Still thoughtfully the smallest size.
Shi Liaoliao: “”
Not going for civil service exams is truly a waste, even knowing my zodiac year, specifically sending red.
Wanwan showed her big front teeth, eyes narrowed into a line, laughing unrestrainedly: [Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha my heavens]
Shi Liaoliao remained silent for a moment, casually tossing the bothersome packaging box into the trash bin, thinking to put the festive fabric into her bag, which could also provide a negligible protective effect for the vase.
Just about to do this—
“Brother Shi!”
A familiar voice came from behind, Shi Liaoliao immediately panicked, hearing the footsteps getting closer, she startled and stuffed that piece of fabric into her pocket.
“Why haven’t you gone back yet.”
Returning to an expressionless state, she calmly turned around, showing no abnormality on her face.
Wen Xiaoliang stood behind her holding two large shopping bags.
“I bought some snacks to share with my classmates, speaking of which, what are you doing here facing the trash bin?”
Shi Liaoliao calmly said: “I’m throwing something away.”
Without suspicion, Wen Xiaoliang nodded: “Brother Shi, are you going back? Let’s go together, I’m taking a taxi to Saint Dun Academy.”
She nodded: “Yes, let’s go.”
Walking side by side, Wen Xiaoliang carefully glanced at Brother Shi who was as tall as him, couldn’t help but curiously ask: “Brother, is that young master from the Lu family easy to get along with?”
Hearing him mention Lu Yanzhou, Shi Liaoliao remained silent for a moment.
Was Lu Yanzhou easy to get along with?
The answer was no.
But now, thinking of Lu Yanzhou curled up by the wall, tea-brown eyes filled with restraint and fear, yet pretending to be calm asking her to say something, Shi Liaoliao imperceptibly curled her lips.
“…Alright.”
…
After sending Wen Xiaoliang off, Shi Liaoliao hurried back to the school without delay, not going to the A area first, but turning around and running to the F area.
Standing under the dormitory building she had inquired about beforehand, Shi Liaoliao walked up, reported to the dorm supervisor, and directly went to the second floor, knocking on the door.
After a long while, the door was opened, that person with messy red hair glared at Shi Liaoliao with a sleepy face.
“This is for you.”
Shi Liaoliao shoved the packed meal into his arms.
Red hair: ?
“As payment, be a witness.”
…
In the D area, in the public game room, several boys gathered playing table games.
“Hey, Lu Yanzhou’s sissy manservant, said to give ten thousand and gave ten thousand hahaha, that look you didn’t see, maybe it was just a misunderstanding at the dance that day, Lu Yanzhou just wanted to show off, actually doesn’t care about that sissy.”
The man who initially made Shi Liaoliao compensate for the watch suddenly brought up the topic, causing others to laugh.
“That dead sissy looks quite pretty, he must have entered Saint Dunstan by shaking his butt and serving Lu Yanzhou well in bed.”
“Can’t tell, thought he was a clean-living person, secretly messing with men, really disgusting, dead homosexual.”
Compared to Lu Yanzhou’s status as the sole heir, he was actually a bastard child in the family, the most inconspicuous one in a prosperous lineage.
Thinking of Lu Yanzhou, usually lofty and unapproachable, doing such disgusting things, he vented, constantly muttering, as if saying more would make Lu Yanzhou expelled from the Lu family tomorrow.
Just about to say more, the door suddenly opened, a head peeked in.
“Hey, Wu Zi! Someone’s looking for you!”
Wu Zi, the guy who had just cursed at Shi Liaoliao, looked up impatiently. “Who is it?”
The messenger’s expression was rather interesting.
“Go down and see for yourself.”
When Wu Zi came down with a face full of impatience and saw Shi Liaoliao, he froze in shock.
Shi Liaoliao waved her hand. “Hi.”
“You—”
Wu Zi had barely started speaking when, in the next second—
Shi Liaoliao pulled out a vase, dashed forward in a flash, bent her knees slightly, and leaped!
Without hesitation, she smashed the vase against Wu Zi’s head.
The crisp sound of shattering porcelain mixed with a few drops of bright red blood as they fell.
Wu Zi, his head cracked open, was completely stunned.
He reached up in disbelief, touching his head covered in shards, then shouted with reddened eyes, “Are you fucking crazy?!”
Shi Liaoliao stood there holding only the neck of the vase, her face full of heartache. “This was the young master’s vase. How could you break it?”
Wu Zi was utterly shocked by her.
“What nonsense are you talking? You’re the one who hit me! Help—mmph—”
Before he could finish shouting while clutching his head, Shi Liaoliao swiftly pulled out her Height-Increasing Shoe Insoles and stuffed them into his mouth.
The red-haired guy nearby: “…”
Watching Wu Zi helplessly clawing at his throat, Shi Liaoliao sneered coldly.
“Go ahead, shout. Once the whole world comes running, I’ll tell everyone how you extorted 100,000 yuan from the Lu family with a broken watch.”
Wu Zi spat out the insoles and stubbornly retorted, “You… what evidence do you have?!”
Shi Liaoliao waved her hand grandly. “Evidence, come here.”
The red-haired guy walked over with a resigned expression, giving her a disdainful look along the way.
Seeing him, Shi Liaoliao noticed that this big, burly D-rank guy actually showed fear toward the F-ranked red-haired brother.
This was an unexpected discovery…
“I’m the evidence, you big oaf.”
The red-haired guy flashed Wu Zi an arrogant grin.
The latter shrank back, his neck trembling.
“You… how much do you want…”
Realizing she was deliberately framing him, Wu Zi stopped playing any tricks after seeing the red-haired guy and instead put on an act of paying to clear his name.
Shi Liaoliao didn’t bother overthinking it; as long as her goal was achieved, it was fine.
“Five hundred thousand.”
Wu Zi blurted out, “You’re dreaming!!”
Shi Liaoliao glanced down at the shattered vase fragments on the ground.
Three hundred yuan, right there.
“This vase is worth a lot. I’m giving you a discount by asking for only five hundred thousand. How about we call an appraiser to verify it, or maybe I’ll bring my young master—”
“I’ll pay! I’ll pay, okay?!”
Hearing Lu Yanzhou’s name, Wu Zi immediately pulled out his phone.
Watching the 500,000 yuan transfer come through and Wu Zi limping toward the infirmary, then glancing at the rows of people hiding behind the windows watching the spectacle, Shi Liaoliao turned and left with the red-haired brother.
“Send me your account number. I’ll split it with you, half and half.”
Shi Liaoliao said to the red-haired brother.
The red-haired guy looked at her disdainfully. “I don’t want your extortion money.”
Shi Liaoliao argued, “How is it extortion? That was—”
“A counterfeit. Good enough to fool an amateur.”
The red-haired guy pushed her head away as she leaned in. When his fingers touched her soft cheek, he thought it felt pretty good and casually gave it a stroke. Before he could speak again, a male voice suddenly came from not far away—
“Shi Liaoliao.”
Shi Liaoliao and the red-haired guy looked toward the source of the voice.
Lu Yanzhou, standing at the forefront surrounded by a group of people, was watching her with arms crossed.
Though his lips still held the usual faint smile, Shi Liaoliao inexplicably felt his gaze seemed somewhat cold.
“Master.”
She stepped forward, walking toward him under the scrutiny of the crowd—their eyes filled with curiosity, examination, or other meanings.
[Your Majesty, your servant is coming to attend to you and your harem]
Lu Yanzhou glanced indifferently at the red-haired guy who was staring straight at him, thinking: attend? How exactly?
Attend by pinching my face?
Seeing Lu Yanzhou’s less-than-pleased expression and recalling how she had just used his name to intimidate others, Shi Liaoliao felt a bit guilty.
“Clean your face. It’s dirty.”
His voice was extremely calm.
Shi Liaoliao reached for her handkerchief, pulled it out, and wiped her face, wondering if she had gotten something on it while fighting earlier?
Lost in thought, she suddenly noticed with eerie clarity that the crowd seemed to have quieted down.
Everyone’s gaze now looked as if they had seen a ghost.
Shi Liaoliao was puzzled, about to ask if there was a ghost standing behind her. Then, catching a glimpse of red fabric near her face in her peripheral vision, she belatedly realized something and froze completely.
A bright red men’s underwear was now clutched in her hand, swaying in the breeze—