Chapter 1

Chapter 1

I looked at the bank card in front of me, my mind going blank for a moment.

I could only raise my head like a helpless, honest person, with a dazed expression.

“Huh?”

My mind was full of the School Beauty’s coyness when she mentioned him.

“Oh, the love between us rich kids is something you wouldn’t understand. Brother Xiyan likes me, and I like him, but we’re both too proud. Whoever speaks first loses.”

“If you bully me, he’ll definitely feel heartbroken and come to protect me!”

Looking at Lin Xiyan in front of me, I asked blankly, “I bullied her, and you’re not angry?”

Lin Xiyan clicked his tongue.

“What’s there to be angry about? It’s great, okay? You have no idea how annoying she is. Just a couple of days ago, she climbed through my window in the middle of the night to bring me some love snack. Scared me to death. I said I didn’t want it, but she forced it into my mouth, and I had diarrhea all night.”

Although Li Yuwei usually has a serious princess complex, to be fair, she hasn’t done anything excessive to me.

She even generously gave me 660,000 yuan.

Taking someone’s money means helping them avoid trouble. I felt I needed to properly play the villainess supporting role and help this ill-fated relationship along.

So I wiped the sweat from my forehead and sneered.

“You’re not even going to ask why I bullied her? I’ll tell you the truth: I’m jealous that she’s rich, pretty, has good grades, and is popular. Do you still think it’s great now?”

Lin Xiyan gave me a thumbs up again.

“As expected, a gentleman is open and at ease, while a schemer is constantly worried. Such dark thoughts, and you just blurt them out. You’re really something.”

Me: “…”

Lin Xiyan folded his arms and looked me up and down, as if pondering something.

“Xu Jiajia, I really admire you. How about this: from now until graduation, you pretend to be my girlfriend so Li Yuwei stops bothering me. You name your price for the trouble. What do you say?”

After parting with Lin Xiyan, I went home with two bank cards in my pocket, feeling uneasy.

I had already secretly checked at an ATM: the two cards together had 1.54 million yuan, an astronomical figure I’d never seen in my life.

I never imagined my life would be this thrilling.

On one hand, pretending to be a villainess, becoming the love wingman for the beautiful School Beauty.

On the other hand, pretending to be a rumored girlfriend, becoming the single bodyguard for the perpetually single School Bully.

I’m only in high school to get into college, so how did I suddenly become a double agent? Skr skr.

But after the excitement, I calmed down again.

Being a double agent, is that easy?

When the truth comes out, I’ll be beaten up twice over.

Not to mention Li Yuwei, just looking at Lin Xiyan’s 187 cm muscular build,

if he punches me twice, I might just die with a smile on my lips.

Early the next morning, I got up with dark circles under my eyes, deciding to return the money for my own safety.

But as soon as I entered the classroom, I was surrounded by a few people.

I attend a famous private school with a good environment, strong teachers, and high tuition.

For the sake of its college admission rate, the school annually recruits some top-performing students, waiving their tuition and giving them scholarships.

I’m one of them.

At the time, I thought it was great, thinking I was on a flowery path, but I ended up becoming a nobody at school.

My classmates are all from very wealthy families, and they’ve watched too many idol dramas, forming cliques. They don’t even respect the teachers, let alone a poor nobody like me with no background.

On top of that, I look like an honest person, and these teenagers, as if suffering from chuunibyou, bully me whenever they feel like it.

It’s like a class bonding activity.

“Hey, Jiajia’s here?”

My deskmate looked down at my shoes and said, “Didn’t I tell you? Wearing knockoffs is fine, but don’t wear the same style as me. Are you brain-damaged or deaf? I told you to change them, so why haven’t you?”

As soon as she finished, the sports rep said with a smirk, “We’ll talk about the shoes later. Come on, Xu Jiajia, I’ll take you somewhere nice.”

The deskmate glanced at him and asked, “Where? Not the boys’ bathroom, right? Eww~”

Everyone laughed as the sports rep picked me up like a chicken and started heading toward the boys’ bathroom.

I struggled wildly, but it was no use.

Damn, how could I forget that the sports rep is Li Yuwei’s dream guy?

If I’d known, I wouldn’t have been blinded by money and pretended to be the villainess.

As we got near the boys’ bathroom, I steeled myself and shouted:

“If you bully me again, I’ll have Lin Xiyan beat you up!”

The sports rep sneered, “As if Lin Xiyan cares whether you live or die.”

“Why wouldn’t he? He’s my boyfriend!”

The sports rep paused, then turned around, dragging me toward Class 2.

“Make way, make way, the School Bully’s girlfriend is here!”

He shouted nonsense, and everyone around turned to look.
Lin Xiyan was leaning against the lectern chatting with classmates,
when he saw me being hauled over, his brow furrowed, and he strode forward.
The PE monitor looked at him with ill intent.
“Lin Xiyan, Xu Jiajia says she’s your girlfriend. Did you know about that?”
I looked nervously at Lin Xiyan, afraid that after a nap he’d have changed his mind, thinking I was too embarrassing and unworthy of being his rumored girlfriend.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xiyan pulled me down, then raised his leg and kicked the PE monitor fast, hard, and accurately.
The PE monitor face-planted on the spot, flying two meters away, and couldn’t get up for a while.
“You knew she was my girlfriend and you still touched her? Have I been too nice to you?”
Lin Xiyan’s face darkened. He grabbed the PE monitor and punched him hard in the stomach again.
After that, he pointed at me and said to the PE monitor, “Apologize to my girlfriend.”
The PE monitor wouldn’t dare mess with Lin Xiyan, the rich heir.
He didn’t dare make a peep, and after clutching his stomach and catching his breath, he said with his tail between his legs, “Sorry.”
All eyes swiveled to me.
I took advantage of his power, walked over to Lin Xiyan with my chin up, looking cold and proud.
“I’ll let it slide this time. But next time you mess with me, believe me, Lin Xiyan will stab you to death.”
Lin Xiyan quickly leaned in and whispered in my ear, “That’s going too far, that’s going too far.”
“Yeah, after stabbing you, we’ll toss you in the sea to feed the sharks. That’s how we’ll do it.”
I nodded.
Lin Xiyan: “…”
Just then, a scream came from the hallway.
Li Yuwei ran over and grabbed Lin Xiyan’s arm, shaking it frantically.
“What did you say? What did you just say! Who’s your girlfriend? Lin Xiyan, make it clear: who exactly is your girlfriend!”
Lin Xiyan pushed me forward and said firmly, “Her.”
Then he winked at me madly, meaning I should quickly step in and act as his single-bodyguard.
Things had come to this; I was riding a tiger and couldn’t dismount. I had to brace myself and say to Li Yuwei, “Come on, let’s talk in private.”
With that, I led Li Yuwei to the rooftop, locked the door, then did a sliding kneel and hugged her thigh.
“Sis, let me explain.”
“Ahhhhhhhhh!”
Li Yuwei screamed, “Bad woman! Who told you to seduce Brother Xiyan! Believe it or not, I’ll stab you to death!”
Me: “That’s going too far, that’s going too far.”
Li Yuwei screamed again, her little fists pounding on my back.
“How is it going too far? It’s not, it’s not!”
“Sis, just listen to me first, okay?”
I grabbed her wrist,
“You’re just blinded by being in the situation. Look at you: a gorgeous, well-proportioned beauty. And look at me: a plain-looking four-eyed girl. Lin Xiyan isn’t blind; who do you think he’d pick?”
Li Yuwei calmed down, thought for a moment, and said uncertainly, “Me, I guess?”
“Why hesitate? It’s definitely you! The only reason he said I was his girlfriend was to provoke you. He just wants you to be more forward with him!”
Li Yuwei’s expression instantly turned from gloomy to sunny, her big eyes rolling around.
“Hmm, that makes sense. It’s just like in novels: I keep refusing to confess, so he finds a vicious supporting female character to provoke me. Hey, we as a couple think alike!”
Me: “…Yes, yes, that’s right. How else could you be such a perfect couple? So, what do you think you should do next?”
Li Yuwei thought for a moment and sighed.
“Sigh, if I have no choice, I’ll just confess. After all, I like Brother Xiyan.”
I said hurriedly, “No way, you absolutely cannot confess. You can’t even talk to him.”
If the two of them actually got together, who would I get to back me up?
Never mind anyone else, even the PE monitor’s revenge would be enough trouble for me.
As for the money they both gave me, I’ll return it after the college entrance exam.
Li Yuwei raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean?”
I said with feigned calm, “Love is like rice cake; the more you pound it, the chewier it gets. If you two get together so casually, it won’t be meaningful. You’ve got to go through some hardships for love to be solid.”
Li Yuwei nodded, signaling me to go on.
“I’ll sacrifice my reputation and play the vicious supporting female to the end. The more he sees me bullying you, the more anguished he’ll feel. The more anguished, the more he’ll love you. The more he loves you, the more twisted he’ll become. Then one day, boom! It’ll suddenly explode! He’ll grab you at the school gate, dip his head, and start kissing you forcefully!”
“Ahhhhhh-” Li Yuwei’s face turned red, screaming and stomping her feet.
“Then I’ll run away in tears, get hit by a car and end up in the hospital. He’ll kneel by my bedside and start a crazy wife-chasing crematorium!”
I gave her a thumbs-up. “Perfect.”