Dedicated to studying, yet forced into a chaotic situation.

Chapter 89 It Didn't Rain Today

Shi Sui returned to her dorm and threw herself onto her bed.

After a day of anticipation, I can finally relax.

Shi Sui's phone vibrated. She looked up at the lit screen; it was a message from Chi Yan: [Have you arrived at the dorm yet?]

I'm a little annoyed and don't want to bother with him, but I still need to be polite enough to reply to his messages.

Shi Sui replied: [。]

Chi Yan: [Tomorrow is the weekend, and the exams are over, so we can go out and relax. Let's go out and have some fun.]

Shi Sui didn't want to see him and replied: [I'm not going anywhere tomorrow; I'm going to sleep in the dorm all day.]

Are you a pig? (Deleted) Chi Yan: [What about the day after tomorrow?]

Shi Sui: [I need to sleep the day after tomorrow too.]

Shi Sui: [I'm sleepy, goodnight.]

Chi Yan: [I didn't mean to ignore your messages and calls today. My phone fell on the ground and broke (I smashed it).]

Chi Yan typed, typed, typed, deleted, deleted: [Goodnight.]

Shi Sui turned off her phone, tucked it under the mattress, sighed, and her thoughts were in turmoil.

She asked the system, "[System, Chi Yan doesn't have many scenes in the novel, right?]"

[Not many. He's just a nobody, only mentioned in the story "Gu Chenyi, Chi Yan, and Pei Shuoxun are the three most handsome guys at Xinghua School." He doesn't come to school; he's not even a background character.]

Shi Sui perked up: [So, does that mean he won't come to school anymore?]

[Host, since Chi Yan is just a minor character, whether he comes to school or not has no impact on the novel.]

The flame of hope was extinguished, and Shi Sui had a premonition that Chi Yanji would come to school every day.

Shi Sui was completely puzzled: [System, why do you think Chi Yan likes me?]

After searching the entire book, the system replied earnestly: [Sorry, this system doesn't really understand the psychology of a random passerby, N.]

System: [But host, don't let men bewitch you. Dating will affect your studies, especially dating someone with poor grades.]

The system then said: [Repeat after me: A wise person doesn't fall in love, those who are in love are reckless, the widowed king pursues a master's degree all the way, and you will become a rich woman.]

[I'm a rich woman x3.] Shi Sui repeated this three times. [I've never thought about dating. Do you know how to reject him?]

System: [I don't know, this is outside my scope of business.]

Shi Sui, feigning indifference: [Okay, then I'll date him. He's rich, and I can get rich without studying if I hang out with him.]

[Aaaaaaah!] The system erupted with a sharp, piercing roar: [Don't rely on men! Men are unreliable!]

Shi Sui: [So, how do I reject him? If I can't think of anything, then I'll just have to focus on dating and neglect my studies.]

The learning system was successfully threatened: [Let this system think... um—think—]

After waiting for several minutes, the system replied: [Host, I've found out. The worst way to break up is through emotional abuse.]

System: [Host, give him the cold shoulder. Don't reply to his messages, ignore him when he talks to you. Make him feel scared and tormented. Over time, he will back down.]

Shi Sui suddenly realized: [I understand now. Whenever he asks me if I've considered dating him, I just say no, and keep saying no, and then he'll forget about it.]

The system showered her with praise; the plan was a success.

Shi Sui stopped dwelling on Chi Yan's confession, took out her phone from under the mattress, deleted her chat history with Chi Yan, and discovered that Pei Shuoxun had contacted her five minutes earlier.

I asked her to go to the movies tomorrow.

Shi Sui wanted to sleep, so she resolutely refused.

Then, Pei Shuoxun called.

*

"I don't want her to come back..." Jiang Tianyao sobbed softly.

"Sweetie, be good." Jiang Chenjin bent down to wipe away her tears and coaxed her softly, "Brother is here, brother will protect you."

What can you protect me from? She beat me up so badly I ended up in the hospital, and I have to go for a check-up tomorrow.

Jiang Tianyao refuted him in her heart, but she didn't say it out loud out of consideration for the man's pride. She continued to cry, "So what if Shi Sui has hooked up with Chi Yan now? The Chi family will not allow such a lowly person to marry into their family."

"That's true, but at least for now it can bring huge benefits to our Jiang family."

"Who said that?" Jiang Tianyao pouted, dissatisfied. "The Chi family discovered that Shi Sui was seducing him, and they thought it was our Jiang family who instigated it, so they're targeting our Jiang family now?"

“No, that won’t happen.” Jiang Chenjin smiled darkly. “The Chi family will only give us resources, money, or other benefits to get Shi Sui to leave Chi Yan.”

Jiang Chenjin: "Once Shi Sui leaves Chi Yan, she will be of no value to our Jiang family. We can just get rid of her then."

He thought for a moment and changed his words, saying, "But she's not bad looking, so she can be easily married off to other powerful families. She still has some value."

“Look, if it weren’t for the fact that she’s climbed up to Chi Yan and has some use to her, Mom and Dad wouldn’t care about her at all. They haven’t mentioned her once these past few days.”

"So, Sweetie, just bear with it. When she's no longer of any value, your parents will naturally give her up."

“In my parents’ and my hearts, you are the only daughter of the Jiang family.”

Jiang Tianyao clenched her fist, then let go, and finally revealed a sweet and adorable smile: "Okay, brother, I understand. With you by my side, I feel much more at ease."

After chatting about this week's exams, Jiang Tianyao left the study and returned to her bedroom.

She kicked off her slippers, lay on the bed, and stared at the European-style crystal chandelier on the ceiling, her face full of anger and resentment.

His eyes gradually welled up with tears, which slid down his cheeks.

Why!

Why is Shi Sui able to hook up with Chi Yan? Why?!

She was a lowly, uncultured person, a country bumpkin... Why would Chi Yan take a liking to her?

Jealousy almost filled her chest. Jiang Tianyao took a few deep breaths, but still couldn't stop the tears from flowing.

She picked up her phone and took a selfie.

Seeing that her makeup wasn't ruined by crying in the photo, and that she looked pitiful, she made a video call.

She continued to sob softly as she hit him.

When the call connected, Gu Chenyi, on the other end of the video call, saw her crying and asked anxiously, "Sweetie, why are you crying? Did someone bully you?"

"It's Shi Sui... My dad's taking her home, she'll definitely kill me..."

"Why?! She beat your brother so badly he ended up in the hospital, and your parents still let her come home? Are they crazy?!" Gu Chenyi exclaimed in shock. "Does she have some kind of leverage over you?"

He knew Shi Sui's fighting prowess better than anyone else.

Shi Sui's act of beating Jiang Chenjin into the hospital completely severed all ties with him. How could Jiang's parents, who doted on their precious son so much, possibly allow Shi Sui to come back?

"Yes, yes..." Jiang Tianyao cried, "It's because Shi Sui hooked up with Chi Yan. They wanted to curry favor with the Chi family through Shi Sui, so... Waaah..."

Gu Chenyi was not surprised that Shi Sui had hooked up with Chi Yan.

After all, Shi Sui is really beautiful.

Seeing that the other person was silent, Jiang Tianyao asked in a soft voice, "Chen Yi... Chen Yi, are you there?"

"I am here."

"Chen Yi, I don't want Shi Sui to come back... If she and Chi Yan really get together... I won't be able to live in the Jiang family anymore... What should I do... I'm going to die..."

"It's okay, Sweetie, I'll help you deal with her. A woman who's been played with is just a rag..." Gu Chenyi's voice was deep.

"No, Chenyi, don't be impulsive. Shi Sui has hooked up with Chi Yan now, we..."

"Don't worry, I have a foolproof plan."

A flash of hatred crossed Gu Chenyi's eyes. He had not yet avenged the slap and the over-the-shoulder throw. He had already laid out a plan. If Shi Sui hadn't been at school, he wouldn't have had the chance to make his move.

He took his revenge very early on.

*

The soft sunlight shone through the gaps in the curtains. I opened the dormitory window, and a slightly damp breeze wafted in, bringing with it the fragrance of osmanthus from who-knows-where.

It rained last night, but today is surprisingly a nice day.

Shi Sui picked up her phone and found many red dots on WeChat, unread messages, half from Song Xinying and half from Chi Yan.

Song Xinying invited her to go to a concert, visit an art museum, and do crafts together...

Chi Yan invited her to go to the zoo, go racing, go rafting, go skiing...

Shi Sui compared the two people's travel plans and found that there was no overlap.

So they were dismissed with phrases like "tired," "sleepy," and "sleeping in the dorm."

There was another unread message from Pei Shuoxun. Shi Sui was just about to forward the message "[Tired, sleepy, sleeping in the dormitory]" to him when the phone rang.

"Hey, Shi Sui, are you awake?"

"woke up."

It didn't rain today.

"Oh."

"You said last night that you'd go to the movies with me if it didn't rain."

Shi Sui glanced at the sky outside the window, still unwilling to give up, and said, "Let's wait and see, what if it rains as soon as we go out?"

She scoffed inwardly. The weather forecast was such a liar; it clearly showed rain last night, but today the sky was clear and blue.

“You can trust the weather forecast now, it’s going to be sunny all day,” Pei Shuoxun said with a chuckle. “Of course, I can also go to your dorm and watch a movie there.”

"Hey, I'm in the girls' dormitory, are you a pervert?"

"He's a pervert," Pei Shuoxun asked in a hoarse voice. "If I remember correctly, you're the only one in your dorm, right?"

Shi Sui thought about it and realized that Chen Xun appeared normal on the outside but was a madman on the inside. He really might be capable of doing something like breaking into a girls' dormitory.

"We're going to X International Cinema, right?" Shi Sui compromised, then asked, "What time in the afternoon?"

"Can't you do me the honor of having lunch with me?"

"No, my time is precious."

"My treat, how about we go to Xinrong Zhenpin Buffet?"

Shi Sui was stunned: "Why do you want to eat at this buffet?"

"I saw you've saved it," Pei Shuoxun asked. "Are you going?"

“Go.” Shi Sui said without hesitation. “Wait for me for half an hour.”

"Okay, I'll pick you up from school."

"No need for that trouble, I can take a taxi myself."

Shi Sui hung up the phone and quickly got dressed.

During the daytime on the weekend, there were no security guards patrolling the campus, and only a young gatekeeper was playing mobile games at the school gate. Shi Sui didn't want to disturb him while he was playing games and losing rank, so she climbed over the sliding gate.

Shi Sui had just hailed a car on a ride-hailing app when she felt someone behind her, so she turned around.

Pei Shuoxun, who approached her stealthily intending to scare her, was caught red-handed.

Shi Sui asked in surprise, "Pei Shuoxun, what are you doing at the school gate?"

"We agreed to have a buffet and a movie, so of course I came to pick you up," Pei Shuoxun said casually as he walked to her side.

Shi Sui tilted her head and thought for a moment: "It only took me five or six minutes from when I hung up the phone to get here. You couldn't have gotten from home to school that fast. So, you wouldn't have been waiting here for a long time, would you?"

"Otherwise what?" Pei Shuoxun curled his lips. "We agreed to watch a movie on a sunny day last night. Since the weather is perfect, of course I came early."

Shi Sui suddenly remembered: "So you just said you wanted to go to my dorm to watch a movie..."

"Mhm." Pei Shuoxun nodded, raising an eyebrow and smiling. "I already told you beforehand, so even if you were startled by my sudden appearance in your dorm, it's not like I'm being rude, right?"

Shi Sui remained silent, too lazy to reply.

She really couldn't understand what was so interesting about the movie.

But it's okay, she's looking forward to self-help.

The sound of brakes rang out, and a black private car stopped in front of us.

Shi Sui remembered that the ride-hailing app showed it was an unlicensed car, so she opened the car door and said, "Let's go, my taxi has arrived."

Pei Shuoxun got into the car, and the locks engaged as the doors closed.

Once in the car, Shi Sui realized she had forgotten to check the license plate number. She asked, "Driver, the last four digits of my phone number are 8067. Is the order correct?"

The driver was wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses, and a mask, his facial features were completely obscured, and his expression was impossible to see.

He didn't say anything, but stepped on the gas, and the car started moving in an instant.

Shi Sui paused, vaguely sensing that something was amiss.

There was a musty, unpleasant smell inside the car; I don't know what kind of cheap car air freshener it was, but it smelled really unpleasant.

"I'll open the window for some fresh air." Pei Shuoxun, who also felt chest tightness, pressed the window button, but the window didn't budge.

He looked at Shi Sui and asked, "My car window is broken, what about yours?"

Shi Sui, who had been trying to press down the car window but couldn't, said, "It seems like this car window is broken too."

A strange fragrance wafted into her nostrils, making her dizzy. Shi Sui pinched her arm to clear her head and asked the driver, "Driver, are all the windows broken?"

The driver didn't say anything, but glanced at the two people in the back seat through the rearview mirror.

"The cell phone signal is blocked." Pei Shuoxun's voice was cold, his sharp gaze meeting the driver's in the rearview mirror. "Stop the car!"

The driver slammed on the gas, and the car sped off.

Shi Sui realized that she had gotten into a black car, not a black sedan, but a car driven by bad guys.

Pei Shuoxun grabbed the driver's collar with one hand and seized the steering wheel with the other.

The black sedan swerved left and right on the road. Even though the road was flat, the car was jolted violently, as if it were about to throw people out.

"Damn it, I paid a fortune for this, how come you're still not dizzy?!" The driver grabbed the steering wheel, cursing as he yelled, "Damn it, do you want to die?!"

Pei Shuoxun bit his lower lip tightly, sweat rolling down his forehead. The scene in his vision was blurry. He used all his strength to throw a punch at the driver.

The dense fragrance penetrated every nerve, making the brain feel drowsy and the body gradually feel weak and powerless.

The driver yelled in pain and cursed something, but Pei Shuoxun could no longer hear him.

The more effort he exerted, the stronger the drug's effects became, and he closed his eyes and fainted.

"Damn, this guy's finally been drugged." The driver held the steering wheel with one hand and pulled off his mask with the other.

Recalling how he had almost been dragged out of the driver's seat by this man, he felt a wave of fear. Fortunately, the sleeping potion he had bought from the black market at a high price was effective. Indeed, some money should not be saved.

He unlocked the car window, spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, and after panting for a while, he lowered the sun visor, opened the mirror, and saw a bruised and swollen face.

In just a few minutes, he couldn't believe he had been beaten so badly. He immediately closed the sun visor and looked back at the back seat.

In the back seat, a man and a woman were unconscious. The man had messy hair and exuded a violent aura, while the woman was quiet.

He cursed, "Fuck him!"

Then he took out his phone, took a picture of the girl, sent it, and dialed the number.

"Hey bro, is this the woman?"

"Yes."

"This woman is really stupid. The plan was to tie her up and put her in the car, but she just walked right into it. And damn it, there's a guy with her too. Bro, what do we do with this guy?"

"A man? Is he her boyfriend?" His voice trembled with obvious panic.

The driver took another picture of Pei Shuoxun and sent it to him: "I've sent you the photo, take a look, bro."

“It’s not her boyfriend; he doesn’t match the photo the employer provided.” He breathed a sigh of relief.

"So what should we do with this man?" the driver asked.

"Inject him with drug C too, then send their photos to her boyfriend. When he arrives, he can see for himself that she's cheating on him."

"The potent C drug bought at a high price on the black market is colorless, odorless, and undetectable. Even the most abstinent person will turn into a dog in heat."

The driver disagreed: "That woman is incredibly beautiful. Wouldn't it be a waste for this guy to sleep with her? Damn, bro, you have no idea how badly that guy beat me up."

"Do you know who this woman's boyfriend is?"

"?"

"If he finds out that someone messed with his girlfriend, do you know how terrible that person's fate will be?"