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

Si Lin carried Ruan Tang through the corridor and used his back to push open the door to the lounge.

He walked to the sofa, bent down, and put her down.

Ruan Tang sank into the soft sofa cushions, with one of his hands still under the back of her neck.

The two people were very close.

Ruan Tang looked up at him with tears welling up in her eyes, her face full of pitiful pain.

Si Lin looked down at her, raised his hand and tucked the stray hairs that had fallen across her forehead behind her ear.

His fingertips lingered on her soft skin for a moment, then slid down her hair, stroking from the top of her head to the ends.

The movements were very gentle, with a hint of unconscious lingering affection.

Then Si Lin turned around and picked up the first-aid kit on the coffee table. He had already opened it, but suddenly stopped.

That day, she was on this very sofa, grabbing his hand and begging him to let her go, saying she didn't want to be his mistress, that his kiss was out of line, and that touching her was against her will.

Since we're going to draw a clear line, then he doesn't need to do these things.

Si Lin closed the first-aid kit, her voice becoming calm, "There's everything in the first-aid kit. Leave on your own after you've finished applying the medicine."

Ruan Tang blinked, staring at the man who was pretending to be indifferent.

She then closed the medicine box and pushed it back to the center of the coffee table.

"What are you doing?" Si Lin frowned. "You don't know how?"

Ruan Tang shook her head, "No need for medicine, it's just a bruise, it will gradually heal in a few days."

Si Lin stared silently at her knee; the small bruise looked particularly gruesome on her.

But she said she didn't need to apply any medicine, speaking in a natural tone as if she were talking about something trivial.

Did she not see how scary it was, or did she just not care?

Si Lin felt a sudden tightness in her chest, because she didn't take good care of herself.

Ruan Tang noticed that he was unhappy.

After all, he stood there, his jawline taut, his lips pressed into a thin line.

It would be hard for her not to notice.

The little girl reached out and took his large hand.

She gently grasped his knuckles with her fingers and shook them lightly.

Si Lin could have shaken her off, but when she looked down into her beautiful almond-shaped eyes, she followed her gentle pull and sat down next to her.

"Thank you for just now, Young Master Si." The girl tilted her head and looked at him, her voice soft and sweet.

"But it's really not serious. Let me rest for a bit, and I'll leave once the pain subsides, okay?"

Si Lin pursed her lips. "Applying medicine will help it heal faster."

Ruan Tang smiled and tugged at his finger again, "It's really nothing, it just hurts for a moment, it's nothing serious."

"We got through all those minor bumps and bruises before by doing this."

Si Lin looked at her. "Did you get hurt a lot before?"

Ruan Tang nodded obediently, "Although I was small when I was little, I always liked to chase after Xiao Kui and the others, and I would often fall down by accident."

"But as long as there's no bleeding, you don't need to worry about it."

"But as I grew up, I realized that I was different from them and that I was physically weaker, so I rarely went out anymore."

She spoke calmly, as if it had happened to someone else.

Si Lin stared at her, his emotions unreadable.

Ruan Tang felt a little embarrassed by his gaze and quietly turned her face away.

Si Lin reopened the medicine box on the coffee table.

He bent down and rummaged through the bottle, picking out the mildest medicated oil and unscrewing the cap.

Then Si Lin bent down, grabbed her ankle with one hand, and lifted her calf onto his thigh.

Ruan Tang's face flushed red, and she reached out to push his wrist away, "Young Master Si, you really don't need to..."

Si Lin pressed down on her struggling legs, glanced at her, and said, "If you move again, I'll have Os come over and supervise you while you apply the medicine."

Ruan Tang's fingers froze as she recalled the half-human-sized white tiger that had been rubbing against her.

She dared not push any further, her hands clasped together on her knees, like a cat that had been threatened and could only sit obediently.

Si Lin poured the medicated oil into his palm, rubbed it to warm it, and then placed his palm on her knee.

Gently massage in circular motions to break up any bruising.

"It hurts..." Ruan Tang bit her lip, letting out a soft groan.

A tender, lingering cry.

She didn't mean to scream like that; it really hurt.

Si Lin's hand paused for a moment; it was too alluring.

He knew she wasn't deliberately seducing him.

But to his ears, this sound was far more deadly than the deliberate coquettish moans of the women in the royal court.

Anyone who didn't know better would think he was doing something to her.

Si Lin continued kneading.

Her kneecaps were delicate and small, her skin was fair, and you could see fine veins.

She's like a porcelain doll, so fragile that she'd break at the slightest touch, yet she doesn't seem to care.

The man unconsciously softened his grip a little.

In the distance, sunlight streamed in.

On the sofa, the beautiful special admission student looked down quietly at Si Lin, the head of the stewards whom everyone in Sheng Lan looked up to.

-

As night falls, the lights come on in the attic on the second floor of the flower shop.

After taking a shower, Ruan Tang, wrapped in a nightgown, leaned against the headboard and opened the system panel.

The luck value is slowly loosening, gradually climbing up from its frozen state.

She opened the shop and adjusted all attributes to 75%.

Her skin became smoother and more supple, and her features and body were refined even further.

The system's sweet, childlike voice chimed in, "Tangtang is so pretty, but the final attribute upgrade is so difficult!"

"With so much luck, I've only unlocked five percent."

Ruan Tang stated, "Once fully unlocked, it will be almost my original body. The Heavenly Dao of any small world will not allow outsiders to invade."

"But it doesn't matter. Heaven favors its own son, Si Lin, and his fortune is endless."

"Then let Si Lin favor me, that'll be fine."

The system nodded vigorously. "By the way, Tangtang, there's a traditional event at Shenglan after the midterms called the Carnival."

Ruan Tang paused for a moment, "A carnival?"

"It's nominally a carnival, but the real gimmick is to strengthen friendships among classmates."

"But in reality, it was a social event organized by A-level nobles, open to the entire school."

"At this point in time, almost two months into the semester, most of the pretty freshmen have already been 'played' with by them for a while, and some are already tired of them."

"So I took advantage of the carnival to change things up."

"It's essentially a prelude to a wild party, where they use games and social gatherings to select new targets, but they won't do it openly."

"But everyone who went there knows what happened."

Ruan Tang lay down, recalling what Cheng Jin had said about another form of hidden bullying at Sheng Lan.

"I wonder what the resistance will do this time," she said.

Lin Xiaokui is not the kind of person who will stay put.

Fang Zhaoyang is in the hospital, Su Nian's scholarship has been downgraded, the resistance group is in turmoil, and Lin Xiaokui will definitely seize the opportunity of the carnival.

Should they rush in to expose the ugliness of the nobility, or organize special admissions students to collectively resist?

Either way, it will be very lively.

[Author's Note: My intuition tells me this is going to get stuck in the review process again. The review process is too slow. I'm rushing to write every day, I don't know what to do. From now on, I'll have to post a day in advance.]

I'm so sorry, I know many of you are following along, and I'll try my best to interact with your comments tonight~ I'm so sorry, everyone.