Chapter 540: Looks Extremely Ugly

However, for the time being, Gu Shuxin kept these thoughts to herself. On the surface, she maintained the facade of a caring roommate.

"What’s wrong? Why are you so angry?"

Gu Shuxin asked, looking at Cao Yuqing. Her question did nothing to calm Cao Yuqing down. Instead, it reminded her of what had just happened, making her even more furious.

Seeing she wasn’t getting anywhere with Cao Yuqing, Gu Shuxin turned her gaze to Jiang Jiajia. She knew that Cao Yuqing and Jiang Jiajia had been good friends for a while, and since they were in the same major, they must have gone to and from class together.

That meant Jiang Jiajia definitely knew what had happened to Cao Yuqing.

Jiang Jiajia caught Gu Shuxin’s questioning look. After a glance at Cao Yuqing, she turned to Gu Shuxin and began to speak.

"...So that’s what happened. Yuqing was just so mad at them."

It was clear Jiang Jiajia and Cao Yuqing were truly good friends. Just like her friend, Jiang Jiajia still didn’t feel they had done anything wrong.

And Gu Shuxin also saw nothing wrong with their actions.

Gu Shuxin frowned, but not because she blamed Cao Yuqing and Jiang Jiajia for their misdeeds. Her frustration was with the appearance of Shen Nian’s group—and more specifically, with Chu Lingxiu, who had been with them.

The news from Cao Yuqing and Jiang Jiajia took Gu Shuxin’s already foul mood—soured by earlier news about Chu Lingxiu—and made it infinitely worse.

’She never imagined Chu Lingxiu would actually side with those girls from her dorm, that she would go to such lengths for them. And to top it all off, she was standing right next to Shen Nian, completely buying everything she said!’

’Why? It’s only been two days since the semester started, yet things were already deviating so far from her plans!’

Gu Shuxin closed her eyes and took a deep breath, forcing her expression to become unreadable before she turned to Cao Yuqing and Jiang Jiajia and spoke.

"You two were far too reckless!"

’If she had known beforehand, she never would have let Cao Yuqing and Jiang Jiajia do this. She definitely wouldn’t have given Chu Lingxiu and those dorm mates of hers such a perfect opportunity to bond.’

Gu Shuxin was filled with regret. ’Perhaps I never should have taken the risk of having Chu Lingxiu switch into Shen Nian’s dorm in the first place!’

"Yuqing was just so furious. She just wanted to teach that Wang Chunhua a lesson."

"And what happened? Did you teach her a lesson? They were right—bullying other students isn’t exactly something to be proud of! You’re lucky not many people saw what happened. If word gets out, what will happen to your reputations at school?"

"I... you’re right, Shuxin. You think more long-term than we do."

"Just be more careful from now on. By the way, are Lingxiu and her group okay?"

"No, they left right after."

Gu Shuxin and Jiang Jiajia continued to chat. Once Cao Yuqing’s anger had subsided a little, she joined their conversation.

Meanwhile, Zhang Qiuha, who was also in the dorm, hadn’t joined their conversation at all.

It wasn’t until Zhang Qiuha had finished putting her things away, washed her face in the bathroom, and came out to find the other three still talking that her expression finally darkened.

"Listen! This school is a place for learning, not a playground for you to bully people and scheme against each other! Do you have any idea how truly ugly you all look right now?"

Zhang Qiuha said with a frown. Only after she had spoken did the other three turn to look at her.