Since parting ways with Chaochao at the roadside stall near the elementary school, Yu Ning has continued her routine of going between school, her part-time job, and then going home to sleep.
Because she was a dark horse who returned from a three-month leave of absence and suddenly jumped to tenth place in the final exam, coupled with her outstanding beauty, she gained a certain degree of fame in Yingchuan High School in just about half a month, and would attract the attention of students on campus from time to time.
Of course, this much unconscious attention is a mixed bag.
Many classmates had witnessed Yu Ning taking the initiative to communicate with Xie Jingcheng and Yu Ci as soon as she returned. After praising her grades and appearance, some of them also harbored dark speculations.
As Yu Ning walked past the neighboring classroom with a stack of chemistry test papers in her arms, the girls chatting by the corridor suddenly noticed the slender girl walking by with graceful steps. They secretly looked her up and down, covering their mouths and whispering among themselves.
"Hey, she's here. She's quite pretty. No wonder she became the class beauty as soon as she came back."
"I heard that as soon as she got back, she started flirting with those two guys from class one. She's got a huge appetite, just like her dad..."
"Your face is alright, but why are your hands so rough..."
The murmurs and whispers drifted into her ears on the breeze.
Yu Ning walked past without looking to the side, her expression as if she hadn't heard anything. Only when she passed the three figures did she slightly close her eyelids, her clear, autumn-water-like eyes half-hidden, and beneath her long eyelashes was a calm expression.
Such gossip and outsiders' opinions were of no importance to her.
In her previous life, the insults and abuse she suffered openly were hundreds of times worse than this.
A woman who's all show and no substance, a gold digger who climbed the social ladder by clinging to a sugar daddy, a vain and materialistic woman, and a showgirl who tried to portray herself as a bright student only to have it exposed as someone who never went to college...
If you were to compile a list of vicious female celebrities, she, a nobody who's barely even a 18th-tier celebrity, would still have the honor of making the list.
So what?
The harsh words are theirs, but the path is yours.
Yu Ning raised her cold, indifferent eyes, gathered the test paper in her hand, and turned into the classroom.
Yu Ning never expected that going to the toilet would cause her trouble, and it was such an old trick.
As soon as Yu Ning stepped over the threshold of the women's restroom, she sensed something was wrong. She quickly took a step to the side, but it was too late. A basin of water poured down from the top of the door, soaking her trousers and shoes.
Yu Ning still had one hand on the doorknob, her eyes lowered as she silently looked at her soaked white shoes, only two thoughts running through her mind.
Firstly, these were some of the few shoes she hadn't worn out; secondly, white canvas shoes tend to yellow when washed, which is a hassle.
At this moment, the 050 system in her mind excitedly said, "This is a scene from a novel where the female protagonist is bullied. Generally, there will be..."
But before 050 could finish sharing, Yu Ning pulled her hand out of her coat pocket, walked expressionlessly to the sink, and washed the water droplets that had splashed on her hands.
I don't know what kind of water is in the basin.
"Slap, slap, slap—"
A crisp, rhythmic clapping sounded behind her. Two girls pushed open the cubicle door, clapping as they walked out, their faces beaming. "Look, isn't this our little Ningning? We've missed you so much, it's been over two months!"
Yu Ning lifted her glasses and glanced at herself in the mirror.
I vaguely remember these two girls.
Previously, they forced "Yu Ning" to do their homework and cheat on exams. Of course, the original owner did not agree to cheat, so the bullying against her intensified.
She's just like the two thugs who surrounded her last time.
Another girl with bangs saw Yu Ning's indifferent expression in the mirror and stared at her fair cheeks, annoyed and gritted her teeth: "What's wrong with you? You don't react at all, as if we're not even close."
The girl beside him had a gloomy face, but spoke softly: "It seems that Xiao Ningning didn't like the surprise we prepared. Could it be that now that she's famous and made friends, she doesn't want to play with us anymore?"
Listening to the two people's sarcastic remarks from the left and right, Yu Ning gradually developed an expression like an old man on the subway looking at his phone. Finally, she rolled her eyes, raised her fingertip and pressed it against the faucet spout, and the spray of water instantly splattered all over the girl with bangs, turning her bangs into thick lines.
"Ahhhh—"
Another girl, seeing her companion instantly drenched, screamed and yelled at Yu Ning, "Yu Ning, are you fucking crazy?!"
"Oh, I almost forgot about you."
Yu Ning sneered, and with a flick of her finger, the spray of water shot straight towards the girl. The girl screamed and dodged, nearly crying, "You...you stop! Stop it!"
Just as the girl with the bangs, finally able to catch her breath, was about to tear it off, Yu Ning calmly twirled her fingertips, and a torrent of water flowed back and forth between the two of them.
It took Yu Ning a full ten seconds before she slowly and deliberately loosened her grip.
By this time, the two girls, who had been so arrogant, were now in a sorry state. Their school uniform jackets, pants, and shoes were splattered with uneven dark water stains, and their disheveled hair was plastered to their necks in clumps, with water droplets running down their backs.
Faced with their resentful gazes, Yu Ning smiled slightly and then put her fingers back under the faucet. The two women immediately trembled and took a step back in unison.
Yu Ning, who had only made a feint, raised an eyebrow and chuckled softly. Her cold and casual tone created a stark contrast with her delicate and gentle face: "Can we talk properly now?"
Is this still the same Yu Ning who used to be so timid and submissive, always letting them do whatever they wanted?
Two soaking wet girls huddled together, looking at the smiling girl in front of them with uncertain and even a chill running down their spines.
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