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Her hands trembled as she reached for her phone, and it took her several attempts to unlock it with her fingerprint.

The moment the screen lit up, a deluge of push notifications nearly crashed my phone.

Is the seemingly innocent school beauty actually a social butterfly? Multiple photos provide solid evidence!

"Brilliant Entertainment swiftly terminates contract; Sun Nan angrily denounces being deceived"

Chen Hao goes to jail, the Gao family breaks off the engagement, and the rich second-generation heirs she ruined over the years.

Click on any of the comments, and the comment section is full of insults.

Even those accounts that used to call her their goddess are now the most vocal critics.

"Nausea!"

"This woman is a total social misfit; anyone who gets involved with her is doomed."

"I heard she was a discarded woman that Bai Jingyou didn't want, but Chen Hao took her over. Now even Su Nan thinks she's dirty."

Every word felt like a nail piercing into his eyes.

Lin Ruyu didn't want to look, but her fingers kept sliding down uncontrollably.

It's all over.

The world seemed to suddenly become empty, with only the huge debt of ten million weighing on my head like a mountain.

"Young Master Su...yes, Young Master Su is definitely angry."

Lin Ruyu, as if grasping at a last straw, frantically dialed Su Nan's number.

It rang once, then the call was connected.

"Young Master Su! I was wrong! Please don't do this. I really can't repay that ten million. I can do anything else, I'm willing to do anything..."

"beep--"

The person on the other end of the phone didn't even bother to curse and just hung up.

When I called back, the call couldn't be connected.

I've been blocked.

Lin Ruyu's knuckles turned white as she gripped her phone, and despair washed over her like a tidal wave, making it hard for her to breathe.

Ten million.

If they don't pay it back, they'll go to jail.

Her life was completely ruined.

Who can save her?

In this cold city, who else has the ability to come up with ten million and is willing to even glance at her?

A face flashed through my mind.

That face always had a gentle smile; he used to wait for her downstairs at the girls' dormitory with breakfast in his hand.

That person would run all over half of Haicheng to buy brown sugar water when she was on her period; the way that person looked at her was once filled with stars.

Bai Jingyou.

Yes, only Baek Kyung-woo!

He was the eldest son of the Bai family; ten million was just the price of a sports car to him.

He used to love me so much, he even fell out with his family for me.

His current coldness must stem from deep love and harsh criticism, from the fact that he has broken his heart.

As long as you admit your mistake and humble yourself to beg him, he will definitely soften his heart.

Men are all like that; no matter how harsh they say, they still cherish old feelings in their hearts.

Once this absurd idea took root, it grew wildly like weeds, instantly taking over her already somewhat abnormal brain.

Lin Ruyu got up from the ground, not even bothering to put on her shoes properly, and rushed into the elevator barefoot.

……

Haicheng International Conference Center.

The press conference has ended, and the crowd is dispersing.

The setting sun dyed the fountain in the square blood red.

Bai Jingyou walked out side by side with Jiang Mengyao, one hand in his pocket.

Jiang Mengyao changed out of her smart business attire and put on a beige trench coat. Her long hair was casually tied back, and she carried a small handbag.

The two did not speak, but the tacit understanding between them was like a perfectly natural oil painting.

"Baek Kyung-woo!"

A piercing scream shattered the tranquility.

Before the security personnel at the entrance could react, a disheveled figure broke through the cordon.

Lin Ruyu's hair was disheveled, her haute couture dress was torn in several places, and her only remaining high heel was missing. She walked barefoot on the rough cement ground, which was covered with dust and bloodstains.

The bodyguards immediately surrounded them, trying to drive them away.

"Don't touch me! I'm here to see Bai Jingyou! Jingyou! Jingyou, look at me!"

Lin Ruyu struggled desperately, looking like a madwoman who had escaped from a mental hospital.

Bai Jingyou stopped in his tracks, his brows furrowing slightly, as if he had seen a mad dog suddenly darting out from the roadside.

"Let her come over," Bai Jingyou said calmly.

The bodyguard released his grip.

Lin Ruyu stumbled over and knelt down with a thud two meters away from Bai Jingyou.

Her knees slammed against the hard floor tiles; it sounded painful, but she seemed oblivious.

"Jingyou, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong."

Lin Ruyu cried with snot and tears streaming down her face. She reached out to grab Bai Jingyou's trouser leg, but Bai Jingyou took a half step back to avoid her.

Her hand grasped at empty air, frozen in mid-air.

"I was blind before. I shouldn't have listened to Chen Hao's nonsense and been deceived by Su Nan. Now I see clearly that only you are truly sincere to me." She raised her head, trying to put on that pitiful expression she used to have, but now her face only looked terrifying.

"Jingyou, please save me. Su Nan is trying to kill me. He demands ten million yuan back, or he'll send me to jail. Please help me, okay? This amount of money is nothing to you. If you help me this time, I'll do anything for you from now on, I'll listen to whatever you say..."

The reporters and guests who hadn't yet dispersed all stopped in their tracks, their phone cameras all pointing at the scene.

Bai Jingyou looked down at her, his eyes as calm as a stagnant pool.

There was no anger, no mockery, not even a trace of pity.

That look was like looking at a stranger.

"Are you done talking?" Bai Jingyou's voice was very soft.

Lin Ruyu was stunned for a moment, then nodded frantically: "You're done talking, Jingyou, do you agree? I knew you still had feelings for me..."

"I think you've misunderstood something."

Before Bai Jingyou could speak, Jiang Mengyao took a step forward.

The pair of beige flats stopped beside Lin Ruyu's dusty hands.

Jiang Mengyao looked down at the once arrogant school beauty, her tone calm, yet every word was like a knife.

"Miss Lin, you said Jingyou has feelings for you? When are you referring to that?"

Jiang Mengyao's voice wasn't loud, but it could be clearly heard in the quiet square.

"Was it when you were a freshman, and Jingyou queued up until he got heatstroke trying to buy you a rare textbook, only to give it to Chen Hao to use as a table leg?"

Lin Ruyu's face turned deathly pale instantly.

"Back in the winter of your sophomore year, Jingyou sent you breakfasts every day for a month, and you complained that they were from the cafeteria, threw them in the trash, and even mocked him to your roommates for being a simp?"

A murmur of dismay rippled through the crowd.

With each sentence Jiang Mengyao spoke, Lin Ruyu's body trembled.

She thought Bai Jingyou was unaware of these things, or that he had already forgotten them.

"Lin Ruyu, one shouldn't be too greedy." Jiang Mengyao squatted down, her gaze level with Lin Ruyu's, her eyes carrying a cold indifference that seemed to have seen through the world. "When you need money, think of him as a rich second-generation; when you need face, think of him as a backup option; when you need to take the blame, think of him as an honest man."

"You trampled his sincerity into the mud, and you still blame him for not laying out a wedding carpet for you?"

Jiang Mengyao stood up, took out a wet wipe from her bag, and carefully wiped away the dust that had been blown by the wind. Then she took Bai Jingyou's arm.

"This ten million is the tuition you paid for your own greed and stupidity. Don't even mention Jingyou wouldn't give it to you; even if he had money to burn, he could feed stray dogs, and they'd at least wag their tails. Give it to you? You don't deserve it!"

Lin Ruyu opened her mouth wide, making a "hehe" sound in her throat, but she couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.

She looked at Bai Jingyou, trying to find even the slightest hint of emotion on that familiar face.

But Bai Jingyou simply turned his head, gave Jiang Mengyao a gentle smile, and reached out to tidy her bangs that had been ruffled by the wind: "Let's go, this kind of excitement isn't worth watching, it's easy to lose your appetite."

"Okay, let's go home," Jiang Mengyao replied sweetly.

The two turned and walked toward the black Maybach parked by the roadside.

The driver opened the car door, and Bai Jingyou helped Jiang Mengyao into the car before getting in himself.

The car door slammed shut.

This sound completely severed the connection between the two worlds.

The car engine started, its taillights streaking across the sky as it sped away.

Lin Ruyu knelt on the spot, watching the car disappear into the traffic.

The flashes of cameras were still going off, and the reporters' chatter was like a buzzing of flies.

"This is so shameless."

"Serves you right, this is called karma."

"Miss Jiang's retort just now was really satisfying. This woman used to be so pretentious, but now she knows how to cry."

Lin Ruyu suddenly laughed.

Then came laughter.

He was laughing when he suddenly couldn't catch his breath, everything went black, and he collapsed to the ground.

This time, no one will rush over for her, and no one will feel sorry for her when she faints.

The large screen in the square lit up, playing GG, a new product from Qianyu Technology.

In the video, Baek Kyung-woo is in high spirits, giving an exclusive interview to the media.

At the bottom of the screen, Lin Ruyu, like a dead dog abandoned by its owner, huddled in the shadows, ignored by everyone.