After his blunder in the handsome guy's comment section was exposed.

she left.

Everything on the kitchen island was restored to its original state, so clean it was as if no one had ever been there.

After washing and drying his hands, Xi Chenzhou, with a heavy heart, went to the refrigerator and grabbed a bottle of sparkling water.

As he closed the door, his gaze inadvertently fell on the strawberry yogurt in the storage box on the side.

He never eats this stuff; he bought it for her.

He reached out and touched it, his fingertips resting on the cold packaging box. He hesitated, wanting to take it out and throw it away, but then stopped. Finally, he twitched his lips and slammed the refrigerator door shut in frustration.

Shen Yu happened to call and asked him to take a look at the code for the final project.

He slipped on his slippers, walked into the bedroom, and turned on his computer.

His dark eyes stared at the screen with a cold and focused expression, his well-defined fingers tapping on the keyboard, running through all the code again and fixing what needed fixing.

He finished around nine o'clock, then lowered his head, put his hand on the back of his neck, rubbed it a couple of times, then straightened up and leaned back in his chair, staring blankly at the ceiling with a cold face.

What is she doing?

Have you gone back to your dorm?

Or are you with someone else?

He closed his eyes, forcibly blocking his thoughts, but he still couldn't stop thinking about her.

He opened his Douyin private messages and found her account.

I haven't received a reply to the message I sent last time.

Has she stopped using this account? What happened?

Is he really dating someone else?

ksmk123: [Baby.]

【sweetie】

Please talk to me, okay?

【miss you.】

……

I sent message after message, but there was no response.

My phone suddenly vibrated.

A WeChat message came in.

His eyes lit up. Could it be from her?

He immediately switched to WeChat, but it wasn't her.

It's news from my cousin, Pei Xinyao.

The light in his eyes dimmed, and he casually opened the chat box.

A photo jumps into view—

In a private room at a club, Lin Xuechun sat on the sofa, her pale face standing out in the dim light.

She lowered her head slightly, her face turned to the side, making it impossible to see her expression. An LV shopping bag was placed on her lap.

Next to her, half of Gong Shaoyang's body was also in the frame.

Xi Chenzhou glanced sideways and sneered.

His fingertips tightened around the edge of the phone, so much so that they turned white, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged out!

Pei Xinyao's messages kept popping up: 【What's going on? Is my junior dating Gong Shaoyang?】

Xi Chenzhou typed expressionlessly: 【Who sent this to you?】

Pei Xinyao: [Guan Ying, she was at that gathering too. They said Gong Shaoyang brought his girlfriend and even gave her an LV bag. Turns out it was a junior from junior high.]

[It's funny to think about it, but Gong Shaoyang had someone bring it back from an outlet village overseas, and it's an outdated style.]

[That only fools naive girls.]

Didn't you give the younger female student a bag? No wonder she all ran off with someone else.

Xi Chenzhou did not reply again and opened the photo again.

He stared at the shopping bag on the screen, then at her fair face in the photo, which looked like a shy expression after receiving a gift.

So you abandoned him to go find Gong Shaoyang just for a bag?

It's a discounted item!

He curled his lips into a cold smile, his eyes dark and deep, and tapped Lin Xuechun's WeChat with his finger.

xcz: [Transfer 50000]

xcz: [Transfer 50000]

xcz: [Transfer 50000]

xcz: [Transfer 50000]

……

The maximum amount that could be transferred in a single transaction was 5. He lost count of how many transactions he had made, but he knew that a raging fire was burning in his chest as his fingers rapidly tapped on the screen.

He didn't stop until the transfer notifications filled the entire chat window, his eyes dark and his sharp jaw clenched tightly.

Lin Xuechun saw the money transfers in the club's restroom.

Her phone vibrated more than a dozen times in a row, which startled her.

Upon opening it, I saw a series of transfer records.

Why did he suddenly transfer so much money to her?

Is your phone malfunctioning?

She flicked the water off her fingers and replied to him—

Olaf: [?]

The other party replied almost instantly.

xcz: [Don't you like bags? Why don't you accept them?]

Upon seeing this sentence, Lin Xuechun felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head, chilling her to the bone.

Her face was pale, her lips were tightly pressed together, her eyes were red, and tears were welling up in them.

What did he take her for? Did he think she was with Gong Shaoyang just to keep him as a mistress?

He had no idea what she was going through!

She was already living in constant fear, with no one to confide in, and now he was deliberately transferring money to mock her.

She locked her screen and didn't intend to reply.

Xi Chenzhou looked at the messages that were no longer popping up.

xcz: [Speaking.]

Where are you?

I'm coming to find you.

[Reason with me]

【? ? ? ? 】

……

The only response he received was a silent screen.

He threw away his phone, grabbed a handful of hair in frustration, and lay heavily on the bed, staring at the ceiling with bloodshot eyes and his chest heaving.

He's such a jerk.

I endured it until the show ended.

Lin Xuechun finally found an opportunity to leave.

She had only taken a few steps when a hand grabbed her arm.

Gong Shaoyang's voice reeked of alcohol, sticky and greasy: "Don't go back to school tonight, just stay out here."

He had been patient for so long, giving her enough time, and he didn't want to wait any longer.

"Don't touch me!"

Lin Xuechun reacted strongly by shaking off his hand, taking a big step back to create distance between them, and glaring at him coldly.

Gong Shaoyang scoffed, his eyes filled with disdain: "What are you pretending for! You're so carefree online, but you act all innocent in real life. Playing hard to get is a one-time thing; it'll only annoy men after a while."

Lin Xuechun looked up at him, her gaze devoid of warmth, even her anger hidden, leaving only a distant, restrained calm: "Gong Shaoyang, what will it take for you to let me go?"

Gong Shaoyang seemed to have been waiting for her to say this for a long time. He tilted his head and said what was on his mind: "Sleep with me for one night."

"What?" Lin Xuechun suppressed her nausea, as if she hadn't expected him to make such a request.

Gong Shaoyang: "I know you don't want to be my girlfriend, so sleep with me for one night. After we're done, I'll delete those chat screenshots and I won't bother you again."

Lin Xuechun gripped her phone, her hand trembling slightly. After a few seconds of hesitation, she seemed to have no choice but to give in: "Really? You'll delete it after just one night? You won't use my privacy to threaten me again?"

Yes. Tonight.

"it is good."

Lin Xuechun nodded, as if she had made a great decision. "Wait a moment, I'm going to the restroom."

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the car at the door." Gong Shaoyang didn't think much of it; after all, she was prey in his palm, and she couldn't escape.

He turned and walked towards the car.

Lin Xuechun entered the club, but instead of going into the restroom, she continued walking forward.

I went to the restroom and went to the wrong place. I found out there's a back door, which is the staff entrance, so I can go out.

This was the club's busiest time of day, and the waiters were all busy in the private rooms, so no one paid any attention to her.

She walked quickly through the staff entrance to the back door, pushed it open, and found the Didi she had contacted in advance parked on the side of the road. She quickly opened the car door, jumped in, and gave the driver the school address.

The car started moving.

She leaned back in her chair, clutching her phone tightly. She quickly pulled out her earphones from her bag, put them on, and her fingers trembled slightly as she opened a file.

She secretly turned on her phone to record the conversation with Gong Shaoyang.

The conversation was clear and distinct, and every word spoken was recorded.

fortunately!

Everything was recorded!

She quickly saved the file and backed it up to the cloud.