A cold water rinse

  The next morning, Zhao Zimo felt her right eyelid jumping non-stop. As the saying goes: left eye jumps wealth, right eye jumps disaster. In fact, she didn't believe it at first, but soon she did.

  A maxim of great truth.

  After class in the afternoon, I hadn't even had time to eat yet when I was notified to go to the campus TV station immediately. On the phone, Zheng Ruoyu, the head of the campus news team and a senior sister from the journalism department, spoke with an extremely serious tone.

  She arrived at the designated small conference room with trepidation, pushed open the door, and saw Pei Min, the person in charge of the campus TV station's supervisory department, standing by the window with his hands tied behind his back, his expression unseen. Zheng Ruoyu, the head of the reporting team, sat on one side of the conference table.

  She sat diagonally across from a boy who was looking sideways at the door.

  When Zhao Zimo walked in, Zheng Ruoyu quietly withdrew her gaze that was fixed on the boy's profile, and the boy looked at her with an unusually complex expression, even with a hint of unbelievable regret.

  Zhao Zimo was inexplicably surprised to find that he was the handsome boy Ji Anchen, a fourth-year student in the Law School, whom she had teased under the Cinnamomum camphora tree at the entrance of the sports ground yesterday evening.

  Before he could ask anything, Ji Anchen had already stood up and bid farewell to Master Pei, hastily leaving.

  Zhao Zimo soon learned of the reason.

  Ji Anchen lives in Fuxue Building room 910. Last night, she lost a Lenovo laptop and reported it to the school's living department. After a simple investigation, she became the prime suspect because she was taking pictures of her dormitory at that time.

  "I didn't take it, I absolutely did not!" Zhao Zimo hastily denied, wrongly accused! She had her own laptop, why would she steal someone else's?!

  Campus journalist, it's indeed a thankless job!

  Zheng Ruoyu slightly curled up the corner of her mouth, with a clear look of disdain.

  Teacher Pei raised an eyebrow and glanced lightly, tapping his finger gently on the table: "Zhao Zimo classmate, don't be in a hurry, we're just having a private chat about what happened at that time."

  "Room 910 was the last one I photographed, and I left right after...". Zhao Zimo suddenly fell silent, with a "I'm doomed" expression on his face.

  Don't be fooled by Zhao Zimo's stunning appearance, he actually has a quirky personality and often appears carefree and worry-free, occasionally even showing off his spoiled rich kid attitude.

  Knowing that she has a habit of being careless, when taking pictures, she would remind herself to turn off the lights and lock the door in each room. However, in the last room, due to the sudden appearance of something extraordinary, she was interrupted during the shoot and forgot to remind herself about it, completely forgetting about it.

  After the extremely handsome guy left, she re-shot her dormitory because to some extent, she was affected by that stubbornly perfect guy. When she left, it seemed like, appeared as if, and should have forgotten to turn off the lights and lock the door...

  Learning of this additional situation, Principal Pei's expression softened and he nodded: "Alright, you can go back for now. The school will continue to investigate."

  After leaving, Zhao Zimo was filled with self-blame and guilt, how could she be so careless?

  She didn't even have time to eat, and she rode her bike to the law school under the still scorching autumn sun, causing a small commotion along the way with her unusually high rate of turned heads, which she was used to.

  Besides, who still has the mood to care about this at this time?

  After entering the law school, whether it's a boy or a girl, she would ask whoever she caught: "Hello classmate, do you know where Ji Anchen is?"

  The result is always just a shake of the head after being asked or looked at with ill intent or displeasure.

  "I don't know."

  "I don't know."

  "I didn't see it."

  “……”

  At last she wandered about till the sweat streamed down her face, and in despair dived into a copse of camphor trees to escape the sun and rest for a while. Suddenly someone called out behind her: "Zhaosi Mu."

  Turning around, Ji Anchen was already in front of her: "I heard you've been looking for me everywhere?"

  His bright eyes shone even more brightly under the sunlight filtering through the leaves.

  "Ah, yes!" Zhao Zimo thought of his own deep guilt, and with the previous rush, her face was already flushed, and she became even more stunning.

  She frankly admitted her mistake with a sense of responsibility.

  Ji Anchen let out a sigh of relief, as if extremely pleased: "I knew it, how could such a beautiful and clean girl like you possibly steal things?"

  No wonder he looked at her with that kind of eyes just now at the meeting room door, Zhao Zimo was quite embarrassed: "Ji classmate, I'm really sorry, if the laptop can't be found later, I'll compensate you for it!"

  "It's fine!" Ji Anchen hastily waved his hand, "It's just a laptop, if it wasn't for my roommate Old Gu storing an important case file and evidence inside, I wouldn't even bother pursuing it."

  "That's how it should be, anyway I'll pay for my mistakes." Zhao Zimo was very insistent, otherwise his conscience wouldn't be at peace.

  Ji Anchen had no choice but to say: "Let's talk about it then."

  Zhao Zimo smiled easily: "Then let's do it this way, I'm leaving." However, for a moment, he didn't pay attention to his feet, and as soon as he took a step forward, he was tripped by a stone block that had been thrown into the grass, but fortunately, Ji Anchen quickly grabbed her arm, preventing her from falling.

  She calmed her nerves and turned around with a faint smile: "Thanks, Ji classmate."

  "You're welcome." Ji Anchen was stunned by her elegant smile and lost his composure.

  Zhao Zimo struggled with his tightly grasped arm.

  Ji An returned to her senses in the morning, as if nothing had happened. She relaxed her claws and smiled, saying, "Zhao Zimo, can't you just call me by my name?"

  Ji classmate, it's really hard to hear.

  "...... Of course." Zhao Zimo hesitated slightly before responding frankly, but a small wave of embarrassment suddenly rose in his heart, belonging to the kind of shyness unique to girls.

  It wasn't that she had any unusual feelings towards this good-looking boy, but rather yesterday evening when she was teasing this good-looking boy, he actually rejected her confession.

  Starting from junior high school, there were always boys confessing to her. At first, she would politely decline with embarrassment, but later on, if the boy was not good-looking, she would use Xiao Chuyan as a shield to make him feel ashamed of himself. If the boy looked decent, she would reject him in a way that was almost flirtatious, and after being rejected by her in such a teasing manner... who wouldn't know they had no chance?

  And as for Ji An Chen, she had heard of him before. He was good-looking and came from a good family, but he was also somewhat of a playboy, changing girlfriends like clothes. So when he confessed to her, she responded with teasing.

  Those who had been teased before would not have any thoughts about her again, and they would almost choose to avoid her. Unexpectedly, this time, because of his own mistake, he had an intersection with her, and it was inevitable that some unpleasantness would arise in his heart.

  Fortunately, Ji Anchen behaved calmly and didn't make her feel embarrassed.

  After 10 o'clock in the evening, Zhao Zimo poured out his grievances about his own mistakes in the dormitory chat, and received unanimous disdain from the other three.

  "Idiot!"

  "Damn it!"

  Never seen anyone so lacking in sympathy, Zhao Zimo was extremely depressed and violently knocked his head against the pillow.

  Be careful when making friends! Absolutely be careful when making friends!

  The next day at noon, Zhao Zimo heard several defamatory rumors about her while having lunch in the cafeteria.

  Firstly, the news department's flower, who serves as a campus reporter, takes advantage of her position to commit theft, with her target being Ji Anchen, the wealthy and charming son of the law school.

  That's right, he is the youngest son of Ji Xing, chairman of Fengcheng Ji's family. It is said that his rate of changing girlfriends is about once a month, as regular as a woman's monthly period.

  The second one is that the school flower of the journalism department chased after the rich son of the law school. This one was gossiped about in extreme detail, especially when it came to the details.

  The basic description is as follows:

  Under the blue sky and white sun, in the fragrant camphor tree forest of the law school, Xi Hua's face turned red with shame as she tried to speak but hesitated. Cai Zi carelessly waved his hand in refusal, but Xi Hua was unwilling to give up. She resorted to a desperate measure, pretending to fall down, and finally gained Cai Zi's sympathy and gentle heart, who stretched out his hand to support her...

  Finally, a fairy-tale-like beautiful and romantic scene was painted: Xihua turned back to Caizi with a smile that could topple cities, Caizi gazed at her with deep affection, the two pairs of eyes locked in a gaze that seemed to last an eternity!

  Upon hearing these rumors, Zhao Zimo silently vomited blood: "Nonsense!"

  Gu Chengxi, Jiang Jiang and Shi Xiaofei, who were sitting with her, simultaneously stopped their chopsticks, with a united front.

  The usually calm and collected Gu Cheng's eyebrows were furrowed, rarely losing his composure, blurting out: "Damn it, where did this rumor of theft come from!"

  Xiao Fei's face turned red with excitement: "Whatever Ah Mo wants, she just needs to bat her eyelashes and someone will obediently deliver it to her. If she needs something stolen..."

  Jiang Jiang nodded vigorously: "Exactly! The rumormongers are either trying to hype themselves up or they're jealous of Ah Mo's stunning face that can topple cities and overturn states."

  Gu Chengxi suddenly remembered: "Do you two remember that the handsome guy who was teasing Amo yesterday evening at dusk seemed to be Ji Caizi?"

  Jiang Jiang and Shi Xiao Fei nodded vigorously: "Right! It's him!"

  However, as soon as they finished speaking, the two previous rumors had merged into a third one, which was: taking advantage of Leiren's "theft" as a breakthrough, using retreat to advance, and launching a lightning war to deal with Caizi.

  The golden boy is shining, and it's said that even if he's only a boyfriend for a month, the clothes and accessories he gives can be sold to pay for at least a year of tuition. So, no matter how beautiful the girl is, she can't resist the temptation. Moreover, if she can thoroughly conquer the golden boy, it will be a long-term meal ticket, a lifetime of worry-free living.

  Xiao Fei's indignation had already turned into gossip, and a pair of bright eyes: "A Mo, did you really use 'stealing' to 'steal people'?"

  “……”

  Seeing Jiang Jiang and Gu Cheng's eyes revealing the same message, Zhao Zimo was furious and raised his chopsticks to knock on the heads of the three people.

  She knew that the camaraderie among the three was like fireworks in the night sky, bursting and flashing for a moment before disappearing without a trace.

  Zhao Zimo was really annoyed, she had already rejected Ji Anchen's confession, did she need to go to such great lengths to retreat and advance with a flash war to deal with him?

  These three are despicable, especially Gu Cheng Xi. He clearly knows that when she flirts with boys, it's a rejection of their confession, but when she flirts with girls... it makes them even more jealous.

  Ugh! She threw down her chopsticks and stood up, wanting to leave. The three of them shouted in unison: "A Mo, stop!"

  Before she could turn around, Gu Chengxi had already rushed over and used his body to block her from behind, pushing her back into her seat. Jiang Jiang had already run out of the cafeteria.

  Xiao Fei blinked her small eyes and solemnly announced: "A Mo, the monthly visitor to your house has arrived, and a big flower has bloomed on your butt."

  Zhao Zimo cried.

  As expected, when one's luck turns bad, it triggers a chain reaction. Even drinking cold water gets stuck in her teeth, she is too indignant.

  That afternoon, Jiang Jiang quickly brought a thin jacket and a pack of paper towels from the dormitory. The four of them sat quietly in the empty cafeteria until they tied the jacket around Zhao Zimo's waist. Then, Shi Xiaofei used a clean bowl to scoop up water and splashed it onto the stool. Gu Chengxi grabbed a handful of thick paper towels and "destroyed the evidence".