi, it didn¡¯t hinder the girl¡¯s enthusiasm at all.


    "But...." Yan Xi hooked the corner of her mouth.


    "Compared to Tu Qingluan, I like President Qi more."


    Yan Xi was smiling deliberately charmingly. They were right that she didn¡¯t look like a high schooler with a face like that.


    Her allure was nearly overflowing, but it still wasn¡¯t enough.


    Her seductive beauty and the contrast with her innocent tone intertwined. The mismatch between the underage girl¡¯s stunning attractiveness and forbidden desire made her seem childlike as she spoke:


    "So...do you mind if I y the field a bit? President Qi?"


    ......


    [Not chasing anymore?]


    Qi Shi left.


    Looks like I pushed too hard.


    [He already helped me unexpectedly. My n didn''t include him to begin with and I don''t have enough bargaining chips anyway.]


    [That''s it? What bargaining chips do you need? Just ask for his phone number directly.]


    [You sure know what you''re doing, Pandora. Why don''t you just crawl into his bed tonight?]


    Without anything to offer in return, I don''t even have the qualifications to approach him. Beauty may be the entry ticket but it''s not everything. Yan Xi''s fingers twitched uncontrobly.


    But that''s what makes it more interesting.


    [And Sister Yao is still waiting for me.]


    Wearing a white school uniform blouse with a pleated skirt, the girl¡¯s pure beauty seemed to shine at the school gate, drawing many sidelong nces.


    "Yan Xi!" Ji Yao saw Yan Xi and smiled sweetly with a wave of her hand.


    "What happened to your hand?" Ji Yao eximed.


    The purple bruises on Yan Xi''s hand remained untreated and unresolved.


    "It''s nothing."


    Seeing Yan Xi unwilling to talk about it, Ji Yao pressed her lips together.


    ¡°Let me put some medicinal wine on it for you Yan Xi.¡± Ji Yao looked at her earnestly. Yan Xi declined with a shake of her head, not feeling any pain. She wanted to go back and do physics exercises. Peng Haiyang had told her the midterms wereing up in a couple days and to get prepared.


    ¡°Wait for me Yan Xi!¡± Ji Yao suddenly dashed into the crowds.


    A gust of wind blew past and it seemed something was gradually ovepping before Yan Xi¡¯s eyes.


    Peopleing and going, cars speeding by. Yan Xi calmed down for a moment feeling a little cold.


    [I look very beautiful now, right Pandora?] With her mood overflowing, Loki Maman subconsciously clenched her little finger, and her pale blood vessels emerged.


    Her breathing began to grow uneven.


    [What''s wrong with you?!] Pandora felt Loki Maman losing control of her emotions.


    [Nothing.....]


    Suddenly, Yan Xi felt her hand enveloped in warmth.


    ¡°Sorry for the wait. I just asked Auntie Zhou who sells yogurt. She said a hot egg could help dissipate the bruising.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know what happened, but Yan Xi¡¯s hand looks nice and you look nice too, so you should treat yourself better, okay?¡±


    A breeze caressed her face. Ji Yao had bought a boiled egg wrapped in cloth, gently pressing it on the purple bruises on Yan Xi¡¯s wrist. The steaming egg helped disperse the blood clots.


    Ji Yao¡¯s face was slightly sweaty as if she had rushed about.


    Feeling dizzy, Yan Xi lowered her head meeting Ji Yao¡¯s eyes.


    They were a beautiful amber color.


    ¡°Thanks....¡± Yan Xi somewhat awkwardly bent her fingers slightly, the shadows clouding her vision earlier were fading away.


    ¡°Sorry for being so abrupt. Here, you do it.¡± Ji Yao kindly perceived Yan Xi¡¯s unease and handed her the hot egg.


    Yan Xi quickly took the egg.


    ¡°I got this hot boiled egg from Auntie Zhou at the food stall on 10th Street intersection just now. Use this to disperse the bruising but you still need to treat it properly when you get home.¡±


    ¡°And yogurt too! I didn¡¯t know what vor you liked so I got in. Mine¡¯s mango vor, it¡¯s super yummy! Try some Yan Xi!¡± Ji Yao looked expectantly at Yan Xi, seeming eager to promote this store to her.


    Seeing Ji Yao panting made Yan Xi feel somewhat moved.


    ¡°Um...is Ji Yao also a boarding student?¡±


    ¡°Yeah.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡±


    Yan Xi seemed at a loss for what more to say.


    Noticing Yan Xi¡¯s aloofness, Ji Yao seemed to realize something.


    ¡°Um...Yan Xi, don¡¯t take what was said on the forum to heart.¡±


    ¡°They were just carelessments...don¡¯t feel bad.¡±


    ¡°Pfft!¡± Yan Xiughed brightly like ice and snow melting.


    ¡°What¡¯s so funny?¡±


    ¡°Did I say something wrong, Yan Xi?¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t take it to heart. I was just thinking earlier.¡± Yan Xi capitalized on her height advantage to see the confusion on the other girl¡¯s face.


    Thinking?


    ¡°Then what were youughing at just now.....¡± Ji Yao suddenly felt a shadow cast over her face. She was pulled back abruptly with Yan Xi¡¯s icy voice ringing in her ear:


    ¡°Hand over your phone.¡±

 Chapter 13: The Candid Photographer

    <h4>Chapter 13</h4>


    As soon as the words fell, Yan Xi suddenly rushed towards the crowd and took two quick steps, raising his foot to kick the phone out of the other person''s hand.


    The phone made a crisp sound as it dropped to the ground, right beside Yan Xi''s foot.


    "You!" The other person was startled.


    Yan Xi nced sideways and saw that the phone''s screen was clearly in camera mode.


    "It''s you again?" Ji Yao recognized the middle-aged man''s face and was surprised.


    "Do you know each other?" Yan Xi asked, his gaze fixed on the middle-aged man in front of him.


    The man wore a cap, had heavy dark circles under his eyes, a scruffy beard beneath his eyes, and an untidy yellow id shirt. He looked emaciated, and there was a sour smell about him.


    [This guy has poor taste, but the phone is not bad. The picture is quite clear.]


    Ji Yao''s expression suddenly turned grim.


    "He''s a stalker and a pervert." Ji Yao turned her head away, seemingly unwilling to look at him any longer. She tugged at Yan Xi''s sleeve, hoping that they would leave together quickly.


    "We should call the police," Yan Xi suggested, considering the crowded street and the presence of many students passing by.


    "It''s useless... Let''s go," Ji Yao''s face turned pale.


    "Yao Yao... I''m your big brother for life! Yao Yao, I love you!" The man saw Ji Yao about to leave and a look of madness shed in his eyes. He rushed over and grabbed Ji Yao''s hand.


    [Why does it seem like all the men here have a habit of grabbing hands as soon as they can?]


    "Let go of me!"


    "Let her go."


    The two girls spoke in unison.


    Yan Xi raised her foot fiercely, stomping on the man''s phone, then tore open a bottle of yogurt and poured it directly onto his face.


    The next moment,


    "Ah! Ah!" The man cried out as he writhed on the ground.


    ???


    "Yan Xi, let''s go!" Ji Yao''s urgent voice came through.


    It turned out that Ji Yao had just attacked the man''s vulnerable area, also known as the "family jewels."


    Yan Xi seemed to hear the sound of the man''s "jewels" shattering.


    [Damn, Ji Yao is ruthless! I feel sorry for that guy with a life sentence!] Pandoramented sarcastically.


    Ji Yao grabbed Yan Xi''s hand and they ran wildly through the streets.


    Feeling the pain in her wrist from the injury once again, Yan Xi was stunned.


    [So girls have this habit too.]


    [Doesn''t this indicate a sudden development of feelings? They''re already holding hands, not bad, not bad.]


    "Is that so?" Yan Xi''s eyes drifted.


    The two of them ran for a while and finally managed to shake off the middle-aged man.


    "Yan... Xi, I''m sorry for dragging you into this just now," Ji Yao gasped for breath.


    "I''m fine, but that kick of yours... It was quite skillful," Yan Xi said with a smile.


    "It was just instinctive..." Ji Yao replied instinctively.


    Yan Xi squinted, and Ji Yao''s expression turned serious.


    They locked eyes for several tens of seconds.


    One innocent, the other enchanting.


    The atmosphere of their confrontation caught the attention of several passersby.


    [Are they about to fight? Fight! Fight!] Pandora finally saw some of the dramatic scenes she wanted to see. Isn''t it much more interesting than sibling harmony?


    Just as Pandora thought the atmosphere was about to ignite,


    "Pop!"


    "Pop!"


    They exchanged a smile.


    "I actually... haven''t experienced it before," Yan Xi confessed.


    After all, it had only been a month since he put on this outer shell, and he hadn''t encountered many people, so he truly hadn''t experienced such a thing.


    Hearing this, Ji Yao thought Yan Xi was teasing her.


    "Let me take you home, Ji Yao. I''ll have my driver pick us upter," Yan Xi said, his expression unchanged, as if he didn''t care about what just happened.


    "...Thank you, but my house is quite near. I don''t need a ride," Ji Yao replied.


    "It''s not good for a girl to go home alone. Let my driver take you," Yan Xi insisted.


    "No, really. I wanted to thank you today, but who knew something like this would happen. I''ll be fine going home by myself," Ji Yao insisted.


    "Alright, then send me a message when you get home," Yan Xi said.


    "Okay."


    Ji Yao insisted on going home by herself, and Yan Xi had no choice but to stop insisting.


    [It seems like she knew that someone would invite her to go home on the way. To be honest, that man''s rtionship with Ji Yao doesn''t seem simple at all. Why didn''t you ask just now?] Pandora analyzed the reality of Yan Xi being treated as a tool.


    [Pan Pan, as a considerate ssmate, it''s only natural to serve your ssmates, and not discussing topics they don''t want to talk about is the behavior of an outstanding alumnus.]


    [...] Pandora was speechless.


    Damn, she''s getting fired up.


    However...


    "Yao Yao... indefinite?"


    __________________


    Sea Salt Milkshake: Vice ss Monitor, do you have Zhou Zhou''s WeChat? Can you nudge him for me?


    Yan Xi emerged from the bathroom, covered in mist, with arge towel in his left hand, drying his hair, and his right hand holding his phone as he sent a WeChat message to Kong Jie.


    [It''s rare to see you take the initiative.]


    "After all, if I don''t take the initiative to resolve this matter, given Zhou Gongzi''s temperament, it''s likely he won''t let it go for the next few days. I still need to prepare for exams, and I don''t have time to y house with him."


    [But you really stirred him up!]


    "It was just a casual move. My family''s previous dog was like this too, stirred up and then became obedient."


    [...]


    Kong Ming: I have it. But... what does Xi beauty need Zhou Zhou''s WeChat for?


    Sea Salt Milkshake: I want to maintain contact with Zhou Zhou and get to know him better. After all, he has been taking care of me.


    Kong Ming: ...


    Something''s not right! What the hell? Has Yan Xi''s ount been hacked? Weren''t these two not on good terms?


    Kong Ming opened another chat window.


    Kong Ming: Hey! Zhou Zhou, Yan Xi said she wants to add you on WeChat... to get to know you better. Yan Xi is quite innocent and beautiful, so let''s forget about what happened today.


    Zhou Zhou had just been scolded by his grandfather and was venting his frustration. He came to the boxing gym alone to practice boxing.


    Zhou Zhou took a gulp of water and almost choked when he saw Kong Jie''s WeChat message.


    Maintain contact?


    He suddenly remembered Yan Xi''s casual tone in his ear this morning, but her words were so provoking.


    Damn it! Who the hell has any feelings with her?


    Zhou: Did you give it to her?


    Kong Ming: No! That''s why I came to ask you.


    Kong Jie was still waiting for Zhou Zhou''s reply. After all, they were ssmates in the same ss, and their yful interactions should be forgotten. Moreover, considering what happened in the morning, it was originally Zhou Zhou''s fault. Yan Xi at most had a little bit of a spoiled attitude. Who didn''t have a bit of arrogance when they first came to Qingteng University?


    What''s more, Yan Xi is truly captivating. Who wouldn''t be moved after seeing him? He has no idea what his friend is up to.


    After a few minutes, Zhou Zhou received a screenshot from Zhouzhou, showing a friend request from Yan Xi on Haiyan Milkshake''s profile.


    Zhou: Is this her? Didn''t you say you didn''t give it to her?


    Kong Ming: ??? I swear it wasn''t me. It''s really not.


    Zhou: ...If I believe you again, I must be a fool!


    Yesterday, you said that the transfer student was beautiful and innocent. Damn it, her face is the only thing worth looking at. Innocent my ass.


    He values romance over friendship.


    Because of today''s incident, Zhou Zhou returned home and immediately received a beating from his father. In the past, whenever he got beaten, it was because of something he had done himself, and he took it willingly.


    But today, it was all because of a transfer student who appeared out of nowhere. How could he endure this?


    As Zhou Zhou thought about it, he suddenly received a call from an unknown number. Caught off guard, he looked at his phone screen and had a guess.


    It was her.


    Recalling Yan Xi''s "bitchy behavior" earlier, Zhou Zhou concluded that her sudden call definitely had malicious intentions.


    Should he answer or not?


    Damn it, he''s not afraid of her! Determined, Zhou Zhou answered the call.


    As soon as the call connected, Yan Xi''s clear voice sounded through the phone.


    "Have you received the gift I gave you, Zhou Zhou?"

 Chapter 14: About the Talk

    <h4>Chapter 14</h4>


    "What gift?" Zhou Zhou instinctively replied.


    "In the jacket of your school uniform that you wore today," Yan Xi said lightly.


    Wait, aren''t they familiar with each other?


    A gift? Ah, I see.


    I heard from Kong Jie that she''s just a girl from a modest background who got in based on her grades. Such a background doesn''t mean much at Qingteng University, especially during this special period.


    It''s only because of the current situation that he dares not take action and tolerates someone from such a family background. If it were any other time, he would have expelled her long ago.


    He could probably guess her intentions.


    "If you want to be a gold digger, don''te to me. Young Master Tuo is the one who likes you, right? You can go find him. After all, he seems quite infatuated with your pretty face," Zhou Zhou sneered.


    Yan Xi remained silent.


    Thinking that he had hit the mark with her reaction, Zhou Zhou knew that girls like her, who strive to enter Qingteng University with all their might but end up in the non-Western District, only do so to squeeze into the upper social circle.


    He despised such people the most.


    "I admire you. On the second day of school, you hooked up with Young Master Tuo, and by some means, you even got close to Qi Shi. But it''s all futile. Don''t worry, I won''t let your days here befortable!" Zhou Zhou''s threatening words came through.


    [Pandora, can you increase your level of disgust? I''m definitely filled with it.]


    [...]


    [Pandora, did you make up a repulsive background for me?]


    [No, not at all. Your family is well-off in the middle ss, you''re an only child, and both your parents are civil servants.]


    Thinking that the other party had nothing to say, Zhou Zhou was about to hang up.


    At that moment, a low chuckle came from the other end of the phone. It sounded somewhat delightful. After a while, Yan Xi finally spoke up:


    "Sorry, ssmate Zhou Zhou. I was rude with my words today. I apologize," Yan Xi said, unexpectedly gentle and polite.


    Apologized?!


    That''s truly unexpected!


    "But... ssmate Zhou Zhou, it seems you haven''t settled the cost of the medicine you identally damaged today. I contacted you this time for that reason. I know ssmate Zhou Zhou is different from someone like me, a gold digger. You won''t refuse, right?" Yan Xi said in a warm tone.


    Damn!


    She really hit the mark, huh? Heh.


    "... How much?"


    "Well, I guess it should be a few million. After all, I am a gold digger," Yan Xi replied.


    Zhou Zhou was shocked to hear that figure.


    "Damn it, why don''t you just rob me?!"


    Is her touch made of gold? Just a slight touch is worth millions?


    "Are you angry again? You''re not thinking of denying responsibility, are you? Are you?" Yan Xi began holding a towel in one hand and a phone in the other.


    "...."


    [I think you''re asking for trouble.]


    [Apologies.]


    Zhou Zhou was infuriated, about to explode.


    "Butpared to thispensation, I''d rather y a game with ssmate Zhou Zhou."


    "I can take care of today''s matter for you. Qi Shi won''t report it, and you won''t have to pay for the medicine either."


    "Of course, the condition is that you have to win against me," Yan Xi said, each word calm and clear.


    "But if you lose, I want to see you do a striptease."


    "Remember to leave nothing behind, and do it in public," Zhou Zhou added, his voice brimming with malice.


    Ah ha?


    Zhou Zhou was anticipating her reaction. He didn''t know why the malice had been surging since the moment heid eyes on her. Even if today''s incident hadn''t happened, he would have eventually acted this way.


    Because of what?


    He wasn''t entirely sure, but he knew that at the moment he saw her, an inexplicable desire for destruction arose within him.


    Her face, unbelievably beautiful yet unreal, along with her false demeanor in front of others. He wanted to see her panic, to see her weep and sob, to see her lose herposure.


    Yan Xi blinked her eyes, and there was a slight pause as she wiped her hair with the towel in her hand.


    Then she tossed the towel onto the bed, turned her back to him, closed her eyes, and fell backward onto the bed.


    She sank into the mattress, disheveled strands of hair pressing against her captivating eyes and brows, and she seemed to be starting to enjoy it.


    "Sure."


    "My requirement is... if you lose," Yan Xi''s tone paused for a moment, then she said gently:


    "Then kneel down and be-my-dog."

 Chapter 15: Exam 01

    <h4>Chapter 15</h4>


    "Good morning, deskmate," Yan Xi said very early in the morning when she came back to the ssroom and saw Shen Qiuyi who had alsoe back early in the morning.


    ".....Morning," Shen Qiuyi said awkwardly.


    Before she could sit down, a group of girls swarmed over.


    "Yan Xi, are you okay?"


    "Yeah, Zhou Zhou didn''t do anything to you yesterday, did he?"


    "What could he do to her? My ssmate told me that Qi Shi, the student council president, came yesterday and suppressed Zhou Zhou''s group. As expected of the president!"


    "Qi Shi actually came?"


    "Damn, if we had known, we wouldn''t have left. Qi Shi rarely stays at school after ss. We were lucky."


    "Would you dare not leave? Zhou Zhou looked like he wanted to eat someone yesterday!"


    When it came to this incident, the girls around fell silent.


    Yesterday, almost no girls stayed to help Yan Xi when she was left alone, even though she was just a new ssmate.


    Just then, Zhou Zhou suddenly came in from the door with a face full of displeasure, and the dark circles under his eyes were even heavier.


    He had barely slept all nightst night, almost suffocating from anger. He saw the gift Yan Xi had given him yesterday, a carton of Vitasoy milk, in his shirt pocket.


    Was this meant to mock him? Vitasoy milk?


    Her exnation was: Don''t you like it? I thought you would.


    Damn it! This was deliberate ridicule!


    This girl had challenged his tolerance over and over again. Was she implying that he hadn''t gotten over drinking milk?


    It had to be said that Zhou Zhou fully understood what she meant!


    Zhou Zhou looked around the crowd with a vicious expression, staring at Yan Xi''s direction for an especially long time.


    The atmosphere began to freeze as several girls could no longer withstand the pressure.


    "Thank you all for your concern. I''m fine. You can all go back to your seats," Yan Xi said with a smile, breaking the frozen atmosphere.


    "Let''s go, everyone! If Yan Xi needs anything, she can talk to me," Guan Yongyan also felt it was getting awkward and hurried the girls away.


    After the girls left, the atmosphere became a bit cold. Zhou Zhou slowly went back to his seat, but still nced over from time to time.


    "Thank you, deskmate, for yesterday," Yan Xi said.


    She took out from her bag some steamed millet cakes she had gotten up early to make this morning, ignoring Zhou Zhou.


    The little millet cakes were green and looked cute, appetizing little balls.


    "Try what I made."


    Shen Qiuyi looked at her, somewhat surprised, then turned her head and refused, "No need. Yesterday I was just....."


    "You disdain what I made?" Yan Xi looked at her with misty eyes.


    Yan Xi''s voice was slightly choked up, very pitiful.


    "You don''t like me, do you, deskmate...."


    Yan Xi seemed very sad about the rejection, burying her head in her arms, seeming to sob softly.


    People around began to look over. Shen Qiuyi began to feel ufortable.


    "I don''t....."


    Yan Xi''s crying grew a little louder.


    "Don''t cry....."


    Yan Xi''s crying went up another decibel.


    "....."


    "Fine, I''ll eat them, okay? Stop crying!" Shen Qiuyi gave up and began to pick up a millet cake to eat.


    "Is it good?"


    "It''s good." Shen Qiuyi answered reflexively.


    The green millet cakes tasted of grass, soft and sticky, very delicious.


    Wait! Shen Qiuyi was confused. Wasn''t she crying just now?


    Looking up, Yan Xi was smiling at her. There was no sign of crying at all.


    So the crying just now was fake?


    Too fake! This girl was too much!


    "You tricked me! Yan Xi!" Shen Qiuyi mmed the desk standing up.


    The whole ssroom instantly fell silent, everyone looking over at them.


    Yan Xi pulled Shen Qiuyi''s sleeve and started apologizing to the ss with a smile, "Sorry everyone, I just yed a joke on my deskmate."


    Her beautiful eyebrows smiled charmingly. No matter who she looked at with those eyes, it was as if they were her whole world, very charming.


    It just happened to catch Zhou Zhou''s eyes.


    Damn, she really could act!


    Many boys secretly thought she was definitely top-tier. Most girls around were innocent youthful types. Very few were sexy like Yan Xi, which was quite rare for high school students of the same age.


    "It''s fine, just keep it down next time."


    "Okay."


    "....."


    Everyone forgave her.


    Shen Qiuyi awkwardly sat back down, but she didn''t want to interact with Yan Xi anymore.


    ¡¾She still doesn''t seem to like you.¡¿


    ¡¾Is that so?¡¿ Yan Xi smiled indifferently.


    "They''re fine. I have an issue," Zhou Zhou suddenly stood up and walked towards Yan Xi.


    Everyone gasped. He was looking for trouble again.


    Zhou Zhou walked towards her with his backpack over one shoulder.


    Just when everyone thought Zhou Zhou was going to do something, he suddenly passed Yan Xi''s desk and went to Kong Jie''s desk.


    "I''ll sit here from now on. You go sit at my old spot," Zhou Zhou put his bag on Kong Jie''s desk.


    ???


    Kong Jie was dumbfounded, "Bro, did you take the wrong meds? Don''t you sleep during ss? If you sit here, won''t Teacher Peng hit you?"


    Zhou Zhou''s previous seat was in the corner of the ssroom, the best spot for sleeping through ss. The few students in front were top students. Their books were thick enough to block ten fat guys.


    But the seat behind Yan Xi was in the section most watched by teachers, simply the golden throne for taking notes and being called on to answer questions.


    If the school''s usual top students wanted this seat, Kong Jie would''ve happily made way. But Zhou Zhou wanting this seat was simply preposterous and shameless to the extreme!


    Don''t think I''ve forgotten you got into the elite ss barely through strong PE grades!


    "Why can''t I want to study hard these days?" Zhou Zhou shamelessly said, as if it was natural for Kong Jie to give up his seat.


    Kong Jie''s mouth twitched. I see you just want to cause trouble!


    Just then, Peng Haiyang suddenly entered the ssroom and red sharply at Zhou Zhou, then said,


    "Yan Xi,e out for a moment."


    Called out again?


    "Okay, teacher."


    Peng Haiyang took Yan Xi to the office and asked, "Did you have some conflict with Zhou Zhou and Tu Qingluan yesterday? They hurt your hand, right?"


    "I....."


    "You can speak freely to teacher. Qi Shi told me about it yesterday. Don''t worry." Peng Haiyang said warmly to the girl.


    "I didn''t expect things like this to happen aftering to this school. Uncle Principal promised I would be fine studying here, but Teacher....." Yan Xi looked at Peng Haiyang''s concerned face and said.


    "The principal is your uncle?"


    "Ah, no...that''s not it." Yan Xi hurriedly covered her mouth, avoiding his gaze, seeming to regret her slip of the tongue.


    No wonder.


    The girl''s failed attempt to cover up only confirmed it in Peng Haiyang''s eyes. No wonder the principal asked him to take care of her. An ordinary girl couldn''t have gotten into the Qingteng School District East Main Campus elite program through normal enrollment. To get into the main campus, you either needed exceptionally good grades or impressive family background.


    Moreover, getting into the elite Qingteng ss took both grades and background.


    That sly old fox of a principal wanted to get elected recently. This kind of thing absolutely could note to light.


    "Teacher understands."


    "Teacher, please don''t tell anyone about our conversation today. Please! Or uncle will definitely scold me to death." Yan Xi said nervously when she heard this.


    Indeed still a young girl who couldn''t keep a secret.


    "Of course. Don''t worry, teacher will keep it confidential. Rx, don''t be nervous. Even if the principal doesn''t say so, teacher would still handle this seriously." Peng Haiyang''s attitude became even warmer.


    "Teacher, I''m not ming them. And I wasn''t really hurt yesterday either. I want to ask teacher to help withdraw the punishment on Qi Shi. Can you?" Yan Xi asked Peng Haiyang.


    Hearing this, Peng Haiyang suddenly mmed the table, "Did that scoundrel Zhou Zhou and that little bastard Tu Qingluan threaten you!? Don''t worry, Yan Xi, teacher will....."


    "Teacher, no. I really don''t want to make things difficult for you as soon as I joined this ss, and I was not really seriously hurt. Also, I talked with Zhou Zhou yesterday, and he won''t do things like that again. I believe Tu Qingluan feels the same way."


    "So I hope you revoke the punishment." Yan Xi said earnestly, with sincerity in her eyes.


    Peng Haiyang looked at Yan Xi''s peace-seeking attitude and felt warmth in his heart, also letting out a breath of relief.


    After all, he didn''t want the ssmates in the ss to be so hostile. They were all young masters and youngdies, if things went bad it would cause trouble for him too.


    Peng Haiyang noticed Yan Xi''s hand was still not fully recovered, still somewhat bruised, and felt a bit guilty.


    "Alright, I''ll talk to Qi Shi about this matter, don''t worry."


    "Focus on preparing for the exam tomorrow."


    "Ok." Yan Xi lowered her head obediently, a subtle gleam in her eyes.


    As for the school principal''s niece?


    Of course it''s.....really! Right?

 Chapter 16: Exam 02

    <h4>Chapter 16</h4>


    For the students of Qingteng Affiliated Middle School, the main reason for staying at the main school was their good family background and outstanding academic performance, especially the top sses, whose grades andprehensive qualities had to be perfect.


    Even the most fashionable female student in the top sses had grades that were so good that there was nothing to criticize. There were few useless procrastinators in the ss.


    Either their grades were close to full marks and they were study gods, or their talents were full marks and they each had their own specialties - being outstanding was almost the norm.


    The monthly exam was about to happen tomorrow, and when Yan Xi returned to the ssroom, everyone had already arrived.


    Peng Haiyang came into the ssroom right before and after Yan Xi.


    Yan Xi noticed that the person sitting behind her had changed from Kong Jie to Zhou Zhou directly, and Zhou Zhou looked at her nastily with a smirk when she entered the ssroom, as if provoking something.


    Yan Xi smiled back gently and sat down slowly in her original seat.


    "ssmates, let''s have a brief ss meeting first..." Peng Haiyang stood at the podium and started talking about preparing for the exam tomorrow.


    From Zhou Zhou''s perspective, he could only see the back of Yan Xi''s head full of thick, glossy hair. Her fair neck was vaguely revealed through her hair.


    He poked Yan Xi''s back with his pen.


    Then he threw a paper ball directly onto Yan Xi''s desk.


    Yan Xi unfolded the paper ball, which had a few bold words written on it.


    :You make the rules for the first round.


    Yan Xi picked up her pen with her other hand, lowered her head slightly, and wrote a few words in the nk space on the paper.


    Taking advantage of Peng Haiyang writing something on the ckboard, she threw the paper ball back with a flip of her hand.


    Unfolding the paper ball, it read:


    :For this exam, all subjects plus PE, whoever gets the higher total score wins.


    The game she had set with Zhou Zhou yesterday, oh no, it would be better to call it a bet, the rules were that she would set a game for one round, he would set a game for the other round, and if there was no result after two rounds they would negotiate again for a third round.


    This exam? Zhou Zhou crumpled the paper in his hand.


    She chose well. My grades in cultural courses are not good, but PE is worth 100 points in Qingteng Affiliated Middle School, it''s not certain who will win or lose.


    But I should ask Peng Haiyang what score range she is at, anyway I can''t lose.


    Zhou Zhou changed to a morefortable sitting position, looking at the girl''s upright back in front of him and the overly fair skin exposed, he felt somewhat restless.


    The strong and smooth handwriting flowed smoothly on the white paper. At first nce it was upright and neat, but the brushwork concealed some hidden ferocity.


    The girl finished writing thest word perfectly as the exam ending bell rang.


    ¡¾You wrote very well.¡¿ Pandora scanned the test paper Yan Xi had just finished writing, the uracy was high.


    ¡¾It was ok.¡¿ Yan Xi waited for the papers to be collected.


    "Sorry!"


    Yan Xi''s right arm hurt, the male student collecting the papers didn''t know if it was intentional, he suddenly bumped into her.


    Her right arm immediately turned red, and tears welled up in her eyes physiologically.


    Yan Xi looked into the boy''s eyes and said with a smile, "It''s okay, just be more careful next time."


    The boy Meng Chao was stunned looking at her.


    As Yan Xi got up to leave, the other party seemed to unconsciously want to grab the corner of Yan Xi''s clothes.


    But it was cleverly avoided by Yan Xi.


    Countless, in addition to the sensation when she first arrived on the first day, there were countless friend requests, as well as confessions from any time period and any ce.


    Today, because it was an exam, the order was randomly shuffled, so she received more stares.


    She could vaguely feel the naked and gathered gazes behind her.


    There were some in front of her, and some behind her.


    There were intense malicious gazes, as well as intense loving gazes.


    "So beautiful!"


    "She''s so hot.....do you have her WeChat? Can you introduce me?"


    "What? She just looks average, her eyes are so big they''re scary!"


    "Yeah, she''s not pretty, Ji Yao is prettier!"


    ......


    The faint discussions were endless.


    Beautiful?


    Ugly?


    Who was prettier than who?


    It was simply amb pen.


    It was as if her only valuable attribute was her beauty.


    "Excuse me, I need to go to the next exam room." Yan Xi looked at some of the male and female students blocking the exam room entrance and politely spoke, smiling gracefully.


    So I have to train a dog, otherwise it will be hard to handle extremes.


    After all, she didn''t want so much trouble in addition topleting the task, an obedient dog should listen to its owner.


    Thinking of this, Yan Xi''s smile became even more charming.


    Her smile was so enchanting it was somewhat eerie, and it attracted even more terrifying stares and provoked the hidden undercurrents in the crowd.


    Yan Xi lowered her head slightly and walked quickly out of the crowd.


    It was too much, even her smile had to be restrained.

 Chapter 17: Letter of Confession

    <h4>Chapter 17</h4>


    The sun was setting outside the window as school was drawing to a close.


    The students had left their ssrooms, grabbing their backpacks and books or other belongings from their lockers to bring home, getting ready for the uing break.


    The ssmates dispersed cheerfully as if they were on holiday, grabbing their stuff and immediately going off to have fun since they were numb after two days of exams.


    After the exams ended, Yan Xi was called by Peng Haiyang to process some paperwork for the transfer students. After she finished her own paperwork, most of the students had already left and the floor was empty. She opened her locker.


    "Ka-cha."


    A dark red liquid instantly flowed out, staining Yan Xi''s hands. Even the ceramic tiles on the floor were speckled.


    The red liquid started pouring out from the locker. A dark red doll was ced in the middle of the locker.


    Yan Xi used two fingers to fish out the blood-colored doll. Even though she was very careful, some of the liquid still sshed onto her face and body.


    It was a doll covered in an unknown bloody liquid with fox-like eyes and a white resin body. The doll''s features were exquisitely beautiful.


    "This doll looks a little like you."


    "No, I think it looks more like you."


    "..."


    The doll was wearing ace maid outfit on its upper body. Inside the pocket of the maid outfit was an out-of-ce piece of parchment.


    Yan Xi took out the parchment and unfolded it.


    I''ve been watching you, baby...


    The words on the parchment ended abruptly there, as if something sinister had been observing from the shadows, rotting and festering.


    "Wow, this gentleman''s love letter is so outstanding. Is he a living surveince camera?" Pandora wondered.


    "..."


    The handwriting was clear, looking as if it was written when the author was in a sound state of mind.


    Yan Xi pinched the doll in her slender, bony fingers and chuckled softly, getting ready to toss it away.


    "Yan Xi...Yan..." A male voice suddenly came from behind.


    Yan Xi turned around and saw a short, fat guy standing behind her with a sticky gaze that wandered over every inch of her skin.


    Huh?


    She didn''t recognize him.


    Her jet ck hair cascaded at the sides of her exquisitely beautiful face. The beauty''s eyes held a trace of surprise at the other''s sudden appearance and a hint of disorientation.


    "You can...you can...be my girlfriend?" The fat guy was stunned by her beauty.


    "This gentleman doesn''t seem quite normal, darling." Pandora remarked.


    "I want to focus on studying well." Yan Xi politely declined. Her left hand tossed the abnormal doll into the trash can while her eyes were fixed warily on the person in front of her, who had an abnormal look on his face.


    "No, you can''t reject me!" The fat guy suddenly charged at her like a madman.


    A dagger that had been hidden suddenly revealed itself as the fat guy brandished it.


    "You can''t reject me!" The fat guy roared. The shout echoed throughout the hallway.


    The girl was stunned by the other''s actions and hurried to evade.


    The fat guy rushed forward another step, swinging his dagger at Yan Xi''s face, neck, and chest.


    Take a deep breath, dear.


    Yan Xi''s body shuddered involuntarily and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. Her entire being was trembling.


    Seeing this, the madness in the other''s eyes grew.


    Really...


    Really...


    He''s gone mad...


    A sh of disgust went through Yan Xi''s eyes, but deep down her heart was beating differently.


    Underneath this exterior, her heart was racing and her breathing growing uneven. The calm she had suppressed these past days was giving way to a strange excitement rising up within her.


    What kind of expression should she show to seem normal?


    A smile?


    Sadness?


    Or what?


    "Do you need to adjust your body metrics, baby?~" Pandora asked, afraid Yan Xi wouldn''t be able to take it and would die on the spot, which would be troublesome since it would have to find someone new.


    "Don''t call me that. I''m fine for now." Goosebumps rose on Yan Xi.


    The girl watched the swinging knife in terror and screamed as she fled.


    "Is anyone there! Help me!" The girl cried as she ran, trembling like amb.


    The girl ran till she was out of breath with messy, chaotic steps.


    Her beautiful face no longer held itsposure. Her hair was disheveled, tears and the unknown red liquid stained her face and body, making her look miserable.


    The fat guy closely pursued her from behind, brandishing the silver dagger.


    There was a turn up ahead.


    Run faster! Run!


    Yan Xi''s breathing grew urgent. She wanted to speed up to shake off the madman behind her.


    Suddenly everything went dark before Yan Xi''s eyes as she collided into something, getting fully embraced.


    "Let me go! Let me go!"


    The girl panicked and pushed with all her might against the person in front of her. In her terrified state, everything that got near was seen as a threat.


    "It''s me, Tu Qingluan!" Tu Qingluan firmly held her. He had appeared in this hallway somehow without her noticing.


    "Save me! Save me..." Hearing his name, the girl realized who it was. She saw him as her savior and clung on, but before she could finish speaking, the fat guy had caught up to them.


    "Ah!" The girl closed her eyes and screamed. Suddenly she was pulled to the left and felt a gust of wind on her back.


    The expected attack didn''tnd.


    The moment the girl started opening her eyes, she heard the fat guy''s wails of pain.


    She quickly turned her head to see the fat guy curled up on the ground clutching his stomach. His dagger had also been knocked away.


    Tu Qingluan had rushed up and fiercely kicked the fat guy in the stomach. The strength was so great that the other couldn''t even crawl up.


    "Holy shit!"


    "Qingluan, what happened?"


    "So badass, bro!"


    Yan Xi realized that aside from Tu Qingluan, there were others who had been around the corner.


    Tu Qingluan''s buddies were also dumbfounded, suddenly a girl rushed out, then a fat guy with a knife appeared, and then their brother''s crowning moment.


    "What a parade of spectators, popping up like seedlings being transnted." Pandora continued.


    "Are you okay?" Tu Qingluan looked at the still trembling girl with concern.


    "I''m...fine." Yan Xi''s tear trails hadn''t faded away yet. Her whole being still hadn''t recovered from the shock, and her face still held lingering terror.


    Tu Qingluan''s buddies now noticed the girl in front of them.


    The girl''s eyes were rimmed red, her exquisite face speckled with droplets of red liquid. Her uniform was disheveled and she couldn''t stop shaking, like a lost child.


    So helpless yet heartbreakingly pitiful.


    Tu Qingluan suddenly hugged Yan Xi, blocking her from the others'' sight.


    "What are you doing!" Yan Xi struggled in response.


    "Don''t push me away, I''m hurt so bad...when you bumped into me just now I got injured. My chest still hurts where you hit it. Xi Xi." Tu Qingluan suddenly softened his tone and exaggerated his pain.


    Hearing this, guilt arose in the girl and she didn''t dare to move anymore.


    Seeing this scene, the fat guy who was still rolling violently on the ground was provoked and started swearing vulgarly.


    "Do me a favor, bros! I''ll treat you and my wife to a mealter!" Tu Qingluan hugged Yan Xi while winking at his buddies behind to deal with the fat guy.


    Coming to their senses, those guys guessed what had happened from the conversation. They understood Tu Qingluan''s implied meaning.


    The boys quickly dragged the fat guy away, but one or two still couldn''t help sneaking nces back. All they could see was the beauty tightly embraced in the guy''s arms with just a small glimpse of fair, tender neck flesh visible amidst her lush dark hair, but it was enough to set their imaginations ame.


    "Have you hugged enough? Let me go!"

 Chapter 18: The Win

    <h4>Chapter 18</h4>


    Tu Qingluan heard this and let go of her. The girl seemed to copse, panting hard. The scene of madness just now still clung tightly to her.


    Yan Xi squatted down and said hoarsely, forcibly suppressing her emotions: ".....Thank you."


    "Just to say thanks?"


    What?


    The girl seemed to be a little slow to react.


    The boy suddenly leaned in close and kissed Yan Xi''s left cheek.


    Yan Xi was stunned for a moment, and pped the boy backhanded.


    "What are you doing!"


    The girl became furious, her face flushed.


    It wasn''t a light p.


    Tu Qingluan stroked his painful face and clenched his back teeth.


    He was not angry, but smiled at Yan Xi instead.


    "This is the reward I want." Tu Qingluan looked at her and said seriously.


    This guy is really frivolous to the extreme!


    "Get out of here!" The girl angrily pointed at him, turned and wanted to leave.


    Anyone would be upset if they were taken advantage of suddenly.


    Suddenly the girl''s arm was grabbed, and she heard the person behind her say, "Let me take you home, I''m worried about you being alone, you weren''t hurt just now, were you?"


    "I''m not hurt, I don''t need you to send me." Yan Xi answered stiffly.


    "You know I like you." Tu Qingluan grabbed her shoulders with both hands, turned Yan Xi around to face her eyes.


    "Someone is picking me up." Yan Xi turned her head away, deliberately avoiding his gaze, a dark light shing in her eyes.


    "But I want to send you home."


    "But I....."


    "Ah...it hurts so much..." Tu Qingluan suddenly interrupted her and covered his chest, frowning tightly, his handsome face twisted.


    If you didn''t know, you''d think he had suffered some serious internal injury.


    ¡¾Baby, it looks like you''ve met your match.¡¿


    ¡¾I stand corrected.¡¿


    "Are you okay!" Seeing him in pain, Yan Xi''s brows furrowed slightly, revealing some concern.


    "You have to keep an eye on me and go back home, and add me on WeChat so you can contact me if I have back pain." Tu Qingluan blinked and handed out his phone.


    Finally, Yan Xipromised and let Tu Qingluan take her home, and added his contact at his insistence.


    Before getting out of the car, Yan Xi suddenly turned back and asked, "What are you going to do with that man...."


    "Well, that question..." Tu Qingluan suddenly kept her in suspense, a hint of slyness on the handsome young face.


    "However you want to deal with it, I''ll do as you say, because I like you," Tu Qingluan confessed ceaselessly.


    "Well....you be careful too, I''m leaving first." Yan Xi looked him in the eye for a moment, and thought of how he had been hurt helping her today, so she softened her guard a little towards outsiders.


    After Yan Xi returned home, she threw her school uniform stained with red liquid into the trash can.


    A hero saves the beauty?


    Humph, Yan Xi threw the white ointment into the trash can as well.


    The purple bruises on her hands still had faint traces, long gone.


    Yan Xi lowered her head as if she could hear Shen Qiuyi''s words to her after school yesterday: "Be careful with your behavior, don''t stand out so much...they..."


    "...Forget what I said." Shen Qiuyi looked at her face for a few seconds, then left hesitantly without looking at Yan Xi again.


    ¡¾Wrong, the task target is not excluded either, darling.¡¿


    Yan Xi''s phone screen was still shing, the light and shadow of countless messages falling on her face, dividing that beautiful face into a cold and arrogant look.


    Countless friend requests swarmed in,


    "Are you there?"


    "Beauty, I''m from ss 10..."


    "Be my girlfriend..."


    Thetest one: Tu Young Master Tu: Are you home?


    The vibration of the phone hasn''t stopped for days, it''s really scary... you can feel the terrifying attraction bestowed by this beauty even through the screen.


    What if this attribute was ugly instead?


    This question doesn''t seem to matter much...but I have to speed things up.


    When she came back from vacation, the grades were posted directly on the bulletin board at the school gate.


    In the morning when she came back, the bulletin board was surrounded by people like a flood, like zombies besieging a city.


    "Damn, brother, your grandfather beat you until your brain opened up! You''re sitting steadily behind me, waiting until the PE exam is over, you''ll rank in the top 20 in ss!" Kong Jie pped Zhou Zhou awake in his seat.


    "Fuck off!"


    Zhou Zhou was pped awake abruptly, extremely irritable.


    "I''m formally notifying you!"


    The ss was also very lively, with endless discussions.


    Zhou Zhou was groggy and just remembered this.


    "What was Yan Xi''s score?"


    "....No way, brother, do you like her? So concerned about her, if you like her go see for yourself! Damn, I thought you had a thing for Ji Yao? You got over it so quickly!" Kong Jie''s big face got close up.


    "Do you believe I''ll get over you too!" Zhou Zhou pped Kong Jie''s face and said viciously.


    Kong Jie hurriedly shrank back in fright, shuddering with cold.


    Zhou Zhou was toozy to talk to him, and went out to see the scoreboard himself. He saw that Yan Xi was standing in front of the scoreboard, while Tu Qingluan was blocking the crowd for her, looking from afar as if she was being held in his arms.


    Damn it, she really caught a rich man.


    Zhou Zhou didn''t know why seeing this made him a little irritated, as if only he knew the other''s true face, while everyone else was bewitched by that face.


    ¡¾There were some mistakes in performance this time, probably those subjective questions in Chinese. The answer temtes here are a bit different from my previous school, I need to do more temte exercises when I get back.¡¿ Yan Xi looked at the scoreboard lost in thought, subconsciously digging her palms.


    "Xi Xi, where''s your name?" Tu Qingluan saw his own name, around 30th ce. After all, there was an elite ss pressing down on them, and there were 3 key sses, so his score was pretty good, he guessed he ranked around 3rd in ss this time.


    Yan Xi had just arrived at school when she was dragged over by the sharp-eyed Tu Qingluan to see the rankings together.


    What happened after the exam that day seemed to have been suppressed by Tu Qingluan, almost no one had mentioned it again, and that fat guy with the knife never appeared in front of her again.


    The two tacitly did not mention that matter.


    "My name is above." Yan Xi replied, looking past Tu Qingluan and noticing Zhou Zhou in the distance.


    "What do you mean above?" Tu Qingluan asked puzzledly.


    Zhou Zhou and Yan Xi looked directly at each other.


    Just as Zhou Zhou was about to ask about her score, he was interrupted by a loud shout.


    "Damn! First ce this time wasn''t Qi Chairman!"


    "What?"


    "Who was it then?"


    "Damn!!! It''s the transfer student...."


    "It''s me." Yan Xi broke in.


    Yan Xi smiled slightly at Zhou Zhou, arrogantly and unbridled.

 Chapter 19: Losers Next Bet

    <h4>Chapter 19</h4>


    Wow!


    Wow!


    Wow!


    The entire corridor was in an uproar!


    Tu Qingluan was also stunned when he heard this. He looked at the ranking board where Qi Shi had been firmly ranked first for years, but now he was surpassed by Yan Xi, the new transfer student.


    At the beginning, almost everyone would look at who was first, but since the start of middle school at Qingteng, this cohort understood that Qi Shi''s name had always been at the top of the ranking list, whether it was a major exam or a minor one, a difficult one or an easy one.


    Later on, people got used to it and Qi Shi being first became the norm. Only the few top students in front paid attention to the ups and downs in front and behind them, after all when they looked at the rankings they were close to Qi Shi.


    Moreover, Qingteng was notoriously harsh when grading tests. Questions that only deducted one point in city and provincial joint exams, they could mercilessly deduct three points from you. Even if you answered perfectly and met the standard, teachers could still deduct a lot of points from you on the grounds that your sloppy handwriting hurt their eyes.


    Especially the English papers graded by Peng Haiyang. He was ruthless when deducting points for the essay section.


    This time, Yan Xi narrowly beat Qi Shi.


    One scored 730.


    The other scored 729.5.


    What kind of ce was Qingteng East District?


    It was a ce full of top students and academic elites everywhere.


    The young masters and misses received top-notch education due to their superior family backgrounds. Under the bombardment of such top social resources, as long as they didn''t have brain problems, their grades were among the top 0.01% in the city.


    The moment they knew the results, the way many people looked at Yan Xi changed. They no longer simply saw her as a new school belle with good looks.


    She was no longer just a pretty face.


    That''s human nature for you. People only see the surface that is presented to them, and their evaluation of others oftenes from what they see.


    "Damn it, you tricked me," Pandora said in her mind.


    Dazzling beauty paired with any card was a sure win, but a lone pretty face was bound to lose.


    She had known this all along, but had alwayscked that card.


    For some reason, the sickening yet pleasurable feeling suddenly surfaced.


    Under the admiring gazes of the crowd, Yan Xi responded with her trademark faint smile before quickly leaving.


    "Xi Xi, where are you going?" Tu Qingluan seemed to want to grab her hand.


    The sounds of discussion kept ringing out around her and her head suddenly started to hurt. The scenes before her eyes began to ovep.


    Meaningless,pletely meaningless.


    Yan Xi brushed past the crowd with Tu Qingluan following closely behind her.


    "Beauty, can I get your number? Share some of your study tips!"


    .....


    "Ugly freak! She''s really killing my appetite!"


    .....


    "Wow, gorgeous looks and top grades, she''s blinding me!"


    .....


    "Looking like that freak, it''d scare anyone to death if she went out at night! Just look at how fat she is, covered in nothing but disgusting grease."


    The past scenes and present scenes suddenly intertwined, and two different voices mingled and stirred in her mind.


    .....


    "The first ce again is that ugly freak Luo Manman?"


    "No way, really?"


    "Help, we have to see her on stage again when the awards are handed out. She''s really hard on the eyes."


    "Stop it. She got good grades. If she hears you andins to the teacher, we''ll be in trouble."


    .....


    Yan Xi''s vision became blurred. In a daze, she saw her originally fair and slender fingers be fat and clumsy.


    "Bang!" A loud sound.


    A basketball suddenly smashed into the ground next to Yan Xi''s small round-toed shoes. If she had taken two more steps, it would have smashed right into her leg.


    Yan Xi''s sanity instantly returned. She coldly looked up at the person in front.


    "Don''t celebrate too early, there''s still P.E." Zhou Zhou had just bounced a basketball over.


    Seeing Tu Qingluan and her standing together, especially with their hands touching, Zhou Zhou felt extremely irritated.


    Yan Xi didn''t move. She stared at Zhou Zhou in silence for a good while.


    The atmosphere was so awkward you could hear a pin drop.


    Although they were two very attractive teenagers, the atmosphere was more like an action movie called "Who Will Kill Who" rather than a romance.


    Suddenly, Yan Xi''s mouth curled into a sweet smile, "Zhou Zhou, P.E. is only worth 100 points max."


    "....."


    Yan Xi knew when to stop.


    Zhou Zhou scored 629.5 this time, exactly 100 points less than Qi Shi.


    "You lose," the girl said tilting her head slightly, looking innocent.


    "So Zhou Zhou can''t take losing, can he?" Yan Xi deliberately dragged out her words for everyone to hear.


    There were crowds in the corridor who immediately broke into hushed whispers.


    "Didn''t Zhou Zhou and I bet on the first round? He can''t be trying to welsh already, can he?"


    ".....Of course not." Zhou Zhou''s face was turning ugly.


    His taunts had backfired!


    Why did he always act so rashly when he saw her!


    Yan Xi bent down and shoved the basketball directly at Tu Qingluan.


    "It seems Zhou Zhou is very fond of Tu indeed, even inviting you to y basketball after school."


    "You guys chat slowly, I''ll head off first." Yan Xi lightly shifted the firepower and shook off Tu Qingluan.


    She left with an air of nonchnce, concealing her skills and reputation.


    The gossiping gazes all focused on the girl''s departing figure, seemingly even more bewitching now with the halo of being a top student added to her beauty.


    Yan Xi left the crowds behind and went up to the rooftop alone.


    [You should have......] Pandora said anxiously.


    "I know what you''re thinking, Pandora," Yan Xi said softly.


    "You want me to get close to them, in other words max out their affection points,"


    But from the moment she entered this school grounds, she couldn''t shake off that lofty feeling. Every time someone looked at her appearance, there was always an indelible sense of arrogance. This kind of school was


    Judging others by their looks.


    Worshipping family background and power.


    "But most of them were born privileged. They can''t see others."


    [Zhou Zhou might be, but doesn''t Tu Qingluan quite like you?]


    "Just superficial looks. Such suspended affection, if I were still Luo Manman..."


    The wind on the rooftop blew Yan Xi''s loosely tied hair apart.


    "In essence, Zhou Zhou and Tu Qingluan are the same. If you can''t bring them to the same level, it''s like an ant trying to get a human''s attention."


    And this was a multi-line task. If she went down that path, pouring 100 times the effort to steer that ship would still easily capsize it, not to mention maxing it out.


    Her phone screen started shing message alerts.


    Zhou Zhou: Round two, school sports meet, I make the rules.


    "That''s why they need to be fully trampled on."


    What a youth in his prime liked, grab onto that and you''re set.


    And they''re not even pure youths, are they?


    "Pandora does have a bit of a point,"


    [Luo Manman, so are you still observing?] Pandora asked seriously after a long time.


    "No, I''m ready to take action," Yan Xi looked into the distance.


    "You and her have a bet?" Tu Qingluan threw down the basketball in his hand and questioned Zhou Zhou.


    "Since when does Young Master Tu care about other people''s business?"


    "I remember you seem to like..." Tu Qingluan started to say.


    "I don''t like her," Zhou Zhou cut him off coldly.


    Zhou Zhou barged past Tu Qingluan and left.


    Is that so? Tu Qingluan lowered his eyes to look at the basketball abandoned at his feet.


    But I like her even more...

 Chapter 20: Bullying

    <h4>Chapter 20</h4>


    To be honest, I don''t quite understand why the Academic Affairs Office in the East Campus decided to establish a West Campus. After all, it is a prestigious school with a prominent reputation, and having two Academic Affairs Offices doesn''t seem excessive. Yan Xi epted the task from Peng Haiyang with a polite smile about half an hour ago.


    Due to her performance on the recent exam, Yan Xi was directly appointed as the ss monitor by Peng Haiyang. Although it was just a ss monitor position, Peng Haiyang seemed to entrust her with various tasks.


    After the exam, the school activities increased significantly, especially the uing school sports meet in two weeks. Peng Haiyang asked her to go to the West Campus to coordinate the use of sports equipment and finalize the list of participants.


    Yan Xi was about to reach the entrance of the Academic Affairs Office when she heard angry shouts from around the corner of the corridor.


    "Where''s the money? Damn it! It''s been several days, and you can''t even gather a few hundred bucks, damn it!"


    "Do you want to die?!"


    Yan Xi stopped in her tracks.


    She leaned slightly to the side and saw a group of students wearing West Campus uniforms. Both boys and girls were surrounding a student in the middle whose face was not clearly visible, and they were punching and kicking him.


    "Wow, is this the unique style of the West Campus?" Pandora eximed.


    "The person who''s doing the beating isn''t very professional..." Yan Xi tilted her head backzily, speaking in a casual and nonchnt tone.


    "The restroom is the best ce for disying violence as an art form. Those who resort to physical fights in the corridors must have something wrong with their heads. If you''re going to hit someone, don''t aim for the face..."


    "If it were me..." Yan Xi didn''t know what came to her mind but chuckled lightly.


    The "ck Dumpling," who was as thin as a skeleton, was beaten by those group of boys and girls until he stumbled and fell to the ground, emitting a few muffled groans.


    It was like the agonizing whimper of a dog pushed to its limits.


    Yan Xi propped herself up on a nearby storage cab in the West Campus ssroom, leaning against the wall and sitting on the blind spot of the left side, observing this brutal scene.


    The sound of fists hitting flesh was grating on the ears.


    "Stop the beating! Getting the money is what matters! Sister Le said she needs 3,000 within two days! Damn it, where can we get that much money? Should I rob a bank for her?" said the leading girl with a miniskirt, fiercely kicking a corner of the wall, leaving her already dirty shoe covered in dust.


    "Did the external ss contribute?"


    "Old Six already collected it. We''re still short of 800."


    "What should we do then..."


    Just as the leading girl with the miniskirt''s phone in her side pocket vibrated, causing her already short skirt to almost fall off, she hastily took it out.


    About to get angry, she saw the caller ID and her expression quickly changed.


    "Du Le, what''s up?" The girl with the miniskirt put on a ttering face.


    ...


    "It''s almost done! I''ll deliver it to youter tonight. Don''t worry, sister."


    After hanging up the phone, Zhao Fangdian exploded.


    "Du Le, fuck your mother!"


    "What''s wrong, Fangdian?"


    "She''s asking for an additional 2,000! Why doesn''t she just die! They feast while we can''t even scrape together leftovers! She wants so much money to bury her mother!... Lao Liu, inform everyone to collect extra fees this month."


    "The ones in our ss and those from other sses who could afford it have already paid. We''ve collected the money once this month, and if we keep collecting, there might be trouble." Lao Liu had been watching silently without intervening.


    "Yeah, if Sister Dian increases the collection, the troublemakers in our ss won''t be able to handle it. Besides, not everyone can scrape together the money," someone added.


    "Especially for someone like this guy, you could punch him ten times and still not get a steel spring in return. He''sining that his hand hurts from hitting him," Yellow Hair Man said, forcefully dragging the frail boy from the corner and mming him against the wall, grabbing his faded yellow cor.


    "Stop hitting him. This kid is really tough, and we can''t squeeze any money out of him. He''s just exhausting me," Lao Liu said.


    The boy being beaten seemed numb, showing no reaction.


    "Why so stingy? Is he an orphan? Haha...hahaha," Zhao Fangdian said, feeling immense pressure these days and venting his anger through offensive words.


    "Don''tugh at him like that, Sister Dian. His mother is still alive, but she''s not doing well. Last time when Lao Liu went to his house to collect money, heined that it brought bad luck," Little Taimei said, annoyed from dealing with the money collection these days and asionally encountering a few troublemakers who needed a few punches to listen.


    "ording to his former ssmates, his mother used to work as a cementborer on construction sites, carrying bricks and such. His father seems to have found a mistress, a capable one at that, and left his wife and child to be with her. His mother was so furious that she fainted on the spot, and it seemed to have caused some kind of nerve damage, leaving her paralyzed..."


    The boy in the corner slightly moved his lifeless head.


    "Hey, good-for-nothing. Why don''t you just go find your dad and acknowledge you as his son? Maybe you''ll get another caring mother out of it!" Yellow Hair Man said sarcastically.


    The boy moved his lips and seemed to make a broken sound, intermittently.


    Blood dripped from the corner of the boy''s mouth, and his body was covered in bruises.


    Even in this state, Yan Xi remained indifferent, his eyes devoid of any ripples, absentmindedly ying with strands of his hair.


    [His name is Qi Yili.] Pandora couldn''t help but remind Yan Xi.


    [I know.]


    [If you save him now, it might meet the criteria for gaining maximum points.]


    [If I remember correctly, I only have five chances for decision-making, right? Saving him now... wouldn''t be enough.]


    Not enough for what?


    Not enough suffering?


    Not enough gratitude?


    At this moment, the girl''s demeanor seemed to lose its warmth, bing cruel yet devoid of warmth. It was as if this beautiful appearance had been specifically tailored for her, and only now was it revealing this enchanting aspect of her being.


    "Shut up..." The boy managed to utter a few words with difficulty.


    "What did you say? Hey! Speak louder!" Yellow Hair Man kicked him twice.


    "Could it be that you''re begging for mercy? Hey, try barking like a dog, hahaha!"


    Suddenly, the boy erupted, biting the extended hand.


    In pain, Yellow Hair Man screamed,pletely enraged.


    "You''ve crossed the line!"


    Punch after punch, one sound after another, Yan Xi''s eyshes trembled.


    The frail boy was beaten into unconsciousness,pletely motionless.


    "That''s enough. I don''t want to be reported and criticized," Zhao Fangdian frowned.


    "Damn it, we''re in trouble, sis!"


    "Serves you right! I told you not to go overboard with your antics. If you want to face disciplinary action, go ahead on your own."


    "Sis, I might get punished this time." Lao Liu furrowed his brow, looking at the boy lying on the ground, barely conscious.


    "It''s your own damn fault!" Zhao Fangdian pushed Yellow Hair Man roughly.


    "Sis, I took the mest time. Now it''s Lao Liu''s turn, isn''t it? Besides, I''m still on probation. If I take the me again, I''ll get expelled, sis!" Yellow Hair Man wailed.


    "That''s your problem!"


    The group of people left, joking andughing, leaving behind a motionless boy on the ground.


    "This won''t do." Salt Xi murmured softly, as if talking to herself, watching the actors leave the stage.


    She hadn''t seen enough yet.


    Since the actors had already exited, what should she do now?


    .........


    Of course, she should bring him back.


    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª


    Suddenly, Zhao Fangdian felt the urge to urinate.


    "Damn it, such a stupid thing for such a stupid reason! It''s just a little money! Hurry up and charge them extra! I need to use the bathroom!"


    Leaving those words behind, Zhao Fangdian hurriedly ran to the restroom, not even bothering to walk.


    ....


    20 minutester, Yan Xi emerged from the restroom and walked up to the boy.


    "Hello, ssmate. My name is Yan Xi. Are you okay?" Against the light, Yan Xi extended her hand to the young boy as if offering a blessing.


    Would this be a glimmer of hope? Or another form of torment?

 Chapter 21: Qi Yi Li

    <h4>Chapter 21</h4>


    Yan Xi''s outstretched hand was pped away harshly.


    The youth climbed up from the ground with difficulty, ring at her fiercely.


    "You''ve got quite the arm strength, why didn''t you use it on them earlier?"


    Yan Xi''s fair hand was pped red.


    "Get lost!"


    The youth yelled, like a young beast driven to desperation, full of hostility.


    But clearlycking in strength.


    "Is this how you treat someone trying to help you? Young ssmate."


    You''re no different from them, Qi Yili sneered in his heart.


    "I...saw...you." He saw Yan Xi, just now when her hair was being pulled.


    Her almost dazzlingly beautiful face, pristine uniform, sitting quietly there with a folder in hand, almost entirely out of ce in the Western District.


    Although his myopia was nearly 200 degrees, it didn''t mean he couldn''t see her.


    The same corridor.


    One was being tormented and humiliated as if in hell.


    One was as serenely beautiful as a painting.


    Yan Xi''s smile grew even more radiant.


    Are you condemning my cold detached spectating?


    "Sorry, I was frightened just now. I''ve never seen anything like this before. After all it''s normal for a fragile girl like me to be afraid." Traces of terror appeared on Yan Xi''s alluring face.


    [You were this close to cracking open some nuts and watching, how are you fragile? Zhao Fang would be the first to disagree.]


    He knew he was discing his anger.


    For normal people, when seeing something beautiful, the first reaction is to exim in wonder, to cherish, to embrace.


    But Qi Yili was different. His life circumstances didn''t teach him this principle, he naturally recognized that the girl was from the Eastern District.


    Although Qingteng''s Eastern and Western Districts were located in the same campus area, they were strictly segregated from interacting, separated by a high wall.


    The Eastern District mainly corresponded to children of prestigious families and outstanding elites, while the Western District, although a branch of Qingteng, was never acknowledged to exist by Qingteng to outsiders.


    The distribution of resources and students were extremely uneven, students from the Eastern District generally would not set foot in the Western District. The Western District often provided schooling for nouveau riche children and top-scoring students. The nouveau riche gave money, the top students could pull up the Western District''s average grades, so as not to embarrass Qingteng by having a Western District campus surface publicly.


    The school uniforms were different between the Eastern and Western Districts. The Eastern District uniforms changed designs every season of the year, while the Western District had the same drab greymon uniform design for eternity.


    So a girl in an Eastern District uniform no doubt extremely stood out in the Western District.


    There was no such thing in this world as help without reason.


    "Speak...what is it you want?"


    "Since that''s the case, I''ll get right to it." Yan Xi smiled radiantly.


    "I want you, name your price."


    [??? Are you looking for a prostitute at a brothel?]


    [Pangpang, mind yournguage. I''m still underage, don''t corrupt me.]


    "......"


    "Are you messing with me?"


    "30,000 a month? How about it?"


    "......Get lost."


    "Hahaha.....just kidding, don''t get angry! When I was helping the teacher organize documents just now, I identally saw your file in the records room. Your grades are very good, can you consider being my tutor?" The girl''s tone changed, looking at him sincerely, eyes full of expectation, exactly like an innocent rich girl.


    The youth looked at her with distinct ck and white eyes, not believing her hastily made up story at all.


    How could a rich family''s daughterck a tutor?


    With a wave of her hand, hundreds of people with better grades than him would be scrambling for the job.


    Plus, the Eastern and Western District records were kept separately, normal students had no qualifications to ess them at all. How did she even see his?


    Thick suspicion and guardedness showed in Qi Yili''s eyes as he scrutinized Yan Xi closely.


    Yan Xi ignored his gaze, turned neatly and left a "If you change your mind, you cane find me in ss 2 (3) of the Eastern District High School."


    The girl left without the slightest reluctance, as if the person who had just spoken wasn''t her at all.


    [No parting words? Or help this brother gain some goodwill? He fell so pitifully!]


    [When a wound first bes inmed, people often choose to endure the pain they can bear rather than immediately seek help, cing their hopes on the wound healing itself.]


    In that case, all she needed to do was make it fester.


    Theck of appeal in evil lies in the physical, the appeal of evil lies in the spiritual.


    She was extremely good at this, okay.

 Chapter 22: Is It Painful

    <h4>Chapter 22</h4>


    Twenty minutes ago.


    "Baby, you seem to be in so much pain!"


    Brown, frizzy hair was wetted by water, looking rough and cheap.


    A pair of slender, fair-skinned hands were fiercely pressing down on the other''s neck.


    "Mmm.....mmm....."


    The moans of the drowning victim sounded particrly helpless as water gradually seeped into her throat.


    Zhao Fangdian began to suffocate, her hands iling about, desperately struggling, but the hands sped around her neck seemed to have a supernatural strength that no amount of struggling could break free from.


    Just as Zhao Fangdian felt despair, and was about to give up struggling.


    Damn, am I going to suffocate?


    Suddenly, the supernatural strength around her neck disappeared. Zhao Fangdian coughed violently, water spluttered down her throat, the pain unbearable.


    "So your breath holding time is 32 seconds, Sister Fangdian." A clear voice sounded from behind.


    "Very impressive."


    "Cough...cough.....who the hell are you! I¡¯ll...I¡¯ll kill you! I¡¯ll f**k your mother!"


    Zhao Fangdian struggled violently, cursing loudly. The supernatural strength returned to her neck, as if it could snap her neck in the next second, defying all her attempts to break free.


    "Such vulgarities are uneptable."


    [Holy sh*t, Yanyixi, you''ve changed!] Pandora eximed in her mind.


    Before Zhao Fangdian could curse again, she was pressed back into the water.


    Again and again, many times over.


    Behind her, the girl,


    "One, two, three.....twenty one, twenty two....." Yan Xi counted rhythmically, sometimes speeding up, sometimes slowing down.


    Yet every time, she would pull Zhao Fangdian out from the water just before she suffocated.


    The moment Zhao Fangdian gasped for air, before she could make a sound, she would be pressed back into the water.


    Madwoman!


    Madwoman!


    Zhao Fangdian could not see the person behind her. She was almost bent over the sink, only able to make out the other''s fair chin and bony, slender fingers in the mirror''s reflection.


    Zhao Fangdian also could not understand why this situation had suddenly arisen. Just now after using the bathroom, as she lowered her head to wash her hands, she was suddenly shoved headfirst into the sink.


    "Cough cough! Cough cough!"


    Wait...let her see who it was, she would...she would kill her!


    Her lungs felt like they exploded. Water gushed in.


    Can''t take it anymore! I''m going to die!


    "Let...go...vulgar...cough cough...mmm...cough cough....." Her head was pressed into the water again.


    ......


    Again and again, Yan Xi mechanically repeated her actions, while Zhao Fangdian''s curses turned into wails.


    "Please...I beg you, please..." Zhao Fangdian finally began pleading incessantly. Because she realized the girl behind her was no normal person. With that kind of mad strength, no ordinary girl could do this - holding down another girl around the same height, suppressing her desperate struggles, all while calmly speaking. It was simply impossible!


    After all, her own strength was certainly not weak!


    The girl was unmoved, her face expressionless, calm to the extreme.


    Zhao Fangdian''s earlier arrogancepletely vanished. It seemed that when the roles of oppressor and victim were reversed, the lion had be a rabbit in her hands.


    Ridiculous.


    Was it difficult to bully others?


    Not at all.


    Yan Xi''s hands paused for a moment, her gloomy gaze bing clear.


    [I think you can stop now. If this continues, she may die!] Pandora persuaded at the side.


    [Is that so?] An eerily bizarre smile suddenly appeared on Yan Xi''s face. For some reason, Pandora sensed traces of anger and indifference towards life within it, cold to an abnormal degree.


    [Lu Manyan!] Pandora yelled anxiously in her mindspace.


    "I''m really looking forward to it."


    [What are you going to do! Lu Manyan!] Pandora was shocked! Those words did not sound normal at all.


    Yan Xi grabbed hold of the other''s head with one hand, her strength increasing instead of decreasing. With her other hand, she directly chopped Zhao Fangdian''s neck. Before Zhao Fangdian could react, she lost consciousness.


    Pandora was frightened. That stance just now seemed like Zhao Fangdian''s neck would be snapped by her merchant in the next second. If her merchant became a criminal, what meaning would this school instance have left! Damn it! Her sales record would be gone in an instant!


    It scared her to death, luckily she was only knocked out.


    [What a waste of 10 extreme points.] Just now she had spent 10 extreme points to strengthen her Strength value, just to be a...um...lion I guess...


    But indeed, it was meaningless...


    "Darling, do you think I''m pretty?" Yan Xi asked the unconscious Zhao Fangdian gently, bizarrely.


    The passed out Zhao Fangdian and Qi Yili outside were simrly unresponsive, after all neither could speak nor answer.


    "I guess you do too." Yan Xi dragged Zhao Fangdian by her cor bit by bit into the bathroom.


    "So is this how you get treated no matter how ugly you are?" Yan Xi''s tone changed, and she stopped.


    "They all say I''m an ugly freak..." Yan Xi turned Zhao Fangdian''s face upwards, brushing aside her drenched hair.


    A face full of cogen, the colorful makeup washed away in blotches, but one could still see that Zhao Fangdian was by no means ugly.


    "Then why would you be treated this way by me?" Yan Xi pretended to be puzzled.


    Pandora shuddered, damn it! Talking to yourself like this was too abnormal!


    "I see! It''s because your heart is too ugly! Isn''t that right, darling? Next time, I''d also love to slowly discuss this thing with your little friends." Yan Xi''s gentle tone was as if she had discovered something fun.


    "But I really am very thankful to people like Sister Zhao. They made me realize something." Yan Xi ripped off Zhao Fangdian''s student card and directly threw her into a bathroom stall.


    "Looks like ugliness is...original sin after all."


    Yan Xi used Zhao Fangdian''s student card to skillfully tie the bathroom door shut over and over, jamming it tightly.


    This was taught by her former "good ssmates" in the past.


    As for whether she could get out?


    It depended on luck and strength.


    The ordinary photo on the student card seemed to be dampened by the water stains, the ordinary face in the dim west side bathroom seemed to be hateful.


    Walking out of the restroom, Yan Xi suddenly sensed a fleeting nce.


    [Was someone outside the door just now, Panpan?]


    [Shouldn''t be...I wasn''t paying attention.] Pandora had almost been scared to death just now, where would she find the awareness to observe outside the door?


    "Always watching me?" Yan Xi seemed to recall the words on that sheet of butcher paper.


    "Nevermind, unimportant." Yan Xi left the restroom, walking towards Qi Yili.

 Chapter 23: Winning

    <h4>Chapter 23</h4>


    The boy stumbled out of the school gate, his sses were broken, and his backpack had long since turned into a dirty brown color.


    The home was not close to the school, but the boy did not choose to take the convenient bus at the school gate to go home.


    Instead, he chose to walk, bypassing the prosperousmercial center, and walked for two hours before arriving at a dpidated residential building.


    The environment here was simr to that near "Do Come Happy", with small alleys with twists and turns.


    He raised his steps upstairs not very smoothly, and stopped in front of a shack.


    He did not immediately walk in, but ran to another small room next to the shack.


    He had two sets of clothes, one to change into when he went home, and one to wear to school.


    Why not take turns to change?


    Because the set worn at school was destined to get dirty.


    After changing, he took off his already broken sses, washed his face, and pushed the door to walk into the room.


    "Mom..." Qi Yili looked at his long-sleeping mother, peaceful and calm.


    He really wanted to stay longer, at least he should have persisted until the college entrance examination.


    But, he really couldn''t hold on anymore.....


    "Family members, the school sports meet will begin next week!"


    "Now we need to sign up candidates for each event, participate actively! Family members!" Guan Yongyan shouted vigorously at the podium,cking only a horn.


    "Don''t make it difficult for me as the only member of the lifemittee! Brothers! Old Peng specially asked me yesterday to require everyone to participate as much as possible if they can! Otherwise, there will be no more PE sses in the future! We must fill out the form!"


    At this point, as usual, whoever speaks out will be the one to sign up.


    Seeing that most people kept their heads down silently, not speaking out, afraid of being pulled in, Guan Yongyan was angry!


    "Kong Jie! As the vice monitor you should lead by example, sign up for a 1000m race first!"


    "And Wang Buwei, aren''t you usually active at fooling around! Sign up for a 200m plus a high jump!"


    "And who else, you...."


    Guan Yongyan directly assigned roles on the podium, directly making arrangements, no one could think of escaping!


    Weren''t you guys quiet just now! I''ll sign you up directly!


    "No! Sister Yan! You are my only sister! I can''t run fast! And my feet have been swollen these past few days! I''m afraid I won''t even be able to run in the school sports meet these few days!"


    "Although.....however....I''m really weak and sick...." Wang Buwei directly pretended to faint.


    "Sister Yan! Let Zhou Zhou go! Zhou Zhou can rece two people! He is my good brother, it is his honor to run for me!" Kong Jie was cued and quickly came up with a witty response.


    "Yeah! Zhou Zhou is awesome!"


    "Zhou Zhou! Zhou Zhou! Zhou Zhou!"


    The boys in the ss hurriedly cheered! It was said that a dead friend is better than a poor friend!


    Zhou Zhou, as one of the few sports students in the ss, was naturally a popr candidate for the sports meets in previous years. If he didn''t sign up, who would!


    Moreover, he had almost won all the gold medals for the boys in tenth grade. The others were just going to deliver free points.


    And there were also students from the sports ss. Zhou Zhou was the only one in the ss who couldpete with them!


    "We can''t rely entirely on Zhou Zhou either. He has to agree to it! If he doesn''t agree, you guys won''t be able to escape either!" Guan Yongyan said.


    Thus, the boys in the ss who didn''t want to run looked at Zhou Zhou expectantly with anticipating eyes.


    "What do you think? Transfer student?" Zhou Zhou poked Yan Xi with his pen.


    "Good thing." Yan Xi turned her head and smiled as she watched the lively scene.


    Zhou Zhou also smiled: "I''ll sign up for you, you sign up for me, how about it?"


    "I''ll run whichever event Yan Xi chooses." Zhou Zhou said aloud.


    This was directly shifting the pressure onto her!


    Eyes gathered on Yan Xi again, everyone anticipating Yan Xi to agree.


    "How to determine the winner?" Yan Xi asked.


    How would they determine victory or defeat?


    "If you win one championship in the events I choose, you win. If I win all the championships in the events you choose, I win. What do you think, transfer student?" Zhou Zhou had almost written "You''re a weakling" on his face.


    This rule was clearly looking down on girls.


    "Is it too demanding? Don''t dare to agree? Afraid of losing?" Zhou Zhou looked at her provocatively.


    With her thin arms and legs, he reckoned she couldn''t even outrun him in threeps.


    "Alright, I''ll do my best." Yan Xi stood up and said to all her ssmates, agreeing to it.


    There were cheers in the ssroom again.


    But why would she care about that so-called looking down?


    What she wanted was to win.

 Chapter 24: School Sports Meeting 01

    <h4>Chapter 24</h4>


    The opening ceremony of the school sports meeting came soon.


    [It''s so hot.] Yan Xi stood under the scorching sun, listening to the principal babbling on and on up there.


    On the stage were the passionate speeches of the school leaders, with arge group of boys and girls gathered on the yground and enduring the sun that was already high up in the sky at 9:10 in the morning.


    The Qingteng School Sports Meeting was an important event that came around once a year, and students from all three grades had changed into the battle uniforms belonging to their own sses, shouting out their sses'' dazzling slogans.


    When it was their ss''s turn to shout their slogan, Yan Xi felt that no one could outshine their ss¡¯s dazzling existence.


    Why say that?


    Because their ss uniforms were eye-catchingly red! Reflecting red! Standing out from the ¡°mild-mannered¡± sses around them!


    And the front was even printed with the name "Senior Year 2 (3) ss xxx"!


    If not for the color being red, she almost felt like she was a prison inmate eating numbered meals!


    Peng Haiyang called it: "Young people should be fiery and passionate, having vitality!"


    At the start, almost the entire ss had stubbornly rejected the idea! But under the threats from Peng Haiyang, no one dared not wear them!


    "The annual school sports meeting is precisely an opportunity to demonstrate you Qingteng students'' spirit of unity," the principal lectured on stage, his words impassioned.


    [To endure what ordinary people cannot endure is the key to aplishing great things.]


    [Pangpang, personify and sympathize with me.] As Yan Xi heard this, she started admonishing.


    [...]


    Finally he finished speaking, and Yan Xi standing in the lineup could finally disperse and return to home base to prepare for the events.


    "Yan Xi, it''s almost your turn soon, here is your schedule for today."


    "Mm." Yan Xi smiled and epted thepetition schedule.


    Why was she only looking at that damned schedule now?


    Of course it was because of Zhou Zhou''s rules, saying that they would not announce it after registering, only announcing it on the morning of the actualpetition day.


    Yan Xi scanned the form, barely able to keep her expression under control.


    She saw that next to Yan Xi''s name, the event column waspletely filled up.


    [Wow! Girls 800m, 4x100m ry, girls 400m, girls 50m sprint, and shot put too. Damn, does he think you''re Superman!?] Pandora also cried out in surprise upon seeing it.


    If she were to run all of those, it would be strange if her legs weren''t wasted.


    It was still doable in the past.


    "Contestants participating in the preliminary heats for the boys and girls 50m, please report to the preparation area for check-in!


    "Contestants participating in the preliminary heats for the boys and girls 50m, please report to the preparation area for check-in!"


    "Contestants participating in the preliminary heats for the boys and girls 50m, please report to the preparation area for check-in!"


    The broadcast tirelessly yed over and over again.


    Pandora saw Yan Xi tug at the horribly conspicuous sports uniform she was wearing, appearing nonchnt but with fists tightly clenched.


    "That''s right, do well in thepetition, transfer student." Zhou Zhou deliberately came over to provoke her.


    After all, he had painstakingly picked the "good events" for her, plotting without holding back.


    Yan Xi didn''t speak, her lips pressed in a line, with anyone being able to see that the girl was in an extremely rotten mood.


    Yan Xi took a deep breath and went to prepare for that damned 50m sprint.


    "Brat, wannapete with me?" Zhou Zhou leisurely watched as Yan Xi hurried off, feeling very delighted to be able to start thepetitions happening this morning.


    Seeing Yan Xi meet trouble delighted him to no end, since who allowed her to anger him so much since the start of the school term!


    Let me show you I can''t y you to death?


    [You''re not worried at all?]


    [It''s not time yet.]


    [What?]


    Yan Xi lowered her eyes, with lips moving slightly, silently counting down.


    "3"


    "2"


    "1"


    "Yan--Xi!!!" Zhou Zhou suddenly yelled Yan Xi''s name through gritted teeth at her receding back.


    "What''s wrong, Bro Zhou? Why yell so loudly?" Kong Jie poked his head over inquisitively, looked at the schedule, then couldn''t help butugh wildly.


    Zhou Zhou clutched the schedule Guan Yongyan had just handed over to him, his expression hideous.


    "Hahahaha....ughing to death....hahaha....is Bro Zhou going to perform....whoosh....hahahaha....h hoops....hahahaha....? I''m dying ofughter, guyse watch!!!¡±


    On the student''s mainpetition schedule there were no events, but the leisurepetition events were! There!


    The student mainpetition was the official scoredpetition for the school sports meeting, but each year there were also students who didn''t have the opportunity to participate or couldn''t engage in high-intensity exercise. Qingteng had established a dedicatedpetition area for these students in the spirit of treating all students equally, which was the leisure area, containing things like h hoops, handkerchief throwing, sit-ups, jump rope, hacky sack, push-ups....they had everything.....with most of the participants being girls, and also some guys, though not many, just to have some fun!


    But h hoops, jump rope, and hacky sack were definitely danger zones for females!


    Not a single proper event, how was this aplished!


    "Did you forget one thing, if I don''t run, who''s going to run for you guys? Hmm?" Zhou Zhou said through gritted teeth.


    "No problem! Being able to watch Bro Zhou do h hoops and shake his waist hahaha, what''s running one time got to do with it?"


    "Hahaha....you''re right Kong Jie, being able to see Bro Zhou do h hoops, hacky sack, and jump rope.....my suffering is nothing inparison hahahaha...."


    Just thinking about that flirtatious scene, nearly all the male and female students around who heard couldn''t help butugh uncontrobly.


    He really wanted to smash their dog heads in.


    "You agreed to this too?" Zhou Zhou fixed his gaze full of pressure onto Guan Yongyan.


    "Why not agree? Yan Xi said Tu Qingluan agreed to run for them, and Tu Qingluan''s physical ability isn''t bad either right? Giving other students an opportunity isn''t good? Zhou Zhou." Guan Yongyan had never cowered, it was offending people either way, so she''d decided to go along with it! She was old and open-minded now!


    Damn! Damn! Damn!


    Maybe I''m not human! But you really are a dog!


    "Go for it, Bro Zhou!"


    "Bro Zhou can do it, the sports and leisure prince!"


    "Bro Zhou, tell me when you''repeting, I''ll go record it!"


    "Remember to give Tu the reward!" Guan Yongyan added.


    "Alright! Then thanks to Tu this time."


    "Don''t worry, I''ll pick the most expensive skin for Tu!"


    At this time, Tu Qingluan was not at home base, and was walking towards the preparation area.


    Tu Qingluan didn''t look back, giving a thumbs up gesture to the people behind him, indicating he understood.


    "Xi Xi." Tu Qingluan ran over to curry favor, eyes blinking rapidly, extremely simr to a puppy begging for a reward.


    "Let''s go to the library this weekend, I need to go prepare to run now." Yan Xi answered him.


    Tu Qingluan smiled slyly like a puppy who had gotten its way.


    "Then I''ll go prepare for thepetition too, Xi Xi."


    One week ago.


    Ever since sending her home that day, Tu Qingluan had continued to send her home every day, with Yan Xi rejecting multiple times to no avail, and thus she had gotten used to it.


    "Tu Qingluan." Yan Xi tugged at Tu Qingluan''s sleeve, a little embarrassed in her eyes.


    "What''s up, Xi Xi?" Tu Qingluan was a bit surprised. Yan Xi didn''t usually say that much to him, with him being the one constantly providing input.


    "Can you help me with a favor?"


    But their rtionship had be much more familiar, with Yan Xi sometimes helping him grab books or making some snacks for him.


    "Sure!" Tu Qingluan readily agreed.


    "But if I agree to participate, I''ll have to go train, but the course load is really heavy, and my dad said he''d hit me if I wasn''t in the top 3 for midterms.....but it''s fine, since it''s something Xi Xi wants, nothing else matters, who allowed me to like....."


    Seeing the gossiping nces sweeping over repeatedly from the side, and Tu Qingluan speaking so loudly as if wanting the whole world to know.


    He started confessing again.


    "Stop! I''ll tutor you!" Yan Xi hurriedly interrupted him, her face flushed red.


    "Awesome! Then thanks to academic goddess Xi Xi!"

 Chapter 25: School Sports Meeting

    <h4>Chapter 25</h4>


    "Thanks." Yan Xi took the water Tu Qingluan handed to her and wiped the sweat from her forehead.


    Tu Qingluan had also participated in the men''s 50m dash. He still looked lively and energetic after running once, hisplexion unchanged.


    "You look really tired?"


    Her gorgeous face was flushed from the intense exercise, but her breathing was clearly chaotic, and her hair was stered to both sides of her forehead by sweat.


    "I''m...I''m fine....cough....cough...." Yan Xi felt a stinging pain in her lungs.


    ¡¾This is too weak.....I''m going toin to you, Pandora.¡¿Yan Xi struggled to rub her calves.


    ¡¾?¡¿


    ¡¾Did you make my physical fitness as frail as Lin Daiyu?¡¿


    ¡¾Lin Daiyu''s fragility gives her a sense of charm and makes people cherish her.¡¿


    ¡¾If I lose, do you think your Zhou Zhou will cherish me?¡¿


    ¡¾......¡¿


    "Aren''t you tired at all?" Yan Xi asked. She was out of breath after just one preliminary heat of the 50m dash.


    The 50m sprint really took a lot out of you. She had used some techniques, but her body held her back severely. She barely managed fourth out of six people.


    But this was just the preliminary group heat. She definitely had no hope for the finals.


    She didn''t know why, but she felt her body was not normal.


    Tu Qingluan just smiled at her, and didn''t answer.


    ".....Smiling so happily? Did you get first ce?" Yan Xi nced at him sideways.


    "No, there was a sports student in my heat who got second. I was running for my beautiful Yan Yan. Was I handsome?" Tu Qingluan couldn''t hold it in anymore.


    "Very handsome, you''re the most handsome." Yan Xi ttered him a few times.


    "Do you like it then, my Yan Yan?" Tu Qingluan moved his head closer.


    "....When is Zhou Zhou''s event?" Yan Xi unnaturally changed the subject and pushed his head away.


    "It hasn''t started yet. It should be around 2:30 in the afternoon. I also have the 1000m at around 4pm. Are youing to watch?"


    "Of course, once you finishe watch me run the 800m.....Ow!" Yan Xi was suddenly bumped on her left hand by someone.


    Her hand tingled and went numb.


    It was an unfamiliar boy.


    "Sorry! I''m so sorry, are you okay?" The boy anxiously said to Yan Xi, wanting to grab her hand.


    "Let go!" Yan Xi shook off his hand.


    "I''m really sorry ssmate, it wasn''t on purpose. Let me add you on WeChat.....I''ll pay your medical expenses...." The boy didn''t seem to care about Yan Xi''s disgusted attitude. He tried to move forward to add her on WeChat.


    "You''re in ss 6 right? What''s wrong, are you blind? Bumping into people randomly?" Tu Qingluan pushed away the boy blocking Yan Xi and interrogated him.


    "Tu Qingluan, I''m talking to Yan Xi! It''s none of your business! What''s wrong with you?" The boy was pushed and immediately started cursing.


    Just as Tu Qingluan was about to tell him to get lost, he was suddenly pulled back by the hand from behind by Yan Xi.


    "Heh...." Yan Xiughed when she heard this.


    "Do I really have to spell it out so clearly? ssmate?" Yan Xi smiled faintly, her gorgeous face cold and indifferent, as if she had never taken anyone to heart.


    "I don''t want to make a big deal about whether you did it intentionally or not, but your behavior is quite unseemly. So please leave now, okay?"


    "Yan Xi...." The boy looked at Yan Xi''s face, wanting to exin himself.


    "Don''t worry, shhh. I know your ssmates are watching you...." Yan Xi gently interrupted him and made a hushing gesture.


    Her voice suddenly became gentle.


    When those seductive fox-like eyes looked earnestly at someone, it was as if that person was her whole world.


    Yan Xi smiled faintly at the group of boys who had been watching from a distance. She raised her hand and waved at them.


    In the sunlight, there was an enchanting allure.


    The group of boys seemed to wake up from a dream. They hurriedly waved back at Yan Xi.


    The boy in front of her gazed at Yan Xi as if enchanted.


    Yan Xi was still wrapped in her captivating appearance, always guarded wlessly against outsiders.


    "Now is this considered an exnation?"


    "Turn around and go back to them now, okay?" Yan Xi was still gentle, as if she hadn''t been the angry one earlier.


    Gentle yet alluring, with an attractiveness beyond her years, but still a vibrant teenage girl, diminishing this seemingly cursed beauty into just pleasant allure.


    The boy stood in ce as if obsessed, motionless for a long time.


    Not just the boy, but Tu Qingluan as well.


    "Let''s go, next event." Yan Xi snapped her fingers and pulled Tu Qingluan away by the hand.


    Tu Qingluan looked at Yan Xi pulling his hand with someplexity.


    Was this being protected?


    A practiced technique to reject people?


    You shouldn''t smile like that when rejecting people, it will only make them fall deeper.


    Born with such alluring looks, even doing nothing would drive some people crazy. Let alone how she was earlier, which he had never seen before.


    Like a poppy flower blooming to decay.


    His heart was somewhat chaotic.

 Chapter 26: School Sports Meeting 03

    <h4>Chapter 26</h4>


    "Zhou Zhou is getting ready to start the h hooppetition!"


    "What good news! Let''s go watch it quickly!"


    "Hurry up or there won''t be any spots left. Help me save a seat!"


    "Zhou Zhou is awesome! Ranked first grade-wide!"


    The atmosphere was fiery hot as people kept pouring in.


    Over here, Yan Xi pulled Tu Qingluan through the bustling crowd, wanting to get to the sports and recreation area where thepetition had already started.


    "Xi Xi... I didn''t expect you to take the initiative today."


    Tu Qingluan suggestively squeezed her hand tighter.


    "Sorry." Yan Xi was about to let go.


    "Were you trying to protect me just now, Xi Xi?" Tu Qingluan grabbed her hand instead, controlling his strength perfectly - not letting Yan Xi shake him off but also not hurting her one bit.


    "Having another episode?" Yan Xi said, unamused.


    "Tu Qingluan, I was starting to have a better impression of you. Don''t get ahead of yourself."


    Her beauty-given arrogance did not diminish one bit, but was now mixed with some cute petnce.


    Tu Qingluan sensed the subtle meaning behind her words.


    "Why did you dislike me at first then?" Tu Qingluan stopped and asked seriously.


    "The way you treated me initially was no different from those other people. I''ve seen too many like that, so I find it annoying," Yan Xi answered nonchntly, as if she wasn''t worried at all about hurting anyone with her words. Or rather, with such astounding beauty, she didn''t care about hurting anyone.


    No different?


    "....It''s not the same."


    "What?"


    "At leastpared to them, I''m still more handsome, Xi Xi," Tu Qingluan said lightly into her ear as he hugged her waist.


    Desire mixed with indescribable depth. He was so close, just a little more and the prey would be his.


    No hurry, Tu Qingluan kept reminding himself.


    ¡¾He really is a pick up artist... Impressive, he almost got me to fall for him...¡¿


    It really is quite difficult to perfectly y the role of a beautifulmb...


    But...


    The girl pinched Tu Qingluan''s waist from behind.


    Tu Qingluan yelped in pain.


    "I told you not to touch!"


    "Did you get it?"


    "Wait..." Yan Xi tiptoed on Tu Qingluan''s shoulders to reach higher.


    "Youngdy, horns are $30 each! I''ll give you 50% off, so $15 each!"


    "Boss, I''ll WeChat Pay youter!"


    "Sounds good!" The stall owner was quite capable, having helped Yan Xi yesterday to bring a horn to the other side of the school''s perimeter wall. And now he actually set up shop selling things on the other side of the wall, with not a few students making over-the-wall purchases.


    "Got it!"


    Tu Qingluan quickly let her down. Yan Xi looked very satisfied holding the horn.


    With the crowd crazily spectating Zhou Zhou, she and Tu Qingluan had squeezed halfway in but still couldn''t get through.


    Looks like they''d have to find another way.


    "What should I record?" Yan Xi looked at the horn in her hand, her pretty fox eyes blinking.


    "How about this..." Yan Xi said with an evil grin as she fiddled with it.


    ¡¾I''m Zhou Zhou''s number one fan. My enthusiasm for cheering him on simply leaves others in awe.¡¿


    ¡¾You really... Oh goodness I''m dying ofughter...¡¿ Upon hearing what Yan Xi recorded, Pandora trulymented for Zhou Zhou.


    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª-


    Zhou Zhou was surrounded by spectators, especially Gao Jian and Guan Yongyan with their loud voices. In just a morning, the news had spread all over.


    On the rec area side, it was extremely crowded from the beginning!


    Needless to say, there were hordes of his fangirls.


    Not a few male ssmates showed up too, especially those who had friction with him in the past!


    Most terrifying were the male and female onlookers thatpletely swarmed and blocked off the venue!


    The scale was even crazier than when he first enrolled!


    He didn''t have this many people even at the peak of his poprity. Everyone''s anticipating gaze seemed to want to burn a hole right through him!


    Phones and cameras were shoved right in his face, and Zhou Zhou could already envision videos of him making a fool of himself circting everywhere after thispetition!


    And in high definition and uncensored too!


    This was just freaking perfect!


    "Ready? Let''s begin..." The female referee giggled a little.


    After all Zhou Zhou was the only guy among girls in the h hooppetition, standing out incredibly.


    "Here are your h hoops." The referee distributed them one by one.


    As it was a girls''petition, h hoops had gone through years of innovation and came in all colors.


    The one that ended up in Zhou Zhou''s hands happened to be...


    Pink!


    Pink!


    PINK!


    F*ck!


    At this moment Zhou Zhou truly wanted to perish together with Yan Xi!


    But he had topete since withdrawing after losing two rounds would be losing all face!


    Just when Zhou Zhou gritted his teeth and steeled his resolve to embarrass himself either way, an object suddenly came flying in a beautiful parabolic trajectory andnded right by Zhou Zhou''s feet as he was fuming over the h hoop.


    In that instant, the horn''s volume was shockingly loud.


    "Wee to my world, my delicate princess. Let everyone witness today what is called a waist-shaking prince~"


    ......


    Yan Xi said those four words "waist-shaking prince" slowly in the sweetest, teeth-rottingly syrupy tone while pinching her voice.


    This scene was just freaking adorable, as if Zhou Zhou would be dancing to "Xin Bao Dao" in a princess dress next second!


    The entire venue fell deathly silent for 3 seconds.


    Then the crowd exploded into earth-shatteringly loud, sky-shockingughter!!!


    So many people just lost it.


    Laughing till they couldn''t stand straight.


    "Waist-shaking Prince Zhou Zhou! Hahahaha f*ck hahaha what a talent!"


    "Delicate... little princess... ahahaha princess Zhou Zhou give us a demonstration of your... waist shaking..."


    "Ahahahaha f*ck... can''t take it anymore,ughing to death..."


    The ground nearly cracked from everyone''s uproariousughter.


    Zhou Zhou was instantly socially dead on the spot, his face twitching.


    And that damned horn kept ying, repeatedly, continuously, persistently, ying over and over again!


    "Perfect." From afar, Yan Xi looked at Zhou Zhou''s twitching face and lightly covered part of her own face, unable to fully contain her smile.


    Beside her, Tu Qingluan simply looked at her smiling face as he stood by her side.


    "Xi Xi, does this make us aplices?" Tu Qingluan asked rather calctingly.


    After all Tu Qingluan was the one who threw the horn in that perfect arc for her.


    "Nope." Yan Xi chuckled lightly.


    "Because you were the one who threw the horn. I didn''t do anything." Yan Xi tilted her head a little cunningly.


    Indeed... he did it voluntarily.


    So consequences were something he had already prepared to handle...

 Chapter 27: School Sports 04

    <h4>Chapter 27</h4>


    Zhou Zhou, unable to keep hisposure, smashed the speaker on the spot, apparently ced there by some genius. Then stomped off angrily. Another soap drama scene lost.


    Yan Ximented deep inside at the missed opportunity for entertainment.


    [This is oddly reminiscent of... a CEO''s runaway sweetheart.] Pandora mused.


    [I have reasonable grounds to suspect you''re getting back at Zhou Zhou.]


    [How could that be? A pure and kind-hearted young girl like me taking revenge? Just an ident.] Yan Xi replied coquettishly.


    After all, she was just a seed yer taking on the 800 meters, 400 meters, and the 4 x 100 meter ry.


    Hellish training in the afternoon meant no mercy for anyone.


    Yan Xi could barely make out what was in front of her.


    Breathing in and out rapidly,pletely erratic.


    Yan Xi''s nails dug into her palms.


    Yan Xi¡¯s legs felt pumped full of lead. Her breathing grew heavier as she struggled to steady it.


    But to no avail.


    The disgusting heaviness and clumsiness seemed to rey the nightmare, surging up relentlessly over and over.


    Like the stickiest, foulest mire flooding in from the head down.


    She still remembered dragging her cumbersome body day after day, madly engaging in high intensity exercise. The suffocation brought on by running seemed ready to end the world.


    Ah hahaha.....I can¡¯t...


    I can¡¯t...


    Can¡¯t what?


    Can¡¯t be ugly...!


    Why can¡¯t I?


    Her mind tore violently as memories buried deep surged wildly, like nauseating muck.


    "Don''t wear that dress again in the future."


    The man turned his head, his eyes deeply restraining his disgust, not showing the slightest bit.


    But Luo Manman knew her esteemed father was angry.


    No, to be more precise, he could barely contain his revulsion...


    She was seated at the piano, head slightly lowered, not daring to defy him.


    "Yes, father."


    Her tone was neither humble nor imposing, as if she had practiced countless times to achieve that exact modtion.


    The girl wore an antique ck dress, her long ck hair seeming to extinguish all expression, leaving only utmost perfection in obedience and docility.


    No amount of effort could change her physique, hideous features, or the necrosis marring her skin, all interwoven with and congealing her ugliness, also crystallizing her original sin.


    The dress was custom-fitted, her hair styled just right, even the dress''s contours Luo Manman had fiddled with for a long time.


    Was this beauty? Meticulous beauty, orderly beauty?


    No, only ugliness held true existence.


    The man left.


    Yet to Luo Manman the scene seemedughably dreadful.


    But it''s not me who''s gone mad, right?


    Luo Manman stroked her heart, blossoming a smile amidst agony, deste beyond belief.


    You have to get used to it, dear...


    ---------------------------------------------


    800 meter finish line.


    "Xi Xi, are you having low blood sugar?" Tu Qingluan supported Yan Xi with his left hand and handed her an energy drink with his right.


    "...Why do you say so?" Yan Xi asked with difficulty, her lungs stinging, the taste of blood welling up from her trachea.


    Having arrived at the finish line early after Yan Xi¡¯s 800 meter race ended, Tu Qingluan had been waiting there for her.


    ¡°You look awful.¡± Tu Qingluan wasn¡¯t lying.


    The girl¡¯s face was deathly pale, her lips bloodless, breathing raggedly as if she might lose consciousness any second.


    ¡°Tu Qingluan, I want to sit down, my legs feel weak.¡± Yan Xi said feebly.


    [Sitting right after intense exercise is asking for dead legs!] Pandora warned in her mind.


    [I know.]


    ¡°You can¡¯t sit right after strenuous exercise. Let me help you walk ap, Xi Xi.¡± Tu Qingluan was uncharacteristically firm.


    [Disying a bit of childish ignorance before a man is good sometimes. Because you know... they all want to be the one in control...]


    What a coincidence, so did she.


    Supporting Yan Xi, Tu Qingluan slowly walked ap around the field with her.


    Tu Qingluan¡¯s phone suddenly buzzed. He took it out to nce at the screen then put it away again.


    ¡°Go take care of things if you¡¯re busy.¡± Yan Xi seemed to guess he had matters to handle and appropriately provided him an out.


    ¡°Xi Xi, I need to step out for a bit. Someone¡¯s looking for me. I¡¯ll get you something tasty when I¡¯m back.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡±


    Shortly after Tu Qingluan left, thepetition was starting on Zhou Zhou¡¯s side, jianzi kicking.


    That area was even livelier than the morning. After Yan Xi¡¯s antics, even more people had gone over to the recreational zone. Plus everyone in their ss knew about the bet between Yan Xi and Zhou Zhou. So there was no way they wouldn¡¯t show up, especially since he hadn¡¯te to watch that morning. If he didn¡¯t make an appearance this time, he would lose his pants.


    Yan Xi stood by the track as a 200 meter race began.


    Representing their ss in the 200 meters was Shen Qiuyi. Tall and shapely, Shen Qiuyi was athletically gifted and specialized in sprints. Having taken second ce in the 100 meter dash that morning, Guan Yongyan had her lined up without hesitation.


    The starting gun fired signaling the start of the race. Shen Qiuyi shot forward swiftly to grab first position right off the bat, closely tailed by another simrly tall girl from a different ss with formidable speed.


    The two were neck and neck in distance.


    With only 100 meters left in the track, Shen Qiuyi suddenly stumbled and the figure beside her raced past, brushing against Shen Qiuyi¡¯s left side.


    ¡°Ah!¡± Shen Qiuyi fell sprawling to the ground.


    The girls behind swiftly overtook her and within seconds, she had dropped from first tost ce.


    Observing trackside, Yan Xi seemed to see Shen Qiuyi get knocked over.


    Staring at the girl who took first ce, the one who¡¯d passed Shen Qiuyi on the left, something about her looked familiar.


    A tattoo.


    Wearing red shirt and pants, Shen Qiuyi didn¡¯t realize at first that her knee was injured. She only felt momentarily weak-kneed and unable to get up.


    Shen Qiuyi tried several times but couldn¡¯t stand. Feeling wetness on her knee, she looked down.


    Her hand was covered in blood.


    Shen Qiuyi¡¯s face paled tremendously. She began to grasp what happened and struggled to get up. Putting weight on her knee shot waves of agony through her.


    The race had long finished and no one paid Shen Qiuyi any attention, everyone from the other sses cheering the victor. Naturally no one noticed Shen Qiuyi. Most of her own ssmates had gone to watch Zhou Zhou¡¯s jianzi match this afternoon. So Shen Qiuyi was practically alone.


    She had intended to return on her own after the race anyway since she ran the 100 meters solo too. An injury never crossed Shen Qiuyi''s mind.


    Originally, Dong Yaya said she would apany Shen Qiuyi but soon as she said it, Dong Yaya went straight to Zhou Zhou¡¯s match, iming she was saving them seats.


    The broadcast sounded: ¡°Female 400 meter runners, please head to registration for check-in.¡±


    "Female 400 meter runners, please head to registration for check-in."


    "Female 400 meter runners, please head to registration for check-in."


    [I was going to go all out for the 400 meters, thest event too...]


    This body truly was weak.


    Watching Shen Qiuyi from afar, Yan Xi rhythmically tapped the knuckles of one hand with the fingers of her other, a habitual movement when she thought something through.


    Can¡¯t get up...


    Still can¡¯t get up...


    Just as tears brimmed Shen Qiuyi eyes, a pair of fair hands stretched out before her.


    ¡°Are you okay, deskmate?¡± Yan Xi helped pull Shen Qiuyi to her feet with some effort.


    ¡°You seem quite badly hurt. Let me take you to the infirmary.¡± Seeing how drenched Shen Qiuyi¡¯s pants were with blood staining her whole thigh and dripping onto the track, Yan Xi said.


    The wound beneath was already a bloody mess.


    ¡°You go on ahead. You still have races left.¡± Shen Qiuyi spoke despondently with a sobbing tone to her voice. She knew about Yan Xi and Zhou Zhou¡¯s bet and could see neither wanted to lose to the other.


    Plus she just heard the announcement for the 400 meter event.


    Shen Qiuyi couldn¡¯t even walk right now. Just being pulled up made her feel it wasn¡¯t skin deep. Something in the bone also seemed injured. Every slight movement brought such agony she nearly cried. She and Yan Xi weren¡¯t close enough for her to believe Yan Xi would give uppeting for her sake. Shen Qiuyi felt Yan Xi was merely being polite.


    ¡°Just message Dong Yaya toe get me. You go on...¡± Shen Qiuyi said with tears edging her words. She truly hurt a lot.


    "Come on, get on," Yan Xi interrupted Shen Qiuyi''s words.


    Yan Xi turned his back to her and squatted down, signaling that he wanted to give Shen Qiuyi a piggyback ride.


    "There''s no need..."


    "I''m telling you¡ªget on, don''t waste time. We might just make it," said Yan Xi, his handsome eyebrows showing some determination, although it didn''t quite reach his eyes.

 Chapter 28: School Sports Day 05

    <h4>Chapter 28</h4>


    ¡¾How could you snatch Shen Qiuyi''s script!¡¿


    ¡¾Who told me to be a helpful good girl?¡¿


    ¡¾.....¡¿


    Shen Qiuyi could clearly feel Yan Xi''s strain on her back.


    Yan Xi''s body was not short at all, standing at 5''6", and Shen Qiuyi was not short either, at about the same height.


    The two had simr body types. For Yan Xi, especially for her weak body, it was a veryrge burden.


    She''s so skinny.


    Shen Qiuyi could feel the bones on Yan Xi''s back through theyer of clothing.


    She looked like she hadn''t been eating well.


    Yan Xi carried the girl all the way, jogging a stretch.


    The girl''s breathing grew increasingly heavy, sweat sliding down the back of her neck, her vision somewhat blocked by her disheveled hair.


    With every step, her feet shook.


    "Yan Xi, put me down," Shen Qiuyi said weakly, resting her pale face on Yan Xi''s shoulder.


    Shen Qiuyi felt the pain in her feet grow sharper, the wound chafing against the fabric, almost unbearably painful.


    She unconsciously grabbed a handful of Yan Xi''s clothes.


    "...Don''t...don''t talk..." Yan Xi took a deep breath. She could feel the deteriorating condition of the person on her back.


    "Shen Qiuyi, endure it a little longer, we''ll be there soon."


    In her pained daze, Shen Qiuyi heard these words. She suddenly, inexplicably, felt like crying.


    She hadn''t cried when she lost the race just now, when Zhu Yayi left her behind alone after she fell on the track, unable to get up with no one around.


    She didn''t know where this feeling came from.


    The girl ran swiftly, even as every inch of muscle in her legs screamed in pain.


    Yan Xi ran for who knows how long before finally arriving at the infirmary.


    "Yan Xi?" Ji Yao, wearing a white doctor''s coat, looked at the two people who rushed in with some surprise.


    Yan Xi was too out of breath to speak. She felt like her lungs would give out at any moment. Her hands holding Shen Qiuyi were numb, her legs lightly trembling.


    "Please...take good care of her...her legs are injured. I still have apetition to get to...I''ll get going first." She had no interest in finding out why Ji Yao was here either.


    Yan Xi ced the now deathly pale Shen Qiuyi, who looked like she would faint at any second, onto the hospital bed.


    "Take good care of her." Having said this, Yan Xi walked out the door.


    ¡¾Pandora, maximize my agility.¡¿


    ¡¾Are...are you sure?¡¿ Pandora was frightened.


    ¡¾Your legs are already at their limit. You want to max it out! You''ll cripple your legs!¡¿


    The extreme value adjustments in the system didn''t just require an extreme price. There were also consequences. Last time when Yan Xi increased her strength to press down Zhao Fangdian, the price was that her hands hurt for a whole night afterwards.


    It was the kind of pain reaching into the flesh, tendons and bones.


    That was still a short period of use. If used for longer, her hands may have bepletely crippled.


    ¡¾There''s no time.¡¿


    Yan Xi really didn''t want to y another set.


    There was still the 400m race she couldpete in to win an individual medal.


    Although there was still the 4x100m ry, even if she won a medal it would be for the teampetition.


    There were too many uncontroble factors for that medal.


    And afterpeting for two days now, although she had conserved some strength, her legs were still injured.


    Why did she choose the 400m to make her breakthrough, you ask? Because the preliminaries and finals for the other sprint events, including shot put, required calling upon the system twice. That would drain her extreme values in one go, plus she''d have to endure the pain twice!


    The 400m and 800m only had one race. It didn''t take a genius to figure out which to pick. She just didn''t expect the ident today.


    ¡¾Lu Manman, are you crazy?¡¿


    ¡¾Stop talking. I can take it. If my body gets to its limit, just help me dial it back.¡¿ A trace of ruthlessness shed through Yan Xi''s eyes. It wasn''t directed at anyone else, but at herself.


    ¡¾...Okay then.¡¿ Pandora didn''t bother arguing and immediately adjusted Yan Xi''s physical data.


    The girl steeled herself and raced at top speed to the check-in area.


    "...Sorry...Can I still...check in now?" Yan Xi said with difficulty, struggling to steady her breathing.


    "I''m a 10th grade contestant for the girls'' 400m. My name is Yan Xi."


    "Check-ins for the 400m finished a long time ago..." The boy who had been handling check-ins all day said impatiently, about to reprimand her.


    The boy had just raised his head and caught sight of an exquisitely beautiful face. The impact was incredibly strong, especially with a beauty looking at you like this.


    "Please, can you check me in?" Yan Xi started begging, speaking extremely quickly!


    "...Okay."


    As if spellbound, although the boy knew it was against the rules, a more terrifying allure drove him to agree.


    "Thank you!"


    "ssmate..." The boy called out. He still wanted to ask for her contact details...


    But Yan Xi immediately turned and left, racing towards the track.


    "On your marks...set...go!"


    Almost as soon as Yan Xi reached the track, the whistle blew to start the race in less than a minute!


    With her breathing still unsteady, she started running straight away. Even an ox wouldn''t be able to bear this, let alone a human!


    Also, she had already used the heightened agility for a not insignificant period of time, at least 15 minutes from the infirmary until now. She could already imagine the unpleasant consequences when she got backter.


    So as soon as the race started, Yan Xi was a beat slower, falling behind several others. But afterwards, relying on her enhanced physical abilities, she steadily overtook opponent after opponent.


    There were still three people ahead...


    Endure...she had to endure...


    On the first bend, Yan Xi overtook one person, rising to third ce.


    The intense sprinting drained Yan Xi''s stamina rapidly, but thanks to the system''s adjustments, she felt no difort at all.


    With 100m to go, Yan Xi drew level with the runner-up, about to overtake her in the next moment.


    ¡¾Warning! Warning! System detects Merchant''s physical functions are rapidly deteriorating under extreme conditions!¡¿


    The instant the system warning sounded in Yan Xi''s mind, her legs turned soft and weak, as if she was carrying 8 pounds of firewood. Pain exploded in her lungs. Every breath felt like knives ying her lungs.


    Agonizing soreness flooded her body, freezing her movements for a beat. Yan Xi instinctively psyched herself up.


    Endure...


    Yan Xi bit down hard on her lower lip, tasting a hint of blood. Paying no heed, she continued to push herself.


    She overtook the runner-up. With 10m to go she was right on the heels of first ce.


    She couldn''t lose!


    ¡¾Open it again! Pandora! Do it!¡¿


    Having been yelled at by her for the first time, Pandora reflexively activated it for her again.


    Yan Xi was breathing with all her might. Her mind contained only a moment of terrifying determination¡ªshe must, absolutely, win!


    Closer and closer!


    Just a little more!


    "Beep!"


    The sound marking the finish line rang out as the race ended.


    She lost.


    She lost...


    What a useless trash she was!


    Yan Xi dug her nails deep into her palm again until blood seeped out, her gaze somewhat nk.


    It''s fine...


    It was over. She didn''t have to win per se...


    Over...


    Yan Xi suddenly shuddered all over, unable to stop trembling. She desperately suppressed these abnormal signs.


    After who knew how long, she suddenly heard Zhou Zhou''s mocking voice from overhead.


    It seemed Zhou Zhou had also just run over from the broadcasting room, with Yan Xi''s ss still trailing far behind to find her.


    "Yo, if it isn''t our transfer student..." Zhou Zhou had won the shuttlecock kickingpetition and was more than happy to see Yan Xi diforted.


    Letting her make him lose face until it reached the Pacific Ocean, he couldn''t not mock her a bit in return.


    "I admit defeat. You won." Yan Xi cut him off, walking straight past him.


    The pain made her thoughts almost incoherent. Sweat slid down her face, yet Yan Xi maintained a nonchnt appearance.


    Seeing Yan Xi''s expressionless face, Zhou Zhou felt somewhat irritated.


    "Transfer student!" Zhou Zhou''s voice grew urgent and impatient, even he did not know why.


    "Wait for the striptease dance."


    His words were malicious again.


    Upon hearing this, Yan Xi hesitated, suppressing the trembling weakness in her legs. She did not respond to him, and continued walking without turning back.


    If maintaining contact required only malice, she had always been quite unconcerned.

 Chapter 29: School Sports Day 06

    <h4>Chapter 29</h4>


    A terrifying pain spread from every muscle in her legs, making her feel like her nerves would explode at any second.


    However,pared to the pain she endured when she shed her skin, this was nothing...


    She could barely stand steadily, her back facing Zhou Zhou.


    Yan Xi still stood with her back straight like a proud princess.


    "Xi Xi, what''s wrong with you?" Tu Qingluan came back from dealing with something and had just arrived at the sports field.


    Seeing that her face looked off, Tu Qingluan reached out to support her.


    "Don''t touch me!" Yan Xi seemed to yell this out from deep in her throat, her eyes red at the corners.


    Zhou Zhou heard it and turned his head around too.


    "Xi Xi..."


    When Tu Qingluan had just touched Yan Xi''s hand, the girl suddenly copsed, her whole body crashing into his arms.


    Caught off guard, before Tu Qingluan could put his arms around her waist, the girl''s legs gave way and she slumped down onto the ground.


    The tearing sensation was especially acute in the muscles on the inside of her thighs. Her tendons seemed to be pulled!


    "Ugh...." Yan Xi''s face was deathly pale, sweat pouring down her like rain.


    Tu Qingluan hurriedly squatted down to let her lean against him.


    "Get lost! Didn''t I already tell you not to touch me?" Yan Xi was annoyed, the pain made her breathing uneven.


    She had used a lot of effort just to barely stand properly, yet he had forciblye over to grab her!


    She was really grateful, okay?


    "Where does it hurt? Let me help you up. Xi Xi."


    "Piss off!" The young girl seemed to be thoroughly infuriated, cursing as she did.


    As they tussled, a section of her slender waist was revealed.


    Zhou Zhou''s eyes darkened slightly.


    Tu Qingluan also noticed Zhou Zhou''s gaze. He covered Yan Xi''s waist subtly, and his fingers tightened around her wrist unconsciously.


    "Xi beauty, are you okay?" Guan Yongyan hade over with the rest of the group too.


    A few of the girls from the ss gathered around too.


    "Give me a hand please, thanks." Yan Xi seemed to realize she had lost herposure earlier, and quickly regained control of her emotions.


    "Okay, Tu Qingluan let go of her!" Guan Yongyan also knew that with all the guys around, Yan Xi would feel ufortable as the only girl.


    Tu Qingluan reluctantly let go, but only moved back half a step, as if to prevent Yan Xi from falling again.


    Guan Yongyan quickly went forward to support Yan Xi, creating some distance between her and Tu Qingluan.


    Every step was agony for Yan Xi.


    "Ugh... wait... wait." After just a few steps, Yan Xi''s entire body slumped against Guan Yongyan.


    Yan Xi''s hands were propped up on Guan Yongyan''s shoulders as she breathed heavily and painfully, visibly on the verge of tears from the pain.


    Her hauntingly beautiful face made everyone who saw it catch their breath.


    Guan Yongyan also seemed unable to bear the weight of the girl, and they were about to topple over when,


    the next moment, Zhou Zhou suddenly strode over and hoisted Yan Xi directly onto his shoulder.


    Note: It was hoisted!


    Yan Xi felt her entire body suddenly lifted into the air, the bottom of her stomach painfully jabbed by his shoulder de.


    "I''ll take her to the infirmary!"


    "Are you crazy, Zhou Zhou? Put her down, she''ll feel bad." Guan Yongyan was astonished too.


    "Zhou Zhou, put her down. I''ll carry her to the infirmary!" Tu Qingluan reached out to grab her, his face extremely ugly as he tried to take over Yan Xi.


    "What business is this of yours? Besides, can you even carry her?" Zhou Zhou''s words were spiteful too.


    In any case, I want her to feel bad.


    Before Yan Xi could voice her protests, Zhou Zhou finished his trash talk and just ran off directly.


    Holy shit!


    Leaving the dumbfounded crowd behind in the wind.


    "F*ck." Tu Qingluan''s eyes turned a bit red as he watched Zhou Zhou''s departing figure carrying Yan Xi away, his gaze somewhat gloomy.


    That guy was obviously trying to steal her...


    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª


    "Let...me...go..."


    ¡¾Zhou Zhou, have you awakened some fetish of forcefully abducting girls?¡¿


    ¡¾Don''t you know yourself? When you were shedding, your screams weren''t even one-tenth as loud as they are now, were they? ¡¿ Pandora said expressionlessly. She was obviously just pretending on purpose.


    Indeed, she was deliberately putting on an act.


    Because the things that people desire and hope to possess all share amon trait - they are beautiful.


    You cannot expect the average person to discern your inner beauty from the outside. So you have no choice but to perfectly portray outer beauty.


    Yan Xi was in so much pain that her mind grew blurry, but since she had already lost, she couldn''t let herself suffer losses.


    Things were already like this, maximizing benefits was what she truly sought.


    "Beg me!"


    "Ugly...faced...yet...thinks so...highly...dumbass..." The girl pinned over his stomach uttered breathlessly.


    "Oh? Still quite feisty huh, little missy?" Zhou Zhou was extremely nasty, running halfway across the school with her hoisted over his shoulder without even panting.


    To make Yan Xi ufortable, he deliberately took paths with more stones, intentionally taking long detours, jostling her stomach until she felt like vomiting.


    "...Let...me...down...jerk..." Yan Xi''s face was deathly pale, nearing her limit.


    The acute difort in her abdomen, mixed with the excruciating pain in her legs that felt like tearing, pulled at her pain receptors.


    "Nope, I refuse to let you down! This morning you messed with me for no reason right, having fun weren''t ya! Don''t think I don''t know the whistle was you who put it there! Pretty gutsy!"


    "..."


    No response.


    Zhou Zhou ran for a while more.


    "Stop pretending to pass out!"


    There was no reaction from the person on his shoulder.


    Zhou Zhou suddenly felt something was off, and hugged the girl by the waist to set her down.


    The beauty had been tortured by him until herplexion was ghastly pale and she had fainted unconsciously. Her body was drenched in cold sweat, wetting her hair, but it did not diminish her beauty one bit. She possessed an otherworldly allure, like she didn''t belong to the mortal realm.


    The chilled white skin dampened by sweat had made it hard to discern whether it was anguish or tears, etching a certain taboo.


    She wasn''t pretending.


    As Zhou Zhou looked at the girl''s unconscious obedient appearance, a strange delight welled up in his heart uncontrobly.


    For a moment, Zhou Zhou felt that she looked extremely pleasing like this.


    He had always liked the pure type. If she was more well-behaved, he reckoned he wouldn''t have treated her so badly at the start.


    "Are you really that determined to win?"


    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª-


    "Shen Qiuyi, you''re awake. Drink some warm sugar water." Ji Yao came in holding a cup of warm water she had prepared.


    When Shen Qiuyi woke up again, she found herself lying in a bed in the school infirmary. Her legs were wrapped tightly in thick gauze, immobilized.


    "Your leg is slightly dislocated, the flesh and skin tissues on your leg...."


    "You''ll need to focus on recuperating properly. Have a special diet, the list of foods and medication you need to avoid is written here." Ji Yao said to her carefully.


    The infirmary at Qingteng East District High School was connected to the city central hospital nearby. If students had any sudden illnesses or difficult to handle issues, they would be sent here.


    Extremely close, just two streets away.


    Not long after Shen Qiuyi was sent to the school infirmary, she was transferred here.


    "....Where is Yan Xi?"


    "You mean Yan Xi? Just half an hour before you woke up, she was... carried here to the hospital by Zhou Zhou...."


    "Hospital! Why?" Shen Qiuyi cried out involuntarily upon hearing this.


    "Don''t get agitated. Your schoolmate here, it seems like Yan Xi overexerted herself during sports, so she sustained some injuries. It shouldn''t be too serious. Your injuries are more severe actually." Ji Yao consoled.


    Injured leg? How did my leg get injured?


    I clearly wasn''t injured at all, at most I just ran 400m during P.E....


    Is it because of me...


    Shen Qiuyi''s eyes turned slightly red as she unconsciously clenched the bedsheet tightly.


    After her emotions stabilized somewhat, she realized Ji Yao was still here.


    "Why are you here, Ji Yao?"


    "Me? It''s because Wang School Doctor had to step out for a bit earlier. Recently I applied to the school to volunteer at the infirmary, so I''ve been around here the past few days." Ji Yao gave a gentle smile. Dressed in a white coat, she looked gentle and beautiful.


    There were tiers for the school''s medical volunteers, and it was quite difficult to apply. You needed to maintain top 100 in level grades for the entire year.


    "...Oh." Shen Qiuyi had just casually asked. Her mind waspletely not present, her expression drifting as she pondered something unknown.


    "You and Yan Xi seem pretty close since you two are deskmates. What a nice rtionship."


    Really nice?


    Shen Qiuyi pursed her lips slightly, not saying anything.


    "I want to see her, now."


    That subtle train of thought spread, she couldn''t wait even one more moment.

 Chapter 30: Inducement

    <h4>Chapter 30</h4>


    When Yan Xi woke up again, she was awakened by pain.


    "Ouch." She could feel that her legs seemed to be rubbed with medicinal oil, but it was useless. The extreme pain was not just superficial, but from the flesh and skin.


    "Yan Xi." She had just got up when she felt a gaze falling on her all the time.


    "Deskmate, we really have a fate..." Yan Xi said with a pale face.


    Shen Qiuyi couldn''tugh. She insisted that the doctor give her the same ward.


    "Well." Shen Qiuyi had been watching Yan Xi before she woke up, withplicated feelings.


    She suddenly thought of something.


    Why was she so desperate?


    It was just a game, there was no need to go to the hospital for it.


    So there must be some other reason.


    "What was the bet between you and Zhou Zhou? Tell me." Shen Qiuyi grabbed the sheets again.


    She felt very bad. She had always known that Zhou Zhou yed crazily.


    "...Nothing." Yan Xi''s expression changed drastically when she heard this.


    Seeing the other party''s sudden change in expression,


    "Tell me, Yan Xi."


    "If you still consider me a friend." Shen Qiuyi looked at her deeply.


    "Really nothing..." Yan Xi was a little distracted by her gaze.


    She didn''t want to answer.


    Damn.


    Shen Qiuyi didn''t allow herself to owe others favors. She could feel that the favor she owed Yan Xi this time was not small.


    Shen Qiuyi''s eyes gradually turned red, and she didn''t know why, she suddenly wanted to cry when she saw Yan Xi.


    "Tell me..." Shen Qiuyi insisted.


    She had a strong feeling that she would regret it if she didn''t know.


    Shen Qiuyi''s eyes were almost pleading.


    After an unknown period of time, Yan Xi seemed to give up and opened her mouth.


    "...Striptease, striptease in public."


    Shen Qiuyi shook her head, seeming to not hear clearly.


    Striptease?


    Madman!


    Zhou Zhou, you madman!


    Yan Xi smiled at her, shallowly, as if indulging in something.


    It seemed that she didn''t care how she would be treated.


    Why?


    Why could she still smile?


    It seemed that from the beginning, that person always had an indifferent expression, treating everyone like this.


    Whether it was Zhou Zhou who found a group of people to embarrass her in public, or Cui Qingluan and more boys who caused boring harassment.


    She was always smiling, seeming to ept everything.


    Including the trouble she had caused herself.


    Her indifferent appearance somehow provoked Shen Qiuyi for some reason.


    "Don''t keep smiling..."


    "I told you not to keep smiling!" Shen Qiuyi didn''t know why, she had a moment of madness, and smashed the ss on the side.


    She didn''t know when tears were all over her face. The feeling of losing control of her emotions was very ufortable.


    She didn''t know why she hated to see her indifferent appearance the most!


    "Sorry, because I really don''t know what else I can do to make myself happy exceptughing. If it makes you unhappy, I''m very sorry."


    Yan Xi was very polite, restraining something in her eyes, and her paleplexion was very ugly, but she still cared about her emotions.


    "Shen Qiuyi, I have no choice." Yan Xi lowered her head, seeming to have thought of something.


    "I can''t just pretend not to see when my deskmate is injured, so don''t me yourself."


    The girl looked out the window. The illness did not detract from her beauty. That beautiful arrogance carried fragility.


    Crying is not the only way to express sadness. The indifference on her seemed to be shrouded in undispersed pain, but she stillforted her gently.


    The feeling of guilt rushed to her heart like drowning. What was the feeling anyway?


    Suffocation?


    Striptease?


    Why endure? Why endure?


    What had she be?


    She started gagging for a moment, disgusted with herself, envying the other party on one hand, epting the other party''s help on the other, and...even bearing the price that she should not have borne because of herself!


    She was really f**king disgusting.


    Shen Qiuyi stared at Yan Xi and forced herself to squeeze out a sentence from her throat:


    "I''m sorr..."


    "I''m tired, deskmate." Yan Xi buried her head in the quilt.


    Shen Qiuyi couldn''t tell for a while whether she was really tired or just an excuse.


    It seemed that she hadn''t seen through the other party at all.


    An excuse not to embarrass herself.


    Shen Qiuyi''s heart sank to the bottom, mixed with a sense of sourness and powerlessness reaching its peak, and some kind of crazy emotion spreading on the silent surface.


    The foreshadowing was over, it was time to start reeling in.


    ¡¾Judgment.¡¿


    ¡¾Judgment order issued..... Extreme value detection processing..... Congrattions Merchant, first sessful judgment.¡¿


    She really is a little girl, so easy to deceive.


    Yan Xi''s mouth tucked under the quilt curled up slightly, very pleased.


    5 chances to judge, judge once, if sessful, the number of judgments remains unchanged, if failed, deduct one chance. If she failed, her tolerance would be greatly reduced.


    ¡¾Congrattions Merchant for bing the 3rd person to seed in judgment in the Chapter 3 spacetime zone, there are another 789219 yers not yet loaded, 3618 yers confirmed dead. Does the yer want to load in? ¡¿ An electronic soundpletely reced Pandora''s voice.


    Load in?


    Load in what?


    And...why was the extreme 1100?


    A sudden sense of unease attacked her whole body.


    Something''s wrong.


    ¡¾You said the extreme value of people other than the capture target was 100, why is it 1100 now?¡¿


    ¡¾Due to the Merchant''s current level of only lv0, you have no authority to ess the source andposition of extreme values.¡¿ The cold electronic sound continued.


    ¡¾You''re not Pandora?¡¿


    ¡¾Merchant don''t panic, congrattions you have sessfully earned your first batch of extreme points. When the amount of extreme points reaches 1000 or more, it will be announced that you have passed the first assessment.¡¿


    ¡¾So this is why you were talking to me?¡¿


    Because I passed the assessment, I got a glimpse of the seller of this skin?


    Maybe not even the final merchant.


    ¡¾What is loading? Loading what? Are there other merchants in this world...¡¿ Yan Xi started bombarding with questions.


    ¡¾The merchant will know in the future, have a nice game.¡¿ The electronic sound interrupted Yan Xi''s questioning and soon sank into the sea of consciousness, as if it had nevere.


    Yan Xi hid the darkness in her eyes.


    Pandora...


    "When is the neer listing? F**k, my skin duration is almost used up! F**k! What are you doing? Is it that slow to harvest extreme points?" The manined impatiently.


    "What''s the hurry, the neer assessment period is at least one year." The long-haired woman speaking didn''t stop her hands either, twisting off the head of the person in her hand.


    Before the other party''sst breath, the woman''s red lips parted slightly.


    ¡¾Judgment.¡¿


    ¡¾Congrattions Merchant, sessful judgment.¡¿


    "But I''m really looking forward...heehee." The woman licked the leftover warmth of blood on her hand.

 Chapter 31: Salvation Shattered

    <h4>Chapter 31</h4>


    Yan Xi sat in the car, dressed all in ck.


    "Why is this ce even more run down than Dou Lai Le?"


    Pandora, having taken over the body of a middle-aged man again, was driving the car for Yan Xi.


    Yan Xi looked out at the scenery, lost in thought about something.


    She had managed to provoke Shen Qiuyi, confirming the sessful acquisition of the first extreme value. Because of her leg injury, the teacher had given her a few days off.


    That''s right, thanks to her bet with Zhou Zhou, their ss had the lowest PE grade in history, third from the bottom in the whole grade.


    But nobody in the ss seemed to mind too much, except maybe Zhou Zhou.


    After all, his high definition uncensored parody video was flying all over the inte, and his pretty boy image was ruined.


    As for her exnation that the match with Zhou Zhou wasn''t the final round, she would have to find an opportunity to tell her deskmateter.


    "Why did you suddenly want toe here?"


    "I have to goplete a little game first." Yan Xi smiled mysteriously, keeping it a secret.


    "You look so sinister when you smile."


    "That''s quite a sinister thing for you to say, too."


    "Pandora, go find a parking spot outside first. Parking spots are hard to find here. I''ll contact you on my phone if I need youter."


    "OK, my sweet Yan Xi~" Pandora immediately drove away at her words. To be honest, Pandora was even more eager than Yan Xi to leave.


    Because this ce was truly...


    "Don''t you think... violence and loyalty go so well together?"


    The weather today was great, perfect for achieving some small goals.


    She took out a baseball bat from the trunk with her right hand.


    It was her new one.


    Yan Xi''s eyes shone with an abnormal, sinister glint that was different from usual.


    The first order in training a dog is to make him suffer.


    How to suffer?


    Simple, of course it''s to crush all his hopes...


    She was dressed all in ck, with her hair tied up neatly, looking sharp and efficient.


    "I''ll get angry if you don''te find me for so long."


    She raised her hand and popped a candy into her mouth. Sweet.


    "Are you Ms. Zhang Mei''s son?" An old, peeling phone vibrated untimely in his pocket.


    School was over. Qi Yili held the paperwork to apply for dropping out, walking towards the faculty office.


    "Yes, I am." Qi Yili unnaturally picked up the phone and held it to his ear.


    Layers uponyers of purple and ck bruises covered his arms. His clothes still bore several different shoe print marks. New and old injuries were visible on his face, arms, back, thighs - burn scars from cigarettes that wouldn''t fade away remained on his wrists.


    "Your mother has suffered a serious head injury and is now sent to the city hospital. Pleasee sign some documents..."


    In that moment, Qi Yili thought he was hearing things.


    "What?" The papers slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.


    \-----------------------


    "Who... called the police?" The officer looked at the girl warily, as if looking at a monster.


    Yan Xi turned her head, finishing her conversation with the nurse.


    "I did."


    "Please cooperate with the investigation immediately!" The young policeman had rushed over after receiving the emergency call this Monday morning.


    "Of course, Uncle Policeman. I''ll cooperate fully." Yan Xi gave a perfect, innocent smile, without the slightest hint of guilt.


    If one ignored the residual bloodstains on her body, and the baseball bat stained dark red with blood in her hand.


    The residual blood continued to drip down the bat, staining the hospital tiles red.


    At a nce, the girl looked just like the perpetrator at a murder scene.


    "Put down the bat, this is a hospital." The policeman scolded her sternly, frightened by Yan Xi''s stare.


    She raised her hand obediently and threw away the bat, like a surrendering criminal.


    Disying her harmlessness.


    ...


    "Uncle Policeman, I''m done. No additions." The girl obediently lowered her head.


    Just then, a figure suddenly rushed up to her.


    A suffocating sensation washed over her.


    A pair of rough, yellowing hands wrapped tightly around her fair neck.


    She was shoved hard to the ground, the grip on her neck tightening, cutting off her breath.


    Madness and despair filled Qi Yili''s eyes. He wanted to kill her!


    The scene descended into chaos in an instant.


    The surrounding people''s panicked shouts, the policeman''s startled cry.


    The girl was shoved heavily to the ground. The icy cold tiles pressed up against her back. Her head mmed heavily against the floor, waves of dizziness washing over her. She felt her neck about to be snapped off in the next second.


    The scrawny boy before her eyes exerted a sudden fierce strength that caught one off guard.


    What great fortune, to be injured without limits, right?


    It really hurt a lot.


    Yan Xi''s eyes shed a momentary icy coldness when she saw his face, before her emotions were perfectly suppressed again.


    The policeman standing in front of Yan Xi was also stunned, but quickly reacted. Together with the nurse and surrounding onlookers, he struggled to pull the somewhat crazed Qi Yili away.


    Only when several people held him down did he settle down. That terrifying strength and the maddened hatred in his eyes were as if he wanted to tear her apart limb by limb.


    ¡¾You''re right, Pandora. The essence of this skin is seduction, but with a bit more... venom added.¡¿


    Having just covered her neck and stood up from the ground, ignoring the policeman''s gaze that said he would press her to the ground next second as well, she swiftly kicked the person in front of her in the stomach. The force was no less than Qi Yili''s chokehold on her.


    The boy let out a miserable cry, his eyes bloodshot, as if wanting to bite her to death.


    "Uncle Policeman, I''m so scared." Yan Xi''s eyes also turned red in an instant as she hid behind the policeman, as if she wasn''t the one who had just kicked out fiercely with the force of a gale.


    Completely unruffled.


    ???

 Chapter 32: Go to My House

    <h4>Chapter 32</h4>


    Are you scared? Are you serious?


    He''s the one who should be scared, right?


    "ssmate, calm down!"


    The policeman''s words were meant for both Yan Xi and Qi Yili. Heaven knows his body couldn''t help but tremble three times when the girl grabbed his shirt hem.


    "He seems to be a patient''s family member, the victim''s son. I just called him," the nurse quickly added, seeing the frantic boy.


    "He...he seems to think I''m the criminal suspect, Officer, say something!" Yan Xi said obsequiously.


    "..."


    Young man, please don''t speak like that, okay?


    And who''s to me for this? Isn''t it your own fault for carrying that baseball bat and letting people see it?


    "Let go...of me!" The boy choked out, struggling violently.


    "There''s been a misunderstanding, ssmate. It was this youngdy who took your mother to the hospital, not her who attacked her. It was the loan shark who came after your family." Seeing the boy about to lose control, the policeman quickly exined.


    Wha...what?


    Loan shark?


    The boy''s struggle was abruptly suspended when he heard this, as if paused by a rest mark in music.


    The boy''s eyes turned red, as if realizing something.


    He suddenly looked up at the girl.


    "It...wasn''t you?"


    It wasn''t you who did it?


    My mother is lying in the hospital hovering between life and death, and it wasn''t you?


    "I was the one who helped her~ How rude, to treat your mother''s savior so violently?" The girl looked at her, her exquisite eyebrows and charming eyes were extremely moving, but the strangtion marks on her neck clearly used him of his violent acts.


    "It was this ssmate who took your mother to the hospital. The blood on the baseball bat was your mother''s, but the youngdy got it on her when she carried your mother on her back."


    ...


    "We''ve already contacted the department to investigate the person who attacked your mother. We''ll have results soon."


    Qi Yili lowered his head, his fingers tightly intertwined, a storm in his eyes.


    He admitted he had gone mad.


    Today, when he was forced to drop out, when he waspletely giving up, when he was going to take his mother away.


    He thoughting here was an opportunity. His family did everything to support him going to high school. He thoughting to Qingteng was the happy beginning, but it turned out to be the source of nightmares.


    He shouldn''t have been so greedy.


    He shouldn''t have demanded his mother support him attending such an elite provincial key high school. Like a madman, he wanted toe to the big city and make something of himself.


    But it was impossible. He was assigned to the West District.


    He was born in an ordinary small county town. He was the top student in junior high. His ssmates around him envied him for getting into Qingteng through independent enrollment. His mother was also extremely proud that he tested into Qingteng.


    But he was wrong. Qingteng wasn''t what he should have imagined at all.


    Not only was he spellbound by the prosperity of the big city, his father was no exception. His father''s betrayal of the family, his mother''s downfall, the daily violence and verbal abuse, humiliation and torment, Qingteng Affiliated High School''s expensive tuition, and the huge debt they owed from his mother''s medical treatment, all crashed down on him like a heavy iron hammer while he and his mother hid from ce to ce. It broke his spine day after day and extinguished the pride he''d had when he first arrived at Qingteng.


    Can you imagine the despair when a suspect wielding a club smiles brightly at you while your mother lies in the operating room fighting for her life?


    He only knew his world had copsed.


    There it was again, two sharply divided worlds! Trampling on others'' flesh and blood, enjoying coffee and marijuana.


    Madness, madness!


    All his endurance was an utter joke.


    So why should he continue to endure?


    He had no more happiness.


    So why couldn''t he destroy someone else''s?


    The string in his mind that held him together finally snappedpletely when he saw Yan Xi.


    "I want to go see my mother. Let me go." Like a deted balloon, the fight went out of the boy in an instant.


    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª


    "Due to the attack, your mother has extremely severe cerebral hemorrhage. The chances of her waking up are very slim. She will most likely be paralyzed and bedridden long-term, with severely degraded bodily functions. She should havee to the hospital for treatment long ago."


    The middle-aged woman who had just undergone emergency surgeryy in the hospital room with her head wrapped in thick bandages, tubes sticking out of her everywhere.


    "The fees for subsequent treatment and surgery still need to be paid. Call your other guardian toe pay."


    Money, money, money!


    He could practically smell the poverty on himself, darkness and despair spreading through him.


    He had no money.


    "I don''t have any other guardians."


    "What about your father?"


    "He''s dead." The boy was numb and cold.


    The girl didn''t say anything, just stood quietly watching, observing the boy''s powerlessness and breakdown, just as she had watched him get bullied before.


    "I''m sorry. And...thank you."


    He was apologizing for his actions, and thanking her for saving his mother.


    "Why not take advantage? Qi Yili, you''re clearly not someone who can''t see the situation clearly. I can help pay your mother''s medical fees."


    It wasn''t unwillingness, but inability to discern her motives.


    "Worried about my motives?"


    "Don''t worry, I''m no different than you." Yan Xi looked at him sincerely.


    "I also have a mother who loves me very much. She loved me as much as your mother loves you. But unfortunately...she died."


    "Liar." The boy stared into her eyes.


    He wasn''t an idiot. He wouldn''t underestimate his opponent when he clearly knew she was approaching him with an agenda.


    Your file shows both your parents are alive and well.


    "...You read my file too?" The girl smiled. The West District''s database really had no confidentiality at all.


    How clever.


    It looked like a fair exchange was required to gain trust.


    "I''m not lying."


    She still had the strangtion marks on her neck from him. Qi Yili turned his head in shame.


    "Let me tell you a secret, okay?"


    "I''m not ''Yan Xi.'' My identity is fake..."


    "I''m going to die soon, really." The girl gave a feeble smile.


    "I''m not some rich girl. ''Yan Xi'' is my good friend. I came to this school using her identity, to experience thest of my life. The reasons and methods are confidential."


    "Being bullied, insulted, trampled...I''ve experienced it all, alone."


    "So I''m the same as you."


    "You understand, right?" The girl nced at him lightly.


    Looking at her bewitching beautiful face, Qi Yili understood something in that dizzying instant.


    Was this noble suffering?


    "So it''s not pity, but wanting apanion. ssmate Qi Yili, can you trust me?"


    "It''s fine if you can''t. I think you really need money now~"


    "So, you can take advantage of me."


    Yan Xi held her hand out to him again. This time, there was only gentleness in her eyes.


    Like a cruel blessing, it foretold his hopeless situation.


    Was there no other way?


    He looked at that pretty hand, seemingly his only hope under the heavy pressure.


    "What do you want me to do?" He epted, he was grateful, but he also wanted to preserve his dignity.


    So it had to be a fair exchange.


    In his dizzying bewilderment, Qi Yili felt a nearly frightening vagueness.


    "Come to my house today and I''ll tell you."

 Chapter 33: West End to East End

    <h4>Chapter 33</h4>


    After Yan Xi paid the hospital fees on behalf of Qi Yili''s parents, she brought Qi Yili back home directly from the hospital in her car.


    "You''re really kind, Lu Manman. Do you want to reform him?" Pandora said after bringing them back home and returning to the sea of consciousness, moring.


    "Thanks for thepliment."


    "Go take a shower, Qi Yili. Your room is next to the study on the second floor." The girl had just opened the door and kicked off her shoes before sinking entirely into the sofa.


    "What''s the matter? Stunned?" The girl looked at the boy''s absent-minded appearance after she brought him back home, standing motionless at the door and noting in.


    The vi was not small in floor area, extremely simple in style. That beautiful person was lying on the sofa like she had no bones, having brought him to her own home. She didn''t seem to care at all what kind of person she had brought back.


    The paintings and decorations in the house were mainly cold colors, contrasting with her morous skin.


    "Am I staying here tonight?"


    "You''ll be staying here from now on." The girl''s tone was not negotiating, but announcing.


    "There''s a medicine kit in the room, treat yourself."


    Qi Yili looked at her. He thought she would be like those other "youngdies" who called him just to insult him, give him some money, and have some fun.


    Although she said she would help him, who knew if it was just a spur of the moment thing? Having him treat his wounds was just to y with him better?


    "Shouldn''t you also maintain your belongings before they wear out, right?" At this time, the girl smiled like a ruthless employer, but she urately read his thoughts.


    "Why did you appear there with a baseball bat?"


    Although there was the police''s exnation, he asked the most doubtful thing that happened tonight.


    The girl didn''t answer, just smiled at him. Her smile was not kind, but had a kind of beautiful aloofness.


    Qi Yili''s heart sank to the bottom. He had some guesses.


    No bad things happened?


    Since they didn''t, he should be grateful, no matter the purpose, right?


    Even if he was a scumbag, what more did he have left to lose now?


    She did intend to ruin him, but uh...some idents happened, and the current result wasn''t too bad.


    [Can we directly put him in our ss?]


    [Of course, 30 points.]


    [How many points have I spent?]


    [ording to the statistics, the Merchant has spent 290 points, with 1,110 points left.]


    "Try this on." Yan Xi stood outside the dressing room and handed over a shirt she hadn''t worn.


    She didn''t expect to get it done tonight, it was an unexpected joy.


    So clothes hadn''t been bought yet, she could only pick a more gender-neutral style shirt from her wardrobe.


    "The sses might need to be re-fittedter."


    The boy was silent, allowing the girl to dress him up.


    The boy still had some foundation. The previous times she had seen him, he was dressed shabbily, which aggravated her no matter how she looked at him. But after washing clean, hisplexion looked a bit ruddier.


    Although sallow and thin, his features were neat and elegant when looked at closely. He was just too thin, making her shirt look a bit empty on him.


    "Lift your head, you''re very good looking."


    "Just your hair still needs more conditioning, and your skin too."


    Qi Yili was stared at closely by the girl. His face seemed a little embarrassed.


    "Tell me, what exactly do you want me to do?" Qi Yili had been tossed around by her all night, and finally couldn''t help but ask.


    "Do you want to transfer school districts?" Yan Xi.


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    "Reporting, Principal."


    The principal nodded at her.


    "I''ve brought all the documents you asked me to bring, Principal. Can we process the enrollment today?"


    Early in the morning, Yan Xi had brought Qi Yili to rush to the school. It was just past 6 am now.


    The principal seemed to have been waiting early in the office for Yan Xi.


    "I''d like to ask what is the rtionship between you two?"


    What agreement?


    The boy stood silently to the side, using his eyes to ask the girl what she meant.


    The girl didn''t look at him, just sat there signing her name, smiling and answering.


    "He''s my brother."


    The principal was somewhat skeptical. Wasn''t she an only daughter based on her file? And their looks were quite far apart too.


    "Just recognized." Yan Xi seemed to answer the principal''s question mischievously.


    Qi Yili stood to the side, although he had near 200 degree myopia, he could still vaguely see part of the terms and conditions.


    His pupils shrank slightly. Qi Yili watched Yan Xi''s casual manner, and forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart.


    Yan Xi noticed his small movement.


    As for the agreement?


    It was just a scrap of paper.


    But...her newly recognized little brother seemed to be quite emotionally disturbed.


    [Not bad, Lu Manman.]


    Yesterday she had found the principal''s number on the enrollment notice, and the principal had indeed called her once before, just because she scored first ce in the grade, surpassing Qishao.


    Why didn''t she ask the head teacher for his number?


    She wouldugh to death, after all the principal was her "nominal" uncle! If that rtionship was punctured, she might not be sofortable anymore.


    If the lies were exposed, her school life would probably be over.


    What she signed was not actually a big deal. It was just that old fox of a principal making her promise to maintain the first ce ranking with high standards, while also representing Qingteng to participate in multiplepetitions... If there was one time she didn''t reach the first ce standard, she and her "brother" would be expelled together.


    This was the condition she had discussed with the principal on the phone yesterday. Of course the premise for negotiation was having that confidence. She just had Pandora pull out all her previous awards and certificates to prove it, and made some modifications, changing the honors to Yan Xi''s identity.


    Although the terms looked scary, even if she slipped up and didn''t test into first ce one time, she figured that old fox wouldn''t let her leave either, at most kicking out her dear "little brother".


    "Don''t be nervous, Qi Yili." The girl smiled beautifully, and pulled his hand along on her own.


    Qi Yili''s limbs were beginning to stiffen. His shadows about school were considerable.


    "Let''s go, little brother." The girl''s smile didn''t change, causing discussions all around.


    It was almost time for morning reading now, and students were gradually arriving at school. He could clearly feel the eyes around him, more or less sizing him up.


    The West District''s nightmare seemed to rey before his eyes. The fear emotions all surged up at once now.


    Ever since she brought him back home yesterday, he had this absent-minded feeling the whole time. She treated him very well. It was matter of fact, like the giving between siblings, but they were clearly just strangers who had met twice!


    His mother''s unknown life or death in the hospital room caused him to only be able to cling tightly to the girl before him who was beautiful to a fault, begging her to grant him life.


    He wanted to escape. The fear of being bullied piled up, he felt the stabbing gazes piercing him like needles about to stab through him.


    He admitted, he shrank back a little.


    She had the confidence to be the East District''s leader, that didn''t mean he had the confidence!


    "Qi Yili."


    He heard her soft call, only to find that he had grabbed the girl''s hand so tightly for a time.


    "Little brother, don''t be nervous. I''m always by your side."


    The girl smiled gently at him, as if gentlyforting her own little brother.


    Little brother...


    It was just a joke, but under these looks, Qi Yili for a moment felt like he really was this girl''s little brother.


    The girl coaxed softly by his ear, her beautiful brows and eyes very alluring.


    Switching identities, West District bes East District.


    She was most happy to see this kind of scene, overturning all opposing things, it was quite exciting, wasn''t it?


    The girl calmly pulled Qi Yili''s hand and walked to the door of senior year 2 ss 3.


    Ignoring all the attention on the way, Yan Xi.


    She could clearly feel the boy''s stiffness from the time yesterday she proposed he transfer to the East District school.


    "It''s time for you to freely perform now." Yan Xi felt still needing to give some reassurance.


    "Qi Yili, I paid such a big price because I feel you''re worth the price." The girl pressed on his still trembling shoulders.


    "You promised what you would do for me, so I believe in you."


    Yet again...


    Giving unconditional help, but still unable to see any sincerity. She pointed out his badness unambiguously, yet witnessed his helplessness time and again, each time stretching out those beautiful hands.


    He couldn''t understand her, only subconsciously relied on her.


    He came back to his senses, but realized the girl had already let go of his hand and gone to her seat in the ssroom, while Peng Haiyang stood at the podium.


    The gazes of everyone in the ss umted on him, one after another.


    She didn''t do much, just sitting in her seat.


    But in his heart he felt like he was being soothed by some kind of power, with a strange emotion breeding inside.


    He stepped forward and walked towards the podium.


    Now it was time for him to introduce himself.


    "Fuck! Big news! Who''s the new school belle holding onto?"


    "This guy, could he be her boyfriend?"


    "To be honest, looking so sallow and thin, standing next to the school belle he''s just a country bumpkin!"


    "No way! No way! I even bought Zhou Zhou stock that he could pursue the school belle!"


    "What the hell? You know the new school belle and Zhou Zhou don''t get along, if you ask me, Tuozi still has the greatest chance."


    "Yao Sister, what do you think?"


    No one responded.


    "Yao Sister?"


    It was the first time Ji Yao had been so rude. She stared fixedly at the ground looking out the window at the passing girl, and the boy she was holding hands with.


    The pen tip in her hand was about to poke through the draft paper she had just been calcting on.

 Chapter 34: Self-Introduction

    <h4>Chapter 34</h4>


    "Hello everyone, my name is Qi Yili," the boy wearing a white shirt said standing at the podium, still a little nervous under Peng Haiyang and the gaze of the whole ss.


    "I''m..."


    For a moment, he was at a loss for words.


    His voice was gentle and mellow, which made the girls sitting below feel a little surprised.


    In terms of looks, having lived under high pressure in the West District, he was sallow and thin, with barely any meat on his bones.


    However, for some reason, although he was a boy who could not be considered outstanding in terms of looks, figure, or height, after she brought him home to wash up and put him in a white shirt, he emanated a strange aura.


    Qi Yili''s heart tightened as he looked down at the ssroom and saw Yan Xi smiling at him.


    For some reason, his heart rxed.


    "That''s all, teacher," he said.


    "Pick a seat, wherever there''s an empty spot," said Peng Haiyang, who had also been instructed by the principal early in the morning that a new student was transferring to their ss.


    He had probed around and found out that transferring to an ordinary ss in Qingteng East District was not difficult. Having some background or strong abilities made it easy to say, but the key sses almost never epted transfer students. His fellow teachers all knew that this student Yan Xi had tested in through a special channel set up by the school, but this Qi Yili, the principal hadn''t told him why.


    But he understood that the principal, that old fox, either didn''t want to make too big of a move that would draw attention, or this student really wasn''t anything special and didn''t need any special treatment. After observing him for a while, he leaned more towards thetter.


    Peng Haiyang''s face was full of fake smiles as he finished conveying the instructions and then left.


    Not long after the home teacher left, the boys in the ss started making a racket.


    "Hey, what channel did you get in through? Share with us, buddy!"


    "Transfer students usually have to take a special exam or test in through some talent to get into key sses. How else could he have tested in?"


    "But I didn''t hear anything about a special recruitment! If there was special recruitment, wouldn''t it have been announced? Wasn''t Yan Xi''s name on the announcement when she tested in? What''s this guy''s background?"


    "Maybe he got in through connections."


    "Do any of you know him? He''s not part of our circle."


    Several boys in the ss shook their heads and shrugged their shoulders, indicating they didn''t know him.


    "How could someone from our circle be so sallow and thin? Even the people at the refugee camp aren''t as thin as him."


    "I don''t know what brand his clothes are. Have you guys seen them before? I haven''t anyway."


    "Maybe they''re haute couture, you just don''t appreciate them!" Kong Jie said in a mocking tone.


    "Hahahaha!"


    "Pfft! Hahahaha!"


    When Yan Xi had transferred in three days earlier, there had been an announcement. Those who usually transferred into Qingteng''s key sses had to pass a special exam administered by the school. Generally, those who could pass this exam were the elites among elites at other schools, but could reach the average level of Qingteng''s key sses. For them to test in, their names would be announced three days in advance.


    At that time, when Yan Xi tested in under Pandora''s maneuvers, the ss had been very curious. After all, reaching the average level of their key ss wasn''t easy.


    But they acknowledged Yan Xi''s abilities in their hearts, so she didn''t suffer too much harassment when school started, especially with such a pretty face.


    Who would go out of their way to harass her?


    That would be insane!


    Except Zhou Zhou, of course.


    The boys made ugly mocking noises at Qi Yili, gathered naked contempt in their eyes.


    The girls were curious, but none spoke up to help him, almost all of them muted their microphones.


    To be honest, almost everyone in the key sses had been directly promoted from the junior high experimental sses to the senior high sses. They were very exclusionary towards outsiders, and even more disdainful of someone like Qi Yili who had tested in through unknown means. In their view, he must have connections, was even more detestable.


    But which of them in Qingteng''s key ss didn''t have connections?


    Since their status was equal, they still had to test in through connections, yet this person of unknown caliber could just directly transfer in?


    Of course they were unhappy!


    Their ss wasn''t just there for the taking!


    The strange atmosphere in the ssroom made Qi Yili freeze up a bit. He could feel those naked, contemptuous gazes gathering from the boys, especially two particrly oppressive ones.


    Looking in that direction, two rather good looking boys, one ruggedly handsome and tall, the other refined featured and well proportioned, but neither had friendly looks in their eyes.


    He had heard even uglier words and more vicious mockery than this. To him, this was nothing.


    When he had agreed to attend school in the East District with Yan Xi, he had already expected this scene.


    On the contrary, he felt it was too light. Compared to the hellish West District, this was nothing.


    What''s more, if saving his mother only required enduring this, it was far too fortunate.


    Just a bunch of young masters anddies.


    Where should he sit?


    "Yili,e sit next to me," Yan Xi said.


    Not only did Shen Qiyi beside her look at her in shock, but the eyes of the entire ss shifted from Qi Yili and stabbed towards Yan Xi.


    The beautiful girl smiled charmingly, as if anticipating the arrival of someone intimate.


    Yili?


    So affectionate?


    Damn, what''s the rtionship between the new school belle and him?!


    So the earlier rumors of the school belle bringing along some country bumpkin were really about Qi Yili?!


    Qi Yili instantly regretted his earlier thoughts. The intensity of those gazes was as if they wanted to strip him naked and throw him into the streets for everyone to watch!


    In all his years, this was the first time he had suffered such a terrifying focus.


    He''d rather be beaten up in the West District than stay under these gossipy, scalding gazes for another second.


    Yan Xi''s chair was suddenly kicked from behind, and an unfriendly voice sounded.


    "Is he your boyfriend?"

 Chapter 35: The Date

    <h4>Chapter 35</h4>


    "Sit here." Yan Xi said to Qi Yili.


    Yan Xi pointed to thest empty seat in the first row, which corresponded to the second tost seat in the second row across the aisle.


    Shen Qiuyi breathed a sigh of relief.


    "I''m asking, is he your boyfriend?" Zhou Zhou kicked the stool again when Yan Xi ignored him.


    "What business is it of yours?" Before Yan Xi could speak, Shen Qiuyi already started talking.


    Ever since the school sports meet incident, Shen Qiuyi had been very unweing towards Zhou Zhou. Although Yan Xiter told Shen Qiuyi that thest match was not the final match between her and Zhou Zhou, and that the next match would be the finals, Shen Qiuyi had started being very protective of Yan Xi since that day, as if she was one of her own.


    "I''m asking her, it''s got nothing to do with you." Zhou Zhou retorted.


    Hearing this, Qi Yili hesitated a little. He could feel Zhou Zhou''s oppressive gaze sweeping over him, as well as the gossiping looks from the others.


    "Sit here." Yan Xi repeated without answering Zhou Zhou''s question.


    "Okay." Hearing this, Qi Yili no longer hesitated and sat down directly in thest seat of the first row next to Yan Xi.


    "Is he really your boyfriend?" Zhou Zhou deliberately asked loudly for the whole ss to hear.


    As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Yili frowned.


    The people around were shocked to hear this. At this high school stage, a puppy love rtionship was not something one could show off about. This sentence had undoubtedly put Yan Xi in an awkward spot.


    Early rtionships did exist in Qingteng College, but they couldn''t be made public.


    If gossipers spread rumors about this, it would be very malicious towards a girl.


    Crazy!


    Shen Qiuyi''s face was also ugly. She wanted to m the table and scold Zhou Zhou.


    Just as Shen Qiuyi was about to re up, Yan Xi stopped her.


    "She and I aren''t..." Upon consideration of the stakes, Qi Yili also started to exin.


    "Qi Yili is my brother. He got in through the formal exams. So stop spreading rumors, okay? It makes me very ufortable." Yan Xi interrupted Qi Yili and seemed a little angry.


    Brother?


    Everyone around was shocked to hear this answer. No wonder they were holding hands.


    But that''s not right. They look way too different.


    However, no one dared to chime in under the dark expressions of those involved.


    Qi Yili looked at her in a daze.


    ¡¾Isn''t Qi Yili someone who got in through the backdoor you opened? ¡¿


    ¡¾It''s unimportant. Who cares about the reason? Even if he did get in through the backdoor, when people say those things, they still weigh whether the person backing him is offended or not.¡¿


    Zhou Zhou finally heard Yan Xi''s answer. For some reason, the nameless anger he felt earlier disappeared as he looked at Qi Yili, not feeling as unpleasant towards him as before.


    "Stop messing around! Isn''t it still time for morning reading?" Guan Yongyan roared like a lion.


    "Do you all not need to study anymore? So gossipy! Don''t believe me? I''ll record down all your names and report to Teacher Peng if you don''t read!"


    Under Guan Yongyan''s shouting, almost everyone quickly took out their books.


    The ssroom was filled with the sound of reading again, and no one brought up what happened earlier.


    Right after morning reading ended, Qi Yili discovered an uninvited guest sitting next to him.


    "I discussed with Guan Yongyan just now and switched seats with her to sit next to you."


    Tu Qingluan was originally in the fourth row. She shamelessly sat down directly next to Qi Yili.


    Uninvited guests are up to no good. Qi Yili looked at Tu Qingluan''s smiling peach blossom eyes and subconsciously felt this.


    Throughout the day, Qi Yili felt that Tu Qingluan had sized him up openly and secretly countless times.


    The school bell finally rang and Qi Yili had never felt time pass so slowly.


    "Let''s go, brother." After Yan Xi packed up her things, she was about to leave with Qi Yili.


    Tu Qingluan suddenly stood up.


    "Xi Xi, aren''t you waiting for me? Have you forgotten our agreement?" Tu Qingluan looked at her innocently, as if Yan Xi was some scum who abandoned his wife.


    "I didn''t forget. I want to walk home with my brother today. He''s not used to things here yet. Let''s walk together another day."


    "Alright, I won''t disturb you two today. But Xi Xi, when are you going to tutor me in the end?" Tu Qingluan was anxious and spoke softly in a pitiful tone.


    ¡¾I was nning on doing it in a few days, afterforting my cute brother first.¡¿


    Since this was the case, she was also impatient.


    "Tomorrow night."

 Chapter 36: Like Your Paintings

    <h4>Chapter 36</h4>


    "You have some problems with this solution," Yan Xi optimized the form a little. Tu Qingluan had a good foundation, he just needed a little reminder to understand.


    They were originally going to go to the library, but Tu Qingluan suddenly said he was not feeling well, so they went directly to his house instead.


    The girl patiently summarized for him, overturning all the key points and consolidation parts from her previous notebook, and wrote new key points specially for him.


    The girl''s voice was clear, unraveling questions thread by thread as she spoke.


    Her thick, luxuriant hair swayed along with her slight movements as she exined the questions, and the unique tangerine scent of a young girl also dispersed around Tu Qingluan¡¯s nose.


    Tu Qingluan was a little distracted, watching the girl earnestly and attentively exin the questions to him. Her eyshes cast a shadow over the pale area around her eyes.


    He pushed his back teeth with his tongue. He really hadn''t met this kind before.


    "Any other questions?" Yan Xi finished exining one knowledge point and asked.


    "...No, not for now. Xi Xi, would you like some water?" Tu Qingluan looked at Yan Xi''s nearly wless profile and asked.


    "No need, give me your math homework notebook, let me see how your knowledge system is structured," Yan Xi said.


    "Okay." Tu Qingluan smiled and handed his homework notebook to her, not noticing that the feel was somewhat different.


    Yan Xi opened his homework notebook and saw the contents inside.


    The girl''s mouth opened slightly, as if she had picked up a hot potato. Her face blushed.


    Only then did Tu Qingluan realize something was wrong. He snatched back the "homework notebook".


    He had grabbed the wrong one. This wasn''t a homework notebook at all, it was his sketchbook.


    Although Tu Qingluan reacted quickly, Yan Xi still saw a few pages with nude drawings of men and women in rather revealing poses.


    Damn, his image was ruined.


    Tu Qingluan''s face was a little ugly.


    "Did you draw them?"


    "...Yes, sorry, I grabbed the wrong one. Xi Xi...."


    "Are they figure drawings? They look very nice. I didn''t expect you could paint too, very impressive." Yan Xi interrupted his exnation.


    The girl seemed only momentarily surprised. She seemed attracted by this idental glimpse at another side of Tu Qingluan, with curiosity on her face.


    "Can I see some more?" The girl requested, Tu Qingluan seemed to see his own reflection in her dark pupils.


    The pretty face suddenly came closer, and Tu Qingluan felt his breath catch.


    ".....Let''s look at other paintings instead. I have other works," Tu Qingluan blurted out in a daze.


    He shouldn''t have brought her here, nor should he have agreed to her request.


    When chasing girls before, he never brought them home.


    He thought he was making an exception already.


    Yet Tu Qingluan still led the girl into his art gallery.


    He looked at the impossibly gorgeous prey walking step by step into his private space. He felt a secret thrill.


    This was a first for him, he had never been so patient with anyone before Yan Xi.


    Yan Xi looked around the art gallery on the top floor of his house. It contained at least thousands of paintings, mostly oils but with some other types too.


    The nudes were only a small part.


    "You can paint so many different types, really impressive," the girl quickly viewed them.


    Suddenly, the girl stopped in front of that painting with distorted beast outlines.


    "Do you like these beautiful sunflowers, Xi Xi?"


    Next to the abstract beast painting was a painting of beautiful sunflowers.


    "You can take it back with you."


    No, she didn''t like them.


    She preferred the beast one.


    "No need, this is your art gallery, your paintings. I won''t take them," she said.


    His paintings?


    Then what about her?


    "Would you like to be my model?" Tu Qingluan asked suddenly.


    "Really? You want to paint my portrait?" The girl looked somewhat surprised but more expectant.


    Yan Xi smiled charmingly. Her striking looks and the ck dress she wore tonightplemented each other perfectly. At this moment, she undoubtedly fulfilled all men''s fantasies.


    Tu Qingluan''s fingers trembled. It was as if he saw the Muse.


    His own Muse.


    "Of course, Xi Xi."


    "Xi Xi, have something to eat and some tea first. It will take a long time to paint."


    Tu Qingluan handed her exquisite snacks and tea.


    "Sugar-free, won''t make you fat, Xi Xi."


    "Thanks."


    Yan Xi took the delicate snacks, casually ate a few bites and drank some tea, then let Tu Qingluan start painting.


    Tu Qingluan had her sit upright on the sofa and hold a pose without moving.


    Tu Qingluan picked up the paintbrush with his slender, articte fingers and started painting seriously.


    "Do you like painting a lot, Tu Qingluan?"


    "Yeah, why do you ask?"


    "Because your hands are so nice-looking. Artists who like to paint have beautiful hands. Also, you have so many paintings. It''s hard to have so many nice works without a love for painting."


    Tu Qingluan''s hands were indeed beautiful. Even with paint stains, the lines remained elegant.


    "If my hands are really so nice, why have you never liked me after all this time chasing you?" Tu Qingluan suddenlyughed. When painting, he had an air unlike his usual casual swagger.


    "Is love all your brain can think about?" The girl looked a little speechless.


    "No, just you fill up my brain now." Tu Qingluan''s brush stroked paused as he suddenly spoke.


    He gazed at the beauty before him, his emotions clearly written across his face.


    "Not bad with the cheesy words!" Yan Xi stared nkly for a moment hearing this, then threw a pillow over.


    "Xi Xi, I almost had to redo it." Tu Qingluan hurriedly caught the pillow that nearly hit the painting, looking somewhat aggrieved.


    "Serves you right for being silly!"


    .......


    After some unknown amount of time, Tu Qingluan softly called out again.


    "Xi Xi?"


    Unknowingly, the girl had fallen asleep curled up on the sofa, exposing her fragile neck. The vulnerable arch of her curled back seemed it could break with just a light push.


    Yet on the painting canvas was a long-haired beauty sitting upright, her ruddy lips seeming they would bleed if pressed, holding a maddening allure.


    But Tu Qingluan felt it didn''t match the real person even one-tenth. He was very dissatisfied and wanted to burn it to paint again.


    At this moment an abrupt ringtone sounded. Tu Qingluan raised his phone to his ear.


    "Yo, Young Master Tu? Got the girl already?"


    It seemed he wouldn''t have time to repaint after all.

 Chapter 37: Hero Saves the Beauty 01

    <h4>Chapter 37</h4>


    It''s so noisy!


    The girl woke up uneasily from her sleep.


    As soon as Yan Xi opened her eyes, those colorful lights nearly made her close them again. She was very ufortable with them.


    She sat up and found herself in a KTV private room, surrounded by strange men and women whose hair was dyed in a dazzling array of colors, looking even more bizarre and disorienting under the lights.


    "Looks like she''s awake?" someone said indistinctly in the mor.


    "She is!"


    [Is this the big gift Tu Qingluan gave her? Where is he?], Yan Xi thought.


    [He''s not in this room. After bringing you here, he called over a bunch of people to sing karaoke. I don''t know what he''s nning to do.], Pandora replied.


    [Are there security cameras here?], Yan Xi asked.


    [Yes.], Pandora answered.


    "Where is this? And who are you people?" The girl looked at them warily.


    Just now, wasn''t she at Tu Qingluan''s house?


    How did she end up here?


    Upon hearing her words, those men and women with brightly colored hair seemed to flip a switch. Seeing that she was awake, they immediately stopped what they were doing and crowded around her.


    "We''re Tu''s friends. Just now we asked him out, and he said he had a friend over at his ce, so I told Tu to bring you along. Tu''s in the bathroom," Zhao Fangdian, the ringleader, said to her.


    "You''re Tu''s girlfriend from school, right?" asked a girl with dyed yellow hair, looking at her gossipily.


    "She''s so damn hot!"


    "She really is! With a face like that, she could easily be the top girl here if she just showed up!"


    Hearing this, Yan Xi frowned slightly.


    [It''s Mao Mao Zi, isn''t it? Your old acquaintance. She doesn''t seem to recognize you.], Pandora said to her.


    [That''s good news.], Yan Xi replied.


    Back then, she had barely shown her face at all. It would be surprising if Mao Mao Zi could recognize her.


    "Where''s the bathroom? I''m going to find him," Yan Xi said, about to get up and look for Tu Qingluan.


    Before she could stand, Zhao Fangdian behind her pulled her back down.


    "Have a drink first before you go, sister-inw!" Zhao Fangdian grabbed her wrist very tightly, so tightly that it started to go numb.


    Yan Xi was furious. Seeing this, several of the men and women surrounded her, blocking her path.


    "I don''t want to drink," the girl struggled, trying to break free. The disgust and resistance in her eyes were very obvious.


    "And don''t call me sister-inw."


    "Sister-inw, just do Tu''s friends a favor and have a drink," Zhao Fangdian said.


    He poured a ss and handed it to her. Yan Xi couldn''t see what kind of alcohol it was, but she knew there was no way she would drink some unknown liquor given to her by these shady characters.


    "You think you deserve my respect?"


    Their repeated harassment made her give up on being polite altogether.


    The beauty held her left cheek, her eyes reddening as if rouged, filling with resentment yet not detracting from her beauty one bit. Rather, it lent her an alluring darkened allure, vivid and attractive.


    Seeing this, everyone was amazed by her beauty. At the same time, all sorts of sordid thoughts began to spread through each person''s mind.


    "Don''t be shameless!" One of the girls suddenly exploded.


    Acting all high and mighty with a slutty face like that!


    p!


    The girl''s left cheek was pped, turning slightly red. Her long bangs covered her shocked expression.


    Tu Qingluan, good job.


    Yan Xi held down her right hand that itched to retaliate. She told herself to endure.


    The beauty held her left cheek, her eyes brimming red, as if stained by rouge. Resentment filled her eyes, yet it did not detract from her beauty one bit. Rather, it lent her a darkened allure at being humiliated, vividly attractive.


    Seeing this scene, everyone was amazed by her beauty. At the same time, all sorts of indecent thoughts began spreading through each person''s mind.


    "Are you crazy?" Zhao Fangdian was the first to react.


    She was someone Tu Qingluan brought! They could discipline her but not hit her face!


    "I didn''t mean it! Who told her to be so shameless!"


    Yan Xi''s alluring attributes were still present, right? Could she turn it up to max?, Yan Xi asked Pandora silently.


    She could. Usually at school, Pandora kept the allure of this body lowered, because Yan Xi was afraid of another incident like that fat guy, wasting its full potential. But now, given the situation, Pandora wanted to watch the show too.


    Behind the screen, Tu Qingluan was about to explode.


    "F*ck your mother!" Seeing the p, Tu Qingluan immediately kicked over, nearly smashing the monitor screen.


    Earlier he hadzily watched through the screen, but when he saw the girl directly strike Yan Xi, he could no longer sit still!


    "I told you to scare her a bit, who the f*ck let you hit her!" Tu Qingluan grabbed his usual partner-in-crime''s cor and shook him violently.


    "Tu Qingluan, have you lost your mind? You''re the one who told us to discipline her a little! I was the one who brought them here!"


    He had chased her for so long withoutying a finger on her, and now others could hit her just like that?


    "Didn''t you say she still hadn''t agreed to date you? They were just trying to scare her a little, it''s very effective against goody-goodies like her."


    The other brothers were also speechless. He didn''t think it was a big deal, there were people in their social circle who did much worse things. Hadn''t the girls Tu Qingluan took interest in before all been trained properly first?


    The training then was even more over the top, he had seen it himself. Tu Qingluan didn''t say anything about it then, did he?


    And it was just a p! What could go wrong!


    Even if he was going through a special time now, she was someone Tu Qingluan brought over, so he could take responsibility if anything happened!


    "If anything happens to her, I''ll f*cking kill you!" Tu Qingluan threw down these words and rushed over.


    He kindly offered to help Tu Qingluan discipline the girl who kept refusing him, and Tu Qingluan readily agreed at the time! Now he was being treated like an ingrate!


    Only Tu Qingluan knew that haughtiness wasn''t just Yan Xi''s personality, it was her protective shield. Once she was dragged down from it, her nearly maddening beauty would make everyone want to vite her!


    She was his prey, his muse!


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    At this moment, the chaos in the room continued. Someone said, "He didn''t react so strongly about this kind of thing before, don''t worry about it!"


    The words seemed to reassure and encourage the others.


    "What could go wrong with making her drink a little!"


    "Right!" Wanting to prove she did nothing wrong, the girl who had pped Yan Xi grabbed a ss of liquor and pinched Yan Xi''s neck to force it down her throat.


    "Help me! Don''t just stand there!"


    Called out by her, as if bewitched, several other girls joined in. Seeing Yan Xi unable to resist gave them a strange thrill, encouraging them to do even more outrageous things.


    "Let go of me!"


    "I don''t want to drink!"


    Several girls piled on top of her, the men watched from the sides as the beauty struggled, their gazes clouded with lust as they looked for an opportunity.


    In the chaos, Yan Xi didn''t know how many sses of liquor they had forced down her throat by pinching her neck. She couldn''t resist at all.


    Of course, she wouldn''t let them force-feed her liquor for nothing. As she struggled, she viciously pinched the arms and abdomens of the girls who came to pour liquor down her throat.


    "Cough! Cough! Cough...." The girl coughed as if she was about to pass out, the liquor spilling from the corners of her lips, flowing into her fair neck.


    Are you OK? Mao Mao Zi?, Pandora conversed with her in her mind.


    What liquor did they make me drink? Why don''t I feel drunk at all? Is it fake liquor? It''s so awful., Yan Xi replied.


    Is the allure attribute really turned up that high? If he doesn''te soon, I won''t be able to hold on.


    Pandora was speechless. She could act this well?


    Despair gradually filled the beauty''s eyes, along with a growing resentment.


    Just then, the door was kicked open with great force, the impact almost smashing it to pieces.


    "What the f*ck are you all doing!"

 Chapter 38: Go Home

    <h4>Chapter 38</h4>


    Those who were pressing Yan Xi came to their senses at this moment.


    "Tu, young master, we....." Zhao Fangdian wanted to exin when she heard this.


    "p!"


    Tu Qingluan went straight to give Zhao Fangdian a big p.


    Zhao Fangdian was stunned by the p, hadn''t he asked them to discipline Yan Xi a little?


    No?! The person wasn''t hit by her either?


    At this moment, Tu Qingluan''s face was gloomy, and when he swept past the little sisters next to Zhao Fangdian, it was even more terrifying. Zhao Fangdian immediately knew that she hadn''t taken good care of the people around her.


    "What do you want to do to her? Huh?"


    Tu Qingluan kicked out with anger, kicking a man who had been groping Yan Xi directly to the ground. His body smashed directly onto the table, overturning arge pile of ss.


    The man''s head was bleeding non-stop, and Tu Qingluan''s hand was also cut by the flying ss shards.


    The people around were almost scared by Tu Qingluan''s loss of control. The boy was usually ying with them, how could he be fucking around for real today?


    It¡¯s fine to y around usually, but if Tu Qingluan is really offended, after this period of time, they will be yed to death.


    "Young Tu! It wasn''t you who asked us toe...." The little sister couldn''t hold back and was about to spill the beans!


    "p!" This time it was Zhao Fangdian who gave her a p.


    "Shut up! I''m sorry, Young Tu, we were wrong today. I''ll take him to the hospital first!"


    "All of you apologize!"


    Zhao Fangdian was also speechless, she had no eye for the situation! Zhao Fangdian pinched the little sister viciously!


    Hadn''t she seen that Tu Qingluan cared a lot about the girl? If they keep talking nonsense, there will be no good fruit for them to eat!


    Under Zhao Fangdian''s scolding, a group of people with colorful hair apologized in unison.


    Tu Qingluan''s eyes swept over this group of devils, he saw the girl curled up in the corner.


    Yan Xi''s clothes were wrinkled at this time, her tied up long hair was messily draped on both sides of her face, curled up tightly on the sofa, covering her throat and coughing.


    Like a beast that had been oppressed to the extreme, her eyes were full of tears.


    It was only then that Tu Qingluan woke up somewhat from that out-of-control emotion.


    "Xi Xi, don''t be afraid, I''m here." Tu Qingluan deliberately softened his voice and picked up the miserable girl.


    Tu Qingluan looked full of heartache and panic,pletely at a loss.


    The girl struggled violently when she was suddenly picked up, realizing it was Tu Qingluan after finding out who it was.


    "Tu...Qing...Luan..." Yan Xi said his name in a hoarse voice, with some hatred in her voice.


    You finally came.


    "I''m sorry, I really didn''t know they would do this. I shouldn''t have left you alone here. Xi Xi, scold me, hit me, do whatever you want..."


    Tears surged up when she heard him say sorry. She was obviously scared and trembling, but she couldn''t help feeling a little relieved when she saw Tu Qingluan.


    "I...hate...you..." Tu Qingluan felt a pain in his shoulder, and the girl was cursing and crying at the same time. The girl bit his shoulder, but her hands were tightly grasping Tu Qingluan''s clothes, obviously very frightened.


    Tears streamed down her face, her body kept trembling. The beauty was now lying in Tu Qingluan''s arms.


    That kind of dependent emotion was fully fermented, and the girl was carried out by Tu Qingluan like this.


    Twice.


    It really is...sessful...


    Tu Qingluan smelled the girl''s orange scent with some fascination.


    The prey is hooked...


    The two hugged each other, their heartbeats rarely so synchronized for the first time.


    It really is ying house, huh, the clich¨¦d plot of hero saving beauty made her almost fall asleep.


    [Merchant data is continuously updating...]


    [Updateplete, currently 67,373 merchants have chosen to log in, 10,043 merchants confirmed dead, does the yer want to log in?]


    [Please log in as soon as possible, merchants.]


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    After taking Yan Xi out, he called a taxi and sent Yan Xi home.


    Yan Xi didn''t say anything all the way, she just held Tu Qingluan''s hand.


    "Xi Xi, we''re home, should I take you upstairs?" Tu Qingluan gently asked her.


    "...Yes." Yan Xi subconsciously held his hand tightly, looking very flustered.


    Seeing this, Tu Qingluanforted her.


    "Don''t be afraid, Xi Xi... I''m here, I''m always by your side..."


    Hearing this sentence, a wire seemed to suddenly snap in Yan Xi''s mind. The anger of being scared tonight erupted in an instant.


    She was tipsy, and the words she uttered were even more unscrupulous.


    "You said you''ve always been here..."


    "How dare you talk about tonight! Tonight, you were clearly not there! When they forced me to drink, where were you! When they harassed me, where were you!"


    "Don''t say you like me anymore! Don''te looking for me in the future either! I feel disgusted when I see you!"


    Yan Xi directly opened the car door, shook off Tu Qingluan''s hand, disregarding the driver''s and Tu Qingluan''s surprised looks, and ran out.


    Seeing this, Tu Qingluan was stunned for a moment, then directly chased after her.


    While Yan Xi was running, she suddenly felt her waist being held tightly, and a gentle kiss pressed down, gentlynding on her lips.


    The girl seemed to be drunk, and did not resist for a moment.


    "Xi Xi, I was wrong... I really didn''t deliberately leave you alone there. I really like you..."


    Tu Qingluan raised his hand to wipe Yan Xi''s tears.


    Yan Xi saw that the wound on Tu Qingluan''s hand hadn''t healed yet, it was just injured.


    "Xi Xi, be my girlfriend."


    "I will definitely protect you, this kind of thing will never happen again..."


    After all, isn''t it natural to protect his prey?


    Yan Xi went upstairs alone and opened the door.


    "You''re back? Did you drink?" Qi Yili stood at the door, not knowing how long he had waited. Smelling the alcohol on her, he asked.


    "Did you see it?" Yan Xi kicked off her shoes and went inside.


    Yan Xi was not at all surprised that Qi Yili was standing at the door.


    "Don''t you dislike him?"


    "Do I look like I like him?"


    "It looked like just now, not anymore now." Qi Yili was referring to when she was downstairs at themunity gate with Tu Qingluan earlier.


    "Any thoughts? Little brother. Please share your insights." The girl smiled, and the shock and fear she had just disyed seemed to vanish into thin air.


    Yan Xi didn''t seem drunk at all.


    "How did it feel being in the East District these past few days?" Yan Xi asked him.


    Qi Yili still wasn''t used to being called little brother, but didn''t refute it either.


    "I think... Tu Qingluan is not a good person."


    "Oh? What else?"


    "Yesterday in ss, they...like you?"


    Especially those two, before Yan Xi said he was her "little brother", they seemed to want to torture him with their eyes.


    That''s not all. Qi Yili saw too many gazes falling on Yan Xi, this kind of terrifying stare and super high level of attention was brought by Yan Xi''s unimaginably beautiful face.


    A beautiful appearance naturally attracts liking, but Qi Yili didn''t think it was a good thing, especially the people surrounding Yan Xi, they all looked at her greedily.


    If it was only beauty, it would simply be a nightmare.


    Yan Xi didn''t answer his doubts, she just smiled.


    "Are you hungry? Should I cook some snacks?"

 Chapter 39: The Ivy League Ball

    <h4>Chapter 39</h4>


    Ji Yao: Yan Xi ssmate, can you walk home with me after school? I participated in the chemistrypetition this time. I asked the teacher before, and the teacher said you have participated in manypetitions before and have more experience. I hope we canmunicate.


    Yan Xi was cooking noodles in the kitchen when her phone screen suddenly disyed a new message.


    A bit sudden.


    After school?


    Yan Xi: I also participated in thepetition this year.


    Ji Yao: Really? Then let''s go home together after school. I''m worried that going home alone after school is a bit lonely!


    The school has apetition ss. Generally, students participating in thepetition are required to stay at school for an hour ofpetition study after school. There are special teachers giving lessons to cope with thepetition, while at this time the boarding students have almost all gone to the cafeteria to eat, and the non-boarding students have gone seven or eight.


    It would be a bitte to leave at this time.


    Yan Xi: Then let''s go home together after school.


    The chemistrypetition ss starts training next week. It''s just nice to air out the indigo and cassia.


    Ji Yao: Love you so much!


    ???


    Love me?


    [Ji Yao actually likes women? Pang Pang, you didn''t write it in your information. Bad review.]


    [......]


    "Try it and see if it tastes good?" Yan Xi made two servings of scallion oil noodles.


    The scallion oil noodles looked steaming hot under Yan Xi''s warmmplight.


    It had the feeling of home.


    Qi Yili tasted a bite under Yan Xi''s expectant gaze.


    It was delicious.


    "You still haven''t told me what exactly you want me to do?" Qi Yili waited for her toe home veryte, he was very uneasy.


    The things that had happened in the past few days were like a dream. His mother was hospitalized, and he had to rely on the girl in front of him to maintain his mother''s medical expenses, but he was not told what the price he should pay was.


    He had visited his mother in the hospital a few days ago, and the situation was getting worse and the cost of treatment was increasing.


    The medical support the girl gave to his mother also continued without stopping. If she just simply wanted to y with him,


    "What do you think I want?" Yan Xi asked back.


    I want you to give me the extreme...


    Qi Yili looked at Yan Xi''s beautiful face and was a little distracted. He didn''t know what she wascking.


    Her grades were the first in the East District.


    Although he had never seen her parents, she was able to easily pay for his mother''s medical expenses, so her family background would not be much worse.


    If it was about looks, she almost outshone all her peers.


    What does sheck?


    She doesn''t seem tock anything.


    Suddenly, Qi Yili thought of something. Yan Xi had actually told him before.


    On the first day she brought him back, she had said.


    "y with me."


    y? Keep herpany to y?


    He thought it was a joke at first, or that she regarded him as a toy.


    But he thought of a possibility.


    She had said before that she was about to die.


    So does she just mean to literally y?


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    "Do you know what good news I just heard!" Guan Yongyan shared with her group of girlfriends the gossip she had just overheard in the office.


    "Is it about the Christmas party!"


    "Smart!"


    "I thought they weren''t doing it this year. There was no news for so long. I can''t believe the school was hiding this!"


    "Really? I''m so looking forward to it!!!"


    "What should I wear to it!"


    "I don''t care! I''m going to wear the sexiest outfit this year!"


    The girls then enthusiastically discussed it. At Qingteng East District, every Christmas there is a costume ball, which is also a way for the school topensate students for their usual pressure. On that day, the school allows students to dress differently and put on masks to revel on campus.


    This party is also thest revelry before the end of the semester. Soon after the revelry, the final exams wille, so at this time the students will usually go crazy ying!


    The boys'' side also exploded!


    This is a good time for the peacocks to spread their tails!


    That night, the girls will almost all dress up nicely, and the school will also decorate the auditorium well. You can invite girls to dance.


    The main thing is that there is a legitimate excuse to invite beautiful junior sisters to dance!


    If you can invite Ji Yao or Yan Xi to dance, it would be a win!


    But with the masks, it''s hard to tell exactly who is who.


    But this is also the source of the mystery. At this age when spring is in the air, such a ball is an unforgettable night in the memories of students of Qingteng High School over the generations.


    "Christmas party? Sounds fun." Yan Xi looked thoughtful, as if she had heard of something interesting.


    It was also time to end her bet with Zhou Zhou.

 Chapter 40: School Flower Invitation

    <h4>Chapter 40</h4>


    "Yan Xi! Over here!" Ji Yao familiarly looped her arm around hers, the two had grown close due to the chemistrypetition.


    The two walked arm in arm on the small campus paths, looking intimate. Ji Yao was outgoing and would always chat about girly topics with Yan Xi after school.


    "No wonder so many people like her, she seems much more charming than you!"


    Pandora was also surprised, in just two short weeks, only during the short walk home from school, the two girls quickly went from walking home together to intimate besties! Even though they weren''t in the same ss, they seemed to have endless things to talk about whenever they met!


    Is this what friendship between girls is like?


    The rtionship has progressed rapidly, it literally feels like a "one night stand"!


    Oh, as for Qi Yili and Tu Qingluan, the two bodyguards walking them home from school?


    Qi Yili of course needed to adapt to the new campus, after all he had just transferred in through the backdoor, and was disconnected from his ssmates, so he naturally had to cram to catch up on coursework during the day and visit his mother at the hospital after school.


    And Tu Qingluan?


    Who knows what Yan Xi said to him, he hasn''t been clinging to her the past few days.


    "The question I asked you yesterday, there was one point you exined that I didn''t really understand, could you exin in more detail?"


    "No way, you''re too dumb!"


    "You didn''t even score higher than me on thest chemistry quiz! Who''s the real dumb one here?" Ji Yao retorted yfully hearing this.


    "A smart and beautiful girl like you should know it all, right?" Yan Xi teased her.


    "Ohe on, just tell me please, I''m begging you!" Ji Yao put on a cute act, pretending to be pitiful.


    Those amber eyes stared unblinkingly at Yan Xi, innocent and adorable.


    Yan Xi pretended not to see and walked faster ahead by two steps.


    "Wow you actually resisted that!"


    "As expected of a great beauty, such strong willpower against cuteness huh?" Ji Yao bounced up behind her like a little white rabbit.


    At this time, the small paths on campus had more people than before, all preparing for the uing Christmas party, hanging ribbons, balloons and such.


    The two standing together caught countless eyes, but no one dared disturb them.


    "Yan Xi, are youing over this weekend? We can discuss studying?" Ji Yao seemed to think of something.


    "Come to your ce? Isn''t that inconvenient?" Yan Xi let her hold onto her arm.


    "It¡¯s no problem, my parents aren''t at the small apartment I live at, I¡¯m already financially independent actually."


    "Oh? Financially independent?" A sh of darkness swept past Yan Xi''s eyes.


    "Shh! It''s a secret!" Ji Yao acted mysteriously.


    "If youe over I''ll tell you, and make you some gingerbread men, how about it?"


    "Ok~ok~" Ji Yao coaxed as she shook her hand.


    "Since you asked me, I''ll agree then."


    Yan Xi smilingly replied.


    ???


    The passing male student identally overhearing this was dumbfounded.


    What did she mean by e over... I''ll make...for you"?


    What did she mean by "if you ask me, I''ll agree"?


    Could it be what he was thinking? No way right!


    He looked at their intimate locked arms, and asional whispers in each other''s ears.


    He felt for a moment he had discovered the truth! So the school belle''s were privately exclusive!


    No wonder no one has gotten either school beauty all this time!


    Holy crap!


    His heart felt like it was smashed by a meteor, full of pits and holes! Like it was trampled by millions of pigs, battered and bruised! Like it was drilled through by a jackhammer, defenses shattered!


    Groundbreaking news!


    He hurriedly opened up the hottest gossip section on the school forums.


    And with flying fingers made a new post titled:


    "The inside story that must be told about the new and original school belle''s"


    At least he shouldn''t be heart broken alone! Misery lovespany!


    ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª


    "Don''t you feel Ji Yao''s existence affects your extreme value gains?" Pandora said in her mind.


    "Sowing discord is not a good habit, Pandora."


    "I just hope you can hurry up and max out your extreme value, and get loaded in, or you can exit this school side quest now, after all your extreme value is already 1100." Pandora said impatiently.


    "You still haven''t exined to me what this loading in is, Pandora? Shouldn''t you exin something first before letting someone make a choice?"


    And that 1100 extreme value hasplicated sources.....


    Pandora thought about it, and finally stopped being cryptic.


    "Your judged extreme value has already exceeded 500, you''ve already passed the Skin Merchant''s test, and loading in, is just meeting other merchants~"


    Pandora didn''t say anything more after finishing that sentence.


    Yan Xi sensed gratuitous malice from those words.


    Meet?


    What''s there to meet about? Is it to exchange feelings?


    And that mysterious electronic voice said she was from the Chapter 3 timeline? So she inferred, the other merchants must not be from this timeline?


    This game did still have quite a few deaths...


    Interesting.....

 Chapter 41: Internet Celebrity

    <h4>Chapter 41</h4>


    "Ding dong." Yan Xi pressed the doorbell at Ji Yao''s house.


    It took a good while before the door opened, and Ji Yao who appeared in sight wore a simple sweater, but unexpectedly put on some light makeup, making her look more mature with a tinge of innocence.


    "Ah...you came so early!" Ji Yao seemed a bit frantic, as if Yan Xi had arrived earlier than she expected.


    "I brought you a gift." Yan Xi had bought a bottle of white tea scented perfume as a gift.


    "Thanks."


    "I remember the route when I sent you homest time was not this one. Did you move to anotherplex?"


    Thest time when she sent Ji Yao home, the houses in that area were ordinary mid-range apartments, but the location Ji Yao sent to Yan Xi this morning was a high-endplex in the city center.


    The housing prices there were not cheap.


    The clothes Ji Yao wore everyday were also low-key niche brands with very fashionable designs.


    "Oh that one. I had an argument with my parents before, so I rented a rtively affordable ce near school. But themunity environment there wasn''t great. My dad worried about me living alone there, so he recently bought this house for me to live in by myself."


    "You just moved in not long ago?" Yan Xi took off her shoes and changed into soft slippers before entering the house.


    Yan Xi saw that the facilities inside the house were very tidy, giving off the feel that no one had lived here before.


    "Let''s not talk about this. I said I would show you a secret right?" Ji Yao pulled her hand mysteriously.


    "Hmm?"


    "You sit in the living room first. I''ve prepared some surprises for you in the room. When I call you toe inter, you cane in okay? No peeking!"


    Surprises?


    Yan Xi sat properly on the sofa in Ji Yao''s house.


    After quite a while, Ji Yao finally called out sweetly from the room.


    "Yan Xi,e in!"


    -----------------------------


    The instant Yan Xi opened the door, a cold camera nearly shoved right up to her face, followed closely by the blinding strong lights.


    The raised camera was connected to theputer screen, with endless barrage ofments flying by rapidly on the livestream page.


    "What do you think? Didn''t I tell the truth? Isn''t my friend very pretty?" The sweet soft voice was the coy tone Ji Yao often used.


    Main Streamer Me: Damn, I thought the streamer was bragging! She really delivered! As expected, a beauty''s friend is also a beauty! [Tipped 1 rocket]


    cking To The Max: Such huge boobs, doesn''t seem like a student. But in terms of face, the streamer is still more innocent, hehe.... [Tipped 1 phoenix crown]


    Upper Society Choosing The Low Road: I feel this friend of the streamer is more suitable to be a streamer than the streamer herself! This face is so freaking appetizing! [Tipped 10 beers]


    Cow Dung With Fresh Flowers: Aren''t they the same? Speaking of which, I seemed to have seen this woman at a KTV, a few hundred bucks a night?


    .......


    After Yan Xi''s beautiful face, designed meticulously as if by God himself, was fully exposed under the camera, the barrage ofments and tips erupted like a fountain.


    The ubiquitous feeling of being monitored, as if countless eyes were peering at her through that tiny screen, marveling at her beauty and malicious conjectures about her identity were reflected back at a unbelievable speed through the livements.


    "Thanks to all the generous brothers for your tips!"


    "Yan Xi, don''t be shy! Just now I made a bet with the viewers that your looks were much better than mine, and they didn''t believe it, saying they would tip me 10 rockets if it were true! See, they did lose right!" Ji Yao waved at her, smiling sweetly.


    As if she was saying something perfectly normal.


    "Come over and sit!"


    Ji Yao patted the stool next to her, signaling her toe over and sit down.


    That innocent and beautiful face showed a kind smile once more, not a speck of impurity in those amber eyes, yet so blissfully ignorant of malice.


    For a moment, Yan Xi did not move.


    The audience in thements could not wait.


    You''re Just A Big Rice Dumpling: What the heck? A wooden beauty? The streamer is waving her over but she has no reaction at all. Is the atmosphere that awkward?


    Cow Dung With Fresh Flowers: Can''t loosen up at all, how do you get clients in that line of work? Want brother to boost your sales record?!


    All Pianists Are Trash: Still not as pretty as the streamer. As stiff as a statue, the streamer''s smile is a bit sweeter! Just a nice face probably altered by countless surgeries!


    .......


    Because of Yan Xi''sck of reaction for a while, another round of critique erupted in thements.


    The smile never left Ji Yao''s face over time, but her eyes took on another meaning.


    As if to say, are you nning to run away?


    Finally, Yan Xi''s expression began to crack, her heart beating erratically again, the uncontroble pleasure spreading once more, bringing intense tremors she could barely control.


    "That''s more like it." The voice was barely audible.


    Ji Yao thought for a second she was hearing things.


    The girl surrounded by cameras let out a faintugh. That drop dead gorgeous face revealed an alluring expression. The girl''s temperament seemed to have subtly shifted.


    "Hello everyone, I''m Yan Xi, Ji Yao''s good friend."


    Her voice wasposed and calm, like well-practiced opening lines performed countless times before, carrying a nonchnt grace as if she was an experienced celebrity facing the cameras.


    The instant Yan Xi spoke her name, Ji Yao''s expression turned ugly.


    On the inte, almost no one would reveal their real name, but Yan Xi''s expression told her she didn''t care at all about this detail.


    Yan Xi walked over and sat down.


    This time, she took the initiative to hug Ji Yao''s arm intimately.


    Ji Yao''s expression changed. She felt an eerie chill, as if being entwined by a brightly colored snake on her arm.


    An illusion?


    "So this was the surprise you had for me. How unexpected."


    "So that guy No Expiry*1, he is your fan too? Hmm?"


    Or should I say, your "private stalker"?

 Chapter 42: Internet Celebrity 02

    <h4>Chapter 42</h4>


    Ji Yao heard what was said, and there was some surprise in her eyes that was almost impossible to suppress.


    She forcibly pressed down the uneasiness in her heart.


    Since she had done this, she would see it through to the end.


    She skipped over the second question,


    "Yeah, I''ve always been a live streamer, just recording my daily life and stuff like that. But I actually think you''d be really suitable to be a live streamer too, don''t you guys think I''m right?" Ji Yao smiled at the camera again.


    "After all, we''re both equally beautiful, aren''t we?" Ji Yao also turned her head and made a cute face at her.


    The bullet screen exploded again.


    Strawberry Cupcake: Omg, my heart is melting! The streamer is so cute! Mama loves you! Two beauties together is simply too pleasing to the eye. No, I have to call my sisters toe watch forcefully, what kind of shocking beauty is this!!!


    I Stan the Streamer: This defies heaven beauty! I''m just saying I''mpletely stunned!


    Bara Bara Energy: Will the world die if there is one more beauty in it? I''m speechless! Also confessing my love to the streamer friend, I want to be big sister''s dog!


    ......


    With a campus belle level of pure innocence, and an alluring beauty with a bewitching charm, the visual impact when sitting close was just too much!


    Moreover, this kind of contrasting looks actually had a lot of topics.


    Because Yan Xi appeared on camera, the poprity of Ji Yao''s social media ount, which originally attracted fans with her innocence, suddenly rose to a degree, with a wave of appearance chasers flooding in. With the rewards from the livestream, the data increase had a positive feedback effect on the livestream room, and Ji Yao''s livestream room suddenly rushed into the bottom of the rmendation rankings.


    The ount tform Ji Yao registered on belonged to a major tform, where usually only those big streamers with tens or even hundreds of thousands of fans could make it onto the rmendation rankings.


    The livestream room that previously had at most two to three thousand people watching at once, in the few minutes after Yan Xi appeared on camera, the number of people watching online soared to thirty to forty thousand, and the audience was still continuously pouring in.


    Ji Yao knew that poprity would slowly decline over time, so it was even more important to seize this opportunity.


    Beauty in this inte traffic era often became hard currency.


    And wasn''t that beautiful face the best switch?


    "Thank you everyone for the rewards, I''ll sing a song for you."


    Ji Yao was well-versed in this kind of reward baiting, reciprocating with the audience in a "you scratch my back, I''ll scratch yours" manner.


    Ji Yao picked up the mic and started singing.


    Ji Yao''s voice was very sweet, just like her entire demeanor and temperament, so she chose to sing a melodious little love song.


    The sweet voice came through the microphone, her pure brows and eyes were gentle and tender, her voice like a pleasant spring breeze in the four seasons, sweet and crisp.


    After she finished singing, the bullet screen was filled with praise.


    Bara Bara Energy: Sounds so good, so good, so good, so good, so good! The pure and beautiful young girl is simply too lovable! [Send 10 confessing balloon rewards]


    Be My Dog: As expected of the daughter mama has loved for many years, beautiful face and sweet voice! I''m suddenly looking forward more to the streamer friend''s show!! [Send 3 rocket rewards]


    Top of the Food Chain is Big Sister: I''ve had my eye on this Yan Xi big sister for a long time, the streamer has performed a little sweet song, look forward to the talented performance of the morous beauty!!! Strongly rmend big sister shows us her skills!


    Tofu Brain: Show skills! Show skills! Show skills!


    ...


    The livestream room became fiery hot because of Ji Yao''s performance, and also because of Ji Yao''s performance, even more bullet screens hoped Yan Xi would show her skills, letting them see what a beauty with looks no less inferior than the streamer''s would perform for them.


    "Show skills?" Ji Yao saw the bullet screens filled wall to wall with demands for Yan Xi to show her skills.


    "Yan Xi, do you want to perform? The audience in the livestream are all looking forward to it. If you perform, I''ll apud for you," said Ji Yao, looking at Yan Xi expectantly.


    Perform?


    She really waspletely unprepared.


    "So sudden? I really am not prepared at all," Yan Xi said directly, her tone hinting at refusal.


    Seeing this, the bullet screens surged even more intensely.


    cking Off is Life: No way, really? So disappointing!


    Flowers with Bullshit: Putting on airs! The streamer has performed, what''s with acting all high and mighty! No performance means retreat, retreat! Damn irritating!


    .....


    Seeing this, some people also felt it was rather disappointing and were about to exit the livestream room. After all, beauties were everywhere, it wouldn''t be a loss to miss just this one, and how many beauties online were real anyway? Most were just catfishing!


    Seeing the poprity of the livestream room slowly declining.


    "Why don''t you sing a song, Yan Xi? I''ll choose a song for you, it''s very easy to sing!" Ji Yao directly chose a little sweet song of the same style for her, with a low difficulty level.


    Ji Yao pushed the mic right in front of Yan Xi''s face, just like how she had directly started the livestream recording earlier without going through Yan Xi''s consent.


    Ji Yao seemed to pretend she hadn''t heard Yan Xi''s words.


    [Has Ji Yao gone crazy? Can''t she see that you don''t want to sing?] Pandora had not made a sound since Yan Xi went to meet Ji Yao, watching her continuously indulging and agreeing to Ji Yao''s increasingly unreasonable demands.


    The melody rang out, it was indeed a cheerful little sweet song, truly not difficult to sing.


    But her voice was not of the gentle and beautiful style, with such a gem going first, if she sang this song, wouldn''t it just be a joke?


    [Turn up the bewitching.]


    Yan Xi looked at Ji Yao''s pretty and innocent little face, and the corner of her lips curved up.


    "Bro Zhou! Look what I discovered!" Kong Jie suddenly shrieked strangely staring at his phone screen!


    Kong Jie was bored during the weekend and made ns with some bros to go out and y basketball, but unfortunate as hell, after just half a court he sprained his ankle and could only sit on the sidelines watching everyone else y! Don''t even mention how boring it was!


    Kong Jie could only scroll through videos, but unexpectedly swiped upon a good thing on the rmendation page!


    "Holler what?" Zhou Zhou made a clean three-point shot.


    Kong Jie immediately jumped up on one leg, and when his bro asked, he pounced over like a zombie, impatient as hell!


    "The campus belle is livestreaming! Ji Yao and Yan Xi are livestreaming together!"


    Kong Jie wailed mournfully, as if he had discovered the earth was square and was shocked!


    Kong Jie shoved the phone in Zhou Zhou''s face.


    Zhou Zhou also saw this livestream room, at first not seeing Ji Yao and Yan Xi''s faces, only seeing the dense, not so friendly bullet screens.


    They were all moring things like "Show skills! Show skills!"


    It was alright with just a few people shouting, but with more it was like another form of coercion, giving him a headache just looking.


    Only to see Yan Xi''s beautifully slender snow white fingers slowly push away the microphone, that face that was breathtakingly beautiful no matter when, wore an apologetic look.


    Her tone t and slow as she spoke.


    "I''m not very good at singing, sorry."


    The beauty''s posture was of refusal, so was her tone.


    That kind of refusal enhanced by her beauty, made all the audience members present and Zhou Zhou watching the screen feel a peculiar and inexplicable disappointment in their hearts.


    "But."


    The beauty''s tone paused, speaking another possibility, she slowly said.


    "My dancing is pretty good."


    As soon as she finished speaking, everyone watching the screen saw the beauty on screen smile with utmost beauty, making them feel like their hearts were lifted up high, her eyes when looking at you were like she was saying - she was dancing for you.


    She would make this feast of beauty even more memorable.

 Chapter 43: Internet Celebrity 03

    <h4>Chapter 43</h4>


    Yan Xi turned around and took off her coat.


    Today she was wearing a beautiful brown dress suit. Without the coat, the sash around her waist entuated her shapely figure.


    "Do you have a hair tie?" Yan Xi nced up alluringly.


    Ji Yao''s expression was a little stiff.


    "Do you have one?" Yan Xi asked again.


    "Yes." Ji Yao quickly responded and took a hair tie she had previously used out of the drawer.


    In the pause of their conversation, the livestreamments were filled with astonishment.


    Ba La La Energy: OMG! Big sister is so hot! I thought her face was already a masterpiece! Didn''t expect her figure to be even better! Ahhhhhhhhhhh! I''m dead! Big sister''s waist is a deadly de!


    Be My Dog: For a moment my eyes were so busy I didn''t know whether to look more at her gorgeous face or stunning figure!


    ...


    The majority ofments were shrieking about Yan Xi''s beauty!


    There were also some spiteful people constantly spewing vulgarities, getting themselves worked up no matter the situation, as if they had taken an aphrodisiac.


    Cow Dung and Flowers: She''s really putting on an act. Even just dancing is showing off. After preparing for so long, who knows if she can really dance or is just faking it! I bet in the end only her face will be worth looking at.


    1.8 Meters Tall: Her figure is pretty good, she''s just showing a bit too little skin. The fabric she''s wearing is a bit too much. If little sister takes off ayer, big brother will immediately give you a reward of 10 rockets.


    ...


    Yan Xi took the hair tie and quickly gathered her hair with her hands, neatly tying it up to reveal her beautiful neck and shoulders.


    "To rify, I''m not a professional, this is just an impromptu solo, don''t expect too much."


    "Then let''s do Midnight Cha Cha."


    Yan Xi swiftly queued up the song and clicked the mouse.


    Suddenly the lights in the room were switched off, leaving only theputer screen as the light source.


    The upbeat, sultry music quickly started ying rhythmically. The girl''s gorgeous shoulders and neck swayed alluringly in the alternating light and shadow.


    "p."


    With a snap of her fingers, the girl drew everyone''s attention.


    As her fingers snapped, the room lights came back on.


    The music began, and the girl started with some simple dance moves, wlessly on beat.


    As the music climaxed, the girl''s moves became bigger and bolder, crisp and vigorous, exuding a sense of power while still being effortless.


    The flirtatious, upbeat song continued, and the girl''s steps became more and more slick. Her flying hair was perfectly styled, emanating a hint of dangerous charm.


    Dancing the midnight Cha Cha


    No matter how I dance I really enjoy it


    The drunk electronic drums


    Ripping my soul out halfway


    Dancing the midnight Cha Cha


    The dazzling neon lights shing


    Made a drunken bet


    Sure to fly you to the moon for sure


    The midnight starlight matched the illuminated musical notes


    You make my passionate heartbeat sketch out an oil painting


    The long night stretches on


    Words left unsaid pile up


    Just give me your fiery kiss


    Aim at my soft lips


    The girl''s delicate fingers touched her lips at that moment, lightly caressing past, exuding indescribable danger and temptation, as if inviting someone toe taste them.


    But the look in the girl''s eyes was cold, keeping everyone at a distance of thousands of miles, in stark contrast to her dangerous, tempting moves.


    The intense contradiction between coldness and seduction produced a shocking, thrilling beauty that attracted everyone present.


    Crazy! Gone crazy!


    Many people watching the livestream were directly bewitched on the spot!


    Ba La La Energy: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! I''m dead ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Help!!! [Sent 50 rockets]


    Fishing Law Enforcer: I''m done for! Don''t mind me, I want to be big sister''s dog! [Sent 100 confession balloons]


    You Are My God: Too bewitching! What kind of mortal sorceress is this! I can''t handle it anymore, bewitched to death on the spot! Help! [Sent 100 bouquets of roses]


    Streamer Face Up Close: Murderous madness! My heartpletely stopped!!! [Sent 20 rockets]


    The screen was filled with screams of ahhhhhh, killed with madness!


    The poprity of the livestream exploded directly on the spot, rewards burst onto the screen like fireworks, continuously skyrocketing. The insane pace of rewards directly pushed Ji Yao''s stream to the top 3 on the hot list!


    ---------------


    Outside the screen, the dance had already finished.


    Zhou Zhou and Kong Jie as well as the other guys ying basketball were stunned speechless.


    "Bro Zhou....is this really Yan Xi the school belle? p me, damn, she''s too hot!"


    "Holy crap, this dance is too addictive! I can''t handle it anymore, I''m going to pursue the school belle when I get home tonight!"


    "Murderous madness! That waist! Amazing! Don''tpete with me, I''m going to pursue her!"


    ...


    The few guys who were ying basketball were almost all bewildered by the girl''s performance on screen. The excited guys were barely able to restrain themselves as they ogled the livestream screen.


    Zhou Zhou stared motionless at the screen, even after the dance ended. The girl was covered in sweat after dancing, which trickled enticingly down her slender neck.


    Her beautiful face was even more stunning flushed from the exercise, like a ripe, plump red apple, tempting people to pluck it.


    "Bro Zhou? What''s up with you?" Kong Jie called out repeatedly, but Zhou Zhou didn''t react at all. He just stood frozen in front of the phone screen, and Kong Jie couldn''t pry the phone away no matter how hard he tried.


    Zhou Zhou''s mind was filled with Yan Xi''s dance moves, her full, lush lips, her waist so slender it seemed it could be snapped with a pinch, and the cold look in her eyes towards the audience.


    For a moment, he had an urge to lean in and kiss her.


    He felt he had gone insane!

 Chapter 44: The Face

    <h4>Chapter 44</h4>


    ¡°You just danced beautifully, Yan Xi,¡± said Ji Yao with an indescribable expression on her face.


    ¡°Did you have professional training?¡±


    ¡°It was decent. I just practice asionally when I have time,¡± said Yan Xi, still catching her breath. The dance just now burned up quite a bit of energy.


    The poprity of the livestream room kept rising to new heights, as countless people flooded in. Footage of Yan Xi''s dance had just been clipped and was already spreading. Those enraptured by Yan Xi''s looks and dance moves were going wild, madly sending gifts.


    Ji Yao gazed at that bewitchingly pretty face, somewhat spellbound.


    She really is very beautiful.


    "Sis, are you in high school? I''m in high school too! Why don''t I look half as good as you? Your face would beat all the school belles hands down!" [Sends 10 rocket rewards]


    "First time seeing someone dance locking to this song! Gotta say this youngdy has great bodily coordination. Not professional, but close to a pro dancer''s level."


    "Stunned! A high school girl dancing for me! Hit the jackpot! Holy crap!" [Sends 20 piercing-cloud arrow rewards]


    Yan Xi sat down.


    "Minors, stop sending rewards. Focus on studying," said Yan Xi after spotting a message from a minor.


    "Have you finished your homework?"


    "What''d you get on yourst test?"


    Yan Xi fired off two lethal questions in a row.


    Part of the bullet screen instantly filled with tragic cries.


    The atmosphere had been great, but as always, some idiots had to ruin it.


    Cow dung and flowers: Still in high school? As if. Obviously the streamer hired an actress. What high school girl dances like that? If that was my daughter, I''d break her legs!


    1.8 meters tall: Not exactly proper, but I like it!


    Disgusting gold digger: Knowing how to twist like that, who knows how many she''s slept with. ims to be in high school, but we all know escorts love calling themselves high schoolers. That face clearly isn''t a student''s. Might be a social escort! Don''t fall for it, you morons!


    I cried out "Jackpot!": F***faces above, did you leave home without brushing your teeth? Spewing crap without using your brain? Does shit exit your mouth directly from your ass?


    Bar energy: Gutted this early in the morning. What kind of brain damaged nonsense is this? Only filth appears filthy to warped minds! What specimen of creature is this?!


    ...


    The bullet screen devolved into chaos.


    Yan Xi silently observed a few despicable IDs periodically spurting vitriol, withoutment.


    She had no need to exin herself. Whether others believed her was their business. The best way to deal with nder wasn''t self-defense, but to flush the trash.


    Ji Yao also spotted those stupid clownish SOBs spewing toxic garbage, and instantly banned them from her stream while reporting them through official channels.


    "All cleaned up. Everyone please be friendly," said Ji Yao sweetly to the audience after handling things.


    Order returned to the bullet screen. Though the asional piece of trash still slipped out, things were drastically better than the dogpile before.


    "Yan Xi, could you get me a cup of water from outside? You must be thirsty too after dancing. There are some sports drinks in the lobby you can take too." Ji Yao smiled at her.


    Would she go?


    Yan Xi somehow felt something was off.


    Ji Yao''s smile right then was as sweet as when she had invited Yan Xi to sit.


    Yan Xi didn''t budge, fixing her pretty fox eyes on Ji Yao who was actively engaging the audience.


    "I''m a bit tired. Could you go grab it?" said Yan Xi.


    "Hm?" Ji Yao''s expression changed slightly at the rejection.


    "Alright... I''ll go grab it. Chat with the audience," she assented.


    Ji Yao soon returned with arge bottle of sports drink, arge bottle of mineral water, and two cups for the drinks.


    "What would you like? Water or sports drink?" Ji Yao asked.


    "Water."


    Ji Yao swiftly poured her a cup and held it out high. She stood while Yan Xi sat, vaguely evoking a sense of powerful malice to Yan Xi.


    To take the cup, Yan Xi would have to stand up.


    The instant Yan Xi began to rise, she felt the skirt''s weight drag her back down!


    Glue had been applied to the chair she was just sitting on!


    [Holy crap, there''s glue on your chair!] Pandora also noticed in a sh.


    This was still a livestream!


    The camera was aimed almost entirely at the two. Yan Xi''s skirt wasn''t very thick. Pandora could easily imagine what a disaster it would be if it ripped open now!


    But it was toote. Yan Xi seemed to catch the smug satisfaction sh across Ji Yao''s face the moment her clothes tore loudly.


    "That''s more like it," echoed out again. No mistake this time. Ji Yao''s heart thudded.


    Yet the girl didn''t fully stand, stumbling a little as if her leg gave out. The glued clothes didn''t tear free, instead yanking Yan Xi right back into her seat!


    The ripping sounds cut off sharply. Ji Yao next felt her own top get seized as the girl before her clutched in panic at losing bnce, unintentionally grabbing her clothes rather than on purpose.


    "Ah!"


    A shriek, and both tumbled forward by theputer.


    The livestream audience was struck dumb!


    What was happening?!


    The water Ji Yao spilled mostly drenched Yan Xi, soaking her top. Some sshed directly onto Ji Yao''s face, leaving it covered in wet marks.


    At this moment Ji Yao was ttened onto Yan Xi, their faces pressed very near, some hair intertwining. From the camera angle it resembled the two locked in a kiss - exceptionally suggestive.


    The bullet screen blew up!


    Bar energy: Holy f**k! What the hell just happened?! So homo?! Did they kiss?!


    R18 girl: No way... It was just an ident, right? My two goddesses, leave me one at least! The hot ones all turn lesbian now?! Day ruined!!!


    Tomatoes aren''t tomatoes: BL fans rejoice! Beauties unattainable to us losers here! Frankly all of us miss out!


    ...


    Some were already screen recording. With so many explosive moments this stream, who knew how insanely these would spreadter!


    The two stars of this incident were still processing things.


    After some disorientation Ji Yao finally reacted. At this time Yan Xi''s seductive face magnified before her.


    "Strawberry bobby pin."


    Yan Xi''s voice exploded by Ji Yao''s ear, the malice exceeding all limits.


    Hearing this, Ji Yao''s pupils constricted, heart clenching, but her smile-lined face revealed no ripples as usual.


    "What are you saying? I don''t understand. Could you let me get up first?"


    Unable to find purchase, Ji Yao''s full weight still pinned Yan Xi. Yet widening the distance even slightly could conceal her internal panic.


    "Still pretending?"


    "What do you mean?" Ji Yao persisted in feigning ignorance.


    "Want me to just announce it to the livestream audience?"


    Yan Xi''s final question held an almost yful edge now, as if she''d discovered something entertaining.


    "Then I''ll y along."


    "That strawberry hair clip is you and..." Yan Xi''s voice suddenly went shrill.


    "Enough!"


    Ji Yao sharply jerked a leg, pulling the plug of the power strip nearest theputer. Theputer instantly shut off.


    Ji Yao''s face finally lost its calm.

 Chapter 45: The Face 02

    <h4>Chapter 45</h4>


    Theputer screen went ck, and the live stream ended.


    At this moment, the atmosphere became even more bizarre.


    "What exactly are you trying to say?"


    "Did I say anything wrong?" Yan Xi seemed to pretend not to see Ji Yao''s ugly expression.


    Yan Xi stared at Ji Yao''s uneasy face, as if she had discovered something interesting.


    "The former boss of the West District - Ji Yao..." Yan Xi''s full, red lips stated word for word.


    "Shut up!"


    Ji Yao looked fierce. This sentence seemed to directly vite Ji Yao''s taboo. The pure and beautiful look on her face was gone.


    Yan Xi''s cor was suddenly grabbed tightly. An intense suffocating restraint was applied to her neck, as if to strangle her!


    Yan Xi also lifted her foot and kicked Ji Yao straight in the abdomen.


    "Ji Yao, Du Le is your friend, right? Or should I say.....he is your underling in the West District?"


    Upon hearing this, the usually clear and clean look in Ji Yao''s eyes waspletely gone at this moment, reced by a kind of irritation from being stimted.


    She was not as weak as she looked.


    The kick just now only made the seemingly weak Ji Yao wince a little. Ji Yao quickly took this opportunity to rush up again.


    Ji Yao raised her hand to p Yan Xi and make her shut up.


    Yan Xi could feel that even the air around her was blown open by the palm wind, making whooshing sounds.


    At the critical moment, Ji Yao''s hand was firmly grabbed by Yan Xi.


    Every time Ji Yao swung her slender arm, there was tremendous force. Yan Xi could feel the hand she grabbed was trembling slightly, and acute pain transmitted from the finger bones.


    "What''s wrong? Angry?"


    Yan Xi''s expression was like she was watching a spoiled little animal. Her mocking look seemed to taunt Ji Yao''s irritation.


    Ji Yao trembled with anger as she looked at the excessively beautiful girl in front of her. She didn''t know why things would turn out like this. It was her who set things up in the first ce!


    Why did she end up losing control of the situation?


    How did she find out about these things? She had already dealt with everyone who knew about it!


    At this time, Yan Xi was also appreciating Ji Yao''s changing expressions, from calm to panic to utter irritation.


    Pleasure surged from the depths of Yan Xi''s heart again, like she was tasting some exquisite delicacy.


    "It looks like I guessed right."


    "Based on this logic, you are not from a wealthy family either, right? So this house is rented?"


    Probably no wealthy daughter in Qingteng High School would fall to such dire straits in the West District.


    This house looked like no one had lived here before.


    ¡¾How did she know? It''s not written in the information!¡¿ At this point, even Pandora was stunned by Yan Xi''s maneuvers. And judging from Ji Yao''s broken defense, there was a high probability it was true.


    ¡¾I''ve seen the same strawberry hairpins on Du Le and Zhao Fangdian''s student cards before, and there was that phone call too. Did you forget how Zhao Fangdian addressed the other party?¡¿


    A few days ago at the KTV, under the colorful lights, she had also seen simr strawberry hairpins on the few young girls beside Zhao Fangdian.


    "Of course, before you invited me to your house today, the previous spections were guesses."


    Yan Xi paused, her tone changed.


    "But your performance today haspletely.....confirmed this point."


    "I really have to thank you."


    Was she talking about today''s livestream?


    Ji Yao''s pupils contracted slightly. She seemed to be telling Yan Xi through her expression that inviting Yan Xi to "her home" today was an extremely foolish mistake!


    Because of the livestream, Ji Yao''s performance was far from what a rich family''s daughter could demonstrate.


    That kind of catering to the audience, even the sweet attitude towards Yan Xi before her true face was exposed, contained a sense of catering.


    If her guess was correct, why did Ji Yao take such an obvious risk to rent such an expensive apartment, and put in so much effort to get close to her?


    Yan Xi''s expression dimmed for a moment as she suddenly nced at the ckputer screen.


    The ie from tonight''s livestream was not small.....


    Combined with Qingteng High School''s high tuition fees and the recent preparations for the Christmas party, she was almost certain that her guesses were credible.


    "What''s wrong? Is the money from the West District''s tribute not enough?"


    Yan Xi smiled sweetly and spoke out her final guess for tonight.


    As soon as she said this, Ji Yao suddenly raised her head, seeming to have lost her sanity in an instant.


    She knew everything!


    Can''t let her leave!


    Can''t let her leave!!


    Can''t let her leave!!!


    Ji Yao''s expression turned frantic. She picked up the water ss next to her and smashed it at Yan Xi''s head.


    Yan Xi barely managed to dodge it. She quickly picked up the coat beside her, tied a knot around her waist to cover the tear in her skirt.


    Not long after she tied it, Ji Yao was already in front of her. The two began fighting, and Ji Yao started attacking with her fists.


    Her punches were chaotic and disordered, but had a recipe as familiar to Yan Xi as that of the gangster sister she once saw in school.


    Although Yan Xi reacted swiftly to block the attacks, Ji Yao''s strength was too great. Several punches weren''t blocked at all, brushing past her face and leaving a burning sensation.


    ¡¾Luo Manman, are you okay?!¡¿ Pandora was shocked too! This Ji Yao even used physical attacks! Although it liked to watch women fight, given the situation now, it seemed like its trader could get taken out directly!


    ¡¾Increase extreme value.¡¿ At this moment, Yan Xi was extremely calm. Under the pain, her eyes showed an inhuman coldness.


    If she didn''t increase her strength value now, this weak body was afraid it would be rubbed on the ground by the opponent directly.


    She really lived up to her reputation as the former school boss...


    Yan Xi violently strangled Ji Yao''s neck and pressed her onto theputer desk. The corners of her mouth were swollen and red, her hair was in a mess, but her eyes were extremely calm.


    The condition of both was very bad now - Ji Yao had intermittent abdominal cramps, obvious shoe prints on her body, and her hair was also extremely messy without a trace of her previous pure and pleasant look.


    "Can you listen to me continue now?"

 Chapter 46: Judgment

    <h4>Chapter 46</h4>


    The suffocating feeling returned in full force as the slender fingers tightened continuously.


    "Cough... Cough... Let go!" Ji Yao said hoarsely.


    Seeing Ji Yao''s current appearance, Yan Xi almostughed out loud.


    "So I guessed correctly right? Yao Mei, hmm?" Yan Xi deliberately adopted an intimate tone.


    A storm was brewing in Ji Yao''s eyes. She forced herself to calm down.


    "Do you have any evidence? Are you smearing me with just empty words? Who do you think will believe you?" Seeing that resistance was futile, Ji Yao hadpletely calmed down now, with her mind racing quickly.


    She knew there was nothing much she could do. With her current influence in school, no one would believe it.


    "Ahahahaha..." Yan Xiughed as if she had heard a joke.


    "It seems they don''t know at all? The prestigious Ji, a big beauty on campus, secretly instructed people to collect protection fees in private. Such explosive news, even if they don''t believe it at first, there are traces that can be followed, right?"


    "They are not children from ordinary families. There are many powerful families on campus. With Ji''s poprity..."


    "Take a guess? When will they find out?"


    "After all, there are many boys and girls who like you."


    "Or should I give them some pointers right now? What do you think?"


    "Although I don''t know how you concealed your past identity in the West District, but I have ways to y this game with you."


    "What do you think?"


    The malice on that beautiful face was like a hidden reef in the deep sea, usually hidden below the surface, but also harboring the energy to capsize huge ships.


    ¡¾I feel like you are more sinister than the viinesses I''ve read about in novels....¡¿ Pandoramented.


    Strangling someone''s neck while threatening them, paired with that excessively beautiful face, it''s a perfect one-to-one replica of a sinister viiness.


    Wow! A sinister viiness crying out that she''s the real deal!


    "What exactly do you want to do?" Ji Yao''s heart turned ice-cold.


    She had offended the wrong person.


    She thought Yan Xi was just an ordinary transfer student with a moderate family background and a pretty face, but she did not expect her to not be a harmlessmp!


    What good would exposing her do for Yan Xi?


    It would only humiliate her, right?


    "So you admit it? You were the tyrant of Qingteng West District?"


    "So what if I am.... What do you want from me?" Ji Yao said desperately.


    Unable to win and with her secrets exposed, what else could she do?


    Yan Xi looked at her and fell into contemtion, seeming to think about what to do next.


    "As long as you keep today''s secret, I will grant you one request," said Ji Yao. Over the past few days, she had vaguely sensed something.


    After all, exposing her would not benefit Yan Xi.


    She had topromise. She did not want to lose everything she had now. If her deeds were exposed at Qingteng, she would be expelled.


    She had painstakingly nurtured everything here. At least for now, it could not be destroyed.


    "A request? I do have one." Yan Xi instantly let go, as if she had heard a satisfactory proposal.


    Yan Xi walked out of the room.


    "Cough... Cough..." Ji Yao covered her strangled throat, very ufortable.


    Yan Xi quickly returned, throwing something directly in front of Ji Yao.


    It was a fruit knife.


    Then Yan Xi''s icy words came to her ears.


    "Use this and cut your face. If you do, I''ll promise to keep it a secret."


    ¡¾Damn! You''ve changed!¡¿ Pandora roared in her heart.


    Is she that deranged?


    ¡¾Shut up, Panny, you''re hurting my ears. Why make such a big fuss? ¡¿


    It''s really hard not to make a big fuss!


    "After all, with my face tonight, you earned quite a bit of money... I''m very unhappy."


    "Were you dreaming?" Ji Yao felt that she had gone crazy.


    There was no way she would do that! Ji Yao knew how important her face was to her!


    "Have you gone crazy? Just go and tell everyone, let''s see if anyone believes you!" Ji Yao said to her in shock.


    "But...what was said just now... I recorded it!" Yan Xi revealed a righteous smile and took out the voice recorder that had been in her shirt pocket all along.


    Yan Xi''s expression was innocent and pure, very much like Ji Yao''s original one, but it clearly told Ji Yao that she did have evidence!


    "You were recording it just now!"


    "Didn''t you stick glue on my chair just now? With that expression, it''s as if I''m the only bad guy here." Yan Xi frowned unhappily.


    A lunatic!


    Ji Yao''s hand trembled, her voice seeming hoarse.


    "If you don''t agree... then forget it. Have a nice life. See you at school tomorrow."


    Without any hesitation, Yan Xi turned to leave this ce.


    Watching Yan Xi about to leave, Ji Yao felt that if she didn''t keep Yan Xi here, her world would copse.


    She had barely made it from the West District to the East District. She had finally escaped from that filthy and lowly ce. She had finally drawn a line to distinguish herself from the past. She did not want to be beaten back to hell.


    She seemed to vaguely see the red and purple marks all over her small body in winter, being locked out in the cold, with clusters of women gossiping as she passed by carrying groceries home.


    She could only curl up at the door, her already chapped hands futilely pping the door, hoping that the hungover woman inside all night could hear it and open the door to let her in.


    "Auntie, I''m so cold," Ji Yao would say ingratiatingly with a sweet smile whenever she was about to not be able to endure any longer, to those women gossiping about her family affairs.


    That little face that was born so pretty back then could easily win the favor of others, avoiding the fate of being frozen to death.


    But that feeling of cold from the past spread all over her body at this moment. She couldn''t help but tremble all over, with tears streaming down her cheeks.


    Yan Xi, who had just pressed the cold door handle, heard Ji Yao''s overly hoarse voiceing from behind.


    "Is this... enough?"


    .....


    Ji Yao''s face was covered in tear stains, with a bloody gash on her left cheek. The knife next to her was stained red, with red dripping to the floor.


    Ji Yao''s eyes were numb, like a plea before shattering to pieces.


    Was this the ending?


    There was a hint of astonishment in Yan Xi''s eyes, but the show was not over yet.


    "Ah... I was just joking earlier. This is still not good enough~"


    "I will still expose you."


    Yan Xi''s tone was gentle, but she spoke those utterly heartless words.


    Ji Yao felt instantly as if she had fallen into an icehouse.


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 Chapter 47: The Last Game

    <h4>Chapter 47</h4>


    "So it was just to get to the extreme, I thought you really would expose her..." There seemed to be some regret in Pandora''s tone.


    Expose her?


    "One must be kind...I want to be a kind person."


    Yan Xi walked down the stairs, autumn was approaching.


    There was a bit of coolness in the air.


    She had almost forgotten who had made her kind.


    Besides, Ji Yao still had uses, if she was forced too much she would bite back, that wouldn''t be good.


    Her phone suddenly vibrated, a new message came in.


    Zhou Zhou: Are you with Ji Yao?


    Yan Xi raised her eyebrows and asked back.


    Yan Xi: Did you watch the livestream?


    Zhou Zhou was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing how to reply.


    He also didn''t know why, after watching the dance livestream, he felt even more ufortable, he couldn''t tell what emotion he was feeling for a moment.


    But subconsciously he just wanted to contact her, by the time he came to his senses he had already sent her a message.


    Before he could think of how to reply, another message from Yan Xi came in.


    Yan Xi: Let''s talk about how to y the third round.


    Zhou Zhou looked at the new short message, and suddenly felt a bit irritated.


    Hadn''t their rtionship been like this from the beginning?


    Why would he suddenly feel a bit annoyed?


    "Come out with me today, little brother."


    "You seem to be in a very good mood today." Qi Yili looked at Yan Xi, her eyes full of smiles.


    "Not bad."


    She would be even happier if she could get Ji Yao to the extreme soon.


    "Where are we going?"


    "To buy some clothes, the school''s Christmas party is about to start right? Yesterday the optician told me your prescription sses were ready, let''s go out and try them on, see if they fit properly, if not we can adjust them again."


    "How long will we be out?"


    Lately, his mother''s condition had worsened.


    "It won''t be for too long, there will be time to go see your mom today." Yan Xi said in understanding, and patted his shoulder.


    "Okay."


    "How is it? Does it fit properly?"


    Qi Yili''s vision went blurry, almost dizzyingly nauseous.


    It was like his previous state, muddling through obscurely, the unknown far off future, he didn''t even dare to hope.


    "Is the lens prescription not right?" Her voice was steady and calm, like a tranquil pool of water.


    His vision instantly became clear again, in the light and shadows, everything slowly took shape.


    The first thing he saw was her.


    The light fell on the girl''s shoulders, her beautiful face half illuminated by the sun, half submerged in darkness, the depths of her eyes always without a hint of ripples.


    No matter what expression, he could always sense a feeling of aloofness from her, as if to everyone, and also to this world.


    In these short few weeks, he had an unprecedented experience.


    A warm bed, well-fitting clothes, brand new textbooks, a peaceful life, the only thing he had to work hard on was his own grades.


    No longer any school uniform that could never be washedpletely clean, no more day after day of cruel curses and violence, no longer having to skip breakfast to save money and walk for hours from school to home.


    The foot blisters and stomach pains that once came seemed to disappear without a trace.


    That wall, seemed to separate two different worlds.


    Many times he woke up at midnight, and found himself lying in the soft bed, wrapped in warmth, the room arrangement neat and cozy, as if everything he had experienced before was just a dream, an absurd and bizarre dream.


    And that him being Yan Xi''s little brother was the only truth.


    Only when seeing his ill mother in the hospital bed each time, could he briefly wake up from this dream, what he was escaping from was brought up again, only then could he painfully sober up.


    He had also been observing her, at first it was more precaution, but after following her for the short few weeks, he read something different beneath that beautiful yet overly fair exterior.


    She was like an onlooker, whether in dailyughter or annoyance and gloom, he didn''t feel any ripples from her, as if those emotions only clung to the surface. Even her help towards him, seemed like a trivial lending of a hand.


    He didn''t see a shred ofpassion in her help, just like a light wisp of cloud, he relied on it and at the same time felt at ease.


    "Do the lenses need adjustment to the prescription?"


    "They''re fine."


    But no matter her purpose, he admitted that when by her side he would feel a soothing tranquility.


    "Little brother, I discovered you look really good with sses on." Yan Xi said with a smile of praise.


    If nothing changed, this would be enough.


    "Hey, have you thought about how topete?" Yan Xi bought everything and returned home, after Qi Yili helped bring everything back home he went to the hospital alone.


    After she tidied everything up that she bought, she opened her phone. Zhou Zhou this chatterbox still hadn''t replied to her message from yesterday until now. So she just called and asked.


    "Why aren''t you saying anything?"


    On the other end of the call, a few brawny guys surrounded Zhou Zhou, ears pricked listening in.


    "Move aside." Zhou Zhou said speechless, he had just met up with a couple of buddies at the basketball court to let off some steam for a day, when the call came in.


    And that bbermouth Kong Jie upon seeing the caller ID was Yan Xi, became the biggest gossip, and quickly pulled the brothers he was ying basketball with to give an update.


    The result of the update was them instantly looking at Zhou Zhou with the most gossipy expressions. It made his hairs stand on end.


    "It really is the voice of the school belle Yan Xi? Zhou Zhou, you''re merciless! ying this hand, yesterday you were still saying Yan Xi''s dance was nothing special. Privately you''re contacting her, quite the hypocrite!" Kong Jie yelled loudly at Zhou Zhou while eagerly dodging them.


    "Boss Zhou, I said you were interested in her right, that chick''s dance in yesterday''s livestream was hot stuff! That livestream went viral, it''s blowing up all over the inte!"


    "Boss Zhou was even asking me for the dance cut of the livestream yesterday. He was watching it for a whole afternoon, yo what''s the rtionship? Didn''t that chick say she was in your ss too?"


    ....


    "Is there something?" Zhou Zhou avoided them and found an empty space before he started speaking.


    "You didn''t reply my message, so have you thought about how to y the third round?"


    Zhou Zhou also didn''t know what mood he was in, he didn''t know how to reply.


    No, he had been very confused since yesterday.


    He was like possessed as he watched that video over and over, the more he watched, the more he wanted to watch it again!


    And when he woke up this morning, seeing the mess below, he had a wet dream. And the main character of his dream yesterday was actually Yan Xi! He felt like he was going crazy.


    "If you have no ideas, I happen to have a way to y this. Not sure what you think?" The girl''s clear voice came over through the phone.


    "Let''s end this game at the Christmas party."

 Chapter 48: Come Out

    <h4>Chapter 48</h4>


    "What game?"


    "Have you ever yed hide and seek?"


    Hide and seek is a game that many people often yed when they were young.


    "What are the rules?"


    "The rules are very simple. On the day of the Christmas party, students are required to wear masks to attend, right? Afterparing the difference in physical strength between us, it makes more sense for me as the hider. If you can find and catch me among the crowd that night before 12 o''clock, you win. But if you still can''t find me after 12, I win. What do you think?" Yan Xi came up with a new set of rules for the game.


    "If you hide in a corner all night, the school is so big I can''t possibly search the entire campus by myself. And how would I know if you even came to school? What if you didn''te, wouldn''t I look like a fool?"


    Zhou Zhou couldn''t clear his emotions at the moment, but his tone towards Yan Xi was still as sarcastic as ever, not showing a hint of weakness.


    "So you don''t agree with this game?" Yan Xi said.


    "Not exactly, but I have an addendum," Zhou Zhou thought of a way.


    "What addendum?"


    "You''ll know when youe back to school on Monday," Zhou Zhou hung up the phone.


    After hanging up the phone, he threw the ball to Kong Jie and turned to leave the basketball court.


    "Bro Zhou! You''re not ying basketball anymore? Where are you going?!" Kong Jie yelled in confusion at Zhou Zhou''s leaving figure.


    "Something came up, see you back at school tomorrow night." Zhou Zhou left swiftly and decisively.


    "Could he be going after the school belle?" Kong Jie looked at his leaving figure as if he had guessed some shocking secret.


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    Yan Xi woke upte this morning, Qi Yili was the one who got her out of bed.


    After eating the breakfast Qi Yili made for her, the two hurried to school.


    They arrived just in time to avoid being markedte.


    Originally, after a long period of being in the same ss, their ssmates'' intense stares when she first transferred in had gradually eased up.


    But as soon as she entered the ssroom today, she noticed the intensity of their gaze was on par with when she first started school, even more scorching than before.


    Even Qi Yili who had long gotten used to standing by her side felt extremely ufortable.


    She had no choice but to ignore her ssmates'' looks and sat down expressionlessly to start morning reading so as not to disrupt the order.


    After morning reading was over, discussion exploded in the ss.


    "Yan Xi, did you livestream the day before yesterday?" Guan Yongyan was the first to lose patience and came over gossipingly to ask.


    Huh?


    "Ah ..yes." Seeing Guan Yongyan''s expectant look, Yan Xi acknowledged.


    "It really was you! So the rumour that you livestreamed with Ji Yao was true!" Guan Yongyan eximed loudly. With that volume almost everyone in ss had heard.


    "Holy shit, it''s real!"


    Yan Xi suddenly noticed that at some point there were also students from other sses eavesdropping outside the door. Hearing Guan Yongyan''s words, some hurriedly went back to ss as if to do something, while others had looks of shock and strange excitement on their faces.


    ???


    Seeing Yan Xi''s clueless expression, Guan Yongyan started exining.


    "Do you know your stream with Ji Yao went viral! The dance cuts are all over the inte!"


    The other girls immediately crowded around her too.


    "Yan Xi, I didn''t know you were so fierce! Your figure is really incredibly good looking, you''ve almost be a celebrity in our school now!"


    "I''m going to be your fan girl!"


    "Do you guys remember that article posted on our school forum a few days ago? I thought it was fake at first. But after seeing the final cuts of your stream edited byizens, I feel I bought the wrong stock."


    "Waaa, thinking about it makes me sad! Ahhhhhhhh I bought the wrong stock!! Last week I swore confidently that Young Master Tu could win Yan Xi''s heart!"


    "Who didn''t ..."


    "So I guess my allowance is noting back..."


    With that, the girls gave her strange and ambiguous looks.


    "It''s probably fake," Shen Qiuyi suddenly spoke, seemingly unwilling to let the girls continue.


    "What article?"


    Yan Xi was not originally curious, but seeing Shen Qiuyi''s attitude suddenly made her very curious.


    The girls allughed strangely when they saw her ask.


    ???


    "What article is it?!"


    Yan Xi asked again, forcing them to answer her question.


    "See for yourself." Guan Yongyan turned on her phone and opened up an article, shoving it right in front of Yan Xi''s face.


    "On the few things that must be said between the new and former school belle"


    ?!


    That title?


    With Yan Xi''s speed reading skills, she quickly finished it.


    It was fanfiction with her and Ji Yao as the protagonists! !


    Moreover, what kind of plot was this? It said Yan Xi''s reason for transferring was not a coincidence, but because of someone, and that someone was Ji Yao! Ji Yao deliberately dropping her student ID card was also because she fell in love at first sight with Yan Xi. Exchanging WeChats was premeditated. It even described the ambiguous flirting between her and Ji Yao on campus, all kinds of ys!


    The modern fanfic master!


    It was like the author had witnessed her and Ji Yao do something at school!


    "Is Ji Yao not at school today because she''s shy?"


    "We didn''t believe it at first... But you have been getting pretty close with Ji Yao recently..."


    "Um... did you guys.. at the end of the stream... kiss?" Guan Yongyan looked at her expression and whispered tentatively into her ear. The other girls also looked at her with curious and embarrassed expressions.


    Their eyes seemed to hope there was really something going on between them, yet also hoping she wouldn''t mess with Ji Yao. This look was asplicated as the twisted crullers she had eaten.


    "Yan Xi, I need to talk to you,e with me for a moment," Zhou Zhou who was sitting behind Yan Xi suddenly spoke, interrupting the girls surrounding Yan Xi.


    "What is it?" Yan Xi breathed a sigh of relief.


    She hoped the fanfic author would hide their identity properly, otherwise beware her assassination.


    "I''m telling you toe with me," Zhou Zhou spoke curtly, not sounding like a request but more like a fight.


    "Xixi," Tu Qingluan also called out to stop her, as if to tell her not to go.


    Tu Qingluan had also seen the online edited clips from their stream. While shocked, he also felt an extremely strong sense of unease, as if his carefully treasured possession had been discovered by others and was in danger of being snatched away anytime.


    Today, he discovered the looks focused on Yan Xi were even more than before.


    Yan Xi thought of the phone call she had hung up on yesterday.


    Was he going to talk about the addendum?


    "Alright." Yan Xi agreed.


    "We have some matters to discuss, don''t worry," Yan Xi said to the worried looking Shen Qiuyi and Qi Yili.


    To Tu Qingluan, she smiled to appease his mood.

 Chapter 49: Supplement

    <h4>Chapter 49</h4>


    The door of the empty ssroom was suddenly closed.


    Only two people were left facing each other in the ssroom.


    "What do you want to add?" Yan Xi opened his mouth.


    "Sit up there."


    Zhou Zhou pointed to an empty desk and said.


    ¡¾Ah this.....what kind of request is this?¡¿ Pandora was also puzzled.


    "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid I''ll eat you up?" Seeing Yan Xi hesitate to cooperate, Zhou Zhou spoke up.


    Yan Xiughed. He''s very strange today.


    Yan Xi didn''t say anything, just lightly propped himself up and sat neatly on the desk.


    Zhou Zhou walked over. Although Yan Xi was sitting on the desk, he still wasn''t as tall as him.


    She felt a little ufortable with this oppressive feeling. She really hated it.


    He suddenly grabbed her ankle.


    "You''d better have something to say." The girl frowned.


    Her fair and delicate ankle was held in the boy''s hand, the contrast between her wheat colored skin and his cold whiteplexion vividly apparent. Zhou Zhou thought again of that video, her corbone seemed to be the same shade as well.


    Zhou Zhou froze for a moment.


    "If you have nothing to say, I''ll consider this sexual harassment."


    Endless, isn''t it?


    Grabbing someone else''s ankle and staring intensely, are there really that many perverts these days?


    "I sexually harassed you? You...." Zhou Zhou reflexively argued, but suddenly remembered what had happened that morning, and swallowed back the second half of the sentence "You wish".


    "Why so quiet all of a sudden?"


    Zhou Zhou didn''t dare look Yan Xi in the eye for a moment.


    "If there''s nothing, I''m leaving." Yan Xi wanted to pull his leg back.


    "Who said you could leave!"


    Her defiant attitude seemed to reflexively provoke Zhou Zhou''s actions, her ankle was forcibly held down again, and Yan Xi was immobilized for the time being.


    "There''s nothing much, I just felt it was unfair, so adding a prop makes it more interesting to y, what, are you afraid now?" Zhou Zhou seemed to have regained his irritating attitude towards Yan Xi.


    Zhou Zhou cut to the chase without further nonsense.


    "It took me a whole afternoon yesterday to have this custom made."


    Suddenly there was an icy feeling around his ankle, and a pure silver chain was tied around it.


    "What is this?" Yan Xi tried to struggle.


    "Don''t move, there''s a tracker in it, it reports the coordinates every 15 minutes, showing your general location within a 200 meter radius."


    "We''ll follow the rules you setst time, but you have to be there by 8 pm at thetest, I''ll be there at 8:30 pm sharp."


    "It''s more interesting to y this way." Zhou Zhou smiled wickedly. Having experienced thest two bets, he was more careful with the details this time.


    ¡¾This kind of thing? This kind of thing is just as exciting in other games too.¡¿ Pandora seemed to associate it with something.


    Tied up before we''ve even started?


    "Has your mom never told you you''re a pervert?" Yan Xi looked up at him, her beautiful face full of mockery.


    "I''m probably only this perverted towards you, little mermaid."


    Zhou Zhou was provoked by her gaze and subconsciously retorted.


    She''s pretty good at pretending isn''t she? Howe she doesn''t pretend at all in front of him? The things she says can piss a person off.


    Her? A mermaid?


    Hmph.....


    Yan Xi grabbed the chain and found itpletely unremovable, tightly sped.


    "I''ve sped it closed, after the game ends I''ll unlock it for you."


    "How do I know your locator isn''t cheating."


    Zhou Zhou took out a phone that wasn''t his, opened up a map screen and handed it to her.


    "This is all I can see."


    The location shown was Building B of the teaching building. Indeed there was no specific location, just a 15 minute countdown in the upper right corner.


    ¡¾No cheating, the data from this chain''s locator will only transmit one-way to this phone, I''ve scanned it.¡¿ Pandora told her.


    Having received a definite answer, Yan Xi didn''t want to quibble further.


    "I''m taking this phone with me. I''ll get to the location early that night, leave it somewhere, then notify you where to pick it up."


    She certainly didn''t want her whereabouts monitored these next few days.


    "Anything else to add, Zhou Zhou?"


    Zhou Zhou didn''t speak.


    "Move aside."


    Yan Xi directly lifted her leg and kicked his school uniform, not too lightly or heavily, seemingly just horsing around in a way that wouldn''t make one angry, yet still neatly creating distance between them.


    Not giving him time to react, Yan Xi jumped down from the desk and left the empty ssroom.


    Wretched dog, now even bites people.


    Zhou Zhou stared at the silver chain around Yan Xi''s ankle as she left, also looking at the shoeprint imprinted on his uniform after her kick, not knowing what he was thinking.


    On the night of the Christmas party.


    "What do you n to do? It''s already 6 pm." Qi Yili asked her.


    "Hmm....good question."


    She told Qi Yili about the betting agreement between her and Zhou Zhou, and told him about the rules for the third round.


    Qi Yili looked at Yan Xi lying on the sofa at home, only wearing one sock, her left foot tied with that silver chain, clothes strewn all around her.


    Qi Yili helplessly picked them up for her one by one.


    Yan Xi seemed to have just woken up and also seemed to have just begun to drift off to sleep.


    "You''ve got it figured out." Qi Yili stated matter-of-factly rather than questioning.


    From Qi Yili''s recent observations of her, she must have made preparations.


    "You really do understand me, little brother."


    "Ji Yao said she took several days off. She''s probably noting to this Christmas party." Qi Yili suddenly spoke up, telling Yan Xi what she had asked him to find out the other day.


    "Okay, I''m going to change now."


    Hearing this, Yan Xi simply responded and immediately turned to go into the dressing room.


    No one knew how much time had passed when Yan Xi finally emerged from the dressing room.


    "Do I look good in this outfit?" Yan Xi smiled at Qi Yili.


    Qi Yili''s pupils contracted. So this was her n?


    "Do you need my help?"


    He was asking about the bet.


    "No need, just enjoy yourself at this Christmas party."


    "I won''t lose."


    After all, losing means I have to do a striptease dance.....


    She picked up the prepared mask and affixed it to her face.


    In the mirror stood a "boy" with fair skin and a tall, slender figure, bits of his short cut hair falling onto the mask, casting shadows.


    The totem mask on his face was in stark contrast, contorted to the extreme like a vicious dog, bizarre yet carrying a sense of Eastern horror.


    This mask was more like her former skin.


    With that beautiful face covered up, for a fleeting moment the girl looked at herself and suddenly said.


    "You really are bing more and more like him."


    There was an indescribable emotion in her tone, clearly not lighthearted.


    She fell silent for a long while, touching her own face.


    Only to feel the uneven, icy cold texture of the mask.


    ¡¾Lu Manman, it''s almost 7 pm.¡¿ Pandora spoke up untimely.


    Yan Xi came to her senses, her face filling up with smiles again, as if by habit.


    ¡¾I know.¡¿


    Yan Xi lowered her voice, the girl''s voice bing closer to a young man''s.


    "The game is about to start."

 Chapter 50: Caught

    <h4>Chapter 50</h4>


    Inside Qingteng, the Christmas party this time started at 6 o''clock. The campus belonged to the students tonight as the school had given the student union full authority and would not be involved in hosting tonight''s activities.


    The school''s auditorium was packed with male and female students, all dressedpletely differently from usual. Some were wearing low-cut dresses, some wearing weird pumpkin uniforms, some were cosying anime characters, but most were girls wearing evening gowns and boys wearing suits with bow ties, after all the dance that everyone was looking forward to would happen tonight...


    Autumn nights always came quickly. By the time Yan Xi arrived, the sky had already darkened.


    The school gate was bustling with excitement at this time. Students were lining up to get their IDs checked before entering the venue. Most students from Qingteng East District came from wealthy families, so Yan Xi saw a diverse variety of outfits at the school entrance. The girls'' elegant evening dresses came in various colors, paired with all kinds of colored high heels, some extraordinarily high. Masks were mostly cute little animals, looking charming and adorable.


    The boys were not to be outdone. Various shy bow ties, ties, and hairstyles, almost everyone had hair gel on. The masks were also diverse, including cute animals, funny ones, and Superman masks...


    "Wow, look at them, dressed so beautifully and formally! Not like you who came wearing just a white shirt." Pandora started to mock.


    "I''m not going to dance, so I don''t need to wear formal attire. Pandora, are you jealous? I''ll buy you a dress another day, paired with 12cm high heels, how about that?"


    "..."


    Qi Yili had left half an hour earlier than her and was already inside.


    Yan Xi stood at the school entrance, took out her student card, and quickly got her ID checked to enter.


    As soon as she entered the school, she walked back to her ss''s ssroom.


    "It''s 8:15 now, Zhou Zhou will enter in 15 minutes. Aren''t you going to put away your phone?" Pandora asked puzzledly.


    Yan Xi did not answer.


    At this time there were a few sparse people in the ssroom, as most had gone to the auditorium to dance and socialize.


    "Hello, may I ask if there is anything?" In the ssroom were a few girls touching up their makeup, one of them was Guan Yongyan.


    Guan Yongyan looked at the handsome youth standing by the door in surprise.


    There was no student by that name in their ss!


    Guan Yongyan could vaguely recognize the body types of the male and female students in the ss, even if the costumes tonight made them hard to recognize, she could recognize them by their voice.


    Guan Yongyan did not choose to wear the gorgeous and beautiful evening gowns most girls opted for tonight. Instead, she wore a sexy little mini skirt, with a cat mask on her face. The few girls around her were mostly in California girl style, looking very youthful.


    "Sorry to trouble you, a girl asked me to put this phone in Zhou Zhou''s drawer." The voice of the youth before her was clean and melodious. Although the mask he wore was somewhat creepy, one had to admit that some people were still good-looking even with a mask on.


    So he was here to deliver something.


    Guan Yongyan responded and threw the phone into Zhou Zhou''s drawer before hurriedly running out.


    "Hey...handsome, don''t go!" Guan Yongyan rushed forward to block the youth''s path.


    With the samemanding air she had when managing her ssmates.


    "Um...handsome...would you apany me for a dance?"


    Guan Yongyan looked at the youth before her and found him more and more satisfactory, more and more to her liking. Although not very tall, he was still over 10cm taller than her. And he looked handsome!


    She had wandered around school for over an hour tonight but hadn''t found anyone to her taste. She thought there would be no more dancing for her tonight and had returned to the ssroom early. But who would have imagined!


    A handsome guy had dropped from the skies! And he was very much to her liking!


    She just had to try her luck.


    "But I''m not properly dressed for dancing, miss." The youth was somewhat surprised when blocked, while Guan Yongyan''s other girlfriends also gathered around to help keep the handsome guy there.


    And it was 8:25 now, which meant Zhou Zhou would arrive at school soon.


    She originally had no ns to go to the auditorium.


    "It doesn''t matter, I''m not wearing an evening gown either, aren''t we a perfect match then?" Guan Yongyan saw that the youth did not show strong unwillingness, and felt she had a chance.


    Go to the auditorium?


    Why not.


    Looking at Guan Yongyan''s expectant gaze, she replied:


    "Well then, it would be my honor."


    --------------------------------------------------


    On the other side, Zhou Zhou had finished a basketball match at around 8:15 and left home.


    He timed his arrival urately to enter the school gates at 8:30 sharp.


    As soon as he entered the school, his phone received a new message.


    Yan Xi: The phone is in your drawer, I got someone to put it there.


    After reading this message, Zhou Zhou headed straight for the ssroom.


    Zhou Zhou: All hidden? Do you need more time, I''m afraid finding you too fast will lead to usations of bullying from you.


    Yan Xi: Of course, I expect to be ready by 11:59 pm, one minute should be enough time for you to find me right?


    Zhou Zhou: ...


    Lost for words by the retort, Zhou Zhou stopped replying and went straight for the goal.


    Arriving at his seat, he took the phone from the drawer.


    As soon as he switched on the phone, the screen showed Yan Xi''s location to be at the auditorium.


    He was somewhat surprised she had gone to the auditorium.


    Zhou Zhou was in no hurry. Instead, he walked over slowly.


    The reason was simple. The school''s auditorium was neither big nor small, finding someone would be difficult but also not too difficult.


    It mainly depended on the person''s familiarity.


    Even with masks on, body shape and walking postures were still recognizable to a familiar person.


    That confident huh?


    --------------------------------


    Zhou Zhou arrived at the auditorium.


    It was bustling with people dressed in all sorts of costumes, Zhou Zhou gave everyone a two second scan, checking height, figure, walking postures, and other aspects for recognition. He quickly passed by the different individuals.


    Not her.


    Not her.


    Not her again.


    "Zhou Zhou?" Someone suddenly appeared behind him and patted his shoulder.


    Being suddenly patted surprised Zhou Zhou and he almost swung a fist back at the person.


    "Fuck, trying to murder me? Why so hard?" Kong Jie screamed in pain.


    "Didn''t I tell you not to pat people''s shoulders in the dead of night?" Zhou Zhouughed in spite of his anger. Giving someone a fright but still daring to make a din.


    "Really unexpected. Didn''t you say these kinds of parties were too boring in 10th grade?"


    "What business is it of yours?"


    "Alright, forget what I said. Today I..."


    Seeing him, Kong Jie was rather excited, he had put in quite some effort dressing up today, really hoping someone could evaluate his outfit.


    Suddenly, in Zhou Zhou''s peripheral vision, he unintentionally caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.


    "Hey! Zhou bro where are you going?"


    He did not even get to finish his words.


    Kong Jie watched as Zhou Zhou''s figure dashed forward like an arrow toward a certain direction.


    It''s her!


    "Gotcha."

 Chapter 51: Beguiled

    <h4>Chapter 51</h4>


    "Who are you! What are you trying to do!"


    The girl in the yellow dress yelled. Anyone would panic if a guy suddenly grabbed their shoulder while they were drinking atte.


    "Sorry...wrong person." The moment Zhou Zhou saw the girl turn around, he was so embarrassed he almost split open.


    Damn it, wrong person!


    "Are you crazy!"


    The girl in the yellow dress was suddenly scared by someone, and left an unhappy sentence before ring at him and leaving.


    Zhou Zhou had never been so embarrassed in his life. Fortunately he was wearing a mask.


    [Zhou Zhou came to the auditorium.] Pandora said to Yan Xi.


    [I know.]


    Yan Xi sat with Guan Yongyan on the sofa in the corner of the auditorium. Seeing the scene just now, they almostughed out loud.


    "Should we go dancing now or eat something first before dancing?" Guan Yongyan looked at the inexplicable smile on the boy''s face and asked.


    Why is he in such a good mood?


    "Either is fine, I''m not hungry."


    "I''m not hungry either. Then...should we dance now?" Guan Yongyan looked at him expectantly, a little shy in her words.


    "Okay." Yan Xi looked over at Zhou Zhou''s situation, then turned around and entered the dance floor with Guan Yongyan.


    "Zhou Zhou! What''s with you running around like you were doing the hundred meter dash?" Kong Jie caught up.


    Zhou Zhou looked at Kong Jie wearing a gaudy evening gown, with a pretentious bow tie around his neck, like a peacock in full plumage.


    "How did you recognize me?"


    "Bro, we grew up wearing the same pants! Not to mention you''re not dressed that weird or sprayed two catties of hair gel on your head. With just a mask, it''s a bit hard not to recognize you." Kong Jie said to him.


    "Then did you see Yan Xi just now?"


    "The school belle Yan Xi? No, why, do you want to dance with the school belle too? You have quite a lot ofpetition tonight." Kong Jie chattered incessantly in his ear.


    Not here?


    Then where would she be?


    At that moment, the first countdown of the locator ended.


    It had been fifteen minutes already.


    Zhou Zhou opened the locator again.


    It still showed the location was in the school auditorium. Zhou Zhou frowned.


    "Let''s go bro!" Seeing that he remained silent, Kong Jie patted his shoulder again.


    "What are you doing?" His train of thought was interrupted again, and Zhou Zhou spoke very unpleasantly.


    "Go invite girls to dance! Or are you nning to just stand here and hope money falls from the sky!" Kong Jie said righteously.


    Dance your ass!


    Zhou Zhou really didn''t have the leisure to entertain him. His whole mind was set on finding someone.


    "I''m not going, you go and have your fill of dancing."


    "Let''s go!" Kong Jie pulled him.


    "Let go, I have to find someone, no time to dance with you." Zhou Zhou said impatiently.


    "Find someone? Find who? Don''t tell me it''s school belle Yan Xi?" Kong Jie instantly pieced things together ording to the context, as if he''d made some major discovery.


    "If you don''t have news of her then scram, don''t bother me. I have things to discuss with her." Zhou Zhou left him with that sentence, and wanted to continue looking for people.


    "Hey! I don''t know where Yan Xi went, but I just saw Guan Yongyan. Maybe she''s seen her, you can go ask. Girls know girls best." As he saw Zhou Zhou about to leave again, Kong Jie suddenly thought of something and hurriedly spoke up.


    "Where''s Guan Yongyan?" Hearing this, Zhou Zhou immediately seemed to have found his target.


    Damn! You really value lust over friendship!


    Kong Jie was speechless, the corners of his mouth twitching.


    "That side of the dance floor."


    Kong Jie pointed in the direction of the dance floor.


    Zhou Zhou''s gaze followed the direction of Kong Jie''s finger to look over. Inside the dance floor was a crush of people, the men and women in colorful clothes almost dazzled his eyes.


    "What is Guan Yongyan wearing?"


    "A ck miniskirt I guess. She''s dressed sexy tonight."


    Hearing this, Zhou Zhou almost instantly determined his target.


    His eyes locked onto Guan Yongyan on the dance floor wearing a ck miniskirt and a cat mask.


    At the same time, he also discovered the boy beside Guan Yongyan, wearing a vicious dog mask. He had a slender figure, and the two of them looked quite intimate as they danced.


    "Wow, Guan Yongyan found a dance partner so quickly?" Kong Jie felt sour. They were in the same ss, so why was it that he couldn''t find one while he looked some?


    For some reason, when Zhou Zhou looked at the boy wearing the vicious dog mask, he felt a little familiar.


    But he couldn''t remember who it was.


    Was it an acquaintance from his social circle?


    Nevermind, finding Yan Xi was more important.


    "Let''s go, we''ll go over and ask her."


    [Fuck, Zhou Zhou is walking towards you! He didn''t find out who you are did he!] Pandora said.


    [Stay calm.]


    Yan Xi''s dance steps didn''t falter one bit. This was the third dance already.


    "Are you tired? I think we can take a break." The boy in front of Guan Yongyan suddenly said to her.


    "Oh...okay. I was a little tired actually." Guan Yongyan looked at the small bit of skin revealed under the boy''s mask, somewhat entranced.


    Why does his skin seem even better than hers as a girl! She really felt sour.


    The boy let go of Guan Yongyan''s hand.


    "I just saw my friend, I may need to step out for a bit." It was as if the boy had seen someone. He politely spoke to Guan Yongyan.


    "Oh...alright."


    She had danced three songs continuously with the boy in front of her. To be honest, she was very happy, one could even say a little infatuated.


    He gave Guan Yongyan apletely different feeling from other boys.


    A kind of pure boyish charm.


    But hearing that the other party was going to see his friend, she felt a little disappointed, yet didn''t say anything.


    "That handsome g..." Guan Yongyan watched the boy''s departing back. She was just about to ask for his contact when someone suddenly pped her shoulder.


    "Hey! Guan Yongyan! We have something to ask you!"


    Guan Yongyan''s words were suddenly interrupted. She watched helplessly as the boy left.


    She wanted to chase after him a little, but was blocked by someone.


    Damn! Guan Yongyan who had pretended to be a properdy all night instantly crumbled!


    She turned around rather fiercely to look at Kong Jie who had pped her shoulder.


    "You-had-better-have-something-to-say!" Guan Yongyan spat out each word from between gritted teeth.


    Damn it! My handsome guy!


    Guan Yongyan looked about to erupt the next second and smash Kong Jie the stupid bastard''s dog head.


    When Zhou Zhou walked over, the tall handsome boy had just walked out. The two made eye contact for a brief moment.


    From the corner of his eye, it seemed as if Zhou Zhou had been distracted by something.


    "Zhou Zhou,e over and ask!" Kong Jie yelled at him, interrupting his not yet fully formed train of thought.


    Zhou Zhou didn''t think too much of it and walked over to Guan Yongyan''s side.


    "Speak if you have something to say, fart if you have gas to pass!" Guan Yongyan was angry. What was blocked wasn''t only her, but her luck in rtionships too!


    Damn! Stupid bastard!


    "Have you seen Yan Xi tonight?" Seeing Guan Yongyan''s aggressive tone, Zhou Zhou frowned and got straight to the point.


    "Yan Xi? I haven''t seen her." Guan Yongyan replied directly upon hearing this.


    "Didn''t you go back to ss tonight? Was the school belle Yan Xi there when you were in ss?" Kong Jie suddenly spoke up.


    "I said there wasn''t any! Do you have anything else?" Guan Yongyan said impatiently.


    "You were in ss tonight?"


    "Yeah, what about it?"


    "You said you didn''t see Yan Xi go back to ss?"


    "I told you there wasn''t any!"


    Something''s not right. The locator was delivered to the ssroom. She couldn''t have not gone back to ss!


    "Then who brought this phone over?" Zhou Zhou held up the phone in his hand.


    "You still have the nerve to ask! It''s all because of you guys! That broken phone was brought over by the handsome guy I was just dancing with!" The more Guan Yongyan thought about it, the angrier she got.


    The boy from earlier?


    Zhou Zhou seemed to have grasped something in his train of thought.


    He was certain he had looked over almost every female present. It was impossible he had missed anyone.


    Zhou Zhou suddenly thought of the anklet on the locator.


    Wait.


    What had shed in his eyes earlier was the silver on the boy''s bare ankles!


    In an instant, Zhou Zhou connected everything.


    Damn it!


    She actually disguised herself as a guy!

 Chapter 52: Cheating

    <h4>Chapter 52</h4>


    ¡¾That was close! I almost got caught.¡¿Pandora said in relief.


    The sense of immersion is so strong!


    "If nothing unexpected happens, he would have already discovered it," Yan Xi seemed to have expected this and spoke calmly.


    When she left just now, Zhou Zhou seemed to have seen her ankle chain.


    ¡¾He shouldn''t have noticed, right?¡¿Pandora asked uneasily. Even if he did notice, he wouldn''t be able to find her now!


    Because the moment Yan Xi walked out of the auditorium, she immediately dashed off, running even faster than a rabbit. She went straight to the area where boarding students park their bicycles.


    ¡¾Did you forget about the locator? The next 15-minute update ising up soon.¡¿Yan Xi''s face was obscured in the night, stating the fact that she might be discovered.


    In terms of running, she was no match for Zhou Zhou. Moreover, it was not even 9 pm yet. There would be at least 11 more location updates.


    And now it was 8:57 pm. There were 3 more minutes before having to report the next location update.


    So...the youth suddenly looked towards the area where boarding students park their bicycles, which was filled with bikes.


    ¡¾So you''re nning to steal a bike? Wow, how immoral, Vinegar!¡¿Pandora looked at the ck bike along with Yan Xi''s gaze, seeming to have guessed her thoughts.


    After all, during this period of time in Qingteng, Yan Xi was always driven to and from school by Pandora. She didn''t ride a bike for a single day.


    "Stealing a bike? I''m a good kid," Yan Xi took out a key from her pocket and swiftly unlocked it.


    There was even a key?


    ¡¾?! When did you buy a bike and park it at school without me knowing?¡¿Pandora eximed in shock.


    ¡¾I had Tu Qingluan help me buy it a few days ago and help deliver it to the boarding students'' bicycle parking area.¡¿


    In the night, the youth wearing a vicious dog mask rode a bicycle around the campus. The night breeze blew at the fine hair on his forehead, revealing fair skin.


    "Now this is what I call running away...."


    The clock hand struck exactly 9 pm. Location updates started.


    The sixth time!


    Just thinking about this made Zhou Zhou re up in anger. This was the sixth location update!


    Previously, he didn''t feel like the broken Qingteng Academy was this huge!


    He had run to several ces, the gymnasium, the teaching buildings, and even the dorms inside the school. He had practicallybed through the entire school, yet he still couldn''t find the person!


    The location was different every time there was an update. Moreover, the distance between two consecutive updates was simply too outrageous.


    15 minutes. She could run from the dorms straight to the teaching buildings. Was that even possible?!


    By the time he rushed over, there wouldn''t be anyone in sight!


    Additionally, because of today''s Christmas party, there were peopleing and going all over the school. Finding her cost him quite some effort.


    And there were even some girls of unknown origin running around the school. They discovered him and insisted on pulling him to the auditorium to dance. They imed to be his fans!


    He nearly exploded at them. Girls are such a nuisance.


    Just thinking about brushing shoulders with Yan Xi earlier in the auditorium without noticing a thing made him even more furious.


    It would be best if he doesn''t find her!


    After being tricked by Yan Xi for the 7th time, Zhou Zhou soon calmed down.


    Zhou Zhou stopped looking and went straight to the auditorium. He took a ss of low-alcohol cocktail from the tray and drank it with a nasty look on his face.


    He wasn''t stupid either.


    It was impossible for her to run this fast. Even he couldn''t run continuously for an hour. And the distances were outrageouslyrge too.


    He started thinking back. When he first discovered her in the auditorium, the first location update afterwards was near the school infirmary.


    That ce was...where he usually parked his bike!


    Damn!


    There was only one possibility.


    She was escaping by bike.


    Upon realizing this, Zhou Zhou nearlyughed from anger.


    It was 10:45 pm now. There was still more than an hour left.


    "Daring to cheat..." Zhou Zhou stroked the stem of the cocktail ss as mes of anger from being tricked burned in his eyes.


    Then don''t me him.


    Zhou Zhou took out his phone and opened his contacts.


    Found it.


    "Hey, help me with something."


    On the other side, the time jumped to 11:05 pm.


    ¡¾Wow, so smart! There''s only 1 hour left until it ends!¡¿Pandora seemed to see Yan Xi''s victory right before her eyes.


    Pandora also felt that this game was extremely damaging to Zhou Zhou. After all, how could someone runningpare to her riding a bike!


    However, Yan Xi was not so rxed. Right now, she was in the gym, tidying up her clothes and hair. Riding the bike indeed allowed her to get away quickly, but the bike was also very conspicuous. So when escaping, she could only choose some less walked school paths. But there were many unmanaged branches and leaves on those paths. Inevitably some would get caught on her when biking past them.


    ¡¾Did you help me start real-time tracking of Zhou Zhou''s location like I asked?¡¿She didn''t let up on this bet either. She also spent 20 extreme values to track Zhou Zhou''s location in real time.


    ¡¾He was still in the school auditorium just now...¡¿Pandora only started checking after hearing that.


    ¡¾Oh my god!¡¿


    Pandora suddenly yelled in Yan Xi''s mind.


    ¡¾It was just past the refresh time! Your location showed you were at the teaching building at 11 pm earlier!¡¿After looking at the map, Pandorapletely lost her cool.


    ¡¾What''s wrong?¡¿Yan Xi asked.


    ¡¾The coordinates showing Zhou Zhou''s current location is headed towards the gymnasium. Moreover, this speed is on par with your biking speed!¡¿


    What?


    ¡¾And at this rate, he would probably find you in about 3 minutes...¡¿


    3 minutes?!

 Chapter 53: Preparation

    <h4>Chapter 53</h4>


    Yan Xi was shocked.


    But she also had no time to think much, she had to run quickly, after all, in a ce like the gymnasium with almost no cover, it would be very difficult for her to hide.


    Where to run?


    It would be inevitable to run into Zhou Zhou head-on if she rushed out the door now.


    In an instant, the youth pondered for a few seconds before opening the window closest to her.


    "Pandora, increase my agility."


    "Okay." Pandora immediately increased Yan Xi''s stats panel and deducted 10 extremums.


    The young man leaned out effortlessly again, flipped out the window at the fastest speed, there were almost all nts outside the gymnasium. She took the small road behind directly. The bike was toote to take now.


    Less than 1 minute after Yan Xi left the gymnasium, the door of the gymnasium was kicked open violently by Zhou Zhou.


    The empty gym echoed with the violent sound of kicking the door, it can be imagined how much force Zhou Zhou had used.


    No one''s here.


    But one window was conspicuously open.


    "Run away again?" Zhou Zhou''s tone this timecked the anger of the previous few times, but had a sense of mastery.


    "But how much longer can you run?" Zhou Zhou quickly opened the positioning page on his mobile phone. At this time, the page showing the positioning of Yan Xi becamepletely different.


    The original small red dot would change only once every 15 minutes countdown, but now the small red dot changed almost synchronously with the girl''s movement.


    That was to say, Yan Xi''s positioning had be real-time positioning from now on.


    Zhou Zhou smiled and looked at the orientation on the phone.


    He was going to start hunting now.


    "Zhou Zhou''s distance is gradually getting closer and closer to you! He''s about to catch up with you!"


    Pandora was also shocked! Who could tell it what was going on here?


    Did Zhou Zhou open his heavenly eyes?


    Under the long period of intense exercise, her legs began to hurt slightly. For a moment, it was like going back to the school sports meet.


    Yan Xi instantly realized that if she kept running like this, getting caught would be a matter of sooner orter.


    And from Zhou Zhou''s trajectory of actions just now, there was a very high possibility that Zhou Zhou was the same as her now!


    They could both understand each other''s dynamic trajectories.


    "Can you block the signals around Zhou Zhou?"


    If her positioning feature depended on the Pandora''s gold finger she was given, then Zhou Zhou''s positioning feature should depend on the locator in his hand.


    She was almost certain now that her locator had been tampered with.


    "I can, but blocking the other party''s signal requires a lot more extremums, and given that the trader is still lv0, I can block it for 10 minutes at most."


    "How much?"


    "10 extremums per minute."


    "Then just block it for 10 minutes directly."


    "But Lu..." Pandora didn''t finish speaking before being impatiently interrupted by Yan Xi.


    "Block it now." Yan Xi''s fingers trembled.


    Blocking for 10 minutes didn''t make much sense either. With Yan Xi''s current physical fitness, even with the bonus of extremum, she still couldn''t match Zhou Zhou who was also riding a bike!


    The tables had turned, who was more miserable!


    It might as well load in directly.


    After all, this skin had already been polished to the basic standard for loading, there was no point in staying any longer.


    But there was no way, Yan Xi''s voice was almost stubborn, so Pandora still blocked Zhou Zhou.


    On the other side.


    Zhou Zhou rode very fast, chasing the little red dot on the mobile map.


    Zhou Zhou saw the figure of the running teenager ahead many times.


    But every time he just caught a glimpse of the back, he would be circumvented by the other party''s bizarre detours and lose sight for a few seconds.


    And although the speed of the bicycle was fast, it would still be sluggish for one or two seconds when turning, but it didn''t get in the way.


    With the positioning in hand, he had narrowed the distance between them bit by bit.


    And the speed of the teenager, whom he could only see from behind, was also slowing down. He was about to catch him...


    Suddenly, the teenager in front resorted to the old trick again, strangely disappearing into a small road not knowing where.


    The same old trick?


    Nonsense.


    Zhou Zhou almost subconsciously looked at the positioning on the phone, but at this time the positioning dot was almost motionless, showing that the teenager was still in ce.


    Zhou Zhou thought it had frozen. Riding one-handedly and one-handedly refreshing his phone several times.


    But there was no response. By this time Zhou Zhou had ridden towards the teenager''sst appearance.


    But there again, like that empty gymnasium, not a ghost was seen!


    "Fuck!"


    Yan Xi turned the corner again after that, enduring the pain in her feet, and ran towards the auditorium at almost a sprinting speed.


    She passed through the crowds in the auditorium, almost impatiently, walking towards the more secluded women''s toilet in the auditorium.


    Usually almost no one used this toilet because it was remote.


    As soon as Yan Xi entered the women''s toilet, a masked girl who had just finished washing her hands in the sink shrank her pupils, and was about to open her mouth.


    The teenager was quick to cover the girl''s mouth.


    "You misunderstood, I''m a girl."


    The teenager said quickly.


    The moment the teenager covered the girl''s mouth with one hand, he took off his mask with the other, revealing that beautiful face.


    "Yan Xi? Why are you here?" The girl''s voice suddenly calmed down, and the voice was very familiar.


    Yan Xi suddenly heard the sound of girlsing closer and closer from outside.


    "Excuse me."


    As soon as the voice fell, the girl was directly pulled into a cubicle by the person in front of her, and the door was locked with one hand.


    "What''s the matter, Yan Xi?"


    The girl also took off her mask at this point.


    It was Shen Qiuyi.


    "ssmate?" Seeing the face of the person in front of her clearly, Yan Xi breathed a sigh of relief.


    "What''s the matter with you? Why are you behaving so flustered, do you need my help?" Shen Qiuyi felt Yan Xi''s current behavior was very abnormal.


    "Wow!" Pandora was shocked.


    "You''re not going to hide here until midnight, awesome! Why didn''t I think of that!"


    It had to be said, this method was despicable but very useful, Zhou Zhou couldn''t barge into the women''s toilet, could he! The more Pandora thought about it, the more reasonable it felt.


    Yan Xi was speechless at Pandora again.


    Would she hide in the toilet all night?


    Not to mention whether Zhou Zhou would go crazy or not, she also could not bepletely sure that Zhou Zhou would not force his way into the women''s toilet.


    And if she won this way, her bet would basically be invalidated.


    Zhou Zhou could not lose this way, nor could she win this way.


    She would win.


    Yan Xi''s fingers moved uncontrobly.


    It was time to take out some things that had been prepared for a long time, wasn''t it?


    "Thank you, ssmate, but I don''t need help for now."

 Chapter 54: Caught 02

    <h4>Chapter 54</h4>


    ¡°What a piece of junk!¡± Zhou Zhou looked at the locator that continued to remain motionless, he was very irritable, and almost wanted to smash the junk in his hand.


    It was 11:30 now.


    There were only 30 minutes left, he might lose!


    Zhou Zhou impulsively wanted to tear down the signboard of the so-called "modification expert" now! That idiot had sworn that he could track the whereabouts of the person wearing the locator, but it had malfunctioned before he had used it for an hour.


    Damn it!


    It was really something!


    As if sensing Zhou Zhou''s strong resentment to smash it, the phone suddenly went ck, but in the next second, when the surrounding signal shielding time was over, the position of the red dot began to locate again.


    "It''s working again?"


    Zhou Zhou almost instantly saw the location where the red dot was updated.


    It was the teaching building.


    Zhou Zhou soon arrived under the teaching building.


    The time now came to 11:35, this was the result of Zhou Zhou rushing over at the fastest speed he could use.


    At this time, the positioning of the little red dot had not changed much, and Zhou Zhou almost doubted whether the locator was malfunctioning again.


    But the moment he arrived at the teaching building, he knew that the positioning waspletely correct.


    Because...


    He saw in the night, the teenager wearing the vicious dog mask standing under the teaching building, in the reflection of the dim street lights, the figure of the teenager seemed to be more slender.


    As ifpletely unexpected that he would arrive at this time, and seemedpletely indifferent.


    In Zhou Zhou''s field of vision, he also saw the girl dressed up as the teenager in front of him slowly raise her hand, as if waving hello to him.


    Zhou Zhou could almost imagine the arrogant and beautiful face under the vicious dog mask!


    It was simply full of provocation.


    And the next second, the figure of the teenager ran directly into the teaching building upstairs, the speed was astonishing.


    As if to tell him,e and chase her.


    Damn it.


    Zhou Zhou was almost stimted by this, the blood in his body seemed to be a little restless.


    With such a speed...still too tender.


    Zhou Zhou put his hand on his neck, twisted his head, and the joints began to make a sound, like preparing for hunting.


    Moreover, she ran into the teaching building by herself, which blocked her own way.


    So don''t me him for catching a turtle in a jar.


    The two people chasing each other had almost unbelievable speed, the teenager wearing the vicious dog mask was almost jumping back and forth between different floors and corridors on different floors at a very fast speed.


    Several times, Zhou Zhou almost caught the corner of the other party''s clothes, but the other party slipped away like a loach.


    The breathing of both became disordered in this high-intensity exercise, but the teenager wearing the vicious dog mask was clearly the more unstable one, almost failing to dodge several times, and was about to be caught on the spot.


    The time now pointed to 11:45.


    Looking at the obviously unstable teenager, Zhou Zhou was somewhat victorious, but he was not too careless either, after all, he had suffered a lot from Yan Xi tonight!


    Zhou Zhou almost steadied his breathing, constantly speeding up.


    The teenager could barely hold on. He could feel the step-by-step pressure of the person behind him, as if he was hunting his most coveted prey.


    Closer!


    Even closer!


    Zhou Zhou''s hand was almost touching the teenager''s back!


    No!


    He had to persist.


    Just then the teenager suddenly stopped, suddenly turned around, and kicked the person chasing him from behind.


    That kick carried fierce force, Zhou Zhou was caught off guard by the situation in front of him, and quickly turned to avoid it.


    Just taking advantage of the few moments Zhou Zhou was dodging, the teenager disappeared again in front of Zhou Zhou.


    "Don''t run away."


    Zhou Zhou smiled, the trick was used over and over again, did he take him for a fool again?


    Huh...


    Zhou Zhou''s eyes directly locked on a ssroom closest to where the teenager disappeared.


    He could almost instantly determine that this was the teenager''s location.


    And at this time, the teenager hiding behind the door was almost sweating, listening to Zhou Zhou''s approaching footsteps, it seemed to rub on his nerves!


    At this time, there were 3 minutes left until 12 o''clock.


    Only three minutes left...


    But it was almost toote!


    Then he could only take a gamble.


    The teenager punched towards Zhou Zhou''s face with the fastest speed the moment before Zhou Zhou entered the ssroom, carrying the fierce wind!


    Zhou Zhou noticed it in an instant, and blocked this wave of attack with one hand.


    But the hand was numb and slightly painful.


    Such great strength...was she still a girl?


    Or did she just pretend to be so strong all the time?


    Then he was really surprised.


    Zhou Zhou realized that the speed and strength of the teenager in front of him werepletely different from the impression Yan Xi had given him before.


    But he did not forget how good Yan Xi was at pretending. She pretended to be a good student in front of that group of fools all day, and was slutty as hell in front of him, leaving himpletely speechless!


    Even if her skills were disguised, he was not surprised at all, let alone the arrogant provocation under the teaching building, who could it be if not her?


    Moreover, they had always been at odds with each other, right?


    But the teenager''s attack did not stop after being blocked in one wave, but directly attacked in three ways, his feet swift as the wind.


    He tore open a w almost frantically, the teenager did not linger, quickly dodged to the side, and rushed upstairs.


    There was still 1 and a half minutes left.


    Damn it! He was going to lose!


    Zhou Zhou''s eyes also began to look unkind, the teenager''s resistance almost instinctively aroused his desire to destroy andpete.


    Zhou Zhou almost followed closely behind, the moment the teenager ran up to the rooftop and opened the rooftop door, Zhou Zhou at this time also kicked the teenager''s back without any mercy.


    The teenager lost his bnce at this time and fell hard to the ground, but did not give up struggling, hooked Zhou Zhou''s leg and tripped him heavily to the ground as well.


    Zhou Zhou reacted quickly, took advantage of the situation to grab the opponent''s cor directly, but the teenager punched him in the face again.


    Zhou Zhou narrowly dodged it, his face red and swollen from being grazed, Zhou Zhou grabbed the opponent''s hand forcefully, tightened madly, and the pain was directly transmitted to the teenager''s nerves, as if his hand would be broken in the next second!


    The two were very embarrassed, and under Zhou Zhou''s explosivebat power, the teenager in front of him was finally subdued.


    Zhou Zhou forcibly suppressed the still violent struggle of the teenager, barely gentle.


    "Gotcha!"


    Zhou Zhou smiled evilly, as ifughing out all the anger from being toyed with tonight.


    The handsome face revealed the most genuine smile tonight, he seemed to see the girl under him beingpletely conquered.


    For a moment he seemed to be able to see through the mask, the arrogant and unparalleled beautiful face beingpletely torn apart, a kind of conquer only found in Yan Xi seemed to bepletely satisfied.


    At this time, the clock struck 12 o''clock exactly.


    "Huh...."


    The teenager under him suddenly made a sound,ughing unrestrainedly.

 Chapter 55: Good Dog

    <h4>Chapter 55</h4>


    ¡°Surprise! Good evening.¡±


    The door to the rooftop was suddenly pushed open.


    A pleasant and sweet voice rang out, indicating the protagonist''s good mood.


    The two people on the ground looked in the direction of the voice when they heard it.


    What entered their eyes were those beautiful and delicate little red shoes, the gorgeous red skirt fluttering with the pleasant arc, and going up they saw the extremely beautiful face that entered their field of vision, on the originally rosy lips ayer of even more gorgeous color was applied, taking on an almost ghostly attraction.


    It was Yan Xi.


    Seeing the visitor''s face clearly, Zhou Zhou''s pupils shrank slightly, and the desire that was just satisfied vanished instantly.


    Hadn''t he caught her?


    If she hadn''t been caught, then who was the boy he had just pinned to the ground?


    "Xi Xi, so you won, and I won too, right?" The "boy" who was pinned to the ground suddenly spoke.


    At this time, it was 12:01 AM.


    The "boy" who was pinned to the ground ripped off his mask, and his appearance waspletely reflected in Zhou Zhou''s eyes.


    That simrly familiar face entered Zhou Zhou''s eyes, and for a moment his head started to go nk.


    Under the vicious dog mask, Tu Qingluan''s handsome face with a hint of smile entered his vision, and Tu Qingluan''s smile at this time seemed to mock Zhou Zhou''s foolishness, and also seemed tough at his own desired object, about to be fulfilled.


    Taking advantage of Zhou Zhou still being in a daze, Tu Qingluan pushed away the other with force, and got up from the ground in one motion.


    Tu Qingluan patted the dust off his body and walked towards that beautiful beauty.


    Some scattered details suddenly came together in Zhou Zhou''s mind, the inconsistent height, the astonishingly strong boxing, the fact that the other had not made a sound from the beginning...


    Damn, he had been fooled!


    Although his back was kicked by Zhou Zhou, and his body still ached, Tu Qingluan waspletely unaware, because there were more important things to do right in front of him.


    "Xi Xi, you promised, so now..."


    "You are my girlfriend." His tone was dangerous and eager.


    Tu Qingluan dered to the equally smiling beauty in front of him, with the possessiveness in his eyes reaching its peak.


    When Zhou Zhou suddenly heard this sentence, a storm was brewing in the depths of his eyes.


    So the two of them were in it together!


    40 minutes ago.


    "Hey, Tu Qingluan, where are you now?" Yan Xi made a phone call, and the pain in her calf was starting to spread.


    "Xi Xi, I''m at the teaching building, what''s up?" Tu Qingluan was a little surprised when he got Yan Xi''s call.


    "Do me a favor, I agreed to your previous request."


    Yan Xi said lightly.


    "Okay!"


    ...


    Tu Qingluan''s only request to her previously was to make Yan Xi his girlfriend.


    She couldn''t run anymore, so she could only y this card that she had been dangling.


    A dark light shed through Yan Xi''s eyes, and she turned around to look at Shen Qiuyi, who had been standing next to her watching her make the phone call.


    Her foot started hurting again, she was going to do it herself originally, but she might have to break her word now.


    "ssmate, I''m afraid I''ll have to trouble you to run an errand for me."


    "Sure."


    Shen Qiuyi readily agreed, without any hesitation at all.


    Her scheme...was about to begin.


    Yan Xi had Shen Qiuyi switch clothes with her and put on a mask to run to the teaching building, because she really couldn''t run anymore.


    Shen Qiuyi ran to the teaching building at the fastest speed she could, and ording to Yan Xi''s instructions, switched clothes with Tu Qingluan.


    At the same time, Yan Xi also spent 30 points to have Pandora keep her location fixed inside the teaching building, unchanged.


    After all, the most suitable person to perfectly y the role of the "boy" was naturally a boy, and among the boys, who was more suitable than Tu Qingluan?


    Before the "boy" met Zhou Zhou, she also gave Tu Qingluan some guidance on actions.


    Through some small details, the stereotypical image in Zhou Zhou''s eyes was strengthened once more, achieving the purpose of blurring.


    Looking at it now, the effect tonight was perfect, wasn''t it?


    Of course, her own entrance was the most fun part of this game, which is to say, the good show had just begun...


    After all, she was the protagonist, wasn''t she.


    Yan Xi looked at Tu Qingluan blocking her way in front of her, and her slender white fingers gently pushed away the person before her.


    The girl in front walked to Zhou Zhou''s side.


    "Admit defeat? Zhou Zhou." The girl''s beautiful fox eyes stared unmoving at Zhou Zhou.


    Yan Xi''s casual tone was as if ridiculing something,ughing at how Zhou Zhou was yed by her all night until he finally noticed in the end,ughing at how he lost to a gold-digger girl that he looked down on from the start,ughing at how he wascent thinking he had won...


    Everything was soughable, but wasn''t he Zhou Zhou the mostughable?


    Anger seemed to rise from the deepest depths of his heart. No one else would be happy if he wasn''t happy.


    "F*ck, you really are so stupid and naive, you won? Hahaha, what if I don''t admit it? What can you do to me..." Zhou Zhou''s malice spilled out, but he didn''t get to finishpletely.


    "p!"


    A crisp p sounded, and the tall boy was pped.


    "Shut up, good dog."


    The red lips spat out the most humiliating words tonight, a cold light shed through Yan Xi''s eyes, and the malice on the beauty''s face condescendingly spread open.


    The scene fell silent for a moment, Tu Qingluan looked at the girl in front of him in shock, that arrogant posture, haughty tone, the contempt in the beautiful fox eyes.


    The perfect fusion of viciousness and beauty, like an extremely gorgeous evil flower.


    To be honest, she had been enduring for a long time.


    She had always wanted to do this.


    The tall and handsome boy didn''t react for a moment, the shame and anger that welled up inside hadn''t had the chance to vent out yet, and the beauty in front took another step forward.


    "Or you like it this way."


    "Shhh"


    "My little puppy, you have to protect me, so listen to me, okay?"


    The girl suddenly circled Zhou Zhou''s waist, leaning against him a bit weakly.


    Zhou Zhou froze on the spot, her orange scent enveloping him, mixed with the cool fragrance Yan Xi had sprayed on herself today, the dark fragrance lingering.


    It was like the arrogant princess finally condescending to show admiration to the knight protecting her.


    Except the princess abandoned the knight, and fawned on the evil dragon instead...

 Chapter 56: The Boyfriend

    <h4>Chapter 56</h4>


    "Xixi-xixi!" Grinding teeth interspersed with terrifying anger.


    Yan Xi''s waist was suddenly pulled hard by a force, and the beauty''s whole person was pulled from one embrace directly into another embrace.


    Before Yan Xi could react, her hand was forcibly grabbed by Zhou Zhou again, pulling her out of this embrace.


    Tu Qingluan and Zhou Zhou each grabbed one of Yan Xi''s hands at this time, and the strength of both waspletely out of control.


    It''s the same scene again.


    The same scene was staged again, only this time the mentality of the two protagonists had undergone an earth-shattering change.


    One couldn''t tolerate his prey, which he had always looked upon, being defiled by others.


    The other was faithful to the desires screaming in his heart to keep her.


    The two almost didn''t give in at all.


    "Let go, it hurts a lot."


    Pain came to Yan Xi''s wrists.


    Neither of them moved for a moment.


    "Hiss.... I said, let go of both hands!"


    Hearing the cry of pain from the beauty in front of him, as well as the angry look in her eyes, the two finally let go.


    The snow-white wrists were again bruised, and this time it was even more frightening.


    Ever since she had put on this skin, her skin had be even more delicate and fragile. Usually, even a slight press would leave lingering red marks, but she almost never felt very painful. This physique... reminded her of a word ¡ª¡ª canary.


    Moreover, it was a caged canary. This skin seemed to be born to be loved and pampered.


    "Xixi, are you alright..." Seeing the terrible wounds on her wrists, Tu Qingluan spoke unconsciously.


    "Disgusting, don''t call me that. Tu Qingluan." Yan Xi suddenly interrupted him.


    "It''s really disgusting... Let''s end this game here, I don''t want to y with you anymore."


    Like a Sichuan opera face-changing, the expression on the girl''s face was as if she was disgusted to the extreme.


    "Surprised?"


    "Ah hahaha, who do you think you are?" As if thinking of something funny, the girl covered her face with her hand andughed somewhat unrestrainedly.


    "Let''s stop with those little tricks, it''s boring, isn''t it? The hero saves the beauty is staged twice, do you take me for a fool?" The girl''s slutty aura was in full bloom, staring straight at Tu Qingluan, staring into his eyes.


    It was as if she was telling him that she knew everything.


    She knew that the fat man was deliberately arranged by him, she knew that he had previously put drugs in the desserts for her, and she knew all his despicable actions and unscrupulous means.


    She knew the game he had designed and arranged these days, and she was also telling him that she had always known and had always yed along with him.


    Tu Qingluan''s heart tightened instantly, and the shame of being exposed and the wild possessiveness in the beauty''s eyes instantly attacked his heart.


    "From childhood to adulthood, there have been countless people pursuing me, threatening me, forcing me, enticing me.... too many to count. But.....you are very special. You used the most difficult hero-saves-beauty approach to get close to me."


    "But in this ss, the most disgusting person has always been you-ah."


    The beauty in front of him told the truth, told all her feelings over the past few days,pletely tore off the face she had always maintained in front of Tu Qingluan, and the chill of evil intentions came on.


    "If you had seeded, your seniors might have cried."


    The beautyughed,ughed unrestrainedly.


    "So you deceived me, and I deceived you too. None of the previous words count."


    She was referring to the matter of agreeing to be his girlfriend.


    "What''s more, do you even deserve it?"


    The girl''s expression at this moment was the same as when she was in the KTV private room, exactly the same as when she was facing Little Taimei, with arrogance and disdain filling her eyes.


    Like it?


    Return all thispelling beauty and arrogance.


    Was this her original face?


    Like a poisonous and seductive flower, every sentence was barbed, cutting his heart to start aching, as if he was about to lose his treasure.


    "Xixi..." Tu Qingluan said weakly.


    "I told you not to call me that, rude guy." The girl pped him again.


    The beautiful girl looked at the red-eyed Tu Qingluan and tilted her head.


    The girl''s beautiful soft ck hair cascaded over her shoulders, her whole body curved with fragility and moisture.


    The fair hand suddenly stroked Tu Qingluan''s cheek, pretending to wipe away the non-existent tears at the corner of Tu Qingluan''s eyes.


    "Don''t cry...Qingluan... I feel heartbroken when you cry..."


    The tone was mocking, at a nce, there was faint apology in the girl''s eyes, as if worried about hurting him.


    But on closer inspection, there was only arrogance and ridicule in the girl''s eyes, as if she was trampling on the trash under her feet, not only Tu Qingluan, but also Zhou Zhou.


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    "So don''t get in my way anymore, and don''t show up in front of me again, okay?"


    The girl''s tone changed, asking gently, but the words were cruel and cold.


    "Let''s go, puppy." Yan Xi turned her head and smiled coquettishly at Zhou Zhou.


    It was as if selling out the other party was like throwing away garbage in her hand.


    No!


    She can''t leave!


    "Xixi, are you angry? You''re deliberately making me angry, right? I was wrong, I shouldn''t have deceived you," Tu Qingluan''s eyes were frighteningly red, and he stared at Yan Xi closely, but his left hand grabbed Yan Xi''s hand that was about to leave.


    The strength was astonishing.


    Was he sold out by her?


    Tu Qingluan saw the opportunism in Yan Xi''s eyes.


    Tu Qingluan''s eyes were almost pleading, and the eyes were also oozing with a hint of madness.


    Since he liked her, he absolutely didn''t want to let go.


    "Tu Qingluan, I advise you to let go." Seeing this, Zhou Zhou said.


    "Don''t you like Ji Yao? Nowe and snatch someone, have you dealt with your girlfriend?" Tu Qingluan started attacking indiscriminately.


    "Yan Xi, do you think Zhou Zhou is much better? I''m disgusting? He is equally disgusting... He....." Tu Qingluan hadn''t finished speaking when he was pped by Yan Xi again.


    "I-said-get lost."


    Tu Qingluan was pped sideways in a daze.


    Ahaha.....


    "Xixi.... don''t force me... onest time... I''ll correct it..." The possessiveness and suppressed madness in Tu Qingluan''s eyes spread.


    Since he liked her, he absolutely didn''t want to let go.


    "Get lost." Yan Xi threw down these words, shook off his hand, took Zhou Zhou''s hand and left.


    "You don''t want to know my means... Xixi." Tu Qingluan said faintly to the leaving couple. Tu Qingluan''s eyes were gloomy, like a gambler who had lost to the extreme.


    Ahahahahaha..... Disgust him?


    It doesn''t matter if she disgusts him... Anyway, he won''t let go.


    She forced him.


    Even if he was stabbed and bleeding, he would stop at nothing to break this flower.


    After all, as she said, he was a disgusting person, wasn''t he?

 Chapter 57: Expectations

    <h4>Chapter 57</h4>


    "Starting tomorrow, you''ll have to take me to school and pick me up after, and be responsible for making my breakfast. I only drink soy milk, got it?" Her tone was matter-of-fact, without the slightest hint of imposition. The events that had just transpired didn''t seem to have left the slightest ripple on her heart.


    Zhou Zhou looked at the fair, delicate fingers sping his left hand. This was the closest he had ever been to her. The night breeze blew by and his head was just beginning to emerge from that feverish state.


    He had been utterly andpletely defeated tonight.


    He should have been absolutely furious, but in the moment she embraced him...


    Filled with the cool scent of oranges, her soft touch, the weak tone as if relying on her closest person...


    And he... seemed to be that closest person to her.


    "You must have fallen for Yan Xi," Kong Jie''s words from yesterday suddenly rang out in his mind.


    The skin touching her hand seemed to grow hot, and even his earlobes were turning red.


    Damn!


    Could he really have fallen for her?


    Kong Jie''s big mouth had turned out to be right!


    If it were anyone else who dared humiliate him like this, he would have made them pay. But...


    Zhou Zhou suddenly raised his eyes to look at the girl before him, dressed in a beautiful vermilion gown. From Zhou Zhou''s angle, he could only see her elegant neck and shoulders.


    Only now did he notice how slender she was.


    "Ever since I was little, I''ve had countless people pursue me, threaten me, coerce me, tempt me..."


    The girl''s earlier words seemed to echo in his ears once more.


    So she had been harassed by Tu Qingluan all this time? From her attitude toward Tu Qingluan tonight, it couldn''t be said that she disliked him - she was utterly disgusted with him.


    Thinking of this, the resentment over her and Tu Qingluan teaming up to make him lose tonight seemed to dissipate. There had always been space in his chest for that anger to vent.


    It was just as well, since they werepetitors after all.


    Remembering Tu Qingluan''s near loss of control tonight, Zhou Zhou also felt somewhat in a daze.


    He and Tu Qingluan both seemed to have fallen for Yan Xi.


    She detested Tu Qingluan, but she also didn''t seem to like him one bit.


    "Are you listening?" The girl before him suddenly spoke.


    Unknowingly, amidst Zhou Zhou''s chaotic thoughts, they had arrived at the school gate.


    "Tonight, you thoroughly offended Tu Qingluan, and also..." Zhou Zhou didn''t even know what he was saying.


    "Are you trying to say I offended you too?" The girl before him suddenly interrupted his words.


    Offend Zhou Zhou?


    That didn''t seem to be the case. After all, when she hugged him, she could feel his body go rigid...


    The car arrived.


    "Don''t you have anything you want to ask me?"


    Zhou Zhou suddenly remembered - tonight that idiot Tu Qingluan had begged but failed to obtain Yan Xi, and said things to her about Ji Yao and him.


    "I do."


    The beauty before him suddenly turned her head, her elegant brows and eyes full of seriousness.


    Yan Xi thought for a moment, then suddenly spoke.


    "Zhou Zhou, do you like me?"


    Wha- what?


    These words from the girl were like a thunderp, exploding in Zhou Zhou''s ears.


    Zhou Zhou froze again. He waspletely at a loss as to what she meant.


    The beauty before him suddenlyughed.


    "Hahaha....just kidding."


    The girl didn''t wait for Zhou Zhou to respond before getting in the car and leaving.


    "Remember toe early tomorrow, don''t bete. Got it, puppy?"


    ...


    The scent of oranges gradually dissipated, and Zhou Zhou''s heart grew chaotic once more.


    "Zhou Zhou likes you now." Pandora stated matter-of-factly as she drove.


    "Mm." The girl in the backseat seemed to have known this fact all along.


    "I thought you would make a judgement on them both tonight. Their emotional fluctuations were quite intense." Pandora continued speaking to her.


    After all, Yan Xi''s actions tonight were simply maddening, especially for Tu Qingluan who had always pursued her.


    From Tu Qingluan''s expression, even a corpse could have been shocked back to life.


    What men hate most is to be scorned and degraded.


    If that contemptes from the girl they''ve always pursued, and they''re utterly humiliated by their crush in front of someone who could be considered their rival - it''s a triple whammy!


    A man''s pride is not to be trifled with. Moreover, Yan Xi was dancing on Tu Qingluan''sndmines!


    "I feel like your actions tonight, while satisfying, didn''t help much with raising their extremity values."


    Pandora didn''t understand what Yan Xi was trying to do. Tu Qingluan was a target she should be wooing, judging by his initial attitude. His goodwill towards Yan Xi had been extremely high from the start - he had rushed to her without needing her to approach him first.


    "Not much use? It was very useful. My extremity values are almost maxed out~" Yan Xi smiled lightly. Tonight was the most fun she''d had in a long time.


    Observing their emotional fluctuations - wasn''t that interesting?


    And how can liking be equated to love?


    She could develop feelings of liking towards anyone.


    As for the extremity love values that Pandora kept wanting her to raise?


    It would take more than a year to raise those.


    "Tu Qingluan''s expression tonight was quite ugly. I feel he may make trouble for you, so be careful." Pandora kindly reminded her.


    After all, she absolutely could not let her hard work go to waste! If Yan Xi would just get on with the system loading, there wouldn''t be so much trouble!


    "Is that so?"


    Wasn''t it interesting?


    Just what lengths could Tu Qingluan go to?


    The girl had a radiant smile, as if looking forward to theing day.

 Chapter 58: Attachment

    <h4>Chapter 58</h4>


    Yan Xi got off the car and opened the door. At that instant, the house was dark inside.


    No one was home.


    Suddenly, her phone rang. The caller ID showed Qi Yili.


    Qi Yili wasn''t home yet? Yan Xi frowned slightly.


    "Hello..." Yan Xi had just opened her mouth when she heard his voice, hoarse beyond recognition.


    "Can youe to the hospital right now?"


    "Please sign quickly."


    The hospital lights shone on the strikingly white critical condition notification, stinging his vision.


    For a moment, Qi Yili couldn''t distinguish between reality and illusion. His hands kept shaking.


    With shaking hands, he picked up the pen with difficulty. His mind was like being sharply cut through by a de, resulting in a nk vertigo.


    Breathing gradually became harder. Every second felt like a pair of hands choking his neck, on the verge of suffocation.


    Why?


    Why him?


    Why today?


    The dazzling lights tonight were thoroughly shattered by a phone call from the hospital tonight.


    Was this his retribution? The retribution for hiscency?


    His mother''s cerebral hemorrhage recurred.


    Pain seemed to go on ceaselessly. At this instant, he couldn''t even discern the meaning of his existence.


    "Sign, Qi Yili."


    The voice, calm as ake''s surface, pulled him out from suffocation.


    As he looked up, he directly met her dark eyes.


    He could almost see his reflection in them.


    She came.


    Upon his call, Yan Xi rushed to the hospital almost without stopping.


    While on the way here, she had made a call to inquire about the situation.


    Qi Yili''s mother had a recurrence of cerebral hemorrhage. The hospital was preparing for surgery, and had now issued a critical condition notice.


    "Sign it. Don''t waste the medical staff''s time," Yan Xi said bluntly.


    Her gaze was tranquil without ripples, as if asking him to do something trivial.


    That''s how it always was.


    It seemed nothing could ever arouse fluctuations in her emotions. He also didn''t seem to have caught her eye even once.


    No matter what he did, good or bad, her eyes always held an aloof and calm indifference beyond human, as if she didn''t care about anyone at all. It was like a kind of arrogance that was a sin.


    But at this moment, he felt strangely at ease.


    Inexplicable emotions welled up in his heart. The sense of guilt pressed upon him didn''t suffocate him so much. Only by her side could he feel that all his ugly and sordid thoughts could be embraced.


    Under her gaze, he swiftly picked up the pen and wrote down his name stroke by stroke.


    The moment he finished, he heard her words again, as if she could see through all his thoughts.


    "If you feel anguished, just push the responsibility onto me. After all, I was the one who made you sign. You can also take it as a kind of coercion."


    Coercing him to admit that his mother was in mortal danger.


    Coercing him to wake up from his splendid dreams and face the pain.


    Did it hurt?


    Then shift the me onto her. Then he wouldn''t feel hurt. Then he could continue indulging himself in his happy and gentle hometown until death.


    He stiffened as he saw unconditional doting emerge once more in the girl''s eyes.


    Just like his mother''s in the past.


    Seeing Qi Yili staring nkly at her, Yan Xi found a seat outside the operating room and sat down.


    It was now 1:30 AM.


    She had run around all night. Her feet were almost swollen. Without even having the chance to rest, she rushed to the hospital again. Now she was tired and didn''t want to speak.


    "Why are you standing stupidly over there? Come here and sit," the girl waved at him.


    The surgery had just been underway for half an hour. Only then did Qi Yili realize his feet were numb from standing too long.


    He didn''t move, punishing himself by standing in ce as he awaited the hopefully not unfavorable surgical results.


    Yan Xi nced at him without saying more, instead closing her eyes to rest a bit.


    Having just resolved tonight''s matters, she returned home and rushed to the hospital again tofort Qi Yili. If this went on, she might just die from exhaustion.


    Finally, after who knows how long, the surgery room lights dimmed.


    The medical staff opened the doors of the operating theater. Qi Yili''s heart was seized. It seemed he was awaiting the final verdict.


    At this time, Yan Xi also opened her eyes.


    "I''m sorry, due to the patient''s blood pressure rising suddenly, cerebral hemorrhage recurred. The aneurysm in the brain ruptured. Rescue efforts were ineffective. Death has been confirmed," the lead surgeon gravely informed them of the results of tonight''s rescue.


    For an instant, Qi Yili''s ears buzzed.


    Rescue... Ineffective?


    Death... Confirmed?


    His nails dug fiercely into his palms, sinking deeply into the flesh.


    It can''t be...


    It can''t be!


    Not until he saw his mother''s corpse wheeled out of the operating room did the tightly-drawn nerves in him snappletely.


    The familiar brows and eyes were reflected in his eyes.


    The mouth that would never speak to him again.


    The eyes full of gentleness that would never open to look at him again.


    The face that looked as calm as ever, as if merely asleep, but would now never wake from eternal slumber.


    He had never felt the world to be so pitch ck. His blood nearly congealed from the cold.


    He couldn''t remember how he came to ept this reality. He couldn''t remember how he sent off his mother with the medical staff into the morgue...


    He only knew that he cked out in the end. Hisst thought before losing consciousness was that he wanted to perish alongside his mother, hopefully to never wake again.


    "You''re awake."


    Yan Xi poured a ss of water and set it at his bedside.


    The instant Qi Yili opened his eyes again, all he saw was the icy white ceiling of a hospital room. So white he felt dizzy and disoriented.


    He hadn''t died.


    He saw the ss of water ced by the bed.


    "Now that you''re awake I''ll go call the doctor..." Yan Xi had not finished speaking when a hand grabbed her clothing hem.


    "Sis, don''t leave." His hand gripped Yan Xi''s hem tightly, like a drowned man clutching at the final driftwood around him.


    It was the first time he called her "Sis." His face was sickly pale.


    He was in so much pain, from past to present.


    Only she...


    Only she could alleviate it a tiny bit.


    He had already lost thest person who loved him in this world. So even if she was pretending, it waspletely fine. He would rather drown in this illusion.


    "Qi Yili, what did you call me?" Hearing his words, Yan Xi turned to look at him and suddenlyughed.


    Qi Yili fell silent for a moment.


    "If you don''t say it, then I''m leaving." Yan Xi didn''t give him time to react before threatening to leave.


    From this exchange, Qi Yili sensed an unusual implication. It was like a final farewell.


    She can''t leave...


    She can''t leave.... or he would die...


    He sat up abruptly from the bed, as if Yan Xi would slip away from him the next second.


    His frail, pallid hand gripped Yan Xi''s hand tightly.


    The sickly handsome youth before her eyes seemed to have shed all pretenses. He pressed that hand, beautiful as a work of art, tightly against his pallid cheek. His morbid face held desperately twisted attachment.


    "Big sis..."


    His eyes held an almost pathological dependent attachment.

 Chapter 59: Tombstone

    <h4>Chapter 59</h4>


    "I''m downstairs at your ce now,e down now," Zhou Zhou saidst night.


    Yan Xi barely sleptst night, Qi Yili''s "Do you like me?" echoed in her mind like a curse, lost in wild thoughts.


    After reying what happened tonight for the nth time, it was almost 4 am when he suddenly jumped out of bed and shouted as he confirmed this fact:


    "Damn! I really like her!"


    He grabbed his hair and got out of bed.


    Since he couldn''t sleep anyway, he might as well pull an all-nighter.


    A loss is a loss, it''s not like he can''t take it!


    He quickly got up, tidied up, and went to a nearby breakfast ce to buy breakfast for her.


    The owner of the breakfast ce was scared by him - he had never seen anyonee to buy breakfast before he even opened the stall, at 4:30 am!


    It was also Zhou Zhou''s first time getting up so early in the morning to buy breakfast for someone else - something that would absolutely never have happened before. If someone had told him earlier that he would lose sleep for a girl and run around like an idiot to buy her breakfast, he would definitely have punched them and told them to go get treated for stupidity!


    It was almost 5 am when he got the breakfast, although there was no one in front of him the owner still had to open the stall and prepare ingredients before he could start cooking!


    "Go back to school yourself, I took time off," Yan Xi said to Qi Yili clinging onto her sleeve beside her.


    She had almost pulled an all-nighter dealing with Qi Yili''s mother''s funeral affairs andforting Qi Yili''s emotions, until Zhou Zhou called her at 6 am in the morning.


    "What?"


    "I said I took time off these few days, don''t need to pick me up anymore, we''ll talk about this when I get back to school."


    Yan Xi was so tired she almost wanted to hang up right away.


    The breakfast in his hand seemed to lose warmth in that instant, and the mess of feelings in his heart that morning immediately turned sour.


    "Why did you take time off?" Zhou Zhou asked right away.


    "Are you caring about me?" Yan Xi retorted.


    Her reply left Zhou Zhou unable to respond. Why does she always manage to ask questions he can''t answer?


    "I''m caring about the breakfast I bought for you! Making a fool of me early in the morning! I admit I lost, but you can''t go overboard!"


    Zhou Zhou said in an almost shameful manner, beyond caring.


    The other end of the phone seemed to fall silent.


    What he said was really...princess-like. Felt like she was some sort of heartbreaker. Yan Xi didn''t even know how to reply for a moment.


    ".....then you eat the breakfast."


    Zhou Zhou seemed to sense that Yan Xi was choked up.


    After spurting out those words in a frenzy, his previous awkward restraint seemed to vanishpletely.


    Liking her then liking her! So what?! It''s her honor that he likes her!


    He didn''t even know what he was awkward about before!


    After all, she doesn''t dislike him right?


    Great, he just happens to like her. And since she finds Qi Yili disgusting for liking her, he should feel happy instead!


    After figuring this out, Zhou Zhou''s mentality seemed to stabilize. He no longer had that awkward restraint he did before when facing Yan Xi, instead full of anticipation.


    "Alright, I''lle pick you up again when you''re back at school."


    "When do you want to go back to school?" she asked, looking at Qi Yili, her ns all stalled.


    This is the cemetery.


    Qi Yili had been standing in front of the gravestone for a few hours, gazing at his mother''s photo when she was alive.


    The ck and white photo seemed to be reiterating the eternal separation between humans and the dead over and over.


    He heard Yan Xi''s words and turned around. Yan Xi had been standing with him for a few hours too.


    Qi Yili remembered the injury Yan Xi''s leg sustained previously.


    "We''ll go back tomorrow, you go back to the car first, I''ll be right there."


    "Okay."


    Yan Xi left him private space, knowing Qi Yili seemed to have things he wanted to say to his mother that she shouldn''t be present for.


    Yan Xi left.


    "Mom..." His voice seemed toe from deep inside his throat.


    "I''m in so much pain...." Qi Yili frowned, stroking the words on the gravestone, his fingerprints rubbing against the rock, the warmth of the contact merging with acute pain.


    "Did I do something wrong?"


    Qi Yili muttered to himself, he enjoyed that rare bit of happiness, while his mother endured the cold and the threat of death in the hospital ward.


    He felt as if he had used his mother''s death in exchange for the chance to live on, just like before.


    In order for him to attend Qingteng College, she used up almost all her savings without hesitation, even when betrayed by her husband, bedridden and paralyzed, the first thing she thought of was still him, thinking of saving money for him, which was why she dyed going to the hospital for treatment so he could keep studying.


    He was like a vampire, only able to live on by sucking his mother''s blood, unable to withstand sunlight or emerge from the sewers.


    "If not, why would you leave me?"


    Qi Yili murmured, eyes empty and powerless, like a ghost wandering the mortal world.


    "I don''t want anyone else to leave, Mom."


    "I can make people stay by my side, right?" Qi Yili''s eyes shed at this point.


    But if you look closely, it''s thest dim glow before a shooting star burns out.


    "I''m sorry I couldn''t make you stay, Mom..."


    "But.....I don''t want to lose anyone else."


    Looking at his mother''s still warm smile towards him in the photo, he smiled as well.


    The self-inflicted nail marks had long scarred over.


    He didn''t want to go back to that hellish anguish again. Since there was no turning back to the path he came from, it didn''t matter.


    Even if the road ahead might not be bright, what''s the harm in falling if he could grab hold of something?


    He had long rotted away, had he not?

 Chapter 60: Gossip

    <h4>Chapter 60</h4>


    "He''s here too?" Zhou Zhou asked dumbfoundedly when he saw Qi Yili standing next to Yan Xi.


    "My younger brother wanted to hitch a ride with you," Yan Xi said with a smile, standing at the door of her house looking at Zhou Zhou.


    Before Zhou Zhou could react, she directly opened the car door and let Qi Yili get into Zhou Zhou''s car.


    "I didn''t agree to bring your brother along too."


    The night before, Zhou Zhou had suddenly received a call from Yan Xi asking him to pick her up. He had woken up early in the morning and had his driver take him. He had originally felt some inexplicable joy in his heart, but the moment he saw Qi Yili, he was dumbfounded.


    "You don''t have the right to refuse~"


    The girl smiled charmingly and also got into the car.


    So the three of them were now sitting together in the back seat.


    Zhou Zhou was next to Qi Yili, and Qi Yili was next to Yan Xi.


    Zhou Zhou was at aplete loss for words. Then he heard Yan Xi ask matter-of-factly:


    "Where''s my breakfast?"


    "There isn''t any," Zhou Zhou said irritably. He could feel the strong masculine aura around him and it annoyed him to no end!


    Seeing Qi Yili''s annoying face, he was truly speechless.


    He had originally bought breakfast, but now he suddenly didn''t want to give it to her anymore.


    "The breakfast is here," the driver suddenly spoke up. He thought Zhou Zhou had forgotten to put the breakfast in the front seat.


    "Thank you." Yan Xi took the breakfast the driver uncle handed to her and thanked him.


    Damn it!


    Not only did she make him look bad, shouldn''t she be thanking him instead!


    He was the one who bought it for her!


    She opened the breakfast, which was packed full - it was like she had bought out the entire breakfast shop!


    Red dates cake, zhengzhou steamed rice cake, dumplings, all kinds of buns and bread... Of course there were also two big cups of soy milk!


    ???


    [I suddenly feel like he''s insulting you through the breakfast. This amount, is he feeding pigs?] Pandora remarked.


    Not even ten stomachs could eat all that.


    "Qi Yili, you eat this." Yan Xi picked out a piece of red dates cake and a cup of soy milk, then handed the whole big bag directly to Qi Yili.


    Qi Yili: ??


    Zhou Zhou: ?!!


    "I..."


    Before Qi Yili could say anything, Zhou Zhou snatched the big bag away from him with lightning speed.


    "He''s-not-hungry, right?" Zhou Zhou looked at Qi Yili with a friendly smile.


    Freeloading was bad enough, now he dared to eat and drink for free too!


    As a result, Zhou Zhou finished all the food in the bag during the drive.


    Pandora was dumbfounded!


    What a talent! An absolutely invaluable talent!


    Soon, the car stopped.


    The two got out, but when they turned around, Zhou Zhou was still practically sitting in the car.


    "Aren''t you getting out?" Yan Xi asked.


    "I still have things to do." Zhou Zhou closed the car door directly and told the driver to drive, as if he had some big deal to take care of!


    After Yan Xi and the others were out of his sight, Zhou Zhou immediately bent over in difort and gritted his teeth:


    "Go to the pharmacy and buy some digestive and stomach-soothing pills!"


    Qi Yili suddenly tugged at Yan Xi''s sleeve.


    The atmosphere at school today was very strange. The moment he walked into school with Yan Xi, he had a feeling of unease spreading in his heart.


    Some people even started whispering in groups after catching a glimpse of them, and every time he looked over, they would avoid his gaze.


    He could feel that these looks were not friendly, just like in the past in the West District.


    A glint of interest shed through Yan Xi''s beautiful eyes, as if she realized something.


    "I didn''t expect her to be that kind of person... Truly, you can''t judge a book by its cover..."


    "What do you mean you can''t judge a book by its cover? With a seductive look like hers, I thought so from the first time I saw her!"


    "Yeah, those videos of her going viral, her poses and movements didn''t seem like a proper youngdy at all."


    .....


    She quickly walked with Qi Yili back to ss.


    The moment they stepped through the door, she seemed to sense the ss erupting in murmurs.


    "She''s back!"


    "Ah...."


    Whispering sounds kept arising, as if they were gossiping about something in hushed voices, but didn''t dare be too loud.


    What was this?


    At the same time, an attention-grabbing gaze had been fixed unwaveringly on her from the moment she entered the ssroom.


    Yan Xi looked up.


    The figure of Tu Qingluan was reflected in her eyes. He didn''t seem much different from usual, only the lovestruck look in his eyes had turned into something deeper and more inscrutable.


    When gazed at by him, she could feel Tu Qingluan was in quite a good mood, as if the desires suppressed in his heart hadpletely burst out, naked and unmasked, and his stare seemed to want to pierce through her.


    It made her very ufortable.


    Qi Yili also noticed something and unobtrusively stood in front of Yan Xi to block her from the others'' sight.


    Amidst this bizarre atmosphere, Yan Xi went back to her seat.


    Shen Qiuyi still wasn''t back yet.


    Her desk drawer was stuffed full, and as soon as she sat down, it was as if something triggered the contents of the drawer toe pouring out like snowkes.


    Seeing the familiar envelope style.


    This was... a love letter?


    It wasn''t strange for Yan Xi to think so, mainly because ever since the start of the school year, she had received around eight hundred, if not a thousand, love letters.


    But almost all of them were ced in her locker, which was outside the ssroom. Putting them in the locker outside was more discreet than bringing them into the ss and putting them in her desk drawer.


    She bent down to pick up the love letters scattered all over the floor. Her sleek hair tipped to one side, exposing her fair, delicate neck and its beautiful, alluring curve.


    She seemed to hear the whispers around her clearly.


    "She really has tricks up her sleeve... Look! She''s deliberately seducing someone, isn''t she!"


    "That post was true after all. She really has no shame!"


    "I really don''t understand why so many boys like her. She''s clearly a flirtatious siren!"


    "How pitiful for Young Master Tu... fooled by someone like her."


    .....


    Post?


    It seems many things she didn''t know about happened over the past few days.


    The malicious gossip felt like a tidal wave crashing towards her, and Yan Xi noticed the envelopes containing the love letters looked somewhat familiar.


    She seemed to have seen this kind of envelope at Tu Qingluan''s house, and the pile of letters on the floor all seemed to be enclosed in the same kind of envelope.


    [Open and take a look! I want to see! My darling Yan Xi~] Pandora mored in her mind.


    Yan Xi had originally intended to throw them all in the trash, but hearing Pandora''s urging, she changed her mind.


    She had a strong intuition that these letters were not ordinary confessions.


    She selectively opened one of the letters.


    Densely packed words wereid out.


    Her name was scrawled all over this letter, crammed together without a sliver of space - the two characters "Yan Xi" were like a terrifying curse upying her entire field of vision.


    Her hand shook uncontrobly, when she suddenly heard a voice behind her.


    "Xi Xi."


    Tu Qingluan called her as he always had, as if savoring her name in his mouth with a bone-gnawing intimacy...

 Chapter 61: Like Me

    <h4>Chapter 61</h4>


    A malicious intent attacked her from behind. She could feel that gaze carrying a strong possessive desire, as if wanting to devour her whole.


    "He looks a bit abnormal." Pandora said.


    "Maybe it''s his time of the month."


    She crumpled the paper in her hand into a ball and threw it backhandedly into the trash can.


    Yan Xi didn''t turn around or respond to him, as ifpletely ignoring this man who disgusted her.


    She could probably guess his thoughts.


    For someone who had always regarded beautifulmbs as hunting targets, the consequences of a failed hunt were either giving up or redoubling efforts.


    The moment he regarded her as amb, it was destined that she would not boost his affection value. Have you ever seen someone fall in love with their own prey?


    Rather than prey, it was just food to be tasted on the table. After the initial excitement, it would be a deathly nd taste.


    That''s why the process of seeking but not getting was the most appealing climax of the entire hunt... What people want most is often unfulfilled desires. Once desires are satisfied, they cease to be desires anymore.


    "Yan Xi, the teacher wants you to go to the office." Guan Yongyan suddenly came in from outside and called her.


    Tu Qingluan watched Yan Xi''s departing figure, a sense of inevitability hidden in his eyes.


    "Yan Xi, is what''s said in the post true?"


    As soon as she entered, she saw Peng Haiyang looking at her sternly.


    "Teacher, may I ask what this is about?" Yan Xi looked at him calmly.


    Seeing her seeming obliviousness, Peng Haiyang didn''t know if she was lying or really unaware.


    "Tell me honestly, where did you go during your absence these days?"


    Where did she go?


    Of course taking care of her emo brother and handling her mother''s affairs.


    "Why do you ask? Teacher, I was at home these days." Yan Xi still had a polite smile.


    Peng Haiyang saw the obedient, pleasing smile he used to see on the girl''s pretty face, but at this moment, he found it extremely annoying!


    Peng Haiyang took out his phone and threw those photos in front of her unceremoniously.


    "You still dare to lie to the teacher!"


    Fury was written all over Peng Haiyang''s face. He had originally harbored a shred of hope for the girl before him, but Yan Xi''s lies had directly provoked his anger.


    "What''s this huh? Take a look yourself!"


    In the few blurry photos Peng Haiyang showed her, one showed her hugging Zhou Zhou at the ball that night, both in an embrace, and Zhou Zhou looking somewhat startled but not rejecting it.


    Another showed her walking home with Tu Qingluan after school, the girl in the photo seeming to be whispering intimately to the boy, as if having kissed the boy''s face.


    Thest one was even more preposterous, showing her being force-fed alcohol at the KTV, pressed down by several tall girls. But the angle of this photo was obscure, only revealing half of her struggling face, while the other people were unrecognizable, and the girls'' positions had be those of boys.


    Ah this...


    These photos were all very fuzzy, as if captured from videos.


    If one just looked at these photos, she almost felt that she was some mermaid queen, seemingly having an affair with everyone in the photos,


    "Is that you in the photos! Why did you go to the bar? Huh? Do you know such ces are not for students like you, and who are those indecent people in the photos?"


    "Do you know what the post says? Huh? It says you''re a bar hostess pretending to be a high schooler, and that you.... see for yourself!" Peng Haiyang seemed unable to continue.


    Peng Haiyang opened another post and shoved it in her face for her to see.


    The post was titled "Shocking! The true face of the popr high school girl online is actually...."


    The post said someone with the ID Young Master Ben Shao wanted to expose the true face of a student from a prestigious high school.


    And this prestigious high school student was her, Yan Xi.


    ording to him, ever since she transferred, she always dressed provocatively on purpose to seduce the boys in ss. Her purpose foring to this school was to still frequent bars and KTVs and such ces that students should not go, and she also had an intimate rtionship with more than one boy.


    In the post, she was portrayed as a scheming girl who liked messing around with rtionships, wore revealing clothes and had no shame.


    Some even suspected in thements that she was actually a bar hostess pretending to be a high schooler! And thisment was directly upvoted to the top.


    Because Yan Xi and Ji Yao''s livestream was viral online for a period, and Yan Xi and Ji Yao were even called "most beautiful high school girls" "goddesses" by someizens, after this post''s exposure, aided by their previous poprity, the post also gained some traction.


    In this era where online traffic is paramount, posts of this nature are undoubtedly the most provocative. Nothing is more exciting than seeing a goddess who was once pretty and adored by all being pulled down from her pedestal, with everyone pointedly telling her she is a slut!


    This stark contrast full of malicious intent is the reason that can bring people a sense of ecstasy and carnival, deification can make people feel excited, and so can desecration, or even more so, being even more stimting.


    "Just a few weeks ago the grade had a meetingmending you, saying your chemistry contest scores were good. And now you''ve caused something like this!"


    He was very pleased earlier to have brought out such an outstanding student, and an exceptional one at that, as only he knew she was rted to the principal, so looking after her well could also score points with the old fox principal.


    "With it causing such a big stir now, I don''t care who the publisher is, it''s still damaging the reputation of Qingteng! How do I exin this to your uncle!?"


    Uncle?


    Yan Xi suddenly recalled the lies she had told before.


    The girl before him suddenly grabbed Peng Haiyang''s hand, her eyes reddening, seeming rather flustered as she said:


    "Teacher, you didn''t tell my uncle right? I...I... These photos are fake.... It''s not actually like this...."


    ".....I didn''t tell him, but how do you n to deal with this matter?"


    Your uncle probably can''t protect you either. He''s at a critical juncture campaigning, if any rtionship with Yan Xi is revealed, it may affect his chances.


    And the scandal also involved Zhou Zhou and Tu Qingluan, these two candidates. With their families'' means, they definitely won''t let their own children lose footing at such a critical juncture in the contest, who knows what they''d do.


    The principal, that old fox, didn''t even ask about the current situation with his own niece, he probably wants to abandon his niece as a pawn.


    If he doesn''t even cherish his own niece, why should an outsider like him care on her uncle''s behalf.


    "Yan Xi, it''s not that I don''t want to help you, if this matter can''t be suppressed in the end, I''m afraid you''ll have to leave this school."


    Yan Xi had just left the office and walked a few steps when a tall figure blocked her path, surrounded by a few girls.


    [Ah this....why does this look so much like a scene in the West District, isn''t this the East District?] Pandora said as she saw the familiar scene.


    "Yan-Xi." The person before her called out viciously to her, directly grabbing her cor.


    "Isn''t Ji Yao''s current state....your doing? Huh?" Du Le''s eyes were fierce. Ji Yao hadn''te to school for almost a week, no matter how she called, Ji Yao refused to answer.


    Until she could no longer stand it and went to Ji Yao''s home.


    Only to find that she had been home all along, but stubbornly refused to open the door for her.


    When she had exhausted all means, and was about to violently dismantle the battered door, Ji Yao finally had no choice but to open for her.


    Only then did she discover Ji Yao had a scar on her left cheek that was still healing and scabbing. Although Ji Yao hadn''t cut too deep that day, just very superficial, it still wasn''t something that could fade away in a short while.


    "There''s surveince on your upper left." Yan Xi saw the person''s face and was not surprised at all, and reminded the other party that this was the East District, and moreover at the office entrance.


    "I''m asking...if it was you! She wasst with you!"


    Du Le agitatedly said to her, but not too loudly, seemingly also not wanting Ji Yao''s affairs to be discussed by others.


    No matter how she asked about the scar, Ji Yao always refused to say, and her whole person was very haggard, as if she had lost her soul.


    "Didn''t she tell you?" Yan Xi was in a very bad mood at this time. Her quarrel with Du Le in the hallway had attracted more and more onlookers, and she could almost hear the gossip about her.


    "I heard she was ying multiple guys at once..."


    "Goodness, she actually got into a conflict with Du Le. Could it be that Du Le was fed up with this kind of person and was standing up for justice for us?"


    "Yan Xi looks pretty on the outside, but she''s so scheming on the inside... I''ve always said Ji Yao is much prettier than her, and Ji Yao is kinder too!"


    "Right... who knows how many people have yed with her already...disgusting!"


    ...


    This outright malice, ever since Yan Xi had put on this new face, although it wasn''t the first time she had experienced it, this time the intensity waspletely different from before.


    In the past, even if some people disliked her, it never reached the point of malicious ridicule like today. At the very least, in the past, there would always be people who, for the sake of her pretty face, would say some good things about her.


    "So you admit that Ji Yao''s...was your doing?" Hearing her words, Du Le seemed to understand something in an instant. She became agitated again and tightened her grip on Yan Xi''s cor.


    Yan Xi frowned. She could feel very ufortable right now.


    Let alone saying it wasn''t her who harmed Ji Yao''s face, even if it was, what could Du Le do to her?


    It was Ji Yao who schemed against her first, so as retribution, of course she had to return the favor...


    After all, she was a polite, well-mannered girl.


    But politeness has its limits.


    Right in front of Du Le, Yan Xi took out her phone and tapped it a couple times.


    The call connected very quickly.


    Without waiting for the other party to speak, Yan Xi said to Du Le''s nearly distorted face, word for word:


    "Ji Yao, keep your dog on a leash."


    She was really annoying.


    Yan Xi twirled the pen in her hand boredly. She had just escaped from Du Le, and then for a whole day, she was surrounded by malicious gossip, enveloped in it, like being soaked in disgusting juices, rotting away.


    Whether in or out of ss today, just the malicious and suggestive looks she received must have numbered at least in the hundreds.


    Some male students even blocked her path when she was going to the bathroom, ogling her with lustful eyes and cracking dirty jokes in front of her.


    Yan Xi ignored them all. She wasn''t in a hurry, but Qi Yili and Shen Qiuyi were extremely anxious.


    Shen Qiuyi even mmed her hands on the desk and stood up, cursing at and scolding those who said such disgusting things to her.


    Qi Yili, on the other hand, spent the whole day chatting with her and shielding her from those disgusting gazes.


    As for Zhou Zhou, he didn''t show up at all today, and who knows where he ran off to.


    Finally, school was over, and people around her packed up their things and went home one after another, but Yan Xi didn''t move an inch.


    "Go home first, Qi Yili. Shen Qiuyi, you should go home too. I have something to take care of." Yan Xi turned her head and looked at Tu Qingluan, who had sat there watching her all day without moving much.


    Now was finally the best opportunity for her to vent. Wasn''t it?


    "Sis." Qi Yili came forward and grabbed her hand.


    "If you''re not leaving, then I won''t leave either."


    Qi Yili pushed his sses up, seeming to sense Yan Xi''s thoughts. His expression was also very cold as he looked at Tu Qingluan.


    Qi Yili didn''t want to leave. He could probably guess one or two things about what happened today.


    Who harbored such great malice towards Yan Xi - with just his toes he could easily guess who it was.


    "I said go home." Yan Xi reiterated, her expression just as cold.


    Tu Qingluan''s expression didn''t change one bit. He still looked at Yan Xi with a smile, but his eyes held only her reflection.


    "Yan Xi, let''s go home together..." Shen Qiuyi didn''t know what was going on, but she knew that Yan Xi shouldn''t get too close with those people right now, and they needed to properly deal with today''s incidents as well.


    "You and Qi Yili can go together. I''ll call you tonight, okay?" Yan Xi cated Shen Qiuyi, but her tone was very resolute.


    Under Yan Xi''s words, the two still left the ssroom.


    At this time, the only ones left in the entire ssroom were Yan Xi and Tu Qingluan.


    "It was you who did it, right?" Yan Xi looked at him calmly, her tone tranquil, as if stating a fact.


    "Those photos and posts were uploaded by you, along with those rumors about me..."


    As Tu Qingluan looked at her calm face, he couldn''t keep calm at all inside. The desires growing madly inside him at this moment were almost at their peak.


    He didn''t know what to say, much less dare to guarantee what he might do the next second.


    "Why don''t you answer me, Tu Qingluan..."


    Seeing that the other party still didn''t respond, Yan Xi suddenly took a step forward.


    Closing the gap between them to an extremely close distance.


    "Do you...like me that much, Tu Qingluan?"


    The girl suddenly smiled.


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