Who reported me!?

"Xixi, what do you think people live for?"

In the library during evening self-study, Wang Ge asked, propping his chin with his hand.

"Hmm... to go to the pier and get some fries?"

"Don't try to fob me off with stuff from manga, hey." Wang Ge complained.

Chen Yanxi, reading her book without looking up, said, "You just didn't manage to beat me again, you don't need to ponder such profound questions."

"You have the nerve to say that!" Wang Ge glared, slapping the table. "Didn't you always score 730 before? How did you suddenly get 740 this time?"

"Just lucky."

Wang Ge: "..."

He sighed mournfully at Chen Yanxi's dismissive reply, and like a broken record, asked again, "Xixi, you say, what is the meaning of life?"

"I don't know."

"You can score 740, and you don't know?"

Chen Yanxi: "..."

She simply shut her mouth and stopped talking.

However, after a short while, Wang Ge repeated himself again: "Xixi, you say, what is the meaning of life?"

"Alright, stop repeating yourself," Chen Yanxi said, a headache forming. "I'll let you have first place next time."

Upon hearing this, Wang Ge's eyes immediately lit up. "Really?"

But then he rubbed his chin, and asked suspiciously, "You're not just stringing me along, are you?"

"You can choose not to believe me," Chen Yanxi replied calmly.

After thinking for two seconds, Wang Ge felt that Chen Yanxi wouldn't be as malicious as Gu Panyan, the queen of empty promises. Thus, he cheered, "I love you, Xixi! I knew you were the best!"

"Can I have a kiss?" he asked timidly.

"...No."

"So heartless... but it's okay!" Wang Ge said earnestly. "Even if you reject me, I'll still be your loyal fan, still a loyal 'iXi'!"

He clenched his fist firmly. "Climb the gold and become king, sail far with Xi!"

"..."

Chen Yanxi sighed helplessly and said, "My homeroom teacher told me to stay away from you."

"Huh?" Wang Ge was surprised. "Why?"

"He said you're not a good person."

"Hah? Isn't that slandering me? I'm a good person!"

Ignoring Wang Ge's defense, Chen Yanxi continued, "He told me that you've been reported recently for having an improper relationship with someone of the opposite sex."

"Ah? An improper relationship?" Wang Ge was shocked. "When did we get together? How come I don't know about this?"

Chen Yanxi glanced at him. "It's not just me who was reported for having an improper relationship with you; there are others too."

"...Besides you, who else could it be?"

"Who knows."

Chen Yanxi lightly turned a page of the book in front of her, seemingly unconcerned about the matter.

"Strange..."

Wang Ge maintained a calm facade, but inwardly, he was already panicking.

What's going on? Who reported me?

And not just reporting Chen Yanxi, it seems Gu Panyan was also reported.

It's explainable that Chen Yanxi knows about this; she can just blame the homeroom teacher... But if Gu Panyan finds out that I've been skipping evening self-study to meet another girl... I won't even have a chance to struggle!

Hiss... With Gu Panyan's temper, Wang Ge felt his scalp tingle just thinking about it.

He thought he would have a bit more time to enjoy himself, but he never expected the love triangle to arrive so suddenly. He wasn't prepared to deal with it at all.

Damn it, who reported me!

Isn't this purely targeting me?

But I haven't offended anyone...

Wang Ge frowned, trying to figure out who would want to harm him.

It wasn't a secret that he and Chen Yanxi went to the library together in the evenings; several boys in his class who were on good terms with him knew about it.

Reporting him and Chen Yanxi could be understood, but on the surface, he and Gu Panyan were just ordinary deskmates, not particularly close.

Although they occasionally held hands, it was usually done secretly. They sat in the last row, so it was unlikely they would be discovered.

Right... it was reported in the last two days. Has anything happened in the last few days?

The only significant event seems to be the release of the Second Mock Exam results.

The results of the Second Mock Exam... Wang Ge narrowed his eyes, a guess suddenly surging in his heart.

Peng Yan was a very ordinary high school girl in Wang Ge's class.

Ordinary looks, ordinary build, ordinary family, ordinary grades, and ordinary abilities.

She studied very hard and diligently every day, but her grades just wouldn't improve, stuck around 450.

But even though she was so ordinary, she had once deeply loved a boy, the kind of love that went to her very bones.

--Or so she believed herself.

However, the boy she deeply loved didn't like her for being hardworking and motivated. Instead, he confessed to a girl who did nothing but sleep and fight all day.

Even after being rejected, the boy still fawned over that girl every day, while completely disregarding Peng Yan.

Why? Peng Yan was unconvinced.

What was so great about that woman named Gu Panyan?

She felt she was much better than Gu Panyan. She was ranked over twenty in the class, but Gu Panyan was at the bottom!

That bitch who seduced men every day, was she just a little better looking?

What good was looking good? With grades at the bottom, her future was bound to be a failure. She might even have to sell her body to survive!

But even as she belittled Gu Panyan in her heart, she couldn't help but be consumed by jealousy.

Jealous of her looks, jealous of her tall figure, jealous of how she was fawned over by all sorts of men, jealous of her always haughty gaze that seemed to mock everything around her...

Why?

Why was Gu Panyan, with her terrible grades and awful personality, so beloved by so many boys?

While she, with her good temper, hard work, and motivation, was like a weed by the roadside, ignored by everyone?

Watching the man she loved constantly fawn over Gu Panyan, while Gu Panyan completely ignored him, Peng Yan was so consumed by jealousy she was going mad.

But when she met Gu Panyan, she could only hide her jealousy deep in her heart and offer a subservient, ingratiating smile.

She couldn't afford to offend Gu Panyan.

She didn't dare to offend Gu Panyan either.

Peng Yan felt she was adaptable, not cowardly, because there weren't many people in the entire school who dared to offend Gu Panyan.

Thus, she hid her deep jealousy in her heart, undiscovered by anyone.

Until one day, she happened to overhear two boys whispering.

Their conversation was about some rumors concerning Gu Panyan.

Peng Yan immediately became agitated, her face flushing with excitement.

She didn't doubt the truth of their words for a moment. After all, what kind of decent girl would turn out like Gu Panyan!

She hadn't originally planned to get revenge on Gu Panyan, but this hearsay sparked something in her.

At the time, Peng Yan wasn't afraid that Gu Panyan would come after her.

There were so many people spreading the rumors, the law wouldn't punish the masses, right? That woman couldn't possibly go after everyone individually, could she?

But what she never expected was that, just the next day, Gu Panyan showed up at her door.

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