What are you looking at? You're the female lead too!

"Hand it over, I saw it."

In a corner of the grove, Gu Jiangyi was being held on either side by two girls, unable to move. The girl in the lead stood directly in front of her, pointing her finger at Gu Jiangyi's abdomen.

"She was sneaking around clutching her stomach first thing in the morning, she must have secretly brought that thing over again, right?"

"Hand it over now."

"No, I didn't..."

Gu Jiangyi shook her head with a soft, sweet expression, trying to break free from the restraints of the two guards on either side, but without using magic, how could she possibly do it with her physical strength?

"I really didn't, please, please let me go, I have very important things to do..."

Gu Jiangyi refused. If her voice had been several times louder, the other party might have considered it, but unfortunately, her whisper, as soft as a mosquito's buzz, couldn't reach anyone's ears.

"No, how can I let you go like this?"

"You two hold her down, I'm going to start searching her."

She reached out her hands to Gu Jiangyi, trying to unbutton her school uniform to find something. A corner of the school uniform was lifted, revealing the girl's fair and overly slender waist.

As their hands continued upwards, before they could go any further, the two girls who were holding Gu Jiangyi down showed expressions of fear on their faces.

"Big sister, behind you, behind you!"

"Behind me?" The girl looked annoyed. "What's wrong with behind me? Someone's coming? So what? Even if it's that bald headmaster, I... uh."

She turned around and saw Ye Wen's face, and Ye Wen was also looking at her.

His eyes were so deep.

Instantly, she forgot all about searching Gu Jiangyi's body, stood at attention, stood in front of Gu Jiangyi, and, together with the other two girls, shouted loudly:

"Hello, Vice President!"

Good heavens! What's happening is the dark side of the student council! Everyone, get out of here!

"Hmm, hello to you too." Ye Wen responded indifferently, glanced at Gu Jiangyi's pitiful face, and raised an eyebrow: "So, what are you doing here?"

"We were..." The girl in the lead started to say something, but then forcibly suppressed it and changed her words, "We were just playing around with her, there really wasn't anything else, Vice President."

Others echoed this sentiment:

"Yes, yes, we were just playing around."

"oh."

"Just kidding."

Ye Wen nodded knowingly: "Then remember to hand in the 1000-word self-criticism to the student council before school ends today. Okay, you can go now."

"Huh?" The girl looked confused. "Why do we have to write self-criticisms?"

"We didn't do anything!"

"Grass." Ye Wen pointed to the grass they were standing on: "You can't step on the grass here."

Not far away, a sign prohibiting people from stepping on the grass stood quietly in the ground.

Although nobody cares, it does exist.

"This..." The girl was about to say, "Vice President, didn't you step on the grass when you came over?" But when she looked down, she realized that Ye Wen hadn't stepped on the grass, but on the stone bricks surrounding the trees...

Wait, he actually walked all the way here on stone bricks? That's amazing, no wonder he's the vice president.

The rule against stepping on the grass is written in the student handbook. Although no one usually watches to punish you, if you get caught and punished with this rule, there's basically nothing to say about it.

Under Ye Wen's supervision, the three girls followed suit and staggered away from the lawn by stepping on the stone bricks, while Ye Wen watched Gu Jiangyi, who was also preparing to leave behind the three girls, with dead fish eyes.

No, why are you following them?

You're really upset that we didn't punish you, aren't you?

"Gu Jiangyi, come with me."

Ye Wen called her back. Gu Jiangyi hesitated for a moment, but then turned around and obediently followed. Then, she saw Ye Wen walk out onto the lawn with a calm expression.

Gu Jiangyi: "..."

Never mind, she'll just pretend she didn't see it...

Three minutes later.

"So, what do they want from you?"

Inside the safety passage of the teaching building, Ye Wen leaned against the escalator, casually shaking the drink in the can, glancing down at the girl sitting at his feet.

"Why not use magic? Even if you can't attack, you should be able to strengthen yourself with enhancement magic, right?"

Gu Jiangyi gave a forced smile.

"Senior, that's not right."

She said softly, "Magical girls fight against evil."

"How can you use magic on ordinary people?"

"And they didn't mean any harm, they were just a little too worried about me."

"After all, what I did last time was really scary, it was all my fault..."

Ye Wen tilted his head.

Actually, he had already figured out that the three girls weren't bullying Gu Jiangyi. Real bullying wouldn't be so gentle. Moreover, when he noticed that she was coming, the girl's first reaction was to block Gu Jiangyi.

It's not that they've done something wrong and are afraid to cover up the evidence, but rather that they're covering it up subconsciously to protect themselves.

And combining that with Gu Jiangyi's own words...

Ye Wen frowned: "Hey, Gu Jiangyi."

"You didn't ever try to commit suicide with something, and they stopped you, did you?"

Gu Jiangyi's body trembled violently.

A student's attempted suicide is a very serious matter. If the student council and teachers find out, Gu Jiangyi may not have any peace and quiet from now on.

If things go wrong, she might be sent to a mental hospital to get electrocuted along with those die-hard lolicon.

So when Ye Wen asked them what they were doing, the three girls chose to keep it a secret because they didn't want Ye Wen, the actual person in charge of the student council, to know things that shouldn't be known.

"Haha... Senior, you're really joking. How could I possibly commit suicide? I..."

"Look me in the eyes."

Ye Wen's voice suddenly became more forceful, and he stared intently at Gu Jiangyi's face: "Look me in the eyes and repeat what you just said."

"I, I..."

Gu Jiangyi was stuck. She couldn't bring herself to look Ye Wen in the eye. Whenever their eyes met, her somewhat dull pupils would dart away like a startled animal.

After several attempts, Gu Jiangyi gave up.

She is good at disguising herself, good at conforming, good at quietly removing her own existence, but the real thing is insurmountable.

Gu Jiangyi buried her face deeply between her legs, her voice muffled: "Senior, you're really perceptive."

"I could tell at a glance... No, is it precisely because you can do that that you're considered a senior?"

The girl raised half her face, looking at Ye Wen with a somewhat empty and self-deprecating expression.

"I'm so envious of you, senior."

Ye Wen lowered his head slightly.

"If you really understood me, you wouldn't say you were envious."

Are you... experiencing some difficulties in your life?

Ye Wen and Gu Jiangyi first met in the student council. She came to apply for a scholarship, and Ye Wen helped her a few times while she was filling out the forms because of some trivial matters.

Now that I think about it, could it be that Gu Jiangyi, like Lin You, also had a family member seriously ill and urgently needed money for treatment, or that she became a magical girl in order to cure her family member?

If that's the case, then the five million he just received will finally come in handy.

Unfortunately, things are far from that simple.

"What's with this sudden question? Senior, are you trying to take me on as a sugar daddy?"

She lowered her eyes and made a lewd joke in a self-deprecating tone: "But unfortunately, senior, I'm not the kind of person who can be easily appeased with money."

Just then, the preparatory bell rang.

"Class is about to start, senior."

Gu Jiangyi took a few steps back and bowed deeply to Ye Wen: "I'm so glad you're willing to care about me, senior."

"But, someone like me, I guess I'd better just give up."

She smiled and said, "I'll just go my own way."

Goodbye, senior.

May your life always be brilliant and dazzling.

This time, Ye Wen didn't stop her, but watched her leave.

She avoids eye contact, has a history of suicide attempts, needs financial aid to support herself, habitually denies and apologizes, exhibits a clear aversion to her own personality, and that phrase…

"Do you appreciate my concern?"

Ye Wen, leaning against the escalator, looked up. In that instant, he sensed an aura from Gu Jiangyi that was completely opposite to that of the "female protagonist."

Deeper, darker, more distorted, inescapable...

That aura is called reality.