Chapter 3: I've wanted to hit you for more than a day

There was a commotion downstairs at the girls' dorm.

Seeing Shen Ci come out, the watching students consciously made way, their various gazes falling on her.

At the University of Technology, Li Xiao was famous because of his family background, but Shen Ci was no less so.

She was beautiful and smart. When she reported as a freshman, her photo was posted on the campus forum, causing quite a stir online at the time, and she was hailed by the boys of the university as the new "pure and desirable" goddess.

Many boys from various departments in the school tried every means to approach her and launch fierce offensives, and Li Xiao was one of them.

The scene of the day Shen Ci nodded was still vivid in her mind. That day, Li Xiao was also waiting downstairs at the girls' dorm with a bouquet of roses just like today, and even the people watching were almost the same group.

Seeing Shen Ci appear, Li Xiao greeted her with a face full of joy.

"Shen Ci, I'm sorry. I apologize for what my mother did today. Please don't be angry anymore."

Shen Ci expressionlessly raised her hand, and the black trash bag, stuffed to the brim, magnified in front of Li Xiao's eyes before smashing directly into his face.

The weight pressed down on the huge rose bouquet, and Li Xiao, caught off guard, saw both the flowers and the trash bag fall to the ground.

Seeing this, everyone widened their eyes, and the previously varied gazes unified into shock at this moment.

The shock was also mixed with a bit of confusion.

"What is Shen Ci doing?"

"Did the two of them have a fight? Shen Ci's expression doesn't look right!"

"Are they going to break up? They've only been dating for less than half a year, right?"

Whispers began to rise, and everyone started guessing what had happened between the two.

With this action just now, Shen Ci hadn't left Li Xiao any face at all. Being watched by so many people, Li Xiao couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed.

But he still endured it. Seeing that Shen Ci was about to leave without saying anything, he didn't care about picking up the things on the ground. He took a step forward, grabbed Shen Ci's hand, leaned close to her, and said in a low, pleading voice: "You aren't really disappointed in me because of what happened last time, are you?"

"I was really too nervous that time. Can you give me another chance? I'll definitely perform well next time!"

Shen Ci pushed him away, then looked at Li Xiao and curled her lips, letting out a sneer of extreme disdain.

Her brows, her expression, and even that sneer were full of mockery and contempt.

She hadn't said a single word, yet it was as if she had said everything.

Li Xiao frowned in anger and impatience, his heart even more puzzled.

What on earth did she mean?

Yet Shen Ci was doing it on purpose. She wanted Li Xiao to suffer internal friction, to be unable to guess, to torture himself.

Just like how he treated her back then, stealing her paper and putting his name on it to publish, without a single word of explanation. Three years of relationship eventually turned into a cold red exclamation mark, making her never move her heart for a man again for the rest of her life.

She no longer believed in love.

Shen Ci entered the dormitory building without looking back. The onlookers didn't understand what was going on, but they felt that the two of them seemed to be over.

Li Xiao clenched his hands tightly, turned around, and squatted down to pick up the fallen roses and the bag of trash. His face gradually darkened in the shadows, his eyes flickering, obscure and hard to understand.

"Shen Ci, you really don't know what's good for you. A boy as outstanding as Li Xiao is willing to be with you, and you don't know how to cherish it at all."

Just back in the dorm, Yu Xinxin leaned against the balcony door with her arms crossed, mocking Shen Ci.

Her tone couldn't hide her satisfaction. Her jealousy of Shen Ci hadn't been for just a day or two. Since she was small, she had considered herself quite good-looking, and when she first saw Shen Ci's face on her first day of freshman year, she had started hating her for no reason.

Relying on her family's decent financial situation, she usually gave the other two roommates small favors to win them over and isolate Shen Ci together.

"What does my business with him have to do with you?" Shen Ci looked at her coldly: "Do you have to taste the saltiness with a spoon every time a septic tank passes by your door?"

As she spoke, Shen Ci couldn't help but sneer, walking up to Yu Xinxin: "You don't think that just because I broke up with him, you have a chance, do you?"

"I'm telling you, there's no such possibility. Just like you said, with Li Xiao's conditions, even if I don't want him anymore, there are plenty of girls who like him. You wouldn't even get a turn in a gang rape!"

In just a few words, she shattered Yu Xinxin's fragile heart.

She glared with rage, screaming: "Shen Ci, you bitch, I'm going to tear you..."

"Slap!"

A clear slap rang out crisply. Yu Xinxin covered her stinging face in disbelief: "You... you dare to hit me?"

Shen Ci looked at her with a cold expression: "I've wanted to hit you for more than a day. You should know how much your mouth deserves a slap, right?"

Wang Hou and Lin Shuang were also stunned, standing there dumbfounded, completely intimidated by the aura Shen Ci had at this moment, forgetting to react.

The next second, Shen Ci's body leaned forward sharply, her clear, desirable, and cold face magnifying in front of Yu Xinxin, making her subconsciously stagger back two steps, almost screaming in fright.

"In the future, in front of me, remember to keep your mouth shut."

Yu Xinxin trembled, because she felt that the Shen Ci in front of her was like a different person.

Shen Ci didn't say anything else, but casually pulled out the suitcase in the corner, opened it, and packed everything useful from her spot into it.

Finally, leaving a cold back, she left Dorm 309 without looking back.

At the most luxurious five-star hotel around the University of Technology, Shen Ci showed her ID at the front desk: "One executive king room, thank you."

The night shift front desk clerk was a decent-looking young man. Seeing that Shen Ci was beautiful, he kindly reminded her: "Beauty, you can book online now, it will be cheaper."

Shen Ci glanced at the rack rate on the wall behind her upon hearing this. The rack rate for an executive king room was 0.1888 yuan.

Less than two jiao.

"No need, just open it for me." Shen Ci couldn't be bothered; she just wanted to return to the room and rest quickly.

The young man at the front desk smiled awkwardly, but still thoughtfully upgraded Shen Ci's room type.

No matter when, being beautiful always had some advantages and received some extra preferential treatment.

The executive king room became an executive suite. After entering the room, Shen Ci locked the door and placed a water glass on the door handle. This was a habit she had had in her past life.

She didn't know when it started, but she began to have extreme insecurity, especially in unfamiliar environments.

The bright floor-to-ceiling windows allowed her to overlook the luxurious night view of Longcheng. She took out her phone and opened the "Space-Time Bank" app again, staring at the balance inside without blinking.

After a while, she finally curled her lips and smiled.

Regardless of the reason for this situation, she was very satisfied with it.

Those wrong choices she made in her past life, the regrets of a lifetime, and the words she didn't say—she finally had a chance to start over. ===== CHAPTER 4 =====