Zhang Li was seated just two seats away from Chu Bai. The scene where Xu Muyan secretly asked for the dormitory key was caught by Chu Bai’s eyes.

“Zhang Li is a boarding student, right? The key she just gave must be the dormitory key. So, that note was indeed written by Xu Muyan!”

The last bit of doubt in Chu Bai’s heart vanished. He was overjoyed.

Just then, the bell signaling the end of class rang.

…

In the girls’ dormitory, it was not yet time for the evening self-study to end. The dormitory supervisor was leisurely watching TV in a room on the first floor. The door to the girls’ dormitory was wide open.

Chu Bai quietly sneaked into the girls’ dormitory. There weren’t many boarding students at Shuizhe High School, and the girls’ dormitory for the high school department was just one building. The entire building had three floors, with each grade occupying one floor. The boarding girls from one class could all fit into one dormitory room.

Each dormitory door had a class number posted on it, arranged in an orderly fashion. Finding a specific dormitory was an easy task.

Chu Bai, moving stealthily like a thief, arrived at the door of a dormitory. The door was not closed but slightly ajar. The light inside the dormitory was dim, but Chu Bai could confirm that Xu Muyan was already there.

Chu Bai couldn’t help but feel a bit smug, sweeping away the gloom he had felt from being suppressed by Wang Haoran for days.

“Wang Haoran would never have imagined that Xu Muyan, who usually chats and laughs with him about studies, was just putting on a show. And Xu Muyan’s purpose in doing so was merely to prevent him from targeting me. But when did Xu Muyan start liking me? It must have been during the time she was tutoring me, right? Ah, she really went to great lengths. I’m so foolish for not realizing she had a crush on me all along. If Xu Muyan hadn’t seen me looking so down this afternoon, she probably would have kept it a secret until after the college entrance exams. I wonder how Wang Haoran will feel when he finds out the truth? He’ll probably be furious!”

Chu Bai thought mockingly.

With an incredibly excited heart, Chu Bai pushed open the slightly ajar door and walked in.

“Xu Muyan, I understand your feelings. Actually, I like you too. I’ve liked you for a long, long time. Every time I see you laughing and talking with Wang Haoran, my heart really hurts,” Chu Bai couldn’t wait to express his feelings.

Xu Muyan had already taken the initiative to ask him out, and the words on that note were filled with affection for him. Chu Bai felt that as a guy, he should be direct. It would be best to confirm a romantic relationship with Xu Muyan, or even take it further. After all, this was the girls’ dormitory, surrounded by beds. And Xu Muyan asking him to meet in the girls’ dormitory might have had that intention too?!

Chu Bai felt his blood rushing faster and faster.

But after he finished speaking, there was no response from Xu Muyan for quite a while.

“Xu Muyan, why aren’t you speaking? Are you shy?” Chu Bai couldn’t contain his excitement and spoke again.

But what responded to Chu Bai was a high-pitched scream from a woman.

Chu Bai was startled, and his accumulated excitement dissipated completely at that moment. Because he realized that the voice did not belong to Xu Muyan.

In an instant, a chill ran from his feet to the top of his head.

“This is a trap!”

Chu Bai immediately realized and bolted out of the girls’ dormitory. He successfully escaped, but chaos ensued.

Twenty minutes later, Chu Bai was called to a separate office by Song Zhenyu. In the office were Chu Bai, Song Zhenyu, and Wen Jing. This matter was quite sensitive, and until a reasonable solution was found, Song Zhenyu didn’t want others to know, as it involved the reputation of a female student.

Wen Jing’s eyes were red, and tears were streaming down her face. She was crying, truly crying. Good acting? Of course not. It was because Wen Jing had rubbed some of the special colorless and odorless pepper water, given by Wang Haoran, into her eyes. The sensation was something only those who used it would know. Wen Jing was crying because of the pepper water.

Song Zhenyu gently patted Wen Jing’s back, comforting her while asking, “Are you sure it was him?”

Wen Jing, crying, accused, “At… at the time, the light was dim, and that… that person grabbed my hand, threatening me not to… not to move. Later, during the struggle, I accidentally touched his hair, which was a bit prickly. It should be… a crew cut. That voice… the voice, and the distinctive crew cut, I’m sure it was Chu Bai!”

“Attempting to molest a female student, Chu Bai, you have a lot of nerve!” Song Zhenyu slammed the teaching plan on the table heavily, expressing her anger.

“I admit I went to the girls’ dormitory, but I didn’t molest anyone!” Chu Bai defended himself. There was surveillance at the entrance of the girls’ dormitory building, and it would be easy to verify that Chu Bai had been there. Chu Bai certainly wouldn’t lie about that.

“Why did you go to the girls’ dormitory for no reason?” Song Zhenyu questioned sternly.

“It was Xu… someone impersonating Xu Muyan’s handwriting, writing a note to me, asking me to go to the girls’ dormitory to talk.”

Chu Bai wasn’t stupid. By now, he knew it was a trap.

“Where’s the note?” Song Zhenyu extended her hand to ask for it.

“I… I ate it.”

“Who are you trying to fool? Do you think I’m a three-year-old child?” Song Zhenyu felt her intelligence was being seriously insulted.

“Teacher Song, I’m telling the truth!”

“Still trying to argue, call your parents over!”

Hearing this, Chu Bai panicked.

“Wen Jing, why are you framing me? What grudge do I have with you?”

Wen Jing didn’t know how to answer, so she simply said nothing, letting her tears fall.

It really hurt, it was so painful, sob sob sob…

Wen Jing was genuinely uncomfortable at this moment. Song Zhenyu felt heartbroken just watching her.

“I understand now, it was Wang Haoran who instructed you, right?” Chu Bai suddenly realized.

“Chu Bai, enough! You made a mistake and won’t admit it, and now you’re falsely accusing Wang Haoran!” Song Zhenyu was immediately furious.

Wang Haoran was an exemplary student in both character and academics. How could he do such a thing? It was impossible!

…

[Ding, the host’s manipulation has damaged the protagonist Chu Bai’s image in one of the female leads, Song Zhenyu’s, mind, affecting the original plot direction, and earned 200 villain points.]

Wang Haoran, sitting in the classroom during evening self-study, happily received a wave of rewards.