Evening.

Girls’ Dormitory.

Huang Hui lay on her bed, staring blankly at the iPhone box.

She didn’t know whether she should open it.

’If I open it, would that be betraying my boyfriend?’

’But if I don’t, then letting Lin Qiang touch my thigh and shoulder today would have been a total waste.’

Huang Hui was incredibly conflicted.

Just then, Hu Ke climbed onto her bed.

She immediately spotted the iPhone in Huang Hui’s hands and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, Huihui, when did you get an iPhone?"

At her words, Chen Kailin, who was applying a face mask on the floor, looked up as well.

Huang Hui jumped, not expecting Hu Ke’s eyes to be so sharp.

Seeing there was no way to hide it, she said awkwardly, "Y-yeah, I just happened to buy an iPhone."

Hu Ke immediately jumped over from her bed, her curiosity piqued. "Wow, which iPhone is that? Is it the latest model? Max specs?"

"Uh... I’m not really sure," Huang Hui explained.

Hu Ke immediately put two and two together. "Oh, I get it! Your boyfriend must have given it to you, right? That’s so nice!"

At this point, Huang Hui could only use this excuse to deflect.

She nodded. "Y-...yes, that’s right."

"Wow, your boyfriend is the best! He was willing to buy you such an expensive iPhone," Hu Ke said with envy.

Chen Kailin stood up then and asked curiously, "Huihui, your boyfriend is that rich?"

"He... he’s been working part-time, as a tutor, and he wanted to surprise me." Huang Hui was regretting it now, but she had no choice but to keep spinning her lie.

That’s how it is sometimes.

Once you tell one lie, you have to tell countless more to cover it up.

But right now, there was no better way.

She couldn’t possibly tell Chen Kailin: ’Oh, your boyfriend gave it to me. He touched my thigh and my shoulder.’

If she said that, their friendship would probably shatter on the spot.

"Huihui, hurry up and open it so I can see!" Hu Ke urged from the side.

Left with no choice, Huang Hui could only open the phone box.

As she did, she kept repeating a phrase in her mind.

’I’m sorry, Sifan. I’m sorry, Sifan...’

But when she held the new phone in her hands, a hint of excitement appeared on her face.

’This was the iPhone she had been dreaming of, and it was the latest model, too!’

Huang Hui turned it on and checked the specs.

When she saw it was an iPhone 17 Pro Max, a smile spread across her face.

Hu Ke saw it from the side and grew envious. "Wow, your boyfriend is really something! An iPhone 17 Pro Max!"

Even Chen Kailin was a little surprised.

She and Hu Ke had met Huang Hui’s boyfriend before, and his spending habits seemed to be on par with a typical university student’s.

He was nowhere near the level of someone who could casually drop money on an iPhone 17 Pro Max.

So, as she was getting ready for bed that night, Chen Kailin told her boyfriend, Lin Qiang, about it.

Chen Kailin: [Babe, Huang Hui in my dorm, her boyfriend gave her an iPhone 17 Pro Max.]

Lin Qiang found the message rather amusing.

’I didn’t expect this Huang Hui to be so vain, passing off the phone I gave her as a gift from her boyfriend.’

Lin Qiang: [Her boyfriend must be pretty rich, then.]

Chen Kailin: [His family background is probably average. He doesn’t seem like the type to spend lavishly. It’s most likely money he saved up from working part-time all this time.]

Lin Qiang: [Well, a guy like that is pretty ambitious. That’s good.]

Chen Kailin: [Haha, I still think my babe is the best.]

Lin Qiang: [Of course I am. By the way, want to come out tomorrow night? Is your Aunt Flo gone?]

Chen Kailin: [She left today. Are we going out tomorrow night?]

Lin Qiang: [Yep. Remember to bring stockings and condoms.]

Chen Kailin: [Okay.]

When a man has power, he can even demand a woman bring the fetish gear herself.

So never think that women are high and mighty or untouchable. In reality, it just means you haven’t reached a level where she’ll look up to you.

After finishing his chat with Chen Kailin, Lin Qiang sent a message to Huang Hui: [I heard I became your boyfriend and gave you a phone.]

When Huang Hui saw this message, the phone almost fell onto her chest.

She frantically typed back: [Don’t talk nonsense. I didn’t say you gave it to me.]

Lin Qiang: [Yeah, you didn’t say it was from me. You said it was from your boyfriend. But I’m the one who gave you the phone. So you basically told everyone I’m your boyfriend.]

Huang Hui: [I was just lying to them, don’t be a smartass! I already told you, after we chatted for ten minutes, we would have nothing to do with each other anymore.]

Lin Qiang: [How about I show you a little video?]

Huang Hui: [I’m not watching it.]

But the next second, Lin Qiang sent a short video, just over ten seconds long.

Although Huang Hui didn’t want to watch, she felt a vague sense of unease.

She tapped to open it and, sure enough...

It was a video clip of her sitting with Lin Qiang at the KTV.

’That despicable bastard actually recorded it secretly!’

’He fights so dirty!!’

Huang Hui was so angry her chest was heaving. [Are you sick?! Why would you record a video?]

Lin Qiang: [I forgot to tell you my biggest hobby. I love to record videos when I’m alone with a woman.]

Huang Hui: [Go record your girlfriend then! Why did you record me? It’s not like I did anything with you, so why record me?! Do you think this video is even useful?]

Lin Qiang: [To answer your first question, I’m already tired of recording Chen Kailin. Second question, I recorded you because I felt like it, no other reason. Third question, I think it’s useful. Especially if I show it to your boyfriend. Then it’ll be *very* useful.]

Huang Hui: [You’re insane!!]

Then she blocked him on WeChat.

Seeing this, Lin Qiang wasn’t worried.

The greatest thrill of catching prey is the hunt itself.

He was already starting to fantasize about how he would make Huang Hui kneel and submit to him.

...

Lu Fan arrived at the pastry shop early the next morning.

When he saw Jiang Yixia, he greeted her excitedly, "Yixia, I wasn’t here yesterday. Did you miss me?"

Jiang Yixia shot him a look and went back to cleaning.

Seeing this, Lu Fan immediately rushed forward to be overly attentive.

"Let me, let me! How can hands like yours do such rough work?" Lu Fan said, reaching for the broom to sweep the floor.

Seeing him fawning over her again, Jiang Yixia couldn’t be bothered to deal with him and walked straight into the shop to arrange flowers.

After Lu Fan finished sweeping, he wanted to talk to her, but Jiang Yixia didn’t give him any chance.

Helpless, he could only dejectedly return to the entrance of the pastry shop.

Just as he was bored out of his mind, a suspicious-looking figure appeared at the flower shop entrance, peeking inside.

The person saw that Jiang Yixia had her back to them, so they spread their arms wide, preparing to move closer.

Lu Fan saw this, thought it was a pervert, and immediately charged over.

He threw a hard punch, hitting the person.

"Son of a bitch! You dare touch my woman?"

Jiang Yixia was badly frightened and stumbled back.

The sleazy-looking person fell to the ground, crying out "Ouch!" repeatedly.

When Jiang Yixia got a clear look at the person’s face, she said in shock, "Little brother, what are you doing here?"