Chapter 98: Unprecedented Humiliation
“She said I bully you. Zhiyin, tell me, have I ever bullied you?”
Leng Qing Qiu asked with a smile, her index finger moving on the girl’s chest. She was momentarily lost in thought, looking at the teardrops on the back of her hand.
The girl’s tears were warm at first but quickly lost their temperature. Looking at the glistening teardrops on her hand, Leng Qing Qiu suddenly wondered what the girl’s tears tasted like.
Her gaze shifted upwards, and she saw the unusually bright finger marks on the girl’s fair neck. Continuing upwards, she saw the girl’s beautiful face.
Lu Zhiyin’s bangs clung to her skin, looking somewhat messy. Along the edges of her eyes still hung scattered teardrops, making her whole person seem extremely fragile.
The girl’s rosy, thin lips parted slightly, a faint murmur of breath escaping her mouth, which was somewhat alluring.
Looking at her childhood friend, who was fragile yet full of temptation, Leng Qing Qiu felt strange thoughts arise in her heart.
She wanted to see more.
Shaking her head, Leng Qing Qiu banished the inappropriate thoughts from her mind.
Lu Zhiyin, having snapped out of her daze from the suffocation, noticed Leng Qing Qiu shaking her head.
“…”
She pursed her lips, subconsciously thinking Leng Qing Qiu was about to get angry again.
“Hoo… No… Leng Qing Qiu has never bullied me.”
She shook her head, saying what Leng Qing Qiu wanted to hear against her conscience. Lu Zhiyin closed her eyes briefly.
“See, Zhiyin said I didn’t bully her. Why are you, an outsider, interfering?”
Turning her head to look at Long Qinxin, who was standing frozen in place, Leng Qing Qiu smiled triumphantly.
The surrounding onlookers, not understanding what was happening, had not dispersed and continued to watch the three people in the center of the crowd. Unlike before, they began to whisper amongst themselves.
The students watching had all seen how Leng Qing Qiu had treated Lu Zhiyin earlier. Being able to say she hadn’t been bullied in this situation made some of them start to suspect Lu Zhiyin of having masochistic desires.
“…”
Glancing around, Lu Zhiyin could naturally see the whispering crowd and hear some unfriendly remarks, such as calling her a “d M” (a slang term for masochist).
Honestly, these words made Lu Zhiyin uncomfortable.
Long Qinxin, standing beside her, also heard the surrounding crowd’s discussions and couldn’t hold back any longer.
“You… you clearly threatened her…”
Just as she was about to rush forward and argue with Leng Qing Qiu, Lu Zhiyin grabbed Long Qinxin’s hand.
“…No.”
Shaking her head, Lu Zhiyin softly stopped Long Qinxin.
She didn’t want to see Long Qinxin get hit for her sake again.
“…Hm?”
Noticing Long Qinxin’s discomfort and Lu Zhiyin’s small gesture of stopping her,
Leng Qing Qiu did not feel satisfied.
She had agreed to have lunch with her, yet Long Qinxin had called someone else without a word, which she felt was disrespectful.
Narrowing her eyes, Leng Qing Qiu moved behind Lu Zhiyin. She bent down, wrapped her arms around Lu Zhiyin’s neck, and rested her chin on Lu Zhiyin’s shoulder.
This intimate action made Long Qinxin grit her teeth.
She clenched her fists but dared not step forward.
She wasn’t afraid of getting beaten; she had been beaten quite a few times in the past. She was just afraid of being disliked by Lu Zhiyin.
Lu Zhiyin didn’t want her to continue being reckless. She didn’t know what would happen if she went against Lu Zhiyin’s wishes.
“Hey, I say, Zhiyin, do you like that Long Qinxin person a lot?”
As she spoke, Leng Qing Qiu blew air towards Lu Zhiyin’s ear.
The hot breath from Leng Qing Qiu’s exhale brushed against the girl’s sensitive earlobe, making it quickly turn red. Her body stiffened.
Leng Qing Qiu’s voice was very soft, so soft that only Lu Zhiyin could hear it. To others, it only looked like Leng Qing Qiu was flirting with Lu Zhiyin.
The surrounding crowd became even more confused. She had looked like she was about to strangle the white-haired girl just moments ago, so why was she suddenly so intimate with her now?
“…”
Along with them, Long Qinxin was also confused. She didn’t know what Leng Qing Qiu intended to do now, but she had a bad feeling.
Clenching her fists tighter, her nails digging into her palms, Long Qinxin ignored the pain in her hands, only looking at Lu Zhiyin with concern.
Catching a glimpse of the fist-clenching, silent Long Qinxin with her peripheral vision, Leng Qing Qiu felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.
She continued to blow into Lu Zhiyin’s ear, watching her cheeks turn redder and redder.
“Please… don’t do this…”
Her voice trembled slightly. Lu Zhiyin flinched and reached for Leng Qing Qiu’s wrist.
“Mmm…”
The moment her fingers touched Leng Qing Qiu’s wrist, Lu Zhiyin stopped her movement due to a slight pain in her ear.
Leng Qing Qiu… bit her ear…?
She found it hard to believe, but the warm, moist sensation by her ear was real.
“Say you’re a pervert, that you like the feeling of pain and suffocation, and that in private, you beg me to bully you.”
With a hint of malice, Leng Qing Qiu glanced at the surrounding crowd.
Her childhood friend had some self-esteem. If she said these words in front of everyone, she might shatter.
But it didn’t matter; Leng Qing Qiu wanted to see her shatter.
“…Leng… Leng Qing Qiu… you’re… joking, right…”
Her voice trembled. If she really repeated what Leng Qing Qiu said, how would people see her?
She would be treated like garbage, wouldn’t she…
Lu Zhiyin didn’t want to lose all her dignity.
She grabbed Leng Qing Qiu’s wrist and tried to break free from her grasp, but it was naturally futile.
“I say, Zhiyin, you don’t want your friend Long Qinxin to get beaten, do you?”
As Leng Qing Qiu finished speaking, Lu Zhiyin’s struggles stopped again.
She felt helpless, unsure of what to do.
Seeing Lu Zhiyin stop struggling, Leng Qing Qiu smiled silently.
“You promised to have lunch with me, but you called someone else behind my back. You know, I felt so upset. When I get upset, I don’t feel like doing the favor you asked of me this morning. What should we do?”
Continuing to threaten Lu Zhiyin, Leng Qing Qiu rubbed her face against Lu Zhiyin’s, appearing intimate.
“I… I… do I really have to say it?”
Lu Zhiyin’s mood turned sour. She disliked being threatened.
She even started thinking, why not just ignore Qin An’s matters for now.
But… if she didn’t say it, Leng Qing Qiu would go and beat up Long Qinxin again. Could she bear the self-reproach of letting Long Qinxin be bullied by Leng Qing Qiu?
Clearly, she couldn’t.
It was one thing to be bullied herself, but Long Qinxin was innocent. If it weren’t for her, she wouldn’t have gotten into trouble with Leng Qing Qiu.
Unknowingly, Lu Zhiyin started to cry again.
Although she was trying to become stronger, her growth was still not fast enough.
“You’d better not make me angry.”
As Leng Qing Qiu blocked her escape, Lu Zhiyin’s last line of defense was breached.
She was silent for a moment, then opened her mouth.
“I… I’m a pervert who likes pain. I like being bullied… Being bullied makes me feel very good. Leng Qing Qiu treats me very well… I beg her to treat me roughly… In private, I even beg her to hit me. I’m very sorry… for making a spectacle of myself…”
Lu Zhiyin’s voice was intermittent, starting soft and growing louder until the surrounding crowd could clearly hear her words, and then she stopped.
She had taken on a somewhat reckless, perverse persona. Although she hadn’t recited Leng Qing Qiu’s words verbatim, she had more than exceeded the task.
“…Leng Qing Qiu… are you satisfied…”
Her voice laced with tears, Lu Zhiyin’s spirit was somewhat dejected.
“Mm, you performed quite well. I’ll do what I promised you.”
Ignoring the tearfulness in Lu Zhiyin’s voice, Leng Qing Qiu released her and stood up straight.
Making Lu Zhiyin tear apart her remaining dignity with her own hands, Leng Qing Qiu felt a sense of pleasure from this immoral act.
The surrounding crowd erupted into loud discussion because of Lu Zhiyin’s words, no longer whispering.
“Ah… that guy really is a pervert.”
“Otherwise? I know that guy. He’s always rushing to be abused by Qin An.”
“She doesn’t seem to have parents. You guys say, did her parents run away because they couldn’t stand her quirks?”
Since Lu Zhiyin had admitted to being a pervert herself, people naturally stopped considering her feelings.
Malicious remarks echoed through the cafeteria, affecting Lu Zhiyin’s emotions.
Her lips moved, but in the end, she said nothing, only lowering her head and weeping silently.
The only one who noticed Lu Zhiyin’s expression was Long Qinxin.
“…”
Silently, Long Qinxin clenched her fists and turned to leave.
In her heart, she had already decided to take Lu Zhiyin away from Leng Qing Qiu. She would not let her friend be made to cry by that lunatic again.
