Chapter 11

Long chestnut-brown hair, light brown eyes in the same color family as her hair, lips always faintly carrying a trace of a smile, and a hazy, slightly cool aura like mist and rain.

She looked very gentle, yet also carried a hint of melancholy.

If Li Zhu’s guess was correct, then this should be that person.

Reality quickly confirmed Li Zhu’s guess.

The next second—

The world froze.

Immediately after,

Beside this gentle, melancholy young lady making her first appearance, a glowing white character card popped out.

[Name: Wen Yan]

[Identity: Noble student at Nyx Academy, student council president]

[Personality: A piano princess who is gentle and warm, with a trace of melancholy]

Sure enough, it was her. The other K3 member currently at school, the rumored extremely gentle Wen Yan.

After quickly reading Wen Yan’s character information, Li Zhu lightly touched the card with her gaze, skillfully flipped it over, and continued looking at the back.

The line floating above the mist was still in that same style: giving a hint without explaining everything, vague and mysterious.

[She does not judge people by ordinary standards]

What did that mean?

This time, Li Zhu truly could not understand it.

Did it mean Wen Yan looked gentle on the surface, but was actually arrogant inside, dividing people into ranks by some unusual standard?

Yet somehow, Li Zhu felt it was not that simple.

People with character cards all had another side. This side might not necessarily be a bailiantales.comdark side, but it was definitely an unknown side.

They circled around her, their intentions unknown, good or bad, each carrying their own little schemes and little secrets.

Honestly.

Couldn’t they just study properly at school?

They should be entering university next year, right? Did they not need to prepare for the college entrance exams?

Sigh. In the end, this was still the setting of a noble academy. One by one, aside from studying, they did absolutely everything else.

Still, complaints were complaints. Looking at Wen Yan in front of her, Li Zhu could not help thinking: this student council president who looked so gentle—what kind of secret do you have?

Just as she was thinking this,

the world unfroze and regained movement.

The student council president before her became lively again.

She really was a very gentle person, at least on the surface.

Seeing Li Zhu open the door and come out, Wen Yan looked at her with concern, her expression filled with worry.

“Little Li.”

“I’d only just finished handling the gala opening when I heard something had happened by the lake. When I asked, the people involved seemed to be you and Bai Wei. Someone really did see you carrying Bai Wei toward the lounge, so I hurried over.”

“What happened to you two? Are you all right?”

Before Li Zhu could speak, someone walked out from behind Wen Yan and spoke first.

“I heard someone say there was a splash by the lake, and someone else said that after they got closer, they saw a huge patch of water by the lakeside. Don’t tell me you two fell into the water?”

“Why didn’t you call anyone?”

“Are you all right?”

The soft, warm light from inside the room passed through the doorway and fell forward. The person standing in the light beside Wen Yan had bright peach-blossom eyes.

It was Hua Yi.

Tonight, she was not wearing a skirt. She wore a loose silver-white suit with a purple shirt underneath and no tie.

The butterfly was still beautiful.

But compared with her beauty, Li Zhu paid more attention to something else. Seeing Hua Yi appear, she subconsciously lowered her gaze and glanced at her hands.

Sure enough, Hua Yi was wearing gloves today too. This time, she had changed into an elegant pair that covered the fingers while leaving the backs of her hands exposed.

How strange. Did this person have germophobia or something? Why was she wearing gloves every time Li Zhu saw her? Surely she did not wear them every day?

Li Zhu’s assessing gaze was subtle, and Hua Yi did not notice. Her peach-blossom eyes looked at Li Zhu as she continued asking,

“Ah Zhu, what exactly happened?”

Mm…

As for that…

Li Zhu slowly drew herself back from her thoughts in a careless manner.

But she did not immediately open her mouth to explain. Instead, she turned slightly and looked at Bai Wei behind her, handing the question over to this person—the miraculous planner who had caused tonight’s entire series of absurd events. Let’s see how she answers.

Seeing Li Zhu turn back, Wen Yan and Hua Yi at the doorway followed her gaze and subconsciously looked inside as well.

And so they saw Bai Wei standing under the light, wearing Li Zhu’s slightly oversized white T-shirt, as if she had secretly put on an older sister’s clothes.

The two of them were dressed exactly the same. Standing together, illuminated by the light, they somehow gave off the illusion that their relationship was actually quite intimate.

Bai Wei herself did not feel that way, nor did she have the time to notice these things. Right now, her whole mind was focused on how she should answer.

Originally, she had intended to deliberately fall into the water and frame Li Zhu.

Afterward, even if Li Zhu anxiously clarified that she had not pushed her, it would be useless.

Because of course Bai Wei would insist to the end, crying and asking Li Zhu why she pushed her down, completely dumping this basin of dirty water onto Li Zhu’s head.

At the time, only the two of them had been present. No one knew the truth.

On top of that, she had previously borrowed Hua Yi’s hand to spread the restroom water-splashing incident, so [unauthorized copy]everyone knew Li Zhu had been targeting her.

Add Li Zhu’s arrogant personality to that, while Bai Wei always appeared delicate in front of others. With that first impression, everyone would certainly feel that Li Zhu had probably done it. Even if Li Zhu refused to admit it, people would instinctively think Miss Li was merely making excuses and trying to push off responsibility. After all, who would use her own life just to frame you?

And finally, there was Zhou Zhixing’s eyewitness testimony.

Even if Li Zhu had a mouth, she would not be able to explain herself. This round was guaranteed to fail.

But Bai Wei never expected that Li Zhu would actually jump into the lake to save her.

That proud, cold Miss Li had lost her mind and actually lowered herself enough to jump into the water for her sake!

But no matter what, with Li Zhu’s jump and rescue, her plan had completely gone up in smoke.

All the traps had been destroyed, and the original explanation no longer stood.

Because just like “who would use her own life to frame you,”

who would push someone they hated into the water, then immediately and without hesitation jump into the lake to save them?

Her plan had utterly failed. Of course Bai Wei was unwilling.

But right now, she could only bury her own scheme herself. She lowered her eyes and said weakly,

“Li Zhu and I were talking by the lake at the time. After we finished, I wanted to leave, but I wasn’t paying attention to where I stepped and accidentally fell into the lake. Li Zhu saved me.”

Who?

Li Zhu?

Jumped into the lake?

And saved someone?

Was this human language? They weren’t hearing things, right?

For a moment, even Wen Yan froze.

Hua Yi was even more stunned. Her peach-blossom eyes blinked lightly, and she instinctively said,

“You accidentally fell into the water, and then Li Zhu saved you? Is that true?”

“Ah Zhu, you two didn’t argue, did you?”

The implication was that she somewhat suspected something unpleasant had happened between Li Zhu and Bai Wei by the lake, and then the bad-tempered Li Zhu had pushed Bai Wei into the lake.

Afterward, afraid the matter would blow up, she had saved her and brought her here.

No wonder Bai Wei’s plan worked so well.

Miss Li’s character and reputation were right there.

Look, Bai Wei did not even need to add much fuel to the fire, and people were already suspecting her.

Only—

Complaints aside, this kind of reputation absolutely could not continue.

She could not control the past, but from now on, she could not allow things to remain like this.

She needed to change her image and build a good relationship with the heroine.

This Hua Yi kept standing here suspecting her and stirring up trouble. How could that be acceptable? More importantly, it was very irritating.

She had to make a change and intimidate her a little.

Then how could she both avoid making people think “why has Li Zhu suddenly changed completely?” and walk out of this predicament?

She still had to start from the character setting.

According to the character setting, it was true that “Li Zhu” admired Hua Yi—or rather, had an intense desire to control Hua Yi.

But according to the character setting, “Li Zhu” was also proud and unpredictable.

A proud person whose object of control challenged her again and again would only become unhappier.

A proud person’s dignity absolutely did not allow violation.

Then today, let her be a proud young lady with a bad temper for once.

And so—

Being suspected by Hua Yi like this, Li Zhu’s face instantly cooled. Her voice turned just as cold.

“What? Are you suspecting I did it?”

“No matter what happens, you can think of me. Is that the image I have in your heart?”

Li Zhu folded her arms and looked at the person before her without any politeness in her eyes.

“Have I treated you too well normally, so well that you can no longer see me, or even look down on me, and that’s why you treat me casually and suspect me however you like?”

“Hua Yi, this is the first time I’ve felt that you’re actually quite annoying too.”