Chapter 10

The End of the Main Story

The first time he saw Song Mian, his heart gave an involuntary leap.

Her cool, beautiful face and permanently top-ranked grades were certainly enough to draw attention.

No wonder everyone the group had sent after her had failed.

They said she was hard to approach.

But he thought she was nothing special.

All he had to do was lower himself, look pitiful, and pretend he belonged to the same social class. Her sympathy would be easy to win.

Winning her over had been so easy that he suddenly found it boring.

Then he realized everyone in the group was jealous that he alone had gained her favor. And it became tremendous fun again.

So on the first night he slept with Song Mian, he photographed her coming out of the bathroom.

He spent ages choosing. Every photograph was irresistibly alluring, and suddenly he didn’t quite want to share them. In the end, he picked the most modest one.

[That’s our Shen. What’s the ice queen like? Let us have a taste too.]

[Shen’s really taking one for the team. Seducing the star student to avenge his childhood sweetheart.]

[Ruthless. Telling her he’s got cancer right before the college entrance exam. Her eyes have been red for days.]

The last message irritated him a little.

Ever since Song Mian had said, “I can support you someday,” something had felt wrong inside him.

Any pair of shoes he owned cost more than every item in her wardrobe put together. How could he possibly need her to support him?

How much could she earn?

Fine. She was so pitiful. He wouldn’t deceive her before the entrance exam after all.

Afterward, he’d break up with her and tell her the truth. Maybe she could forgive him.

So he answered the group: [I’ll dump her after the exam.]

What he hadn’t expected was that Song Mian would find the cancer report he’d thrown away.

She cried and hugged him as though he were her whole world.

His heart raced out of control for several seconds. Somehow, he found himself admitting he was sick.

Song Mian skipped classes for him. Her grades kept dropping.

Zhao Mingzhu and everyone in the group praised his methods. All he felt was mounting irritation.

The closer the entrance exam came, the harder it was to breathe through that restless dread.

The day before the exam, he was struggling with how he should confess to Song Mian afterward.

With his family background, he could support her even if she did terribly.

He was about to share his worries in the group when he saw something so terrifying that he would never forget it for the rest of his life.

[That bastard! What does he have apart from a pretty face? Why the hell did Mianmian fall for him?]

[Mianmian sold her apartment for him! It was the only thing her mother left her!]

[Shameless bastard, seducing Mianmian! Li Changqing, have you told her the truth or not?]

[Fuck! You idiot, wrong group! Shen Zhuo’s in here! Delete those!]

The messages were withdrawn one by one.

Only one thought filled his head: Song Mian knew the truth, yet she’d sold her mother’s apartment for his lie.