Hearing Jiang You’s words, the three followers’ hearts skipped a beat.
Yang Qi had told them not to tell Sister You about this.
"What’s going on?" Jiang You’s cold gaze fell upon them.
The three followers hurriedly told her everything from start to finish.
"Sister You, we just wanted to stand up for you, to stop that special admission student from being so arrogant..." Yu Lin’s voice trailed off as she spoke.
"That’s enough," Jiang You interrupted. "From now on, don’t act on your own. You have to discuss everything with me first!"
’Are they trying to make sure I, the villainess, die an even earlier death?’
She heaved a long, sorrowful sigh internally.
"We’re sorry, Sister You. We shouldn’t have acted on our own. We should have asked you. We won’t do it again," the three followers said hurriedly.
Jiang You couldn’t say much more. Just then, her terminal rang.
She had no choice but to lift her terminal and look. It was the group chat for "The Ten Scions" again.
Bai Sisi: @Jiang You, how’s it going?
The corner of Jiang You’s mouth twitched. That Bai Sisi was always asking about her progress.
She couldn’t be bothered to explain further and replied just as she always did: I already told you, he’s fallen deeply in love with me!
Xu Mei: Hilarious, Miss Jiang. If you’re going to brag, at least come up with some fake evidence.
Bai Sisi: Yeah, Sister You, you say he’s in love with you. Does that mean you’ve succeeded?
Jiang You: Of course!
Yun Yue: Then get him to meet you and confess to you. If he really confesses to you, we’ll believe you.
Bai Sisi: @Yun Yue, Sister Yue, how are you doing in the hospital?
Yun Yue: I can leave after another two weeks of bed rest.
Seeing the messages from these women, Jiang You fell silent.
[Task Eighteen Issued.]
Her finger paused. The moment she saw Yun Yue’s message, she had a premonition that a plot point was coming.
And sure enough, here it was.
Jiang You’s finger tapped on the terminal, and she sent a reply: Just you all watch tomorrow. He’ll come to my dorm building and confess to me.
Bai Sisi: Alright, alright!
Xu Mei: Tsk, tsk, looks like we’re in for a good show.
Yun Yue: Someone record the whole thing for me.
...
Jiang You put her terminal down.
’According to the plot, Zhou Yu doesn’t even like me at this point. But the villainess, unable to back down, threatens him to play along with this act. If he refuses, she’ll have his mother’s food stall smashed.’
’Zhou Yu does show up, but he turns out to be even more defiant than the villainess expected.’
’She tells him to act out a confession, but he doesn’t follow the script. Instead, he publicly declares that he doesn’t like her and even throws in some taunts for good measure.’
’The villainess is utterly humiliated.’
Jiang You didn’t know if Zhou Yu would follow the plot, but she had to.
She was just about to send a message to Zhou Yu when she suddenly remembered—she didn’t have his contact info.
"Where is Zhou Yu right now?" Jiang You asked suddenly.
The three followers immediately snapped to attention.
"Sister You, we’ll ask around for you." Yu Lin immediately started using her network to gather information.
「At the entrance of the amusement park’s haunted house.」
"You... you’re saying he works part-time here?" Jiang You’s eyelid twitched as she looked at the staff member dressed as a black-and-white demon at the entrance.
Yu Lin, who was also a little afraid of ghosts, nodded. "I... I heard he’s here."
Chen Yu and Lin Xue were also a bit scared of ghosts.
"Why would someone work part-time in a place like this," Chen Yu grumbled.
Lin Xue swallowed hard. "Let’s just ask the manager to bring Zhou Yu out."
No way were they going inside; it was too creepy.
"Mhm," Jiang You agreed with a nod.
They waited in the break room.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yu received a notification telling him to go to the break room, as someone was looking for him.
He was wearing blood-stained white robes, a long wig, and his face was covered in ugly, disfiguring makeup.
He didn’t go to the break room right away. Instead, he went to the changing room, took off his grotesque costume, and washed off the horrifying makeup.
Only after he had cleaned himself up did he go to see Jiang You.
The door to the break room opened.
Jiang You instinctively looked over. The tips of the young man’s slightly-too-long black hair dripped with water, and his cheeks were still damp. His breathing was a little ragged, as if he’d been rushing to do something. His dark, moist eyes shifted to look at her.
She didn’t think much of it.
It never occurred to her that the young man before her had rushed to wash up before meeting her, not wanting to leave a bad impression.
Jiang You stood up directly, lifted her chin arrogantly, and got straight to the point with her threat. "Zhou Yu, tomorrow, you will come to my dorm and confess to me. If you don’t agree, I’ll have someone smash your mother’s stall."
Zhou Yu looked at her for a moment without speaking, his gaze fixed on her.
The three followers at her side thought Zhou Yu was unwilling and started to put on the pressure.
"Hey, Zhou! Don’t be ungrateful. It’s your honor to confess to our Sister You!" Yu Lin chimed in.
"Exactly! Don’t make us do this the hard way!" Chen Yu added.
"Hurry up and agree, or you won’t be working this part-time job for much longer," Lin Xue finished.
"Okay," Zhou Yu replied slowly, his dark eyes fixed on Jiang You.
A flicker of light passed through Jiang You’s eyes. "Just as long as you remember."
With that, she gestured to her followers to leave. "We’re going."
A droplet of water still clung to Zhou Yu’s fingers, not yet having fallen. He lowered his dark gaze and slowly clenched his fist at his side.
"Oh, right." Jiang You suddenly stopped and turned around.
Zhou Yu froze, his body growing tense with an unexpected nervousness.
’Didn’t she just give me my orders?’
’She should be leaving without a second thought.’
’Other than giving me orders, she clearly has nothing to say to me.’
"Add my contact info," Jiang You said haughtily.
Zhou Yu’s eyes shifted. He took out his terminal and obediently added her.
Without another word, Jiang You left.
Zhou Yu returned to the changing room, put his costume back on, and reapplied the disfiguring makeup.
’It was just for a brief meeting; there was no need to go to all this trouble.’
’But he’d done it anyway.’
As Jiang You walked out, her thoughts lingered on the boy who had agreed so meekly.
’Zhou Yu seems a little too obedient, doesn’t he?’
’Could it be that he actually likes me?’
’Or is he just pretending to be meek so he can humiliate me, the villainess, tomorrow?’
[Task Nineteen Issued.]
Task Eighteen wouldn’t be completed until tomorrow.
It wasn’t even finished, and now Task Nineteen had arrived.
Jiang You was completely exasperated.
On the way, Jiang You said expressionlessly, "Come on. We’re going to corner someone."
The three followers immediately perked up with enthusiasm. "Who? Which little bitch?"
Jiang You remained silent. It wasn’t just ’anyone’; it was the female lead’s older brother, Zhou Jin.
According to the plot, because she was annoyed with the female lead, she was supposed to bully the female lead’s brother to threaten her, warning her not to get close to the man she liked.
Later, she would also bully the female lead’s younger brother and deliberately try to steal her childhood sweetheart—all of which, of course, were doomed to fail.