“I told you to stay away from me, didn’t I?”
Gong Nanxue looked at Bai Rourou, who had once again sat beside her, and shifted her butt with obvious disgust.
If it weren’t almost time for class and there were no other seats left, she definitely wouldn’t sit next to Bai Rourou.
“Nan Jie, is there some kind of misunderstanding between us?”
Bai Rourou whispered.
“Why do you suddenly dislike me so much?”
“I don’t like dirty people.” Gong Nanxue dropped that sentence and ignored Bai Rourou completely.
What did that mean?
Did Gong Nanxue know about her working at Yuehua Garden?
The clever Rourou immediately guessed that it was probably Cai Jing’er who told Gong Nanxue.
“Nan Jie, are you disgusted because I went to Yuehua—”
“Don’t talk.”
Gong Nanxue cut her off sharply.
“The teacher is here. Don’t you know class has started?”
Bai Rourou fell silent, staring at her textbook without daring to make a sound.
Speaking of which, because of the system tasks and Cai Jing’er’s matters, she hadn’t properly studied since the start of the semester.
She heard that the midterms would be in two weeks.
“So many troubles.”
Just a few days ago, everything was bright and promising, but the situation suddenly changed, plunging her into a difficult position.
Last night, she was tormented badly, and the 10,000 yuan sponsorship fee was directly deducted by Cai Jing’er on the grounds that she didn’t follow the sponsorship agreement.
Her tasks were all messy and incomplete.
If she was given another week, she was sure she could finish them.
As for the hidden suffering points, they would inevitably increase whenever Cai Jing’er tortured her.
Chaotic thoughts flooded Bai Rourou’s mind; she had no mood for class at all.
To Gong Nanxue, Bai Rourou’s distracted, lovelorn look was clear as day.
It was obviously because of her cold, distant attitude that Bai Rourou had become like this, unable to concentrate even in class.
“If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn’t have started in the first place.”
Gong Nanxue sighed silently in her heart.
She was a good person—why did she have to work in such a place?
Now she regretted it, did she?
On the surface, she was chasing after her, but behind her back, she went to such a place, getting hugged and kissed by various women.
Gong Nanxue even felt like Bai Rourou might have taken the last step with others.
If Gong Nanxue had no feelings for Bai Rourou at all, learning about her working at Yuehua Garden and seeing those photos and what she had witnessed probably wouldn’t have triggered any emotional reaction.
But the problem was, she already had some special feelings for Bai Rourou.
So when she found out where Bai Rourou worked, she was disgusted and even nauseated for a moment.
The greater the expectation, the deeper the disappointment.
***
The freshman courses weren’t many, leaving freshmen more time to explore new things, so the morning classes ended at ten o’clock.
Gong Nanxue and Bai Rourou also found themselves alone—inside the restroom.
After the class bell rang, the restroom was empty.
“Bai Rourou, what do you have to say for yourself?”
Gong Nanxue kept her cold expression, arms crossed, voice dripping with impatience.
“I’m not working at Yuehua Garden anymore,” Bai Rourou hurriedly explained.
“I was really short on money back then. I just worked a few days as a temp and then quit.”
“So you did go there?”
Gong Nanxue’s tone held a trace of anger.
“Bai Rourou, you really disgust me! You pursue me on one hand, while at Yuehua Garden you’re getting hugged and kissed by female customers. I never thought you were this kind of person!”
Bai Rourou’s eyes widened, stunned by the harsh words.
Suddenly, Gong Nanxue said, “Take off your down jacket.”
“No way!”
Bai Rourou instinctively refused.
She knew all too well the shameful state of her body hidden under that jacket.
Hearing Bai Rourou’s unusually firm refusal, Gong Nanxue’s beautiful eyes narrowed.
“What are you hiding?”
“I’m not hiding anything.”
Bai Rourou took a step back, looking a little flustered.
“I—I have something to do. I’m leaving.”
Fearing exposure, Bai Rourou turned to leave, but Gong Nanxue grabbed her and gave a hard tug.
The thin down jacket was ripped open.
Inside, Bai Rourou was wearing a long-sleeved shirt and pants, but strange red marks were visible on her neck and wrists.
The collar tightly fastened around her neck immediately caught Gong Nanxue’s attention.
“That collar of yours…”
Disappointment filled Gong Nanxue’s eyes.
What kind of neck ornament squeezed her breathing to this extent?
A surge of unspeakable fury instantly welled up inside her.
So Bai Rourou had long been playing those kinds of games, wearing this so-called collar that was actually a restraint, swinging it every day in front of her, while she foolishly thought it was just a neck accessory.
Maybe she had already been part of Bai Rourou’s twisted play!
“S-sorry.” Bai Rourou apologized instinctively, biting her lip, then hurriedly pulled the jacket back on.
“I really didn’t do it willingly. I was forced.”
That was the girl’s answer, but Gong Nanxue ignored it.
For a moment, she wanted to beat Bai Rourou senseless.
But thinking about how much Bai Rourou had cooked for her lately, she held back her anger.
Gong Nanxue shoved Bai Rourou hard, pushing her straight to the ground, then turned and left without looking back, ignoring the girl’s cries and calls.
***
“Is this the end of us?”
Bai Rourou stood up against the wall, staring at the empty restroom, feeling worse than before.
The misunderstanding hadn’t been cleared up; it only deepened, and Gong Nanxue had even misunderstood some things.
But if she thought carefully, it wasn’t really a misunderstanding.
After all, she had truly been forced into those things by Cai Jing’er.
“Ouch~”
After taking two steps, a sharp pain shot through her left ankle.
She seemed to have twisted her ankle.
“When things go wrong, everything goes wrong.”
Bai Rourou thought sadly to herself.
Fortunately, her inner strength was solid.
Seeing the slightly increased hidden suffering points, she felt a bit better.
She left the restroom and randomly found an empty classroom to sit down and rub her ankle.
Then she took out her phone, opened the chat window with Gong Nanxue, and after thinking for a long time, drafted a message and sent it—only to see an exclamation mark appear beside it.
“She actually blocked me.”
After all her hard thinking, it had been for nothing.
Sighing, feeling aches all over her body, Bai Rourou twitched the corner of her mouth.
Cai Jing’er had really been vicious last night.
If she hadn’t collapsed from exhaustion in the end, who knew what else would have happened to her.
Cai Jing’er said she had to endure more tonight…
Just thinking about it sent chills down Bai Rourou’s spine.
That violent woman’s sadistic tendencies got worse by the day.
Her methods of torment were almost unbearable.
“If only I could finish these tasks…”
Bai Rourou thought. If she could complete those tasks, she would immediately leave A City and disappear elsewhere.
After all, hidden suffering points could be farmed anywhere.