With global currency devaluation, I'll wear these back and take my whole family flying!

The two shopped in the mall until dark before returning to school with their bags full of purchases.

Just as they reached the dormitory building, a dark figure suddenly darted out from the shadows and blocked their way.

"what--"

Gu Lianxing cried out in surprise, and Shen Ci was also startled. But when she saw who was in front of her, her expression darkened instantly, and impatience filled her eyes.

Li Xiao's face was gloomy, and his eyes were filled with coldness as he stared intently at Shen Ci.

"Li Xiao?" Recognizing Li Xiao, Gu Lianxing said irritably, "Are you sick?! Blocking the girls' dormitory entrance in the middle of the night, who are you trying to scare to death?"

But Li Xiao ignored Gu Lianxing's angry rebuke and instead looked at Shen Ci, asking angrily, "Why did you move dorms? Are you avoiding me?"

Shen Ci couldn't help but let out a cold laugh, which made Li Xiao's eyes turn even colder.

"You spent money on Carnival for another guy? Someone who lives in my dorm, are you doing this on purpose?"

His aura was tinged with obvious restlessness and tension. You could sense that he was trying his best to restrain himself, but judging from the tone of his voice, he was clearly on the verge of losing control.

Shen Ci raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyes filled with undisguised disgust as she met his gaze: "Li Xiao, we're over. What I do has nothing to do with you, and it's none of your business to question me here!"

"I disagree!" Li Xiao roared, his eyes bloodshot, then his eyes welled up with tears. He looked at Shen Ci with resentment and shook his head: "I don't know what I did wrong, or what my mother said to you! I only know that I like you, and I don't agree to break up with you."

As he spoke, he seemed to suddenly realize something, and abruptly reached out and grabbed Shen Ci's slender shoulder, saying, "You have someone else, don't you? Otherwise, why would you be willing to spend money on Carnival for someone else?"

"Why do you refuse the money I transfer to you, but are willing to take other people's money? Is other people's money better than mine? Is it easier to spend than mine?"

"Just name your price, and I'll give you as much as you want!"

"But don't break up with me. Talk to that person clearly, I don't mind, I really don't mind!"

At this point, Li Xiao shed all his arrogance, his voice choked with emotion, and he became so humble that even Gu Lianxing, who wanted to dissuade him, was moved. She looked at Shen Ci, hesitant to speak up for Li Xiao.

Only Shen Ci remained completely unmoved by Li Xiao's deep affection. She simply watched him quietly, because she had never seen Li Xiao show such a side of himself before.

They seem so fragile and vulnerable, but anyone who isn't heartless would feel sorry for them and be moved by their appearance.

But Shen Ci felt that Li Xiao was unusually dissociative at this moment.

Because the face that appeared in her mind was the cold, hard face of him sitting in the back seat of the luxury car, she cried and clung to the window frame demanding an explanation, but she didn't get an apologetic look from him.

Until the car window slowly rolled up, he trapped her fingers in the window crack and dragged her several meters before finally throwing her to the ground in a sorry state.

She can still remember the pungent smell of exhaust fumes hitting her cheeks as the car drove away.

Looking at Li Xiao's face now, filled with deep affection, Shen Ci just wanted to tear off his hypocritical mask.

She forcefully pushed away Li Xiao's arms that were gripping her shoulders, and calmly said, "I've already said it, it's over between us."

The light that had been burning in Li Xiao's eyes was visibly extinguished after Shen Ci coldly finished speaking those words.

His face was ashen, and he looked at Shen Ci with utter despair: "Why? Why are you doing this to me?"

He thought that as long as he humbled himself and compromised, Shen Ci would change her mind.

He had already humbled himself to the point of being insignificant; he had never been so subservient to anyone in his entire life. Why was she unmoved at all?

Gu Lianxing's pretty face twisted in anxiety as she stood to the side.

But Shen Ci was clearly unwilling to waste any more words, so she turned aside and walked quickly into the dormitory building.

Seeing Li Xiao's distraught state, Gu Lianxing couldn't help but feel sorry for him.

Even if he does have some kind of defect in that area, he can get treatment. After all, men's health care is so advanced now, it's not some incurable disease.

He really doesn't deserve to die.

"Li Xiao, calm down first," Gu Lianxing said softly to comfort him. "Although I don't know anything about what happened between you and Shen Ci, I don't think Shen Ci is an unreasonable person. Do you have any evidence that she has someone else? If not, that's slander and defamation! How can you beg someone to get back together like this?"

Li Xiao turned his head to look at Gu Lianxing, and his previously chaotic mind regained some rationality because of these words.

"Did I say something wrong?" he murmured.

Gu Lianxing sighed: "Don't speak without factual basis. Even if you have doubts, you should find out the facts before drawing conclusions."

Thinking about how Shen Ci was mocked by her former roommates at the small restaurant today, with their words basically attacking her by saying that Li Xiao didn't want her anymore, Gu Lianxing still felt she had to clarify for Shen Ci: "She didn't move dorms to avoid you, it's because her former roommates ganged up on her and bullied her."

Li Xiao was taken aback upon hearing this, as he was unaware of the matter.

“She…she never told me any of these things.”

Gu Lianxing shook her head helplessly: "If you have a good relationship with your roommate, how could you not mention anything about your roommate?"

Li Xiao was drawn into Gu Lianxing's words, and lowered his head with a troubled and self-reproachful expression.

It was because I hadn't cared enough about Shen Ci; I didn't even know she was being bullied.

"Go back first, calm down and think things through, and don't be so impulsive next time."

Having said that, Gu Lianxing bypassed him and entered the dormitory building.

Back in the dormitory, Shen Ci was packing her things. The dormitory had already been cleaned spotlessly by several female students.

Wow, it's so clean!

Gu Lianxing deliberately made an exaggerated reaction, and walked to Shen Ci's side with a big smile, saying, "Shen Ci, it's good that you're here. If I had moved in first, I don't know what I would have done."

Shen Ci smiled, seemingly unaffected by Li Xiao's earlier words: "Hurry up and make the bed, tidy up your things, and then take a shower and get into bed as soon as possible, otherwise the lights will be turned off soon."

Seeing that she was in relatively good condition, Gu Lianxing felt a little relieved.

However, she didn't say anything more. Although she had just witnessed the whole process and really wanted to say a few words for Li Xiao because she could feel that Li Xiao really liked Shen Ci, she still held back.

She and Li Xiao had known each other since childhood. Although they weren't exactly close friends, they had known each other for a long time, so she could offer some well-intentioned advice.

But Shen Ci is different. Although they hit it off immediately, they have only just met, so I need to be careful not to interfere too much in Shen Ci's private affairs.