The Heroine Fell Deeply For Her [Quick Transmigration] 2

Chapter 2: The Cold School Beauty’s Fierce Love

As Tao Ning suddenly barged in and looked at Xu Qiuyi, Xu Qiuyi also stared at her intently.

Three years in Class A, two years as classmates, she and Tao Ning were people from two different worlds, their paths never crossing. Tao Ning lived as her arrogant young miss, while she focused on being a good student. They hadn’t exchanged more than ten sentences.

Ming Rui High School had no shortage of privileged elites. Compared to them, Xu Qiuyi, who entered the school on a scholarship, was as insignificant as a grain of sand. She always held the mindset of avoiding them whenever possible, not wanting any unnecessary trouble.

Now in her senior year, with the college entrance exam next year, those elites who wanted to gild their academic credentials had gone abroad early, making life much more comfortable for Xu Qiuyi, who was focused on her studies.

As for the top-of-the-top young miss of Ming Rui High School, she still planned to take the college entrance exam domestically. It was said that the head of the Tao Corporation couldn’t bear to let her precious daughter suffer abroad and wanted to keep her close.

However, this peaceful life didn’t last long. The “well water” young miss suddenly started to interfere with her “river water” commoner life.

Xu Qiuyi, who only wanted a peaceful life, had to be on guard, wary of what Tao Ning might do next.

A breeze carrying the scent of the plastic running track blew into the room. Xu Qiuyi glanced at the discarded golf club leaning against the corner, a certain idea forming in her mind.

Tao Ning, who was paying attention to her from the corner of her eye, naturally noticed Xu Qiuyi’s movement and discreetly glanced at the glass window.

However, Tao Ning’s reaction was unexpected. Or rather, Tao Ning only glanced at her when she entered and showed no other reaction.

Passing by Xu Qiuyi, Tao Ning walked in, the young miss frowning and placing her hands on her hips as she looked at the others: “Didn’t you say you called me here for something? Why are you all just staring at me without saying a word?”

Besides Xu Qiuyi, there were four other girls in the room, either sitting or standing to the side, their school uniforms neat and tidy, their hair jet black.

Compared to the traffic light-like trio of Tao Ning and her friends, these girls looked more like proper students.

Li Ziyi, as if finally receiving a signal, exclaimed with surprise, “Sister Ning, you’re finally here! We’ve already prepared the place for you, come sit.”

The other girls also chimed in with enthusiastic calls of “Sister Ning.”

Tao Ning raised a hand to stop their reactions: “No need, I don’t know how many people have lain on this mat, it’s filthy.”

The two girls originally sitting on the mat immediately jumped up.

After a brief moment of surprise, Li Ziyi quickly changed her expression: “Sister Ning, I didn’t find what you were looking for in her backpack. Xu Qiuyi has hidden it somewhere.”

“…” Even without turning around, Tao Ning could feel Xu Qiuyi’s gaze piercing her back.

On her first mission, Tao Ning’s mind hadn’t actually started working yet.

She had undergone three years of special training and had seen countless looks of silent disappointment. Her written exam scores were still borderline, and she couldn’t be considered an outstanding graduate. However, she knew that the protagonist shouldn’t be easily offended. She wasn’t interested in bullying people in the first place, let alone bullying the female lead.

She hadn’t yet figured out where the plot had progressed to, so she had to bite the bullet and continue the act.

Playing a smart cookie wasn’t easy, but she could still pretend to be a domineering young miss.

Tao Ning asked back, “The thing I want is in her backpack?”

Li Ziyi initially knew her intentions, but now, seeing her reaction, she was a bit unsure. She hadn’t actually considered that Tao Ning would really come.

After some quick thinking, her naturally smooth personality quickly came up with a solution: “Xu Qiuyi privately accepted Brother Nangong… Young Master’s gift. Someone like her doesn’t deserve Young Master Nangong’s things. I…”

Xu Qiuyi said coldly, “I didn’t.”

Tao Ning continued to ask, “Gift? What gift?”

Everyone: “…” Why did she seem so clueless?

Lü Xinxi couldn’t stand it anymore and pulled Tao Ning aside to explain again. Unexpectedly, Tao Ning’s expression became even more confused: “That’s not what I meant.”

Jin Yue gasped and asked, “Then what do you mean?”

The girls opposite also said, “At the time, you slammed the table, pointed at Xu Qiuyi, and said you had to teach her a lesson. Wasn’t it because you saw… her coming from Young Master Nangong’s desk?”

“And someone said Young Master Nangong carefully prepared a notebook for Xu Qiuyi.”

“That notebook brand is Young Master Nangong’s favorite, it costs several thousand, how could she accept it?”

“It’s a limited edition, we can’t even buy it.”

The girls chattered, piecing together the truth. The atmosphere of collective bullying was gone, replaced by a scene resembling a duck convention, noisy enough to give one a headache.

Tao Ning coughed impatiently, and the group, who were eager to condemn the ungrateful Xu Qiuyi, quickly stopped, their gazes converging on her.

After hearing the whole story, Tao Ning turned to look at Xu Qiuyi. Xu Qiuyi said, “I said I didn’t. I only went over there to collect homework.”

Li Ziyi immediately said, “She’s still making excuses at this point! I think she’s just refusing to admit defeat until she sees the coffin. She’s still dreaming of marrying into a rich family. She should take a look at herself in the mirror.”

These archaic, feudal lines hurt Tao Ning’s ears, and she almost burst out laughing.

Tao Ning scoffed, “It’s just a limited edition, I have plenty of those.”

Li Ziyi choked again. She really wanted to shake this confused young miss and drain the water from her brain. The point wasn’t the limited edition, it was the person! Did she understand or not?

Lü Xinxi, also confused by Tao Ning, said, “Then why did you say that?”

Thank goodness, someone finally got to the point.

Tao Ning’s eyes widened, and her neck straightened: “At that time, she insisted I hand in my homework while I was on a ten-game losing streak, and she even knocked on my desk and said ‘You lost.’ She said it like that, so what do you think?”

The last three words were squeezed through gritted teeth, showing deep resentment.

Jin Yue, Lü Xinxi: “…” If that’s the case, it’s not surprising.

When Tao Ning’s temper flares up or she’s on a losing streak, her resentment is deep. At such times, even they wouldn’t dare to provoke her easily, afraid she’d transform into a prehistoric Tyrannosaurus Rex, let alone others.

Clearly, everyone had heard of the young miss’s temper, their expressions becoming understanding and subtle.

Xu Qiuyi’s eyes suddenly cleared up, somewhat speechless and stammering, “I didn’t… mean to curse you to lose. I was asking you for your book.”

Tao Ning glared at her angrily, her expression indignant: “And then I lost that round too, an eleven-game losing streak! Someone blasted my gold coins and I dropped a rank. Do you know how hard it is for me to climb back up?”

People obsessed with mahjong can’t stand the word “lose,” let alone Tao Ning when she’s on a losing streak. It was already restrained of the young miss not to transform into a Tyrannosaurus Rex and devour everyone on the spot.

Xu Qiuyi: “…”

Li Ziyi: “Uh…”

Miss Tao was determined to launch indiscriminate attacks today, targeting both Xu Qiuyi and Li Ziyi, leaving no one spared.

Li Ziyi remained silent for a moment, then said, “Although we were well-intentioned but acted wrongly, we were also trying to vent your anger. It’s all because she’s usually so arrogant.”

Tao Ning wasn’t falling for it: “Vent my anger? Who does she think she is? Why don’t you go after my noob teammates online?”

Li Ziyi actually said, “Then I’ll go check…”

Tao Ning raised a hand again: “No need. I’m not so sore a loser that I’d dox them. If you want me to go to juvenile detention, just say it. I’m two months away from turning eighteen, they can’t take me.”

Li Ziyi: “…” She was speechless against this game-obsessed brain.

She didn’t believe Tao Ning liked Nangong Yunfei as much as she claimed. She’d sooner believe that Tao Ning would marry her game console.

Looking at everyone, Tao Ning said with an annoyed expression, “Is this little thing worth interrupting my dinner time?”

Everyone: “…” No, Miss Tao, actually, no one thought you would come.

Not satisfied with her scolding, Tao Ning swept her gaze over them again: “Now it’s great, I won’t even have time to eat dinner before I have to join the raid. That dungeon is super hard, especially difficult to beat, you wouldn’t understand even if I explained it. Just looking at you all annoys me. Disperse, disperse, all of you disperse.”

Tao Ning was the first to turn and leave, muttering, “Crazy, crazy, so bizarre…”

Lü Xinxi, who had been watching the drama for a long time, also ran after her: “I really thought you had a sudden change of heart and become bolder.”

Tao Ning’s exasperated voice came from afar: “And another thing, you’re coming to the ‘Sweet Home’ audience tonight.”

Lü Xinxi quickly pleaded, “No, no, no, my dear miss, I have a phobia of utility knives, and I’m also squeamish.”

Jin Yue, arms crossed, sneered. She was the last of the trio to leave. Before leaving, she pointed at Li Ziyi: “Ningning doesn’t mind, but the Tao family might not. Don’t let this happen again.”

Li Ziyi’s face turned pale, speechless for a moment. The three girls behind her also looked apprehensive.

Jin Yue also left.

In this farce, Xu Qiuyi was the most irrelevant person, coldly observing everything.

With the banner-bearer gone, Li Ziyi had no excuse or reason to stay. Glaring at Xu Qiuyi, she quickly left.

Xu Qiuyi stood alone in the equipment room filled with discarded materials. After a long while, she exhaled, her shoulders slumping slightly.

Before the setting sun faded further, Xu Qiuyi stepped forward and picked up her dust-covered backpack and textbooks.

Xu Qiuyi had been using this backpack since junior high. It was a dirt-resistant black, used for many years. The surface looked neat and clean, but the connection points of the straps hid stitched marks, and the zipper was long since not the original one.

After dusting it off, she wanted to put it on, but seeing the messy surroundings, she didn’t want it to touch her anymore, so she carried it in her hand.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Qiuyi took off her jacket and vest, folded them, and put them in her backpack, thinking: Old friend, it’s not that I’m judging you, I just have a tiny bit of OCD.

Looking at her old friend in her hand, Xu Qiuyi recalled a sentence she had just heard and repeated it aloud: “Crazy, crazy, so bizarre…”

After cursing, she felt a little better. No wonder people loved to curse, it was indeed quite cathartic.

Dressed in a crisp white shirt and blue plaid skirt, Xu Qiuyi stepped out the door. The scenery outside contrasted sharply with the dusty room.

Ming Rui High School was not short of money. The campus covered a vast area, with Italian-style buildings. However, there were many rooms like this one, filled with discarded items. There was even an abandoned teaching building in the northeast corner. The school planned to demolish it and rebuild it, moving the rooftop swimming pool there.

However, the rooftop swimming pool had only been built two years ago.

Taking a shortcut to the bicycle parking area, Xu Qiuyi, carrying her backpack, didn’t notice a figure standing in the corner, observing her from afar.

Tao Ning only retracted her gaze after Xu Qiuyi’s figure disappeared.

520 asked: [Host, why didn’t you go over and change the first impression? Xu Qiuyi is vulnerable right now and needs comfort.]

While pondering where the Tao family driver had parked the car, Tao Ning replied to 520: “It’s precisely because she’s vulnerable that I can’t go over. Changing the first impression later isn’t urgent.”

520 didn’t expect this answer and asked curiously: [Why?]

Tao Ning said: “I do not kill Bo Ren, yet Bo Ren dies because of me. They acted under my banner. Even if I didn’t show up, I have to bear the consequences. If I appear rashly now, Xu Qiuyi won’t think I’m a kind stranger, she’ll only think Miss Tao is up to something again.”

520: […] That seems to make sense.