The hallway.
Ding ling ling, ding ling ling!
The class bell rang, but not a single person present left. They all stood rooted to the spot, not daring to blink much, afraid they might miss something crucial.
"Limited to just him, is it?" Shen Qinghan glanced in the direction Dongfang Zhixia was pointing, and then... click... silently took a photo. The composition of the photo was remarkably clever, forming a "golden triangle." Without a doubt, the President was the apex of this golden triangle, supporting the entire composition.
The young lady's current actions were tantamount to confirming what Dongfang Zhixia had just said. Limited to this person in front of her... how interesting.
The evidence was now in her hands!
The young lady silently took a couple more photos, admired them for a good while to ensure they were fine, and only then put her phone away. Dongfang Zhixia, seeing the young lady's behavior, was somewhat puzzled, her willow-like eyebrows furrowing slightly.
What is this self-righteous person doing now?
Dongfang Zhixia couldn't quite figure it out. Shen Qinghan's reaction was different from what she had anticipated. Only the push earlier had conveyed the other's anger; after that, she had reverted to her usual "read but no reply" demeanor.
It seemed her words hadn't caused the slightest ripple.
How could that be possible!
She's definitely pretending. I don't believe it, Shen Qinghan. Let's see if you can remain this calm later!
The President gritted her teeth inwardly. Seeming to think of something, the corner of her mouth hooked up, and the confusion and unwillingness in her eyes quickly vanished, replaced by smugness.
Slowly and leisurely, Dongfang Zhixia brought the bouquet she had been holding in her other hand up between them and took a sniff...
"Ahem..." The scent was too pungent. Dongfang Zhixia couldn't help but cough twice.
Coming back to her senses, Dongfang Zhixia looked utterly shocked... This jerk, when picking flowers by the roadside, could he at least have smelled them first?!!!
The President gnashed her teeth, having already cursed in her heart the scoundrel who was too cheap to spend a dollar or two on some newspaper to wrap the flowers, resorting to picking random roadside blooms.
Ye Cheng hadn't smelled the flowers when picking them, at least not carefully. He just went for what looked bright, beautiful, and gaudy—anything that resembled a rose, he plucked.
Rounding it off, they should be about the same, right?
Unfortunately, the difference was like that between Sprite and "Sprie," or milk and "malk"—they really only looked similar.
The result of this rounding off was that some flowers smelled quite nice, fragrant, while others... their scent was somewhat less delightful, rather... abstract.
The first time the President got the flowers and smelled them, her luck was good—they were from the decent-smelling batch. This time, when she took a sniff in front of the young lady, her luck was bad. The smell was inexplicably... "abstract."
Fortunately, the President had exceptional endurance. After smelling the pungent scent, she only coughed twice and then stopped, holding it in... It wasn't that she didn't want to cough more, but coughing too much in front of so many people would be too embarrassing, especially since she had just been deliberately showing off to the young lady.
Hold it in, must hold it in!
You jerk, just you wait!!!
Silently, Dongfang Zhixia added another mark—no, many marks—to the little mental notebook where she kept track of Ye Cheng's offenses!!!
The President had gotten a whiff from the bad-smelling batch. Since the distance between the two of them was currently "zero," the scent of the flowers was shared. What was bad for the President was, conversely, the good-smelling batch for the young lady.
In a sense, through this twist of fate, the President's goal of further provoking the young lady had been achieved.
"See this? These flowers symbolize love. If you've seen them, then stay away from my dear from now on. Since you're classmates, act like classmates. After all... men and women should maintain a proper distance." Dongfang Zhixia enunciated each word clearly, afraid that the young lady might miss any.
Especially the last part, "men and women should maintain a proper distance." Even the surrounding onlookers felt their hearts skip a beat upon hearing it... Damn, that's a heavy blow!!!
As expected of the President!!!
However... against these "attacks" from Dongfang Zhixia, the young lady had no way to counterattack. After all, as she herself had just stated, many people around had heard her personally admit that she and Ye Cheng were merely in a "classmate relationship."
And what Dongfang Zhixia was saying now wasn't really an attack in a sense; it was just a "reiteration" of what the young lady herself had said.
Oh no, oh no, surely no one would get angry hearing their own words repeated, right?
Hmm... That's right. The President was now looking at the young lady with exactly that "You're not upset, are you?" expression. The President wouldn't say those words out loud, but... her expression said it all.
It made the people around marvel at how awesome she was. As expected of the President, her offensive power is still so strong!
This is dealing true damage!
Dongfang Zhixia was precisely banking on Shen Qinghan's personality, hence her successive heavy blows, striking until the young lady grew increasingly silent, retreating step by step.
In a sense, apart from innate reasons, another significant factor contributing to the young lady's solitary nature since childhood was her difficulty in expression. This isn't to say the young lady isn't intelligent.
On the contrary, it's precisely because she is too intelligent that she sees everyone around her as fools, with no desire to communicate.
Even when encountering the equally exceptional young President in their childhood, the young lady still couldn't be bothered to give her the time of day. No other reason... simply not interested.
If the young lady were so easy to figure out and get along with, a certain Madam Du wouldn't have had to prepare herself for a lifetime without grandchildren or little Qinghans. Do you think she didn't want them?
She simply had no tricks left!
Wah wah wah...
It was the combination of all the above reasons that made it so shocking that Ye Cheng could actually get along and play with the young lady... This guy is practically a superman!
This is also why Dongfang Zhixia immediately determined that the young lady's feelings for a certain someone were not simply those of an ordinary classmate.
Are you trying to say that after reading so many books and having so many classmates in school all these years, none managed to become close to you, and then finally, when someone comes along who does, you tell me it's just a normal classmate relationship? Is that it?
Trying to fool a ghost?!!!
If that were really the case, the young lady would probably laugh in her sleep at night, overjoyed for the countless girls at school who secretly admire Ye Cheng. Finally, it's their turn, finally...
Don't celebrate too soon, kids. Just listen to what the young lady says; you can't really believe it... I don't eat beef!
The young lady's intelligence and the President's intelligence are on the same level. At this point, if you want to "strike a painful blow" against the other, you can only target the "flaws" in their personality.
As for the Student Council President's flaws—arrogance, conceit, refusing to bow her head—they were acceptable. But her inability to admit her own failure was why she had been so furious back in the office when Ye Cheng chose the Young Lady over her.
As for the Young Lady... it was simpler: reclusive, with a tsundere personality, right?
Student Council President: I'll go up and give her an elbow strike!!!
You relics of the old era, just go be losers honestly!!!
High-end love triangles often employ the most straightforward methods. Logically, it should have been Ye Cheng, the "male lead," being put on trial, followed by the much-anticipated "bloodbath" scene the onlookers were gleefully waiting for.
But between the Young Lady and the Student Council President... there seemed to be a "tiny" problem.
Neither the Young Lady nor the Student Council President's first thought was to pressure Ye Cheng. Instead, they both thought about how to "take out" the other.
The Student Council President didn't pressure Ye Cheng because she'd already tried that before. The result? Ye Cheng picked up the Young Lady and ran off, leaving her alone to look like a fool... Hey, Student Council President, why is your nose looking a bit red?
Dongfang Zhixia wouldn't make the same mistake twice!
As for the Young Lady... she simply disdained doing such a thing. It was her nature. In a sense, the Young Lady was also "conceited," never believing she was inferior to anyone, nor that she would ever "lose"!
The Young Lady narrowed her eyes. In unseen places, her anger began to accumulate bit by bit. On the surface, she was as calm as stagnant water, but her increasingly erratic heartbeat betrayed her.
Shen Qinghan looked at the flowers in Dongfang Zhixia's hands and suddenly slapped them away.
Smack!
Like a celestial maiden scattering blossoms, the bouquet wrapped in layered newspaper in the Student Council President's hands burst open, scattering across the floor.
The surrounding crowd hastily backed away, gasping in shock, afraid of getting caught in the crossfire... Was this a show they, "ordinary folks," were even allowed to watch? Were these two young ladies really fighting over the "ownership" of a "simp"?
Darn it, this is just too exciting, I really don't want to go back to class!!!
The expression on Dongfang Zhixia's face stiffened, still frozen in the moment of her "triumphant" elbow strike against the Young Lady. Seeing her now empty hands, her expression gradually darkened.
In front of her, the Young Lady held up her phone, showing a photo she had just taken to the Student Council President.
Dongfang Zhixia was stunned seeing the photo on the phone... After scrutinizing it carefully, who is this person?
Dongfang Zhixia looked at the image of herself on the Young Lady's phone in shock. In the photo, she was pointing at a complete stranger with a look of "bashfulness" on her face. There were several photos, each with a different "male lead," but none of them were Ye Cheng.
Dongfang Zhixia: "???"
Where is he?
Dongfang Zhixia's head buzzed. Forgetting about the flowers for a moment, she hurriedly turned to scan the crowd... but there was no trace of Ye Cheng to be found. Not only Ye Cheng, but even the little secretary was gone.
Both of them disappeared?
Dongfang Zhixia: "???"
That scoundrel ran away again!!!
Dongfang Zhixia realized she seemed to have fallen for another trick. Her chest heaved: "Where did that guy go!!!"
Dongfang Zhixia was fuming, her current appearance frighteningly fierce. The surrounding onlookers trembled, and without a moment's hesitation, they all pointed in unison in the direction Ye Cheng had run off carrying the little secretary.
Dongfang Zhixia: "..."
Dongfang Zhixia's eyes were full of astonishment, but soon her fists clenched, gritting her teeth: "You all knew? Why didn't you say anything? You..."
"Oh, looks like class is starting, gotta hurry to class."
"Time for class, I need to get a couple of games in."
"So hungry, is it time to eat yet?"
"Next period seems to be PE class..."
In the corridor, the previously idle onlookers suddenly became "busy." Within seconds, the whole crowd dispersed, everyone going their own way.
Dongfang Zhixia: "..."
You can't punish the masses; everyone was playing it safe. Knowing they'd bear the brunt of Dongfang Zhixia's anger if they stayed, they all made a run for it.
Friendly reminder.
Kids, while drama is delicious, you must also pay attention to the specific situation. Consuming drama improperly leads to Ye Cheng's tears in two lines.
The biggest victim of this drama session was Ye Cheng. Darn it, once you're in, you can't get out! Who would have thought you'd end up eating drama about yourself?
And just like that, the large crowd dispersed. In the corridor, only the Young Lady and the Student Council President, two "evil forces colliding," remained standing there, with the Young Lady slightly at a disadvantage.
No helping it, the Student Council President is too powerful, undefeatable...
With the key party involved, Ye Cheng, having run off, the current standoff between the Student Council President and the Young Lady seemed somewhat "lackluster." Neither the Young Lady nor the Student Council President was in the mood to continue.
However... before ending today's farce, there was one important thing she needed to do.
Dongfang Zhixia narrowed her eyes, looked at the cold, indifferent Shen Qinghan in front of her, then turned her head to glance at the flowers on the floor that the Young Lady had slapped away earlier.
Dongfang Zhixia: "Do you know the consequences of laying a hand on me?"
Shen Qinghan: "..."
Dongfang Zhixia: "So many eyes in the school are watching. Today, you struck first. I'm telling you, even if I hit back right now, you'd still be the one in the wrong!"
Shen Qinghan: "..."
Dongfang Zhixia: "Today, I'll give Madam Du some face. Otherwise, today I would make you..."
The Student Council President's voice, full of "warning" and "threat," echoed in the corridor. After a good while, she finally stopped, frowning slightly.
Dongfang Zhixia: "Why aren't you saying anything?"
Shen Qinghan: "Oh."
Dongfang Zhixia: "???"
Dongfang Zhixia flared up in anger: "Did you even listen to what I just said?! Today I'm giving..."
Shen Qinghan said calmly: "Why should I listen to nonsense?"
Dongfang Zhixia: "???"
That one sentence broke Dongfang Zhixia's defenses. So, after all she had just said, the Young Lady hadn't listened to a single word. No wonder she had been so silent earlier... it wasn't "read, no reply," but "didn't even read."
"Today, I'm definitely going to teach you a lesson!!!"
The Student Council President's chest heaved. She pinned the Young Lady's other hand as well, pressing her against the wall. The Young Lady struggled briefly, found she couldn't break free, and simply stopped moving to save energy.
In the Young Lady's view, the Student Council President was just a well-built female gorilla, nothing to fear.
Dongfang Zhixia used one hand to pin both of Shen Qinghan's hands, like a nail, "nailing" the Young Lady to the wall. Their current posture looked almost like a wall slam.
As for the Student Council President's other hand... it was free.
"Apologize to me now, and I'll let you go." Dongfang Zhixia narrowed her eyes, looking at the still expressionless Young Lady before her.
"A brawny she-ape." The young lady spoke calmly, her tone even, yet the sarcasm was practically overflowing.
Dongfang Zhixia: "???"
The thoroughly flushed and heated-up President finally extended her wicked claws towards the young lady pinned against the wall, who could be freely... well, you know. She went in for a fierce...
Young Lady Defeated CG... Activate!!!
The young lady's eyes, which had been as calm and still as a stagnant pool of water, finally showed a change. Boop—a light touch, like a small stone tossed into a pond. Ripples spread across the water's surface, waves continuously expanding. A flush of red also began to stain the young lady's cheeks...
...
At the same time.
In an inconspicuous corner of the school.
"Remember this, Hamster. When your young mistress asks later, just say what I told you." Ye Cheng and the little secretary were huddled together in the inconspicuous corner, whispering.
"Mhm, you bad guy, I remember!" The little secretary nodded, her expression resolute!
Ye Cheng raised an eyebrow. To be safe, he decided to confirm: "Alright, then repeat what I just told you."
The little secretary nodded, her chubby cheeks wobbling a bit, and started counting on her fingers: "Two hand-grabbed pancakes, one pack of instant noodles, one bottle of iced tea, one ice cream..."
Ye Cheng: "???"
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
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reezy rom-com) Good news: Jiang Liu is quite the ladies' man. Bad news: He’s lost his memory. Lying in a hospital bed, Jiang Liu listens to a parade of goddesses spouting "absurd claims," feeling like the world is one giant game of Werewolf. "Jiang Liu, I’m your first love." "Jiang Liu, you’re my boyfriend—she’s your ex." "Jiang Liu, we’re close friends who’ve shared a bed, remember?" "Jiang Liu, I want to have your baby." The now-lucid Jiang Liu is convinced this must be some elaborate scam... until someone drops the bombshell: "The day before you lost your memory, you confessed your feelings—and got into a relationship." Jiang Liu is utterly baffled. So... who the hell is his actual girlfriend?! ... Before recovering his memories, Jiang Liu must navigate this minefield of lies and sincerity, fighting to protect himself from these women’s schemes. But things spiral even further out of control as more people show up at his doorstep—each with increasingly unhinged antics. On the bright side, the memories he lost due to overwhelming trauma seem to be resurfacing. Great news, right? So why are they all panicking now?
