Chapter 67: A Lively Scene
For the next three days, Shi Jin disappeared briefly.
He developed a high fever after returning from the hospital that day, so he asked his counselor for leave and stayed home to recuperate.
During this time, Bai Zhenzhu didn't send him a single WeChat message.
He really wanted to call Bai Zhenzhu and ask her what she was doing.
But he was also afraid that Bai Zhenzhu would find out he was sick and make her worry.
Finally, I simply turned off my phone and went to sleep peacefully.
During the three days that Shi Jin was away, the outside world was incredibly lively.
First, there's Li Qianni. She thought that hiding away would make everything alright, but an indecent video pushed her directly into the eye of the storm.
Although her face was blurred, Sun Yixiao in the video kept calling out her name lewdly: "Li Qianni, you are so beautiful, you charming little vixen, I am really going to die on your belly today!"
The resourceful netizens, like those of Detective Conan, followed the clues and found Li Qianni herself, then began to cyberbully her.
Li Qianni initially thought she could get away with not being recognized, since her face was blurred, but some netizen was so mean that they dug up all her personal information.
She desperately wanted to deny it, but she was afraid of the questioning and disdainful looks she would receive.
Even her best friend Ren Xuening would probe her by asking, "Qianni, the person in that video, it shouldn't be you, right?"
In fact, Ren Xuening had already become suspicious of Li Qianni to a large extent, since she knew Li Qianni quite well, especially since she had a birthmark on her leg that looked exactly like the one in the video.
Li Qianni retorted angrily, "Ren Xuening, now even you're starting to doubt me? You're my best friend, and instead of standing by me against the outside world, you're questioning me? You've really disappointed me! You don't deserve to be my best friend at all!"
Ren Xuening never expected that she would be talked about like this just because she asked a question.
Ren Xuening also had a temper, and she shouted indignantly, "Li Qianni, others may be fooled by your words, but I won't. I know what kind of person you are best. You are the best at pretending to be innocent and playing the green tea. The person in that video is you. Do you dare to take off your pants right now and show me the birthmark on your leg!"
Later, the two argued and eventually broke up.
Li Qianni is now truly a pariah, hated by everyone.
Meanwhile, Bai Zhenzhu, the mastermind behind all of this, was leisurely having afternoon tea with Shi's mother.
"Pearl, I have something to tell you, but you absolutely mustn't tell anyone else, okay?"
"Yes, Auntie, don't worry, I'm very tight-lipped."
Shi's mother glanced around, then opened her phone, turned the volume down to the lowest setting, opened a video, and handed it to Bai Zhenzhu to watch.
Bai Zhenzhu pretended to be confused as she took the phone, but she already knew what was going on.
As expected, it was a large-scale erotic film starring Li Qianni.
Although she had seen it many times before, she still showed bewilderment and shock as if she were seeing it for the first time.
"Auntie, what, what is this?!"
Bai Zhenzhu blushed instantly, as if she had touched a hot potato, and immediately returned the phone to Shi's mother.
"Oh dear, I'm so sorry, Pearl. I forgot you're still a young girl. I shouldn't have shown you such suggestive things. Were you scared?"
How could she be scared? She and Yin Jiaxi used to sneak peeks at adult films in their dorm room quite often.
But in order to maintain her innocent persona, she has to act shy.
"Auntie, I...I'm a little scared..."
Shi's mother put her phone away, then sat down next to Bai Zhenzhu, took her slightly cold hand, and whispered a few words: "Let me tell you, Zhenzhu, the woman in that video is Li Qianni. This video was posted in our high-society ladies' group by a friend of mine who often goes to Li Qianni's mother's beauty salon. Can you believe how shameless Li Qianni is? She even got filmed! Luckily, my precious son saw the error of his ways and didn't fall for her tricks again, otherwise our Xiao Jin would be wearing a green hat!"
White Pearl listened to these words with her mouth agape in disbelief.
"Li Qianni?! How could she do such a thing? I think the most precious thing for a woman is to cherish herself. How can she live after being filmed like this? It's truly shocking!"
"Yes, yes, who can argue with that? That Li Qianni seems harmless on the surface, but she's rotten inside. If I hadn't already known her true colors, I might have actually believed she was a simple and kind girl. Pearl, you're the best, true to your word, and genuinely devoted to my Xiaojin..."
"By the way, Pearl, I heard you went to a comic convention in the neighboring city with Xiaojin. How was it? Are you two together now?"
"Auntie, not yet."
"Not yet? What is Xiao Jin thinking!"
The two then ate some cake, drank some tea, chatted about gossip for a bit, and then parted ways.
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Bai Zhenzhu returned to school, but instead of going to her own dormitory, she went to Li Qianni's dormitory first.
She wanted to give Li Qianni a proper visit and ask if there had been any positive changes in her life since becoming the female lead, and whether she had become more confident.
In broad daylight, with the dormitory curtains drawn, Li Qianni was huddled under the covers. The room reeked of a mixture of alcohol and cigarette smoke.
People who don't know the situation might mistake it for an underground internet cafe.
Bai Zhenzhu pinched her nose and kicked a beer can by the door, then found a relatively clean stool to sit on. Her tone was contemptuous and provocative as she said, "Li Qianni, you really have surprised me. I didn't expect you to be so slutty in bed. Sun Yixiao's... you almost bit it off..."
In the end, Bai Zhenzhu laughed so hard she almost fell over.
Li Qianni hid under the covers, her fists clenched tightly, her teeth clenched, her hatred almost bursting out of her skull.
She abruptly threw the blanket to the ground, her brows furrowed tightly, and the veins on her forehead throbbed.
Enraged, she yelled, "White Pearl, shut up! You bitch! I'll tear your mouth apart!"
She strode towards Bai Zhenzhu, raising her hand as if to slap her again, just like before.
As a result, Bai Zhenzhu stopped her and grabbed her wrist, pushing her to the ground.
At this moment, Li Qianni looked like a madwoman in a mental hospital, with no semblance of dignity.
"Bai Zhenzhu, was it you? Did you film the video? Did you conspire with Sun Yixiao to frame me?"
White Pearl laughed at this silly question.
"So, you're admitting that the woman in the video is you?"
"White Pearl, are you trying to trick me? Tell me, did you secretly record me again? Are you trying to frame me again?!"
Li Qianni rushed forward and frantically began tearing off Bai Zhenzhu's clothes, trying to find a recording pen on her body.
Bai Zhenzhu pushed her away again with disdain, patted her wrinkled skirt, and looked at her unhappily, "Li Qianni, I think you've developed a persecution complex. Does it even matter whether I record this or not? You've already become a prostitute in everyone's eyes, and you still want to turn back into that saintly white lotus? Let me tell you, you can completely give up on Shi Jin now, because Shi Jin and the Shi family will never accept a dirty, ugly woman who has been played with!"
"Bai Zhenzhu, even if I die, I will never give up on Shi Jin. I will not let you be with Shi Jin as you wish, nor will I let you marry into the Shi family. Shi Jin is mine, and the young mistress of the Shi family is mine! Go to hell! Go to hell!"
Li Qianni was really going crazy. She grabbed a glass from the side and was about to smash it.
White Pearl is very protective of her life; she won't fight with a mad dog.
So when Li Qianni was about to pounce on him again, he turned around and quickly left.
Li Qianni, left behind, was hysterical, her heart-wrenching screams heard throughout the entire corridor.
Then rumors started circulating on the campus network that Li Qianni was mentally unstable and had contracted some strange illness.
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