21: Chapter 21 Potential Binding Objects

Seeing that her badmouthing of Lin Yi had been exposed in public by Guan Zhixue, Li Tong couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"Guan Zhixue, stop trying to frame people here!"

"It was clearly you who couldn't resist the temptation and chose to become the mistress of that bald man!"

"You betrayed Lin Yi's sincere heart."

"You don't understand what it means to cherish someone, but I do! I know how outstanding a boy like Lin Yi is!"

"I can't bear to watch you hurt him like this."

As expected of roommates, they didn't hold back at all when exposing each other's secrets.

Watching this scene, Lin Yi rested his chin in his hand, observing the two women arguing with flushed faces, feeling quite amused.

The power of money really shouldn't be underestimated; it was so easy to turn these two women against each other.

Lin Yi naturally understood that everything Li Tong did today was to win his favor, hoping that when he was in a good mood, he might casually give her some expensive little gifts.

However, money was the last thing Lin Yi lacked right now. To him, money was an inexhaustible, renewable resource.

Therefore, even if Li Tong had ulterior motives, he didn't mind.

As long as it could disgust Guan Zhixue, he felt satisfied.

Seeing Guan Zhixue's face flush red, looking like she wanted to speak but couldn't, Lin Yi inwardly cursed, "Serves you right."

However, he hadn't expected that Guan Zhixue would actually be willing to become a mistress for a bald man.

He had checked earlier through the system, and Guan Zhixue's favorability towards Liu Jiangbo was only 5 points; why would she rush to be his mistress?

He remembered that back in high school, Guan Zhixue had been very proud.

How did she fall to this point now?

Liu Jiangbo had a family, and Guan Zhixue knew this.

For money, she could pretend not to care, but now that Li Tong had exposed it in public, it was nothing short of the ultimate humiliation for her.

Upon hearing this explosive news, the surrounding students began pointing fingers at Guan Zhixue.

"I heard from the seniors before that on weekends, many outsiders drive luxury cars into the school to pick up their 'canaries.'"

"What do you mean by 'canaries'?"

"You don't even know that? It means female college students who are being kept!"

"No way, they've already gotten into such a good school like Nanling University; is it really worth debasing themselves like that?"

"You don't understand. Even after you graduate from university, you'll probably only be able to find a job with a monthly salary of a few thousand yuan."

"But if someone can latch onto a rich man, that's tens of thousands a month!"

"And they don't have to do anything except keep the rich man satisfied."

"They only need to work three weeks a month and get one week off; regular jobs don't have such good perks."

"They get a week off?"

"Well, women have those few days every month... you know!"

"Look at all those fresh graduates outside, working themselves to the bone every day; who wouldn't want to take this shortcut?"

The surrounding students whispered among themselves, their gazes toward Guan Zhixue filled with a hint of contempt and disdain.

While they might feel a shred of envy, everyone found this behavior extremely shameful.

Facing everyone's intense gaze, Guan Zhixue wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"Li Tong! I never want to see you again!"

"And I was even thinking that your birthday is in a few days, so I ordered a birthday cake for you in advance."

"I didn't expect..."

As she spoke, Guan Zhixue began to sob.

She had originally assumed, in her own wishful thinking, that she and her roommates were very close sisters; she hadn't expected that they looked down on her so much in their hearts.

These roommates all came from better family backgrounds than Guan Zhixue.

When she first entered university, it was precisely to fit into their circle and not be looked down upon that she had gotten involved with that disgusting, greasy man, Liu Jiangbo.

In the end, she was still a joke in their eyes.

Guan Zhixue felt some regret now.

If it hadn't been for her own vanity back then, perhaps she wouldn't have to live so exhaustingly.

Perhaps...

But there is no medicine for regret in this world.

Watching Guan Zhixue in tears, Lin Yi still felt a touch of pity.

After all, she was the first person he had fallen in love with when he was young and naive.

And he had sacrificed so much for her.

To say he could be completely unmoved now would be impossible.

However, he knew the principle that a good horse doesn't return to graze on old grass.

He simply didn't want to have any more entanglements with Guan Zhixue.

The past is in the past; let everything end right here, and consider their grievances settled!

"Alright, stop arguing."

"Guan Zhixue, you should go!"

Lin Yi stood up to stop Li Tong, who wanted to continue her verbal attack, and waved his hand at Guan Zhixue with a relieved expression.

Seeing this, Li Tong knew when to stop while she was ahead and immediately shut her mouth.

"Ding, detected that the host is talking to a member of the opposite sex."

"The host's heart-throb value is currently at 10 points, meeting the binding criteria."

"Binding successful!"

Name: Guan Zhixue; Age: 19; Favorability towards Host: 5 points; Identity: Student at the Department of Chinese Literature, Nanling University; Height: 164CM; Weight: 47KG

Hearing the system's notification in his mind, Lin Yi glanced at Guan Zhixue in confusion.

"Damn, this system is messing with my head!"

"I only had a heart-throb value of 3 points for Guan Zhixue just a moment ago; how did it suddenly jump to 10 points?"

"Is it just because I decided to stop giving her a hard time?"

Thinking of this, Lin Yi curled his lip speechlessly.

Forget it, fine, let it be bound; it's not like he absolutely had to earn this cashback from Guan Zhixue anyway.

However, seeing Guan Zhixue's 5-point favorability towards him, Lin Yi felt a bit annoyed.

He hadn't expected that after all those years of feelings between him and Guan Zhixue, it would only amount to a 5-point favorability rating in the end.

To think that a bald, fat pig like Liu Jiangbo even had a 5-point favorability rating in Guan Zhixue's heart.

At this moment, looking at Lin Yi, a strange emotion welled up in Guan Zhixue's heart.

She hadn't expected that at her most embarrassing moment, this man she had hurt not only refrained from kicking her while she was down but had actually generously stopped Li Tong's actions on her behalf.

At this moment, every little detail of what she and Lin Yi had experienced back in high school kept flashing back in her mind.

She was truly regretting it now.

Guan Zhixue: Favorability +5. Guan Zhixue's current favorability is 10 points.

Hearing that the favorability had increased, Lin Yi curled his lip.

"Well, at least my favorability is higher than Liu Jiangbo's now."

Seeing that Guan Zhixue hadn't left yet, Lin Yi, afraid that Li Tong might get into another argument with her, hurriedly changed the subject.

"Senior Li, I heard your birthday is coming up soon?"

Upon hearing this, Li Tong immediately perked up.

Was Lin Yi going to give her a birthday gift?

She hadn't expected that by teaching Guan Zhixue a lesson for him today, she would immediately reap the rewards!

Although she was very excited inside, Li Tong still had to feign modesty.

"Lin Yi, we are about the same age; you don't need to call me Senior; it's too distant. My friends usually call me Tongtong, so you can just call me Tongtong from now on."

"My birthday is this weekend, and I'm planning to rent a villa and invite friends over for a party. If you don't mind, would you like to come?"

Li Tong blinked her watery eyes at Lin Yi, her gaze full of hints.

Hearing this, Lin Yi was inwardly pleased.

It seemed there would be an opportunity to legitimately farm cashback from Li Tong.

Besides, Li Tong would probably invite some of her close girlfriends to her birthday party.

Those would all be potential bonding targets!