The girl in the school uniform, a slap mark on her face, crying like a little rabbit, was Lin Nian.
And the tall, handsome boy with a crew cut was gently comforting her.
He was the person who, in her past life, should have been with Qin Jiao.
Chen Feng.
In the language of novels, Chen Feng was meant to be this story's male lead.
After all, he wasn't just handsome and a top student—he was also extremely popular.
Later, Chen Feng's mother, Li Xiaomei, remarried into the Shen Family. Chen Feng thus became a young master of the Shen Family and Shen Yi's nominal older cousin.
The Shen Family had few sons, and Chen Feng was exceptionally promising. His mother, Li Xiaomei, had remarkably high emotional intelligence and knew how to cultivate relationships. With Lin Nian helping from the sidelines, the mother-son duo quickly won over many members of the Shen Family.
Meanwhile, Shen Yi had a difficult personality—paranoid and unstable. In the end, the entire Shen Family fortune fell into Chen Feng's hands.
By then, Chen Feng had already changed his name to Shen Feng.
In her past life, because of what happened between her and Shen Yi, the small bit of affection Chen Feng had for Qin Jiao vanished in an instant.
Not long after, news spread that he and Lin Nian were a couple.
They even ended up at the same university.
After graduating from university, they naturally got married. Lin Nian, in the end, got her wish and became a wealthy man's wife.
Meanwhile, Qin Jiao and Shen Yi were busy tearing each other apart. Their life together was utter chaos, a tragedy too painful to witness.
Looking at Chen Feng now, however, Qin Jiao felt no stirrings in her heart.
That tiny spark of affection from her youth had long since been swept away by the wind, buried with her past.
She could fight Lin Nian over anything, but men? Forget it.
Qin Jiao knew full well that it was better to rely on herself than on others. After all, she had the memories of a dozen extra years of life, not to mention the Space Spirit Spring. Combined with the opportunities of the era, she was confident she could give her parents and younger sister a life several times better than their last.
Qin Jiao had no intention of engaging with Chen Feng and tried to head straight back to her dorm to rest, but he reached out an arm to block her path.
The tall boy's brow furrowed. "Qin Jiao, how could you hit her? And you tore up her student ID!"
He'd originally thought Qin Jiao was a decent person, but the events of the past few days had completely shattered his perception of her.
Seeing the self-righteous indignation on Chen Feng's face, Qin Jiao suddenly broke into a faint smile. "What? Didn't Lin Nian tell you why I hit her, or why I tore up her student ID?"
Lin Nian timidly tugged on Chen Feng's sleeve. "Just let it go, Chen Feng."
"We can't just let it go! Besides, didn't you just say it was a misunderstanding? That Qin Jiao was just taking her anger out on you? Even so, she can't just go around hitting people! And now your student ID is gone. How are you going to get a summer job?"
Watching their little back-and-forth, Qin Jiao let out a lazy yawn and narrowed her eyes like a cat. "What's with all the drama here? If you're going to flirt, do it somewhere else. You're blocking the path!"
Chen Feng's face instantly turned beet red. "Wh-what are you talking about! We-we're not dating!"
Lin Nian subtly pursed her lips.
Qin Jiao paused. 'Oh, that's right. It's only the second semester of our junior year. They're still in that ambiguous, pre-dating phase. They didn't officially get together until the second semester of senior year.'
Qin Jiao smiled. "Either disappear from my sight this instant, or I'm going to the teacher to tell them you two are dating. See? She's still clinging to your arm right now."
As if he'd been burned, Chen Feng abruptly shook Lin Nian off. "I have to go," he said nervously, and hurried away.
Lin Nian bit her lip as she watched Chen Feng hurry away. By the time she turned back, Qin Jiao had already stepped into the dorm room.
The two of them were roommates.