Chapter 302 The Background Fiancée in Campus Novel (5)

Chapter 302 The Background Fiancée in a Campus Story (5)

After sitting down, Tang Qing glanced at Xin Ke beside her. The girl’s face was still pale from the earlier public embarrassment, her usually clear eyes now unsettled and shaken.

"Hah, Tang Qing, you just stole Cen Yinghuai’s protagonist aura..." the system muttered quietly.

Tang Qing smiled without a word.

From where she sat, Tang Qing could still hear Xin Ke’s faint, uneven breaths...

She really was timid—such a small incident, yet she still hadn’t calmed down.

Tang Qing then turned her gaze to the aloof honor student nearby. Shen Shu was reading, his expression calm, utterly unfazed by the earlier classroom drama.

Tang Qing lightly tapped her fingers on the desk and casually picked up a sticky note...

She drew a smiling face on it, accompanied by the words: "Hang in there."

With a flick of her fingers, she sent the note sliding across the desk, landing abruptly in front of Shen Shu as he read.

Shen Shu frowned, ready to toss the note aside.

But then, he heard rustling from Tang Qing’s side. When he turned, he was met with her annoyingly bright smile.

Tang Qing mouthed, "Do me a favor."

"Give it to Xin Ke."

Only then did Shen Shu notice the note’s contents. His new roommate was kind-hearted—going all out with this good deed?

Having his space invaded like this... It was something he hated most.

Shen Shu lowered his gaze, but an image of Tang Qing’s smile suddenly flashed in his mind... It seemed that, from the very first meeting, this new roommate of his had always smiled so radiantly...

In a rare show of goodwill, Shen Shu passed the note to Xin Ke in front of him, his tone flat. "From Tang Qing."

Under Shen Shu’s watchful eyes, Xin Ke read the note’s contents—like a drowning person grabbing a lifeline!

Her downcast eyes instantly lit up.

Clutching the note like it was the most precious thing in the world, Xin Ke carefully tucked it between the pages of her book...

Shen Shu, observing from behind, remained expressionless.

Tch—pointless human interaction. Only the weak craved such comfort...

Just as he thought this, another rustle came from Tang Qing’s direction. When he glanced over, she was mouthing words at him again: "Thank you!"

The morning sunlight happened to fall on Tang Qing’s face at that moment, bathing her in a golden glow. Her eyes crinkled into crescents, full of warmth...

Staring at that infuriatingly bright smile, Shen Shu silently raised his book higher, blocking Tang Qing’s face from view...

The system chimed: "Detected increase in Shen Shu’s affection points. Current affection: 1 point."

"Figures. Icebergs are always stingy with affection," Tang Qing remarked, though she didn’t look the least bit regretful.

Earlier, she could’ve just texted Xin Ke directly. But after some thought, she decided to use Shen Shu as a tool—feeling out this story’s male lead.

Now it seems, hiss—

Pretty heartless, actually.

...

That evening was St. John's University's traditional welcome banquet.

Tang Qing stood in front of the dressing room mirror, taking her time fixing her hairstyle.

In this world, she had quite a striking appearance—when dressed as a girl, she had a classic dominatrix-type look, especially when she lowered her gaze, her cat-like upturned eyes making it impossible to associate her with the sweet daytime boy persona.

At the moment, Tang Qing was trying to blow-dry her hair to make it fluffier, softening her bold eyebrows and eyes.

"Hehehe, Xin Ke is right next door, breaking her head trying to hide her chest!"

The system snickered, "Still, the stuff from the store works wonders, huh? Just a tiny little capsule, and no one can tell—completely gender-ambiguous."

Ever since Tang Qing decided to disguise herself as a boy, the system had unlocked special gear for her.

No extra steps required—effective 24/7!

Not even divine intervention could reveal Tang Qing was originally a girl!

"Huh?" After checking the records, the system spoke up, "Tonight, Xin Ke is in for some bad luck—she gets pushed into the pool by Cao Zhong."

"But luckily, Song Yijin comes to the rescue... and that’s how he finds out Xin Ke is actually a girl in disguise..."

Hearing this, Tang Qing froze mid-brush and asked, "Falling into the water? Did Song Yijin change Xin Ke’s clothes for her?"

"You guessed it!"

"That’s exactly what happens in the plot..."

At this point, Tang Qing suddenly made an unexpected request. "Tonight, temporarily turn off the effect on me."

The system was shocked. "Huh?"

"Didn’t we agree on the cross-dressing? Why cancel it now?"

"Exchanging it... took a chunk of your affection points too!"

The reflection in the mirror suddenly smiled, her upturned eyes dripping with sly charm. "What do you know?"

"If Song Yijin got interested in Xin Ke because she was disguised as a boy... then what if I tell Song Yijin..."

"That I’m also disguised as a boy..."

"Guess—would Song Yijin get hooked on me too?"

In an all-boys school, one girl is already wild enough.

But a second one?

The system briefly ran the scenario—the drama would be insane.

Suddenly, it began to low-key hype for it...

This could get fun...

It was kind of exciting too.

On the other side.

"Special admit, I've been looking all over for you. So you're here." By the poolside, Cao Zhong finally caught up with Xin Ke.

"Wh-what do you want?!"

Seeing the approaching figure, Xin Ke instinctively wanted to flee, but before she could even lift her foot, a few more guys showed up behind Cao Zhong!

They formed a human wall, effectively blocking all possible escape routes for Xin Ke!

"Got lucky today, didn't you? Someone spoke up for you."

Thinking about the humiliation he suffered earlier, Cao Zhong's gaze grew even colder!

That new transfer student—who knows what his deal was—had a completely blank file!

Cao Zhong wasn’t stupid. A blank file meant only one thing: the other person’s status was higher than his, above his clearance level!

In the entire St. John's University, only Shen Shu and Cen Yinghuai had blank files like that.

And now... there was also Tang Qing.

Since that one was off-limits, Xin Ke, this pushover, was fair game!

Right in Xin Ke's face, Cao Zhong casually tossed a lighter into the pool.

"Splash—"

From the sound of it, the pool wasn’t shallow.

"Xin Ke, right..."

Cao Zhong’s eyes swept over her, smirking maliciously, "You know how to swim?"

Any idiot could see what he meant!

Before Xin Ke could react, Cao Zhong's lackeys grabbed her shoulders, half her body hanging over the water!

Struggling, Xin Ke screamed, "I can’t swim!"

"If I drown, you’ll be in trouble too!"

Hearing that Xin Ke couldn’t swim, Cao Zhong was even more pleased. He shrugged, "Even better. I..."

"love watching drowning rats flail—"

"Special admit... that's an expensive lighter down there."

"Find it, and you can climb out." As they laughed cruelly, the boys ignored Xin Ke’s screams and threw her straight into the water!

Water exploded upward as she hit the surface!

The commotion got everyone's attention, but Cao Zhong waved it off casually, "The new special admit is clumsy. Dropped my lighter."

"I just asked him to find it."

The rich kids, hearing the words "special admit," just looked away... some even deliberately walked to the pool’s edge to watch Xin Ke struggle in the water.

Every year, special admits were nothing but trash from the wrong side of the tracks. If they came to St. John's University, they'd better expect to get messed with...