She might be rich now, but that didn’t mean she was out of danger.
Thinking about this, she realized she needed to modify the RV to protect herself from potential attacks.
Qin Muxue found a skilled modification expert at a repair shop and handed him her design drawings.
The expert took one look and furrowed his brow. “Little girl, this is an RV, not a tank. You really want to modify your RV like this? Would this even be legal to drive on the road?”
Young people these days just come up with random ideas—there was no way he could pull off a design like this.
“Is fifty thousand enough?” Seeing the expert’s reluctance, Qin Muxue resorted to the power of money.
“What did you say?” The expert thought he’d misheard and asked again in disbelief.
“I said I’ll give you fifty thousand. Please just help me modify the car like this. Hehe, and if I’m really satisfied with the result, there’ll be a bonus too.”
She flashed a grin, and the expert felt a little embarrassed.
“Also, I’ve already purchased all the systems that need to be installed. You just need to handle the installation. Do whatever you see fit with the rest. If the money isn’t enough, just tell me, and I’ll pay you.”
“Well… I’ll do my best to try!” The expert scratched his head awkwardly.
Fifty thousand could buy a decent new car. He could scavenge the modification materials from old vehicles—no matter how he calculated it, this was a profitable deal.
Moreover, the modifications on the blueprint looked like something out of a movie he’d seen, complete with security systems and defense systems. It was baffling.
“I’ll come pick it up in a while!”
Qin Muxue left the RV there for modification. Suddenly without transportation, she figured she might as well go next door and buy an electric scooter. Having a little donkey to ride around on would make things more convenient.
Ding Manman said the school’s graduation party was coming up soon. Even though Qin Muxue had taken a leave of absence, Manman still dragged her along to join in the fun.
Qin Muxue showed up wearing flip-flops, a cotton T-shirt, and baggy cargo pants, her hair a mess with no time to fix it.
From the crowd, that nauseating figure walked over again…
Sang Xi was dressed in pure white—a pristine white dress, her jet-black hair casually draped over her shoulders. With a flick of her hair, the eyes of the surrounding men were drawn to her. The moment she appeared, she became the center of everyone’s attention.
“The campus beauty lives up to her name—truly deserving of the title.”
At tonight’s graduation party, she would be performing a song for everyone.
Yan Xu, watching Sang Xi’s radiant appearance from afar, wanted to go pester her again. But Sang Xi had recently latched onto a rich second-generation heir and had immediately dumped him.
“Sang Xi, please don’t ignore me. Whatever you want, I promise I’ll give it to you. I’ll work hard to earn money. At the very least—”
Before he could finish, Sang Xi recoiled several steps with a frightened expression, speaking pitifully: “Classmate, please stop harassing me. Haven’t I told you multiple times already? I don’t like you. You keep following me and bothering me. If you keep this up, I’ll have no choice but to call the police and report you for harassment.”
The surrounding students stared at him with disgust, their contemptuous gazes fixed on the “stalker” the campus beauty had called out.
Yan Xu, afraid of being beaten up by a group, could only hide in a secluded spot first, gnashing his teeth in fury: “That bitch Sang Xi has no conscience at all. I gave her so many gifts before, and this is how she treats me. Now that Qin Muxue won’t pay attention to me, I can’t get my hands on any expensive gifts either.”
Suddenly his eyes lit up as he spotted Qin Muxue walking toward his direction, phone in hand.
If she had a change of heart and continued to be his backup, then he could afford those expensive gifts again, and Sang Xi would naturally come back to him as well.
“Qin Muxue, what a coincidence, you’re here too?” Yan Xu greeted her, blocking her path.
“Lately, why haven’t you been putting on your makeup properly?”
Back then, when Qin Muxue asked him what kind of look he liked, he casually said he preferred girls who wore that shamate-style makeup, thinking it made them stand out.
Who would’ve thought this silly girl actually went and caked on heavy makeup? Though not as exaggerated as the shamate style, it wasn’t much to look at either.
Over time, it became Qin Muxue’s habit.
Now seeing her with a bare face, Yan Xu almost didn’t recognize her. How had he never noticed before that Qin Muxue was actually somewhat attractive?
He composed himself, trying his best to fake a sincere tone: “Muxue, I was wrong before. I ignored you and took advantage of you. Please, be generous and forgive me!”
Qin Muxue smiled sweetly, her expression gentle, but her words were merciless: “There’s nothing between us, and I’m not angry with you either. Do whatever you want. There’s no talk of forgiveness. I was immature before, but now I’ve come to my senses and stopped pestering you. Shouldn’t you be happy?”
“See, you’re clearly still angry. Muxue, I truly know I was wrong. I’ve realized that among all the girls around me, you’re still the best—the kindest, the purest.”
This was the first time Yan Xu had spoken to her in such a humble tone, still delusionally hoping Qin Muxue would take him back.
Qin Muxue let out a cold snort. Fancy hearing words of praise from this guy’s mouth.
She deliberately spoke in a slow, seductive tone close to his ear: “Fine then, but you have to do one thing for me. If you manage it, my money is yours to spend.”
Yan Xu swallowed hard: “What thing?”
“Give me those videos you took of Sang Xi.”
“How do you know we have videos?”
Qin Muxue sneered coldly. She knew far more than he could imagine. In the days to come, Yan Xu would often brag to others about his escapades with the school beauty.
“Do you think the things you’ve done can stay hidden?”
Yan Xu hesitated. After all, he had genuinely liked Sang Xi—she was so alluring and skilled in bed. He couldn’t bear to part with her. Once he had money again, he wanted to keep their arrangement going. Burning that bridge wouldn’t be wise.
“This…”
“I’ll give you five seconds to think it over. If you agree, I’ll give you 500,000.”
Yan Xu simply assumed Qin Muxue was jealous. After all, she’d liked him for so many years. Seeing him so fixated on another woman must have ignited a blaze of envy, driving her to want to sabotage Sang Xi.
But the temptation of 500,000 was simply too great. Besides, Sang Xi had just humiliated him and made him lose face. After hesitating back and forth, he agreed.
“Just so we’re clear—these videos, you can’t expose me.”
“Of course.”
After tricking Yan Xu into sending her the indecent video, and combining it with the photos the detective had taken of Sang Xi with various men, Qin Muxue finally felt at ease.
Without a moment’s hesitation, she transferred two hundred thousand yuan to Yan Xu. “This is for now. I’ll give you another three hundred thousand later.”
Yan Xu hadn’t expected to receive the money so easily—the old Qin Muxue had never been this generous. A smile immediately bloomed on her face, completely unaware of how severe the consequences would be.
Qin Muxue watched Sang Xi standing at the center of the stage. She was the host of this graduation gala. Since she loved being in the spotlight so much, Qin Muxue would give her a real chance to shine.
Ding Manman was in charge of the backstage work for the graduation gala. When she spotted Qin Muxue, she immediately waved her over and pulled her backstage.
“Xiao Xue, you’re finally here! I’m a bit busy right now, so just sit here for a while. There’s water over there—help yourself if you’re thirsty. This spot has the best view of the show. Oh, and I heard that our school’s top heartthrob is performing tonight too! Though it would be perfect if Sang Xi weren’t here.”
Ding Manman’s excited chatter instantly deflated when she mentioned Sang Xi.
Speaking of which, their history with that school beauty ran deep. She had bullied Manman before, which was why Manman had always hated her.
Qin Muxue had become friends with Manman precisely because she had stepped in to help her. Because of that incident, she had also made an enemy of Sang Xi.
Sang Xi held grudges fiercely. Not only did she smear Manman’s reputation, but she also stole away the person Qin Muxue liked—all to get revenge on the two of them.
“Don’t worry! You’ll get your satisfaction soon enough. Stop working for a moment and come look at this video.” Qin Muxue pulled out her phone and opened the video.
“What video?” Ding Manman leaned in curiously.
When two pale, naked bodies appeared on screen tangled together, Ding Manman was startled. She looked closer—it seemed familiar. The woman was moaning loudly, while the man finished within ten seconds of the main act.
Although the video was blurry and the faces were pixelated, Ding Manman could vaguely make out that the woman was Sang Xi.
Her mouth fell open in shock. “How do you have a video like this?”
“With money, anything is possible. And that’s not all—I also have photos of Sang Xi with other men. They’re not as shocking as the video, but they’re more than enough to ruin her reputation.”
She flipped through the photos one by one—Sang Xi embracing a man, Sang Xi kissing another—the men all different.
Ding Manman’s face flushed red. She had known Sang Xi had poor character, but she never imagined her private life was this chaotic.
“Do you know who her current boyfriend is? He’s a rich second-generation from the finance department. He plans to propose to her at the graduation gala…”
Qin Muxue said with a smile, “You mean that rich kid? I arranged that too.”
Ding Manman was full of questions. “What are you planning to—?”
“You guessed right. Just wait and enjoy the show in a bit!” A look of anticipation appeared in her eyes…
At seven o’clock in the evening, at the graduation gala.
The top heartthrob Sheng Xingyuan’s performance was scheduled first.
As the opening act, he was arranged to go on stage first.
He walked onto the stage with a blank expression, looking like he was wearing a scowl. Dressed in a simple white shirt, it did nothing to diminish his dazzling presence. Holding a harmonica, he began his self-introduction: “Hello everyone, I’m Sheng Xingyuan.”
Just that one sentence was enough to send the girls in the audience into high-pitched screams. “Sheng Xingyuan! Sheng Xingyuan!”
“What’s so great about him?” Qin Muxue rolled her eyes. “Anyway, I don’t like men like that.”
All looks and no emotional intelligence whatsoever.
Even without Yan Xu stirring things up, she and Sheng Xingyuan were from two different worlds.
One was a top-tier academic elite, the other an unpopular slacker.
Besides, with the apocalypse upon them, she had no interest in men at all. Her only focus was on building her career, making big money, and stockpiling supplies.
Sheng Xingyuan stepped onto the stage, raised the harmonica to his lips, and simply played a slightly melancholic tune, which brought tears to the eyes of the girls below.
“Sheng Xingyuan is so talented.”
“I heard he’s already been admitted early to Qingbei University’s Institute of Biology.”
The crowd buzzed with chatter about him, but his expression remained unchanged.
It wasn’t until his performance ended that he stood up from his seat.
With a ripping sound, his white shirt was torn open. Sheng Xingyuan’s eyes darkened, knowing full well this was another prank by his classmates—deliberately making him “show some skin” to amp up the atmosphere of his performance.
All the girls in the audience started getting excited again. “I saw Sheng Xingyuan’s muscles!”
“He’s got abs!”
“So sexy!”
“The lighting’s too dim, wuwuwu.”
Qin Muxue was standing at the side, and from that angle, she had a full view of his muscles.
At first, she was dismissive, muttering to herself that muscles were nothing special—she’d even trained her own six-pack.
But when she caught sight of the burn scars on Sheng Xingyuan’s body, she fell into confusion.
The climax was coming up soon, so Qin Muxue stopped her wandering thoughts and silently fixed her gaze on the stage.
Sang Xi, dressed in an exquisite gown and looking absolutely radiant, was introducing the next act when suddenly the entire stage went dark.
When the lights came back on, Sang Xi saw her rich boyfriend walking up to her holding a bouquet of red roses. “Sang Xi, I’m about to graduate—not just from university, but I also want to graduate from being your boyfriend.”
He paused, then said with sincerity: “I want to be your husband! Sang Xi, will you accept my proposal?” Deep affection shone in his eyes.
Sang Xi had known about this all along, but she still pretended to be shocked and moved. “Thank you, I really didn’t expect this.”
The audience below shouted loudly: “Say yes! Say yes!”
The next segment was the main event—the proposal video the rich boyfriend had personally made was about to be shown.
But instead, the sound of a woman’s moaning came from the big screen on stage. The audience exchanged bewildered looks.
Sang Xi’s originally beaming smile gradually darkened.
“You’re so beautiful! Baby!”
The man thrust forward forcefully while praising the woman beneath him, the two of them rocking back and forth.
Although the video was pixelated, everyone knew exactly what was happening. The figure, the hairstyle, and the mole on the neck—the man was holding up his phone to film the woman beneath him while she moaned loudly.
“You don’t mind me filming this, do you?”
“I don’t mind. A woman should always leave behind her most beautiful side.”
The fragmented voice came through the video—it was Sang Xi’s soft, coquettish tone.
The rich second-generation heir’s face instantly fell, because he knew the man in the video wasn’t him.
The gossiping crowd below murmured among themselves, thinking the rich heir had played the wrong video. But who would have guessed—he had never even touched Sang Xi.
Ten seconds later, the man in the video finished, and the surrounding chatter resumed: “That guy was way too fast.”
The rich heir quickly grabbed the microphone and shouted at the top of his lungs: “It’s not me! That’s not me! I never touched her—it’s this woman’s other man.”
The crowd erupted in laughter. Sang Xi snapped back to reality and rushed backstage to stop the video, but Ding Manman sat there calmly, peeling melon seeds. “Sang Xi, look at you now.”
The video outside continued playing her intimate photos with other men, all pixelated, so no one’s portrait rights were violated.
But the entire school knew who the main character was! Sang Xi’s reputation was completely destroyed.
Sang Xi lunged at Ding Manman, clawing and fighting: “You bitch! How dare you set me up!”
“If you don’t want others to know, don’t do it in the first place.”
During this period, under Qin Muxue’s coercion, Ding Manman had been attending training every day and had picked up some basic fighting techniques.
How could someone like Sang Xi possibly be her match? Ding Manman simply reached out and grabbed her hair, yanking it back. “The filthy things you did yourself were bound to be exposed sooner or later. Why don’t you think—who has this video? Who gave it to me?”
Sang Xi immediately thought of one man: one of her backups, Yan Xu.
Because he was the one who filmed the video. Rage burned inside her, and her once-flawless makeup was now a complete mess.
“The dean is here. Are you sure you want to keep making a fool of yourself here?” Qin Muxue’s voice sounded from behind.
Sang Xi could only grit her teeth and flee the scene in a hurry.
The rich heir stepped out from the shadows with a calm expression. “I’ve done everything you asked. Thanks for selling me your shares at such a low price.”
That’s right—even this rich heir had been arranged by Qin Muxue to be by her side.
The school didn’t launch a thorough investigation, merely calling it an accidental video playback, but Sang Xi’s reputation was already ruined beyond repair. Her title as campus beauty was gone.
The rich heir also vanished into thin air, no longer paying her any attention.
She burned with fury. The wealthy businessmen who had been keeping her somehow got wind of her situation, and fearing she might have picked up some dirty disease from her promiscuity, they too stopped contacting her.
Her dream of wealth was utterly shattered, and Sang Xi was filled with resentment.
Now, the only person she could rely on was Yan Xu.
A former backup had suddenly become her main man—two birds of a feather finally flocked together.
Sang Xi had no other choice, but Yan Xu had somehow come into a large sum of money.
Since he had money, she would just sweet-talk him for now, suppressing the anger burning inside her.