Song Zeqian's voice came through: "No."
"Impossible. I clearly heard it, it was a woman's voice!"
Rong Yue thought of the woman who had crawled into bed that night.
She didn't believe that her upright and honorable cousin would lose control after drinking and easily sleep with a woman.
Her cousin must have been seduced!
At the time, she heard that the woman hadn't come forward to admit it, so she didn't continue investigating.
Otherwise, given her temper, she would have driven that bad woman out of the house and ruined her reputation!
Could it be that woman had come back?
Song Zeqian: "Watching a video."
There was a moment of silence outside the door.
Rong Yue's face flushed bright red.
Her cold, aloof, and dignified cousin, who was stern with everyone, was watching a video early in the morning, and she had caught him at it?
People care most about saving face.
She had spoken so loudly just now; would her cousin be angry with her and seek revenge?
The more she thought about it, the more guilty she felt.
"Sorry to bother you, then... you go ahead." Rong Yue's voice wavered. "I'll go eat breakfast first."
The sound of hurried footsteps faded away.
Lin Yingyue finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Rong Yue was spoiled and had a terrible temper. If she had been caught, there would have been a huge uproar.
"Thank you..."
She had just turned around to thank Song Zeqian.
But she saw Song Zeqian throw off the covers and get up. The morning light outlined his lean waistline and...
Lin Yingyue's gaze inadvertently swept over a certain area, and she instantly froze, jerking her face away as if burned.
Why was he wandering around without clothes on! At least put on some pants!
Song Zeqian began to dress himself as if no one else was there.
His long, slender fingers felt for the buttons on his shirt, buttoning them one by one.
His pitch-black eyes were covered in a layer of mist, filled with grievance.
If one ignored the triumphant smile at the corner of his lips...
"My reputation is ruined now. You have to take responsibility."
Lin Yingyue's face flushed red with anxiety. Was this guy childish or what? He was the one who got his way and then blamed her first!
"It was you yesterday... who got me trapped in the room."
"I just did what Baby likes."
"What I like?" Lin Yingyue pointed at herself, bewildered. "Me?"
"That's right."
"Then I don't want it anymore."
Thinking about last night, she was still shaken.
Song Zeqian kept his promise and didn't go all the way.
But he still tossed and turned her relentlessly.
She couldn't understand how anyone could have so much energy.
The morning light fell on Song Zeqian's cold, pale profile, his brows and eyes deep, his thin lips slightly pursed.
Lin Yingyue suddenly felt a highly aggressive gaze land on her.
"No way." He looked up at her, his eyes chilly.
"If I don't satisfy you, what if you go find someone else?"
Lin Yingyue: "?"
She wasn't that sexually repressed, was she?
She still had school, so Lin Yingyue didn't think twice. She pulled open the door and walked out.
The hallway was quiet; Rong Yue must have already gone downstairs.
She quickened her pace towards the stairwell.
"Lin Yingyue?"
Rong Yue's voice came from behind.
Lin Yingyue paused in her steps and turned around.
Rong Yue walked out from the corner, looking at her suspiciously.
Her gaze swept over her—especially the faint red mark on her neck.
"Isn't your room over there?" Rong Yue pointed in the opposite direction. "Why are you coming out from here? You're not..."
Lin Yingyue said calmly:
"Oh, I switched rooms. The lighting in the previous one wasn't great. This one is bigger, with a south-facing window, so it's brighter."
Rong Yue nodded, half-understanding.
She vaguely felt something was off, but couldn't put her finger on it.
"I see..."
Lin Yingyue took the chance to head downstairs: "I'm going to eat breakfast first. I'm almost late."
Rong Yue stood there, watching her figure disappear around the corner of the stairs, her brow slowly furrowing.
Switched rooms?
Why hadn't anyone told her?
Lin Yingyue went to the school track field early in the morning.
She had signed up for the long-distance running competition last time and needed to train now.
Su Xiaoxiao spotted her from afar and happily came over to greet her.
"Yueyue, your new sneakers are so pretty!"
"Of course they are!"
Lin Yingyue couldn't help but show off, dragging Su Xiaoxiao around a few more times.
These were a gift from Song Zeqian. He had somehow gotten a whole display case full of shoes.
A crowd was gathered around the track ahead, doing something unknown.
Lin Yingyue was about to go around them when she heard a loud slap.
Through the dense crowd, she saw Zhao Shuyuan holding her head high with an arrogant look.
A bright red handprint was starkly visible on Jiang Wu's small face, and she was looking up at Zhao Shuyuan with a stubborn expression.
Zhao Shuyuan sneered.
"Jiang Wu, do you think Young Master Xing would like your cheap, poor smell? You're always hanging around him, don't tell me you're trying to marry into a wealthy family?"
Xing Wu was the Student Union President, one of the Campus F4, handsome and mysterious.
In her clique, there was an aristocratic girl who had been fawning over Xing Wu for a long time but still couldn't become his girlfriend.
So when Xing Wu sent Jiang Wu home a few times, Zhao Shuyuan's clique took notice of Jiang Wu.
They didn't know it was all because of a bet.
The classmates nearby burst into laughter.
"She's one of G University's F4, a distinguished young master. Impoverished students like her would have to line up just to be his mistress!"
Jiang Wu's eyes were red, filled with tears of humiliation.
"I just want to study hard. I've never thought about any of this!"
Zhao Shuyuan still wouldn't let it go.
"Good, as long as you don't have any ideas. If I find out you're thinking of something you shouldn't, it won't be this simple next time."
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