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

Xia Qinghe closed her eyes, and six crazy faces flashed through her mind.

She meticulously planned the fate of everyone involved.

She should personally send each and every one of them into the abyss.

Let Li Ruo bear their firepower, let them fight each other, and let Fu Chenzhou clean up the mess.

Everything is going according to plan.

But who is this remaining one percent?

She opened her eyes, before she could even think straight—

"cousin."

A familiar voice sounded from behind.

Xia Qinghe's body stiffened abruptly. That voice... She slowly turned her head.

Li Ruo stood behind her.

Wearing St. Lia's school uniform, her long hair tied up in a high, fluffy bun, she stood in the sunlight, her beautiful face inexplicably striking.

She was laughing so freely, so vividly, so perfectly intact, standing right in front of her!

Xia Qinghe's pupils contracted sharply.

She...she didn't die?! She came out of Rose Manor alive?!

What about those six lunatics?!

[Holy crap! The female lead's expression cracked when she saw Li Ruo!]

She thought Li Ruo would die at Rose Manor! But she came back alive!

[Ninety-nine points are complete, the remaining one percent... could it be Li Ruo?!]

[Holy crap, look at Xia Qinghe's expression! She's panicked! She's scared to death!]

She thought Li Ruo would die at Rose Manor, but it turns out she was having breakfast with Fu Chenzhou! They even made plans to meet again! This was too much of a blow!

Xia Qinghe's mental defenses are about to collapse! Li Ruo hasn't said anything, but she's saying everything! That's the most terrifying thing!

"Li...Li Ruo!" Xia Qinghe's voice trembled. "You...how could you..."

"What about me?" Li Ruo tilted her head slightly. "What does my cousin want to say?"

Xia Qinghe opened her mouth, but found that she couldn't speak.

She looked at Li Ruo, her gaze once again moving from top to bottom, from front to back.

In good condition.

Unharmed.

Even... prettier than yesterday? And with such a rosy complexion...

What kind of place is Rose Manor?

That's a forbidden zone that even the most madmen fear!

That King Yama who can decide life and death with just one glance!

That was the hell she had wandered into in her past life, where Fu Chenzhou had his bones broken and was almost blinded and thrown out without even glancing at her!

How could Li Ruo possibly come out unharmed after going in?!

"Cousin, cousin?"

Li Ruo's voice pulled her back to reality:

"You don't look well. Are you feeling unwell?"

Xia Qinghe snapped back to her senses, quickly adjusted her expression, and forced a smile that looked worse than a grimace:

"N-no... I was just... worried about you..."

Worry appeared on her face:

"I couldn't reach you all night, I was so worried! Did you... really go to Rose Manor last night?!"

She rushed over and tried to grab Li Ruo's hand.

Li Ruo slightly turned her body to avoid it, her movements very light and natural.

Xia Qinghe's hand froze in mid-air.

"Cousin," Li Ruo said calmly, "I'm fine. I just went and had a simple home-cooked meal."

A simple, everyday meal?

Xia Qinghe was stunned, and her legs went weak.

Go to Rose Manor... for a casual meal?!

Before she could recover from the shock, Li Ruo stared at the phone in her hand with its screen lit up:

"What were you looking at just now, cousin? You were so engrossed that I called you several times but you didn't respond."

Xia Qinghe subconsciously hid her phone behind her back:

"N-nothing...it's just...it's just that I saw a spam text message."

"oh."

Li Ruo nodded, deliberately making a sarcastic remark:

"Spam text messages are fine, but please don't send scam text messages, they can be incredibly deceiving."

Upon hearing this, Xia Qinghe's eyes darted around nervously, and she forced a slightly embarrassed smile while trying to appear calm:

"Yes...yes."

Li Ruo: "I almost got scammed this morning, thankfully I downloaded the anti-fraud app!"

Xia Qinghe: "..."

"Hey, cousin, give me your phone," Li Ruo said, reaching for her phone. "Shall I download one for you too?"

Xia Qinghe hurriedly stepped back: "No... no need to trouble you, I can manage on my own."

What... what anti-fraud app? What is this all about?!

"Okay then."

Li Ruo stood there, looking at Xia Qinghe's pale face and her trembling hand as she hurriedly turned off her phone. She smiled.

Li Ruo's sudden appearance instantly turned Xia Qinghe's mind into a complete mess.

Her words just now must have indicated that she had guessed something.

But she didn't say anything.

Why?

Why not expose her?

The more nonchalantly she remained silent, the more terrifying and agonizing this feeling became... compared to being exposed.

Xia Qinghe seemed to notice her intense gaze fixed on her, then forced a smile:

"Do you... want to come to the cafeteria with us?"

Xia Qinghe also glanced at Gu Yan, who was engrossed in reading next to her.

It was as if silently reminding her that she could leave and not disturb them.

But Li Ruo... she didn't seem to want to understand the meaning behind that look.

She followed Xia Qinghe's gaze and glanced at Gu Yan: "Shall we go to... the cafeteria together?"

Gu Yan looked up when he heard the sound.

Xia Qinghe: "?"

She called him for so long earlier but he didn't hear her because he was wearing headphones. Now that Li Ruo has appeared, his headphones are malfunctioning?

Gu Yan took off his headphones: "Shall we go have breakfast together?"

His gaze remained fixed on Li Ruo's face. He smiled, a smile as gentle as a kind older brother next door, and even his voice became so warm.

This was the first time Xia Qinghe had seen Gu Yan treat a girl so gently since her rebirth.

So, all these days, it's not that he doesn't like to laugh, or that he doesn't like to talk, or that he's aloof and world-weary; it's just that he hasn't found the person with whom he's willing to show his love for laughing and talking.

Xia Qinghe thought that person would be her.

But unexpectedly, it was Li Ruo, who should have died in Rose Manor last night!

"Gu...Gu Yan..."

Before Xia Qinghe could speak, Gu Yan began to systematically organize his books:

"I've just finished my work, let's eat together then. Li Ruo, what would you like to eat?"

He... he actually asked Li Ruo what she wanted to eat?

Xia Qinghe's heart began to ache. In all these days, apart from when she asked him what he wanted to eat, he always gave her a cold look. He had never once asked her what she wanted to eat!

Why?

Why is this life completely different from the last?

She had already escaped the control of those six lunatics, so why did the two people who loved each other so much in the previous life go off track in this life because of a complete stranger?

No.

No.

Gu Yan belongs to her, and can only belong to her.

"Li Ruo, didn't you say you were going back to your dorm for a nap?"

Xia Qinghe made up her mind, looking like an honest man who was going all out.

Li Ruo glanced at Xia Qinghe, then at Gu Yan, and after a moment of thoughtful consideration, deliberately feigned ignorance.

"But...it seems like filling your stomach is more important than taking a nap?"

Get ready, little seedling!

The main reason is that Rose Manor is really holding back their anger, and they have no choice but to vent it.

When Li Ruo kept pressing her like this, Xia Qinghe's eyes instantly turned cold, and even her expression changed:

"Li, Ruo, you..."

Before Xia Qinghe could fully unleash her anger, she let out a long yawn:

"My cousin is right, I should go back to my dorm and sleep."

After walking a few steps, she suddenly turned back with a grin: "But I still need to go to the cafeteria to fill my stomach first, hehe..."

Xia Qinghe clenched her fist.

It wasn't until Li Ruo's figure completely disappeared at the classroom door that she finally managed to adjust her mindset and was about to turn around and ask Gu Yan.

But they discovered that Gu Yan had already left through the back door.

I'm so angry.

Fortunately, those six lunatics all took leave and should never come to school again.

That's good news.

-

Second floor cafeteria.

Li Ruo carried her tray and found a seat by the window.

Sunlight streamed in through the window, golden and dazzling, making it hard to open one's eyes.

She picked up her chopsticks, took a piece of braised pork, and put it in her mouth.

chew.

pharynx.

The movements were so natural, as if nothing had happened.

Students walked by in twos and threes on the playground, but those six familiar figures were nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly, a thought popped into her head:

None of those six lunatics came to school today, and there's been no word from them.

She paused, holding her chopsticks, as she recalled the food she had eaten at the Rose Manor that morning.

The textures... were so realistic.

Soft and chewy, bouncy and crispy, bursting with juice.

Every detail was exactly the same as what she had encountered when she worked odd jobs at a slaughterhouse in the slums.

Li Ruo put down her chopsticks, rested her chin on her hands, and carefully recalled the taste.

She had seen and even gouged out eyeballs—pig eyes, sheep eyes, cow eyes.

Be careful when handling it; do not break it, otherwise the liquid inside will leak out and the fishy smell will be particularly strong.

When I bit into those two this morning, the liquid that came out burst open in my mouth... it tasted fishy.

She had chopped up countless leg bones—pig leg bones, beef leg bones, lamb leg bones.

When you chop it open, the bone marrow flows out; it's warm and has a fragrant, oily aroma.

When I bit into that one this morning, the bone marrow came out... and it was warm.

She has processed the most hearts: pig hearts, cow hearts, and sheep hearts.

When you cut it, the blood inside will gush out, and you need to soak it in clean water for a long time to clean it.

When that was cut open this morning, blood flowed down the corner of her mouth...

Warm, with a slightly fishy and sweet taste.

Li Ru blinked, her fingers tightening slightly.

impossible.

It is absolutely impossible.

Even if Fu Chenzhou is insane, he would never actually dig out the organs of those six lunatics and cook them.

And the portions of those dishes...

She worked odd jobs at a slaughterhouse in the slums for ten years, slaughtering pigs, sheep, chopping bones, and removing internal organs.

What animal organs hasn't she seen? What animal meat can't she distinguish?

She swore on her ten years of experience slaughtering people in the slums.

Those things are wrong.

Although it looks very similar, it's not right.

The texture of an eye is too soft; a real eyeball has a much more complex structure.

The bone texture is too regular; a real leg bone has a more natural curve.

The blood vessels in the heart are too perfect; a real heart could not be cut so neatly.

Those things are imitations, made by Fu Chenzhou using some special materials, one-to-one replicas.

He was testing her, testing her reactions, testing her limits, testing whether she would break down.

And she did not disappoint him.

But why didn't those six people come?

Did Fu Chenzhou do something to them?

[Is Li Ruo starting to have doubts?! She's probably swearing, based on her ten years of experience in slaughterhouses, that those things are fake!]

If these were truly their organs, they should be in the ICU right now. Given their eccentric personalities, becoming disabled would be tantamount to stripping them of their self-respect and the meaning of their lives; they would never be able to appear before the world again. Therefore, they would only be dropping out of school, not taking leave!

What exactly did Fu Chenzhou do? Could he really...?

[Impossible! If it were true, Li Ruo wouldn't be able to walk out of the manor standing up! The fact that she walked out unharmed means they should be alright, because at the end of breakfast, Fu Chenzhou told Li Ruo that she had won.]

Why did they take leave? And all six of them at the same time? That's such a coincidence!

Li Ruo tapped her fingers lightly on the phone screen.

Then she opened WeChat and created a new group.

Group name: [Six crazy people and one idiot.]

She added all six people to the group chat.

Six names lined up neatly as she typed:

[Li Ruo: Where is everyone?]

send.