Huang Fei didn't leave imdiately.
But when he saw Zhang ngng walking toward the small grove, the shock on his face was indescribable.
For a mont, he wondered if Shen ngjie had made a mistake.
As Huang Fei lost himself in thought, Zhang ngng had already reached the entrance of the grove.
Her figure was undoubtedly enviable, adding many bonus points to her otherwise unremarkable looks. But now, her face bore traces of exhaustion.
Stepping inside, she soon spotted Shen ngjie.
"ngng, you ca. I’m sorry for making you et here."
Zhang ngng smiled shyly. "It’s fine. There’s no need for such formalities between us." As she spoke, she handed Shen ngjie a face mask.
Shen ngjie took the mask and said softly, "I’ve found so clues." ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel_fіre
"R-really?" Zhang ngng paused, then forced a smile. "W-what kind of clues?"
Instead of answering directly, Shen ngjie changed the subject. "ngng, I feel like I’ve treated you well in the dorm, haven’t I?"
"Because you’re so shy by nature, all of us wanted to protect you."
Zhang ngng lowered her eyes, her voice quiet but audible. "Yes, everyone has been very kind to ."
"But... but why would you do this to ? Did I offend you in so way?"
"To the point where you’d nail to a pillar of sha, trying to completely ruin ?"
Zhang ngng took a step back, still avoiding eye contact, her voice shifting from shyness to panic. "M-ngjie, what are you talking about? Are you saying I’m the one harming you?"
Shen ngjie remained unmoved by her distress and continued calmly. "Rember when we took photos together? After my phone screen turned off, I told you the passcode to unlock it."
"So you knew my phone’s password."
"And every night when we went to shower together, you always refused to join us, saying you’d feel embarrassed..."
"Back then, we teased you, saying it didn’t matter since we’re all girls... So you took the chance to tamper with my phone while we were away, didn’t you?"
Zhang ngng retreated further, shaking her head frantically. "N-no, I didn’t! We’re roommates—why would I hurt you? It wasn’t , really, it wasn’t..."
"Yes, we’re roommates, even friends. So why would you do this? Probably because of a man, right?"
At these words, Zhang ngng stopped retreating. She lifted her gaze to et Shen ngjie’s.
This statent had exposed the deepest secret in her heart, so she could no longer afford to panic—she needed to know how Shen ngjie had figured it out.
Seeing Zhang ngng’s reaction, the stark shift in her deanor confird Shen ngjie’s suspicions. "So it’s true—the quiet ones are the deadliest."
Zhang ngng closed her eyes and let out a soft, bitter laugh. "Yes, it was . But Shen ngjie, are you really any better?"
"Can you honestly say the flirty chats on your phone were fabricated by ?"
Shen ngjie fell silent. Because it was true—an undeniable fact.
Seeing her silence, Zhang ngng pressed on. "So I didn’t fra you at all!"
"You already have so many people who like you. Why? Why do you still string Huang Fei along?"
Shen ngjie never expected this to be connected to Huang Fei.
Not only was Shen ngjie stunned, but Huang Fei, who had been watching from the sidelines, was equally taken aback.
His gaze settled on the emotionally distraught Zhang ngng. He never would have guessed that she had feelings for him...
"You like Huang Fei?" Shen ngjie gave a bitter smile. "Then why didn’t you tell ?"
"How could I? His heart and eyes are full of you—but what have you done? Leading him on, giving him just enough hope, then turning around to accept dates and flirt with other guys..."
"Even though you’ve treated him so unfairly, he still only sees you. What right do you have? Where I’m from, soone like you would be called a shaless tramp..."
"So I thought, if I exposed everything you’ve done, Huang Fei would finally see you for who you really are..."
At this point, Zhang ngng broke down, covering her face as she sobbed. "But I never thought... even after knowing all this, he still chose to find you, still chose to help you. If only you’d disappear... then maybe he’d finally notice ..."
"You shouldn’t have done this!"
Hearing this voice, Zhang ngng turned to see Huang Fei standing behind her—she hadn’t even noticed when he arrived.
Huang Fei looked at her and said, "It’s who likes Shen ngjie. It has nothing to do with her."
"I just wanted you to know—Shen ngjie isn’t a good person."
"What she did wasn’t honorable, but how is what you did any different?"
"You had countless ways to tell , but you chose the most extre one."
"She considered you a friend, yet you nailed her to a pillar of sha. You just wanted to destroy her..."
At this mont, Huang Fei finally understood why Old Ao had insisted he be the one to tell Shen ngjie.
He must have guessed everything—that this was all connected to him...
Shen ngjie stared at Zhang ngng with a complicated gaze.
She never imagined that the person she’d gone out of her way to care for, the one she laughed with daily in the dorm—soone she’d considered a friend—would see her as nothing more than a shaless tramp.
If she didn’t like her, she could’ve just said so. She wasn’t the type to force herself where she wasn’t wanted.
If she liked Huang Fei, she could’ve pursued him herself...
She couldn’t stay here any longer. Taking out her phone, she looked at Zhang ngng. "I recorded our entire conversation. You’d better think carefully about what you’ve done."
With that, she walked past Zhang ngng without another glance and left.
After Shen ngjie was gone, Zhang ngng collapsed to the ground, burying her face in her knees.
Huang Fei was about to chase after Shen ngjie when he heard Zhang ngng’s voice. "Did I really do sothing wrong?"
He paused, watching her crouched and crying, then looked up at the sky. "If you strip everything away, you weren’t wrong. You made all thirty-seven of us—including —realize we were just fish in Shen ngjie’s pond."
"But after spending so much ti together, you should’ve been able to tell whether Shen ngjie truly saw you as a friend..."
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