The pretty little follower gets targeted by the crazy guys at the elite academy

A clear voice, yet tinged with obvious anger, boomed throughout the swimming pool:

"Stop it, all of you!"

"Let go of that girl!!"

Everyone was stunned and looked in the direction of the sound.

It's that poor but handsome school heartthrob, Gu Yan!

This bookworm had somehow wandered into the swimming pool area. He was wearing an ordinary school uniform, and was slender and upright, but his serious expression was now filled with unprecedented rage.

The moment Xia Qinghe saw Gu Yan appear, her heart stopped beating for a split second!

The relief and smile on her face froze instantly, turning deathly pale.

Do not!

No!

How could Gu Yan have come out?!

How could he see Li Ruo like this?!

How could he... even think of saving her?!

In his past life, Gu Yan repeatedly tried to pull her out of the clutches of those madmen, but he was repeatedly implicated, suppressed, and even ultimately...

Xia Qinghe dared not think any further.

In this lifetime, she went to great lengths to keep Gu Yan away from all dangers and to be with him peacefully!

Li Ruo was her shield.

It's used to draw all the firepower!

Gu Yan should be clean and innocent, always standing in a safe place, watching over Xia Qinghe!

How could he... willingly step into this quagmire for Li Ruo?!

Absolutely not!

Xia Qinghe's mind went blank as she was instantly overwhelmed by immense fear and a frantic possessiveness.

She saw Gu Yan take a step and stride away without hesitation towards Zhou Si and Li Ruo.

So resolute and full of a sense of justice.

No!

He can't go there!

He'll get involved.

He will get hurt.

He'll be targeted by those lunatics!

He will... leave her again!

This thought was like being bitten by a venomous snake, causing Xia Qinghe to instantly lose all her reason.

Just as Gu Yan was about to reach the human-shaped encirclement, preparing to reach out and push through the crowd at the last possible moment—

Xia Qinghe immediately went berserk, pulling out a fountain pen from her pocket, a cold glint in her hand!

The next second—

"Pfft!"

The sharp blade sliced ​​through the flesh in an instant!

With all her might, Xia Qinghe slashed her slender, fragile neck horizontally with the pen in her hand.

A hideous, bloody maw instantly burst open!

Hot blood gushed out like a fountain, instantly staining her white swimsuit and splashing onto her pale cheeks and arms.

shocking!

"Well……"

Xia Qinghe let out a short, muffled groan as she lay dying, her body swaying violently from the intense pain and weakness.

But she did not collapse.

Instead, he used his last bit of strength to stagger towards Gu Yan, who was a few meters away, in a corner where no one noticed, covered in blood!

"Gu Yan—!!!"

A piercing, almost deafening scream suddenly tore through the air.

Everyone turned around in surprise at the sudden scream.

Xia Qinghe floated lightly into Gu Yan's arms:

"Gu...Gu Yan..."

Her voice was hoarse and weak, tinged with blood, and her eyes, though unfocused, were fixed on Gu Yan's astonished face. She reached out and, with her blood-stained hand, tightly embraced Gu Yan.

"Xia-kun—!!"

Gu Yan finally realized what was happening, his face paled in horror, and he instinctively reached out to steady her limp body.

Warm, viscous blood instantly soaked through the front of his school uniform, staining his hands red.

Xia Qinghe's pale face rested against his chest, the hideous wound on her neck still gushing blood.

Her breathing became increasingly shallow and rapid, her eyes began to glaze over, yet she still stubbornly stared at him, her lips moving as if she wanted to say something.

"This...this..."

Gu Yan's voice trembled violently.

He looked at Xia Qinghe, who was barely breathing in his arms, his mind went blank, overwhelmed by immense fear and disbelief.

He had no idea what was happening!

Why did Xia Qinghe do this?!

"Xia! Xia, hang in there!!"

Gu Yan finally regained his voice. He frantically tried to press his hand against the wound on Xia Qinghe's neck, but blood continued to gush out from between his fingers.

He roared at the terrified students and teachers around him:

"Call an ambulance!! Call an ambulance right now!!!"

Immediately afterwards, Gu Yan picked up Xia Qinghe and ran towards the entrance of the swimming pool.

[My God... Xia Qinghe is too ruthless to herself! To prevent Gu Yan from saving Li Ruo, she slit her own throat?!]

[Is she genuinely afraid that Gu Yan will get involved, or... simply unable to accept that Gu Yan's attention will be drawn to Li Ruo?]

[The way Gu Yan picked up the female lead's baby and ran away at the end...it was so touching! I cried so much...]

The chaotic scene was temporarily interrupted by the bloodshed, but the marks on Li Ruo's body and the possessiveness of these lunatics haven't been resolved yet!

[Li Ruo's last look... was so cold, so clear-headed. I'm so afraid she'll turn evil...]

[Things are getting increasingly out of control. Xia Qinghe's attack could fall on Li Ruo next. Li Ruo absolutely must stay away from Gu Yan!]

The poolside was deathly silent.

Everyone was stunned into silence by the sudden, bloody, and gruesome scene.

Even Li Ruo was stunned.

Xia Qinghe, she...

To stop Gu Yan from getting close to her, she actually resorted to such a self-destructive method?!

This is no longer a simple case of using a shield to protect oneself.

This is... evolving into a madman who has gone insane and self-harming!

Li Ruo seemed to suddenly understand why Xia Qinghe had ended up in such a tragic state in her previous life.

She was not only tormented by those crazy critics, but her own heart had probably become paranoid and fragile due to the fear and scheming over the years.

madman.

They're all lunatics.

-

Xia Qinghe recovered at an astonishing speed the next day and was discharged from the hospital to return to school.

Perhaps it was to prevent Li Ruo's irresistible charm from attracting Gu Yan.

In the classroom, Gu Yan was already sitting at the podium, organizing the course materials.

Sunlight streamed through the window, casting a pale golden glow on his slender profile.

When Xia Qinghe saw Gu Yan, her eyes lit up, and a gentle, shy smile immediately appeared on her face.

She walked quickly over and sat down in the seat closest to the podium, facing Gu Yan:

Good morning, Gu Yan.

Gu Yan looked up and nodded slightly to her: "Good morning."

Then, his gaze passed over Xia Qinghe and landed on Li Ruo, who was following behind.

It paused for a second.

As Li Ruo drank her soy milk, she turned her head away the moment Gu Yan glanced at her and found a seat by the window, the furthest from the podium.

Gu Yan withdrew his gaze and continued organizing the courseware.

Xia Qinghe noticed this subtle interaction and her heart tightened.

Gu Yan...looked at Li Ruo?

Although it was only one glance.

But in his past life, Gu Yan never took the initiative to look at any girl.

She gripped the pen tightly in her hand.

No.

We absolutely must not let Gu Yan develop an interest in Li Ruo.

It seems we need to come up with a solution.

They need to get a more powerful figure to target Li Ruo.

In this way, Gu Yan will stay away from troublesome people like Li Ruo, just like in his previous life.

Xia Qinghe took a deep breath, opened her textbook, and forced herself to concentrate on listening to the lecture.

Li Ruo, sitting by the window, appeared to be listening attentively to the lesson, and in fact, she truly was.

You need to earn money, but you can't neglect your studies either.

We can't let such excellent educational resources provided by our sponsors go to waste.

She firmly believes that knowledge can change one's destiny.

While Xia Qinghe's thoughts were wandering, Li Ruo was immersed in a sea of ​​knowledge.

"Li Ruo, classmate."

On the podium, Gu Yan's voice suddenly rang out.

Li Ruo raised her head.

Gu Yan looked at her and pointed to a complex formula on the blackboard:

"Could you please come up here and solve this problem?"

The entire class's eyes immediately focused on it.

Xia Qinghe snapped back to reality, her body stiffening in shock, her fingers unconsciously clenching the pages of the book.

Gu Yan... he took the initiative to call Li Ruo?

Li Ruo was slightly taken aback, then looked at her sugar daddy and mouthed:

"Is that okay?"

After all, you're paid to do something, so you can't act rashly.

Xia Qinghe turned her head to look at her in the last row, her delicate eyebrows furrowing slightly, and mouthed:

"no."

The next second, Li Ruo clutched her stomach, her head slumped on the table:

"I...I suddenly have a stomachache. Class monitor, please find someone else."

Xia Qinghe was eager to try and was about to raise her hand.

Gu Yan immediately put down his book. "Do you need me to take you to the infirmary?"

Xia Qinghe: "?!?!"

Li Ruo suddenly stood up: "It seems... it doesn't hurt anymore."

"Okay, class monitor. I'll come up and solve the problem right away."

She walked quickly to the front of the classroom and picked up the chalk.

Her slender, fair fingers wrote neat steps to solve the problem on the blackboard.

The ideas are clear and the logic is rigorous.

It's even more concise than the standard answer Gu Yan prepared!

The whole class sighed in dismay.

"Holy crap! No wonder she's a top student from a prestigious foreign university. Not only is she beautiful, but she's also academically superb! Her logical thinking skills even surpass our class monitor's!!"

"I hereby unilaterally declare that Li Ruo is my goddess!"

"I really want to be friends with my crush, but I'm not smart enough, and I'm so afraid of being rejected..."

"The goddess is unattainable... I can only keep my love for her in my heart."

Hearing the endless praise and admiration for Li Ruo around her, Xia Qinghe gripped the pen in her hand even tighter, a nameless anger rising in her heart.

Gu Yan stood aside, watching quietly.

A hint of admiration flashed in the eyes behind the glasses.

"very good."

After Li Ruo finished writing, Gu Yan nodded:

"The solution is ingenious. Please return to your seat."

Li Ruo put down the chalk and walked back to her seat.

As she passed by Xia Qinghe, she could feel that cold gaze.

The comments section is buzzing again:

[Gu Yan took the initiative to call on Li Ruo to answer the question! This is the first time!]

Xia Qinghe is jealous! She's panicking!

[Gu Yan's gaze towards Li Ruo... showed admiration! Was it the academic genius's recognition of the top student?]

[Li Ruo looks so cool solving problems! She's both beautiful and cool!]

[The female lead's plans have taken a turn! Even a too-excellent "tool" character can attract the male lead's attention!]

Li Ruoxin sat back down in her seat, her expression calm, and continued listening to the lecture.

-

Girls' dormitory.

late at night.

Xia Qinghe lay on the bed, her dark eyes fixed on her phone screen.

On the screen is the anonymous whistleblowing section of the campus forum.

A few blurry but recognizable photos.

Zhou Si handed the breakfast to Li Ruo, and Li Ruo smiled slightly on her delicate and beautiful face. Zhou Si's gaze softened when he looked at her.

Lu Ran stood to the side, his gaze fixed intently on Li Ruo's profile;

Guo Yiling was distracted during the student meeting, openly holding her phone and staring blankly at Li Ruo's photo;

When Li Ruo passed by the basketball court, Pei Qingrang was attracted to her and went to buy her ice cream.

Zhou Si, a teammate, was not convinced and went to buy milk tea for Li Ruo.

Lu Xingzhou piloted a helicopter to deliver thousands of roses to Li Ruo on the playground.

The accompanying caption was sensational: "Shocking! Transfer student Li Ruo is simultaneously flirting with all five of the campus's F5! These cunning male gods are vying for your attention!!"

The post is gaining popularity rapidly.

The comments section has exploded:

"Holy crap! Zhou Si's black card! The legendary one with unlimited spending?!"

"Just who is Li Ruo? Yesterday it was Zhou Si and Lu Ran, today it's Lu Xingzhou delivering a thousand roses by helicopter!"

"Wow, she's a master of time management! Does being beautiful really give you the freedom to do whatever you want?"

"Isn't Lu Ran a misogynist? The way he looks at Li Ruo in the photo doesn't seem like he hates her at all!"

"That's Lu Xingzhou! Last month, the nation's goddess and film queen confessed her love to him on Weibo, and he rejected her and humiliated her severely! What makes Li Ruo so special to receive his favor?!"

Yeah, why should we?

Xia Qinghe abruptly turned off the screen, her chest heaving violently.

In her past life, those crazy people only knew how to torment her in various ways, using her as a tool to vent their competitive spirit. Even when they were jealous of each other, they would only torment her more brutally.

I never even dared to dream of giving her a gift to please her.

The tool she painstakingly selected and trained turned out to be...

wrong.

None of them are correct!

Contrary to her expectations, Li Ruo was not tortured to the point of mental breakdown and physical injury by Lu Xingzhou; on the contrary...

On the contrary, they seem to be handling things with ease?

There are even faint signs that it might actually attract and restrain those few lunatics!

This is not the shield she wants at all.

This is a variable that is spiraling out of control and could even backfire on her!

Xia Qinghe took a deep breath, her pupils slowly contracting in the darkness, cold and eerie:

"Li Ruo... you were the one who went off-script first."

"Then don't blame me, make the script... even more ruthless."