After the minor character transforms into a beauty, she steals the heart of a tycoon's son.

The two parted unhappily.

When Ruan Tang walked out of the teaching building, a small circle of people had gathered around the playground.

She moved closer and saw the scene in the middle of the crowd more clearly.

Shen Weiwei was wearing a shortened school uniform skirt, revealing a pair of white legs.

She stood in front of Lin Xiaokui, arms crossed, chin held high.

"Lin Xiaokui, I heard you're going to participate in the Saint Lan Star competition?"

Lin Xiaokui did not deny it.

Shen Weiwei chuckled, looking her up and down. "You? You think you're worthy?"

She took a step forward, lifting Lin Xiaokui's collar with her fingers. "Look at yourself, your skin is so dark, your hair so rough. Standing on this stage, aren't you afraid of embarrassing Shenglan?"

Several girls around them started laughing.

Lin Xiaokui clenched her fists, unusually allowing them to humiliate her.

You should know that after the resistance was established, if ordinary noble groups tried to bully her, the resistance would fight back and even secretly retaliate.

Therefore, nobles who did not have any deep-seated hatred did not want to provoke these barefoot special admission students who were not afraid of those wearing shoes.

It won't please anyone, and it'll only get you into trouble.

Shen Weiwei leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Without breasts or a butt, even if you try every means to attract the attention of the deacons, they won't even give you a second glance."

Ruan Tang was standing far away and couldn't hear clearly, but she saw Lin Xiao Kui's expression change instantly.

Shen Weiwei stepped back, laughing so hard she was shaking. "What, you're not convinced? If you're not convinced, come and hit me."

Lin Xiaokui gritted her teeth and didn't make a move.

Shen Weiwei stopped smiling and slapped him across the face.

Lin Xiaokui's face was turned to the side by the slap.

"Who do you think you are?" Shen Weiwei flicked her wrist.

"A piece of trash on a blacklist dares to apply for the Saint Lan Star competition? Do you even know what kind of stage that is? It's for real socialites."

"Someone like you, whose school uniform is so faded from washing, who are you trying to disgust?"

Lin Xiaokui covered her face and remained silent.

A short-haired girl next to her reached out and pushed her, causing Lin Xiaokui to stagger back two steps.

Another girl with her hair in a bun went around behind her and pushed her forward.

Lin Xiaokui bumped into Shen Weiwei, who took a step back in disgust.

"Don't touch me, I'm filthy."

Lin Xiaokui steadied herself, her eyes bright but devoid of tears or anger, instead displaying an unusual calmness.

Shen Weiwei didn't notice anything amiss with her. She took a bottle of mineral water from the girl next to her, unscrewed the cap, and held it above Lin Xiaokui's head.

"Let me wash your face and see if it gets a little whiter."

Water poured from the bottle opening and dripped down Lin Xiaokui's hair.

Laughter erupted around them; some people took out their phones to take pictures, while others whistled.

Lin Xiaokui stood there, water dripping from her eyelashes. She raised her hand to wipe the water from her face, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly.

That smile was fleeting, but Ruan Tang saw it.

The system's voice rang in her mind, "Tangtang, Lin Xiaokui just laughed?"

"I saw it."

Why is she laughing? She just got slapped and splashed with water.

Ruan Tang did not speak.

She watched as Lin Xiaokui stood in the middle of the crowd, being pushed and shoved by several girls, her hair soaked and her face marked with red marks.

This doesn't seem like Lin Xiaokui.

Previously in the cafeteria, she dared to stand up and confront Si Lin.

After being blacklisted, she organized a resistance group and recruited special admission students who were being bullied.

Lin Xiaokui was never one to stand up for herself.

Ruan Tang's gaze passed over the crowd and looked towards the other end of the playground.

The windows in the corridor of the upper floors of the teaching building were open.

She vaguely saw a figure standing there, holding a mobile phone with the camera pointed at the playground.

Fang Zhaoyang.

Ruan Tang looked away, understanding Lin Xiao Kui's plan.

The little system was still muttering, "Lin Xiaokui is acting too strangely today; she didn't fight back even after being hit."

"She's accumulating chips."

"What kind of bargaining chips?"

"Shen Weiwei is the favorite to win the Saint Lan Star competition. Everyone thinks she is gentle and well-behaved, the most beautiful girl in the dance department, and the woman the deacon team has their eye on."

Ruan Tang paused, "What if she were filmed hitting, bullying, or splashing water on someone in front of the whole school? What if those images were posted online, letting everyone see her true colors?"

The system was stunned. "You mean Lin Xiaokui deliberately let her hit her?"

Ruan Tang nodded, "If Lin Xiao Kui wants to win, she definitely can't beat Shen Wei Wei just by relying on her looks."

"But if Shen Weiwei's little group is destroyed, she will lose more than half of her opponents."

On the playground, Shen Weiwei had probably had enough fun and threw the empty mineral water bottle at Lin Xiaokui's feet.

"Let's go, it's a waste of time with people like this." She led a few girls away.

The crowd dispersed, leaving Lin Xiaokui alone on the playground.

She bent down, picked up the mineral water bottle, and threw it into the trash can.

Then she looked up at the open window on the upper floor of the teaching building.

Fang Zhaoyang stood there, put down his phone, and nodded to her.

Lin Xiaokui wiped the water off her face, wrung out her wet hair, slung her backpack over her shoulder, and saw Ruan Tang not far away.

She paused, looked away, and turned to walk in another direction.

Ruan Tang was right; Lin Xiao Kui had already devised another plan for the election of Saint Lan Star.

When these seemingly well-behaved and gentle girls are exposed to a vicious side of bullying.

Even if the school's judges don't want to intervene, due to public opinion, Shen Weiwei and her team will definitely be punished and disqualified from the competition.

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Ruan Tang sat on the steps by the playground, her schoolbag beside her feet. "System."

"I'm here."

"Since Lin Xiaokui had Fang Zhaoyang film Shen Weiwei assaulting someone, she wanted to ruin her before the selection of Shenglan Star."

Ruan Tang rested her chin on her hand, tapping her finger lightly, "But why doesn't she just expose the deacon team directly? Wouldn't exposing the blacklist and whitelist be faster and more ruthless?"

The system was silent for a moment before an electronic voice sounded, "Tangtang, you overlooked a detail that was mentioned at the beginning of the novel."

"Um?"

"The deacons rarely take action themselves, and taking photos is prohibited in their presence. All surveillance footage is also secretly destroyed."

Ruan Tang stopped using her fingers, which were supporting her chin.

The system continued, "Someone once managed to film their bullying and intended to distribute it."

"The video didn't even have a chance to be uploaded to the network; it was blocked directly."

"Because even if it only exists locally, as long as it is a Shenglan IP address, it will be regularly checked and locked."

"Keywords and faces detected, automatically deleted, can't even be found in the recycle bin."

"The owner of the device will also be warned and punished."

"If they are specially admitted students, they will be directly blacklisted."

"If it's a noble family, a warning email from one of the four great families will be placed on the patriarch's desk that very night."

"The reprimand from within the family was more severe than the school punishment; the student transferred schools the very next day."

"For these top conglomerates, covering their mouths is a trivial matter, not difficult at all."

Ruan Tang lowered her eyes. So that's how it is. No wonder the outside world has such a positive view of the four deacons.

Because of the negative news, not a single word could leak out.

The system then said, "But Shen Weiwei doesn't have that privilege."

"Her family was just a minor noble family, not even close to being a top-tier conglomerate. No one will stop her from bullying others."