That day, Bai Yanning had just returned to the dormitory and was washing up on the balcony when Gu Yunzhen and the other two opened the door and came in. Seeing her, Gu Yunzhen walked over to the balcony door, leaned against the door frame, crossed his arms, and looked at her for a while before saying, "Bai Yanning, you're really capable. It looks like Xie Jiashu is being completely taken advantage of by you."

Bai Yanning ignored her and continued doing his own thing.

Gu Yunzhen was not angry either. On the contrary, she was in a good mood.

Qin Yunchuan has always been lukewarm towards her, and she is also angry with Bai Yanning. She always feels that Qin Yunchuan may still be thinking about her.

But now that she has found a new love, she must of course wish them a long-lasting relationship and not to provoke Qin Yunchuan again.

So she gave Bai Yanning a rare smile and said, "I don't mean anything else. Xie Jiashu is a good man. I wish you happiness."

Before she could hide her smile, Bai Yanning's phone on the sink rang, and the caller ID read "Qin Yunchuan."

Bai Yanning took a look and hung up without hesitation.

Less than a second later, Qin Yunchuan called again with perseverance.

Bai Yanning picked up the phone and blocked him, then turned the phone over to show it to Gu Yunzhen.

Gu Yun was so angry that she went crazy. She was simply provoking him. She rushed forward and grabbed Bai Yanning's hair. Bai Yanning had no power to fight back and let out a scream in an instant.

When the counselor who was checking the dormitories heard the noise and came over, he saw Gu Yunzhen being held by one arm each by Zhong Xiaoyuan and Pei Xue, and Bai Yanning was sitting on the ground with tears streaming down her face, covering her messy hair.

The two people were taken to the office to find out what happened. The counselor was old and had old-fashioned ideas. He had known about their conflict for a long time and thought it was just a fight between young girls.

He just wanted to calm things down, so he gave them both a lecture. They both listened quietly and didn't say anything. He felt it was enough, so he waved his hand and asked them to go back.

At this time, Xie Jiashu pushed the door open and walked in.

His face was very bad, especially when he saw Bai Yanning's eyes were red, her hair was messy, and there was a red scratch on her left cheek from a fingernail. His tone became bad: "Teacher, I have already understood that it was Gu Yunzhen who attacked unilaterally. Bai Yanning was beaten for no reason. This is not the way to deal with it, right?"

The counselor was very impatient. He knew this student. He knew that he was fighting with his roommate on the first day of school. How could he be a good student? He asked, "What do you want?"

Xie Jiashu said: "I have already called the police."

The counselor was anxious, "Why are you calling the police?"

It was just a minor fight in the girls' dormitory. If he called the police, he would have to write a lot of reports and would have to go to the police station with him to give a statement.

"I can cancel it now," Xie Jiashu said, looking easy to talk to. "Have her apologize to Bai Yanning in front of everyone. She once wantonly spread rumors about her, and now she's attacking her for no reason. Let her tell you everything she did, one by one, and apologize."

Gu Yunzhen sneered, "Who do you think you are? If you want to call the police, just do it. Who's afraid of you?"

Xie Jiashu gave her a cold look and said, "You'd better not regret it."

The police arrived quickly, and Xie Jiashu had been collecting evidence for a long time. He hired professionals to track down several of her IP addresses, confirming that many of the online rumors about Yan Ning were actually hers. She even used her own fake account to support herself, using the perspective and tone of an "eyewitness" to verify the authenticity of her revelations.

She also bought a large group of internet trolls online, and the chat records in which she instructed them in the group on how to control comments were clearly lying on the police's computer.

She controlled her trembling hands and said to Xie Jiashu, "These things were obtained illegally, right? They are useless."

"I'm sorry, it's all legal. Otherwise, I wouldn't have waited until today to find them all," Xie Jiashu said coldly. "Handle it according to the law, or, as I just said, issue a public apology."

Gu Yunzhen's mind was about to explode. She was nothing more than an illegitimate daughter, raised at home because the wife of the principal wife had no daughters. She knew better than anyone that she was merely a pawn in the Qin family's marriage alliance, so she had to hold on to Qin Yunchuan tightly. If she really went to the police, the Qin family would not protect her; they could always choose a clean replacement without any stain. But a public apology... her reputation would be damaged just the same. Either option would be fatal.

She took a long time to answer, and the police officer took a step closer to her. "Then come with us."

"No!" Gu Yunzhen shook her head and stepped back. She slid onto the floor against the desk. "I apologize. I'll apologize tomorrow."

At any rate, it's better than going to the police station. If she goes to the police station, she'll be finished.

Xie Jiashu didn't look at her again. He took Bai Yanning's hand and said, "Let's go."

They walked downstairs and met a boy in black clothes and black pants with his hands in his pockets. It was Qin Yunchuan who rushed back from the bar after hearing the news of their fight.

He stopped in front of them and stared at Bai Yanning for a while, "She looks really pitiful."

"Really?" He raised an eyebrow at Xie Jiashu, his tone contemptuous, "She's best at this trick. She's so pitiful, it makes people feel sorry for her."

Xie Jiashu clenched his fists hanging at his side.

He continued to talk to himself, "You transferred that money, didn't you? You're truly affectionate, to the point of being a bootlicker."

The moment Xie Jiashu's fist swung towards him, he turned his head to the right to avoid the blow, then stretched out a hand to cover his fist and pushed it forward. Xie Jiashu actually took a few steps back.

He really overestimates his own abilities. He is a red belt in judo.

Qin Yunchuan was very disdainful: "Is this all you are capable of?"

He then looked at Bai Yanning, who was nervously trying to support Xie Jiashu, and said angrily, "He's as rich as me? You chose him instead of me? Can he satisfy your appetite?"

Xie Jiashu was about to rush forward again, but Bai Yanning stopped him. She looked up at Qin Yunchuan and said, "I'll choose whoever treats me well."

"Are you good to me?" She looked at him mockingly, "You only know how to spend money, what else have you done for me?"

"But money is really important to me," she said with a smile, as if mocking herself, "so, I almost agreed to you."

"I suddenly stopped replying to your messages and taking your calls. Have you ever thought about whether something happened to me? You are so rich and your family has so many connections, why have you never tried to understand my family and find out if I have any difficulties?" Bai Yanning regained her expressionless look, as calm as if she was recounting someone else's story. "My gambling father stole the 80,000 yuan. He broke my phone and fractured my left hand. To this day, it still hurts when I put any pressure on it."

"When I was lying in the hospital, I imagined you would suddenly appear, just like in TV dramas and fairy tales. But you didn't come to save me." Bai Yanning asked, "What were you doing at that time?"

Qin Yunchuan was stunned. He had never thought that the truth would be like this. At this moment, he suddenly realized that he had never tried to understand Bai Yanning.

What was he doing at that time? He was drinking to drown his sorrows, thinking that his affection had been betrayed, and telling everyone that Bai Yanning was a mean gold digger.

He wanted to say something, opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Xie Jiashu on the side tried hard to calm his breathing. His heart felt like it was being twisted into pieces like a rag, making it difficult for him to breathe.

Bai Yanning, how could she have suffered so much?

What other injuries had she suffered that he didn't know about?

How could her father treat her like this? He is a beast!

And Qin Yunchuan, he kept saying that he liked her, but was he really that fond of her? She had once hoped that he would save her, but he pushed her into another abyss.

His clenched hands were gently wrapped by a slightly cool and soft hand. He turned his head to look and saw Bai Yanning gazing at him gently. She used her other hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"You're different from him," she said. "You're very kind to me."

She smiled in a way Qin Yunchuan had never seen before, like a rose in a glacier whose ice suddenly melted, revealing its original beauty.

Qin Yunchuan looked at her, his eyes gradually becoming deep.

He didn't look away until their backs disappeared around the corner.

"...Yunchuan?"

Gu Yunzhen came down holding the railing. She was in a state of panic. She ran to Qin Yunchuan and grabbed his arm. "Are you here to pick me up?"

She was both happy and confused. She thought that Qin Yunchuan came to pick her up, and he must care about her. Her tears flowed, "Save me, save me, Xie Jiashu and Bai Yanning are going to destroy me."

Qin Yunchuan's gaze lingered on her tearful face for only a second. He suppressed his impatience and asked, "What's going on?"

Gu Yunzhen could only tell the whole story, but she added a lot of excuses for herself, such as those rumors were not rumors, but true, but she could not produce any evidence. Another example is that she did not hire a group of internet trolls, and those were really a group of "insiders" with an overflowing sense of justice.

She pleaded with him hopefully: "Really, Yunchuan, please believe me, please save me."

Qin Yunchuan held her hand that was holding his arm. Before she could be happy, he pulled her hand away and said, "Don't cry."

He was indifferent. "You also know that if you do something like this, you won't be able to marry into the Qin family, so why do you still do it?"

"You're only worried that the Gu family won't like you, but do you think I will like you?"

He sneered, "Idiot."

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