Lan Jiaocai was so anxious that she almost cried.

She lowered her head to plead for mercy when she suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark figure darting out from behind the short-haired girl.

Lin Zhenzhen reached out and patted the girl's shoulder.

"Hey!"

"Who is it? Ahhhhh!" A half-eaten strawberry ice cream cone was shoved straight into her face, the melting juice dripping down her shirt onto her skirt and finally onto her legs.

"Are you crazy?!" She didn't finish her sentence because she saw the person's face clearly.

Ning Zhen, the mischievous devil of the Sacred Heart.

"Are you blind? You knocked over my ice cream!"

"You threw it on me yourself."

"Who can prove it?" Ning Zhen pointed at the person next to her. "Did I deliberately throw her?"

Unexpectedly, the partner who was fighting alongside her against Lan Jiaocai just a moment ago was now shaking her head like a rattle-drum.

"I just blinked, so I didn't see clearly."

"Okay!" Lin Zhenzhen decided. "She blinked, but my eyes were wide open the whole time. You bumped into her yourself!"

"I didn't! You're making baseless accusations!"

Lin Zhenzhen ignored her and continued talking to herself: "It's all because of you that the ice cream juice spilled on my bracelet."

She held the gemstone bracelet high in her hand, its emeralds and pink diamonds shimmering captivatingly under the light.

The girl immediately realized that the other person was standing up for Lan Jiaocai.

She lowered her head and said in a low voice, looking uneasy, "At worst, I won't let her accompany my shoes."

Unexpectedly, Lin Zhenzhen waved her hand dismissively and said decisively, "No, you have to pay. If you dirty a classmate's things, you have to pay the original price. That's the rule. Do you think Ning Zhen is such a rule-breaker?"

The passersby all nodded in agreement.

The short-haired woman was on the verge of tears, so she looked to Lan Jiaocai for help.

Lan Jiaocai hesitated before speaking, "Zhenzhen, I don't have that much money."

Lin Zhenzhen sighed, looked at the two of them, and said, "Alright, since you insist on not asking for compensation, then I won't stop you from doing good deeds."

The girl's expression brightened, but Lin Zhenzhen immediately raised her finger.

"Back to my bracelet, I don't remember the exact price, but it was probably around two million?"

Her eyes widened in shock, and she exclaimed in disbelief, "How could you do this? I already told you I didn't want her to pay me back!"

"So, are your reasons for not making her pay compensation contradictory to my reasons for making you pay compensation?"

......

Everyone fell silent, but Ning Zhen's words were so reasonable and well-founded that they were impossible to refute.

Lin Zhenzhen raised an eyebrow in a cheeky manner: "What, you don't have any money? If you don't have any money, then I'll just have to ask my dad to take a bigger cut from your company's projects."

The short-haired woman never expected things to turn out this way. She originally just wanted to teach Lan Jiaocai a lesson, but she didn't expect her to be so cunning and to have somehow managed to get on Ning Zhen's good side.

She glared at Lin Zhenzhen fiercely, her tone filled with deep resentment.

I will pay you back the money slowly.

The two troublemakers slunk away like stray dogs.

Lin Zhenzhen picked up the ice cream cone from the ground with a pained expression. She had only taken one bite; what a waste.

"Zhenzhen, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

"I think it's great. Those who bully the weak and fear the strong." She curled her lips in disdain. "The weak will only turn their knives on the weaker ones. They'll only know the pain when they kick a hornet's nest."

Lan Jiaocai was still worried: "But you'll make enemies with them if you do this."

"Tch." Lin Zhenzhen said indifferently, "Come on then, who's afraid of who."

Seeing this, Lan Jiaocai didn't say anything more.

She suddenly looked to the side and asked, "Tanbei, he..."

"What? What?" Lin Zhenzhen's arrogance subsided considerably. She grabbed Lan Jiaocai's sleeve. "Where is he?"

"He's not here." Lan Jiaocai was confused. "I mean, why didn't Tan Bei come to the cafeteria?"

"Oh." Lin Zhenzhen straightened up. "Who knows his?"

"You two don't get along?" Lan Jiaocai asked tentatively. "You seem a little afraid of him."

Lin Zhenzhen felt a headache coming on when this topic was brought up.

Everyone in the world thinks Tanbei is gentle and reliable, but only you have glimpsed his dark side. You know perfectly well that he is a wolf in sheep's clothing, but you still pretend to be ignorant.

Anyone would feel a chill down their spine if they were here.

Despite this, Lin Zhenzhen still stubbornly insisted, "Me, afraid of him?"

As a result, retribution came immediately.

Lin Zhenzhen stared at her frantically vibrating phone and the words "Tanbei" displayed on it. After hesitating for two seconds, she pressed the answer button.

"what?"

"Have you got a meal yet?"

"...Did you call me just to ask if I've eaten?"

Tan Bei chuckled softly on the other end of the phone, seemingly in a good mood.

"After school, come to Yanghe Wharf. I'll be waiting for you here."

"I'm busy."

Lin Zhenzhen slammed down the phone and summoned the system in her mind.

What kind of trouble is he up to?

[Host, the male lead is going to celebrate your birthday belatedly. You can also think of this as a date.]

[Tsk.] Lin Zhenzhen couldn't help but click her tongue. She continued, "He found money, and he's so happy about it."

Um, where can I find 100 million? I want to go find it too!

When Lin Zhenzhen heard this, she understood. In the original story, this was Tan Bei's first pot of gold, and also the starting point for his career to take off.

From now on, the world will have a new and prestigious title: Hacker K.

There was only one class in the afternoon, and Lin Zhenzhen felt sleepy because she had eaten too much. She was fast asleep right under the department head's nose when Lan Jiaocai next to her suddenly nudged her.

"Zhenzhen, someone is looking for you outside."

Lin Zhenzhen groggily looked up and saw a man in Ning family uniform standing by the door.

She submitted a report and left the classroom.

"What's wrong?"

The man said anxiously, "Miss, Ultraman is dying! You should go back and check on him!"

Lin Zhenzhen's expression changed, and she said seriously, "What do you mean by 'can't'?"

"It's lying in the vet hospital now, barely clinging to life."

"How could this happen?" Lin Zhenzhen's vision blurred, but she forced herself to stay alert and said, "Let's talk as we walk."

"I took it for a walk in the garden at noon today as usual. I don't know if it ate something, but it started vomiting and having diarrhea after we got back. Butler Li took it to the vet immediately, but it was too late."

The two had arrived at the school gate. The man opened the door of a black car parked by the roadside, and Lin Zhenzhen got inside.

But as soon as she sat down, she realized something was wrong.