You Rong slowly lowered her eyes to look at Lin Qinghe.
Meeting You Rong's gaze, Lin Qinghe couldn't help but feel a little nervous. She hugged the bouquet in her hand tighter and offered it a little closer to You Rong, saying again, "You Rong, I like you. Can you be my boyfriend?"
The students on the sports field began to discuss louder. Upon closer listening, most of them were confused as to why Lin Qinghe, who had rejected You Rong's confession and publicly humiliated him last semester, was now making a complete U-turn and confessing to You Rong herself in front of everyone.
You Rong stood still, saying nothing.
Lin Qinghe had a vague sense that something was wrong, but she couldn't quite pinpoint what it was.
After a long while, You Rong finally moved and took the bouquet of roses.
Lin Qinghe's heart leaped with joy, thinking You Rong was about to accept her confession. The next second, the bouquet of roses was brutally thrown into Lin Qinghe's face.
Caught completely off guard, Lin Qinghe's face was thrown to the side. The delicate skin of her face was scratched by the rose thorns, causing a stinging pain.
Lin Qinghe froze, looking up at You Rong with a face full of shock and confusion.
A sarcastic curve formed on You Rong's lips.
His voice, neither loud nor soft, was amplified by the microphone in Lin Qinghe's hand, allowing the entire school's teachers and students to hear his words clearly.
"Lin Qinghe, go home and look in the mirror. See what you're made of. Someone like you, who is vain, with a..." You Rong looked Lin Qinghe up and down dismissively and said, "Ordinary to the point of being unremarkable, someone who could get lost in a crowd and no one would notice. I'm sorry, but I'm just not interested."
Lin Qinghe finally understood, gnashing her teeth in anger.
You Rong was clearly playing a trick on her!
He had asked her to confess in front of the entire school, believing her words, but it was all a ploy to make her look foolish in public!
You Rong wasn't finished. His thin lips parted, and he continued to utter sarcastic words, "Please have some self-respect from now on and stop bothering me. After all, people should have a sense of self-awareness. It's best if you go back and figure out what kind of toad you are."
With that, You Rong turned and walked away without even glancing at Lin Qinghe.
The crowd on the sports field began to snicker and cover their mouths.
"Quick, look! It's not that retribution doesn't come, it just hasn't arrived yet. Lin Qinghe is getting what she deserves. I heard that last semester, when You Rong hadn't lost weight yet and confessed to her, she told him to go home and look in the mirror, saying he was like a toad wanting to eat swan meat. Today, You Rong is giving all those words back to her!"
"Hahaha! Yes, it's utterly satisfying! She usually relies on her beauty and the fact that she has so many boys chasing her, being picky and acting all superior. Look at her now, facing this!" a voice said with utter contempt.
"This… is this really our usual school beauty, Lin? Like this, shamelessly chasing a rich second-generation heir. I thought she was some pure and cute person. I really misjudged her…"
The various schadenfreude-filled comments from below reached Lin Qinghe's ears. Her face alternated between green and white, looking extremely unpleasant. She was so angry she almost went mad.
You Rong! That scoundrel!
If it weren't for the mission, she really wished she could use the system to kill him!
Ignoring the people laughing at her, Lin Qinghe dropped the microphone and strode away.
She needed to find a place to calm down, otherwise, she was sure she wouldn't be able to resist going to kill You Rong right now!
Lin Qinghe went up to the rooftop of the teaching building and kicked the wall several times, venting her anger. Her mood gradually calmed down.
Forget it.
She wouldn't argue with You Rong. He didn't have self-awareness now. After being treated like that by the original host, it was understandable that he would seek revenge.
It was just that the revenge was directed at her, and the more she thought about it, the more she wanted to kill You Rong.
Lin Qinghe closed her eyes and took deep breaths. Sudán Novels.
"Forget it, forget it, can't think about it anymore. For the mission, hold back! Must hold back! And definitely can't let personal grudges from the real world interfere. Can't kill You Rong, can't kill You Rong…"
By repeatedly hypnotizing herself, Lin Qinghe finally suppressed the urge to kill You Rong and leaned on the railing, utterly defeated.
"What kind of crappy system is this? The calculation function must be inaccurate. It said the progress bar increased by five percent at the beginning, making me think You Rong still had feelings for the original host. Now it looks like what increased was probably You Rong's hatred for me…"
Lin Qinghe's thoughts were a mess. Whenever she remembered being publicly humiliated by You Rong after confessing, her anger would uncontrollably skyrocket.
Lin Qinghe grabbed her hair forcefully and muttered, "Forget it, I won't think about it anymore. I'll skip class today. I lost all face and dignity in front of everyone just now. Going back to the classroom will only lead to mockery. I might as well go back to the dorm and lie down."
As for You Rong, besides wanting to kill him alive, she couldn't think of anything else for the moment, so she decided to stop thinking about it.
Lin Qinghe came down from the rooftop of the teaching building and planned to go back to her dorm after using the restroom.
As soon as she entered a restroom cubicle, a bucket of water was thrown in, drenching Lin Qinghe. She cried out in surprise and shouted angrily, "Who is it!"
Lin Qinghe tried to push open the restroom cubicle door to get out, but it was locked from the outside. She couldn't push it open at all.
A series of low giggles came from outside.
"Let her be shameless. She humiliated You Rong so badly before. Now that You Rong has become handsome, she shamelessly pestered him again. She deserves to be taught a lesson!"
"Exactly. You Rong must detest her now. He'll definitely enjoy seeing her get treated like this…"
Listening to the footsteps outside gradually fade away until they disappeared, Lin Qinghe kicked the restroom cubicle door in anger.
Did You Rong instigate them to do this?!
Lin Qinghe felt extremely wronged. She, a former renowned mission-taker, had never been bullied like this. It was all You Rong's fault, that scoundrel!
It was the original host who had humiliated him. If he had any guts, he should go find the original host!
Lin Qinghe cursed You Rong from head to toe, and her mood calmed down slightly.
Thinking about her soul entering the original host's body, she couldn't escape the connection to the original host. She could only consider herself unlucky.
Lin Qinghe, having calmed down, stared at the unopenable door. She looked down at her wet clothes and frowned.
She looked around.
Suddenly, she tiptoed and jumped, grabbing the cubicle wall with her hands and climbing up with all her might. She climbed to another cubicle and then got out.
Lin Qinghe clapped her hands, snorted coldly, and left the restroom without looking back.
To think that such childish tricks could trap her, what a joke!
However, Lin Qinghe didn't expect that as soon as she walked out of the restroom and went downstairs, someone suddenly pushed her from behind. She stumbled forward and fell.
Fortunately, she was only two or three steps away from the landing, and she fell on the landing instead of rolling down. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Lin Qinghe scraped her knees, and she gasped in pain. She turned back and yelled angrily, "Who pushed me just now?!"
Seven or eight men and women stood on the stairs, looking at each other. They all said, "You fell because you weren't watching where you were going, right? Why are you blaming us!"
"Exactly! You fell because you were careless, and now you're blaming others. How shameless…"
Lin Qinghe gritted her teeth in anger.
She vaguely remembered these people looking familiar. Checking the original host's memories, they were You Rong's classmates.
It must have been You Rong's doing again!