Chapter 124 : Eat Your Medicine, You Dunce! 5 (1/2)

“Why should I help you explain?” Shi Sheng tilted her head, a somewhat cold expression on her face.

Ji Xiaoyu’s face paled. She retreated, her body shaking from the reminder.‘She was the one behind this in the first place, so how could she possibly help me out? Even though I only bothered her a bit during dance practice, she went and got back at me like this…

As I thought, children from rich families are all horrible people. All of their hearts are twisted beneath their bright exteriors!’

“Tsk. How is your face so thick, Ji Xiaoyu? First you seduced Bei-shao; now you’re sucking up to his sister. Do you really think she doesn’t know about those filthy thoughts of yours?”

Ji Xiaoyu spun around to look at that girl with a ferocious expression. That expression with those tear streaks running down her face created a rather terrifying image.

The girl had been startled, but after coming to her senses she shouted, “Ji Xiaoyu, what are you staring at?!”

Ji Xiaoyu lunged for that girl as if she had been enraged. “You seduced people! I didn’t seduce Bei-shao!”

The two ended up in a catfight, and the surrounding onlookers only managed to separate them after much effort. Shi Sheng watched the fight end as the male lead entered the stage.

Bei Ze had been observing from afar. It looked as if he hadn’t planned on coming over. At first he had turned away, but in the next moment he seemed to have thought of something and went back to pull Ji Xiaoyu into his arms.

The noisy crowd suddenly fell silent. Many people didn’t even dare to breathe too loudly as they looked at Bei Ze.

Bei Ze swept a cold gaze over the crowd before roughly pulling Ji Xiaoyu away with him.

“Heavens, Bei-shao’s gaze looked like he wanted to kill someone!” The moment Bei Ze left, the scared crowd finally let out a heavy sigh of relief.

“Ji Xiaoyu isn’t really going out with Bei-shao, is she?” Someone raised a question, causing a lot of girls to glare angrily at him. ‘There is absolutely no fucking way our Bei-shao would choose that ugly duckling! He’s just playing around with her for a while! After he’s tired of her, he’ll toss her aside!’

As for Shi Sheng, she felt that there was something off with Bei Ze. Every time he saw her he looked pissed off, but he’d always pop back up after a while.

‘Son of a bitch! This male lead’s got something wrong with his head!’

……

Shi Sheng’s daily routine of attending school was very methodical. She noted that the relationship between the male and female leads seemed to be progressing smoothly. Though Bei Ze hadn’t admitted any truth to the circulating rumours, he would always show up whenever Ji Xiaoyu met with trouble and stand up for her.

Shi Sheng was actually quite busy. Whenever she got to a modern world setting, the thing she loved doing most was making money. After all, in a world where killing people was a crime, money was the next best option to solve problems.

Other than helping out with the progress of the protagonists’ relationship, she didn’t really do much. As of right now, the entire school was pretty much convinced that Bei Ze and Ji Xiaoyu were dating.

Ji Xiaoyu had gone from disputing it to remaining silent. Her gaze at Bei Ze was completely different from before. Even though the Ji Xiaoyu from before hadn’t made any moves, she definitely had feelings for him.

“Bei Zhi, the school will be holding programmes to celebrate its anniversary. Are there any you want to participate in?” Lin Yin, the class leader, spoke while writing into the notebook she held.

“No.” Shi Sheng replied without even lifting her head.

Lin Yin’s pencil paused. Pulling up a chair, she sat facing Shi Sheng. “Bei Zhi, you can’t be like this. Our studies are already pretty rigorous, and all I see you do all day is either look at your phone or at a book. You need to relax every now and then…”

Shi Sheng lifted her head slightly and turned the book to face Lin Yin. Lin Yin blinked and took a closer look, whereupon a red blush crept upon her face. Shi Sheng expressionlessly flipped it back.

“B-Bei Zhi… why are you reading this kind of book?” Lin Yin barely managed to stammer out.

“Balancing between work and rest.” Shi Sheng calmly flipped a page. Her answer caused Lin Yin to turn dumbstruck. ‘What does reading this have to do with striking a balance between work and rest?! You’re looking at a PORNO!!! And a very explicit one at that…

Wait, weren’t pornos banned? Where’d you get it from? The quality looks quite good…’

“Ahem, I’m in the Drama Club. How about you come and join us? Bei-shao’s in it too.” A hint of infatuation appeared in Lin Yin’s eyes when she spoke about Bei Ze.

“Ji Xiaoyu’s there too?”

“En.” Lin Yin’s expression dimmed upon hearing that name.