1.
On my first day at my new school, someone asked me out.
A group of rough-looking upperclassmen surrounded me. Their tall leader grinned and shoved me against the wall.
“Are you Haisha, the new girl?”
I tried to push him away by the chest, but all I got was a sneer.
“They weren’t kidding. You really are beautiful.”
“Be my woman.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the others started hooting.
“Hahaha, the boss is building his harem again. This new girl only transferred here today!”
“Shut up. Which pretty girl at this school hasn’t the boss had his fun with? Those long legs could keep him entertained for a whole year.”
“Boss, don’t go so far this time that you kill someone like last time.”
“Shh! You had to go and bring up the one thing we shouldn’t mention.”
“…”
Amid a chorus of whistles, I slowly raised my head and smiled at the man in front of me.
“Hi… Ptooey~”
As he looked at me smugly, I spat right in his face.
Everyone froze, stunned by what had just happened.
While they were still reeling, I kicked the man hard between the legs.
The man yelped, let go of me, and spent a good while hopping in place.
I shook out my hand, leaped up, and punched him in the face.
His eye was bruised almost instantly.
It took a long while for someone to snap out of it and glare at me, stammering.
“Bitch, do you even know who you just hit?”
I shrugged. “Nope. Felt like it.”
Someone immediately shouted, “Our boss is Khương Siêu, the heir to the Khương family! You’ve just gotten yourself into big trouble.”
“Oh, is that so serious?”
I pretended to be frightened.
Then, while everyone watched arrogantly, I picked up a nearby brick and smashed it into Khương Siêu’s face, breaking his nose with a clean hit.
Khương Siêu covered his bloodied face, swayed, then glared at me.
“Just you wait. I’m going to kill—”
Before he could finish, I rushed over and repeatedly brought the brick down on him until he passed out.
“Ever heard that villains usually die because they talk too much?”
I tossed the brick aside, dusted off my hands, and looked coldly around.
“Damn it, I hate people who act all high and mighty. Would it kill you to be a little humble?”
Everyone rushed to help Khương Siêu, while I got away without a scratch.
2.
I became famous on the school forums.
That was because as soon as Khương Siêu got out of the hospital, he set the whole school against me.
His people would beat anyone close to me so badly they couldn’t stay at the school.
Meanwhile, he treated anyone who bullied me as a friend and showered them with all kinds of perks.
He was really good at this. I was starting to like him.
3.
That night, someone broke into the dorm where I lived alone.
Even in the darkness, I could make out the petite figure of a girl.
My Tiểu Bạch let out a “meow,” its fur standing on end as its green eyes fixed on the girl’s silhouette.
“Don’t be afraid. I hate Khương Siêu just as much as you do.”
The girl slowly stepped out of the shadows. She wasn’t wearing her school uniform and looked a little gaunt.
The moment I got a clear look at her, Tiểu Bạch relaxed in my arms and started wagging its tail excitedly at her.
“Your cat is pretty friendly.”
The girl bent down to pet the white cat.
I raised an eyebrow. “You didn’t come all this way just to pet a cat, did you?”
The girl stood up, her eyes shining in the darkness.
“I came to tell you an old story.”
“A story about someone who’s gone.”
4.
Before I transferred to this school, a girl named Bạch Lộ had been driven to jump off a building by Khương Siêu.
One body. Two lives.
Khương Siêu was drawn to Bạch Lộ’s beautiful, innocent face and asked her to be his girlfriend.
Like me, Bạch Lộ turned him down.
But unlike me, Bạch Lộ was just an ordinary girl, completely defenseless.
In the end, Khương Siêu brought his men along and raped Bạch Lộ, then filmed it to blackmail her.
On top of that, Khương Siêu used his family’s influence to keep Bạch Lộ’s parents’ company from operating, cutting off the family’s income.
He drove Bạch Lộ’s family to the brink of ruin.
In her despair, Bạch Lộ discovered she was pregnant and tried to threaten Khương Siêu into leaving her family alone.
But Khương Siêu merely said, “With so many people, there’s no way to know it’s mine.”
Desperate, Bạch Lộ jumped from a building to end it all.
Two fragile, innocent lives were lost in an instant.
5.
The girl telling the story was named Triệu Lâm, and she had been Bạch Lộ’s closest friend.
Triệu Lâm’s family accepted hush money from the Khương family, then transferred her to another school.
I kept soothing the trembling Tiểu Bạch as I looked at Triệu Lâm.
“Why are you telling me all this?”
Triệu Lâm gritted her teeth, indignation flashing in her eyes.
“Why are they acting like nothing happened now that Bạch Lộ is dead?”
“I can’t accept it. After hearing what happened to you, I can’t help feeling you could take on Khương Siêu.”
“I can work with you and make animals like Khương Siêu pay.”
I lowered my head and picked up a piece of dried fish for Tiểu Bạch.
Tiểu Bạch swatted the dried fish away, then gave a loud yowl and leaped into Triệu Lâm’s arms, startling her.
“Kitty…”
I smiled faintly. “Its name is Tiểu Bạch. It seems to like you a lot.”
Tiểu Bạch gripped Triệu Lâm’s shoulders with its front paws, brought its little furry face close, and rubbed its neck against her twice.
I poured two glasses of red wine and clinked mine against Triệu Lâm’s.
“Welcome, partner.”
6.
The management at this elite school was a complete mess. The principal turned a blind eye to everything just to make money.
That was how Khương Siêu was able to get away with anything.
As soon as I walked into the classroom, I saw the words “slut,” “bitch,” and “homewrecker” scrawled all over my seat, and all kinds of filthy garbage strewn across my desk.
I folded my arms and looked around, finally settling on Trương Vũ, who was gloating over someone else’s misfortune.
If I remember correctly, Trương Vũ was one of the people who followed Khương Siêu when he cornered me.
I crooked a finger at Trương Vũ.
“Get over here and lick this clean for me.”
Trương Vũ stayed where he was and sneered. The compass in his hand was spinning rapidly, as if he were about to throw it at me at any moment.
I sighed. “What a disobedient dog.”
As everyone watched in excitement, I walked over, picked Trương Vũ up like a chicken, and tossed him into his seat.
“Lick it.”
I shoved Trương Vũ’s head straight into the desk compartment.
Trương Vũ let out a muffled cry and hurriedly tried to stab me with the compass, but I snatched it away and stabbed him in the back of the hand.
Blood welled up at once.
I grabbed Trương Vũ by the hair and tossed him to the floor in disgust.
“Go back and tell your master that if he’s got what it takes, he can come find me. I’ll play with you all to the very end.”
7.
Ever since I crippled Trương Vũ’s hand, Khương Siêu had been so humiliated and enraged that he publicly vowed to crush me.
Taking his underlings’ advice, he planned to go after my parents first, forcing me to come beg him for mercy.
But after turning the records room upside down, he discovered that I was an orphan with no parents.
I was the kind of person who could eat my fill without worrying about anyone else—that was exactly me.
The records didn’t even say where I came from.
I smiled. Of course he couldn’t find anything.
I wasn’t human, after all. How could I have a file?
Since I didn’t have an ID card, I promised the principal I’d donate a library to him, and he accepted me into the school.
As I imagined Khương Siêu flying into a rage, I stroked Tiểu Bạch’s head.
8.
Talk about running into an old enemy: on my way back to the dorm with a little cake, I bumped into Khương Siêu.
Surrounded by an enthusiastic crowd, Khương Siêu arrogantly ordered a buzz-cut kid to kneel down and lick his shoes.
Seeing the humiliation on the buzz-cut kid’s face made my nosiness flare up again.
I walked over, grabbed the buzz-cut kid by the collar, and tossed him behind me.
“Well, well, you bitch. I wasn’t even looking for you, and here you come, delivering yourself right to my door.”
Khương Siêu shoved Trương Vũ, who was trying to hold him back, then leaned down and sneered at me.
“You’ve got some nerve, beating one of my guys up like that last time.”
I glanced regretfully at the pretty little cake in my hand. The next second, I leaped up and smashed it into Khương Siêu’s face.
“Khương Siêu, is your memory failing you? Not only did I dare beat up your dog, I nearly gave you a concussion, too.”
While Khương Siêu was howling, I shot Trương Vũ a cold look. Trương Vũ immediately took a step back.
“Fuck, I’m going to kill you!”
Khương Siêu clutched his face and howled for a long while, but no one dared step forward. In the end, he was dragged away, his face dark with rage.
The buzz-cut kid behind me tugged at my sleeve, pulled a can of Coke from his backpack, and offered it to me.
“Thanks, sis. Let me buy you a Coke.”
I looked down at the can of Coke but didn’t take it.
“If you really want to thank me, just get me a little cake.”
The buzz-cut kid scratched his head. “Okay. Drink your Coke first, and I’ll buy you a cake.”
I took the can of Coke and immediately noticed an almost transparent powder near the opening.
When I looked up again, I immediately caught the fear the buzz-cut kid hadn’t managed to hide from his eyes.
I stared at him intently.
Then, without any hesitation, I opened the can and took a sip.
9.
This is hilarious. That stuff has no effect on me at all.
The moment I let out an “Oh!” and passed out, Khương Siêu’s gang darted out of the shadows.