Who Are You Trying to Fool?

Zhang Li sat only two seats away from Chu Bai.

Chu Bai had witnessed Xu Muyan secretly asking for the dormitory key.

"Zhang Li is a boarder, right? That key she was given just now must have been the dormitory key. So that note really was written by Xu Muyan!"

The last trace of doubt in Chu Bai's heart vanished.

He was overjoyed.

Just then, the bell rang for the end of class.

Girls' Dormitory.

It was not yet time for Evening Self-Study to end. Dorm auntie was leisurely watching TV in a dorm supervisor's room on the first floor.

The doors to the Girls' Dormitory stood wide open.

Chu Bai quietly slipped into the Girls' Dormitory.

There were not many boarders at Shui Ze High School, and the high school girls' dormitory consisted of only one building.

The entire building had only three floors, with each grade from first to third year occupying one floor.

The boarding girls in each class could all fit into a single dorm room.

Each dorm room had its class number posted outside, arranged in an orderly pattern.

Finding the designated dorm room was easy.

Moving quietly like a thief, Chu Bai arrived outside a dorm room.

The door was not shut, only slightly ajar.

The lighting inside was dim, but Chu Bai was certain that Xu Muyan had already arrived.

Chu Bai could not help feeling smug, sweeping away the dejection he had felt after being suppressed by Wang Haoran for days.

"Wang Haoran never would have imagined that Xu Muyan's usual smiling discussions about studying with him were all just a façade.

And Xu Muyan only did that to keep him from targeting me.

But when did Xu Muyan start liking me? It must have been when she tutored me before, right? Sigh, she really went to great lengths. I'm so stupid—I never realized she had a crush on me.

If Xu Muyan hadn't seen how gloomy I was this afternoon, she probably would have kept it hidden until after the college entrance exams.

I wonder how Wang Haoran will feel after learning the truth. He'll probably be furious, right?"

Chu Bai thought mockingly.

Filled with incomparable excitement, Chu Bai pushed open the ajar door and walked inside.

"Xu Muyan, I know how you feel. Actually, I like you too. I've liked you for a very, very long time. Whenever I saw you laughing and chatting with Wang Haoran, my heart really hurt so much." Chu Bai could not wait to confess his feelings as well.

Xu Muyan had taken the initiative to ask him out, and every line of that note revealed her feelings for him.

Chu Bai felt that as a man, he naturally had to be more direct.

It would be best if he could establish a relationship with Xu Muyan, or even win her over completely.

After all, this was the Girls' Dormitory, and there were beds all around them.

Besides, Xu Muyan had asked him to meet her in the Girls' Dormitory. Maybe she had that idea too?! Chu Bai felt the blood in his veins flowing much faster.

Yet quite some time passed after he finished speaking, and Xu Muyan still did not make a sound.

"Xu Muyan, why aren't you saying anything? Are you embarrassed?" Unable to contain his excitement, Chu Bai spoke again.

But what answered him was a woman's ear-piercing scream.

Chu Bai jumped in fright, and all the excitement he had built up vanished in that instant.

Because he could tell that the voice did not belong to Xu Muyan.

In an instant, a chill shot from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

"This is a trap!"

Chu Bai immediately realized what was happening and turned to run.

He successfully ran out of the Girls' Dormitory.

But of course, it was all for nothing.

Twenty minutes later.

Chu Bai was summoned by Song Zhenyu to a private office.

In the office were Chu Bai, Song Zhenyu, and Wen Jing.

This matter was rather special. Until a reasonable resolution could be reached, Song Zhenyu did not want anyone else to know.

Because it involved the reputation of a female student.

Wen Jing's eyes were red, and tears streamed down her face.

She was crying—for real.

Good acting? Of course not.

That was because Wen Jing had rubbed some of the colorless, odorless specialty pepper spray Wang Haoran had given her into her eyes.

Anyone who used it would know how it felt.

Wen Jing had been genuinely brought to tears by the pepper spray.

Song Zhenyu gently patted Wen Jing's back, comforting her as she asked, "Are you sure it was him?"

Crying as she pointed an accusation, Wen Jing said, "Th-the lighting was dim at the time. Th-that person grabbed my hand and threatened me, telling me not to move. Later, while I was struggling, I accidentally touched his hair. It felt kind of prickly—it should have been a buzz cut.

"That voice, and that distinctive buzz cut—it was definitely Chu Bai!"

"Attempting to molest a female student, Chu Bai, you've got some nerve!" Song Zhenyu slammed her teaching plan heavily onto the desk and said furiously.

"I admit that I went to the Girls' Dormitory, but I didn't molest anyone!" Chu Bai defended himself.

There were surveillance cameras at the entrance to the Girls' Dormitory building. A check would reveal that Chu Bai had gone there.

Naturally, Chu Bai would not lie about that.

"Why did you go to the Girls' Dormitory for no reason?" Song Zhenyu demanded harshly.

"Xu—someone forged Xu Muyan's handwriting and wrote me a note, asking me to go to the Girls' Dormitory. It said they had something to tell me."

Chu Bai was not stupid. By now, he naturally knew that it was a trap.

"Where's the note?" Song Zhenyu held out her hand.

"I... I ate it."

"Who are you trying to fool? Do you think I'm a three-year-old child?!" Song Zhenyu felt that her intelligence had been severely insulted.

"Teacher Song, I'm telling the truth!"

"You're still trying to argue? Call your parents here!"

The moment he heard that, Chu Bai panicked.

"Wen Jing, why are you framing me? What grudge do I have with you?"

Wen Jing did not know how to answer, so she simply said nothing and let her tears pour down.

It really burns so badly. It hurts so much, sob sob sob. Wen Jing was genuinely miserable at that moment.

Song Zhenyu's heart ached just watching her.

"I get it. Wang Haoran put you up to this, didn't he?" Chu Bai suddenly understood.

"Enough, Chu Bai! You refuse to admit your own mistake, and now you're even falsely accusing Wang Haoran!" Song Zhenyu immediately became angry.

Wang Haoran excelled in both character and academics. How could he do something like this?

Impossible!

Ding! The host manipulated events from behind the scenes, damaging protagonist Chu Bai's image in the mind of one of the female leads, Song Zhenyu, and influencing the direction of the original plot. You have received 200 Villain Points.

Sitting in the classroom during Evening Self-Study, Wang Haoran happily received another reward.