A young lady named Isabella transferred to Saint Clair College. On the first day she came, she gracefully took out a stack of US dollars, about five thousand dollars in total, from her delicate wallet and casually said she wanted to exchange beds with me. When my best friend, Emily, heard this, she angrily put her hands on her hips and shouted, "[What gives you the right to humiliate Irene with money? Take your money and get out of here!]"
Just as I was touched by my best friend's standing up for me and was about to refuse the young lady, a row of faintly - glowing danmaku suddenly appeared in front of me:
[Here she comes, here she comes. The crazy young lady is finally on stage. The way she throws money around is so cool!]
[The supporting character Irene is really the most loyal sidekick around the female lead. She does whatever the female lead says.]
[It's a pity, though. She borrowed a campus loan for the female lead. Later, when she couldn't pay it back, the female lead just disappeared. She was tortured by the debt collectors until she was unrecognizable and finally died miserably.]
I felt a shiver run through my body. The scene of Emily crying and begging me to borrow a campus loan for her last month instantly flashed through my mind.
I rubbed my eyes, but the danmaku in front of me didn't disappear. It still floated in mid - air, emitting a mysterious light.
Seeing me standing there stupidly without saying a word, the young lady raised her eyebrows slightly and spoke again, her voice full of arrogance.
[What's wrong? Is five thousand dollars not enough? I'll raise it to ten thousand dollars. You swap the window - side bed with me.]
Before I could respond, Emily got even more annoyed. Her face turned red with anger and she shouted:
[What's your problem? I've already said we won't swap. I hate it when you rich people throw money around to insult others.]
[Just because you have a little money, who are you insulting?! Get out of here as far as you can!]
The young lady frowned, a flash of dissatisfaction in her eyes, and said contemptuously:
[She hasn't even refused me yet. What are you barking about?]
[Who the hell are you calling a dog? Just because you're rich, do you think you can insult people at will?] Emily was so angry that she trembled all over. Then she turned to me and said urgently:
[Irene, ignore her. She called you a dog!]
I rolled my eyes inwardly. I wasn't deaf. The young lady clearly called her a dog.
I never noticed before that Emily was such a person who would shift the blame.
Thinking about what the danmaku said about my miserable end later, I immediately pushed Emily away, forced a smile showing eight teeth, and said to the young lady:
[Sure. I'll swap with you right away.]
[Irene! What are you saying?!] Emily looked at me in disbelief, her eyes full of anger and disappointment.
[She called you a dog! Are you really going to betray our friendship for just ten thousand dollars?]
[Since you value our friendship so much, how about you pay back the one - hundred - thousand - dollar campus loan I borrowed for you last month?]
Hearing me mention the repayment, Emily's eyes instantly became flustered, and her face showed an expression of disbelief.
[How worldly you are. How could you use money to sully our friendship.]
My heart sank. It seemed that what the danmaku said was true. Emily really regarded me as a fool.
In that case, I didn't have to be nice to her.
I rolled my eyes and said sarcastically:
[Then you're really a great best friend. It was you who begged me to borrow the campus loan for you. Now you don't want to pay it back and still want me to miss out on ten thousand dollars. What am I supposed to do when the debt collectors come after me?]
[Besides, it was you who told her to get out first, and then she replied. She was scolding you, not me.]
Emily was rendered speechless by my words. She stamped her foot angrily, then walked to one side and stopped talking.
The young lady looked at me with satisfaction, the corner of her mouth slightly raised, showing a satisfied smile.
[You're not bad. I appreciate your sense of propriety.]
Then she took out her phone and transferred ten thousand dollars to me without hesitation.
[Thank you, young lady!]
Hearing the arrival - of - money notification on my phone, I felt extremely happy. It was as if I saw the hope of getting rid of the campus loan.
In a good mood, after quickly packing up my own bed, I also took the initiative to make the young lady's bed for her.
Then the young lady transferred another one - thousand - dollar to me, saying it was to thank me for my help.
Oh my god! Young lady, from now on, I'll be your most loyal servant.
At this time, the danmaku was refreshed:
[What's going on? Why isn't the supporting character on the female lead's side anymore?]
[Stop joking, supporting character. You're the best tool for the female lead to slap the face of the second female lead, the young lady.]
[Yeah, a supporting character should have the awareness of being a supporting character! Be a good soldier for the female lead.]
...
Seeing the danmaku exploding across the screen due to my actions different from usual, I finally realized from the flood of comments that this was a romance novel.
Emily was the female lead, a tenacious weed who attracted the male lead with her kindness and bravery.
The young lady, Isabella, was the vicious villain, a stumbling block in the relationship between the male and female leads, and I was the female lead's sidekick.
Looking at the accusations against me on the danmaku, I couldn't help sneering in my heart.
Don't these people watch Brave?
Don't they know that my fate is up to me, not the heavens?
Am I supposed to count the money for Emily when I know she's going to sell me out?