During the first few days of freshman orientation at A University, the campus forum was flooded with posts about handsome boys and beautiful girls.
According to rumors, this year’s freshmen were the highest-quality batch in years.
There were minor internet celebrities, wealthy heiresses from rich families, and naturally beautiful girls who had once been discovered by talent scouts.
Many posts excitedly declared that A University’s campus beauty rankings were about to undergo a complete reshuffle.
As for the School Heartthrob, however, no one dared to discuss replacing him.
After all, despite being caught in two scandals recently, his position as School Heartthrob remained universally acknowledged as completely unshakable.
Students were genetically predisposed to enjoy drama.
The more exciting, the better.
Ideally, people would start fighting, tearing each other apart on the forums until the sky darkened and the sun and moon lost their light.
Even students from the capital were no exception.
Under one of the hottest posts, someone even tagged Qin Yuan for entertainment.
Qin Yuan did not respond.
Instead, her followers—whether acting on their own initiative or under instructions—arrived one after another and openly mocked people using their main accounts.
They were all wealthy daughters from influential families.
When it came to throwing their weight around, they had never been afraid of anyone.
Before long, several of the most popular threads were marked as having been deleted by administrators.
Lin Xiaotian only learned about all of this after hearing her roommates discussing it.
Before then, she had not even known what the campus forum was.
Seeing her innocent and confused expression, her roommates found her even more adorable and personally taught her how to register an account.
Just then, a “looking for someone” post appeared on the homepage.
【A University Eddie Peng】:
“Looking for this freshman girl. She’s so pure and cute. She reminds me of my first love.”
【Photo】【Photo】
In the photos, a girl was carrying a backpack and raising her hand to shield her eyes from the sunlight.
She wore a simple white T-shirt and jeans.
Her face was full of youthful collagen, and when she smiled, a small dimple appeared on her cheek.
Even though her full face was not visible, her roommate immediately recognized the outfit.
“Wow!”
The roommate exclaimed excitedly.
“They’re looking for you! Our Xiaotian really is a little beauty!”
Thinking back to what had happened when she first entered campus, Lin Xiaotian’s cheeks immediately turned red.
She had never experienced anything like that before.
The moment she entered the university gates, she had been surrounded by people.
Many senior students had crowded around her, eagerly asking whether she needed help carrying her luggage.
Seeing her embarrassment, the roommate stopped teasing her and instead began showing everyone A University’s handsome-guy posts.
Just as boys liked looking at pretty girls, girls liked looking at handsome boys.
This roommate was a veteran forum surfer.
She had even compiled a collection of the school’s best-looking men.
While showing everyone the photos, she introduced each one and occasionally asked for opinions.
At first, Lin Xiaotian felt shy and reserved.
Before long, however, she had become just as excited as everyone else, her cheeks flushed pink.
“This one looks like that celebrity!”
“This one definitely looks like a top student.”
“This one’s so handsome!”
“This one is handsome too!”
“And this one—”
Looking at the familiar handsome face on the screen, Lin Xiaotian’s eyes widened.
The roommate assumed she had simply been stunned by his appearance and moved the screen closer.
“Handsome, right? This is Ming Jing, our university’s School Heartthrob for three consecutive years. Not only is he handsome, but he’s also rich. Seriously, life is unfair…”
She paused.
“Eh? Xiaotian, where are you going?”
“He’s not handsome at all!”
Throwing out that declaration, Lin Xiaotian jumped to her feet and stormed out.
Xiao Yao stared at the remaining two-digit balance in her bank account and fell into deep thought.
The system immediately began gloating again.
“Serves you right. Who told you to spend money so recklessly?”
Over the past month, Xiao Yao had become completely obsessed with self-care.
Without realizing it, she had nearly exhausted the original owner’s entire savings.
In this world, money was not everything.
But lacking money was absolutely unacceptable.
Xiao Yao considered finding a part-time job.
After browsing several listings online, she immediately gave up.
Too tiring.
Too difficult.
Too little pay.
Most importantly, working a normal job simply did not suit the image of a beautiful and vicious villain like herself.
Maybe she should resume the original owner’s previous work instead.
Just following people around and taking a few photographs could earn a large sum of money.
That kind of easy and profitable work suited her perfectly.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yao immediately logged into the original owner’s QQ account.
As expected, during the period when she had stopped accepting jobs in order to stalk the Male Lead, her private messages had piled up to overflowing.
Looking at the countless bright red notification dots, Xiao Yao felt as though she were seeing a crowd of walking banknotes running toward her.
Sitting upright before the computer, she began carefully screening them one by one.
Too much trouble? Rejected.
Too little pay? Rejected.
Too far away? Rejected.
Targets that looked too dangerous? Rejected.
By evening, she had finally selected the most suitable client.
【Stealing a Kiss from the Moon】:
“Sister Xiao Yao, my boyfriend and I are in a long-distance relationship. I attend H University, while he attends A University.”
“We’ve been together for two years since graduating from high school. Our relationship has always been good, but recently he often ignores my messages. Sometimes he’ll even send me strange texts, and when I ask about them, he says he sent them to the wrong person. If I ask further, he accuses me of not trusting him.”
“We also share our locations through a couples app. He said he needed to work part-time during the holidays and couldn’t visit me, telling me to focus on preparing for my exams. But I keep seeing his location at shopping malls, cat cafés, and coffee shops.”
“Whenever I ask him about it, he insists he’s working, which leaves me feeling conflicted.”
“We had originally planned to get married after graduation, but with him acting like this, I feel very insecure.”
“I hate being kept in the dark. If he really is cheating, I hope there can be photographic evidence. Money is not an issue.”
After Xiao Yao replied, the young woman quickly transferred a substantial deposit along with the suspected cheater’s class schedule and basic information.
Judging from the photograph, he looked refined and scholarly.
At first glance, he even appeared like a model student.
But upon closer inspection, Xiao Yao noticed the puffiness in his features and the flirtatious look hidden in his eyes.
He was clearly not someone worthy of spending a lifetime with.
Seeing that the girl still harbored hope for the relationship, Xiao Yao refrained from commenting.
She simply replied with a confirmation and logged off.
The cheating boyfriend was a second-year student in A University’s School of Business.
If Xiao Yao remembered correctly, the Male Lead was also in the School of Business.
She wondered whether they knew each other.
Although she was a villain, she was a highly professional villain.
Once she accepted a commission, she always completed it seriously.
The next morning, she woke up early and took the subway to A University.
The university welcomed visitors from other schools who wished to observe and learn.
However, visitors had to register and verify their identities first.
When Xiao Yao removed her mask, she heard several people gasp nearby.
Someone even seemed to pull out a phone.
Fortunately, there were not many people at the entrance.
No one should have captured a clear photo of her face.
Putting her mask back on, Xiao Yao quickly entered the campus.
She dressed very simply that day.
Mixed among the crowds of students, she looked no different from anyone else.
Everyone was hurrying to class.
Following the flow of people, she located the Humanities Building using the campus signs.
The cheating boyfriend’s first class was there.
The lecture hall was enormous.
Even though class would not begin for another thirty minutes, many students had already arrived.
After confirming that none of them matched her target, Xiao Yao walked directly to the last row and sat down.
Before class began, more and more students filed into the room.
Her gaze swept across every face like a scanner.
Not this one.
Not that one either.
That one looked somewhat similar, but still not him.
The course appeared to be an elective.
Students from various majors were attending.
Before long, the entire classroom became noisy.
For some reason, nearly everyone chose seats near the front.
The highly desirable back rows remained surprisingly empty.
From the students seated in front of her, Xiao Yao overheard an excited conversation.
“It’s all your fault for oversleeping. We couldn’t get front-row seats.”
“Why blame me? You know this class is impossible to reserve seats for. People show up half an hour early.”
“Sigh, no comparison. Senior Ming’s classes really are popular…”
Senior Ming?
Xiao Yao immediately caught the keyword.
Before she could think further, a male student entered through the classroom door.
He looked refined and wore glasses.
His face perfectly matched the photograph sent by Stealing a Kiss from the Moon.
Someone had saved a seat for him.
He walked to the front row and sat down.
Afterward, he began chatting with the people beside him.
There were both men and women nearby, making it impossible to tell whether he was involved with anyone in particular.
Xiao Yao had little interest in attending class.
Besides, she had not eaten breakfast.
She decided to grab something to eat first and continue following him afterward.
Since she was seated in the last row, she stood up and quietly exited through the back door.
The moment she stepped outside, however, she collided with someone.
“Are you alright?”
“Sorry.”
Their voices overlapped.
Surprised, Xiao Yao looked up.
A handsome, gentle face entered her view.
Ming Jing stood there holding a stack of teaching materials.
His gaze paused briefly on her masked face before he smiled.
“Class is about to start.”
“Why are you running out?”