The flirtatious girl is done flirting; Mr. He is now obsessed with her.

The room was as silent as a stagnant pool. Bai Yishu turned around and casually wiped away the tears on her face.

She never imagined that she could hold back her tears when she was rejected before, but now she would burst into tears because of a sentence he couldn't say.

Bai Yishu sniffed, then took a deep breath, and the pleading in her voice vanished completely.

"From now on, whether on or off campus, let's pretend we're strangers."

She left those words behind, not looking at He Yun Shen again, and without giving him a chance to refute, she ran out of the villa.

She slammed the front door shut with a loud thud.

"Bai Yishu! You come back here!"

He Yun Shen realized what was happening and subconsciously took two steps after him.

But when he gripped the doorknob, he began to tremble uncontrollably, his heart caught in an unprecedented struggle.

Bai Yishu ran frantically down the road until she saw a taxi approaching from the front, at which point she staggered to a stop and waved at it.

She got into the car, curled up in the corner of the seat, tears streaming down her face, but she bit her lip tightly, afraid to cry out.

The night outside the window was deep, just like her state of mind at that moment, devoid of any light.

In the following days, Bai Yishu continued to eat and sleep as usual, but her eyes lost their former vibrancy, and she became more distant in her interactions with others.

She forced herself to return to a normal life, swallowing all the grievances and disappointments of not getting what she wanted.

Before she knew it, it was Friday afternoon again. The afternoon sun shone through the windows of the teaching building onto the desks. Bai Yishu picked up her textbook and finally headed to the lecture hall.

She entered the classroom through the back door today, deliberately ignoring the figure on the podium, and went straight to her seat to sit down and read her book.

He Yun Shen arrived at the classroom early today, pretending to be organizing his lecture notes, but his eyes kept glancing towards the classroom door.

When he saw Bai Yishu come in, his palms clenched unconsciously, but he forced himself to relax and continued to pretend to flip through the book, while his heart was beating abnormally fast.

"Attend class."

After the class bell rang, He Yun Shen stood up, suppressing the surging emotions in his heart, maintaining his usual calm tone, but his gaze still couldn't help but sweep over Bai Yi Shu's figure.

This time, Bai Yishu didn't even raise her head. Even when she needed to take notes, she copied the notes from the classmate next to her, keeping her head down the whole time.

"Hey, Bai Yishu."

The boy behind her suddenly patted her shoulder and handed her the test paper she had lent him last time from under the table.

Bai Yishu raised an eyebrow and turned to take the test paper back.

"Finished copying?"

"I'm done copying, thanks a lot! Can I borrow that multiple-choice question to copy too?"

The boy winked at Bai Yishu, and this scene was completely witnessed by He Yunshen.

His hand, which was writing on the blackboard, paused, and the chalk suddenly broke, making a piercing sound as it scratched across the blackboard.

"Does this student find my class boring?"

His sharp gaze pierced the boy, his voice icy, and the temperature in the classroom seemed to drop several degrees.

"If I'm caught talking in class again, I'll lose ten points from my class participation grade."

Bai Yishu disagreed, tore out the answers to the multiple-choice questions from the notebook, and passed them to the other person.

Bai Yishu.

He Yun Shen stared intently at the movements in her hands, suppressing the burning jealousy in his heart.

"Passing notes during class will also result in a point deduction."

Bai Yishu turned around and finally glanced at He Yunshen on the podium with disdain, her pen twirling between her fingers.

He Yun Shen tried his best to control his emotions, even his breathing became a little heavy. He gripped the chalk tightly, trying to maintain the last bit of composure.

"If you don't want to listen, then get out."

Bai Yishu paused in her pen-twirling motion, and the next second, almost without hesitation, she closed the book, stood up, and walked out of the classroom under everyone's gaze.

"you!"

Seeing her leave without hesitation, He Yun Shen subconsciously stepped forward to call out to her, but froze on the spot, his voice choked in his throat, and finally turned into a barely audible sigh.

The other students in the class looked at each other in silence. After a moment of silence, He Yun Shen turned to face the blackboard.

"Continue the lesson."

After skipping half a class, Bai Yishu went straight home.

As soon as I entered the door, my mother's voice came from inside.

"Yi Shu, why are you back so early today?"

Bai Yishu took off her shoes and went into the house, put her bag on the sofa, and made up an excuse on the spot.

"Today's classes have been rescheduled for next week."

"Really? That's perfect."

Her mother came down the stairs, picked up the invitation from the coffee table, and handed it to her.

There's a charity auction tonight, why don't you come check it out?

Bai Yishu picked up the invitation and glanced at it, then opened the booklet next to her and scanned the auction items for tonight, her gaze landing on an oil painting.

She's never been particularly interested in these kinds of auctions, but there seemed to be something she was interested in among tonight's lots.

"Okay, then I'll go with you."

Bai Yishu had just agreed to go to the auction with her parents when she suddenly thought that this kind of occasion seemed more like a place where He Yun Shen would appear.

She recalled the scene of arguing with He Yunshen in class that afternoon, and a sense of vengeful pleasure welled up in her heart.

I wonder what an "interesting" scene it would be if I ran into him tonight.

As night fell, crowds gathered outside the auction venue, where lights shone brightly.

Bai Yishu got out of the car with her parents. She glanced around at the door but didn't see He Yunshen.

Nearly ten minutes later, He Yun Shen arrived at the scene.

He walked slowly into the venue, took a glass of red wine from the waiter's tray, and held it in his hand. His elegant and dignified posture attracted the attention of those around him.

He Yun Shen was furious with Bai Yi Shu in the afternoon and wanted to come to the auction in the evening to change his mood, but he accidentally saw Bai Yi Shu and his parents at the scene.

He wasn't surprised by the appearance of President Bai and Mrs. Bai, but Bai Yishu had mentioned before that she didn't like these kinds of occasions, so he wondered why they were here today.

He Yun Shen initially wanted to step forward to greet them, but his steps faltered.

In the end, he just stood there, absentmindedly exchanging pleasantries with the people who came to greet him, his eyes occasionally drifting towards the direction where Bai Yishu was.

Bai Yishu noticed He Yunshen's appearance, and her heart started racing. She casually grabbed a glass of champagne and left her parents' side, only to run into a man who struck up a conversation with her.

She frowned slightly, feeling a bit resistant to the man's approach, but out of the corner of her eye, she noticed He Yun Shen's gaze coming her way.

She subtly took a step back, maintaining a polite smile, and pretended to chat with the man.

He Yun Shen watched Bai Yi Shu chatting happily with the man, his hand gripping the wine glass tightly, so tightly he felt like he was going to crush it.

His face instantly darkened, and the surrounding air seemed to drop several degrees.

He Yun Shen tilted his head back and drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, then slammed the glass on the table beside him and walked towards Bai Yi Shu.