Who's going to be the female lead's simp? Aren't the supporting female characters mor

Her head throbbed as if someone were drilling a hole in her temple. When Lin Ruyu woke up, the sun was already high in the sky.

Before she could fully wake up, the bed curtains were suddenly ripped open.

With a whoosh, blinding sunlight burst into view along with Zhang Wei's icy face.

"Awake?" Zhang Wei slapped a printed invoice onto Lin Ruyu's blanket. "This is the official price of my phone now, plus the estimated cost of screen breakage insurance and data recovery, totaling eight thousand six. Round it down to eight thousand five. Bank transfer or cash?"

Lin Ruyu squinted, subconsciously shielding her eyes from the light, a surge of morning grumpiness rising within her.

"Are you crazy, so early in the morning?" She rolled over and pulled the blanket over her head. "I'll give it to you later, I have a headache right now."

"What time is 'late'?" Zhang Wei didn't tolerate her and directly pulled off the blanket. "You were so cool when you smashed it last night, why are you pretending to be dead now? That's my phone, I still need to use it today."

The blanket was pulled off, and Lin Ruyu was furious.

She sat up, her hair a mess, and pointed at the table full of unopened luxury goods packaging bags: "Are you blind? Didn't you see all those things on the table? Aren't any of them more expensive than your crappy phone? Do you think I'm the kind of person who's short of a few thousand dollars?"

"Since you're not short of money, transfer it now." Zhang Wei pulled out her QR code and shoved it directly in her face. "Don't bring up those bags. They were gifts from Chu Xuan, not things you bought. Who knows if they're fake?"

This remark seemed to have stepped on Lin Ruyu's tail.

"Who are you calling a counterfeit?" Lin Ruyu's voice was shrill. "Fine, Zhang Wei, you're something else. You're going to throw your nose at me for this little bit of money? Let me tell you, I have a limit on my account right now, I'll transfer it to you in a couple of days. Take it or leave it!"

After saying that, she fell asleep again, acting as if she were completely unfazed.

Actually, that's some kind of limit.

Her bank account was already empty.

All of his previous allowance was spent on buying clothes to save face. He had been hoping that Bai Jingyou or Chu Xuan would reimburse him, but now he has nothing from both sides.

Zhang Wei stood by the bed, watching Lin Ruyu's nonchalant back, trembling with anger.

"Fine, Lin Ruyu, you asked for this."

Zhang Wei sneered and turned back to her desk.

She picked up the photos she had taken last night using a phone borrowed from the dorm next door—a scene of horribly mangled cell phones and a mountain of luxury bags piled up on Lin Ruyu's desk.

Ten minutes later, a new post on the Haicheng University campus forum was pushed to the top of the trending list.

The title is simple and direct: "Shocking! Former school beauty refuses to pay her debts—who gave her the audacity?"

The content is detailed and richly illustrated.

Not only did she accuse Lin Ruyu of smashing her roommate's phone in the middle of the night, but she also highlighted Lin Ruyu's arrogant refusal to pay compensation afterward, and even thoughtfully included the quote, "Am I someone who's short of a few thousand yuan?"

The post immediately caused an uproar in the comments section.

"Holy crap, this is outrageous! Smashing someone's phone and not even paying for it?"

"You upstairs don't know, do you? I heard this girl was recently dumped by her sugar daddy, and she's probably taking her anger out on her roommate."

"So many Hermès bags on the table, but you can't even come up with 8,000 yuan? Could it be that you rented those bags in a group for a photoshoot?"

"I used to think she was aloof, but it turns out she's like this. I've gone from being a fan to a hater."

In less than half an hour, the post was forwarded to various grade-level groups.

The once lofty aura of a goddess shattered more completely at this moment than a cell phone screen on the ground.

……

Downtown, Bai Group branch.

Bai Jingyou sat behind a large desk, twirling a fountain pen in his hand.

Chen Mo stood opposite him, reporting the latest battle situation with a serious expression.

"Young Master Bai, just now, Blue Ocean Intelligent's production line completely stopped."

"So fast?" Bai Jingyou was somewhat surprised, but more so, he remained calm and expected. "Didn't Gao Tianxiong try to source the goods from other channels?"

"I've thought about it. Chairman Gao used all his connections, and was even willing to pay three times the price to acquire chips from other factories. But when we acquired Kexing Electronics, we also took over the production capacity of two other small factories with manufacturing capabilities. Now, not a single compliant industrial-grade chip can be found on the market."

Chen Mo paused, then lowered his voice slightly: "Moreover, because of the production stoppage and breach of contract, several major clients that Blue Ocean Intelligent had originally agreed to deal with are now demanding compensation. The daily depreciation of the production line and labor costs alone are astronomical."

"That's good." Bai Jingyou put the pen back in the pen holder. "The Gao family will be badly hurt, if not completely wiped out."

"However..." Chen Mo hesitated, "a big fish has entered the fray."

Bai Jingyou looked up: "Hongye Capital?"

"Yes. Hongye sent a guy named Feng Rui to audit the accounts. He has a terrible reputation in the industry. Rumor has it that if a project he's targeting is not compliant or if someone is sabotaging it, he'll never show any mercy." Chen Mo handed over a document. "He seems to have found something suspicious about the equity changes at Kexing Electronics, and following the trail, his attention has shifted to Fengqi Technology."

Bai Jingyou took the documents and flipped through them.

Feng Rui, 35 years old, graduated from Harvard Business School. In the three years since returning to China, he has handled four mergers and acquisitions, each of which was a bloody and turbulent affair.

"That's right." Bai Jingyou closed the document, a playful smile on his lips. "Old-fashioned businessmen like Gao Tianxiong don't react that quickly. Only bloodthirsty capitalist hyenas can smell the meat."

He picked up his phone and dialed Zhao Feng's number.

The phone rang with the clatter of keyboards, clearly indicating that the tech geeks at Fengqi Technology were still working day and night to finish the job.

"Old Zhao."

"President Bai! The server architecture you instructed has just been set up and is ready for testing!" Zhao Feng's voice sounded both excited and tired.

"Stop for a moment," Bai Jingyou said calmly. "A man named Feng Rui will probably come looking for you within the next hour or two."

"Feng Rui? Who's that?"

"An investor looking for trouble. He might ask you about the chip supply chain, or he might question your technology or even the source of your funding." Bai Jingyou tapped his fingers lightly on the table. "Remember the three points I'm about to tell you."

"First, they admit that we introduced Sinovac Biotech, but they insist that we are just a preferred customer and have no equity relationship. The procedures in this regard are clean, and they can't find any evidence to prove it."

"Second, showcase your technology, but only the application layer; don't show him the core algorithms. These kinds of people don't understand technology; they only care about whether it can be monetized."

"Third, if he asks about my relationship with you..." Bai Jingyou paused, "tell him that I'm just an angel investor who believes in your dreams, and I don't care about running the business except for providing the money."

Although Zhao Feng didn't understand the intricacies of business negotiations, he had blind trust in Bai Jingyou: "I understand, Mr. Bai. I'll just pretend to be clueless and only talk about the technology."

"Yes, that's it."

After hanging up the phone, Bai Jingyou got up and walked to the French windows.

Outside the window, the city bustles with traffic, and an unseen battle is brewing.

Feng Rui is a good knife; if used well, he might be able to stir up this quagmire even more.

……

Meanwhile, at the Gao family villa.

Gao Beining has been locked in the second-floor bedroom for three whole days.

His phone was confiscated, his internet connection was cut off, and apart from the nanny who brought him meals, he couldn't even see a fly.

But he was, after all, the eldest son of the family, and knew the layout of the house like the back of his hand.

While the nanny went downstairs to the kitchen to prepare lunch, he sneaked into his father's study and skillfully turned on the backup computer that had no password.

As soon as I connected to the campus network, that shocking post at the top of the forum popped up.

Looking at the mess of evidence Lin Ruyu had committed in the photos, and the foul language in the comments section, Gao Beining's eyes instantly turned red.

"These bastards... how dare they talk about Xiaoyu like that!"

In his eyes, Lin Ruyu must have had her reasons for smashing the phone.

That roommate seems honest most of the time, but who knows what kind of bullying Xiaoyu might be behind her back!

And then there's Chu Xuan, who remained silent at the crucial moment, leaving Xiaoyu to face this cyberbullying alone.

"No, I have to save her."

Gao Beining's heroic complex instantly took over.

He searched everywhere and finally found an envelope in the bottom drawer of the bookcase.

Inside was the spare cash my father usually kept, about fifty or sixty thousand yuan.

He grabbed the envelope and stuffed it into his pocket without even counting it.

Back in his room, he tore the sheets into strips, but that was too old-fashioned, and the second floor was too high; if he broke his leg, he wouldn't be able to play the hero and save the damsel in distress.

He took a deep breath, walked to the door, and began banging on it frantically.

"Li Ma! Li Ma! Someone come quick! My stomach hurts! I'm going to die!"

The acting was exaggerated, but the loud voice couldn't compensate.

The nanny, who was chopping vegetables downstairs, was startled and quickly wiped her hands before running upstairs.

She had just unlocked the door and hadn't even seen what was happening when a dark figure darted out from beside her.

"Young Master! Oh, Young Master, you can't go out! The Master will kill me!"

Gao Beining completely ignored the shouts behind him, rushed down the stairs in three strides, and dashed out of the villa gate like a wild dog that had broken free of its reins.

The security guard at the entrance was looking down at his phone when he felt a gust of wind pass by. By the time he realized what was happening, Gao Beining had already run more than fifty meters away.

"Little Rain, don't be afraid, I'm here!"

Gao Beining touched the bulging envelope in his arms and felt incredibly cool at that moment.

……

On the other side, the Chu family.

Chu Xuan sat on the sofa with a band-aid on his face.

After scolding himself, Chu's father went upstairs to take his blood pressure medication.

His phone vibrated; it was a screenshot from one of his former underlings.

It was Lin Ruyu's post that was posted on the forum.

Chu Xuan clicked on it and glanced at it, his brows furrowing deeply.

If it were two days ago, upon seeing this post, he would have immediately driven his Ferrari to the school, dragged out the girl who posted it, and thrown money in her face to shut her up.

but now……

He glanced at the closed door upstairs, then touched the frozen supplementary card in his pocket.

A deep sense of powerlessness came over me.

"Damn it, Bai Jingyou..." Chu Xuan blamed everything on Bai Jingyou.

If he hadn't offended the Bai family, the old man wouldn't have cut off his food supply, and he wouldn't be like a cripple now, only able to watch Lin Ruyu be humiliated.

He was furious, but he never considered that there was anything wrong with Lin Ruyu's behavior of not repaying the loan and throwing a tantrum.

In his view, it's just that the goddess has a temper, and those few thousand yuan are a lot of money for ordinary people, but for people in their circle, it's just the cost of a meal.

Is it really worth posting someone online for such a small amount of money? That's pathetic.

Chu Xuan irritably threw his phone aside, and instead of going to school, he buried his head in the sofa cushions.

Out of sight, out of mind.

……

In the south of the city, there is an old-fashioned office building with mottled exterior walls.

This is Fengqi Technology's temporary office. The rent is cheap, but the only downside is that the soundproofing is poor.

A black Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan slowly pulled up downstairs.

The car door opened, and a man in a dark gray suit stepped out.

He was lean and wiry, wore frameless glasses, and had eyes as sharp as an eagle's.

Feng Rui.

He looked up at the lit window on the second floor; it was the office of Fengqi Technology.

The paint on the walls is peeling off, and the outdoor unit of the air conditioner is making a buzzing noise.

"How can such a run-down place hold up a project worth billions?"

Feng Rui straightened his tie, a cold smile curving his lips.

This doesn't seem like a legitimate business; it looks more like a setup.

interesting.

He stepped into the dimly lit stairwell, his leather shoes making a dull, rhythmic sound on the concrete steps, like a hunter's countdown to his prey.

Pushing open the glass door with the Fengqi Technology A4 paper printed sign, a wave of heat and the smell of instant noodles hit you.

A dozen or so programmers, dressed in plaid shirts and with disheveled hair, were frantically typing away at their computers.

The man with a full beard sitting at the very back looked up, his eyes somewhat dazed.

"I am Feng Rui, from Hongye Capital."

Without wasting words, Feng Rui pulled up a chair and sat down, his gaze sharp as a knife, piercing Zhao Feng. "I want to talk to you about the batch of missing chips from Sinovac Biotech."