I'm the Most Innocent One

Just as Luo Lianqing stood rooted to the spot, her feelings tangled and at something of a loss.

Wen Ce, who stood among the crowd, seemed to suddenly sense her gaze and turned to look over.

Something resembling tenderness suddenly appeared in his previously expressionless eyes.

Wen Ce spotted Luo Lianqing standing in the distance. It was also the break between classes, and there were probably classes upstairs; he could already hear people coming down.

He glanced around at the still-bewildered crowd before finally looking at Qin Yanran. "Don't do things like this again. I really don't need your help that much, and you didn't actually help, did you? Go get checked at the infirmary."

With that, he prepared to leave, ignoring everyone's varied looks.

As he passed Lin Fan, Lin Fan caught his arm and whispered, "Little Wen, how about you take Yanran to the infirmary after all...?"

Otherwise, once word of today got out, who knew how many people would curse Little Wen?

But Wen Ce shook his head. "No, I have something else to do. There are so many of you. Can't you take one person there?"

"Wen Ce..." Qin Yanran, who had remained pale and silent all this time, spoke up, her body trembling. Her voice was so quiet that he might not have heard her if he hadn't been standing beside her. "Could you take me to the infirmary?"

Wen Ce frowned. He didn't understand how Qin Yanran's mind worked. He had rejected her repeatedly, and this time he hadn't spared her feelings at all. Why was she still so persistent?

Just as he was about to speak, Luo Lianqing, who had been standing at the corner, walked over. "What are you all gathered here for?"

"Miss, Yanran twisted her ankle because of Wen Ce," Qin Yanran's roommate said, glaring at Wen Ce when she saw Luo Lianqing arrive.

"Hey!" Lin Fan protested. "What do you mean, because of Wen Ce? What does this have to do with Little Wen?"

"Did Wen Ce push her?" Luo Lianqing asked with a frown.

Qin Yanran quickly shook her head. "No."

Her injured foot had already begun to tremble, and her face was terribly pale.

Unable to bear the sight, Luo Lianqing said, "Take off your heels first, then hurry to the infirmary."

But Qin Yanran said nothing, still stubbornly looking at Wen Ce.

The others present, who had originally been hoping to watch some drama, began murmuring among themselves.

Wen Ce hadn't wanted to go in the first place. Now that Luo Lianqing was here, there was even less chance of him going.

Without looking at Qin Yanran, he simply said to Luo Lianqing, "Miss, I need you to approve a leave slip retroactively."

"Wen Ce, you're heartless!" The light in Qin Yanran's eyes dimmed completely, and her roommate launched straight into a tirade. "Anyone who likes you is really unlucky. Are you planning to stay a bachelor your whole life?"

Wen Ce glanced irritably at the girl's contorted face. He had originally spared them some dignity with his words, but he was thoroughly fed up with them making a scene in front of Luo Lianqing. "Whether I stay a bachelor has nothing to do with you. Liking me is pretty unlucky, so nobody asked any of you to like me. Besides, I don't think you have any standing to say any of this. Don't give me that 'for my roommate' nonsense. I'm not going to indulge you throwing a tantrum from the moral high ground."

His gaze was cold. If he remembered correctly, this girl had also sent him ambiguous messages for a while, but he hadn't replied to a single one.

And he wasn't the only person she had messaged. She seemed to have flirted with Lin Fan before, too.

But although Lin Fan talked a big game, his standards were actually extremely high, and he had politely turned her down as well.

The way she stood beside Qin Yanran now, using the incident to make a scene, was hideous.

"No, this really doesn't have much to do with Wen Ce. Come on, Yanran, we'll take you to the infirmary." Seeing the crowd of onlookers growing, Lin Fan hurriedly reached out to support Qin Yanran, who had begun to cry.

She glanced at Wen Ce again, then at Luo Lianqing beside him, before finally leaving with Lin Fan.

Before leaving, she also gently shook off her roommate's hand.

The girl looked rather upset, but she followed anyway. As she left, her eyes were red, as though she might cry at any moment.

Wang Meng, who had started it all: ... Things had developed far beyond his expectations. He should have been the main character, yet he felt as if he had suddenly watched a whole drama unfold.

"Miss, should we go back to your office to fill out the leave slip?" Wen Ce paid no attention to what anyone else thought. They were about to graduate anyway, and he had never cared about other people's opinions to begin with.

Luo Lianqing gave him a look, her gaze somewhat complicated, then jogged a few steps and called to Lin Fan, "Call me if anything happens. Call even if everything's fine."

Lin Fan answered, "All right, Miss!"

Luo Lianqing sighed, glanced at Wang Meng, who stood motionless on the stairs, then looked at Wen Ce. "You two, come with me."

At that moment, Wen Ce suddenly felt that Luo Lianqing really seemed like a teacher now.

The two obediently followed behind Luo Lianqing, neither saying a word until they entered the office.

Luo Lianqing picked up her cup and took a sip of water, then turned to look at them. "Whatever issues you have, discuss them here in the office. Do you need me to step out?"

"There's no issue anymore, Miss," Wang Meng said without hesitation. "I was thinking about it the wrong way before. I may have had some misunderstandings about Wen Ce."

With emotional intelligence like this, those girls probably really were nursing one-sided feelings. He couldn't be blamed for that...

Though Wang Meng still couldn't understand how anyone could fall for someone as... as strange as Wen Ce.

Wen Ce: ...

He gave Wang Meng an expressionless glance, then looked at Luo Lianqing with a gentle gaze.

Had anyone noticed, they would have had to praise how well he had mastered Sichuan face-changing.

Luo Lianqing glanced at Wang Meng, then turned to Wen Ce. Meeting his gentle gaze, her heartbeat briefly lost its rhythm, but she still asked, "Wen Ce, do you have anything to say?"

"No. I'm completely innocent in all of this." Wen Ce sighed. "It really had nothing to do with me."

Wang Meng nodded. "That's true."

Luo Lianqing looked at them both. "Then I hope nothing like today happens again. Can you manage that?"

"Yes. Next time, I won't go out with him," Wen Ce said without hesitation.

"I definitely won't ask him to come out again either," Wang Meng added.

Luo Lianqing waved a hand. "That's fine, then. I don't have any long-winded lecture for you, either. You're university students; you know where things stand. If there's nothing else, head back."

Both of them voiced their assent.

After standing there for a while, Wen Ce looked at Wang Meng, who hadn't moved from his side. "Do you need something?"

"No. I saw you hadn't left either..." Wang Meng said.

No wonder your girlfriend ran off, Wen Ce thought. How on earth did he get into this university and end up at the same school as me?

"I need to fill out a leave slip. Besides, we're not close enough to leave together, are we?" Wen Ce sounded rather speechless.

"Oh," Wang Meng said, then added, "I'll be going, then, Miss."

Seated in her chair, Luo Lianqing waved him off.

Wang Meng didn't close the door when he left, but now only the two of them remained in the office.

For a moment, neither spoke.

Until Luo Lianqing took out a leave slip and placed it in front of Wen Ce. "Fill it out."