He Jiaojiao couldn’t help staring at him. When his gaze happened to sweep her way, her heart raced and her face flushed red.
“System, who is he?” He Jiaojiao glanced shyly at Huo Yu, somewhat impatient.
That’s right—she was a transmigrator who had been pulled into this world through an accident.
She was here as an attacker to capture the four male leads of this plane, and the System was her cheat.
She could accumulate Capture Value to exchange for items in the System Mall. The reason she could dance so beautifully today was because she had exchanged for something from the System Mall.
She had once thought that the four male leads of this plane would be enough to dazzle and stir anyone’s heart.
But she never expected there to be someone even more outstanding than the male leads.
“No information found on the current person.” The System answered coldly.
“You can’t find anything?” He Jiaojiao was a little surprised. “Then can I capture him?”
“As long as it doesn’t affect the main plot, yes.”
He Jiaojiao’s cheeks flushed. She bit her lip and looked at Huo Yu, who was getting closer and closer.
She slowly walked toward him, but a few meters away, she was stopped by the tall, burly bodyguard beside him.
“I mean no harm. I’ve just never seen you at school before. Do you need help?” He Jiaojiao tucked the loose strands of hair by her forehead behind her ear. “Our campus is very big. I’m afraid you might get lost.”
Huo Yu looked at the woman in front of him, his brows furrowing impatiently.
He had no intention of acknowledging her and prepared to leave.
But then she suddenly lunged at him, grabbing his sleeve.
The bodyguard nearby went pale. They had let their guard down just now—after all, she was only a female student.
“Sorry, sorry!” He Jiaojiao quickly let go and patted her dress. “I tripped just now. Good thing you caught me.”
Huo Yu turned his gaze to her, his expression icy cold, even carrying a trace of killing intent.
Then he lifted his foot, and before anyone could react, kicked He Jiaojiao in the stomach.
He Jiaojiao felt a searing pain in her abdomen, then her body toppled backward, slamming hard onto the cement pavement.
Amid the crowd’s gasps, she was completely stunned, her eyes instantly reddening as she stared at Huo Yu.
Huo Yu’s brows were tightly knitted, waves of disgust surging up inside him. The cold killing intent in his eyes hadn’t fully faded. His thin lips pressed together slightly as he spat out a single word: “Dirty.”
Then he turned and left.
After getting in the car, the bodyguard behind him kept his head down and said nothing.
Huo Yu, with his back to them, waved his hand casually. “Take your punishment when we get back. If it happens again, you’ll be replaced.”
“Yes, sir.” The bodyguard was drenched in cold sweat.
He Jiaojiao was escorted back to the changing room by the others, her face pale and pitiful.
Pei Qiuxu stood to the side, looking at the dusty shoe print on her pristine white clothes and finding it laughable—but she couldn’t laugh out loud.
She quietly sidled up to someone. “What happened to her?”
“A man kicked her.” The person looked at her and said, somewhat gossipily, “Some super handsome guy nobody recognized.”
A bad premonition flashed through Pei Qiuxu’s heart. It couldn’t be Huo Yu, could it?
“It was my fault.” He Jiaojiao lowered her eyes, wiping her tears. “I just thought he might need help.”
The girls nearby pressed their lips together and said nothing. They weren’t blind—they could naturally see what He Jiaojiao was trying to do.
She had gone for wool and come home shorn.
He Jiaojiao could also feel the faint glances being cast her way from the people around her. She wanted nothing more than to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
Qin Muyao and the others, having gotten word of what happened, rushed over quickly. Seeing He Jiaojiao lying on the sofa, her face pale, they felt a pang in their hearts.
“Ding—Male lead Qin Muyao’s Heartache Value +20, Capture Value +10, total Capture Value 30.
Male lead Zhong Sinian’s Heartache Value +20, Capture Value +5, total Capture Value 25.
Male lead Ji Hantian’s Heartache Value +20, Capture Value +5, total Capture Value 25.
Male lead Gu Chusheng’s Heartache Value +50, Capture Value +20, total Capture Value 50.”
Listening to the System’s voice, He Jiaojiao’s lips curved upward. At least the male leads’ Capture Values had gone up—it wasn’t a total loss.
Gu Chusheng hurried forward and half-embraced He Jiaojiao in his arms. “We’re going to the hospital.”
“No need.” He Jiaojiao tugged at his clothes. “I’ll be fine after resting for a bit.”
Gu Chusheng’s voice was cold and heavy. “Who did this?”
The people nearby exchanged glances, unable to come up with an answer.
“I asked you—who did this!” His expression was fierce, his eyes locked onto the people in front of him.
One of the girls said quietly, “We don’t know either. It was the first time we’d ever seen him.”
“Investigate!” At his command, the school’s security guards and teachers went to check the surveillance footage.
“Where did he come from?” Qin Muyao asked. “Is he from our school?”
“He didn’t look familiar. Probably not from our school. From the direction he came out of, it might have been the changing room…” said another girl in the crowd, glancing cautiously at Pei Qiuxu beside her.
Pei Qiuxu’s face had gone completely white by now. How could she have forgotten—the changing room had surveillance cameras.
Although no one could possibly know about what happened between her and Huo Yu in her own private stall, they had also talked in the changing room’s main area.
If that got dug up, she truly wouldn’t be able to clear her name no matter what.
“The only one who should have been in the changing room at the time was Qiuxu.”
All eyes turned to Pei Qiuxu.
Her whole body tensed up, and she shook her head instinctively. “No… I don’t know him. Who was it? I wasn’t in the main area—I was in one of the private stalls.”
Zhong Sinian narrowed his eyes at Pei Qiuxu. The direction that man had walked in was indeed toward the changing room.
“Why were you in the changing room? Shouldn’t you have been with the cheerleading squad?”
Zhong Sinian and the other three had gone to the basketball court as soon as the sports meet started, because there was a game that afternoon. They hadn’t even watched He Jiaojiao’s dance, so naturally they knew nothing about what had happened with the cheerleaders.
Pei Qiuxu’s eyes darted around, and she suddenly pulled the cheerleading uniform with the word “ugly” written on it out of her locker.
Her tone was full of grievance. “I don’t know who it was either, but someone wrote on my uniform. I couldn’t wear it out in public, so I had someone take my place in the dance.”
Her intention was to cover up the whole matter with Huo Yu, but she had clearly underestimated just how much He Jiaojiao meant to Zhong Sinian.
“We’ll get to the bottom of this and give you an answer later. But did you really not see any strange man in the changing room?” Zhong Sinian’s voice was icy as he lowered his gaze, staring hard at Pei Qiuxu.
Pei Qiuxu couldn’t help feeling wronged. She turned her head away. “No.”
Just then, the security guard who had gone to check the footage walked back in, looking somewhat nervous. He wiped the sweat from his forehead. “The cameras in the changing room suddenly broke last night. They haven’t been repaired yet.”
Not far away, Pei Qiuxu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, her previously lowered head slowly rising. She knew nothing at all.
He Jiaojiao, nestled in Gu Chusheng’s arms, raised an eyebrow. She’d almost forgotten—after having the System break the surveillance cameras yesterday, she hadn’t bothered with it again.
The sports meet was a major plot point—the plot where she would become the beloved darling of her class.
In the original story, the female supporting character who was supposed to shine at the sports meet—that is, Pei Qiuxu—twisted her ankle, so He Jiaojiao was hastily sent onto the field in her place.
And as the female lead, He Jiaojiao naturally drew everyone’s attention.
Right now, the competition hadn’t started yet. When it did, she would be in the cheerleading squad, cheering for her class.
And her class lived up to expectations, becoming the champion of this sports meet.
With the male leads’ support as well, He Jiaojiao instantly became the lucky koi who brought good fortune to her class.
She was deeply adored by teachers and classmates alike.
Meanwhile, Pei Qiuxu, a female supporting character with strong pride, was practically invisible at this sports meet.
This laid the foundation for the supporting character’s later sense of injustice.