The students around them began to look a little confused.
"Did Luo Bai really fall on his own?"
"I'd say that's probably it. I told you Luo Bai was such a fake, such a green tea, but nobody believed me..."
"Luo Bai never said Luo Beishi pushed him. Wasn't it that girl beside him saying all that?"
"That girl with the crooked mouth started pinning the blame on someone else without even knowing the truth..."
The more the crooked-mouthed girl heard, the more wrong it sounded. Why was everyone starting to point fingers at her? She didn't understand. She had clearly been helping Luo Bai, so how had she become the worst person here?
Seeing that boy getting ready to call the police, she suddenly grew anxious. Had Luo Beishi really not pushed Luo Bai?
And she had clearly been helping Luo Bai, yet Luo Bai hadn't said a word, keeping himself out of it? So, in the end, had she been used as a pawn? Fine, Luo Bai! She finally saw him for what he was!
The crooked-mouthed girl simply let go of Luo Bai. With nothing to support his weight, Luo Bai was caught unprepared this time and toppled toward the corridor railing, hitting his head.
The impact left Luo Bai dazed. He sat on the floor, clutching his head in pain. "Hiss..."
"Sorry, I only let go. You fell that way yourself. It has nothing to do with me. If you don't believe me, you can check the surveillance footage too. And Luo Beishi, I'm sorry!" After saying her piece and apologizing to Luo Beishi, the crooked-mouthed warrior left without looking back.
Everyone around them was left stunned. They hadn't expected that girl to get so furious that she would turn against him outright.
On second thought, it made sense. She had helped Luo Bai only to get criticized, while Luo Bai refused to explain and stood there like an idiot. Anyone would get angry. They didn't dare go over to help him up either, in case Luo Bai tried to scam them.
Someone had taken out their phone and recorded Luo Bai and Luo Beishi's confrontation, planning to secretly post it on the forum once they got back. How could they pass up sharing something this interesting with the whole school?
"Let's go, let's go. Thanks, man. There's no need to call now. If Luo Bai needs the police himself, let him call."
"No problem. Come find me next time you need help." The male student who had offered to call the police had put up with that white lotus Luo Bai for a long time.
He didn't understand why most of the boys and girls at school seemed blind, unable to see that Luo Bai was a green tea and a white lotus who loved putting on an act. By comparison, although Luo Beishi had a sharp tongue, he found him fairly tolerable.
Luo Beishi didn't linger either. Watching Luo Bai perform was actually quite entertaining. His tricks might be old, but they could win people's sympathy.
Back in his car, Luo Beishi was in a good mood. "Tongtong, that counts as face-slapping too, right?"
"Yes, host. You earned one face-slapping point this time. It has already been deposited into your account. You can save it until the main villain is about to wake up and use it to restore his muscle groups, so he won't need to spend time on rehabilitation."
Luo Beishi said, "I told you you were his system, but you wouldn't believe me."
The system said, "Host, it can't be helped. Whoever is the biggest villain benefits the most. By the way, host, your classmate just uploaded this incident to the school forum."
Luo Beishi started the car. "Oh, Tongtong, can you permanently pin that post for me so they can't delete it?"
"Of course, host. Tongtong will get right on it."
Luo Beishi marveled that calling it a system really didn't do it justice. He might as well call it a cheat. This sort of advanced technology made it far too convenient for him to get up to no good.
Luo Beishi arrived home a little over ten minutes later than usual that day.
"Hubby, I'm home... Something came up on the way today and delayed me a little. You're not angry, are you?"
As Luo Beishi spoke, he carefully fed Huo Cixiao some nutritionally balanced liquid food.
Huo Cixiao still retained his ability to swallow, so he could be given appropriate amounts of water and some liquid food.
Huo Cixiao: "..." Am I your boss? Reporting to me every day.
And could you stop telling me every little thing? Annoying. Hmph, who knows if you went to see Huo Cifeng on the way.
He had known before that there was a boy who pursued Huo Cifeng with extreme fervor. Thinking back now, that boy's surname had also been Luo. Combined with what A Hu had said, it had to be his bargain wife.
"Hubby... Let me tell you, something pretty funny happened today..." Luo Beishi told Huo Cixiao all about his encounter with Luo Bai that day.
Huo Cixiao: "..." Childish, but not bad. My bargain wife isn't that stupid. At least he won't get bullied.
"Hubby, the shareholders' meeting is tomorrow. I'll have the bodyguards take me there... As for the result, I'll tell you when I get back."
Luo Beishi sounded so mysterious that Huo Cixiao badly wanted to know just what his bargain wife was up to. Is it so hard to tell me now? You just have to wait until tomorrow! I'm in a vegetative state. It's not like I can tell anyone! Why are you even keeping your guard up around me?
Besides, isn't my bargain wife doing this for me? Yet he's keeping it from me too. Honestly... Hmph.
"All right, hubby, you did great today too. You were good and ate your food. Some other people in a vegetative state can't even swallow and need feeding tubes and things... You've got it pretty good."
Huo Cixiao: "..." So I'm pretty lucky? Not only did I get a wife, but I have a wife to feed me too. Ha-ha.
"What do you think I should wear to storm the shareholders' meeting tomorrow?" Luo Beishi moved the rocking chair beside the bed and lay down. Since he hadn't changed clothes yet, he didn't want to get into bed. He kept feeling that he would bring germs onto it.
Huo Cixiao: "..." As long as my bargain wife doesn't go naked, he'll be giving me plenty of face.
Luo Beishi, who no longer needed to study, took out his phone and started scrolling through videos. This felt wonderful: having money and feeling like he could retire whenever he wanted. It would be even better if he didn't have to go to school.
With a net worth of over a hundred million, youth, and no need to fail any exams in the future, Luo Beishi felt that those few things alone already put him at the pinnacle of life.
His golden finger gave him great strength, so work was easy, and he could even cop a feel of a handsome man from time to time...
This is life! Luo Beishi turned to look at Huo Cixiao's profile. Such a handsome... money-tree husband.
"Tongtong, aren't we supposed to slap faces? Since I have nothing else to do, and my finance knowledge is solid now, send me all the Luo Family company's financial records so I can see whether they've been evading taxes... Hehe."
"Host, you're so naughty!"
"What's wrong with repaying my money-tree husband a little? If he wakes up someday and is in a good mood, he might give me a bigger share when we divorce. Then I'll have villas, cruise ships, private jets... everything I could want!"
At the thought of all this, Luo Beishi couldn't help smiling. He was used to being poor. Now that he had money, he wanted even more things.
Before he got married, his biological parents hadn't liked him... Although his adoptive parents had raised him on the surface, in reality, they had been stingy, refusing to give him even an extra dime. Many of his clothes had faded from wear, and they had even taken the money he earned from part-time jobs to spend on Luo Bai...
Yet outsiders still thought he was overbearing and bullied Luo Bai... In truth, his former self had merely been controlled by the plot, a firecracker ready to go off, and Luo Bai had set him up many times...
If not for what had happened at noon, he wouldn't even have thought of getting revenge little by little... He really had Luo Bai to thank for the reminder.