A moment later, Chen Yu finally reacted, letting out an involuntary scoff.
He gritted his teeth, about to speak, but the instructor had already entered the classroom. With everyone’s eyes still on him, he could only turn and sit down in his seat.
The instant he sat, his expression darkened all over again.
He could not hear the discussions happening among the other students, but he could see the messages pouring into the group chat with his buddies.
Wang Jie: 【No way she’s being serious, right?】
Zhao Zicheng: 【Serious about what? I think she’s just putting on a show】
Zhou Yimiao: 【This time she really went too far. There’s no way they can get back together now, right?】
Zhao Zicheng: 【Take a guess. How many days before she comes to apologize to Brother Yu?】
Wang Jie: 【Based on past experience, three days at most】
Zhao Zicheng: 【I say two days, and she’ll be the type with her eyes all swollen from crying】
Zhou Yimiao: 【I bet she won’t even make it through tonight】
…
Looking at the messages from Wang Jie and the others, Chen Yu’s expression improved slightly.
It really had always been like this. In the past, even if Cen Sui threw a tantrum, after he ignored her for a while, she would be the one who could not hold back. She would miss him, come to him with her face covered in tears, and beg him to make up.
His heart loosened a little. He thought that since she wanted to act out, then let her act.
Three days at most. That would be when she came crying to him to reconcile.
*
After saying they should break up, Cen Sui felt a rush of satisfaction.
She wanted to finish reading the Record of Treasures in one go, so she kept her head down and read through the entire class.
After class, she did not go straight home but returned to her dormitory instead.
She usually went back and forth. Whether she stayed in the school dormitory or went home depended entirely on her mood that day.
Cen Sui’s relationship with the other three girls in the dorm was neither good nor bad.
They did not talk much on a regular basis and generally existed in a state of mutual disregard. Cen Sui had no interest in them, and they, just like everyone else, would discuss Cen Sui’s affairs behind her back for fun whenever nothing else was happening.
When Cen Sui returned to the dorm, the three girls were already there.
Hearing the unmistakable sound of their conversation from behind the slightly ajar door, she stood outside without going in immediately.
Roommate One said, “Did Cen Sui take the wrong medicine today or what?”
Roommate Two let out a laugh. “I think she finally took the right medicine. The way she used to be was the real problem. Now she suddenly seems normal.”
Roommate Three said, “Did you guys not see the shocked look on everyone’s faces?”
Roommate One said, “But seriously, she is really beautiful. Cool and sharp and even sexy. And when she smiled and said she wanted to break up, and Chen Yu’s face turned green, I felt thrilled. It was so damn satisfying. Girls should be like that. Why should we grovel over those dog men? Just because they look decent, they think they can do whatever they want?”
Roommate Two said, “If she really woke up and dumped Chen Yu for good, honestly, I’d start liking her a little. A girl is most beautiful when she’s being her true self. Losing yourself and your personality over a man is just unacceptable.”
Roommate Three immediately poked a hole in that. “But don’t you criticize her happily all the time?”
Roommate Two clicked her tongue. “Tsk. Becoming a fan after being a hater. What do you know!”
Roommate One said, “I pray she really stops paying attention to that Chen Yu. Other than being handsome and having a bit of money at home, what is even good about him? He is seriously flirtatious and wild, yet so many girls like him. Ugh…”
Roommate Two said, “He acts that way precisely because girls like him and he never lacks a girlfriend. That is why he is such a scumbag. He is only playing around with Cen Sui. I heard he hardly ever spends time with her. He basically leaves her hanging, and his buddies are more important to him than she is.”
Roommate Three said, “Bros are like limbs, women are like clothes…”
When Cen Sui heard this, she did not stay there any longer. She reached out and pushed the door open.
The three roommates clearly did not expect her to return. They froze when they saw her and immediately shut their mouths.
After going quiet, they peeked at each other secretly, awkwardly wondering whether she had heard anything.
As for Cen Sui, she acted exactly as usual. She went to her bunk, hung up her bag, and sat down without saying a word.
Sitting at the desk, she pulled out her chair, opened the Record of Treasures, and continued reading, intending to finish the little bit that remained.
The three roommates watched her movements carefully, exchanging looks among themselves, thinking she probably had not heard anything.
The dorm stayed quiet for a while, then the three of them switched to another topic and chatted for a bit, bringing back a small wave of liveliness.
Cen Sui finished the remaining content of the Record of Treasures, and it was almost noon.
She closed the worn sheepskin book, placed it carefully in the drawer, locked it, then stretched her arms out as she gave a long, satisfying stretch.
After turning her chair slightly as she finished stretching, her gaze settled, and she suddenly met eyes with Roommate Two.
They looked at each other for a moment, neither of them looking away. The atmosphere immediately turned very awkward.
Roommate Two let out a dry laugh and asked, “Are you going too?”
Cen Sui had no idea what they were talking about, so she asked blankly, “What?”
Roommate Two regretted asking the moment the words left her mouth, but she still forced herself to continue. “The Su’an University Campus Singer Competition. It’s being held this afternoon at our school’s broadcasting hall. I heard it’s not bad. We were planning to go take a look.”
Cen Sui paused to process that, then let out an “Oh” and said, “Thank you, darling, but I have other things to do, so I won’t be going.”
Roommate One’s face instantly flushed at those words, and she hurried to respond, “It’s fine, it’s fine.”
Cen Sui looked at her, curious, and pointed out, “Your face is red.”
Roommate One said shyly, “You are too pretty.”
Cen Sui thought this girl was strangely cute.
The other two roommates quietly covered their foreheads.
*
Cen Sui did not go to the campus singer competition. She had no interest in it.
In her previous life, she had not gone either, but she later learned from the novel’s plot that Chen Yu and the female lead, Lin Yuxi, had their first encounter at this very competition, on the audience side of course.
Chen Yu and Lin Yuxi had a small moment of ambiguous friction, something that slipped them into each other’s world.
Later, through all kinds of coincidences, they met again. Their interactions grew increasingly ambiguous, enough to make one blush and feel their heart race. Gradually, amid all that subtle tension, Chen Yu developed real feelings for Lin Yuxi.
A very melodramatic case of a playboy turning over a new leaf.
The female lead became the most special presence in the male lead’s heart, someone who lingered in his thoughts and unsettled his soul, someone who made him restless and pulled him deeper and deeper in.
Because of the female lead, the male lead transformed from a carefree and emotionally detached combination into the ultimate loyal and devoted man.
And this kind of love story needed someone to serve as contrast. Cen Sui was that tool.
After Chen Yu developed real feelings for Lin Yuxi, he naturally and decisively dumped Cen Sui. In doing so, his scummy treatment of Cen Sui perfectly highlighted his supposed loyalty toward the female lead, Lin Yuxi.
Unable to withstand the emotional blow, the tool character Cen Sui blackened and targeted the female lead at every turn.
The male lead, Chen Yu, protected Lin Yuxi at all costs and repeatedly slapped Cen Sui in the face. Naturally, this created one scene after another of steadfast love stronger than gold, which eventually made Lin Yuxi give him her true heart.
From the female lead’s perspective, it was undeniably satisfying.
You are prettier than me, richer than me, and come from a better family, but the man you debase yourself for without limits treats me, not you, with boundless devotion. He slaps your face endlessly for my sake. The more twisted and desperate you become, the more it proves how deeply he loves me.
Tell me, is that infuriating or not?
After recalling the original plot, Cen Sui smiled slightly. To hell with that!