So What If the Pretty Campus Belle Loves Money? (31)

It was late at night. The streetlights glowed dimly yellow, and shadows of trees swayed.

The car stopped outside the women's dormitory.

Hua Jinchen unfastened his seat belt and turned to look at Shi Zheng. "Baby, listen to me. From now on, stay away from Gu Yanshen."

After a moment's thought, he added, "He's no good. Keep your distance from him."

Whatever Shi Zheng was plotting about how to keep juggling the two men, she nodded obediently and agreed to his request.

"Mm, I understand, baby."

Hua Jinchen watched her open the car door and get out, then stand outside and wave goodbye to him.

"Go on up and get some rest early," Hua Jinchen said, lowering the window.

"You too. Be careful on the road." With that, Shi Zheng turned and walked toward the dormitory entrance.

After a few steps, she seemed to sense something and looked back.

Hua Jinchen hadn't left immediately. He was still sitting in the car, the window half open, his gaze dark as it followed her retreating figure.

Shi Zheng paused, waved to him, and silently mouthed, "Get going."

Only then did Hua Jinchen seem to come back to his senses. He waved back to show that he understood.

But it wasn't until Shi Zheng had disappeared completely through the dormitory entrance that he slowly rolled up the window. He lingered there a little longer before starting the car and driving away without a sound.

A pair of eyes filled with venomous hatred had taken in the entire scene, from beginning to end.

Su Qingqing had returned to the dorm room before Shi Zheng.

Her thoughts were in turmoil, and the photos she had secretly taken at the Yunding Club kept replaying in her mind.

Suddenly, the low rumble of an engine came from downstairs.

A costly sports car had stopped in front of the dormitory.

The passenger door opened, and the person who got out was none other than Shi Zheng!

Su Qingqing couldn't make out the person in the driver's seat. She could only vaguely see a man's silhouette.

But she was certain it absolutely wasn't Gu Yanshen.

"Bitch! A dog really can't stop eating shit!"

Su Qingqing bit down hard on her lower lip. "She was all over President Gu at the club just now, and the next moment she got into another man's luxury car! It's so late, and she even had him drive her back... Shameless!"

Almost on reflex, she raised her phone and snapped several pictures of the scene downstairs.

Su Qingqing: "Two-timing... no, maybe more than that!"

"Shi Zheng, just how many people have you hooked up with? How dare she?!"

A vicious plan quickly took shape in her mind.

She would expose her!

She would post the "evidence" of Shi Zheng juggling different men again!

Then she'd see how Shi Zheng endured Gu Yanshen's wrath and the scorn of the entire school!

Just imagining Shi Zheng's wretched state, her reputation in ruins and Gu Yanshen having dumped her, gave Su Qingqing a surge of twisted pleasure.

Just as Su Qingqing was lost in fantasies of revenge, the dorm room door was gently pushed open.

Shi Zheng walked in.

She spotted Su Qingqing standing by the window at once, before she'd had time to compose her expression.

In the room's light, Shi Zheng caught the twisted look on Su Qingqing's face.

Their eyes met.

Shi Zheng: [System, the look on the female lead's face just now—she must be cooking up some nasty scheme.]

[Your assessment is correct, Host,] the system's voice rang out. [She just used her phone by the window to take photos of you and Hua Jinchen downstairs.]

Shi Zheng sneered inwardly. Sure enough.

It seemed the female lead couldn't wait to jump out and court death.

The expression on Su Qingqing's face froze, and a flicker of panic crossed her eyes.

But she quickly composed herself.

Shi Zheng heard Su Qingqing's voice behind her, feigning calm. "Shi Zheng, who was it that drove you back just now? That car... looked pretty expensive."

She turned around and forced a gentle smile onto her face.

But her eyes remained fixed on Shi Zheng, watching for the slightest change in her expression.

Li Wei and Wang Luning, who had been deliberately keeping their distance from Shi Zheng, couldn't help pricking up their ears and sneaking glances over.

After all, gossip was human nature.

It was crystal clear to Shi Zheng that Su Qingqing was trying to pump her for information.

She acted as if she hadn't noticed Su Qingqing's odd expression.

"It was Young Master Hua, Hua Jinchen."

The corners of Shi Zheng's lips lifted slightly. Looking a little shy, she showed off smugly, "He saw that it would be dangerous for me to go home alone at night, so he gave me a ride back on his way."

The name "Hua Jinchen" exploded like a bomb in the dorm room.

Li Wei and Wang Luning's eyes widened instantly, their mouths falling slightly open, disbelief written all over their faces.

Hua Jinchen?!

That playboy from such a distinguished family had actually driven Shi Zheng back to the dormitory himself?!

And on his way, too? Who was she trying to fool?!

The fake smile on Su Qingqing's face froze instantly, and the jealous hatred in her eyes nearly burst forth.

She had considered many people, but Hua Jinchen was the one person she hadn't guessed.

Hearing it confirmed from Shi Zheng's own mouth, the shock hit her so hard that her chest tightened.