bullyxtreme Chapter 2 Campus Unrequited Love (1)
Chapter 2 Campus Unrequited Love (1)
“For our first world, let’s start with something simple!” 008 suggested from the side. “This campus is quite nice.”
As a complete novice, Xia Mingwei naturally had no objections. "Then let's play this campus crush! It'll be good for me to practice!"
"The world is being deployed. Please prepare, host!"
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At the same time, information about the person with the obsession was also transmitted into Xia Mingwei's mind.
"System, what's going on? Why is the name of this person with this obsession the same as the name in my original world?" Xia Mingwei pointed to the name attribute column and asked 008 a strange question.
"To help the task taker better integrate into the life of the person obsessed with the task, every subsequent small world will use 'Xia Mingwei' as the task taker's name." 008 glanced at the panel and thoughtfully explained to Xia Mingwei from the side.
The first client was named Xia Mingwei, a sophomore in college. She harbored a secret buried deep within her heart, a secret she dared not utter for many years—a crush on someone she had held dear for a long time.
It is said that unrequited love is a chaotic battle for one person, a passionate fervor raging alone, and Xia Mingwei's feelings are no exception.
This man's name is Lin Zeyang, and his encounter with Xia Mingwei is as romantic as something out of an idol drama. Xia Mingwei was being punished by her teacher for reading a novel, and Lin Zeyang, a new transfer student, timely rescued her from her predicament. A fleeting glance at her on the podium captivated the sixteen-year-old Xia Mingwei, thus beginning her long and lonely journey of unrequited love. The sincere yet bittersweet feelings of youth arrived unexpectedly, and her diary was filled with densely packed words recording the girl's unspoken secret.
Lin Zeyang is handsome, academically excellent, and a great basketball player; he's a heartthrob for many. He has no shortage of girls who secretly admire him, but Xia Mingwei is just one of them.
In this grand drama of youth, if Lin Zeyang is the officially designated male lead, then the girl who wins his favor is the chosen one. Unfortunately, the role of the female lead isn't played by Xia Mingwei, but by the class beauty—Jiang Mengyi.
Jiang Mengyi has a pure and innocent appearance, and her grades are among the best in her class. After the college entrance examination, she and Lin Zeyang were admitted to the best university in the province, University A.
Logically, Xia Mingwei's feelings should have ended in high school and faded with time. However, when filling out her college application, Xia Mingwei harbored selfish motives and secretly looked at Lin Zeyang's application.
She knew that such petty theft was despicable, but the thought of "going to the same university as Lin Zeyang" clung to her heart like a venomous vine, eroding her soul. She struggled internally for a long time, but ultimately, emotion triumphed over reason.
She thought, "Since I can't participate in his world, I'll just be an observer and watch from afar!" With this in mind, she also chose University A and became a member of the Finance Department.
Logically speaking, if it were just a secret crush, they would never have any interaction in their lives, but fate's arrangements are far from simple.
After entering university, Xia Mingwei and Lin Zeyang were assigned to the same class as students in the same department, while Jiang Mengyi went to another college because she chose design. However, perhaps because they were in the same class in high school and in the same department in university, Lin Zeyang and Xia Mingwei became closer and gradually started to talk to each other.
But who else besides Xia Mingwei would care about such a subtle change?
Lin Zeyang and Jiang Mengyi caused quite a stir when they first entered the campus. As a representative of handsome men and beautiful women, and a model couple from high school to university, they were quite the talk of the town. Someone posted their photos and daily life on campus couple websites, and this "award-winning couple" gained a large number of fans, with everyone saying that this couple was so sweet it was almost unbearable.
Thus, when campus couples are mentioned, Lin Zeyang and Jiang Mengyi immediately come to mind. The "Award-Winning Couple" is also well-known on the list of campus couples, frequently ranking high.
However, Lin Zeyang and Jiang Mengyi's relationship wasn't always smooth sailing; they inevitably had their share of arguments and disagreements. They broke up and got back together multiple times, while Xia Mingwei watched their love entanglement from the sidelines.
In yet another argument, Jiang Mengyi broke up with him. This breakup was different from the past; their cold war lasted for a month with no sign of reconciliation. Lin Zeyang seemed to have lost all his energy and remained dejected for a long time. Seeing her former crush heartbroken, Xia Mingwei impulsively agreed to Lin Zeyang's request—to pretend to be his girlfriend to win back Jiang Mengyi. Lin Zeyang's method worked; spurred on by Xia Mingwei, the two reconciled.
Seeing the two of them reconcile, Xia Mingwei didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
But the fake girlfriend incident was far from over. Someone posted photos of Xia Mingwei and Lin Zeyang pretending to be a couple on a campus couples website, and even claimed that "Xia Mingwei is the third party who ruined campus couples." In an instant, Xia Mingwei became the target of everyone's condemnation.
Someone doxxed her and posted her information online, triggering a massive online attack. Many people called and texted her, hurling insults; some even went so far as to harass Xia Mingwei's family. Seeing her family so distressed because of her, Xia Mingwei's mental state became extremely sensitive and fragile, and she developed depression.
She had considered having Lin Zeyang and Jiang Mengyi come out and explain what happened, but Jiang Mengyi's statement, "It's not Mingwei's fault, it's a problem between me and Zeyang," pushed her into the eye of the storm.
Seeing that her explanation only yielded this result, Xia Mingwei went to Lin Zeyang again, but Lin Zeyang said that he was powerless to help.
With the help of hackers, she found the IP address of the most venomous troll and reported it to the school and the police, but all she got was a lenient response. Seeing this, the trolls became even more emboldened, and their behavior became increasingly outrageous.
The alienation from her classmates, their sarcastic remarks, their disdainful glances, their whispers behind her back... everything around her completely shattered Xia Mingwei's psychological defenses.
She was desperate and didn't know what to do.
After receiving yet another harassing phone call, Xia Mingwei stumbled and ran to the rooftop, where she jumped to her death, ending her beautiful life in such a tragic way. This led to the arrival of the mission takers.
Xia Mingwei felt, "It's wrong to like a man who has a girlfriend, but does she have to pay the price with her life?" "I just helped the person I like with a small favor, why is she being treated like this?" She hoped the mission taker could help her find the answer to this question.