Campus cafe.
Cong Nini and Zhang Lu, who shared a dorm, were chatting idly.
Dorm 403 originally had three factions.
Yu Tingting, Gu Linling, and Zhang Xinyue were close.
Zhang Lu and Cong Nini got along, and Wang Liwen was the neutral party left.
Zhang Xinyue applied to change dorms before National Day and it was only approved recently; she moved out after their last argument.
"How's your grand plan to pursue the class monitor coming along?"
Zhang Lu sipped her milk tea and said,
"Recently, I feel like news about the class monitor is everywhere. I really didn't expect to have misjudged him back then."
Cong Nini's expression wasn't good when this was mentioned.
He didn't reply to her messages, and her last invitation for a meal was also rejected.
Cong Nini didn't want to lose face in front of her best friend:
"He's very busy right now, there's no chance to be alone. Let's wait a bit."
Zhang Lu saw through her at a glance:
"Stop pretending to be strong. What do we have to hide from each other? If you had been more proactive when we first started university, maybe there would have been a chance, but now there's no hope."
Even though they were best friends, Zhang Lu's words made Cong Nini embarrassed, yet she couldn't refute them.
She opened her mouth, unsure what to say.
"Back then, you even said you didn't think much of the class monitor, but it turned out like this. If I had known, I would have pursued him myself."
"Alright, I admit I misjudged him back then, but no one expected him to change so much."
Cong Nini felt angry recalling it now.
It was just like Zhang Lu said, if she had been more proactive then, Zhang Xinyue might not have been a factor, and she could have snagged a rich husband.
The person she looked down upon, however, repeatedly subverted her expectations.
Of course, Cong Nini wasn't stupid.
She knew Chen Pingjiang didn't think much of her; he had rejected her at KTV before, which made her very uncomfortable.
How was she worse than Zhang Xinyue, really?
Compared to Chen Pingjiang's indifference, other younger boys were easier to deal with.
Just send a message and call out "brother", and they'd eagerly flock around her.
"How are things with Han Zhaonan?"
Zhang Lu asked after a moment of thought.
Cong Nini replied,
"We haven't been in touch for a long time."
"Don't tell me you cut contact with him when you and Zhang Xinyue were competing to pursue Chen Pingjiang."
Zhang Lu finished speaking and looked at Cong Nini's tacit expression, confirming her guess.
While silently mourning for Han Zhaonan, she also wanted to laugh.
These "warm men" were too ridiculous.
The more he couldn't get her, the more he simped.
He pursued Cong Nini for over a month, incredibly attentive, yet he hadn't even held her hand.
Every time, Cong Nini would manipulate him with just a few words.
As Zhang Lu looked down at her phone, she heard a loud "slap".
Before she could react, she heard Cong Nini cry out in pain.
Looking up, she saw the lick dog Han Zhaonan, glaring down at Cong Nini from above, his eyes blazing with fury, his expression contorted.
Cong Nini was stunned by the slap.
After a long moment, she violently pushed Han Zhaonan.
"Are you crazy?"
Han Zhaonan sneered, veins throbbing on his forehead:
"Me crazy? You damn bitch, eating my food, drinking my drinks, spending my money, buying you cosmetics, watches, bags, and I haven't even held your hand, then you dismiss me with a single 'it's not suitable'? Are you taking me for a fool?"
"You offered to buy them for me, did I force you? I just felt you had a violent streak, that's why I didn't agree."
Cong Nini covered her burning face, watching the increasing crowd of onlookers, feeling both ashamed and furious.
"So what if we don't date? Do you think I care? But please return everything I gave you, item by item."
Seeing that the situation was going south, Zhang Lu quickly sent a message to Wang Liwen for help.
"Heh, good thing I wasn't blind; you still have the nerve to ask for things back after giving them away."
The stunned Cong Nini recovered, her slender body erupting with powerful defiance, hands on hips, speaking indignantly.
"I never dated you, damn it, why can't I ask for them back?"
Han Zhaonan had been openly ridiculed in his dorm today, unable to retort.
When he came out to buy food and saw Cong Nini, the humiliation he had just endured instantly erupted.
The surrounding onlookers buzzed with discussion, divided into several factions.
"Scumbag, asking for gifts back after giving them away, so petty. Are all you guys like this after breaking up?"
"Didn't he say they never dated? If a girl doesn't intend to be with someone but still accepts gifts, she deserves it."
"You're weird. Isn't giving gifts to a loved one because of love? Does it have to be purposeful?"
"That depends on whether the guy is just regretting his money and wants to cut his losses."
"Han Zhaonan, you're a damn disgrace."
Cong Nini was touched on a sore spot.
Han Zhaonan didn't back down:
"I wonder who's the disgrace. I gave you all sorts of things, what about you? You didn't give me a single thing."
Seeing the crowd grow larger, Cong Nini, feeling a bit guilty that she couldn't justify herself, said,
"Fine, I'll return everything you gave me, alright? Now take your stuff and get lost."
Han Zhaonan gave a straightforward nod:
"No problem. First day we met for dinner, 98 yuan. Lipstick I gave you, 198 yuan…"
Boom!
The onlookers gasped in an uproar.
Indeed, one scumbag was worse than the other.
The entire plot was full of twists and turns.
Initially, the man hit the woman, and everyone thought men shouldn't hit people, and it was even worse to ask for things back after hitting someone.
Then, it turned out the two never even dated, and the girl dared to accept his gifts, not even giving the boy anything in return.
So, this girl was also a scumbag.
Next, the boy had actually recorded every single expense on his phone, from small items like mala tang to large ones like watches and bags, which flipped the entire narrative once again.
The onlookers declared their minds were blown.
Scumbag man and scumbag woman truly were a perfect match.
"Beep beep!"
At this moment, a car horn sounded from outside the crowd.
Everyone turned around and saw a brand new Audi A6 parked nearby.
Then, a tall, handsome Chen Pingjiang, dressed in a suit, got out of the driver's seat.
Someone immediately recognized Chen Pingjiang and exclaimed.
"Holy crap, isn't that Chen Pingjiang, the boss of Renrenwang?"
"He's indeed as handsome as the rumors say."
"Yes, even I, who am as famous as Wu Yanzu for my looks, have to step aside."
"But he's too showy, a freshman driving a luxury car and dressed like that."
"Wake up, classmate. Without capability, it's showing off; with capability, it's maintaining face."
…
Chen Pingjiang casually walked into the campus cafe, meeting the onlookers' gaze.
Honestly, he really didn't want to come.
If Wang Liwen hadn't called him here, asking him to intervene, who the hell would want to deal with Cong Nini's mess?
Wang Liwen received the message.
As soon as she heard Cong Nini had been hit, being only a girl herself and the vice class monitor, she quickly called Chen Pingjiang for help.
Chen Pingjiang received the call and, hearing Wang Liwen's dire description, as if Cong Nini would be beaten to death if he arrived a moment later, immediately drove over without even having time to change his clothes.
After all, he was the class monitor of Industrial Management Class Four.
Even if he disliked Cong Nini, this "sea king girl," he couldn't just stand by and do nothing, could he?
Walking into the campus cafe, he saw the waiter standing awkwardly near the counter, at a loss.
Zhang Lu was hiding to the side, afraid of getting involved.
Cong Nini, covering her cheeks, was furiously confronting a boy whose face was also flushed red.
Seeing Chen Pingjiang arrive, Zhang Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She quickly stood up and ran to Chen Pingjiang, babbling,
"Class monitor, you're finally here! Nini was almost beaten to death by that guy."
Chen Pingjiang rolled his eyes:
"Nonsense, isn't she still standing perfectly fine?"
Han Zhaonan, seeing Chen Pingjiang in a suit, didn't yet understand his identity, so he watched him with caution and vigilance.
Cong Nini's eyes, on the other hand, began to sparkle, but she managed to control her emotions well, only her eyes gradually began to redden.
It was only after Zhang Lu embellished the story that Chen Pingjiang roughly understood what had happened.
He wasn't surprised by such an incident.
Cong Nini, the "sea king girl," kept people on a string as backups.
One who often walks by the river is bound to get their shoes wet; encountering a difficult one would lead to a fallout.
If Chen Pingjiang wasn't the class monitor of Industrial Management Class Four, although he also somewhat looked down on Han Zhaonan for keeping petty accounts, he probably would have shouted,
"Serves him right!"
"I generally understand the situation. Both of you are at fault. No matter what, being gawked at by a crowd is not good. How will you go to school if this gets out?"
Chen Pingjiang continued, looking at Han Zhaonan:
"Since you two didn't date, the items given can be returned. As Cong Nini's class monitor, I'll take responsibility and ensure she returns everything to you. As for the money spent on meals and movies, those were shared expenses, and that money cannot be returned."
Han Zhaonan's eyes widened.
He didn't expect Chen Pingjiang, as the class monitor, to somewhat side with him.
He shot a triumphant glance at Cong Nini and then nodded.
Through the discussions of the onlookers, he had already learned Chen Pingjiang's true identity.
There was no one among the finance university students who hadn't heard of this name; most just didn't know what Chen Pingjiang looked like.
Facing Chen Pingjiang's aura, Han Zhaonan, a junior student, clearly felt a bit weak and lacked confidence; after all, he had hit someone.
Moreover, the disparity in status and wealth also made him feel somewhat inferior when facing Chen Pingjiang.
Zhang Lu thought she had misheard, blinking her eyes in confusion, and asked, "Class monitor, so he just gets away with hitting someone?"
Chen Pingjiang ignored her.
Instead, he turned to Cong Nini and said,
"Give him what's in your bag first. You can go back to the dorm later for the rest."
Cong Nini had already agreed to return the items earlier and wasn't concerned about that.
What she cared about was why Chen Pingjiang was siding with an outsider.
"But…"
Chen Pingjiang didn't want to listen to her.
He waved his hand and repeated in a low voice:
"Return them first."
Cong Nini was truly wronged now.
Being slapped, being gawked at like a monkey, and being talked about, she could still bear, but even Chen Pingjiang, as her class monitor, wasn't helping her, which made her instantly despair, and tears streamed down.
First, she took off the necklace from her neck and threw it to Han Zhaonan.
Then, she retrieved the bag from the seat and dumped all its contents onto the table.
Immediately, keys, lipstick, and even sanitary napkins scattered across the table.
"Take your stuff and get out, I'll mail the rest to you tomorrow."
She roared almost like a growl, then violently threw the bag into Han Zhaonan's arms.
Seeing his goal achieved, Han Zhaonan didn't waste words.
Just as Chen Pingjiang said, with so many people watching, this was no place to linger, so he immediately turned to slip away.
"Wait."
However, Han Zhaonan's left foot hadn't even stepped out of the campus cafe when Chen Pingjiang called out to him.
Facing Han Zhaonan's questioning gaze, Chen Pingjiang smiled, lit a cigarette, and then sat down on a stool.
"Your items have been returned. How do we account for you hitting someone?"
Han Zhaonan sneered:
"How do you want to account for it?"
Chen Pingjiang said to Cong Nini:
"He slapped you once, you slap him back ten times."
The onlookers outside immediately erupted in excitement.
"So domineering, I love it, I love it."
"It really gives off a dominant CEO vibe."
"My idol!"
"No problem. The scumbag girl returned things she took for free, and the scumbag guy who hit someone also deserves to be hit."
…
The expressions of the few people in the campus cafe varied.
Zhang Lu was in a daze, Cong Nini transformed from feeling wronged to excitedly eager, while only Han Zhaonan's face was ashen.
He immediately started cursing:
"Who the hell do you think you are? I slapped her because she deserved it. Try touching me?"
Chen Pingjiang exhaled a puff of smoke, then tossed the cigarette butt on the ground, ground it with his leather shoe, and said nothing.
"Try me, then!"
Zhao Shaoyang, who had just squeezed his way through the crowd, saw a boy shouting at Chen Pingjiang as soon as he entered.
He immediately raised his right leg and kicked Han Zhaonan in the butt.
"Who the hell are you, yelling at our class monitor?"
Behind Zhao Shaoyang was a group of boys from Class Four.
When Chen Pingjiang received Wang Liwen's call, he wasn't clear about the situation, so to be safe, he called Zhao Shaoyang to gather people.
Zhao Shaoyang only arrived at this moment.
The Class Four boys directly blocked the entrance of the campus cafe tightly, making it impossible for Han Zhaonan to escape, and also causing dissatisfaction among the onlookers whose view was obstructed.
Chen Pingjiang said to Han Zhaonan, who had just been kicked and was getting up from the ground:
"You hit someone first, and you chose to escalate this. If you dare to fight back again, I can't guarantee what our classmates will do to protect our female classmates."
Han Zhaonan, who had been so arrogant just now, was now equally discomfited.
His face was flushed crimson like a pig's liver.
He awkwardly rubbed his palms and said nothing more.
He couldn't run away, and he couldn't win a fight.
Chen Pingjiang shot a glance at Cong Nini.
Cong Nini's eyes sparkled with excitement.
The thrill of revenge made her cheeks flush.
She raised her slender arm and slapped Han Zhaonan.
"Slap!"
After all, she was a girl.
This slap on the face didn't hurt Han Zhaonan that much, but he lost a lot of face.
He thought about making a stand, getting ganged up on if he had to, but as soon as he raised his hand, Zhao Shaoyang and the others grabbed his arm.
Cong Nini didn't waste words and unleashed another round of slaps.
Slap!
Slap!
Slap!
…
Each slap was harder than the last!
After seeing Cong Nini deliver all ten slaps, Chen Pingjiang stood up from his seat:
"Feel good?"
"Yes!"
Cong Nini nodded, her eyes reddening with excitement again.
This day had been like a rollercoaster, making her emotions constantly fluctuate.
The humiliation of being beaten and gawked at was finally released.
"Then let's go."
Han Zhaonan stood in place, humiliated and dazed, his eyes red, but he dared not resist or fight Chen Pingjiang desperately.
He clearly knew the consequences: not only would he be beaten, but hitting a prominent figure like Chen Pingjiang from the finance university could also lead to expulsion.
He could only bury his head in the sand like an ostrich.
Chen Pingjiang looked at Cong Nini's excited and smug face and couldn't help but murmur,
"They say a bitch and a dog last forever, but it didn't work out for you, did it?"
Upon hearing this, Cong Nini's beautiful eyes directly turned to gaze at Chen Pingjiang's back, but she wasn't angry.
Chen Pingjiang felt he had played the role of a villain today.
Han Zhaonan was pitiful, being "fished" by a "sea king girl" like Cong Nini.
But pitiful people often have detestable qualities; hitting someone first, and even calculating expenses for meals and movies, made him unworthy of sympathy.
If he hadn't stepped in today, this guy might have even faced disciplinary action.
These slaps should wake him up.
(End of chapter)
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