Reincarnation: Trying to pretend to be ordinary, but it turns out it's really impossible.

But those boys wouldn't listen to them at all. After Lin Jiajia scolded them, they immediately pointed at the boys and started hurling insults.

The language used was vulgar and offensive; every sentence was an attack.

"They speak up for her without even looking at themselves."

"They're all gold diggers!"

He even tried to make a move while saying that.

The anger that Su Ningning had been suppressing suddenly surged up.

Too lazy to say anything, she simply stepped forward and grabbed the boy in the lead by the collar.

The boy was lifted off the ground by her toes, and his face instantly turned bright red.

The veins in his neck bulged, and he began to have difficulty breathing.

All it could make were muffled struggling sounds.

The surrounding boys froze instantly, their playful expressions turning to terror: "You—let go!"

Several people rushed forward to pry Su Ningning's hand off, only to find that it was like an iron clamp.

They remained motionless, and disbelief was written on everyone's faces.

Su Ningning looked up at the person who was being lifted into the air:

"Are you asking for a beating? There are no security cameras here. I can hit you and it won't be a problem at all."

The boy's flushed face gradually turned purple due to lack of oxygen; he couldn't breathe and could only plead for mercy intermittently.

"No... I won't curse anymore... I'll never... curse again..."

Su Ningning then released her grip and slammed him hard to the ground with a "smack".

She looked down at the other person.

The person on the ground was clutching their throat and coughing violently, looking utterly pathetic.

The surroundings were deathly silent.

Lin Jiajia quickly surrounded them, her eyes full of admiration, and kept tugging at Su Ningning's arm, exclaiming in admiration:

"Ningning, you're amazing! I knew you were the best, you're my god!"

This time, Lin Zhixia didn't complain, and Xu Shuyao didn't say anything either.

Su Ningning was so cool just now; their eyes sparkled with excitement.

Su Ningning ignored these people and walked straight to Lin Ze.

"Can we just be strangers from now on? We've only known each other for three days and eaten together twice. To be honest, I don't even know your name."

Lin Ze froze, looking at Su Ningning with a hurt expression, about to speak.

Su Ningning became impatient.

"Don't talk to me anymore. I'll transfer the money you used to buy me snacks and meals back to you. Is 1000 enough?"

She immediately transferred 1000 yuan to Lin Ze on her phone, and then deleted him from her WeChat account.

Lin Ze stared blankly at the transfer on his phone, not intending to accept it, but Su Ningning simply took his phone and tapped "accept payment".

Then I threw the phone back to the other person.

"Don't bother me again, or you'll end up like him."

After Su Ningning finished speaking, she pointed to the man on the ground who was still coughing. She didn't wait for Lin Ze's reply.

He turned and left with Lin Jiajia and the others.

After Su Ningning and her group walked away, the remaining boys immediately surrounded them and helped up their companion who was lying on the ground clutching her throat.

"How are you? Are you alright?"

The boy's face was grim, his eyes fixed on the direction Su Ningning had left, filled with hostility.

"Su Ningning, you just wait."

Lin Ze said sullenly, "Forget it, let's not bother with her."

"What? Feeling sorry for him?" the leading boy sneered.

"I stood up for you just now and got humiliated by her, and now you're taking her side?"

Lin Ze was speechless for a moment, then lowered his head and remained silent.

The group huddled together, plotting amongst themselves, when someone spoke up in a sinister tone:

"I have a way. My family has been raising snakes since I was a child. My dad sells snakes. There's not much else in these deep mountains, but snakes are everywhere. I know exactly where to find them."

Some hesitated: "Using venomous snakes... isn't that going too far? It could kill someone."

"Don't worry," the man said with a sinister smile.

"I'm not that reckless. Of course, I'll catch non-venomous snakes. Just scaring them is enough. It'll be satisfying to see a few pampered city girls scared out of their wits."

The others immediately agreed, already imagining the girls screaming and breaking down, and the more they thought about it, the more excited they felt.

Lin Ze tried to stop them, but the others wouldn't listen to him.

He could only refrain from getting involved himself. He had originally wanted to give Su Ningning a heads-up, but as soon as he sent the message, a red exclamation mark popped up in the chat interface.

Lin Ze stared blankly at the red exclamation mark. He knew that they really had nothing to do with each other anymore.

Actually, the two of them had no relationship to begin with. Su Ningning's gaze towards him was always calm and unwavering, just like that of a stranger.

He was just unwilling to accept it.

That night, several boys, carrying sacks and homemade snake-catching tools, sneaked into the mountains in the dark and caught six or seven non-venomous snakes in one go, hiding them away.

Su Ningning and her group went to the filming location to take photos as usual.

When no one was looking, they secretly released all the snakes.

Soon after, screams erupted one after another.

Lin Jiajia screamed in fright, while Lin Zhixia and Xu Shuyao trembled all over and turned pale.

The boys in the shadows listened with smug expressions, waiting to see what would happen.

But a moment later, the screams stopped abruptly, and the surroundings became quiet.

They were filled with doubt and cautiously peeked out.

Su Ningning had somehow appeared beside them, her eyes cold as she stared at them silently.

Several people shuddered, but tried to remain calm:

"We...we were just passing by, we just happened to be passing by..."

Su Ningning's gaze swept indifferently over the snake-catching sack at her feet, her tone light and airy:

"Just passing by? Passing by with a sack full of snakes?"

One sentence left them speechless.

Lin Jiajia and the others also realized what was happening and pointed at them angrily:

"It was you! You deliberately released poisonous snakes to bite us! We'll tell the teacher right away!"

The boy who was leading the group hurriedly tried to explain, "They're not poisonous snakes! None of them are poisonous. We're not that bad! We just wanted to scare you."

"Is that so? Then I'll let you experience what it's like to be surrounded by snakes."

As soon as Su Ningning finished speaking, she casually bent down, picked up a half-dead snake, and threw it at the group of people.

Several people were instantly terrified, their legs went weak, and some even wet their pants on the spot, looking utterly pathetic.

Su Ningning wrinkled her nose in disgust, avoiding the smell, and warned in a cold voice, "Will you dare to cause me trouble again?"

A group of people shook their heads like rattles, begging for mercy incoherently:

"We won't do it again! Sister! We'll never do it again! Please let us go!"

Su Ningning, realizing she was in the wrong, decided to let them go.

Consider it a matter of settling old scores; from now on, she truly owes Lin Ze nothing.

The group felt as if they had been granted a pardon and fled in a panic, not daring to look back even once.

After sending the boys away, Su Ningning bent down to pick up the sack they had discarded on the ground, and slowly and methodically picked up the snakes one by one and put them in, her movements natural and efficient.

Lin Jiajia leaned closer, looking at the limp snake in the sack, and felt a chill run down her spine:

"Ningning, what...what do you need these snakes for?"

Su Ningning tightened the bag's opening, shook it in her hand, her eyes sparkling with anticipation:

"This is a real gem! It makes delicious soup, and it's even more fragrant when grilled. It's incredibly nutritious."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhixia and Xu Shuyao's faces paled even further.

He quickly turned his head away, not daring to look at the sack even once; just hearing about it made his scalp tingle.

Su Ningning ignored the others' reactions, carrying the heavy sack in one hand and slowly walking back to her residence.

Along the way, many of her fellow students saw her and their eyes were drawn to the bulging burlap sack, and they curiously gathered around her.

"Su Ningning, what are you holding? It looks heavy."

"Is it wild game from the mountains? It doesn't look like wild fruit."

Everyone chimed in, crowding around with great curiosity. Seeing their expectant looks, Su Ningning...

Without any further suspense, he turned the sack upside down and dumped it onto the ground with a whoosh.

Lin Zhixia, Lin Jiajia, and Xu Shuyao closed their eyes almost simultaneously upon seeing Su Ningning's actions.

She turned away abruptly, unable to bear watching what was about to happen.

The next second, all sorts of snake carcasses were dumped out of the bag and piled on the ground, looking particularly jarring.