bayedsolid Chapter 23, Run!, is full of negative reviews!
Chapter 23, Run!, is full of negative reviews!
Once his deskmate sat down, he transformed into a study machine, completely ignoring him. Chi Yan found it a bit boring, but since his classmate was hard to pursue, he couldn't possibly take the initiative.
This is an unsolvable problem.
After sleeping through three classes, Chi Yan had almost finished catching up on her sleep. She looked up at the content on the projector and saw it was a childish math lesson.
School was incredibly boring. Chi Yan thought for a moment, then opened his phone and proactively sent a WeChat message: "[Pei Shuoxun, have you had enough fun? When are you coming back?]"
A short while later, Pei Shuoxun's profile picture flashed: [I heard you went back to school. What, were you forced to by your old man at home?]
[No one can force me. Why are you talking so much nonsense? When are you coming back?]
[I promise I'll be back before the basketball game next week, okay?]
The basketball game is on Thursday next week, so it's at least another week, but Pei Shuoxun's promises are never reliable; they're just bullshit.
With no one to play with, class was the most boring time. Chi Yan put on his headphones to listen to music in a depressed mood, but before he could open the playlist, his phone shook. Pei Shuoxun had sent him another message.
What's your deskmate's name?
[What's wrong?] Why are you suddenly asking this out of the blue? Chi Yan felt something was off.
There was a moment of silence before the other end replied: [I think I saw her picture on the school forum.]
It's a post where someone tries to find a beautiful woman they just met.
[Send it to me.]
Soon, a candid photo of a girl walking on campus came in. Behind her were rows of camphor trees, and sunlight dappled her skin. Her skin was fair, and the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, making her look like she was smiling. She was dazzlingly beautiful.
Although it wasn't very high definition, the atmosphere was amazing, much better than his photos. Chi Yan saved it and replied: [That's right, this is my deskmate, isn't she cute?]
Pei Shuoxun immediately asked: [What's her name?]
[Shi Sui. What's wrong?] Her name is cute too.
However, after a long time, he still hadn't received any message from Pei Shuoxun. Chi Yan patted him, but there was no response.
After class, Chi Yan made a phone call, but the other party's phone was switched off.
Maybe her phone was out of battery? Chi Yan didn't care about that. What he cared about was that even after class, his deskmate didn't talk to him, and she seemed to be—not reading anymore?
Shi Sui silenced her phone during class. After class, she planned to search for explanations of math problems. She saw WeChat flashing, indicating there were unread messages.
Xiao Youran: [Shi Sui, you're famous now.]
The message also included two links. Shi Sui clicked on the first one, which redirected her to the campus forum, where it was an anonymous post.
[The whole school is searching for the girl in the school uniform in the photo; she's a hundred times prettier in person than in the picture]
1L: Hello, admin.
2L: I met a girl on the road this morning. She was fair-skinned and beautiful, and had an amazing figure. But she was walking too fast and I couldn't keep up. The whole school is looking for her with a lot of money (photo).
3L: How much are you offering? I'll pay double for this beautiful woman's contact information.
4L: It looks familiar, like I've seen it in some post before.
5L: I haven't seen anyone wear this school uniform in a long time. I admire how someone can make this ugly uniform look fresh and elegant.
6L: Is he a newly enrolled student from a poor family?
……
Shi Sui scrolled down and found that quite a few people wanted to buy her contact information.
Is it possible to make money by selling contact information?
"Probably not," Shi Sui thought they were all just joking. Putting herself in their shoes, she would never waste money on buying contact information; she wouldn't spend a single penny.
29L: Isn't this the beautiful woman who handed Chi Yan water at yesterday's basketball game? (link)
30L: Let's go take a look.
……
The subsequent replies were all uninteresting; it seemed like all the traffic had been drawn away by the link in post #29.
Shi Sui closed the page and opened the second link sent by Xiao Youran, which redirected her to the campus forum.
[Shocking! Who is this woman?! Chi Yan actually accepted the water she offered!]
The title, filled with exclamation marks, speaks volumes about its impact.
The words "Chi Yan" naturally attracted attention, and the post quickly garnered countless comments, reaching the top of the forum and going viral.
1L: Photo to start things off (photo of Shi Sui handing out water)
Even though the photo is blurry when zoomed in from a distance, you can still tell that the person handing out the water is a girl.
2L: Who is this woman?
3L: Chi Yan accepted his water, could he be a cross-dresser?
4L: I was there and I know this girl is really pretty, very sweet-looking. Is this the type that Chi Ge likes?
5L: I'm from the next class, so I know that girl is the one who shamelessly pestered Chi Yan to be her deskmate. I don't know what methods she used, but Chi Yan would never like this type.
6L: I think it's just that Brother Chi pitied her.
7L: She was just temporarily transferred to the international class and doesn't really stand out. She'll be leaving next week, so why be so hostile towards her?
……
Chi Yan comes from an exceptional family, has top-tier looks and a great physique, and is considered the school's most handsome man. He has countless female admirers, but he has a volatile temper, and some girls have boldly confessed their love to him, only to be scared away.
According to incomplete statistics, no girl could exchange more than three sentences with Chi Yan, except for Shangguan Ying.
Therefore, it is an unspoken consensus that Chi Yan is gay.
But now, girls are not only able to get close to him, but also sit next to him and hand him water... The girls are going crazy!
They didn't believe Chi Yan liked girls, and they found a reasonable explanation for this: there was only one empty seat next to Chi Yan in the international class, so it was reasonable for that girl to sit there. Besides, Chi Yan didn't come to school much, so he didn't care. He wouldn't mind even if a toad sat next to him.
As for the water delivery, they interpreted it this way: the woman forced the water on Chi Yan and ran away afterward. There wasn't a trash can nearby, so Chi Yan couldn't just throw it away, could he? Chi Yan is civilized; littering is bad.
This is exactly the same reason that Chi Yan made up for himself.
Meanwhile, netizens are frantically digging into the woman's background.
67L: Isn't this the adopted daughter from the countryside of the Jiang family?
68L: What's with her pretending to be well-behaved at school? She's always bullying Jiang Tianyao at home!
69L: When Tian Tian went to see her at the beginning of the semester, she wanted to get along well with her, but she ended up being scolded by her and made her cry.
70L: This woman originally wanted to seduce Tian Tian's fiancé, Gu Chenyi, but Gu Chenyi was deeply in love with Tian Tian, so she couldn't seduce him and instead went to seduce Chi Yan.
71L: Good tactic.
……
Jiang Tianyao closely monitored the post's progress. When she saw post #67, she guessed it was probably her friend's anonymous account, standing up for her.
These past few days, she's been intentionally or unintentionally mentioning to others that an adopted daughter has moved into her home, that the adopted daughter is targeting her in every way, taking over her room, hogging her favorite dresses, and threatening to take everything from her...
Seeing the topic's popularity soar, Jiang Tianyao realized the time was almost right.
A few minutes later, a new anonymous post appeared on the forum.
[Let's talk about Shi Sui, the adopted daughter of the Jiang family, who tried to seduce Gu Chenyi but failed; she then tried to seduce Chi Yan.]
The main post was for informational purposes, explaining that the Jiang family adopted a girl from the countryside two months ago, and made Jiang Tianyao call her "older sister." On the surface, the girl was quiet and gentle, but she secretly bullied Jiang Tianyao.
The second commenter posted a picture as proof, showing that "Jiang Tianyao was scolded and cried on the first day of school in Class 1." Everyone in Class 1 of the International Programs can testify to this.
3L tells the story of how the adopted daughter seduced Gu Chenyi, including love at first sight and secret feelings...
4L has video evidence; it's a video of Gu Chenyi angrily beating Shi Sui in the international class corridor for seducing him.
5L: Holy crap, is this woman really that shameless?
6L: So she deliberately pretended to be a good girl to seduce Chi Yan, right?
7L: It's impossible for Brother Chi to be interested in a scheming woman. This woman is definitely trying to make Gu Chenyi jealous. Her target is still Gu Chenyi.
8L: Poor Chi Ge, getting entangled with this kind of woman.
……
Soon, this gossip spread like wildfire throughout the entire school.
Just as get out of class ended, many of Jiang Tianyao's friends came to comfort her.
"Sweetie, don't be sad. We'll all go online and curse her out for you. That scheming bitch is disgusting; she's always seducing men."
With tears welling in her eyes, Jiang Tianyao said aggrievedly, "My sister is definitely not that kind of person. I don't know who she offended, but they are saying bad things about her online."
"Are you still defending her? You're only being bullied because you're too nice. It's okay, we'll stand up for you, we'll go and yell at her."
Jiang Tianyao: "No, don't go. My sister is already upset because Chen Yi rejected her..."
"..."
After Shi Sui finished reading the second post about delivering water, she exited the forum. Just then, the post titled "[Gossip]" was pushed to the top, so she clicked on it and browsed through it.
WeChat flashed; it was a message from Xiao Youran: [Shi Sui, have you seen those negative comments online? They're just trolls, don't pay them any mind.]
[I don't care, You Ran. Do you even know which class Jiang Tianyao is in?]
[What's wrong with Class 7, Grade 11?]
[It's nothing, I'll go thank her.]
After sending the message, Shi Sui glanced at the time. It was just the long break between classes, and there were still 20 minutes before class started, which was plenty of time.
Shi Sui closed the pen and put it back in the pencil case, put away the notebook and exercise book, and finally neatly arranged the textbook for the next biology class before leaving the classroom.
Yan Ze skipped class and spent all his time surfing the internet.
The post said, "Shi Sui tried to seduce Gu Chenyi but failed, so she turned to seduce Chi Yan instead."
Yan Ze felt that Shi Sui wasn't that kind of person. What nonsense about seducing Gu Chenyi! Shi Sui wouldn't even look at him. She was clearly only interested in seducing Brother Chi.
They even compared Gu Chenyi to Brother Chi. Stop trying to flatter Gu Chenyi.
He frantically reported and angrily commented, cursing those online trolls to death, believing himself to be a heroic figure engaging in a battle of wits.
Then he heard the chair behind him move. Yan Ze turned around and saw Shi Sui walk out of the classroom.
Chi Yan was pretending not to care as he watched Shi Sui's departing figure, muttering with some confusion, "Didn't she just go to the restroom last class? Why is she still carrying her phone?"
"A cell phone?" Yan Ze realized. "Brother Chi, your deskmate didn't see the post on the forum, did he?"
"What post?" Chi Yan asked, puzzled. He never browsed forums.
Yan Ze frowned: "You'd better not look at it, it's nothing." Run! It's all your deskmate's bad reviews!
Chi Yan stretched out a hand, raised an eyebrow slightly, and said impatiently, "Take a look."
Yan Ze had no choice but to open the forum and shakily hand over his phone.