Chapter 291: Missing

Rejected 99 Times, the Aloof Campus Belle Comes On Strong

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It was her looking into his eyes, eyes brimming with love.

In front of Jiang Muye, she was so charming and adorable, completely a clingy little seductress.

The envious gazes of the boys never left Jiang Muye.

This daily display of affection on campus—who could handle it?

There had been people who bad-mouthed them from the start, thinking that Jiang Muye and Leng Ruoli had been dating for several months now and still showed no sign of breaking up.

Instead, the more they dated, the more high-profile it became, the sweeter it got.

Whoever saw it couldn't help but say a big fat "Damn it!"

After Jiang Muye carried Leng Ruoli to the bottom of the girls' dormitory, this scene happened to fall into a pair of beautiful eyes.

They trembled slightly, ripples of wetness surging in their depths.

This was Xia Xiran.

She could only watch from the balcony upstairs, only able to witness this sweet romance as an outsider.

Just as she found it hard to breathe, the Girl with Glasses beside her sighed, "What to do, I'm really envious of the Cold Campus Belle. Now it's making me want to date Jiang Muye too."

In the past, the Girl with Glasses had thought Jiang Muye was nothing special, but now she realized he was truly handsome—face, talent, and money. Everything about him was pleasing to the eye.

Xia Xiran's expression was gloomy, "How many chances do I have of winning him back now?"

The Girl with Glasses noticed Xia Xiran's discomfort and realized she'd said the wrong thing. She let out a subconscious sigh, "Actually, you're not completely without a chance. You're a White Moonlight after all—boys always feel unsatisfied about their White Moonlight."

Just as a little light appeared in Xia Xiran's eyes, she heard the Girl with Glasses say, "But Leng Ruoli is at least his Cinnabar Mole. He'd definitely find it hard to choose. Look, the two of them are already together. You should just think about grad school and stop dating."

"I…" Xia Xiran was at a loss for words, saying to the Girl with Glasses in displeasure, "You were the one who told me to pursue him before, and now you're the one telling me to give up. You've said all the good things! If you hadn't stopped me from accepting him back then, maybe I'd be the one dating him now!"

Xia Xiran's regret flowed endlessly like the waters of the Yangtze River.

She felt truly wronged, and she was unwilling to just let things end with Jiang Muye like this.

She knew that in life there was always someone who, after disappearing from her world, no matter how much applause she received, no matter how much glory, no matter how high she stood, she would still feel regret. He would become a scar on her heart, hidden in the deepest place.

It looked as if it were completely fine, the wound already scabbed over. But the moment she heard the slightest thing about him, it would tear open, would bleed without stopping, would hurt her so much she couldn't let it go.

After hearing Xia Xiran's complaint, the Girl with Glasses said angrily, "I'm your best friend—would I harm you?! You're the one who made the choice, not me. I gave you advice, you chose to accept it yourself, and now you're blaming me!"

"Yes, I have no backbone, but do you bear no responsibility at all?" Xia Xiran bit her lower lip, furious.

"You can't win him over yourself, so you take it out on me?" The Girl with Glasses was very annoyed. "I wish you'd never get into a relationship your whole life, just chasing after Jiang Muye's heels, and see whether he'll ever let a Spare Tire like you take the place!"

The Girl with Glasses' words stabbed right into Xia Xiran's wound.

Xia Xiran had been threatened by Yu Xi before, and now hearing her good friend say such hurtful things, she was utterly devastated.

"We're done!" Xia Xiran's eyes were red as she threw out those words and stormed out the door.

Just then, Yuanyuan and Xiao Miao walked in. Seeing Xia Xiran's heartbroken expression and then the Girl with Glasses' stubborn look, they were startled, "What happened?"

"You should ask her!" The Girl with Glasses plopped down onto a chair in a huff.

"I'll go find her." Yuanyuan subconsciously moved to look for Xia Xiran, only to find she had already vanished.

She called Xia Xiran's phone, but it rang with no answer.

Yuanyuan was very anxious, "Why isn't Xiran picking up?"

"Forget it, she'll be back soon enough. Ignore her." The Girl with Glasses was still angry.

As Xia Xiran's friend, was she wrong to give her advice? And yet Xia Xiran repaid kindness with enmity.

Yuanyuan thought about it and figured Xia Xiran was just sulking for now. She'd call back in a bit—after all, where else could Xia Xiran go besides back to school?

She'd probably come back once her anger subsided.

Night fell, and after Yuanyuan and the others bought dinner, they found that Xia Xiran still hadn't returned.

Yuanyuan asked the Girl with Glasses, who had stayed in the dorm the whole time, "Xiran hasn't come back?"

"Nope." The Girl with Glasses replied carelessly, "She hasn't been back since she fought with me."

Yuanyuan immediately grew worried, "It's already eight or nine o'clock, it's so late, and the lights will go out soon! She still isn't back—could something have happened? She's a girl after all."

Xia Xiran was a Campus Belle, naturally beautiful with a good figure, but she couldn't hurt a fly. Out there alone, she'd inevitably run into danger.

"Surely not…" The Girl with Glasses, who had been angry at Xia Xiran, was now a bit panicked too. "She's probably still on her way. She'll be back soon."

"But what if she doesn't come back?" Xiao Miao's sudden remark made everyone panic.

Yuanyuan steadied them, "Don't think like that. Xia Xiran will definitely come back soon. Let's wait a little longer."

The few of them waited anxiously, afraid that Xia Xiran really wouldn't show up. They even searched around the school before lights-out.

The result was fruitless—not a single trace of her.

Where had Xia Xiran gone?

At that moment, Jiang Muye had bought barbecue from off-campus and was heading back to the boys' dorm when he happened to run into Yuanyuan and the others on the road searching for Xia Xiran.

Yuanyuan immediately blocked Jiang Muye's path, saying anxiously, "What should we do, Xiran's gone missing. Come search with us, she's a girl after all—if anything happens to her, what then?"

After hearing Yuanyuan's words, Jiang Muye squinted suspiciously, "What are you plotting now, trying to hook me?"

He didn't quite trust Yuanyuan and the others, afraid it was a trap to lure him in.

"Don't worry, this isn't a trick, it's real!" Xiao Miao grew anxious. "Xiran and Xiaoxiao had a fight today, and she hasn't come back all day."

The Girl with Glasses looked a bit embarrassed, "I really did fight with her. I regret it now, and I'm really worried about her safety."

Yuanyuan nodded repeatedly, saying anxiously, "So come search with us, maybe we'll find her soon!"

They expected Jiang Muye to go with them right away, but his firm voice rang out, "No, I won't search for Xia Xiran with you."

【Congratulations, Host. You rejected Yuanyuan and gained two hundred Grit Points.】The System's notification rang out.

Jiang Muye's decisive words left Yuanyuan, Xiao Miao, and the Girl with Glasses in disbelief.

"Why won't you come search for Xiran with us? If anything happens to her, you'll regret it for the rest of your life!" The Girl with Glasses was furious.